I am no longer ashamed of being afraid
Recently, I was very anxious about driving. On the advice of a friend, I started a work of emotional dynamics. Through the exercises, I cried, shouted. What a joy to have the right to scream! Above all, I became aware of my constant emotional restraint, like being always ashamed of my fears: "You have to fend for yourself," I said to myself. But it panicked me totally. Working on my emotions allowed me not to fight against them, but to accept them.
Example exercise?
Repeat in front of each member of the group, then lying between four mattresses symbolizing, for the claustrophobe that I am, a car or a coffin: "I am afraid to die even if I know that one day I will die." 'shook but, referring me to notions of confinement, it was a good trigger. Stifled and desperate at first, my cries were amplified and filled with anger. My fear of dying has changed into a desire to survive.
At last, I calmed down in tears. I understood that fear was a normal feeling and that my phobia of driving translated a need to let me sometimes carry by others. Today, even if my problem is not completely solved, it is no longer an anguish.
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