Man has fear for a reason. His task is to protect from recklessness. When fearfulness is inadequate to the situation and arises without real danger, we are talking about cowardice. It is possible and necessary to fight it.
Instruction manual
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List the situations in which, in your opinion, you show cowardice. First choose one, not the most serious one, and try to work with it.
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Assess the real danger. Maybe you are making excessive demands on yourself and the sense of fear in this situation is justified. Do not be equal to others - everyone has different opportunities. If the threat really exists, then you do not experience cowardice, but justified fears. Think about how you can avoid this situation. If your feelings are groundless, go to the next step.
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Imagine the possible negative consequences of the situation. No matter how unrealistic they are, they scare. Allow yourself to be scared, bring the situation in your imagination to absurdity.
Sometimes the technique of representing one's own death is used. That is, any frightening situation - from a public appearance and meeting a girl to driving a car and extreme sports - ends in death in the imagination. Whether this technique is suitable for you or not - decide for yourself.
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Think about why you are afraid. Often the greatest fear arises in situations that are very significant to us. For example, the more beautiful the girl you are going to meet with, the more serious the exam, the more significant the public speech, the greater the jitters, and the more you will want to get away from the situation.
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Learn to relax. You will help breathing exercises, switching attention, exercises for muscle relaxation, meditation. The simplest breathing exercise is to shorten the pause for honey by inspiration and expiration, and increase the expiration time.
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Try to get into a situation that scares you. But start small. Every overcoming of fear is your victory. Do not stop there, and after some training you will forget what cowardice is.