The corollary to the addict's anger is the enabler's extreme fear -- fear of what the enraged addict might do if left unaddressed.
Nel also said Pistorius has shown a lack of realization of what he has done and cast doubt on Pistorius' claims that one of the reasons for his extreme fear that night was that he had been a victim of burglary and violent crime in the past.
Firstly, investors were possessed with extreme levels of fear caused by the 2008 financial crisis.
George Orwell, in 1984, relied on extreme, chronic fear.
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Take another period characterized by extreme volatility and fear, when there was conflict in the Middle East, oil-related inflation shocks, declining value in the U.S. dollar, rising U.S. unemployment and a strong resolve from the Fed to act aggressively.
The Fall of 2008 left such an impression in the minds of the financial community that traders, investors and fund managers alike are in various stages of panic for fear of extreme losses.
That is, sentiment is almost always at high levels of optimism and confidence at market tops, and at extreme levels of bearishness and fear and correction lows.
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The VIX today is at 14.7, an even more extreme low, showing even less fear.
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Bearishness and fear are at an extreme near lows, but as a rally starts the bearishness begins to decline, and sentiment does not have meaning again unless and until it reaches the opposite extreme of bullishness being very high, signaling a top may be near.
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Western countries that had shied from too strong a condemnation of Iran's human-rights record, for fear of empowering the more extreme nationalists and threatening nuclear diplomacy, are losing patience.
Having just come back from Madrid, my fear for Spain is that its extreme problems will become background noise as young people adapt to life without work, enlivened by occasional protest.
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For example, gurus who make frequent public pronouncements may be those most prone to extreme forecasts to attract attention (and customers) by stimulating greed and fear.
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Most poisonously, there are extreme partisans in both parties who want to stop progress before the election for fear that the other party might get some credit.
Money markets were also exhibiting extreme caution, as many banks continued to refuse to lend to one another on the fear that they would be let down by defaults.
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