The Fear Bubble: Harness Fear and Live Without Limits

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Take bungee jumpers for example. They’re initially terrified of taking a jump but as soon as they swing into action, they’re instantly elated. They want to do another jump and another jump. What’s happening is they’re going into a fear bubble, busting it and hitting the adrenaline bus. The bus is then pushing them to go into another bubble, and when they do go into another bubble, they’re still going to experience whole new gut wrenching dread just before they leap. But this time, they know that as soon as they pierce it, they’re going to get an instant reward. Fear is simply our mind and body switching on it’s sympathetic nervous system (fight of flight), and releasing stress hormones to prepare the body to fight or run away from danger. 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. Without fear, there's no challenge. Without challenge, there's no growth. Without growth, there's no life.

The people who love you will offer you constructive criticism, because they want you to be the best version of yourself that you can be. They know you’re better than that. They know what you’re worth. They’re not having a pop because they want to bring you down a peg or two.” Middleton is no psychologist and the advice is simplistic and, for many people, will be off target.But it's incredibly damaging. It helps us form our underlying perspective of the world. Our default mindset becomes one of deep fear, and that fear stops us living the lives we're truly capable of." 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. The Fear Bubble” is a concept & technique developed by former British Special Forces, Ant Middleton, which he explains fully in his excellent book, aptly named “The Fear Bubble”. Unfortunately, I felt that his attitude during the climb made him come across as disrespectful to those he was with, a spoilt brat and an arrogant human who did not want to listen to others, especially when they were more experienced. The book seemed clumsily put together and could have been better edited to remove the repetition of the same concepts. I’m surprised at how popular this book has become and disappointed that it wasn’t better. His fear bubble technique got him through active service whilst facing enemy fire in hostile territory. If you have any knowledge of CBT or indeed some elements of Stoicism as a philosophy you will already recognize the focus of living in the moment and containing and controlling the emotion and maintaining a positive attitude. I think overall his advice is very good and it does work it we practice. He also had a lot to say about the 'victim mindset' and how prevalent this is in modern popular culture. I really couldn't agree more.

Book Genre: Adventure, Biography, Leadership, Military Fiction, Nonfiction, Personal Development, Self Help, Travel, War

Ant explains the mindsets needed to succeed, to grow, thrive and how to use them to not only survive in the most dangerous physical challenge, but the his most dangerous and constant enemy, himself. After thirteen years in the military, with four years as a Special Forces sniper, Ant Middleton is the epitome of what it takes to excel. He served in the SBS, the naval wing of the Special Forces, the Marines and 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers, achieving what is known as the ‘Holy Trinity’ of the UK’s Elite Forces. 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. 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.