toleration vs conquering a fear?

Question

Can a person have so much self control, that they can tolerate a fear and be just as effective as someone who conquered that fear?

For instance, two firefighters (assuming all characteristics are the same) who are afraid of closed spaces. One has conquered their fear and the other learned self-control to tolerate their fear of going into closed spaces. Can the person who used self-control be as good a firefighter as the one who conquered the fear of entering closed spaces.

Answer 1

I would imagine that controlling the fear is not the same as conquering it because the fear will still be there in the mind whereas the conqueror has moved on and beyond the fear and doesn't think about it anymore. How much self control can one person have - it's always there to be tested until you do master it.

Answer 2

Effective but no not just as a effective. To conquer is to overcome or vanquish. To tolerate would mean that the fear is still there and fear is an inferior emotion witch hinders judgment.

Answer 3

Actually part of conquering a fear is self control and self soothing to tell yourself you are safe from the fear.

Answer 4

What we tolerate is a non sense. We tolerate snoring, out of good will or prudence, we do not like it at all. Perhaps it is civic sene that enables us to 'tolerate' either a mischief or non sense.

Conquoring a fear is different. To conquor, we need to know it , understands its draw backs, and have to over power it in reality.

When one has self controll, the question of fear can nont exist. it simple shall not occur to you. The very fact of fear presupposes absence of self control.

Over powering is undoubtedly the best.

Answer 5

tolerate and conquer are two different bananas so they say... to tolerate means the thing you dislike remains to stay, you either accept it or simply ignore it. to conquer means to overpower that something which used to affect you either physically or psychologically.

Answer 6

Yes I think so,