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Bravery is the subcategory most people generally associate with Courage.[11] It is defined as “the ability to stand up for what is right in difficult situations.”[11] As opposed to less sophisticated definitions that simply categorize bravery as fearlessness or acting when an observer would be afraid.[12] There are several forms of this bravery. Physical bravery involves acting in spite of possible harm to one’s body. Moral bravery involves acting in a way that enhances what one believes to be good in spite of social disapproval and possible backlash. A third, theoretically newer, definition of bravery is psychological bravery which involves things such as overcoming one’s own addictive habits, irrational anxieties, and harmful dependent relationships. Psychological bravery means acting against one’s own natural inclinations and facing fears which might not have any societal moral implications.[1