Whether you cower while looking down from great heights or fear looking up to the stormy skies, whether you fear the bite of a fat venomous snake or fear the bite-sized fattening snacks, your fears must have had an origin, they must have come from somewhere. But where? Join me as I lead a tour of our collective psyches to discover the origins of our common fears in the major psychological theories of the last century. It is said that the mere sight of the mythological creature Medusa, a mortal Gorgon with a nest of venomous snakes for hair, could turn onlookers to stone. In real life, there…