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How do you deal with fear? (hexbear.net)
submitted 5 months ago by GamersOfTheWorld@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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Most of the inaction I bear has been due to fear. Fear of reprimand and fear of violence in particular.

I'm reading a lot of lefty stuff (old posts, old articles, hoping I can make my way to books) and it seems like my biggest hurdle to becoming a proper leftist will be removing myself of these fears, if I ever want to do anything productive.

But fuck, fear is just so prevalent in my life. It could be my trauma, my privilege or literally anything else I'm not aware of. Whatever the cause, I don't like it, it's made me a worse person, and I wanna get rid of it.

Seeing as most of you are good about this, I want to hear about how you stopped letting fear and (social/physical) self-preservation control you.

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[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago

For me it was about 7 years working at a 7-11 and being physically and verbally threatened so much I just became numb to that kind of anxiety. I was shot at once, assaulted on multiple occasions and at some point I cannot really pinpoint when, probably after one of my coworkers was murdered I just stopped really caring what might happen to me. I don't think there really is a specific formula that applies broadly to anyone. As Alaskaball said you kinda just gotta at some point throw caution to the wind.