interesting post
thank for to sharing

I think that fear is keeping us sharp and ready to be a survival!

I have the same feelings, looking at the right pic. Bird babies making me nervous lols...

 > We have learned some very bad ways of living in the past: 401Ks, pensions, salaries, mortgages, "stable jobs", etc. All of these things are actually bad for our creative minds.

Well said. Completely agree with that 

 > right now I have carpal tunnel in my left arm, and despite this I am still writing. It has affected my entire arm, and I will be taking some time off the computer soon to let it heal.

take your time off and get well soon!

Fear is terrible, it hits a man. If you are afraid of something, it's better not to do it. He hits a person so that you stop thinking right. At me always so. You have interesting posts, deep thoughts, thank you for this!

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Sorry about your arm, hope you get better soon, you might have to dictate posts  to someone else :) !!awesome post though. I feel the same way. I like what EOS is doing. And that picture of the birds reminds me of having people depend on me, it's stressful haha. I would also much rather have a shell I could go in to hide from everyone. Best wishes stella, you were appreciated

Thanks for sharing your post is very amazing  and interesting

Diversify into 10 or more "good" coins, after doing research, and then less to worry about from any one coin.  Also take some profit and bank it , if your investments have gone way up.

I am not an investment adviser, just shooting my mouth off, for entertainment purposes only! :P

I hope your arm feels better very soon!  We all need rest occasionally.  Wishing you all the best!

Hi @stellabelle, congratulations on quitting drinking!  Good job!

Thanks for this nice article, I found it interesting.

I absolutely agree with what you are saying and understand the feeling very well.

I think it's important to realize that when it comes to big life decision, despite the fact that fear is supposed to be a deterrent to recklessness, fear is generally unproductive. You need a clear mind and fear clouds it.

Another thing to be aware of is, that we are actually always vulnerable, like it or not. Protecting yourself from vulnerability is not really possible. Life is always a risk and not taking a risk hides the risk of a missed opportunity.

That's why I try to make the best decisions based on the data currently available and my ambitions and desires and when looking back, I only evaluate mistakes in the sense of learning from my experiences and try not to allow regret to play any significant role.

Very well said. I can see how either would hold someone back. I let fear rule many parts of my life for a long time but not anymore. I think its good to have a measure of vulnerability while being cautious not to show too much. I think it helps to allow people into your life and to trust you more. Just have to be careful though. Good post. Made me think! Thanks.

"I crumble under too much routine." Recently I have found this to be true for me, too. But it wasn't so evident until my circumstances changed dramatically. I am thrilled to use Steemit, as it doesn't require a specific routine.

"Irrational fear is the killer of everything." This resonates with me right now. I try to stay very positive, but every so often an irrational fear sneaks in and I have to work hard to fight it off.

I like these 2 quotes when it comes to fear
I fear not the man who practiced 10 000 kicks once but who's practiced 1 kick 10 000 times - Bruce Lee

the most important thing is to be able to sacrifice what you are for what you will become- Erik Thomas

And the opposite of vulnerability is cowardice...............So i braved up and post twice or 4 times per day for 3 months here now

Not that it will be much help for your break from computers but you could always use one of your device's speech to type features to create posts while resting your hands! :)

Feeling vulnerable and feeling fear is what makes us always alert, these feelings are born with life, if at any time of it you get it, only god can sebaer in what you become, are feelings of survival.
Beautiful work dear friend @stellabelle as everything you do
Have a great start to the week

The opposite of fear is LOVE. 
Be FEARLESS, Choose LOVE!

Conquer fear of death and such and your adversaries become toothless- when they see that you no longer fear them.......they fear YOU

when I feel some fear, it is always caused by uncertainties, one can not be sure to be alive tomorrow,  or to still have this established job, or to still have a family...on these cases, I soothe myself with that (and hope it will speak to you and help, my Lovelie) :
### "when nothing is certain, everything is possible"
and then i turn my thoughts in the direction of all the things I want to create as my life,  because i know the universe will reorganise to be all these things ....it really works , because it's quantic information and organisation ...don't let fear be your advisor 😘❤❤❤ @stellabelle

fear is the mindkiller!
Don't worry about a thing. EOS/Bitshares is where you need to be plopping your whale blubber. The last week must have made you sick.... but it's all ok. This whole run-up and subsequent correction is really just a probing of the entire market. People want to know what will replace Bitcoin, and they tested the waters with Ether and found it unsatisfactory. 
Bitshares at 20 cents? No-brainer. 
Take care stella; really enjoying your writing.

Wonderful honest & transparent post as always! Your title drew me in saying the opposite of fear is vulnerability.  I always felt the opposite of fear is Love. 

In searching for the opposite meanings of fear I can a fantastic blog that I feel shows the progression of transitioning from fear to the opposite. "The opposite of fear is safety. 
Safe to be real
Safe to feel stressed out
Safe to be imperfect
Safe to admit marriage problems
Safe to not have all the answers
Safe to make parenting mistakes
Safe to not have it all together
Safe to admit failure, struggle, sin, addiction”

The opposite of fear is acceptance, which leads to curiosity, which leads to a sense of understanding, which leads to feelings of safety, trust, and finally, love."- https://clarity-first.com/what-is-the-opposite-of-fear/

Beautiful photos Thanks for your support+follow

Hello @stellabelle, First gratz on stopping drinking *thumbs up* 
I don't want to give advice just share what I do OK :)
What I do when I get scared of whatever, I tell my self :
Everything is fine right now in this moment, isn't it ?
This moment are the keywords.
I try to stay in the moment and not worry about stuff that is in the future.
I fail a lot LOL but that is OK, there are also many moments that I was in fear that I managed to change arround.
Sometimes I also strongly start to focus on something else and once in a while I tell my fear OK come and get me .... that sometimes helps aswell.
That is the Vulnerability you speak of I think :)

I had a social phobia for 15 years so I know what fear is :)

I hope your arm will heal soon *hugs*

Vulnerability would be no problem if there would be no assholes in the world.

Irrational fear is familiar to me. Even in my early childhood, I was afraid that something would suddenly happen to the mother. Then frightened, it is necessary to stay with her husband.

I understand that everything can happen in life. But fear kills in advance: (

What a good post about the real truth about fear, which can kill a person if not dealt with. However you have to take on your fear ...
“Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”: FDR's First Inaugural Address. This shows that even though to fear is human , we still have to face our fear and tackle it in order not to be destroyed by fear. Thanks for a good post @stellabelle , and  a very good piece of art work by @pitter-patter .. bless you all.


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Ugh, fear...!! You know I actually thought for most of my life that I didn't have fear. Ha haaa!! 

Until I moved to Berlin. This city has brought me to my knees and shown me all my fears. Luckily I'm on the other side now...

There are certain things in life that we have trouble explaining/healing from a rational scientific point of view. Fear is one of them, I believe. Fear's only purpose is to keep us alive in a life or death situation. It either makes us run, freeze or fight. For our life. 

In normal every day life it has no purpose, yet it's there. And even though a piece of news shouldn't trigger a flight or fight response, it makes us imagine worst case scenarios and puts our whole system on alarm. That's what makes us ill. 

I have no solutions for that on that level, that's why I can only deal with fear from a spiritual perspective - the duality of love and fear. I believe fear can only be "loved" away. 

That doesn't mean we have to enjoy or like the fear, it just means that we acknowledge it and give it a place. Mostly we try to avoid it and distract ourselves, but that makes it stick even more and clouds our thinking. We can't run away from it.

My experience is that reality is always much kinder than our fear wants to make us believe. Our fears put us in hell, while the world out there is beautiful. 

My new way of dealing with fear is to allow myself to feel it (this might be an old way for you or anyone else...). 

I literally sit down and say "*Anja, you're experiencing fear. This is what it feels like in your body.*" Last time I did this, the situation got "magically" resolved after I allowed myself to imagine the worst case scenario in detail. It was all in my head... 

And sometimes we just have off days. And a couple of days later our hormones or mood or whatever influences us are in balance again and we think about the same subject in a completely different and more relaxed way. 

Maybe it helps to remember that *you don't have to believe every single thought you have* :) 

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Fear is dream killer, we  should not let fear control our lives. Find your passion(s) and follow it   fearlessly.

Great post @stellabelle 
Fear is a concept we all have to deal with, sometimes it can be our weakness but i have also found it to be a strength on a number of occasions. On one occasion fear actually saved my life 
Great art work @pitterpatter I love it when you bless my photos with your magic touch :)