So I had a realization while taking friend to get teeth pulled today. He is going under because the dentist is pulling four teeth. 😳<\/p>\n
He told me that he has the fear that he is actually being euthanized. He knows it is irrational but the fear is still very real, to them!<\/p>\n
My realization was that it is easy to point to larger fears like Clowns, Snakes, Spiders or the Dark, however there are little irrational fears that haunt us. I am not sure most of us even realize we are carrying these fears or that they play a factor in our lives.<\/p>\n
We are built, well most of us, to know how to instinctively survive. Don’t stick your hand on a hot stove, stay out of a polar bear cage, don’t eat a box marked poison, don’t swim in ponds in Florida (Alligators 🐊). I could of course list a ton of examples, but what about when there is not a survival reason for the fear and when nothing has ever happened to warrant it?<\/p>\n
How is this explained other than irrational?<\/p>\n
I know there are even layers to these kind of fears.<\/p>\n
If asked, I would say that I don’t have any fears. But I know there are times I have become uncomfortable, ill at ease, jumpy, or even afraid when certain circumstances occur. A weird noise when walking down a dark hallway at work. The building is secure, others are working, so why is the immediate emotion towards fear instead of curiosity?<\/p>\n
It is something that definitely has me looking at things differently today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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