how do I progress with hysteria constantly getting in the way?

[Morgana_le_fey]

So I am trying to examine a meteor but whenever I get close I become hysterical sending me back home. I cant discover the swamp without becoming hysterical and I get discover the meteor.

[Anthracite]

You need to familiarise yourself with the surroundings using your senses, then conquer your fear. You'll need to do this many times as you explore.

[[BLK] Telu]

You need to expand your territory by going in the area where it's "dark" and where your monk fear to go. You need to use intelligence, smelling, hearing to recognise stuff in your surrounding to keep your dopamine bar (on the left side of the screen around the eye symbol) full. When the left white circle is full (near the eye symbol) and than you are deep enough in the foreign lands, you will see a big white ball offering you to control your fear. it allow you to expand your territory. You can't progress in the game without doing that.

More info here : https://ancestors.fandom.com/wiki/Fear?so=search
I don't find the page about expanding the territory to illustrate.

[Guts]

Yeah I had the same problem too at first... but yeah like the poster above said just go to like the edge of the area where you are normal and then 1 step forward triggers the fear thing and you start becoming hysterical and just keep identifying things like food, dead branches etc... until you get the message that says "you have rationalized your fear" or something like that and follow the tiny particles in whatever direction they're flowing towards the large white orb and press the button which prompts you to conquer your fear.

[Solli]

Eating increases your Dopamine and gives you more time to reach the conquer zone after rationalizing the area. And there are also some "items" which help you against fear. Maybe try to find and use them.

[Captain Pansy]

that, OR ...
just use an old monkey for exploring (grey fur).
they are immune to fear.