What’s a fear or insecurity that you’ve been able to overcome, and how did you do it?

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DJB72 · Accepted Answer

I've never been afraid of death - what's next that is - but the process of getting there always scared me.

Then in 2020 I was in hospital for a course of IV antibiotics and contracted Covid from a patient who slipped through the quarantine - incubation time was still an estimate then.

Within a week my blood oxygen was averaging 80% where it should be 98% minimum. Below 80% is medically incompatible with life. I couldn't stand. Every breath was taking all my strength. At 75% I was moved from ICU to a ventilator after a conversation with the doctor treating me that included the heartwarming statistics that of the patients he'd seen reach this point there was a 100% fatality rate. Nobody came back from a ventilator in any of the three hospitals he was covering.

I asked him to tell my family I loved them, but I was dying and I couldn't fight any more.

Three months later I went into full renal failure, cardiac and respiratory arrest. That's basically dead. Although I was delerious I happened to be interacting with a nurse at the moment I died. He hit the crash button and began CPR within seconds of me flatlining. It took them four hours to resuscitate me and another ten days before I actually woke up - before which they didn't know if I'd suffered brain damage.

I'm not saying dying is the best way to overcome fear of dying, but if you're blessed enough to survive it you have a totally different outlook on life.

FunkyMonkee · Accepted Answer

Plants, so to speak. We had a summer house up in the woods and dad was always warning us to look out for poison ivy but, I never saw any to know what it looked like. As I certainly didn't wanna catch it, I avoided nearly all weeds that even came close to looking like what dad described to us what poison ivy looked like! Around the same time, there was an episode of, "Lost In Space" on t. v. where John & Don were setting up a deutronium drill and, while Don was kneeling, this vine came up from a sand pit behind him, wrapped itself around his leg and started to drag him down into the pit! I was only 9 or 10 and had never heard that plants could do that so, I was always scared that one might, some day.
Eventually, I grew up and realized there's VERY little chance of that EVER happening to me. There MIGHT be plants like that on Earth but, they're in countries I've never been to and doubtfully ever will.
As for the poison ivy, about 10 years ago, I finally saw some growing right next to my house and, while digging it up, discovered that, like dad and grandma, I'm not allergic to it so, I can just yank it right out of the ground with my bare hands!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Not sure I have overcome that but trying to deal with those online provocative chicks where it began when I had met my man years ago. Long story.

Jennz6 · Accepted Answer

I had small boobs and I got breast implants

Sonorous · Answer

I think that every insecurity of mine has gotten better with enough compassion &/or competence.

Anonymous · Answer

None of your business.

How did I overcome it? Realized my worth. How did I do that? Realize most people are just opinionated morons and thier opinions don't amount to 💩. We as people like to think we matter. But reality is there are 8 billion people on the planet. And most people that you associate with don't even know who you are. They'll claim to know you. But if asked the couldn't even guess your hope, dreams, and aspirations.

I learned a long time ago only care about the opinions of your loved ones. They're the only ones capable of judging you. Your good points and your flaws. Don't worry about rejection. Because the people who reject you. They rejected thier skewed vision of who you are. Odds are they never really knew you.

NathanDavis · Answer

painful shyness and, as I understand it now as an adult... social anxiety during my childhood and earlier teen years

BonzoInBitburg · Answer

I was afraid of needles. Cured it through NLP

Anonymous · Answer

I used to be afraid of thunderstorms, the dark, women, even driving and other silly things. One by one, I realized that eventually, everyone dies. So you better get start living.

Anonymous · Answer

I stopped being afraid of giving girls oral sex by just staying down there as long as I could and as long as they wanted me.

LadiesFavoriteToy · Answer

You live once... Take a chance your life is in your hands.

JayBones2469 · Answer

That I wasn't as good as Shawn McFolin. I killed him.

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Spiders. I learned everything I could about all the species so I could narrow it down.

Anonymous · Answer

My body.. I was fat and gross. 2 years and LOTS of hard work and discipline I have a body I'm comfortable with...

negrl4a69 · Answer

Was insecure bout girls cheating on me. Figured if there gonna cheat there gonna cheat

Rangers · Answer

I'm not able to overcome it

dudeinohio · Answer

Have been unable to defeat any of that.

Deserter2 · Answer

Thunderstorms, exposure

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