Once again, the reply button is missing, so to give the answer of where fear responses are necessary in the modern world:<p>A large fire. An angry tiger. A busy street.<p>All of these are situations where a particular response--namely, distancing oneself from the threat--makes survival much more likely. Fear happens to produce that response, in a much faster way than higher-level cognitive processes, even in children who haven&#x27;t got enough experience to reason about the danger.<p>Also, seriously, get a therapist. It&#x27;s been shown in psychological studies that trying to suppress emotions (of any kind) tends to lead to depression.