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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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[–] lilypad@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

Having violence inflicted upon me made me afraid. Understanding the structural nature of that violence made me realize it will not stop until the structure is dismantled. It does not assuage the fear i feel when i do something. Instead, i do it scared. I can be afraid and do nothing, or i can be afraid and do something. Do it scared.