The Overwhelmed Brain

Emotional Intelligence for Critical Thinkers

Are you living your life on a foundation of fears and insecurities?

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Are you living your life on a foundation of fears and insecurities?
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Fears and insecurities shape behavior in ways most people don’t recognize until the damage is already done.

When someone builds their life on these unstable foundations, every decision becomes filtered through anxiety about what might go wrong.

Relationships suffer the most because the behaviors that emerge from this place serve control and self-protection rather than love or connection.

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What you don’t bring up will come up

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What you don't bring up will come up
What you don't bring up will come up

If you’ve ever felt like you’re holding back in love because of past fears, it’s probably affecting your current relationship.

If you’re worried you might be hurt, you may just prevent love from reaching its fullest potential.

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When the fear of failure stops you from doing anything and everything

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When the fear of failure stops you from doing anything and everything
When the fear of failure stops you from doing anything and everything
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When the fear of failure stops you from doing anything and everything

It’s one thing to be afraid to fall off your bike. It’s another to never consider riding one at all, just in case you fall.

The fear of failing can be imagined as so traumatic and painful to some that they literally do nothing instead. As you know, doing nothing leaves you in a rut. It is the fastest way to go nowhere.

It’s time to redefine failure and learn what success actually feels like.

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When you don’t want to deal with someone else’s fears, worries, and anxiety anymore

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When you don’t want to deal with someone else’s fears, worries, and anxiety anymore
When you don’t want to deal with someone else’s fears, worries, and anxiety anymore
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When you don’t want to deal with someone else’s fears, worries, and anxiety anymore
June 27, 2021

It’s a challenge to stay present for someone who is so down and out. Sometimes, you go into your own “stuff” trying to help them with theirs. It’s the curse of many highly sensitive people and certainly difficult for almost any empathetic person.

There are ways to help others without getting into your own stuff. Sometimes, it’s necessary if the person you are there for just can’t get out of their own upset.

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Sometimes you have to take a stand to make a change in your life, even if you’re scared as hell.

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Sometimes you have to take a stand to make a change in your life, even if you’re scared as hell.
Sometimes you have to take a stand to make a change in your life, even if you’re scared as hell.
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Sometimes you have to take a stand to make a change in your life, even if you’re scared as hell.

When you’re in a situation that needs to change, but you’re too afraid to take a stand or just hope it changes on its own, you may be waiting forever.

Unfortunately, waiting for changes can often involve exposing yourself to a toxic environment, causing long-term emotional damage.

If you want change, you might have to take a big, scary step to get it.

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