Fear is a visitor — a framework by Ole Wang

Hand-drawn diagram of framework 383, Fear is a visitor: "I feel afraid", not "I am afraid". — Framework 383 · in one look

How to use it

Fear is an emotion: it comes, it passes, like anger or joy. Don't turn it into a label ("I'm a fearful person"). Say "I feel afraid right now" and let it move through. Labels are for clothes, not people.

How sure we are

S Evidence: strong. Large trials or many studies, pointing the same way.

E Evidence: built from practice. What works for coaches and practitioners. Labelled that way.

Sources

Naming an emotion lowers its intensity (affect labelling, Lieberman et al. 2007, 🟢; see 271) · "labels are for clothing": Evy Poumpouras (🟠).

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