Atlas of the Heart : Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience

Fear is a negative, short-lasting, high-alert emotion in response to a perceived threat, and, like anxiety, it can be measured as a state or trait.

Vulnerability is the emotion that we experience during times of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.

Avoidance, the second coping strategy for anxiety, is not showing up and often spending a lot of energy zigzagging around and away from that thing that already feels like it’s consuming us.