This is Optimal Living Daily episode 1691, my 23-year relationship with Fear by

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My 23-year relationship with Fear by surely a daring living blog,

hiding from fear. For the first 20 years of my life, I saw myself as a fragile being living inside a

bubble. I come from a line of fears strong women in my family. Both my aunt and my mother

have big voices in the household. Even my older sister is very loud and opinionated. Yet somehow,

I didn't catch that memo growing up. In fact, I was very timid and naive as a child.

Because everyone around me thought that I would be scammed or possibly kidnapped one day,

I was always looked after and taken care of by my family and friends. I didn't have that

many life experiences growing up. After my family came to Canada, I became the definition

of a scaredy cat. I was scared to talk to people. I was scared of confrontations. I was scared to

take the bus across the street by myself. I was afraid to go to school the next day to face my

peers, my teachers, and my speaking class. I felt so worthless that I honestly didn't know how I was

going to survive in life. Yes, pretty dramatic as a kid. Confronting fear. After I entered the university,

I purposefully decided to face fear head on. I decided that I was going to try every possible

safe thing that I was too scared to do. I went for the extreme, literally. In my college years,

I've done bungee jumping and skydiving. I was also very attracted to extreme sports, such as

snowboarding, surfing, and scuba diving. I went backpacking for two weeks and every day I went

to sleep with an anxiety that I would not be able to go home. You see, I wanted to understand and

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