Facing Our Fears
We all have things in life that we are afraid of, whether it is a fear of public speaking, a fear of flying, or a fear of going to the dentist. The fears we have could be the result of a past humiliating experience, a past trauma, fear of the unknown, some genetic predisposition, or any combination of these factors. It is a part of each our human experiences to be afraid of a few or several things, and some things are definitely scarier than others. It is much easier, as we all know, to avoid facing something that we are afraid of rather than facing it directly. One thing that many people forget, though, is how good it feels (afterward usually) to face something that we are afraid of. An example of this is being frightened of going on a roller coaster, and then afterward wanting to go on it again because it turned out to be fun. On some level, we fear that we won't really be able to handle things if we face something that we are afraid of head-on. Or, worse, we think ...