Do you have a Fear of the Future?

Does this concern go beyond average and logical limits?

Has your fear of the future turned into an unjustified terror?

Do you worry about the future in general without being associated with a specific future event?

Is your fear of the future related to the end as a time only?

Fear of the Future is a natural emotion whose function is to preserve survival. It proceeds from a sense of danger, pain, or harm to increase the state of alertness to make the person decide whether to fight or flee to ensure survival.

Therefore,

Fear is very acceptable if it is natural and generates a positive feeling of motivation and encouragement to continue because, in this case, it stimulates progress and development. Still, the danger lies when fear of the future turns into an exaggerated fear that prevents you from regularly practicing your life, disrupting and preventing any development.

This feeling may occur due to some people being exposed to adverse events in their lives that made fear and anxiety about the future negatively affect their lives, relationships, and future and convince them that everything in the future is dangerous.

That is why we will explain some of the reasons for fear of the future for some people.

1-Exposure to bad experiences that lose safety in early childhood, such as the death of a close relative or the divorce of a parent.

2- Loss of safety, as happens in wars or natural disasters.

3- Observing the experiences of others and fearing to enter into experiences that may be similar.

4- Giving in to the pressures of life and feeling out of control.

5- Fear of the unknown in general, as it is always the bearer of unpleasant surprises.

6- Exposure to some long-term chronic diseases or have little hope of recovery.

7- Some traumatic events, such as being imprisoned for a long time, because the prisoners lose their sense of time or connection with reality.

8- Experiencing severe financial losses or losing a job.

9- Losing the level of luxury and bliss and going down to a lower standard of living.

10- Exposure to psychological or physical abuse and threats in childhood or adolescence.

The fear of the future dominates some people’s souls just because the future is unknown, mysterious, and out of control for them.

The problem begins with a simple worry about a situation, then turns into a series of fears and anxiety, and the mind gets used to repeating these thoughts. Fear turns into a characteristic attached to the individual in everything in life.

Signs of an irrational fear of the future:

1- Constant tension, nervousness, and agitation.

2- Fatigue, sleep disturbances, and frequent nightmares.

3- Feeling physical symptoms when thinking about the future.

4- Constant pessimism and considering the future as deferred death.

5- Inability to make any future decision they want in their lives to avoid the fear of any risks.

6- Feelings of helplessness dominate them.

7- The inability to change because there is no certainty of the results of this change.

8- Not trusting anyone or anything.

9- The desire to constantly contact all the surrounding events for fear that he will miss an event he does not participate in.

10- Believing that life will never get better.

11- Distraction and difficulty concentrating.

12- Complete detachment from reality.

13- All thinking becomes focused and directed toward death.

14- Feeling lost and not knowing what to do and what not to do.

15- Frequent bouts of crying and panic.

Some superficial cases of fear of the future may occur and are often related to a specific event, such as fear of exams and new jobs and ending with the event.

Still, the difficulty lies in the constant fear of the future because it loses the vital moment, which is the present moment that you already own.

Usually, the fear of the future turns fears into reality because it causes weakness in the logical analysis of events and the future vision, as anxiety makes the person not ask the right questions and get wrong answers.

Wrong ideas increase and affect behavior, which causes continuous bad decisions that fulfill fears.

some of the mechanisms to Get rid of the fear of the future:

1- Maintain relaxation techniques.

2- Maintaining the ability to express feelings and fears.

3- Focus on the present moment and the present moment.

4- Defining clear and realistic goals for your short-term life to obtain quick and long-term results give hope and motivation, be time-bound and measurable.

5- Confront your future fears accurately to determine exactly what you fear.

6- Replace your worrying thoughts about the future with positive ones.

7- Be confident in yourself and pay attention to the skills of dealing and coexisting with life changes positively and productively.

8- Awareness that our minds tend to exaggerate expectations sometimes.

9- Awareness that there is no success and no learning without failure.

10- In case of need, cooperate with a Life Coach or a specialist in NLP or hypnosis or join recovery groups from fear of the future.

In the end,

There is no justification for worrying about the future at all admit your fear to go beyond fear and identify the factors and reasons behind this unjustified fear and do what you should do in your life and do not make obsession with the future and fate the problem of your life because we cannot predict the future. 

In reality, our thoughts are just speculations that do not die to the truth Any connection and be aware that focusing on the present and knowing your day is the key to achieving dreams because it always makes you able to determine the quality of the future as it is the natural and logical extension of the present.

If you are afraid of the future in an irrational way, contact us.

We will help you know the inner thoughts that lead to this feeling to reduce their negative impact on you and replace them with positive reviews that allow you to deal with the future successfully and consciously.

Contact us to work together.

References

Fear of the Future Phobia-Chronophobi