212 - Friday Fix: Stop Making Your Biggest Fears Come True
The Verywell Mind Podcast with Amy Morin
English - November 04, 2022 05:00 - 14 minutes - ★★★★★ - 125 ratingsSelf-Improvement Education Health & Fitness Mental Health mentally strong mental strength mental health amy morin mental toughness mindset depression anxiety therapist Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sometimes, we inadvertently increase the chances that our biggest fears might come true.
That’s not to say it’s your fault if something bad happened to you. Bad things happen to us through no fault of our own much of the time.
But there are times when our fear of something causes us to react in a way that actually increases the chances that our fear might come true.
From dating the exact type of person you said you wanted to avoid to getting into the financial mess that you swore you’d never get into, there are plenty of other ways in which our efforts sometimes backfire.
Here are the four reasons we sometimes accidentally make our biggest fears come true, how to recognize when you’re doing it, and what to do about it.
Sometimes, we inadvertently increase the chances that our biggest fears might come true.
That’s not to say it’s your fault if something bad happened to you. Bad things happen to us through no fault of our own much of the time.
But there are times when our fear of something causes us to react in a way that actually increases the chances that our fear might come true.
From dating the exact type of person you said you wanted to avoid to getting into the financial mess that you swore you’d never get into, there are plenty of other ways in which our efforts sometimes backfire.
Here are the four reasons we sometimes accidentally make our biggest fears come true, how to recognize when you’re doing it, and what to do about it.