Change as the death of a little self

We are afraid of change because we are afraid of killing a small part of ourselves. A little self ( I like to imagine it as a mini me Blaine) goes away and may never return. We have many associations with this concept. We might say: its the closing of a chapter, the beginning of a new chapter, the end of an era, the dawn of a new day, one door opening and another one closing. And this is why we fear- it is finite, the end of something. And thus, the death of a little self.