The Five Truths About Fear, by Susan Jeffers, Ph.D
FEAR TRUTH #1
The fear will never go away as long as you continue to grow!
Every time you take a step into the unknown, you experience fear. There is no point in saying, "When I am no longer afraid, then I will do it." You'll be waiting for a long time. The fear is part of the package.
FEAR TRUTH #2
The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and…do it!
When you do it often enough, you will no longer be afraid in that particular situation. You will have faced the unknown and you will have handled it. Then new challenges await you, which certainly add to the excitement in living.
FEAR TRUTH #3
The only way to feel better about yourself is to go out and…do it!
With each little step you take into unknown territory, a pattern of strength develops. You begin feeling stronger and stronger and stronger.
FEAR TRUTH #4
Not only are you afraid when facing the unknown, so is everyone else!
This should be a relief. You are not the only one out there feeling fear. Everyone feels fear when taking a step into the unknown. Yes, all those people who have succeeded in doing what they have wanted to do in life have felt the fear - and did it anyway. So can you!
FEAR TRUTH #5
Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the bigger underlying fear that comes from a feeling of helplessness!
This is the one truth that some people have difficulty understanding. When you push through the fear, you will feel such a sense of relief as your feeling of helplessness subsides. You will wonder why you did not take action sooner. You will become more and more aware that you can truly handle anything that life hands you.
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Fear comes not only of 'unknown' ... most common fear comes 'of losing something' ... however in Russian revolution when 'people lost most of the things' and they had nothing else to loose except their lives ... you can see 'fear' just gone out through the window ... ;) and voila ... 'new system in place' .... and it's clearly that people don't afraid of death is the living that scared the bejesus out of them ... strange irony ... ;))
Good point. Those who have their lives changed in ways most uncomfortable are just as much probable for experience of much fear as the presence of individuals who can and will terminate our lives. This may be why many men who serve many years in the prison system commit suicide after they are released to "freedom;" the new life of "freedom" may be more uncomfortable than their life was when they were incarcerated, because their needs were taken care of by someone else.
Good points Malcolm.
Thanks. Rothschild agent FDR is wrong about the fear being something to fear. Fear is something you confront and do something about, otherwise it will never go away.
Agree 100%.