How to Overcome Fears with Positive Affirmations

Instead of concentrating on the worries and fears that make our lives miserable, how about we keep investigating the subconscious psychological barriers that keep us back?

Whatever our fears may be—fear of failure, fear of heights, fear of driving, or anxiety about the future—they are a fundamental part of the human experience and the main obstacles standing in the way of us achieving our objectives and leading peaceful, contented lives.

The good news is that you can actually do something about your fears, tame them, and use them as a potent force for growth and self-love.

Let's explore these methods in this article and how using positive affirmations in particular can help people transition from a state of fear to one of confidence.

This essay was written as a component of my 32-article challenge, which was motivated by best-selling author Louise Hay's belief that we can all positively transform our lives.

Complex primary emotions like fear reveal a lot about our personalities.

Our fears are reflections of our experiences from the past, our limiting interpretations and beliefs, our unmet needs, our imaginations, and our predictions for the future.

Anyhow, fear is always a signal from the small inner voice that wants to defend us.of actual, potential, or occasionally even completely irrational pain or danger.

In order to be able to overcome your fears, it is crucial to understand the various sources of this emotion.

Some phobias are thought to be innate and connected to basic survival strategies.

Through his theory of evolution, the renowned naturalist and biologist Charles Darwin helped us understand innate fears.

He came up with the theory that certain phobias are deeply ingrained in us as a result of our biological make-up and ancestors' adaptation to environmental hardships.

For instance, the fear of darkness, the fear of death and dangerous animals, the fear of blood, the fear of abandonment and rejection, etc.

These anxieties would arise as a result of natural selection favouring people who were inclined to stay away from potentially hazardous situations.

Fears that are acquired are those that arise as a result of a traumatic personal experience.

For instance, if a person was bit by a dog as a child, they might grow to have a panicky fear of all dogs, no matter how docile.

Thus, depending on our experiences, acquired fears can be conditioned by traumatic events or previous bad experiences, and are thus unique to each of us.

Our desire for acceptance and belonging is correlated with our social anxieties.

Our ego is primarily driven by our fear of being judged or rejected by others, which manifests itself in various ways at all levels of our society.

These social fears, which may be strengthened by prior rejection or humiliation experiences, are the root of behaviours such as jealousy, power struggles, and strategies of manipulation and dominance.

As we can see, not everyone is the same when facing fear. As many different fear patterns exist as there are people on the planet.

Therefore, it's crucial to avoid attempting to compare yourself to others when dealing with fear.

It is not a sign of weakness to experience stress or anxiety in certain circumstances, and doing so shouldn't make you feel guilty or low on yourself.

Instead of attempting to overcome or fight your fears, it can be interesting to learn to recognise and understand them.

Each of our fears offers us the chance to advance on the road to self-love and life confidence.

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