Author of Unmasking the Face, psychologist Paul Ekman identified six basic emotions that he believed were present in all human cultures: anger, disgust, happiness, sadness, surprise, and fear.
According to his research, the threat can be real or imagined, and while there are certain things that trigger most of us, people can learn to become afraid of nearly anything, including darkness, social interaction, spiders, etc.
Interested in how we experience fear in real-life situations, we went digging around Reddit for stories its users shared about the scariest moments in their lives. Here are the most memorable we've found.
