{"id":1265,"date":"2020-08-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericaleeconsulting.com\/uncertainty-equals-fear\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T03:56:54","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:56:54","slug":"uncertainty-equals-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onwardbusinessmechanics.com\/staging\/4922\/uncertainty-equals-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncertainty equals fear"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Erica muses on the global COVID-19 pandemic of March 2020, its global and personal effects, and makes some suggestions for handling big scary change.<\/span><\/div>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

UNCERTAINTY = FEAR (and other handy tricks our brains can play!)<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

These days there’s a non-stop stream of media content, all trying to inform us about this Corona virus outbreak. Charts, graphs, interviews, you name it…<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The irony? No one really knows what will happen. There is MASSIVE uncertainty right now and its effects are playing out across the globe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In life — and especially right now — when things are uncertain, our brains encode that as FEAR.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

That’s a survival mechanism and it’s valuable for staying alive<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

. But those internal DANGER signals can keep us out of making good decisions ( like washing our hands and staying home and all we’re being urged to do right now).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They can stop us from seeing things as they are.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

They can cause us to miss opportunities and they can cause us to act out of fear<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

. This video is my two cents toward this larger conversation — about how we feel safe, how we act in the face of change, and how our awareness of our own brains can make us more compassionate toward others.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Here’s hoping we can utilize this unprecedented moment of global crisis to learn about ourselves, focus on what’s important, and become stronger and wiser.<\/p>\r\n