The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits

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After watching Ant climb Everest in his program and going to see him live talking about it I was unsure whether this book would bring anything extra to the table. Still, it had some laughs. YOU ARE KAYLEIGH FROM LIVERPOOL was a particular high point alongside the many, many references to his height which is clearly, ironically, his Everest.

This is the second Ant's book I've read, and I can only say, Wow! Like Ant said himself: "First man in" was my story. "The fear bubble" is my soul. Tiesa, yra kelios vertesnės vietos apie pozityvius/negatyvius žmones, bet, įtariu, tas dalis rašė kažkas kitas dėl akivaizdaus rašymo stiliaus ir vartojamos kalbos beigi žodyno skirtumų. Join Ant Middleton as he embarks on his inspirational and motivating life discoveries... Without fear, there’s no challenge. Without challenge, there’s no growth. Without growth, there’s no life. Best SAS:WDW books for me are Foxy’s two (second one was the best and probably my favourite overall), and Ollie Ollerton’s ‘Break Point’.Middleton’s book is highly readable. He cleverly intersperses his methods for facing and overcoming fear with practical examples of how he’s used it in his own life. This book is difficult to put down and an easy read with great ‘aha moments’ that you can apply to your own life. Relevant to all ages. I couldn't put this down and read it in one sitting. Over the past couple of years I've listened to a number of people and read a number of books that emphasise the importance of a positive mindset and techniques for turning a negative mindset around. The techniques in this book do work though I can say that in hindsight. Stepping "from the corridor through the door" for the 1st time is difficult but cathartic. It's important to step through the 2nd door soon after. I also liked how he gave real life examples of people he meets and when he gives them advise he doesn’t claim that those people are now the happiest people in the world.

Forget the past. You can’t change it. It has no power over you. And forget the future too. You can’t control that either. You can only change your life in the present. All that matters is right now.”the fear of giving offence creates more problems than it solves. Ultimately what you’re scared of is that your hosts won’t like you because you’ve, say, thrown a chewing-gum wrapper on the fire. But most people are reasonable.” Another component of “the fear bubble” is redefining the feeling of fear as the body saying “let’s go”. As each fear bubble is entered saying to ourselves “let’s go” will help to positively reframe the fear, and trigger the action required. Both groups found the disease-related images to be unpleasant, whereas only the trypophobia sufferers found the non-disease related images to be extremely unpleasant. These findings suggest that individuals with trypophobia have heightened responses to bubble aversion, even in images with no underlying scenes of illness. But unlike most phobias, trypophobia results in intense feelings of disgust more often than fear. In his groundbreaking new book, Ant Middleton thrillingly retells the story of his death-defying climb of Everest and reveals the concept of the Fear Bubble, showing how it can be used in our lives to help us break through our limits. Powerful, unflinching and an inspirational call to action, The Fear Bubble is essential reading for anyone who wants to push themselves further, harness their fears and conquer their own personal Everests. Love him or hate him Ant Middleton has come up with a different way to look at combating fear and anxiety.

A life and death example might be pre-deployment to a war zone. A solider would visualise a space and time in the future where they would need or allow the fear to exist. E.g. actual combat. Then they would give themselves permission to not experience fear until that exact moment they step into the fear bubble. The story of his assent of Everest had me in two minds. There was a scene where his attitude to an ice fall that would have killed them, if they had paused 10 minutes before, was well it didn't, move on! I can see that as a necessary attitude. There were other scenes where I thought he was putting others at risk because he wanted to be the alpha male in the group. It’s like I’m two different people. That’s why I think it’s crucial that you don’t define yourself as just one person. That, to me, is the sign of a fake. It’s the sign of someone who has this fantasy model of who they want everyone to think they are and just tries to act up to it all the time. When you’re true to yourself you know that you’re a different person in different situations, and you’re totally relaxed about it.” So glad I heard the review on Virgin Radio, possibly the most balanced book between adventure, integrity and life strategy ever. I didn't become fearless. I don't believe that's even possible. I feel fear all the time. Not only do I feel it all the time, I hate it. It's not that I've learned to conquer fear or enjoy it. It's that I've learned how to use it."For me personally it was thoroughly enjoyable, I actually haven’t read his first book, or know much about him until I read this, which 3/4 in, led me to binge on some of his ‘SASwhodareswins’ tv series. This technique isn’t limited to combat situations, it can be used for any future fear in everyday life. E.g. Exams, interviews, dates, media experiences, opening a business, starting a job, mountain climbing, learning to drive, professional competitions such as MMA or Boxing. The list is endless.

Another great book by Ant Middleton. Ant is not perfect like everyone he is a work in progress. He does not hide this fact when describing this stage of his life. Whereas ego takes the easy route, pride makes you do things properly even when nobody is watching. Pride means you're constantly looking for ways to test yourself, improve yourself and learn to do it better." This is why I always tell people, don’t try to better your life, don’t try to better your work, don’t try to better your relationships. Don’t try to be rich, happy, successful. Don’t do any of that. You’ll be wasting your time. It doesn’t work. Nothing will change, and you’ll get disillusioned and burned out. Instead, you should work at trying to better who you are as a character. Be the best version of you that you can imagine, and I guarantee that all the rest of it will just fall naturally into place.”

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We all know avalanches are deadly, whether or not we are mountain climbers. But little do we know the avalanches in our heads are just as deadly. Once your negative thought collapses, it snowballs into a self-doubt. Accept your thoughts as they come and go, but you don’t have to believe and act on your negative thoughts.