Tag: fear
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Scaring People Away
I have scared people away from being my friend. Sometimes it’s intentional, sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes it backfires and the things that I hope would scare people away only make them WANT to be my friend MORE. What I have noticed lately with a new friend of mine, is that she tends to try and…
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Name What You Fear
A while back my shrink recommended that I give my unkind inner voice a name. So I chose Maureen. Because how funny is it to say, “SHUT UP MAUREEN” when you’re being mean to yourself? I recently saw a video where a girl said she named her anxiety Ryan, because she wasn’t going to let…
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Irrational Fears: Outer Space
Irrational Fears: Fear of outer space is called astrophobia. I don’t know if I have astrophobia so much as I hate, “I hate outer space” syndrome.
Redheaded Jill 