How To Stop Feeling Scared All The Time

Many of us are prone to feelings of intense anxiety - and at the same time, experience immense shame for doing so. Yet there is nothing remotely embarrassing about being highly susceptible to anxiety. We need to understand the origins of our moods and learn to talk about them with an open heart and a resolute mind.

FURTHER READING

“Every human worries on occasion, but for some of us, the suffering is on a quite different and more life-destroying scale: we are, without wishing to be ungrateful or absurd, more or less permanently anxious.What makes matters so hard for us, the anxious, is that we are unable to maintain a distinction between what objectively deserves terror and what automatically and unthinkingly provokes terror. The quintessential calming question – ‘Is there actually anything to be scared of here?’ – can’t even enter consciousness: there’s no sense that a benign response could even be possible.”

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[HumansOfVR]

*_Anxiety is carrying tomorrow's load with today's strength, carrying two days at once. Worrying doesn't empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength_*

[hemant]

I m just scared of being judged by people, which make me quiet all the time

[abdallahtamersaada]

Anxiety: aren’t you like.. worried
Me: about what?
Anxiety: I don’t know
Me: omfg thanks for reminding me

[giulia]

For me the frustrating thing is that i didn't experience anything traumatic that can explain my constant social anxiety.. and sometimes i can't come up with reasonable counterparts to my feelings

[skaterdudeb]

me to my anxiety: people are focused on themselves. they're not thinking about you
depression: ever
me: that's not what i meant

[coolcatsrthebest]

Lately I’ve been so anxious with every second I’m spending outside of my house (like getting on the bus, going to school, or just walking in a street full of strangers...) I’m so scared of this world we live in, and I’m afraid of my own mind and the loneliness it brings with... My body feels stressed and heavy and I literally have a chronic headaches 24/7 from overthinking....

[alextint]

Suffering, Anxiety and Horror feels like this:
Wondering about human existence, being afraid of the day the world ends, afraid of going to hell, being punished, afraid of Loneliness, afraid of possible unpredictable tragic scenarios that doesn't happen yet.

[AA-cbvi]

I really I am scared of everything in my life، it's a struggle everyday and I never told anyone about anything when it comes to my depression and fear of the future about my parents and my future as a student

I really don't know if this makes sense to anyone but sometimes I thought that's why I live or what is gonna happen to me or the people surrounding me

I want to be positive but my mind isn't

I really want to not to be afraid of everything

I am seriously crying about even thinking about it when I am writing this

I am really sorry if I bothered anyone

[marleenvandun]

Once again The School of Life comes at the PERFECT moment!

[scottytownsend]

i have PTSD and i constantly feel like that “bear” is right around the corner all the time. i just recently had a bad episode and it made me feel like i’ll never recover from my hyper-vigilance and i felt cursed by it. this video has given me hope and i really appreciate it

[evolvedape]

I don’t fear death. Death will be the ultimate release from all this concern and anxiety. I fear what can happen before the great dark.

[realbobbyaxel]

School of life is the best gift youtube ever gave me

[TooOldToPlay]

I've almost ruined my life because of the fear of everything, and now I have one last chance to make it all better and I'm again scared to make a move cause It's like I'm facing all my fears once again while moving forward.
I know that I need to understand that nothing bad will happen if I go ahead and do my part but I'm too scared to face people that I never met.
I need to let this confession out and try to go forward.

[mariamilo]

"As soon as you have made a thought, laugh at it." Lao Tzu

[kelseyjohnston]

I’m constantly afraid of being murdered, other people dying, and hundreds of other things 😭

[shivamnow]

Understanding the source of fear works most of the time. When you understand your fear and the place where it originates from along with the cause, you can work on it better.

[GabrielKnightz]

"A fear is not a Fact" i like that.

[benjaminsnyder]

This is so accurate I shed a tear. I
Hate being scared all the time. I hate it more than life

[whowhowho-znvy]

i’m scared of how dangerous the world has become, it’s basically impossible to go through a day without hearing about a kidnapping, theft, killings, etc. it’s honestly so scary and makes me worry all the time.

[hulan]

4:39
A consequence of not knowing the details of what once scared us is a fear of everything into the future.

That was spoken into my soul.