One study, for example, found that patients with claustrophobia who were treated with exposure therapy showed that 79 percent improved to a clinically significant extent, versus 18 percent in the control group. But confronting it is the way to move forward. Fear doesn’t ever really go away, nor should it. Susan Jeffers recommends you think through the outcome that makes you most afraid, so that you can then consider how you would deal with it were it to happen.
In her 1987 bestseller Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Dr. It’s an approach long favored by behavioral psychologists. And the best results that I've had in life, the most enjoyable times, have all been from asking a simple question: What’s the worst that can happen?” More often than not it shows you exactly what you should do. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn’t do. “Fear is your friend,” says Tim Ferriss in his TED talk. Such an efficacious outlook produces personal accomplishments, reduces stress and lowers vulnerability to depression.īut how can you set yourself up for an “efficacious outlook” to begin with, so the flywheel spins the way you want it to? Think through the worst-case scenario They approach threatening situations with assurance that they can exercise control over them. They attribute failure to insufficient effort or deficient knowledge and skills which are acquirable. They quickly recover their sense of efficacy after failures or setbacks. They heighten and sustain their efforts in the face of failure. They set themselves challenging goals and maintain strong commitment to them. Standing on the ledge, I chickened out and freaked out.Such an efficacious outlook fosters intrinsic interest and deep engrossment in activities. I should have left it at that, but instead I went on to the gorge swing. I had just finished a crazy zipline over the Zambizi River and conquered my fear of heights.
If you get to the top of the world’s highest bunjy jump and have a panic attack while standing on the ledge, that may be too much and you’ll never do it again, and amplify your fear of heights. That’s why it’s important to do baby steps. If you get in over your head, you can become paralyzed with fear in the future and have to start all over again. I mentioned it in another comment, but I’ll say it again here… We were talking to our kayaking guide this summer and she explained to us that sometimes doing something that scares you can revert you back to even being more fearful. If you go back to baby steps, I really think that’s a great way to face your fears. I think it happens to many people, that’s why so many retirees end up at the golf course day in day out. That’s why we feel that it is important to keep pushing ourselves to do things (a bit) if we give into it, we’ll be too afraid to try anything. As we get older, we feel the anxiety more. It was exciting! Now, we do think things over and have a lot more fear. In our younger years, we didn’t really think of the consequences or even think that anything was too dangerous. What’s your greatest fear? Are you planning on facing your fears today? But whatever it is, today is your day to get it done. If you have a fear of heights, maybe it is time to take an elevator up to the tallest building in your city and look out from the highest floor.
Do something that scares you today! Maybe you’ve been afraid to approach someone you’ve had a crush on or maybe you’ve been afraid to apply for that new job. So with National Face Your Fears Day here to motivate everyone to face their fears, make some plans to do something that scares you.
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You’ll find that by having a professional watch your back, you’ll discover a lot of courage within that you never thought you’d ever have.
Having an experienced professional there to teach you, take care of you and make sure that you are safe, will alleviate many of the fears that you may have. When we take on an epic hike or decide that we want to face a raging river by kayak, we don’t go into it blindly. We both had a professional with us the entire time. I flew a stunt plane in New Zealand, Dave jumped out of a plane in New Zealand. Dave and I do many things that seem actually insane.
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