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I'm an 18 year old boy. I'm still afraid of the dark, of bugs, heights, ect. I always act like I'm not though, and I feel like I'm trying to impress someone, even when I'm alone. It's like I'm trying to impress myself? I don't know I just always try to act like I'm not afraid. Like I'm a bad ass or something.
It's not easy being a man. We're told we have to be brave and, if we're not, we have to pretend to be. I am petrified of tigers and to get over this fear, my therapist told me I had to become the thing I fear. I decided to pretend to be a tiger on an online advice site.
I also have a fear of heights, but I don't know how to become "height". Maybe I should just get high.
It's completely normal. People forget that having a healthy fear of dangerous things is what keeps us alive. It's only when the fear controls our lives that it is a problem.
I think it's normal because you gave me a guinea pig and I love you :)
When you're alone, you're trying to impress your soul by proving to it that you can be super human and will one day be immortal.
Aww, it's okay to be afraid of those things. I'm a girl, but I'm afraid of a lot of things. Mainly things dealing with the unknown..insects, darkness, ghosts / angels / spirits, riddles (silly, right?), mysteries / unsolved mysteries, crimes..aliens lol all kinds of stuff.
Now that I'm a mom, I feel like I'm my baby's protector so I just find it in me to get over it. So if I see a spider on the wall or something, I go ape shit on his ass so it doesn't hurt my munchkin :)
I'm afraid of the dark too, and I'm a 22 year old girl :/ and my bf knows about it, I have to leave the door open at night or I can't sleep. IDC what people think though.
its natural though.
I'm also afraid of bugs. especially bees.
heights, spiders,confined spaces, stairs - these things are scary, people cant go around screaming when they think of them so i say normal
I know what you mean. It's like you want to prove to yourself that your not the person that you think you are because the person you think you are is silly. Does that make sense? Anyways, I think it's normal. If you act like the person that you want to be then you probably will be like that person.