Afraid of fear?

For a few years i have been thinking of doing something challenging. I have done it before, but sometime i stoped. A little later i wasn't sure if i could do it anymore. And i was afraid i would fail. I was afraid of not being good enough.

In my head i was considering it again and again. And the more often i did that the more certain i was i would fail. And i started training. But i didn't take the challenge.

And then one day i just decided to do it. I thought if i don't do it now, i will never do it. And i did it. It was a challenge but i never thought of quitting it while i did it. And in the end i was wondering what i was so afraid of.

Did you ever wanted to do something and you weren't sure if you would succeed? And when you finally got it done you were suprised how easy it was? And why you didn't start it sooner?

Often we think about a challenge and it's risks. And the more we think the more reasons for failure come to our mind. And the more certain we get of this failure. Because it has happened before. In our brain. And our brain has troubles keeping imagination and reality apart, especially when it comes to problems.

And then our mind starts making up excuses for not taking the challenge. You know them all: "Bad weather", "too tired", "not prepared enough", "waiting for a better opportunity" and so on.

But once you did it you wonder what you were so afraid of. And in the end it comes down to a little fear begets more fear begets more fear...

This is how your brain wants to prevent you from doing something stupid. But nowadays most decisions are not about life and death but far more simple. But our brain doesn't know that. And it applies the tools it always uses: Fear, more fear, still more fear, paralysation.

But just knowing about this can help you make a decision. Knowing that you are mostly afraid of your own fear. And if you need help starting it, just take your fear by suprise. Don't think about it, just start it.