Claustrophobia

[Not Afraid]

My opinion is that I can let myself be afraid of lots of things if I wanted to. I can let my irrational fears rule my life or I can decide not to take them (or myself) too seriously and enjoy life. There is really only one squeamish fear I haven't been able to conquer - and that is my distaste of scorpions. But, I don't have the opportunity to experience those very often.

I went through a period of time when I was having lots of irrational fears - crowds, enclosed spaces, deep water, etc. It took a lot of mental work, but I really wanted to not have these fears rule my life any longer. I eventually got over them. But, it took a lot of mental power and it isn't easy when you haven't done it.