Hi Karen,

Thanks for sharing this. Glad I found this, and you, out while scrolling through the new posts. Glad to follow you for more posts like this.

And this is a great post. Loved reading it. We all have fears. Your post truly describes what needs to be done to fight and defeat fears. Let me share one of my fears.

When I was a kid, I used to fear rivers and big canals. Basically, deep and large reservoirs of water. The situation was ironic. I could swim in a river even as a 10 year old but I couldn't look at the other bank. The water used to scare me.

Even in a swimming pool, knowing that there was deep water under me used to scare the hell out of me. It freaked me out despite being a swimmer. That happened right till the end of my teens.

When I was 19, we went to the beach; my first time. I looked at the sea and it scared me to death. I couldn't stand the massive wavy water. I kept sitting away.

Until I decided to do something about my fear. I decided to face it. Right there, right then. Sea was the biggest it could get so I resolved to conquer it where it scared me most.

I kept going inside. Beyond every one of my friends. They got scared that I will drown. But I kept going stayed there looking at the coming waves.

That was the last day of my fear because I had faced it big time. Thanks for reminding me with this post, Karen. I'll resteem it.