I'd like to over come the fear of love/dating.. I long for it so much, as it is natural, yet fear rejection :( I also fear being in passenger side of car, and trying to over come that; what do you fear, and did you overcome it... ? How?
Hi Baybreeze,
I was thinking of you just the other day…as I watched one of my fears arise, and then just gently subside, giving way to something softer…
…because for me, I never actually did overcome my fears; it is more that they don’t really interfere with my life anymore. As I look back now, the metaphors for ‘struggle’ and ‘overcome’ did not work for me.
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What would you think of just softly focusing more on things you CAN do?
That seems to be how I approached things…so, can you sit in the passenger side of a car when it is not moving, and there is no one else around? Can you sit there when the car is in an open field, not moving but with someone you trust behind the wheel? Then, what if the trusted driver starts the car, and moves it only ten feet then stops? And then enough for that day, doing it again tomorrow...
I am trying to think of how I began dating…maybe it was college classes, starting with class discussions, proceeding to walking together after class to the student union building for coffee, maybe studying together…in other words, forming a comfortable, trusting friendship before any thoughts of a date as such…
Something else for you to consider; I actually feel now that my fears are part of my own uniqueness, they open doors of understanding for me, in other words my fears eventually turned out to be an asset! I prolly would not want to get rid of them now, even if I could.
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One last thought; and that is, I think bringing your tender vulnerabilities to a Q/A site as you are is a wonderful place to begin, talking with people, various options, just letting your fears get out in the open, with some relaxing…familiarity...