I don't think fears are irrational, they are difficult to understand because it may be connected to events/memories that seem unconnected, that is not 'processed' (resolved). Like past traumas or difficult events. The long-term solution is to understand where this is coming from. You could use your dreams or other forms of self-reflection and self-discovery to uncover the deeper issue.
Your brain has now wired itself to re-experience this anxiety and fear, so it has become a habit. To resolve this fear, you could try to find ways to self-soothe.
Create a 'safe space' in your imagination. It's a place that you may go in your mind, where you feel completely safe and soothed. Imagine this place that is so beautiful and breathtaking that you feel relaxed & rejuvenated just 'being' there. Invite your guides or whoever you feel is protecting you. Ask them to help you to understand why you are becoming fearful. You can create a name for this place. As you imagine this 'place' and feel relaxed, wrap your arms around yourself. Gently tap your arm one arm at a time. Tap about 25 times. Hold the image of the place and chant the name. One one thousand, two one thousand... that's the beat you're going for.
When you do this exercise over and over again, you may start to associate relaxation and safety with this 'place' and name... and, in times of distress, you may be able to invoke the experience of relaxation just by saying the name. (I use this exercise when I work with PTSD clients to help them to self-sooth... it's not the actual treatment to severe trauma or anxiety, but a tool for soothing oneself).
Some people use gem stones (my favorite is tourmaline) or prayer or using your imagination to imagine protection or deep breathing. Whatever helps to sooth yourself during those anxiety - use it. Keep using it when you feel the fear. Make that a new habit.
Lastly, it helps to be your own skeptic - a compassionate skeptic. Your brain is being hijacked by the oldest part of your brain (this part is usually associated with survival issues - fear/anger - and its responses - fight/flight/freeze). When your brain gets hijacked, your thinking part of the brain doesn't work so well. That's why people called it 'irrational' but it's a natural human response to react emotionally and run with it. You have the power to stop that and try new ways to cope or to handle the situation
I highly recommend EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique (there are lots of videos to watch for free).
Also, you could use your imagination to 'confront' whatever invokes fear within you and to work through this issue by holding conversations with whatever is bothering you.
Your brain has now wired itself to re-experience this anxiety and fear, so it has become a habit. To resolve this fear, you could try to find ways to self-soothe.
Create a 'safe space' in your imagination. It's a place that you may go in your mind, where you feel completely safe and soothed. Imagine this place that is so beautiful and breathtaking that you feel relaxed & rejuvenated just 'being' there. Invite your guides or whoever you feel is protecting you. Ask them to help you to understand why you are becoming fearful. You can create a name for this place. As you imagine this 'place' and feel relaxed, wrap your arms around yourself. Gently tap your arm one arm at a time. Tap about 25 times. Hold the image of the place and chant the name. One one thousand, two one thousand... that's the beat you're going for.
When you do this exercise over and over again, you may start to associate relaxation and safety with this 'place' and name... and, in times of distress, you may be able to invoke the experience of relaxation just by saying the name. (I use this exercise when I work with PTSD clients to help them to self-sooth... it's not the actual treatment to severe trauma or anxiety, but a tool for soothing oneself).
Some people use gem stones (my favorite is tourmaline) or prayer or using your imagination to imagine protection or deep breathing. Whatever helps to sooth yourself during those anxiety - use it. Keep using it when you feel the fear. Make that a new habit.
Lastly, it helps to be your own skeptic - a compassionate skeptic. Your brain is being hijacked by the oldest part of your brain (this part is usually associated with survival issues - fear/anger - and its responses - fight/flight/freeze). When your brain gets hijacked, your thinking part of the brain doesn't work so well. That's why people called it 'irrational' but it's a natural human response to react emotionally and run with it. You have the power to stop that and try new ways to cope or to handle the situation
I highly recommend EFT - Emotional Freedom Technique (there are lots of videos to watch for free).
Also, you could use your imagination to 'confront' whatever invokes fear within you and to work through this issue by holding conversations with whatever is bothering you.
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