Response to Bryan's Question

Bryan posed the question, "Do you think the fear of change exists, and is problematic in the lives of most humans?"

I do believe that the fear of change is persent in a great majoriy of people. We fear what we do not know or understand, now, that is not to say that all people fear the different or unkown. Some do embrace change more quickly than others but it seems that a great deal of people do have trouble getting over their fear of change.

These fears can cause rifts between people and their ways of thinking (think of gay allies versus gay opposers as one example). Fear of change can break apart groups of people, it can keep people from trying new and different things and isolate people from the world. Fear of change is a big issue that many people face so my question is.....would you view fear of change as an epidemic of sorts?