Do you embrace your fears with intentional steps to ease them?

Yes. I have a mental list I’ve been working through during the years.

I tend to stay very laid back with every thing and I only face the fears I have to and then I usually wait to the last minute. The nice things is when I get over my fears I feel pretty good about myself.

I do but, verrrryyy slooowwwwlllyy.

I try, as do we all, I’ve had more success in some that with others. My brother’s always been terrified of heights, so myself the thrill seaker, spent three years trying to convince him to come sky diving with me. After so long of pestering him he finally agreed, and actually went through with hit. It could have done him any better, I mean, he’s absolutely scared stiff of heights, and he went sky diving… what now can he not do? I think it gave him a lot of positive perspective on life.

No, I run away as fast as I can!!!

I started rock climbing because I found that I had lost the fearlessness of childhood and had become afraid of heights. It’s worked well for that specific issue, but more nebulous fears (fear of failure, fear of change) are much more difficult to deal with.

I try, sometimes, not with too much success, though. I used to have a fear of needles, drawing blood and almost all things medical related, but having cancer sure cured that fear.

I am scared of snakes. To the point where I panic if one is near me, say in the backyard. Which is kind of crazy, they are smaller than us, right? It doesn’t matter, poisonous or non-poisonous, I’m convinced it’s going to kill me. My son, turning 6, tomorrow, thinks it’s hysterical. He doesn’t realize what a fear it truly is for me. I am trying to work on that fear, this year. My goal is to not panic and break out into a sweat if I see one. baby steps!

I recently overcame my arachnaphobia through education and the help of a man who has studied spiders for going on 35 years.

Only 4 million other fears to go. :-)