I found this article very interesting. This is taken from www.asamanthinketh.com Fear,
how many times has it stopped me from doing the things I could. Too
many, and often it is only ourselves to blame. I hope this is a good
resource for you.-BennuIt is Enough To Make You Sick
It causes some people a constant and gnawing pain in the pit of the
stomach.
Others drink more or smoke more because of it.

It’s killed more dreams and ruined more careers than all other causes
combined.

FEAR may be the worst enemy of the human species. And it’s been with us
since the beginning. The Book of Genesis speaks of fear and it appears
throughout the Bible, Torah and Koran. Who can forget the classic line
from the Old Testament that was delivered by Job when he said, "That which
I feared most has come upon me."

In fact, it seems the older we get the more prone we are to allowing fear
to control our lives.

Stop and think about it. Most children are pretty fearless creatures
(unless an adult has already instilled a lot of fear in them). Teenagers
and even young adults continue to display mostly fearless attitudes. But
as we age many people grow more fearful instead of more fearless.

And it shouldn’t be that way. Since f-e-a-r is nothing more than False
Evidence Appearing Real, we should definitely become more fearless with
age because wisdom (which usually comes with age) makes us more apt to see
the Truth in a situation.

It is fear (and all of its cousins, such as worry, anxiety, depression,
and self-doubt) that will turn your dream of success into a chilling
nightmare that haunts you into paralysis.

Fear can be defeated because fear is a learned response in the first
place. It's said that we were only born with two fears: the fear of
falling and the fear of loud noises. Every other fear you have was
learned!

To defeat fear all you have to do is to LEARN how to manage it - how to
master it. I've heard Zig Ziglar on numerous occasions say that "courage
is not the absence of fear, it's the mastery of it."

The Conquer Fear! Collection can teach you how to master fear.