Water, cold water, the very thought of dipping my head inside it or being splashed by it for even a second sends shivers down my spine. I can’t even, think about learning swimming, as I would need 20 minutes to be settled inside water. So what should I do, when I am faced with the possibility of floating in water as deep as 20 feet? The sane part of me screamed, “Run away! Run away!” but the insane part reminded me of the quote “Only thing we have to fear is, fear itself.”
The debate between the sane and the insane part of my mind raged for a period of three minutes after which the insane part won. After so much deliberation, I jumped into the water and started floating (with a life jacket). However, nothing that I expected happened. I did not magically lose the fear of water, I did not revolt against getting back into the boat from the water, and rather I was the first one who was begging to get back. Embracing my fears solved nothing, I am still as scared or perhaps even more scared of cold water.
So apart from embracing fears, there is some other factor, which myself and everyone else is missing here. If only we could find this factor, we can possibly learn how to overcome fears at an instant.
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