It's the lack of information that threw me, you know? That and I have a habit of indulging myself in five or ten minutes of completely irrational panic -- oh, the sky is falling, everything will go wrong, what if I get arrested, the burglar will be there and he'll attack me, the police think I lied in my statement and want to accuse me of staging the crime, etc. -- just to get it out of my system before I have to go be a rational adult.
Also, getting my nerves out in the open helps me see how unlikely my fears are. I am lucky in that I have a difficult time getting worked up over things that I see, on a gut level, as stupid and silly. So making myself seem ridiculous to myself is actually quite effective as a fear-prevention measure... for me. It would never in a million years work for my sister, though. *wry*
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Date: 2011-11-04 06:29 pm (UTC)Also, getting my nerves out in the open helps me see how unlikely my fears are. I am lucky in that I have a difficult time getting worked up over things that I see, on a gut level, as stupid and silly. So making myself seem ridiculous to myself is actually quite effective as a fear-prevention measure... for me. It would never in a million years work for my sister, though. *wry*