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- Being scared about all the bad things that may or may not happen in the future makes you worry a lot but take little action. You are stuck in a state of fear, overwhelmed but not knowing what to do. Real threats, on the other hand, cause frenzy. When the threat is imminent and identifiable, you jump to action immediately and without flinching.
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- You find yourself striving in vain for an impossible-to-achieve standard of perfection. When you're afraid (of criticism, failure, and rejection), you'll do anything to try to become "perfect."
- You settle for less than your dreams. When you're afraid to take risks and go for what you really want, you convince yourself that your less-than-juicy life is as good as it gets.
- You say yes when you mean no. When you're afraid to disappoint people or get rejected if you don't say yes, you'll fall into fear-based, people-pleasing, self-sacrificing behaviors that lead to resentment.
- You say no when you mean yes. When you're afraid, you're unlikely to take risks. You'll feel the yearning to start your own business, take that bucket list trip, have a baby, or take an art class—but you'll say no because you're afraid to fail, afraid to succeed, afraid to get rejected, afraid to stir things up, afraid to get out of your comfort zone.
Nov 19, 2015 · We get scared because of what we imagine could happen. Some neuroscientists claim that humans are the most fearful creatures on the planet because of our ability to learn, think, and create fear...
Jul 14, 2011 · What are you thinking of doing, or changing, or saying in your life that causes your body to hum with fear at the mere thought? What does this mean that you need to do now - or at the very...
May 20, 2020 · Fear has the ability to alter our perception of reality in many different ways. There are two kinds of fear: one acute, life-saving direct fear, which heightens our awareness, and one slowly ...
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Nov 4, 2019 · 1. Change. We live in an ever-changing world, and it is happening more rapidly than ever before. Despite this fact however, there are many people who fear change, and so they resist it. This...
There are plenty of triggers for fear in everyday life, and you can’t always work out exactly why you are frightened or how likely you are to be harmed. Even if you can know how out of proportion a fear is, the emotional part of your brain keeps sending danger signals to your body.
Aug 31, 2017 · Modern life has removed real fear as an experience for most of us. But this basic animal emotion is crucial to the human experience
