Fear goes to our very core. It is triggered when we experience any kind of pain or discomfort; our limbic brain is inherently wired to be on alert for any kind of danger. Safety is fundamental to our survival.
We’ll do anything to avoid feeling fear; it’s deeply uncomfortable – physically and emotionally. However, what we may not realise is the extent to which fear (and the ‘avoidance’ of the feeling of fear) influences our daily lives: it often motivates how we behave, how we react, how we dress, stand and talk; fear often drives our ambition, fuels our opinions and underpins our anger. And yet we are often completely oblivious to fear’s powerful influence!