Have you ever experienced fear? Would you like to be able to get rid of fear and enjoy your life more? You are not alone. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 6.3 million people suffer from some type of mental illness. Sixty percent of the population fear things that will never happen, 30 percent fear things that have happened in the past and cannot be changed, 90 percent fear things that are considered insignificant, and 88 percent of the population fear things that cannot be changed. related to your health that will never happen. Clearly fear is a huge part of our lives.
In chapter 16 of the Bhagavad-Gita, Lord Krishna speaks of the many virtues of an awakened being. The first virtue that Lord Krishna lists is fearlessness. Before we can access our higher nature, we need to free ourselves from the stubborn grip of fear.
Understand fear
Fear is an unpleasant and often strong emotional reaction caused by anticipation or awareness of danger or harm. FEAR makes you forget everything and run. Fear gives birth to ego, anger, and resentment. We can think that fear represents:
F: Forget
E: Ego
A: anger
R: resentment
However, not all fears are bad. Fear is completely natural and helps people recognize and respond to dangerous situations and threats. It is important to understand that some fear is healthy. Healthy fear stimulates responses that give us protection, warning, and the rush of adrenaline needed to flee from a mad dog (protective function). However, fear is usually an illusion. Most of fear is an unhealthy projection of the subconscious mind.
Different fear for different people
Fear is different for everyone and it is different at different times in life. For example, a newly pregnant woman may be afraid of giving birth to a baby, a new mother may be afraid of raising the baby or breastfeeding, etc.
The most common fears are the fear of being insecure, dying, flying, losing an identity or a job, losing a loved one or a relationship, the stage / television / public speaking, failure or success, being humiliated.
3 types of fear:
1. Real fear
2. Anticipated or possible fear
3. Emotional fears and phobias
Emotions of fear are very detrimental to our physiological and emotional health.
The experience of fear affects our body in many ways. Whether real or imagined, when our mind perceives a fear, it sends a warning (ACTH) that is received by the adrenal glands. In response, our adrenal glands fire to release cortisol, adrenaline, and other stress hormones. These hormones cause muscle tension and lead to many diseases such as ulcers, high blood pressure, heart attack, and many immunodeficiency diseases.
So how do we overcome fear?
Live without fear
• Courage is one of the virtues of a spiritually awake person. It allows us to enjoy life’s challenges and gifts with honesty, courage, and joy. Strive to transform fear into awareness, acceptance, and true perception – live without fear. Then enjoy the gifts of eternal happiness, peace, balance, and health and pass on those positive feelings to others. So, turn fear into Face it all and get up.
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Through faith
• Liberty
• Awareness, acceptance, action
• Inward, go inward
• Trust and take care of yourself
• Healthy and eternally happy
Three Quick Steps: When you experience threats or fears, try the following:
1. Breathe – Breathe deeply and hold your breath (20-25 seconds) or as long as you can. Then exhale completely. Repeat until you feel calm. This breaks the cycle of fear.
2. Hydrate yourself: drink a tall glass of plain water.
3. Remind yourself: “Even if it happens, so what?” Practice detachment and acceptance by reminding yourself that whatever happens, everything will be fine. Repeat positive affirmations: “I am relaxed” or “I am calm, alert and fearless.”
Live with the awareness of not being afraid
Note: Seek medical help if necessary. Some fears are actually phobias that require the help of a therapist or doctor to dismantle them. Example: Chronic fear, phobia- – I realized that I had claustrophobia during my pregnancy but later I found out that I had developed it since childhood, and then I found out that my mother, aunts and cousins have the same problem but I did not know it. what was going on – inheritance problem. I learned to handle it and I am handling the BEST.
