Fear is a very important survival mechanism that tells us we are in danger. Simple.

So what the heck are we doing when we try to ignore fear?

This danger can obviously be physical, but just as importantly, it can be emotional or spiritual danger.

If we ignore our fear and bury it, it intensifies in the future into panic and terror, confusion, maybe panic or anxiety attacks, a dulling of your senses into anxiety and dread, no sense of danger anymore, numbness or disconnection (it's not happening), anger and even rage. Yep, if we bury enough fear, rage is the result.

So I don't know about you, but it works best for me to ask The Questions on the very early warning signs of fear, the little tingles that for me tell me that something is not quite right and not wait until it's either terror or rage!

1. Whose fear is it?

2. What do I need to know or do about it?

3. Has it all gone yet? Has every last little, tiny, wee bit of fear gone? If the fear did not get smaller, then what you've come up with does not fit with what your soul wants you to know or do. If the fear gets less, but there's still a little bit of discomfort left (your early warning signal) then keep asking The Questions until every last tiny little bit has gone.