The 6 Basic Fears

Isaiah 43:1 “Don’t fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine.” The phrase “fear not” is used at least 80 times in the Bible, most likely because He knows the enemy uses fear to decrease our hope and limit our victories.

We are born with only two innate fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud sounds.

• Innate fears. A 1960 study evaluated depth perception among 6- to14-month-old infants, as well as young animals.
• Learned fears. Most fear is learned.
• How does the brain process fear?

• Fear of poverty. Symptoms include: indifference, doubt, worry, over-caution, procrastination.
• Fear of criticism.
• Fear of ill health.
• Fear of loss of love of someone.
• Fear of old age.
• Fear of death.

Finding the Source of Your Fears

1. Self-evaluation. A person can find the source of his or her own fears by doing some self-evaluation and also by talking to a professional.
2. Determine a solution.
3. Challenge your negative thoughts.
4. Be smart in dealing with your fears and anxieties.
5. Learn to take it one day at a time.
6. Get the facts.
7. Learn from experience.

10 Biggest Fears That Hold You Back from Living Your Best Life

1. Fear of Failure. The fear of failure is one of the most common biggest fear that hold people back from living their best life.
2. Fear of Success.
3. Fear of Loss.
4. Fear of Being Judged.
5. Fear of Losing Our ‘Identity’
6. Fear of Losing Control.
7. Fear of Time.
8. Fear of Who You Really Are.

Here are the top 10 fears that hold people back in life:

• Change. We live in an ever-changing world, and change happens more rapidly than ever before.
• Loneliness.
• Failure.
• Rejection.
• Uncertainty.
• Something Bad Happening.
• Getting Hurt.
• Being Judged.

Actually, who are you not to be?” 2. “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence actually liberates others.”

Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.

As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” You are powerful beyond measure! And this powerful video is meant to remind you of that so that you can rise above your fears and live the life you came here to live.

Akeelah : [quoting Marianne Williamson] Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.