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This is the first time I've answered a question from a subscriber, and I feel famous (I'm aware that's a little dramatic)—like I'm answering fan mail! Anyways, time to get down to conquering fears through positivity.
Where to Start?
I believe that there are two acknowledgements that must be made in order to start conquering your fears. Warning: overcoming fears is NOT easy!
First, acknowledge that your fears are real and valid; whatever you're afraid of, that is completely okay. This is the first step because you can't fight something if it's not real, you'd merely be throwing punches at ghosts. However, when those phantoms become flesh, that is when your punches start making contact. Sounds scary, doesn't it? Letting your fears be real is no light feat. But only you can be brave enough to give them life, that way you can put them to death. You have to kill your fears so they can't haunt you—don't let your fears resurrect, only Jesus can do that!
This leads me to the second important thing that you need to acknowledge is that you are a conqueror. You need to know that you are strong enough to not only face your fears, but to defeat them. This is what's called an "enabling attitude," an attitude that shows you that you can do whatever you set your mind to. We must practice self-enabling because there won't always be other people there to push us forward, so we must do it ourselves; simply put, self sufficiency is vital to an internal battle like facing your fears. DON'T BE AFRAID TO TELL YOURSELF THAT YOU'RE STRONG! It's not prideful, it's simply a fact—you're stronger than you know, strong enough to conquer your fears.
What About Positivity?
Now that you know you're a conqueror who has real enemies to face, you have to face them. I'm not going to lie to you, I wrote that last part in a fit of "I'm going to inspire people" and now that I read it back, I'm a little scared myself. But that's exactly what's wrong with our typical mindset in regards to conquering fears: it's filled with fear. How can we face fear with fear? That'd be like putting out a fire with fire, which clearly wouldn't help the situation. Therefore, we need to change our mindset so we fight fire with water, fear with positivity.
Of course, it's easy to tell someone to be positive...
...but it's not easy to actually be positive. Naturally, fear will be a part of the process (that's why we classify things as fears... because, well, they fill us with fear), but if it dominates your mind, you will never be able to overcome. I believe that the most powerful force that dwells within us is positivity, mostly because things like hope, kindness, and joy stem from it. Thus, if we have a positive mindset, we can face our fears through the many facets of positivity—turning our battle into a process of growth.
Now that I feel you've been thoroughly convinced that a positive mindset is necessary to overcome fear, we can talk about how to be positive.
I'm going to confess that I'm not always very good about this. It's really hard to be positive when facing fear, frustration, injustice, or even apathy. But here are some methods/mechanisms that have helped me to foster a positive outlook in tough situations.
Encouraging, upbeat music
Talking with friends or family and asking them for encouragement
Podcasts
Words of inspiration (this is basically all I use Pinterest for ...highly recommend)
Exercise to release pent up stress/anger, clears the way for positivity
Of course, these aren't the only ways to create a positive mindset, but they're good starting places. As long as you find something that works for you, that's all you need to succeed.
In conclusion, positivity is the most powerful and effective way to conquer your fears; remember that you are strong enough to do so!
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