<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Acute fear often rises from an ambient field built... > Acute fear often rises from an ambient field built by earlier experience. A microphone, authority figure, classroom, or crowd can activate a network much older than the present event. Naming the history helps separate memory from current probability. **Source:** [[livestreams/Courage as Practice — Moving Forward Through Fear - Workbook|Courage as Practice — Moving Forward Through Fear]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Acute fear often rises from an ambient field built by earlier experience. A microphone, authority figure, classroom, or crowd can activate a network much older than the present event. Naming the history helps separate memory from current probability.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-acute-fear-often-memory-current-probability ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->