blog 4
I’ve been thinking a lot about fear and anxiety recently because there seems to be so much of it around.
People are frightened about swine flu because there has been so much media coverage. They are anxious about their work, debts, and bills – especially with winter upon us and Christmas very close.
Fear is a powerful negative emotion which over time, can – if we allow it to – distort our judgement, deplete our energy, and compromise our immune systems.
And some people live in fear all the time.
We all need a certain level of anxiety to survive each day:
We [hopefully] wait to cross a busy road – because we are anxious to AVOID being knocked down by a car.
We take care pouring boiling water from a kettle to a teapot because we want to AVOID being scalded.
However, people who live in a permanent state of fear AVOID doing things that cause them further anxiety so their world shrinks, their activities are limited, they lose confidence, and the quality of their lives deteriorates.
Bach Flower Remedies can help such people manage their fears. Their situations may remain the same, but they begin. to see a way through
