Facing fears sounds like a really intense experience. But what is fear? Fear is not some monolithic thing. Numerous emotional experiences live within the genre of fear (or any other major category of emotion). Overcoming fears starts with naming the very specific emotion you are feeling. So how do we go about identifying emotion?
There are many different flavors of fear and many different triggers for those fears. One of the most common drivers of a fear response comes from uncertainty. Not knowing what might happen, either in the moment or in the long term, frequently leads to anxiety of one kind or another. This post explores uncertainty during the COVID-19 experience and ways to manage the resulting fear.
Welcome to Fear Explorer. You may be wondering what this is and why it’s here. The TLDR version is that I am really intrigued by the impact fear has in our lives and wanted a place to share my personal experiences confronting my fears as well as learning about fear in general. The rest of this post explains how I got here.
A recap of the original birthday fear challenge that started this journey with links to every challenge from August, 2019.
