Comments on: Paralysed by fear? How to overcome it.

By: Gaye Wilson

Gaye Wilson — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 06:31:02 +0000

Hi Ian,
Thanks for that acronym. I learnt it as:
False
Evidence
Appearing
Real

Which really means that fear is false. Who was it that said We have nothing to fear but fear itself?

By: clement sadjere

clement sadjere — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:08:32 +0000

Fear is a killer that can really deny one of the goodness of God. Thanks for your wonderful and inspiring content.

By: ianrod2000

ianrod2000 — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:53:08 +0000

I like the ackronym (why are some words so difficult to spell!!!) that helps me very much when I think of fear. It stands for:

Future
Events
Appearing
Real

I find that this helps a lot, particularly in a pressured work environment.

By: Tom Hudson

Tom Hudson — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:07:27 +0000

I like what you’ve said. Consider this though. Fear like all the baser emotions have their origins in the domain of the Reptilian Brain Complex, fight / flight instinctual survival portion of the brain which has no capacity to perceive other than threat of the protoplasmic survival. It’s evolutionary programming at its most basic state.
There is another center of the brain which Eckhart Tolle references in his “The Power of Now”; the frontal lobe of the cerebrum. It is from this conscious awareness that we have the ability to contemplate actions and effects separate from the moment in which stimulus impacts our senses thereby allowing us to develop principles by which to live rather than succumb to the biological protect mechanisms of survival of the species. It is this brain from which we can perceive awareness of self and awareness of others as distinct entities and from which we can perceive the possibility of the existence of God. This aspect of the brain does not perceive fear. So then the question is how do we access this part of the brain, authorize it to have control of our awareness and live in the awareness of what fear is but also the absence of its threat to disrupt our lives.

By: Kelly G.

Kelly G. — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:03:38 +0000

Great post and good food for thought.

By: Kent Julian

Kent Julian — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:21:42 +0000

Thank you for sharing this to us. I agree with what you said that courage is to take action when you are afraid. If there’s no fear involved, it’s not courage. And definitely you have the courage to face your fears. Kudos to you!

By: clement sadjere

clement sadjere — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:21:21 +0000

i am impressed by your blog especially the quality of your post. To me, fear is the No 1 killer of destiny and if one cannot stand up and face his/her fear squarely, its impossible to achieve success in life.

By: steve werner

steve werner — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:11:21 +0000

“regrets of the past-fear of the future” the two are equally as paralyzing.

when I hear folks say “I just need to figure it out” I detect fear immediately.

Thanks for the insight

By: steve werner

steve werner — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:10:46 +0000

“regrets of the past-fear of the future” the two are equally as paralyzing.

when I hear folks say “I just need to fighure it out” I detect fear immediately.

Thanks for the insight

By: steve werner

steve werner — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:28:39 +0000

Some great insight!

I learned along time ago that there are two things in life that can paralyze you.

Regrets of the past and fear of the future.

Thanks for pointing out some key methods in dealing with the latter.