5 Reasons Fear Limits Lifes Possibilities
Saturday, February 27th, 2010Have you ever felt like fear was keeping you from achieving your full possibilities in life? If so, you are certainly not alone because fear is one of the major obstacles that most people face when trying to create better life circumstances.
Below are a few of the most typical ways that anxiety can keep you back:
Fear can stop you from making positive moves.
Sometimes fear might make even the tiniest changes look highly unpleasant. For example, you may be deeply dissatisfied with your career, but feel nervous or doubtful about finding and applying for a better one. Or you may have always dreamed of buying your own home but worry that the responsibility would be too much to handle.
Fear may stop you from breaking harmful habits.
We all know that smoking, poor dietary choices, too much alcohol and a sedentary lifestyle are a recipe for health conditions, but we frequently gravitate toward these habits because they help numb our anxious or fearful emotions. If you have ever tried to break a bad habit like this, you know how stressful it can be because suddenly you are filled with stress and you don’t know the right way to deal with it except to run back to your “pacifiers” – the very habits you are trying to break.
Fear can prevent you from taking risks.
Many of us shy away from risk because we fear negative results. For instance, you may hesitate to invest your money because you fear losing it, or avoid beginning a new relationship because you were so hurt by the previous one. What most of us forget to understand is that risk can also bring great benefits. Avoiding risk could help us avoid negative possibilities but we also overlook the pleasure and delight that come from positive results.
Fear may keep you from seeking your objectives.
Have you ever dreamed of doing something fantastic but were never able to push yourself to do it? Perhaps you dreamed of becoming a stand- up comedian but feared the thought of public speaking, or you desperately wanted to be a bestselling writer but were too scared to pen that novel lurking inside of you.
Fear will stop you from expanding your life.
Social stress is another common way that fear can limit your future. It may stop you from going to networking functions so your job or business can’t mature effectively, or you may avoid taking that much needed vacation to relax and explore other cultures because you fear flying or being on a cruise ship.