Overcome Fear - How Do We Control Fear?
From time to time we feel fear as a natural response to life's trials and tribulations.
Unfortunately many of us overestimate the size of the perceived threat which has caused this fear and set about stressing our mind and body to its limits without actually considering the probability that this fearful event will neither come to pass or be as apocalyptic as we had thought.
In today's hectic and stressful life we seldom pause to relax and relieve ourselves of the accumulated stress we have gathered and this is starting to have a detrimental effect on the quality of modern man's life.
Compounded by heightened terrorist alerts and economic hardship, we find ourselves emerging from the boom time of the eighties and nineties into the economic, political and war ravaged twenty-first century.
Everyday stress and subconscious worrying about our future leaves us sleepless and on edge.
Fear is actually a natural response to a perceived danger or risk which may occur in the future.
As such it is impossible to totally alleviate.
However, it is possible to overcome fear and reduce the amount of stress caused by the realization of such a threat by immediately analysing the threat and formulate some solutions or options in advance.
Once we understand that this threat is only perceived and has not yet happened we can begin to lay the foundation for a solution to the problem and eradicate some of the unknown factors which would ultimately result in an unfavourable outcome.
This method, once practiced for a short period, will become second nature, or a habit, and will aid us to overcome fear and reduce the overall amount of stress in our busy modern lives.
Most fears we hold onto have been placed within our subconscious from an early age and the only way to rid ourselves of them is to gradually extend our 'comfort zone' and work towards conquering those fears one small step at a time.
If we continue to ignore new and deep seeded fears we guarantee ourselves a lifetime of avoiding situations, which if given a chance, could have led to a richer and more joyful life had we been able to cope with them.
Therefore this method to overcome fear by expanding our 'comfort zone' by taking on small areas of personal discomfort on a daily basis should be treated as an essential life skill and be practiced as often as possible.
Unfortunately many of us overestimate the size of the perceived threat which has caused this fear and set about stressing our mind and body to its limits without actually considering the probability that this fearful event will neither come to pass or be as apocalyptic as we had thought.
In today's hectic and stressful life we seldom pause to relax and relieve ourselves of the accumulated stress we have gathered and this is starting to have a detrimental effect on the quality of modern man's life.
Compounded by heightened terrorist alerts and economic hardship, we find ourselves emerging from the boom time of the eighties and nineties into the economic, political and war ravaged twenty-first century.
Everyday stress and subconscious worrying about our future leaves us sleepless and on edge.
Fear is actually a natural response to a perceived danger or risk which may occur in the future.
As such it is impossible to totally alleviate.
However, it is possible to overcome fear and reduce the amount of stress caused by the realization of such a threat by immediately analysing the threat and formulate some solutions or options in advance.
Once we understand that this threat is only perceived and has not yet happened we can begin to lay the foundation for a solution to the problem and eradicate some of the unknown factors which would ultimately result in an unfavourable outcome.
This method, once practiced for a short period, will become second nature, or a habit, and will aid us to overcome fear and reduce the overall amount of stress in our busy modern lives.
Most fears we hold onto have been placed within our subconscious from an early age and the only way to rid ourselves of them is to gradually extend our 'comfort zone' and work towards conquering those fears one small step at a time.
If we continue to ignore new and deep seeded fears we guarantee ourselves a lifetime of avoiding situations, which if given a chance, could have led to a richer and more joyful life had we been able to cope with them.
Therefore this method to overcome fear by expanding our 'comfort zone' by taking on small areas of personal discomfort on a daily basis should be treated as an essential life skill and be practiced as often as possible.
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