Can fear of failure and fear of success be the same? The reason I ask is again because of that post at BCB. I’ll read one person say how they have a fear of failure so it leads them to do XYZ. The next person says s/he has a fear of success and it leads them to do the same XYZ. Is it possible that one person can fear both failure and success and that the clash of these two fears lead us to where we currently are – which for me is in stasis. I’m neither moving up nor moving down. I’m afraid of failing so I don’t gain the weight back, but maybe I’m afraid of succeeding so I can’t seem to take any more off. An object that has 2 equal and opposing forces on it will stay in one spot forever, or until one of the forces overcomes the other. I guess I need to figure out how to tip the balance one way or another. Just as long as it gets me back on the ‘losing’ side.
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