I try to apply a visualization to fearful situations: I imagine that letting the fear have control is riding an escalator down toward the worst possible results

I try to apply a visualization to fearful situations: I imagine that letting the fear have control is riding an escalator down toward the worst possible results, and there are points along the descent where I can step off to the side by taking action, and therefore prevent the situation from deteriorating. My even more powerful version of that is seeing that platform of 'took action' is actually right there next to me every second and the moment I act I stop descending to worse situations. Helping quite a bit to train myself out of fear responses that I've had for decades.