Creeping in Through the Cracks
Fear is a mighty strong emotion. It could be said to be the driving force behind our collective impotence.
Why does it have so much force in our lives?
It get’s flung at us constantly via the media — TV, movies, adverts, the general public, etc.
And when we’re not ‘out in the world’ overhearing all the crime statistics and getting fed bad news from people on the street, we rush home to fall into the escapism of our daily Facebook feed because there’s nothing there to be fearful of, right?
Wrong! We get a slipstream of everything that’s messed up in the world (barring, of course, those sweet little kitty meme’s and quirky quote feeds — although even those are starting to take their toll on social media addicts).
One has even come to fear the next ‘Be Like Bob’ post or cradle in terror at the thought of another cat in a pot photo. All jokes aside…
Getting Down and Dirty
We need to take responsibility for what we give our attention to and for how we allow, yes allow, the media to manipulate our emotions and pervade the airwaves with such repugnant negativity.
We are the ones giving credence to and creating our own fears — we can literally asphyxiate ourselves with things to fret or find fear about.
Every time you give into fear you feed negativity and give it more power. Fear is a choice, like it or not.
Related article: How To Deal With Your Fear of the Unknown
The Different Types of Fear
There are, of course, many different types of fear but they are all grounded in the act of giving your power away.
When we come up against fear, we are presented with a chance to be aware, brave and face up to it. Get to the nitty-gritty and uncover the truth about why we are so afraid or uncomfortable (i.e. the fear of heights/snakes/natural disasters/terrorism/clowns/Uncle Sam/Aunt Betty/’fill in the blank’).
When we mine ourselves for the ‘why’s’ and ‘what-have-you’s’ of our own fears, we can face them and move through them.
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