I fear the unknown. Not usually though, this is a recent thing.
When something is not known, like the outcome of a situation, I tend to play out the scenario with a positive spin. It usually works out close to the way I imagine it. It's not that surprising when you think about the fact that you control most of the factors that affect the outcome.
Well, I find myself in a very different situation. I am trying to deal with a fear of the unknown. A situation where I have no control of the factors that affect the outcome.
Why the fear? You might say if the situation is unknown, why fear? Why not focus on the positive, which is the possibility that involves nothing happenning? More likely probability when you think logically.
That's what I'm asking myself, why the fear? Is it a natural reaction to an emotionally charged situation? Is it based on my own past experience? Is it the result of weighing what little actual information I posess about the situation? Is it a combination of all the personal filters I use to analyize each situation I face?
I tend to discount the last possibility because fear is not a normal result when I analyze an unknown situation.
Does it matter? Does my fear change what will be the outcome of the situation? No. But, just maybe, understanding it will help me to stop running the "fear" tape over and over in my head.
When something is not known, like the outcome of a situation, I tend to play out the scenario with a positive spin. It usually works out close to the way I imagine it. It's not that surprising when you think about the fact that you control most of the factors that affect the outcome.
Well, I find myself in a very different situation. I am trying to deal with a fear of the unknown. A situation where I have no control of the factors that affect the outcome.
Why the fear? You might say if the situation is unknown, why fear? Why not focus on the positive, which is the possibility that involves nothing happenning? More likely probability when you think logically.
That's what I'm asking myself, why the fear? Is it a natural reaction to an emotionally charged situation? Is it based on my own past experience? Is it the result of weighing what little actual information I posess about the situation? Is it a combination of all the personal filters I use to analyize each situation I face?
I tend to discount the last possibility because fear is not a normal result when I analyze an unknown situation.
Does it matter? Does my fear change what will be the outcome of the situation? No. But, just maybe, understanding it will help me to stop running the "fear" tape over and over in my head.
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