There's no human that can say they don't fear anything. It's a natural instinct. But people like to hide their fear thinking it will make them inferior.
I really appreciate that @ecotrain came with this question and make a room for all of us to talk about our fear which we usually don't talk about or feel comfortable to talk in real life.
The basic question is, What makes us fearful?
Human life is full of uncertain events. I read it somewhere that our life is all about overcoming or dealing with fear and proceeding to the next one. And I agree with it. There are so many reasons to get fearful. I don't know why society makes it wired to talk about fear. Like when I was studying I was pretty fearful about my future career. But now I almost overcome it because I'm doing a secured job. But there are other fears growing inside me as I'm aging.
From my understanding, Uncertainty plays a major role in producing fear. Another major fear is the fear of rejection. Not only that as I have said earlier, the more I'm aging the more I'm thinking about death and the afterlife. So I think that's also a major fear we humans have. But if you look closely you can see all fears are connected and make it one and that is the fear of uncertainty.
Let me give an example from my life.
As I have mentioned earlier, I was fearful about my future career and what lifestyle I have to choose. This fear let me take two extra courses after my college education to make more career opportunities. I took marketing and finance separately. As I was not from a similar background I had to put a lot of effort to pass those courses. But it helped me to boost my career in the marketing field. So for me, my fears lead me to open up a new window.
Now I'm going to answer the questions in a simple sentence.
What Do I Fear?
I fear uncertainty and everything related to it. I'm an extrovert so I would say, I will fit into society and don't feel uncomfortable with people. But again, like any other human, I fear rejection. Because I may have to work on something again if I get rejected. So the fear of rejection doesn't fear me but the aftermath does. So I would say, the uncertain thing is my biggest fear.
Why Do I Fear?
Because it's my natural instinct and because I'm not sure what's waiting for me. I wouldn't say it would be great if I can see my future. But it surely would be great if I could predict it as per my action. But my life is such a thing that my prediction never goes well and I end up finding myself on a path where there's no comeback and I have to work from the very beginning to make things right. When I think about what I have to go through if things don't work, it always makes me fearful.
But I came to realize that fear is a good thing. Because somehow it protects us, show us different paths like I gave examples from my life.
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