Working With Fear

Disidentification means recognizing fear as an experience rather than as the self. Suffering and loss of agency come from the constructs, judgments, and identification built around fear rather than from the fear signal itself. Judging fear as irrational or embarrassing adds psychological suffering on top of the original fear signal. From an observer position, a person can choose how to respond to fear without letting fear dictate action. Acceptance means allowing fear to arise without assigning moral, logical, or emotional judgment to it.