The body’s natural response to stress can have a negative impact on our overall health if it builds up and occurs too often. When fear takes hold of our lives, we’re headed for trouble. We may notice fear’s warning, but we fail to see its guidance and apply that guidance to our lives. Fear begins to drive and control us, and we lose sight of the real problem. Fear of fear will keep us in a cycle of misguided self-protection. In fact, we can even become afraid of fear itself. The longer we hold on to fear, the more toxic it becomes. When we allow fear and anxiety to hold us back, we are allowing it to block our true emotions around situations. Fear triggers a stress response like fight or flight. Most of the time, however, fear appears in the everyday, mundane things of life and holds us back from truly reaching our full potential and purpose. So what, then, do we do with fear? In cases where danger is involved, our response is clear – run! Fear is a critical warning that allows us to pivot and survive true danger. How we move forward from the initial fear and anxiety is what truly matters. It’s simply a warning we need to pay attention to. “We will never fix our world to be in a place that we will live without uncertainty and fear,” wrote Jay Shetty. That’s why Jay Shetty explores fear and coming to terms with it in Chapter 3 of his new book, Think Like a Monk. We cannot fully escape fear in our lives. It can even be a helpful guide in certain situations. The truth is, fear is a natural part of life. It’s better if we just ignore fear, stuff it down, and never think of it again … right? We are rarely taught that fear has a flip side. It is ingrained in us that fear is embarrassing and humiliating and is to be ignored and hidden. We are taught to move away from fear and anxiety instead of using it to evaluate our situation and what is triggering it. To complicate things, fear and anxiety often go hand in hand, causing us to become disconnected and keeping us from achieving our full potential. Growing up, we are taught directly and indirectly that fear is negative and should be avoided at almost any cost.
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