Is Fear Driving Your Life?
Fear is a natural emotion given to us to help us survive. However, it can also be taken to an extreme, where it dictates your life and interferes with your functioning. Fear can become dysfunctional and harmful when it comes from trauma, cognitive distortions, mental illness, shame, an unhealthy upbringing, or perfectionism. Fear is both a positive and negative emotion. It’s positive in that it sends a “Danger! Alert!” warning to our brains when something seems off. Its purpose is to keep us alive. Sometimes we will experience a gut feeling or intuition that tells us something is wrong, even if we don’t have all of the information. Fear is also a negative emotion, in that it holds us back. ...
