Yes, it does take hard work to face fears. I think our culture of safetyism is making it worse too. People feel like it's ok to not face their fears and to run and hide from them, which just makes them grow larger.
This is made worse by legions of people actively searching for outrage. So if you are avoidant there are no end of campaigns reinforcing the sense you are correct to feel the way you do because others seek to use this to gain advantage.
Where I am domestic violence is one such campaign despite being rare. It is very well funded too to the extent many women think it is commonplace. The court records say otherwise.
And made worse by the fact fear itself can be useful. It is not an artificial feeling, just inappropriate in the examples listed. So it has an authenticity to it making it all the harder for people to see beyond and work to combat it.
Fear is an easy emotion to make. It feeds itself. It takes hard work to accept and to dismiss fears.
Yes, it does take hard work to face fears. I think our culture of safetyism is making it worse too. People feel like it's ok to not face their fears and to run and hide from them, which just makes them grow larger.
This is made worse by legions of people actively searching for outrage. So if you are avoidant there are no end of campaigns reinforcing the sense you are correct to feel the way you do because others seek to use this to gain advantage.
Where I am domestic violence is one such campaign despite being rare. It is very well funded too to the extent many women think it is commonplace. The court records say otherwise.
And made worse by the fact fear itself can be useful. It is not an artificial feeling, just inappropriate in the examples listed. So it has an authenticity to it making it all the harder for people to see beyond and work to combat it.