Fear of the Unknown.

We fear so much what we do not know, first of all the future.

No one knows what the future will bring, but we do our best to control it.


Losing control equals fear, and our brain relate fear to pain.

So, we automatically try to avoid ut, and regarding the future, we try to do what we know best, so that we avoid unknown situations which could bring fear upon us.

By repeating our old habits, instead of trying new things, we keep a feeling of safety, because we know what these habits will bring us.

Even if the habit is actually giving us an amount of negativity in life, they are safer than doing something new


To let go and seize the moment, is so much more difficult than not doing it, even if it brings pain not to do it. If you want to talk to another person, it can be harder to walk the steps over to her desk than to stay put at your own, even if the pain for not taking that walk is dreadful.


Why are we so afraid of the unknown?

Why do we stick to our old ways, even when they bring pain?


Because we relate to them as something we’ve done before, and even if that leads to sorrow, lonelyness and negative thoughts, breaking through is so scary that we choose the pain.

If you never try it, you'll never know.
Take that chance.
Break your habit.
Think new.
Just do it.
Trust yourself.
Have faith.


Love's Loopy Logic @ Psychology Today