31 January 2011  A Different Perspective on Fear (Turning Our
Cowardice on Its Ear!)  A lovely friend who's a therapist sent
round an essay by Dr. Robert Anthony entitled Are You Motivated
by Fear?  Dr. Anthony explains that most of us stay in our
comfort zone precisely because leaving that little nest makes us
feel uncomfortable. He says, "Uncomfortable is a catchall term
that encompasses many emotions; fear, unworthiness, doubt,
anger, hurt and distrust, to name a few. Since we have labeled
these emotions as bad, we don't want to feel them and so we
crawl back into our nests."  Now it becomes interesting: Except
for rare occasions, most of the fear that we experience is over
imagined circumstances or consequences. But, since fear keeps us
from doing things, we never really check out the validity of the
fear itself. A feedback loop of fear --> not doing --> ignorance
--> then back to fear develops.  [...] Let's look at what
happens when the body feels fear; adrenaline, glucose and other
energy producing chem