FEAR IS WHAT AMERICANS HAVE IN COMMON BUT IS ALSO WHAT DIVIDES US

Many people have described the United States as driven by fear. That inspite of our power and influence in the world we seem to live in fear and instead of this joining all of us as we face our fears, instead our fear ends up separating us and this increases our fears.

So, why are we afraid and why do we separate ourselves into isolated groups and then blame others for our fears. I believe that blaming others guarantees that we will continue to be afraid and feel alone. So what attracts us to being afraid and feeling alone? It must be how we have learned to cope with stress and anxiety. So, something causes us to instantly react to things that we see as stressful and this reaction is based on past stressful events and not on the current events. So, we react based our past reactions but then believe we need to react even though our reactions actually hurt us now. Many people react this way and some of them link up together to try to feel connected to one another but the fears get in the way and their lonliness and stress continues. What I am describing are symptoms of PTSD. Our brains think that we need to react to current stresses to cope with our fears and yet this is not needed now and only keeps us feeling afraid unnecessarily. 

It can help to be open about what you are reacting to and tell your brain that you don't need to react and don't need to be afraid anymore.  If you have someone that you trust and can talk with about your fears then it might be easier to tell yourself that you don't need to be afraid anymore.  What do you think?