Can minimalism help in overcoming the fear of loss....!

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Out of many fears that humans encounter in life, fear of loss is one of the most common. I would say it is a fear that is kneaded in the dough of mankind. Have you observed very young kids how strongly they hold the things they like. It is because they are afraid of losing that thing and so they grip it tightly. To some extent it is beneficial to have the fear of loss because it is something that makes us cautious in our actions. However, the fear is healthy only within a limit. Beyond that limit it is disastrous and would put us in endless anxiety. The anxiety is likely to effect our overall emotional, physical and physiological well being in a negative way. Therefore, it is very important to keep the fear in its limits.

Minimalism is of great importance in keeping the fear of loss in healthy boundaries. When do you have the fear of loss???? The answer is that the fear of loss is associated with the existence of something. When you have lesser quantity of things in your possession, you would have lesser fear. Besides, your resources and attention would be more focussed for the protection of the little quantity you have.

There are some ways where being a minimalist have helped me keep my fear of loss in control.

Fear of losing relationships

A relationship is likely to be lost when we do not fit on the expectations. The more people we tend to develop closer relationship, the more we are afraid of losing them because our attention and energy are more divided.
I have good hello-hi relationship with many people (almost with everyone whom I meet) but I am not that closer with many that would make them develop too many expectations from me. I utilize with utmost focus on those relationship I really want to build and so I am confident that I would not lose them

Fear of losing secrets

Everyone of us have some secrets that we don’t want to go public or sometimes we want to hide something from a particular person. If you want to keep your secret a secret. Make sure it is only with you. If it is indispensable to share with someone, it should be with as lesser people as it is possible. When not many people would know this, there wouldn’t be much fear if losing it.

Fear of losing possessions.

I once stitched a casual dress with delicate fancy laces. Then every time, I wore it I was worried the delicate laces might not be damaged. I learnt my lesson to keep the casual dresses simple without making them unnecessarily delicate with fanciness.
It is not just about dresses. It is about everything else. The simpler objects we keep with us, the lesser we are worried about losing them because we would know it is easier to attain the alike again.

Moreover, if we keep our possessions within our needs and try not to accumulate too much, we would feel freer because we wouldn’t have too much to care for.

Feeling/accepting the morality of everything helps in overcoming the fear

All of us know that everything in this world is mortal. However, many of us don’t really accept the morality. We keep on loving things as if they are to remain forever. If we accept that everything has a particular time for its life after which it has to disappear/damage/die, it would become easier for us to survive the loss; and the fear of losing would also minimize to a great extent.