I gave up one sleepless night to confront this issue and posted the result on my blog just yesterday. Fear, it seems, is on our minds these days. I have experienced both fear and anger and realized that both are born of the same thing: Helplessness. Think about it. I did. I grew up with an abusive father. I was helpless to avoid his abuse. Often I reacted with fear. Sometimes I reacted with anger. Both grew out of the same helplessness. I've been to war and experienced the same dichotomy of emotions for the same reasons. Interestingly, both emotions may engender the same response: Irrational thoughts and behavior which do nothing to mitigate the helplessness. Fear and anger dissipate with time, but helplessness is simply there unless you do something constructive. Something that makes you better prepared. Something that makes you less helpless when you find yourself in similar circumstances in the future. Maybe, just maybe, that will mitigate the fear and anger...