{"id":8174,"date":"2016-06-17T22:34:54","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T17:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/?p=8174"},"modified":"2016-06-17T22:37:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T17:07:13","slug":"overcome-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/overcome-fear.html","title":{"rendered":"3 Simple Steps To Overcome Fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are you scared of?<\/strong> Oh, don\u2019t shake your head and say, \u201cNothing!\u201d We are all scared of something \u2013 it could be fear of something real like mice and cockroaches or fear of the possibility of something going wrong \u2013 like feeling humiliated while addressing a crowd.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this article, you are taken through a three step process<\/strong> of understanding why you are scared of something, what to do about it and finally how to overcome it.<\/p>\n

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  1. It\u2019s quite simple really, you don\u2019t feel scared when you are in control.<\/strong> This is why you are scared of natural calamities and terrorism \u2013 it is not in your control. However, when you are driving your car or riding your bike, though the chances of you getting hurt are more compared to catastrophes, you are not scared because you have a feeling of control.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    The biology of this is explained in the book<\/span> \u2018<\/span>Your Brain at Work: Strategies for Overcoming Distraction, Regaining Focus, and Working Smarter All Day Long<\/span><\/a>\u2019. \u201cThe loss of prefrontal function only occurs when we feel out of control. It\u2019s the prefrontal cortex itself that is determining if we are in control or not. Even if we have the illusion that we are in control, our cognitive functions are preserved.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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    1. Now you have no control over something, \u00a0how do you still not fear it? Visualize your fears. This may sound counter-intuitive, but the logic is, the more you think about your fears, the less scary they become<\/strong>. So you have a fear of heights? Think about riding in a cable car. Does this make you feel scared? Make it worse, think that the cable car crashes and you fall down, down, down like Alice down the rabbit hole. But don\u2019t stop there, think of all the bloody wounds and fractures that you can have. And then? Well, you can stop now. Just concentrate on your breathing. You have imagined the worst, your mind can\u2019t play any other tricks on you.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      As explained in the book<\/span> \u2018Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu of Taira Shigesuke: A Contemporary Translation of the Bushido Shoshins\u2019<\/span><\/a> samurais are asked to constantly think about death, so that death does not seem scary anymore. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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      1. Finally, gradually expose yourself to your fear.<\/strong> Take baby steps, but make sure you progress. Basically, you must \u2018face your fears\u2019. That\u2019s an old and boring clich\u00e9, but a clich\u00e9 is a clich\u00e9 for a reason, right? Are you scared of closed spaces? Try riding an elevator one floor at a time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        As Stanford neuroscientist, Philippe Goldin said in an interview<\/a>, \u201cExposure is hands down the most successful way to deal with phobias, anxiety disorders, and everyday fears of any sort\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

        So, there you have it, why you get scared and what to do about it. Do sound out in the comments below about your phobias and how you overcame them.<\/span><\/p>\n

        Are you unable to overcome a certain fear or phobia? It’s alright, we are here to help.\u00a0Get in touch with YourDOST<\/a> experts for professional, sympathetic advice on how to overcome fear and phobias.<\/em><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        What are you scared of? Oh, don\u2019t shake your head and say, \u201cNothing!\u201d We are all scared of something \u2013 it could be fear of something real like mice and cockroaches or fear of the possibility of something going wrong \u2013 like feeling humiliated while addressing a crowd.\u00a0 In this article, you are taken through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focus-and-concentration","category-self-growth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourdost.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}