From my experience, it applies to everything. But you’re also right, the effectiveness fluctuates in different circumstances.
- Training your ability to work alongside/despite of fear, instead of trying to do an endless mind game to logic the fear out of existence.
- Training to just observe & not get swept by feelings. Being ok with its existence. Not to suffer & be immobilized by it.
- Gaining experience in managing fear by taking action.
Cultivating all of those are useful in most circumstances.
There weren’t that much details from the question, hence why i put the broadest, most effective solution i know.
Some people need the handholding to go forward, some just need to see a slightly different perspective to get what they want.
I certainly benefited from just the cursory information i got from this forum and testing them myself. In which case, a broad, macro level of solution is enough. If the solution doesn’t fit my specific circumstances, then i’ll just modify/not use it.
If they really seek to be more specific & catered to their circumstances, then ask more for it. I also do that here when the broad answer is not enough for me to make a conclusion out of & to test it out.
If they are not serious & proactive in seeking the deeper details, then I won’t go deeper into the specifics either. Either my broad explanation is sufficient, or what i offer is not the perspective that they want to pursue further.
Just like how you can’t work with ambiguity, I can’t work with people who don’t actually want my help more than what i already provided.