I refer healthy fear as excitement in disguise. It's just a feeling.

Your ego loves to keep you in your comfort zone and keep you safe.

So when you step out of the norm of daily life, as a feeling of anxiety will creep in as you have not been where you are going before.

This is natural.

Feeling a little fear because you are out of your comfort zone is actually quite energising. You feel those butterflies rather like when you are excited about something.

Its knowing how to recognise the healthy fear and the unhealthy fear.

Unhealthy fear is when you are constantly worrying and have anxiety about life in general and cannot do anything because of it.

Panic attacks are an example. The fear is huge and engulfs my every move. I freeze and a tremendous amount of anxiety overcomes me.

When this  happens I know there is more to the fear than just getting out of my comfort zone.

There is a bigger cause. Something I have been squashing down for sometime and ignoring.

Life is one big fear and anxiety fest.

Healthy Fear is usually just a feeling.

Like when writing, I feel fear.

When something needs to be written, I feel that nagging anxiety and fear of what might happen if I write it.

In this instance, I know this is healthy fear.

I have taught myself to have trust and faith (this is the key) and I know its not life threatening, and so take action to make it happen.

After taken action, I can recognise that the feeling was actually excitement as I feel a rush of joy flow through me.

In summary

Healthy Fear is just an emotion flowing through your body. Taking the action will curb it, and joy will follow.

Unhealthy fear is a consistent deep anxiety feeling that won’t go away. It takes over you. There is a deeper emotional cause.