One acronym for fear that I think is spot on is "False Evidence Appearing Real". When I think of all the things I've been afraid of over the years, they never came to pass. It was the things that weren't even on my radar that came up to bite me on the booty. Like my marriage, it was always my dependable rock to lean on while I worried about things like losing my job in the crappy economy. And yet my job is as solid as ever and my marriage is dead and gone. When I feel fear about something creeping in I just remind myself that the very things I fear rarely if ever happen, and strangely that gives me a sense of security that I don't need to be afraid of those things, LOL!
