Abnormal fear : how to overcome irrational fears ?

Caution : You must consult your doctor for your health. This page presents only a personal and alternative point of view which should not be considered as an attempt to prescribe medicine.

Fear is part of the emotions.

It is therefore quite normal to feel it in case of danger.

However, when fear arises for unfounded things, it can be characterized as abnormal, irrational, or even phobia.

How to overcome irrational fears? The solution to better manage fear.

Fear, the alert process

Fear is therefore part of the emotions.

It is natural to feel it in potentially dangerous situations.

We have been confronted with it since childhood, for example with the fear of separation or the fear of the dark.

As we grow older, the fears of childhood are most often overcome.

But not always.

In addition, new fears can arise, even if they are unfounded.

Fear is a process of survival, it puts our brain and our body on alert in the face of danger, so that we can react: setting up a process of flight or avoidance …

However, when fear becomes abnormal or even phobic, the impacts on daily life can be bothersome.

Overcome abnormal fears or phobias

Abnormal and irrational fear involves great anxiety.

Emotions in a given situation are no longer controlled.

Irrational fear can manifest itself through different symptoms: a tetany attack, a panic attack, chronic hyperventilation, sweating , nausea, avoidance …

It can impact private life, but also the professional environment.

For example, this is the case with the phobia of flying.

People who suffer from it will be reluctant to travel, at the risk of missing out on interesting discoveries, hobbies or even professional opportunities.

There are many, many phobias, and few people do not have at least one irrational fear.

These include, for example, the fear of spiders, snakes, the elevator, the plane, the crowd, the storm, claustrophobia ...

Overcome your irrational fears

Looking for information to better understand what terrifies us is a first step in allaying your fears.

This can help put certain things into perspective.

Likewise, talking about it can allow you to see things from a different perspective.

However, trying to rationalize is not enough, because the fear is beyond that, irrational.

Breathing is a tool within everyone's reach to be able to tame irrational fears.

It is, however, a matter of controlling your breath, the rhythm of which must be normalized.

By properly oxygenating the body, the tense diaphragm is released, the body relaxes.

The muscles no longer paralyze, breathing allows you to keep all your faculties and your discernment.

If the breath is out of order, the air flows do not circulate normally and the benefits cannot be felt.

Unfortunately, in the face of great fear, the diaphragm contracts and tightens.

Loris Vitry, breathing coach, gives his precious advice for better breathing and freeing the diaphragm through his own concept of intermittent breathing.

His free and comprehensive video workshop clearly illustrates the importance of normalized breathing.

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