Fears

     Today, when I woke up this morning I had the most interesting dream about this fish biting off my toe. For people who know me pretty well know that fish are one of my biggest fears. The whole fear of fish came from my younger sister. When I was younger she used to tell me that fish would bite my toes off. That little shit. She made me so afraid of fish that at one point when I was really young I was afraid of minnows and cried and begged my dad to carry me to the boat. I am so petrified of fish that I am paranoid every time I swim in the same vicinity. I am only afraid of swimming with them and touching them while they are alive.
      As I was thinking about my fears, I was thinking about the idea of fears and how irrational most of them are. Fears are simply a mind trick on yourself to stop you from doing things. Most fears come from a bad experience that happened one time 15 years ago that "scarred you for life." If everyone could just overcome their fears by logic, there would be way less things to be afraid of. If you could just trick yourself into thinking yourself of a fear the same way you irrationally thought yourself into it, you could overcome your fear once and for all. Next time you do are afraid or have a fear try to logically think why you have that fear and see if it actually makes sense to be afraid of it. Being logical all of the time is not always the best first choice but it can help. If all else fails, just breathe.