Fear is an instinct that is useful because it alerts us to danger, but sometimes we overstep the barrier of logic and let fear paralyze us. Fear is the number 1 enemy of happiness and it makes us more vulnerable, but can fear be avoided? At the moment we don’t have the magic cure, but we do have some things that only fearful people understand and we want to tell them so that the world knows how it feels to live in fear and try to take a little iron out of the matter.
If you’re a scared person, you’ll understand.
We all have some fear, but there are people generally. Everyday fears, typical fears, rare fears or existential fears appear there in our minds to paralyze us and make us feel weaker. What worries us now is the misunderstanding that some fears generate, which is why we have prepared a list of things that only fearful people understand.
- What about the spiders? The fear of spiders and arachnophobia are worldwide known and very common. That does not prevent people who are not afraid of spiders, insects, rats or any other bug that swarms around the house from staying so calm and telling you: ‘it’s just a spider’. And you, in a panic, answer: ‘just a spider?’
- Vital tremendousness. If you have ever been told that you think too much, that you think about things a lot and that you are a terrible person, it is because you suffer from the misunderstanding of others. Others do not understand that life is full of worries and that you have to analyze everything that can happen. Just to be prepared!
- You never turn off the light. The fear of theist is not exclusive to children, although you may carry your fear from childhood. At your age you already know that there are no monsters under the bed, but just in case you always leave a small light on when you go to sleep. And you might even check the closet.
- Danger surrounds you. For fearful people, the world is full of dangers: an epidemic, a nuclear accident or a natural catastrophe can occur, and whoever says otherwise is lying. Logically it is to be scared, what you do not understand is why people continue with their lives as if we were not at risk of apocalypse.
- The world is hostile. What doubt there is! The world is not exactly a friendly place and you are afraid of being mugged in the street, being harassed on social media, having enemies at work or being betrayed by your friends. Come on, what is normal on any given day.
- The future is dark. What will become of you tomorrow? It is a question that we have all asked ourselves at some point. Fearful people see the future with pessimism and cannot understand those other optimistic and smiling people who are very sure that they are going to eat the world.
- Not without my phobias. There are also collectors of phobias, such as the phobia of feet, cheese, doctors, flowers… fears that are confused with phobias and that in some cases do not go beyond hobbies, but you have to live with them.
- I know, but I can’t help it. Fear is irrational and most of the fears we have are surmountable. It is something we know, but until we overcome them we cannot avoid feeling anguish, anxiety or nerves in each of these situations.