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Songs about Fear and Insecurity

Are these the most terrifying times we've ever faced? They may seem that way, but in fact every generation thinks exactly the same. We are fragile beings, inevitably mortal, marooned in space on a world that seems to have more ways to kill us than it does to sustain us. Moreover, the greatest enemy of humans is each other, so we have just as much reason to fear our own kind as we do any external threat.

A common bit of ghetto wisdom has it that "Fear makes the wolf look bigger." If we can get a handle on our fear, we can realize that it doesn't have to control us. In that spirit, these songs can be healing, by confronting our worst and darkest demons and studying them. The longer you look at them, the smaller they get.

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  Afraid
  Motley Crue

  "She's so afraid to kiss
  And so afraid to laugh
  Is she running from her past?
  It's only life
  She's so afraid of love
  Is so afraid of hate
  What she's running from now?"

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  Afraid
  Neighbourhood, The
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  Afraid of Everyone
  National, The
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  Afraid to Sleep
  Vicci Martinez
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  Amaranth
  Nightwish
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  Amnesia
  5 Seconds of Summer
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  Be My Escape
  Relient K
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  Beautiful
  Christina Aguilera
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  Beautiful
  Bethany Dillon
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  Believe
  Blood On The Dance Floor
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  Believe in Me
  Demi Lovato
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  Careful
  Paramore
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  Centuries
  Fall Out Boy
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  Cheryl Tweedy
  Lily Allen
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  Cool Kids
  Echosmith
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  Crawling
  Linkin Park

  "Crawling in my skin
  These wounds they will not heal
  Fear is how I fall
  Confusing what is real"

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  Creep
  Radiohead
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  Dance in the Dark
  Lady Gaga
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  Disappointed
  Nat & Alex Wolff
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  Don't Be Afraid, Little Darlin'
  Steve Lawrence
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  Don't Let Me Get Me
  Pink
• 
  Drive
  Incubus
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  Faint
  Linkin Park
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  Falling Inside the Black
  Skillet
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  Fear
  Natalie Grant
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  Fear and Loathing
  Marina and the Diamonds
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  Fear of the Dark (Live)
  Iron Maiden
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  Fear the Voices
  Alice In Chains
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  Girl in the Mirror
  Britney Spears
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  Hamoa Beach
  Gomez
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  Haunted
  Evanescence
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  Hero
  Skillet
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  I Am Not My Hair
  India.Arie
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  I Hate Everything About You
  Three Days Grace
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  I'm Afraid of Americans
  David Bowie
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  I'm Afraid of Me
  Culture Club
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  I'm Not In Love
  10 cc
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  I'm not Okay (I Promise)
  My Chemical Romance
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  Invisible
  5 Seconds of Summer
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  Jet Black Heart
  5 Seconds of Summer
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  Just the Way You Are
  Bruno Mars
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  Landslide
  Stevie Nicks

  "Well, I've been afraid of changing
  'Cause I've built my life around you
  But time makes you bolder
  Even children get older
  And I'm getting older too"

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  Little Things
  One Direction
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  Looking for Angels
  Skillet
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  Mad World
  Tears For Fears
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  Marilyn Monroe
  Nicki Minaj
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  Mean
  Taylor Swift
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  Monster
  Skillet
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  Mrs Potato Head
  Melanie Martinez
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  My Demons
  Starset
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  Nervous Girls
  Lucy Hale
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  No More
  Three Days Grace
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  Perfect
  Pink
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  Pretty Hurts
  Beyonce
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  Read All About It (Part III)
  Emeli Sande
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  Saviour
  Black Veil Brides
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  She Looks So Perfect
  5 Seconds of Summer
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  She's Not Afraid
  One Direction
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  Slaves of Fear
  Amon Amarth
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  Snow White Queen
  Evanescence
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  Somewhere
  Within Temptation
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  SOS
  Jonas Brothers
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  Stand My Ground
  Within Temptation
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  Stressed Out
  Twenty One Pilots
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  Teen Idle
  Marina and the Diamonds
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  That's My Job
  Conway Twitty
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  The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot
  Brand New
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  The Fear
  Lily Allen
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  The Fear of Being Alone
  Reba McEntire
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  The Last Night
  Skillet
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  Therapy
  All Time Low
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  Titanium
  David Guetta
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  Tough Little Boys
  Gary Allan
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  Tourniquet
  Evanescence
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  Try
  Colbie Caillat
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  Unpretty
  TLC
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  What Makes You Beautiful
  One Direction
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  Whatever I Fear
  Toad the Wet Sprocket
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  Whisper
  Evanescence
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  Who Says
  Selena Gomez
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  Who You Are
  Jessie J
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  You've Got It Made
  We Are the In Crowd
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  Your Own Worst Enemy
  They Might Be Giants

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