Fear likes to become one of your habits. Like being scared of dogs. Let’s say you were bitten by a dog when you were a kid, so as a result it’s normal to be afraid of dogs. That’s what the brain tells your body every time you see a dog. Do most dogs bite people? No. But you can’t expect your brain to see things that way, because the fear is telling it that dogs bite, which is based on a fact. The problem is that it’s just one fact from one single occasion a long time ago. Fear doesn’t study history or frequency. It cares only for itself. Over time, you’ll get better at two things:
