Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real

Fear: False Evidence Appearing Real
Sometimes our mind fills in the missing pieces with a terrifying story we can't stop telling ourselves. Alexander Krivitskiy/Unsplash
Nancy Colier
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I took a deep dive into fear after someone I love dearly, a close family member, began experiencing a physical symptom. We’ve been unable to get to the bottom of it; the doctors have not been particularly concerned, and so we’ve resorted to just managing the symptom best we can.

I haven’t been particularly worried, assuming it was just one of the umpteen physical symptoms that come for seemingly no reason and then go for seemingly no reason, without our ever really knowing why or what it was all about.

Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier
Nancy Colier is a psychotherapist, interfaith minister, thought leader, public speaker, and the author of "Can't Stop Thinking: How to Let Go of Anxiety and Free Yourself from Obsessive Rumination,” “The Power of Off,” and the recently released “The Emotionally Exhausted Woman: Why You’re Depleted and How to Get What You Need” (November, 2022.)
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