Question

Explain what is meant by the statement: Fear is an internal experience.

Answer 1

You are the subject — your thoughts, feelings, and physical experiences are objects. Herein lies why most people build their lives around their fears. ... When you experience something associated with a fear or emotional disturbance — an internalthorn — your attention immediately shifts from whatever you were doing.Jan 10, 2017

You experience your fears. Similarly, you are not your thoughts. You are aware of your thoughts. You are not even your body. Rather, you are the being inside experiencing and operating your body.

You are the subject?—?your thoughts, feelings, and physical experiences are objects.

Herein lies why most people build their lives around their fears. They have over-attached themselves to a particular self-concept. They’ve created a box around themselves?—?“personality”?—?to define who they are and how they act.

The truth is much more simple: you are the one who experiences your thoughts, feelings, and physical senses.

You are the observer of the inner and outer world around you. You determine where you place your awareness, what psychologists call selective attention. You pay-attention to thoughts, feelings, and things that matter to you. What you focus on, expands. Your awareness of things makes them real to you.

When you experience something associated with a fear or emotional disturbance?—?an internal thorn?—?your attention immediately shifts from whatever you were doing. Rather than watching a movie, you’ve become lost in thoughts and memories.