What fear have you faced today?

[gtrvspec]

So lately I've been trying my best to do things I wouldn't normally do, or things I've had fear of. I know this might not work for everyone but after doing these things I've felt a lot better. I was thinking about this earlier and thought what if we made a thread here where we can all post thing's we've done day to day that are outside of our comfort zone. This can be a great way to realize that these situations we deem as scary are, in reality, not so bad. On top of that reading posts from other people in the community could be a great way to push us to do these things. I'll start it off.

This might sound a little weird but today I was at the mall and randomly decided to high five as many people as I could as we passed each other. I'd see someone in front of me, look at them, put my hand up and say "high five". Oddly enough I'd say over 80% of people high fived me and the other 20% just ignored me and walked away. The whole purpose of this is to show myself that it really doesn't matter what other people think. People gave me weird looks but it was only for a few seconds before they got back to what they were doing.

Annnnyways, lets get this going! What fear have you faced today? Tell us what you've done.

 

[Silatuyok]

Great thread! And I love your high five story, lol.

Hmm. Today was a pretty comfortable day for me. Although, when I was working at my grandma's house I was working in a back room and my dad and aunt were chatting in the living room. My cousin, who I hadn't seen in several months, came over and was interacting with them in the living room. I made myself go in there and say hi to her, even though my first instinct was to stay hidden and look busy in the other room. It wasn't a terribly brave thing to do, but it's the most I've put myself out there on this particular day.

 

[A Many Splendored Thing]

I love how some people do it even if they give you a weird look at first.::

I met up with some old friends and went caroling with my old high school choir. The entire drive over to my old high school both times was tough, but the harder I push, the happier I feel.

I am trying not to run away any longer. Today was a good day.

 

[EscapeArtist]

Great thread! And I love your high five story, lol.

Hmm. Today was a pretty comfortable day for me. Although, when I was working at my grandma's house I was working in a back room and my dad and aunt were chatting in the living room. My cousin, who I hadn't seen in several months, came over and was interacting with them in the living room. I made myself go in there and say hi to her, even though my first instinct was to stay hidden and look busy in the other room. It wasn't a terribly brave thing to do, but it's the most I've put myself out there on this particular day.

Seeing the response and responding against instinct, especially when you had no special plan to, is really good of you

Edit: oh and loving your signature heheh

 

[Nathália]

Ha. Ha. I love it. I have a fear of being around people in crowed places so, I went to the mall too. My family they've been going to the mall quite alot lately and even some restaurants. Most of the time I've declined the invitations. I felt so awkward walking and felt like I was being looked at weird. Although I had a great time and I felt so much better!

 

[EscapeArtist]

fear of discomfort. I went running when I reaaaaally didn't want to. I didn't stuff myself with food because I felt lonely and afraid at night.

 

[*Amy*]

Nice thread! I think I should post something here every day (I won't, but I should).

 

[gtrvspec]

the harder I push, the happier I feel.

That's exactly it! Keep it up.

 

[gtrvspec]

Nice thread! I think I should post something here every day (I won't, but I should).

Lol, personally I probably won't either. I think it has a much lesser effect if you plan to do these things every day than if you think of them more on the spot. When I was shopping it just came to my head all of a sudden leaving me less time to think it thought or turn it down. If I had planned this I might have started thinking twice about it and possibly got myself down over it if I decided not to do it.

 

[gtrvspec]

fear of discomfort. I went running when I reaaaaally didn't want to. I didn't stuff myself with food because I felt lonely and afraid at night.

Good job! Wasn't as bad as you thought it was right?

 

[gtrvspec]

Ha. Ha. I love it. I have a fear of being around people in crowed places so, I went to the mall too. My family they've been going to the mall quite alot lately and even some restaurants. Most of the time I've declined the invitations. I felt so awkward walking and felt like I was being looked at weird. Although I had a great time and I felt so much better!

Awesome! Good to see you decided to push yourself to go. Just remember that most of these feelings we get are caused because we don't do these things too often. Any time we do something we're not used to it should cause us to be a little on edge but that's perfectly okay. This happens to everyone.

 

[A Many Splendored Thing]

Did carolgrams today. It's singing over the phone to people that were gifted the song from someone.

I think I weirded out one of the girls as I kept staring at her almost the entire time. I was just concentrating on the song and she was across from me in the group of 4. I also think they thought I was a little slow.. I was nervous the entire time.

Ah well, it's over now.

 

[theslowesthand]

I feared i wouldnt go outside today while it was fine. I told myself there'd be plenty of other nice, fine days like today, thereby facing & eliminating the fear .. resulting in me staying inside all day and not "worrying" about it!