Re: Introductions

--- In [email protected], "Ronald E. Thompson
III" <ret3@e...> wrote:
> What tools are helpful in clarifying your own fears?

I have been doing several different things to become more familiar
with my fears. 

I did talk therapy with a pyschologist for nearly a year, which was
most effective in just getting me fairly comfortable with expressing
negative emotions. The physical practice of expressing them in a safe
situation was freeing for me. I was less frightened of my feelings,
and began to have more accurate predictions of their intensity and
what would happen if I expressed them.

I've been meditating for a year now, which also helps with the
familiarity factor. One of the unexpected consequences is that I am
less afraid of dying than I used to be. How do I know that? Because I
finally bought life insurance and disability insurance. Why do I think
it was meditating that helped with that? Well, it could have been
other things, but I think that meditating helped me to become more
connected with nothingness, and thus with my personal death. Fear of
death is a basic human fear, and meditation helped me gain clarity on
that fear.

Another technique I've been using is guided journaling, where I answer
a set of questions. I've been using some of the question sets from
http://www.coping.org/growth/content.htm especially the sets on 'Fear
of Success'.

I suspect I'll be struggling with both becoming aware of, and dealing
with my fears for the rest of my life.

I look forward to reading other peoples suggestions.



 
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