The Start on Research

As I was trying to research the topic of fears and insecurities, I noticed that they were not under the same category. Fear was more connected to the topic of anxiety.

 For example:  Gazendam, F. J., & Kindt, M. (2012). Worrying Affects Associative Fear Learning: A Startle Fear Conditioning Study. Plos ONE, 7(4), 1-10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034882

•  This source explains that fear is not always stimulated by a great traumatic event over a "mild aversive event." Another factor involved is that because our memory is intact with the process of new information, regular fears may turn into "pathological fears." Because we constantly worry about our fears, it increases our perception that the fear is much more frightening than it really is. It also goes on to say that becoming afraid of something may lead into an anxiety disorder.
• I understand that extreme fears may transform into anxiety disorders; however, I didn't realize that because new information is always taken in our minds and that it affects our memory, our fears can increase into a worse condition. This means that it is really important to understand your fear, how it affects you, and if there's any way you could get over it.

 Furthermore, I noticed it was a lot more difficult to search up insecurities relating to my topic. I just searched "insecurity/insecurities" and all that emerged were more of a psychological disorders than anything else.  So in turn, I tried searching "insecurity" and"emotion."

For example:

Obviously, this does not help what I want to know and discover; subsequently, I just kept on researching more searches pertaining to personal insecurities.
As I continued to research just the word "insecurity," Academic Research Premier Plus only led me to topics such as food insecurity, job insecurity, etc. I found it really surprising that a database especially one that connects to a campus that has a prestigious Psychology field had few sources that researched personal insecurity and fear issues.