Stories about overcoming your fears?

[greyCat44]

Not sure if this is the right place for this but I thought it would be a nice thing to have a thread about On my part, I'm pretty shy but lately I've been getting the courage to talk to more people around my school and not panic on phone calls ^_^

 

[joey ^_^]

I don't know if this counts as overcoming a fear but two days ago i was chilling in bed and then i turned around and there was a spider on the wall D: and i ran off the bed and into the next room because i was scared it would jump on me so i looked around for something i could use to hypothetically carry it gently to the outside of my house and found a magazine. i go back to the room and the spider is still on the wall but then it jumps onto the bed ;A; so i gently prod it with the magazine and it jumps back to the wall whew and then i slowly bring the magazine close to the wall so the spider will (hopefully) crawl onto it and i can bring it back to nature where it belongs. that. does Not happen. the spider JUMPS onto the magazine very very close to my hand and i was scared it would bite me because it was mad about the aforementioned prodding so i YEET the magazine to the floor and stay on the bed until i get tired of watching where the magazine landed and fall asleep.

tldr i uh faced my fears but i don't think i overcame them?

 

[greyCat44]

I don't know if this counts as overcoming a fear but two days ago i was chilling in bed and then i turned around and there was a spider on the wall D: and i ran off the bed and into the next room because i was scared it would jump on me so i looked around for something i could use to hypothetically carry it gently to the outside of my house and found a magazine. i go back to the room and the spider is still on the wall but then it jumps onto the bed ;A; so i gently prod it with the magazine and it jumps back to the wall whew and then i slowly bring the magazine close to the wall so the spider will (hopefully) crawl onto it and i can bring it back to nature where it belongs. that. does Not happen. the spider JUMPS onto the magazine very very close to my hand and i was scared it would bite me because it was mad about the aforementioned prodding so i YEET the magazine to the floor and stay on the bed until i get tired of watching where the magazine landed and fall asleep.

tldr i uh faced my fears but i don't think i overcame them?

omg huhu that sounds super dramatic there there ; A : I feel your pain it's always so scary when flying cockroaches are around

 

[Zireael]

I guess this counts? I used to have a massive aversion to eye drops and putting anything in my eyes at all, including just touching the eyeball (interestingly this did not extend to eye makeup, which I've definitely accidentally had in my eye before). The thought of it made me feel sick but the past year I've come to the realisation that my eyesight has definitely gotten worse to the point where I should probably be wearing glasses for distance now. I got glasses for university several years ago but I hardly used them, I hated the feeling of something on my face, and even the slight obstruction from the frame irritated me to no end. I just couldn't get used to it. So at the beginning of the year I went to my local opticians and braved a trial for contact lenses, and surprisingly I got the hang of it very quickly. Now I think nothing of it, and eyedrops are something I use so frequently now that even the slightest irritation I feel in my eyes is no longer an issue because I have the solution on hand. It's going to make my allergies much more bearable too, a nice plus.

Honestly just being able to see stuff in the distance so crisp again has made it worth it. Easily one of the best decisions I've made in years, it's been quite impactful on my life so far. I just wish I had braved it sooner tbh.

 

[Lemonsky]

This isn't anything fancy really, but still. I'm pretty spooked by aquatic plants and other kinds of stuff that might be going on in the bottom of natural waters, but last summer I dove into the lake near our summer cottage and swam real close to the plants in the bottom of the lake, even felt them with my hand. Maybe that'll help me realize that the plants really aren't dangerous.

 

[Norimagical]

i had a really big fear of roller coaster when i was younger my earliest memory was when i was i think 11 and it was my birthday and we went to a theme park that mainly had roller coasters i didn't go on a single one until the absolute end where my mom convinced me to go on one big roller coaster as they were getting ready to go i want absolute out and started busting out in tears gosh i was so scared then it start and weirdly enough i had a really good time on the ride laughing and all that lol when i got out i ask mom to go on another but we were leaving haha i went on coasters all the time now