RE: The fear of change

I might have missed it, but I would also add the "loss of self" - if we identify with what we are or what we have right now, actively changing it means losing "who we are" as if we would be someone different. This ties in with the "fear of loss", but is more visceral in some way, and less obvious to identify for most.

Especially these days where people are hyper sensitive to who they think they are, any thing that threatens their status quo, or demands them to be something different, is violently rejected, even if it is in their own best interest.

I wish I could take part in these kinds of talks sometimes.