Fear and Cowardice

Pick your absolute worst fear, get hyped about dealing with it, and everything else is easier.
Or join the army, seems to sort a lot of people out.

>>18608308
Shit, that's a good idea. What if my biggest fear is something like having my life ruined or my peer group ostracizing me though?

>>18608151
you're no coward, feeling fear is natural, and it's possible for your wildest most irrational fears to come true. you just have to learn to control upon what urges you act on.

challenge yourself and remember that in the beginning you'll fail most of your challenges and you'll feel even more fearful and anxious, but as long as you keep on going you'll improve

>>18608151

You sound a bit obsessive. I say that because you picked an arbitrary date to mark when your "cowardice" becomes permanent. I'd suggest some proffesional help, they'll provide you with good tools to deal with this.

>>18608342
Would that be like OCD? Isn't that a permanent disorder? I read some studies that after around the age of 25, your brain is pretty much set in its ways in terms of personality change. You can learn new skills, but you can't ever learn new personality traits. So if someone doesn't put in the effort, though one day they may be more outgoing for instance, they'll always turn back to being shy if left to their own devices.

>>18608373
>Would that be like OCD?

I'm no doctor. I meant "obsessive" in the general term of "obessing over things". For example, and arbitrary date.

Obsessing over "worst case scenarios" is also something you seem to do, if you are afraid of a lot of things all the time.

That's why I sent you to a proffesional. Because if you latch unto things and fixate on them, then you'd need someone to be there for you regularly, not a bunch of strangers online.

>>18608395
It sucks to be dependent, but I guess you're right. I'll look into finding a local therapist.