From our research over the last seven years, one of the key attributes of emotionally resilient people is a belief in the temporary nature of whatever is happening.This is a good technique for overcoming fear.
Many people live so much in the moment in times of crises that they can’t see beyond now, especially when they are in a heightened emotional space. The emotions are so here and now for them that they find it difficult to project out of their current situation and foresee a time when the emotion will have gone. This is called a Permanence Mindset.
What we discovered with emotionally resilient people is they tend to have a belief in the future and they know that whatever is happening now is just a phase or a passing moment. They know and believe fear is just a temporary state and they will return to normal. This is called an Interim Mindset.
When you have an interim mindset the fear starts to dissipate on its own. It doesn’t have the hold on us it once had. Our mindset is a vital tool for overcoming fear.
