Fear has many names, such as worry, stress, nervousness, and good old anxiety. All are forms of fear. In the modern world anxiety is usually seen as a problem. In some cases fear in any form can be problematic and sometimes downright debilitating. But in other cases it is a useful emotion that keeps us safe and happy. Our primative brains are designed to take over when we feel fear. A panic attack is just your brains way or fighting or fleeing a threat. In one instance the response is a problem and can be quite awful to experience. in another instance you have climbed a tree to prevent the wolves from attacking you. In modern times the traditional threats are not common. We do need to respond quickly to other threats though. House is on fire and you need to let fear help you deal with the situation. So why do we have so many issues related to fear now? Simply put fear is triggered by something, but the program response does not work. In traffic fear can overwelm you. But you can’t just hop out of the car on the highway and start running. What needs to be done is to help fear learn the correct response to the situation. If you have a complete lack of fear you would not get up to shower and start your day. Fear that we will not have food and shelter in the future keeps us going and hopefully in a productive way. Fear often is the driving force behind productivity. But the key is it needs to be just the right amount and creating the right behaviors. The modern challenge is how to help fear be an asset and not a detriment. Once we have had fear do the right behavior for our situation then we can feel safe and spend some time enjoying all that we have and have done. My job is to help people figure out how to do just that task.
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