There are no truly fearless people. Almost everyone is afraid of something. Olympic athletes, who are at the top of human performance, fear not performing to their standards. Someone else may fear they can’t provide for their family, while another person fears for their health.
Everyone fears something, but not all fears are equal.
For many people, they may fear unlikely an scenario. For example, there are people who live in constant fear of the end of the world. For some, their fear actually materialised, as happened during the Covid-19 pandemic. This further stokes their fears of a major global event that endangers them and the world.
For many other people, their fears are more grounded, and personal. These fears may be borne from past trauma and experiences. For example, someone who has had a negative past experience with water may fear swimming pools, oceans, or other large bodies of water. While there are some fears which are more immediate and specific. Fear of failing an exam is something many people experience, and there are many people who have nightmares about missing their exams entirely and failing their exams in the most horrible ways imaginable.
So, it is safe to say we’re all afraid of something, it’s just a matter of the severity of those fears.
For more immediate fears, like failing to meet deadlines or failures to perform, it often doesn’t require much intervention as time will typically resolve it. It comes and goes, as they say. The awful feeling of dread and doom may come, but eventually it passes after the situation passes, however that is resolved.
For fears and phobia borne out of trauma, this may require professional intervention to help someone get past it. While it is true that most people can go through life without having to address their fears, it often interferes with the quality of their life.
You may fear something that is personal to you. For example, you may fear not being able to meet up to your family expectations, or you fear not being able to build your career properly. You may fear losing friends, family, or loss of prestige.
Regardless of what those are, what have you done to address your own fears?
Not everyone has given themselves the time to sit and consider their fears, where it originated from, and how they need to address it. I believe that for most people, there is a tendency to believe it can be pushed aside and mostly ignored, except that it can’t really be ignored. You can forget about it, but it will haunt you when you least expect it. For example, not dealing with your fear of failure can often manifest in self-destructive behaviour that almost ensures you will end up failing. If you’re afraid of taking risks, this can come back and takes opportunities away from you when those present themselves to you.
This is the problem with thinking fear can be ignored or brushed aside. It hangs around and affects the quality of your life. It can prevent you from succeeding and prevent you from moving towards happiness.
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