Maybe I’m not overcoming, but I’m definitely facing and moving forward.
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If you face them and move forward, it means that you’re stronger so you won the battle with your fear in that particular moment. So I think you have moments when you’re overcoming your fear 🙂
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The question made me laugh. Just a bit. How *did* I overcome my fears? You mean I have already?
I think there are a number of approaches that help and it is probably quite contextual. Sometimes you have to consider, “will this really hurt me?” and sometimes you have to consider, “what will I gain from this” or a combination of both at the right time.
I have a song going through my head that was about someone swimming and the horizon kept getting further away until they realized “horizons don’t get closer; we extend them further every time we make some gains”.
Our entire lives are built on getting over fears – right from our first steps.
I believe that people evolve so they might not be afraid of the same things as 5 or 10 years ago, for example, so they found a way to overcome those fears. But I agree with you. Sometimes our fears evolve with us if we let them and that pain/gain balance might be tilted more on pain so we’re having harder time overcoming that. Probably without the right motivator, we would never overcome our biggest fears.
Even though I’ve had to do it many times, I alwys experinence fear and anxiety leading up to having to speak in front of a large group of people.
Whether the information is work related, Christian related, or is related to addressing the needs of those in my community; God will speak to my heart usually a day before, and encourage me that the information I am presenting is very vital to others. Simply put I realize that what I have to say is more important than my fears, and that fills me with an abundance of significance and confidence which pushes the fear aside.
By facing them. I put a face on my fears, realized where they came from and confronted them one by one. Once I released the actual real problem I was able to release them.
No. Because once you release them there’s no room for them to come back.
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Awesome!
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A year or so ago I started getting a fear of dogs for some reason which is odd since I still love them and want to have one but seeing random strays still scares me. I’m trying to beat it by getting closer to them and petting them more and so far it’s working.
Sometimes I think it would be easier to have “outside” fears like the dark, so I could overcome them…but my real fear lies within, and my only escape is to write
Also, if you don’t face it or at least challenge “fear” then you wont understand that feeling of what it is like to fear… however, fear is many faces…. that is my thoughts..
This is a tough question. With my writing, I’m facing my fear by writing and posting. If I overthink the process, fear takes over for sure.
So you overcome it by doing what you need to do?
Maybe I’m not overcoming, but I’m definitely facing and moving forward.
If you face them and move forward, it means that you’re stronger so you won the battle with your fear in that particular moment. So I think you have moments when you’re overcoming your fear 🙂
The question made me laugh. Just a bit. How *did* I overcome my fears? You mean I have already?
I think there are a number of approaches that help and it is probably quite contextual. Sometimes you have to consider, “will this really hurt me?” and sometimes you have to consider, “what will I gain from this” or a combination of both at the right time.
I have a song going through my head that was about someone swimming and the horizon kept getting further away until they realized “horizons don’t get closer; we extend them further every time we make some gains”.
Our entire lives are built on getting over fears – right from our first steps.
I believe that people evolve so they might not be afraid of the same things as 5 or 10 years ago, for example, so they found a way to overcome those fears. But I agree with you. Sometimes our fears evolve with us if we let them and that pain/gain balance might be tilted more on pain so we’re having harder time overcoming that. Probably without the right motivator, we would never overcome our biggest fears.
Overcome?
I’m sure you had moments in your life when you did things despite your fear. How many moments can you recall?
By facing them:)
You know you’re stronger than that fear. Make it your b*tch! 😀
Yup..😉😉
What fears? Fear is but an illusion of a future that may never happen…
I wouldn’t say that the fear itself is an illusion, but the illusion might be the way we’re seeing that future that may never happen.
By facing them
Sometimes when we’re facing our fears we’re realizing they’re not that big of a deal.
Exactly my point.
Even though I’ve had to do it many times, I alwys experinence fear and anxiety leading up to having to speak in front of a large group of people.
Whether the information is work related, Christian related, or is related to addressing the needs of those in my community; God will speak to my heart usually a day before, and encourage me that the information I am presenting is very vital to others. Simply put I realize that what I have to say is more important than my fears, and that fills me with an abundance of significance and confidence which pushes the fear aside.
When our message is bigger than our fear, great things can happen!
Can’t say I’ve overcome…
But I try by not dwelling on those fears.
So you just do it 🙂
By taking one step at a time to overcome it…even if it takes you time.
That’s a great strategy!
By facing them. I put a face on my fears, realized where they came from and confronted them one by one. Once I released the actual real problem I was able to release them.
Do they ever come back? Those fears you released?
No. Because once you release them there’s no room for them to come back.
Awesome!
A year or so ago I started getting a fear of dogs for some reason which is odd since I still love them and want to have one but seeing random strays still scares me. I’m trying to beat it by getting closer to them and petting them more and so far it’s working.
The more we face our fears, the stronger we get and the less influence that fear has over us.
Why is it that when you put fears in a sentence people often run the opposite way in answering the question?
Maybe that’s where they find strenght…
I have not overcome them , I am embracing them to be positive and bring balance to my mind
Great strategy! We would probably not know what courage means without fear…
Absolutely life is not all fluffy bunnies
I like fluffy bunnies…damn!
Lol they are good but they bite
Fear only has the power I give it. I acknowledge it and then I talk to it. I tell fear it’s not the boss of me. 😉
That’s a great approach! Fear is your employee, not your boss! Send it home! 😀
Sometimes I think it would be easier to have “outside” fears like the dark, so I could overcome them…but my real fear lies within, and my only escape is to write
I believe you can overcome your within fears as well even though it’s harder. What are those fears?
Idk. Fear of not being with the person that holds my heart
Maybe fear is the risk of never trying or believing in yourself.. to overcome those fears and dive in the deep end regarding of fear…
Also, if you don’t face it or at least challenge “fear” then you wont understand that feeling of what it is like to fear… however, fear is many faces…. that is my thoughts..
Yes, I agree with you.
You do?
Yep