What exactly IS fear?

…..And why is it such a problem?

…..And what can be done to overcome it?

Well, let’s start with what fear is, then we’ll move on to an easy technique to get past it.

I once heard a great definition of FEAR:

False.Evidence.Appearing.Real.

In other words, the things that you feel fear about are usually not real, they’re usually just “false evidence”.

You also might think back about the last 10 things you felt fear around.
Now, ask yourself…Did any of those things come true?

In most of the cases, you’ll find that the fear did NOT come true.

I heard once that something like 98% of the things that people fear and worry about never come true.

I’ve found this to be true in my own life as well.

Fear is an emotion, an emotional state. It’s an amazing and wonderful emotion… because it can help save your life in certain situations, but troublesome if it paralyzes you.

A hundred thousand years ago, when we were running around in the desert, we needed powerful, motivating emotions like FEAR to save our lives.

When you feel fear (especially if it’s a response to real physical danger) you’ll notice that some AMAZING things happen. Your eyes open up wider so you can see better, your environmental awareness increases tenfold, adrenaline pumps into your body, your heart beats fast to deliver blood to your muscles, and all kinds of other wondrous processes are triggered.

The PROBLEM is when we experience fear at times when there IS NO real physical danger.

We humans are amazing[*cough*]. We can just IMAGINE things and feel fear in response to the mental images.

And I’m sure you know exactly what the problem is with this… it can IMMOBILIZE you at critical times.

So what’s the problem?

Usually, it’s fear.

So, what’s the solution?

Well, there is one sure way to overcome your fear, and it’s not as cliche as you might think.

One way is to do the thing you fear. If you do the thing that you fear, and see that nothing bad will happen, then you eventually overcome it and become programmed not to feel fear anymore.

FEAR IS THE MIND-KILLER.