Fear….The emotion is sparked off each time there is pain, evil or danger in some context or another.
In essence, the emotion is aroused in cases where the impending threat is a reality or even just imagined. You feel afraid whether there is something to fear or in some cases when there is no actual need to be afraid.
Karl Menninger :“Fears are educated into us, and can if we wish, be educated out.”
Fear is a tool for utmost resilience to escape danger. A bounce back survival mechanism. Adrenaline is released into our bloodstream with resulting biological reactions.
Our reflexes and senses are heightened to help us escape real physical danger. We reach the ‘fight or flight’ mode 1
When you feel fear your brain signals the nervous system, the heart rate increases, blood pressure rises, breathing becomes faster, and stress hormones are released. Blood from the heart flows out in preparation for leg and arms to take action.
So basically the brain shuts down the body down and prepares it for action. The ability to reason and think decreases. Some may even feel like time is slowing down and have tunnel vision, trying to make sense of what is happening. These symptoms make it hard to be logical and stay grounded situations. The response of the body to stress or fear is in itself stressful .
Fear is a useful aid in real danger but not if the danger is self-perceived and unlikely to cause any real harm. Fear can be a drawback.
Fear holds you back if you do not need it. One such example is stage fright when making career moves. We end up making the wrong decisions due to the biological reactions of fear.
We need to be firmly grounded to deal calmly and logically with situations and not be overstimulated
The fact is 99% of times fear that is experience is fear that is non-physical. Fear existing in our minds. We think we are in danger when in actual fact we are not.
- Fear of speaking in public
- Fear of other people and strangers
- Fear of authority and judgment
- Fear of losing or failure
- Fear of change
- Fear of being humiliated.
- Fear of aging
- Fear of loneliness
- Fear of disappointment
Everybody will definitely relate to one or more of these fears at some life phase or the other, even if it is for a short time or on a subconscious level.
Even the most successful people cannot claim to be fearless. They trained themselves to take action despite fear. Halt judging yourself if you have fear. It is as normal as having the flu.
Do you fear being rejected? Are you afraid that you are not good enough and that people will figure out that you are not clever, perfect or funny enough? Do you fear failure, and what about success, do you fear success?
Fears live inside of you and follow you like shadows. The good news 2 is that you have the power and strength and practice resilience to rise above any fear!
We need to overcome mental fear. We need to analyze the root cause of fear and how to overcome it.
Why plan to overcome fear?
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds’ Redemption song- Bob Marley
The main reason is that fear limits your potential. Personal growth is about living life the best you can. Fear is a block hat prevents personal progress and growth. David Hawkins in his book ‘Power vs Force’ 3 refers to fear as the 5th lowest level in the consciousness map of seventeen levels.
If you entrench yourself in illusions of fear 4 you cannot rise to higher levels of consciousness like acceptance, courage, love, peace, joy, and enlightenment.
The 30-day plan to overcome fear
Studies (University of Cambridge: Reconditioning the brain to overcome fear))indicate that we can conquer fear by continual exposure to them. Whether it is extreme sports, spiders, snakes or horror movies, our tolerance grows with more exposure. We learn the fear we have been harvesting is not actually harmful.
Make a list of your most significant fears. Do one thing every day that scares you and rewards yourself for completing the challenge to overcome the fear.
Day 1
On the first day make a note to alleviate all words with negative contractions for the next thirty days. Note all the usual sentences with the words like ‘won’t’ or ‘can’t.’ Flip the focus of your sentences and focus on the positive. Change the negative to positive For example, instead of saying ‘I do not want’ say ‘I would rather’. This defaults the negative. Use this day to practice flipping over all negatives that you will practice for the next thirty days. Start your ‘fear journal’ 5
You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ Eleanor Roosevelt
Day 2
Wake up and put on running shoes or head straight to the gym. The goal here is to stop procrastinating. Begin with this as a daily…
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