Fear not only causes stress, it destroys hope. It kills our ability to expect positive results. It replaces our optimism with pessimism as we start imagining the worst outcome of our circumstances. Hope and optimism create energy within us, but fear defuses this energy.
Like any negative emotion, fear generates poison within. Instead of living with enthusiasm, we become lifeless as the negative poison drains our energy due to fearful thoughts. We become lethargic and are unable to let faith drive us forward and instead, we sink in fear.
What does fear actually do? It puts a blindfold on our ability to see the truth. Instead of seeing what is, we start imagining what could be, when in reality, that is a myth! The job of fear is to create false expectations and make them look so real that they make us shiver. Because we are unable to see the light of truth, we are unable to discriminate what is right from what is wrong. We start imagining disasters that don’t exist. Our mind that can think up to 50 thoughts a minute, bombards us with terrorizing and fearful thoughts that destroy our ability to analyze the real circumstance. While fear can cause very serious health consequences like weakening of our immune system, damage in our cardiovascular health, fear can also cause ulcers due to gastrointestinal issues, irritable bowel syndrome, and