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		<title>Increase your self-esteem by preparing yourself for fear (1 minute read)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 07:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Increase your self-esteem by preparing yourself for fear (1 minute read) This post &#8220;Increase your self-esteem by preparing yourself for fear&#8221; is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by preparing yourself for fear: Here, the post continues with important questions to ask yourself before doing an &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/increase-your-self-esteem-by-preparing-yourself-for-fear/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Increase your self-esteem by preparing yourself for fear (1 minute read)</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>This post &#8220;<em data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">Increase your self-esteem by preparing yourself for fear</em>&#8221; is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by preparing yourself for fear:</strong></h2>
<p>Here, the post continues with important questions to ask yourself before doing an exposure to manage fear.</p>
<p>Which feelings are you experiencing?</p>
<p>What is your level of discomfort and how strong are the feelings on scale 0-10?</p>
<p>What do you think will happen?</p>
<p>What is your feared scenario and which are the worst dimensions of that?</p>
<p>What will be your likely feelings and bodily sensations?</p>
<p>What will be your calming thought/mantra?</p>
<p>Which calming techniques will you use to ensure that you stay within 3 to 8 on a scale 1 to 10 on feelings and level of discomfort?</p>
<p>What do you expect to learn from the exercise?</p>
<p>More about fear and how to conquer it in upcoming post.</p>
<p>See also the free blog or the course <a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>How to develop self-esteem and boost your confidence</strong></a><strong> </strong>at <a href="https://jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://jennyrappbefree.com</strong></a><strong><u> </u></strong> </p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>More information:</strong></h2>
<p>If you have any questions you can write a comment  or e-mail me at<a href="mailto:jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com"><strong> jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com</strong></a>  </p>
<p>Find more free inspiration on how to increase your self-esteem under the heading here <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/</strong></a> at <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/</strong></a>  </p>
<h2><strong> </strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Courses in personal development at </strong><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/</strong></a><strong>: </strong><strong> </strong></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>Develop self-esteem &amp; boost your confidence</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/stress-management-be-free-from-stress/"><strong>Stress management</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/exhaustion-be-free-from-exhaustion-regain-your-strength/"><strong>Deal with Exhaustion</strong></a>  </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/personal-development-be-free-with-powerful-insights-from-psychology/"><strong>Powerful insights in psychology</strong></a>  </p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Rapp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Increase your self-esteem by facing your fears (1 minute read) This post is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by facing your fears: Here, the post continues with important reflections to be made when doing an exposure to manage fear.Important strategies to handle possible strong reactions &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/increase-your-self-esteem-by-facing-your-fears/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Increase your self-esteem by facing your fears (1 minute read)</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>This post is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by facing your fears:</strong></h2>
<p>Here, the post continues with important reflections to be made when doing an exposure to manage fear.<br />Important strategies to handle possible strong reactions during an exposure are:</p>
<p>&#8211; Regulate stress-level through mindful breathing and relaxation techniques, see earlier posts under stress on <a href="http://www.jennyrapp.com">www.jennyrapp.com</a></p>
<p>&#8211; Feel the feelings: which feelings do you experience, how strong are they respectively, where do you feel the feelings in the body, what is the motivational impulse of each = what you would like to do if you would act on that feeling</p>
<p>&#8211; Re-evaluate the probability of the threat, identify misinterpretations and create alternative thoughts that are more nuanced, i.e. that includes likelihoods, pros and cons</p>
<p>Exposures have to be repeated several times during the week until the level of discomfort is maximum 3 on a scale 0 to 10. It is important to log both your expectations of potential reactions before the exposure as well as the actual outcome to identify and consolidate learnings from your spontaneous reaction patterns.</p>
<p>More about fear and how to conquer it in upcoming post.</p>
<p>See also the free blog or the course <a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>How to develop self-esteem and boost your confidence</strong></a><strong> </strong>at <a href="https://jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://jennyrappbefree.com</strong></a><strong><u> </u></strong> </p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>More information:</strong></h2>
<p>If you have any questions you can write a comment  or e-mail me at<a href="mailto:jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com"><strong> jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com</strong></a>  </p>
<p>Find more free inspiration on how to increase your self-esteem under the heading here <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/</strong></a> at <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/</strong></a>  </p>
<h2><strong> </strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Courses in personal development at </strong><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/</strong></a><strong>: </strong><strong> </strong></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>Develop self-esteem &amp; boost your confidence</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/stress-management-be-free-from-stress/"><strong>Stress management</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/exhaustion-be-free-from-exhaustion-regain-your-strength/"><strong>Deal with Exhaustion</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/relationships-inner-strength-how-to-create-a-balanced-life-reach-your-potential/"><strong>Relationships &amp; inner strength</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/relationships-inner-strength-how-to-create-a-balanced-life-reach-your-potential/"><strong>Create a balanced life &amp; reach your potential</strong></a>  </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/hsp-how-to-manage-feelings-thoughts-needs/"><strong>HSP: Handle feelings, thoughts &amp; behaviours</strong></a> </p>


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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Rapp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 07:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to fear (1 minute read) This post &#8220;Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to fear&#8221; is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to fear: Here, the post continues with how to handle fear. Emotional exposure aims to &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/increase-your-self-esteem-by-exposing-yourself-to-fear/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to fear (1 minute read)</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>This post &#8220;<em data-rich-text-format-boundary="true">Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to fear&#8221;</em> is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by exposing yourself to fear:</strong></h2>
<p>Here, the post continues with how to handle fear.</p>
<p>Emotional exposure aims to create strong emotional reactions by repeatedly experiencing the feared subject or situation. This will lead to relearning that the subject or situation is not dangerous.</p>
<p>Emotional exposure can be both towards:</p>
<p>&#8211; Internal situations, such as thoughts, memories or bodily sensations, like in trauma, emotional relationships etc.</p>
<p>&#8211; External situations that evoke feelings such as spiders, places or situations where one feels uncomfortable.</p>
<p>In exposure it is important not to avoid the feelings that arise, or any other kind of psychological discomforts, to achieve the most benefits &#8211; being able to eventually live life without avoiding doing the things that one would like to be able to do or to participate in.</p>
<p>More about fear and how to conquer it in upcoming post.</p>
<p>See also the free blog or the course <a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>How to develop self-esteem and boost your confidence</strong></a><strong> </strong>at <a href="https://jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://jennyrappbefree.com</strong></a><strong><u> </u></strong> </p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>More information:</strong></h2>
<p>If you have any questions you can write a comment  or e-mail me at<a href="mailto:jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com"><strong> jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com</strong></a>  </p>
<p>Find more free inspiration on how to increase your self-esteem under the heading here <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/</strong></a> at <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/</strong></a>  </p>
<h2><strong> </strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Courses in personal development at </strong><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/</strong></a><strong>: </strong><strong> </strong></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>Develop self-esteem &amp; boost your confidence</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/stress-management-be-free-from-stress/"><strong>Stress management</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/exhaustion-be-free-from-exhaustion-regain-your-strength/"><strong>Deal with Exhaustion</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/relationships-inner-strength-how-to-create-a-balanced-life-reach-your-potential/"><strong>Relationships &amp; inner strength</strong></a>  </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/personal-development-be-free-with-powerful-insights-from-psychology/"><strong>Personal development</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/personal-development-be-free-with-powerful-insights-from-psychology/"><strong>Powerful insights in psychology</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/hsp-how-to-manage-feelings-thoughts-needs/"><strong>HSP: Handle feelings, thoughts &amp; behaviours</strong></a> </p>


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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Rapp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2020 06:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear (1 minute read) This post  &#8220;Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear&#8221; is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear: This post continues with fear. Exposure is the main technique to constructively handle fears, i.e. with the aim to &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/increase-your-self-esteem-by-re-evaluating-fear/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear (1 minute read)</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>This post  &#8220;<em>Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear</em>&#8221; is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by re-evaluating fear:</strong></h2>
<p>This post continues with fear.</p>
<p>Exposure is the main technique to constructively handle fears, i.e. with the aim to living the life you would like and not avoiding doing the things you would like to be able to do. </p>
<p>There is research showing that the brain never erases things or situations that it has been afraid of, but instead keeps watching for similar events as a part of learning what to be attentive and apprehensive to. </p>
<p>Hence, the main focus to overcome fears has to be on relearning, which can be made through repeated experiences of more positive outcomes/reaction patterns using both feelings and thoughts towards the feared object/situation.</p>
<p>This means that the brain has to repeatedly re-experience that the situation is not dangerous and also consciously recording this for fear to diminish and become more manageable.</p>
<p>More about fear and how to conquer it in upcoming post.</p>
<p>See also the free blog or the course <a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>How to develop self-esteem and boost your confidence</strong></a><strong> </strong>at <a href="https://jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://jennyrappbefree.com</strong></a><strong><u> </u></strong> </p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>More information:</strong></h2>
<p>If you have any questions you can write a comment  or e-mail me at<a href="mailto:jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com"><strong> jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com</strong></a>  </p>
<p>Find more free inspiration on how to increase your self-esteem under the heading here <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/</strong></a> at <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/</strong></a>  </p>
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<h2><strong>Courses in personal development at </strong><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/</strong></a><strong>: </strong><strong> </strong></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>Develop self-esteem &amp; boost your confidence</strong></a>  </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/exhaustion-be-free-from-exhaustion-regain-your-strength/"><strong>Deal with Exhaustion</strong></a>  </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/hsp-how-to-manage-feelings-thoughts-needs/"><strong>HSP: Handle feelings, thoughts &amp; behaviours</strong></a>  </p>


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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 04:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Increase your self-esteem by managing fear (1 minute read) This post &#8220;Increase your self-esteem by managing fear&#8221; is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by managing fear: This post continues with fear. As mentioned in the last post, fear is a powerful, primitive and lifesaving emotion. &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/increase-your-self-esteem-by-managing-fear/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Increase your self-esteem by managing fear  (1 minute read)</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>This post &#8220;<em>Increase your self-esteem by managing fear</em>&#8221; is about how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2>Increase your self-esteem by managing fear:</h2>
<p>This post continues with fear.</p>
<p>As mentioned in the last post, fear is a powerful, primitive and lifesaving emotion.</p>
<p>Fear makes us aware of dangers and entails important learning mechanisms. We avoid things we fear based on what we have been through and experienced. </p>
<p>Due to the important survival value of fear, research has shown that fear can never be unlearned. It is burnt into the brain/amygdala forever like an old fashioned record.</p>
<p>The aim should instead be to manage fears, knowing one’s vulnerability and not letting the fear impact how you live your life and where you want to go. </p>
<p>One of the most common treatment forms for specific fears is CBT using the technique exposure, which entails relearning that the feared situation, even if uncomfortable, is manageable, see earlier posts. </p>
<p>More about fear and how to conquer it in upcoming post.</p>
<p>See also the free blog or the course <a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>How to develop self-esteem and boost your confidence</strong></a><strong> </strong>at <a href="https://jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://jennyrappbefree.com</strong></a><strong><u> </u></strong> </p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>More information:</strong></h2>
<p>If you have any questions you can write a comment  or e-mail me at<a href="mailto:jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com"><strong> jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com</strong></a>  </p>
<p>Find more free inspiration on how to increase your self-esteem under the heading here <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/</strong></a> at <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/</strong></a>  </p>
<h2><strong> </strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Courses in personal development at </strong><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/</strong></a><strong>: </strong><strong> </strong></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>Develop self-esteem &amp; boost your confidence</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/stress-management-be-free-from-stress/"><strong>Stress management</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/exhaustion-be-free-from-exhaustion-regain-your-strength/"><strong>Deal with Exhaustion</strong></a>  </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/personal-development-be-free-with-powerful-insights-from-psychology/"><strong>Personal development</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/personal-development-be-free-with-powerful-insights-from-psychology/"><strong>Powerful insights in psychology</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/hsp-how-to-manage-feelings-thoughts-needs/"><strong>HSP: Handle feelings, thoughts &amp; behaviours</strong></a>  </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 19:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear and phobias (1 minute read) This post &#8220;Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear and phobias&#8221; continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.   Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear and phobias: This post is about fear and phobias. As mentioned in the last post, &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/increase-your-self-esteem-by-understanding-fear-and-phobias/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear and phobias (1 minute read)</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>This post &#8220;<em>Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear and phobias</em>&#8221; continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear and phobias:</strong></h2>
<p>This post is about fear and phobias.</p>
<p>As mentioned in the last post, fear is a powerful, primitive and lifesaving emotion.</p>
<p>Fear makes us aware of dangers and entails important learning mechanisms. We avoid things we fear based on what we have been through and experienced. </p>
<p>Phobias entails having an avoidant behaviour toward specific situations and items. Usually phobias are developed towards things/situations where there is an evolutionary reason to be apprehensive: spiders when living in a cave can be dangerous, something our ancestors did. <br />There is research showing that even babies are more aroused/anxious when seeing images of spiders than other animals, indicating that we are biologically prewired to fear spiders.</p>
<p>Other examples of feared objects that have a survival value are insects, predators, narrow and open spaces, large crowds, heights, water, germs/diseases, being ridiculed or rejected by the preferred group, illogical constructions like airplanes etc.</p>
<p>More about fear and how to conquer it in upcoming post.</p>
<p>See also the free blog or the course <a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>How to develop self-esteem and boost your confidence</strong></a><strong> </strong>at <a href="https://jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://jennyrappbefree.com</strong></a><strong><u> </u></strong> </p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>More information:</strong></h2>
<p>If you have any questions you can write a comment  or e-mail me at<a href="mailto:jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com"><strong> jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com</strong></a>  </p>
<p>Find more free inspiration on how to increase your self-esteem under the heading here <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/</strong></a> at <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/</strong></a>  </p>
<h2><strong> </strong></h2>
<h2><strong>Courses in personal development at </strong><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/</strong></a><strong>: </strong><strong> </strong></h2>
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<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/hsp-how-to-manage-feelings-thoughts-needs/"><strong>HSP: Handle feelings, thoughts &amp; behaviours</strong></a>  </p>


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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Rapp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 19:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>This post &#8220;<em>Increase your self-esteem by managing exaggerated fear</em>&#8221; continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by managing exaggerated fear:</strong></h2>
<p>This post is about exaggerated fear.</p>
<p>Fear can be connected to stimuli or situations that are not per se dangerous – i.e. the reaction is disproportionate to the stimuli, like in the case of phobias.</p>
<p>We all can feel apprehensive when passing a bridge or flying, but for people with phobias this is unthinkable and create such strong avoidance reactions that they eventually often and hopefully seek professional help. </p>
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<h2><strong>Try this:</strong></h2>
<p>To conquer your fears, try this:</p>
<p>List the top 2-3 things that scares you the most</p>
<p>Estimate on a scale 1 = little to 10 = max how strong that fear is for each feared stimuli or situation respectively</p>
<p>Estimate how likely it is that you will be injured and your degree of control over the feared object/situation. </p>
<p>More about fear and how to conquer it in upcoming post.</p>
<p>See also the free blog or the course <a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/self-esteem-how-to-develop-self-esteem-and-boost-your-confidence/"><strong>How to develop self-esteem and boost your confidence</strong></a><strong> </strong>at <a href="https://jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://jennyrappbefree.com</strong></a></p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>More information:</strong></h2>
<p>If you have any questions you can write a comment  or e-mail me at<a href="mailto:jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com"><strong> jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com</strong></a>  </p>
<p>Find more free inspiration on how to increase your self-esteem under the heading here <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/self-esteem/</strong></a> at <a href="https://www.jennyrapp.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrapp.com/</strong></a> </p>
<p> </p>
<h2><strong>Courses in personal development at </strong><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/"><strong>https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/</strong></a><strong>: </strong><strong> </strong></h2>
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<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/personal-development-be-free-with-powerful-insights-from-psychology/"><strong>Powerful insights in psychology</strong></a>  </p>
<p><a href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/courses/hsp-how-to-manage-feelings-thoughts-needs/"><strong>HSP: Handle feelings, thoughts &amp; behaviours</strong></a>  </p>


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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 19:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>This post &#8220;<em>Increase your self-esteem by understanding the difference betweeen anxiety and fear</em>&#8221; continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
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<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by understanding the difference betweeen anxiety and fear:</strong></h2>
<p>This post is about the difference between fear and anxiety.</p>
<p>Some think that fear and anxiety are versions of the same state/phenomena.</p>
<p>But many disagree since fear usually is aimed at a specific stimulus, such as a spider, or a situation, such as the fear of being abandoned. But they are interrelated and overlap partially. For example, fear is a component aimed at a specific topic in many of the anxiety disorders.</p>
<p>Although many of the sensations when experiencing anxiety or fear overlap, anxiety is not a feeling but symptoms.</p>
<p>Anxiety are patterns of physiological arousal in the body that many can relate to. These patterns are diagnostic in different anxiety disorders. Fear often leads to strong reactions – the fight/flight or freeze mode discussed in earlier posts. We can get anxious when thinking about a fearful situation.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 19:44:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear (1 minute read) This post &#8220;Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear&#8221; starts with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear: Feelings can be real as when they are signaling our inner needs and desires. They can also be used as &#8230;<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://www.jennyrappbefree.com/increase-your-self-esteem-by-understanding-fear/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear (1 minute read)</span> Read More &#187;</a></p>]]></description>
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<p>This post &#8220;<em>Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear</em>&#8221; starts with how you can increase your self-esteem by understanding your feelings.</p>
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<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by understanding fear:</strong></h2>
<p>Feelings can be real as when they are signaling our inner needs and desires. They can also be used as defense mechanisms in order to cover other feelings. Fear is one of them.</p>
<p>Fear is an extremely important feeling since it has a huge survival value. It makes us instantly react to perceived threats by avoiding the danger and instead seeking safety/shelter.&nbsp;<br>Therefore, it also has an important learning value since it conditions us to avoid similar threats in the future. Being fearless is potentially dangerous since that puts one at risk. This is one reason why young men have higher car insurance fees – they are overrepresented in statistics over car accidents.</p>
<p>Fear can also cover over other feelings. Then fear is used as a defense mechanism to divert attention to the real issue like the human desire to be close to someone or to excel in performance.</p>
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<h2><strong>More information:</strong></h2>
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<h2><strong>Increase your self-esteem by using these 5 strategies for managing challenging situations and feelings:</strong></h2>
<p>This post summarizes the 5 mature defense mechanisms according to the psychiatrist Vaillant. Using them to manage difficult&nbsp;situations, thoughts and&nbsp;feelings helps us adapt while being aware.</p>
<p><strong>Anticipation</strong> is managing a stressful event by mentally identifying scenarios while remembering that the discomfort will pass, earlier experiences of having survived similar situations and knowing that the pain will be manageable.</p>
<p><strong>Altruism </strong>is when our behaviors and actions are aimed to benefit someone else rather than ourselves.</p>
<p><strong>Humor</strong> is pointing out the funny or ironic aspects while not taking ourselves too seriously. This helps us take in, accept, endure and adapt to a distressing situation.</p>
<p><strong>Sublimation</strong> turns unacceptable impulses, thoughts and emotions into more acceptable thoughts and activities. Sublimation is often used in humor and fantasy.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Suppression</strong> involves pushing challenging feelings and thoughts into the unconscious which prevent us from becoming aware of them. Suppression is a conscious choice not to think or act.</p>
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<p>If you have any questions you can write a comment&nbsp;&nbsp;or e-mail me at<a href="mailto:jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com"><strong>&nbsp;jennyrapp@jennyrapp.com</strong></a>&nbsp;</p>
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