You know that feeling. It doesn’t arrive with a bang, but with a whisper. A cold, slick thought that slides into the space between heartbeats. Suddenly, the world doesn’t just look different—it feels different. The air gets heavier. The walls lean in a little closer. Your own breath feels like a borrowed thing.Maybe it’s a phone call you’re dreading. A diagnosis hanging in the air. The sheer weight of a tomorrow that feels like it’s built on sand. The numbers in the bank account that never quite add up. The quiet, aching fear that you are not enough—will never be enough—for the people who need you to be everything.Your mind becomes a projector, flashing every worst-case scenario on the back of your eyelids. It’s a storm in the bones. A yoke that feels tailor-made for your shoulders.And the well-meaning voices? They tell you to “just don’t be afraid.” It is as if fear is a switch you can flip off. But you can’t. And their advice becomes another layer of failure, another reason to feel afraid of your own fear.What if I told you that the goal as believers isn’t to never feel afraid? The goal is to know what to do when it comes, not be ruled by it, and find a still point in the turning world.It’s not about fighting the storm but finding the anchor.Here’s what to do when fear overwhelms you.Photo Credit: ©Getty Images/Maria Korneeva