Comments on: Food For Thought Friday: Fear

By: Haidee

Haidee — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 23:58:18 +0000

I am terrified of flying too but like you I feel the fear and do it anyway. Nerves are a mess though!

By: Haidee

Haidee — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 23:57:00 +0000

You sound like me! I travelled solo around much of the world too, my first time overseas was by myself for 4 months at 19! Crazy how it diminishes as you get older instead of gaining more confidence.

By: Haidee

Haidee — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 23:55:19 +0000

Thanks Caitlin! I’m sure it will be fine

By: Natalie @ our parallel connection

Natalie @ our parallel connection — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 23:41:43 +0000

I can relate but to flying. My fear is irrational but it is still there. I fly but not happy Jan

By: Shannon @ Dash of Tonic

Shannon @ Dash of Tonic — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 10:37:28 +0000

I used to be fearless. I travelled solo around the world…I skydived (twice) and I jumped off a very high, rickety bamboo tower into a river in Laos once. These days, I completely relate to your story. As I’m getting older and there’s ‘more at stake’, I’m much more careful with my safety and sometimes get quite anxious about the safety of my family as well. I usually ‘feel the fear’ and do it anyway because I hate things beating me – but like you, the anxiety levels go through the roof.

You may laugh but the last time I was really scared was on the Mickey Mouse ferris wheel at California Adventure Park. I’m not good with ferris wheels at the best of times but this one is different! The carriage moves…it rocks, it rolls and it slides. Utter freak out and fear. My husband still laughs at me about it.

Good Luck with your surgery. You will be fine!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 03:21:16 +0000

Great analogy. All the best with your operation next Thursday, I hope you remain calm beforehand and wake up (of course!) feeling confident and heal quickly!

By: Haidee

Haidee — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:54:31 +0000

Yep, totally agree. We had bad rental neighbours with pitbulls that they didn’t keep contained and they were so scary, I wouldn’t even go out to my letterbox for months in case one was around. It killed the neighbours cat and then got put down (thankfully, not that I condone killing animals but they were not nice dogs).

By: Haidee

Haidee — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:52:47 +0000

Those bastards hurt when you stand on them! I know this from experience! My foot went red and swollen and burned like a … well, it stung like crazy. Gotta watch those scary hedgehogs I tell ya!

By: Mumma McD

Mumma McD — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 22:26:29 +0000

Haidee those Kiwi hedgehogs can be pretty scary, watch out for those 😉

By: Amy @ HandbagMafia

Amy @ HandbagMafia — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 20:43:56 +0000

Even a dog can be terrifying. There was a vicious blue heeler that was allowed to roam in our neighbourhood when I was a kid. He was called Ming and he’d actually chase up. He terrorised the kids for ages before the dog catcher got him!