If a car almost hits me and I feel scared, that's an understandable reaction. But if I'm scared by the idea of thinking a different way than I'm used to, or doi

If a car almost hits me and I feel scared, that's an understandable reaction. But if I'm scared by the idea of thinking a different way than I'm used to, or doing something differently than I've always done it, that's less likely to be an understandable reaction, therefore worth interrogating. If we stop at "it makes me scared", without asking why, how can we grow? If we don't know what part of ourselves we are protecting by avoiding change, how do we change?