I’ve had to face so many fears over the years, since I had a lot of them growing up.

Some silly ones like the fear of the dark. I faced that one by slowly decreasing the amount of light in my room bit by bit, first turning off the nightlight for a while, and then weeks later, I would close my blinds, later I even covered my eyes. A lot of prayer too.

More serious fears like social anxiety–I’m still working on it, but that was exposure therapy. I did more social things and I started to feel more comfortable. I don’t think there’s any other cure.

And then my fear of my father? That had to be a God thing, because he was legitimately scary and he tried to scare us on purpose. But I had a driven need to overcome it. Perhaps to protect the rest of my family, perhaps because it was God speaking to me.

Bottom line, however you do it, overcome fear. Life is too short to spend afraid. I used to spend mine afraid every second of every day, not kidding…it was the worst years of my life.

I can’t imagine going back to it.

Stay honest–Natasha.