Can You Overcome Your Fears?

Posted by Angela Farrell on October 12, 2008

I came across this article by Alan Forest-Smith and it really struck a chord with me so I thought I would share it with you all….

Fearfactor

There is one thing hidden deep inside you that can stop you dead in your tracks doing almost anything on a daily, weekly, monthly, annually or or even for the rest of your life.

That one thing can be overcome. When it’s overcome the rewards can be huge.

What is fear?

Fear has to be the expectation of something not yet taken place. So fear is future based. We do not know what is going to happen in the future generally. So fear is an emotion based on what?

It has to be a deeper emotion that is based on the past. When I say the past I mean an experience that we have seen or had in our lives. That experience has set up something deep inside us that has created a fear.

The problem is most fears are totally irrational and unfounded. The second problem with that is fear can hold us back in multiple aspects of our lives.

Lets say we are thinking about leaving our job and becoming an entrepreneur. Our family say are you crazy? What if … it all goes wrong?… you will have walked away from a great job.

This is a fear based thought. How can anyone know if it will go wrong? Yet peoples deeper built fear based on the past not the future tells them… don’t do it, it’ll be a disaster despite the fact they cannot know the end result.

So fear factor is destructive. It will stop you doing things in life you might want to do. Fear factor can stop you being a high achiever. It can stop you being successful It can stop you being alive.

Think about this.

Are there things in your life that you haven’t done… just in case it goes wrong? How do you overcome this? Some will say facing your fears is the best way. Well it is and can be but just facing fears does not overcome fear factor.

The best way must be to be absolutely present in the moment. In simple terms that means… don’t worry about the past, the past has gone and should be let go forever or simply held as a memory or experience. The future hasn’t taken place so there is no point over worrying about it. Being in the moment or present has to be the answer.

Only when you are present in yourself, your own mind, your own life can you succeed in your life.

Are you being hald back because of fear factor? Is your fearism really founded on anything solid? Can you be totally present and remove any fears based on the past or the future?

Can I just add, the media right now are filling you and me with fearism. They are telling us our lives will and are going to be a disaster. Yet the things they say are not based on anything that has yet taken place. Do you remember the fearism that was the main tool of the media during the turn of the millennium based on the computer chip. We were all expecting an Armageddon of some kind based on this new fear. It never happened.

So what are you scared of?

Does that fear hold you back?

Is that fear based on the past (and the truth is it won’t affect your future)

Can you face it head on.

I have faced my fears. It’s always been fine. Other have as well.

You can overcome anything.

You can. Will you?