# Fear Management **URL:** \ **Category:** Life Advice\ **Created:** [December 1, 2020, 6:26am UTC](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/fear-management/31091 "2020-12-01T06:26:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
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Fear is a natural human emotion. It arises from any kind of threat or harm. It is one of the seven universal emotions experienced by everyone. It can be caused from harm of physical, emotional. It can either be real or just imaginary. Although it is considered to be a negative emotion as it can affect a person mental as well as physical health but on contrary it helps us to be aware of any kind of danger or harm. ## Common fear triggers: Fear can be triggered by any harm or danger. Most of the common fears are: Darkness is one of the common fears as you lose the visibility of your surroundings. Some people are afraid of heights and they avoid flying or climbing to tall places and buildings. Most of the people gets scared by the thought of social interaction or meeting with new people. Moreover, the thought of facing rejection can also be a trigger of fear. Creepy crawlies like snake, lizard, rodents also cause fear in people. People are scared of dying and losing their loved one also. ## How to conquer fear: Fear is one of the strongest emotions that is why it can be a bit difficult to overcome this emotion but that does not mean that you can not overcome. You just need a bit of motivation and here are some ways to eliminate fear from your heart and mind: ### Understand fear and embrace it Embrace your fear because fear is not a bad emotion nor a good one although it helps you to act in a way that generate the results that you need. Embracing your fear will help you to perform your actions and not control them. ### Name the fear Try to face your fear. Say it out loud what you are afraid of it does not mean that you are weak or something instead it takes courage to admit. If you are going to run away from your fear it is going to get bigger but if you try to face it eventually it will grow to shrink, and you will no longer have that fear. ### Educate yourself If your fear is based on lack on knowledge then educate yourself, get that information and examine your situation. ### Utilize peer pressure Peer pressure means the influence that peer can have on each other. It can be positive or negative depending how the situation is wielded. Have you ever tried to go for scuba diving if you are water phobic, maybe not but gather yourself around such people that who will push you to overcome your fears. ### Get help Getting help does not mean you need to go to a doctor of a psychiatrist but actually it means you can just have a friend, a mentor who have your back. You can share your feelings with them even if they are no expert in the area you are struggling but they can provide you support and help you to overcome you fear. ### Practice Mindfulness What mindfulness exactly is? It is a thinking activity which helps you to become more aware about your fear. When you see the symptoms of fear you just need to relax and think about what is happening with you and what you can do instead of just panicking. It will help in self awareness and stop from any harmful action. ### Exercise It can help you to focus your mind on one thing. It will be good for you mind as well as your body. Relax yourself by breathing, you can sit alone in a quite place and meditate which will make you more capable of things and make your mind at ease. ### Deal with The Fear Directly The only way to deal with your fear is to be head on. People deny their fears that they are facing some problem, and this results in stress, uneasiness and make them uncomfortable. To confront your fear and look it in eyes is the best possible way to overcome it. Overall change your relationship with fear instead of knocking you down use it as a motivation to outgrow it. The only thing which limits your protentional is you, don’t let any other factor become a hurdle in your life. --- _[View the full topic](https://howtodiscuss.com/t/fear-management/31091)._