The article discusses how the Twelve Nidanas of dependent origination can be applied to the fear of emotions. The interdependent nature of the 12 links can help cultivate insight and develop emotional intelligence, leading to greater understanding, peace, and freedom from suffering.

The first link, Ignorance, explains the lack of understanding of the true nature of emotions, leading to habitual patterns of avoiding or suppressing them. The following links, Mental formations, Consciousness, Name and form, The six sense bases, and Contact, describe how emotions are perceived and processed, creating a sense of anxiety or fear.

The links Feeling, Craving, Clinging, and Becoming explain how the craving to avoid or escape from emotions reinforces the fear of emotions and attachment to avoidance, causing suffering and hampering emotional growth. The final links, Birth and Old age and death, demonstrate how the fear of emotions can lead to physical, mental, and emotional suffering.

To break the cycle of the fear of emotions, one can use mindfulness and insight to reduce ignorance and develop positive habitual patterns of responding to emotions. By practicing restraint of the senses and developing equanimity towards emotional stimuli, one can reduce the tendency to react negatively to emotional triggers. One can also work with emotions in a constructive and compassionate way and develop emotional intelligence and awareness, reducing the suffering and anxiety associated with emotions.