“Your ego is a limitation within your Mind. Your ego exists as an expression of limitation.”
- Dialogue on Awakening by Tom Carpenter
I agree. People struggle so much psychologically because of stress. Remember, stress primarily comes from not taking action, and growth is a factor that encourages you to continually take action over time. What prevents you from growing?
Your fear comes from your ego, which is a defense mechanism. Ego and growth cannot coexist because the ego says you are good enough. Perhaps building a good character, on the other side of a flip coin called ego, is an answer to overcoming the problem.