Hysteria (Martin)

Throughout the many years hysteria has caused a lot of destruction in society. It has brought out a lot of fear in people of today and in the past. I think hysteria can take over a person’s mind; it can also make a person insane by having unmanageable emotions or fear. People who are hysterical often lose self-control due to an overwhelming fear that may be caused by multiple events. I think one example that hysteria was big in America was in during the Red Scare because many people were scared and feared that the United States was going to be taking over by communism. It made many people paranoid and hysterical. Also during the red scare people had trust issues because they could have been communist spy. I think people who let hysteria take over them well end up doing stupid things that they well regret. Hysteria is like a disease to the mind. Another example of hysteria in America was after the 9/11, most people would be scared to fly in plane with Muslims even do they need to know that not all Muslims are terrorist. Hysteria can cause a lot problems to society and it’s a scary thing but I think most people should just ignore it and keep on living their lives.