10d • 💬 General Discussion
Fear: The Concept vs. The Feeling
Lately I’ve been paying closer attention to the way fear shows up in my life, and I’ve realized something I didn’t always know: there’s a big difference between fear as an idea and fear as something I actually feel in my body.
For years, I treated fear like a single thing, one big, looming signal that meant stop. But when I look back, most of what I called “fear” wasn’t a feeling at all. It was a story I’d inherited or rehearsed so many times that it felt true.
🤯 For me, conceptual fear is the narrative that starts running before anything even happens.
It’s the voice that says: 👄
- “If you speak up, you’ll upset someone.”
- “If you try this, you’ll fail.”
- “If you want more, you’ll lose what you already have.”
Those thoughts don’t come from my body—they come from old patterns, old expectations, old versions of me trying to keep things predictable.
❤️ The feeling of fear is different.
It’s the quickening in my chest, the tightness in my throat, the warmth rising in my face.
It’s my nervous system saying, 📣 “Something matters here.” 📣
And I’ve learned that feeling fear doesn’t mean I’m in danger.
It means I’m alive to something important.
When I confuse the story with the sensation, I shut myself down.
But when I can tell the difference, when I pause long enough to ask, Is this a narrative or a feeling?
I get to choose my next step instead of reacting from habit.
❓If it’s a story, I can question it.❓
🤗 If it’s a feeling, I can support myself through it.🤗
And when it’s both, I can meet myself with a little more clarity and compassion.
When fear comes up in your life, how do you tell the difference between the story and the feeling?
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Fear: The Concept vs. The Feeling
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