Conquer Your Fear With A Shift In Words

July 6, 2022

Words have different meanings

Words and how they affect you have different meanings and emotions attached to them.

These small, subtle differences can have a major impact on your whole, individual health.

Here is a way to identify within yourself, what fear is for you, and how it affects you! Better yet, how to shift it to something more positive.

First

Check out the words below and truly identify your inner dialogs. What comes up with each one?

Evaluate deeply within yourself, what is fear? What does that feel like for you?

Look at the words below and identify the words that most resonate with you. Have a written list of them.

Fear also means:

alarm
apprehension
abhorrence
agitation
angst
anxiety
aversion,
chickenheartedness
cold feet
cold sweat
concern
consternation
cowardice
creeps
despair
discomposure
dismay
disquietude
distress
doubt
dread
faintheartedness
foreboding
fright
funk
horror
jitters,
misgiving
nightmare
panic
phobia
presentiment
qualm
reverence
revulsion,
scare
suspicion
terror
timidity
trembling
tremor
trepidation
unease
uneasiness
worry

Imagine these scenarios:

Getting ready for work Monday mornings fills you with dread.
Bills are due, and that is horribly worrisome.
Stage fright has you stuck on the sidelines.
Walking down the street can bring you to a state of panic.

Now

Take the word from above and change it with one from below. It’s a great way to change your mental thinking. Be equally honest with what, and how these words make you feel.

abundance
alleviation
amenity
assuagement
bed of roses
cheer
calmness
coolness
contentment
convenience
coziness,
creature comforts
enjoyment
ease
exhilaration,
familiarity
intimacy
good feeling
gratification
happiness,
luxury
opulence
peacefulness
pleasure
plenty
poise
quiet
relaxation
relief
repose
rest
restfulness
satisfaction
snugness
succor
sufficiency
warmth
well-being
nonchalance
peace
tranquility

Like this…

“I am in a panic about giving a speech tonight.”

Change it to say, “Tonight I am composed and calm about my speech.”

How about this one...

“I am so worried about paying my bills this month."

This one could say, "Every month I am calm and grateful about having a job."

Or, "I trust in my bills being paid."

Here is a direct way, and, sometimes, painful way to think about worry. Worry is the arrogant assumption that you know more today than you will tomorrow. Live in this moment.

Remember

Find other words and phrases that resonate with you. Strive to have these in your everyday living and thoughts. Just saying this can make a difference. Every time you notice your brain bringing up fear, have your thoughts go to the peaceful statement that you created for yourself. However, the biggest difference, and change will occur when you live in the freedom and trust that it will happen.

Affirmations

“I find pure enjoyment in life.”

“I am at peace with my thoughts.”

“I find pleasure in all I do.”

Put these on a piece of paper then hang it on your fridge or on your bathroom mirror. Or carry the paper with you.

Write them down in your favorite app on your phone.

Any time you are feeling doubtful, say these affirmations.

Now, go have faith in your decisions, trust in your capabilities, and be certain in the value you bring to those around you! Choose not to live in fear, but in trust.

Enjoy this meditation to bring about even more ways to shift your thoughts into ones of loving calm.