Fear is brought about by the threat of emotional or physical harm. It can be real or imagined. Although it's associated with cowardice, fear is not entirely a negative emotion. Fear tells us when something is wrong and positively readies us for danger.
Even the most courageous person has something they are scared of. They may never show it, but there's something that they'd rather not have to face or experience. Some causes of fear are heights, darkness, failure, crawling animals, death, rejection, a bully, the unknown, etc.
Fear sometimes grows into bigger emotions like nervousness, dread, desperation, panic, anxiety, horror, terror, and even anger. When you come face to face with your fears, what you do matters a lot. You may choose to fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.
With fight, you react aggressively towards it. With flight, you run away. With freeze, you do nothing about it, and with fawn, you try to please and appease to avoid conflict. Which is your go-to response and how well does it work?
Whatever you do, never ignore your fears. The more you ignore or deny them, the bigger they grow. Facing your fears shrinks them. It makes them smaller and easier for you to overcome the next time.
Sometimes what we fear is only in our imagination. We get paralyzed by something that's not real but only exists in our minds. Like thinking 'what if'. That makes us imagine scenarios and things that do not exist. Which in turn makes us stressed over what has not happened and is not guaranteed to happen either.
Whatever your fear is, have a sit-down with it. Find out why it really scares you and what you can do about it. Seek help from someone else if necessary. And get the inspiration you need to overcome it from our fear quotes!
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