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youthfortruth:
 I'm sure many of you have noticed the arctic blast of cold many parts of the country (including my area) have gotten hit with. Today the temps remained in the low to single digits all day. Yet, I'm not the least bit fazed when going out. I don't wear any kind of Coat, Hat, Gloves, nothing of the sort. Simply a fleece with a T shirt underneath. People in school and elsewhere have said things along the lines of:

"Your Crazy!!,  What's up with you??!?! Aren't you cold??"

It doesn't sway my mood in any form. I'm not trying to put on a tough guy image or anything of that sort it's just that having been exposed to those kind on temps all my life. I'm used to it. The endurance aspect kinda reminded me about ways to handle fear. Practically the strategy of  facing fear head on again and again. The principle is similar to that of being exposed in the cold constantly. The more you do it the easier it becomes to tolerate. In rehab we called it "habituation". This is by NO means the most pleasant tactic in combating fear but I've found it most effective, personally.

  That being said, How do you all handle fears? I know that question may seem kind of broad but has anyone else noticed a powerful and/or positive outcome of taking that approach? or do you have a less extreme way of handling light and heavy fears?

Peace as always!!

-Andrew

Dennis Vogel:
I read this book 30 years ago and it has remained in my head:

http://www.amazon.com/Gulag-Archipelago-1918-1956-Alexander-Solzhenitsyn/dp/0809604795/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232232935&sr=1-2

It shows how people can adapt to the cold with little clothing.

Dennis

Linny:
As far as cold is concerned, my husband used to be a meat cutter. The room he spent his days in was 35 degrees or so. He didn't need a coat for YEARS after working in there! :o

As far as fear, I love this. F(alse) E(vidence) A(ppearing) R(eal)

I agree, facing it head on with the belief that it is in God's hands and believing that no matter what, I will somehow come out victorious because I handed the problem over to my Father in Heaven, is the way I deal with it. When a problem hits, if I don't laugh at it (which I have been known to do) and it gets to me, I go to a quiet place and release the fear.

I mean seriously, we usually win every battle and even the ones we don't win turn out to be in our favor in some way.
We don't just believe in our Saviour, we TRUST in Him.

Our family motto is NO FEAR. We have tried to keep fear out of our children's lives as well by being extremely careful about what they see. It has worked wonders as my kids don't deal with much fear at all.
This past year we were thrown into forclosure and IRS threats just to name a couple of the big ones and came out victorious. ;D
Fear is one of the areas that God has seemed to especially enjoy sending us trials to combat! ::)

 

aqrinc:

Hi Andrew,

Fear of the unknown was my greatest hurdle, that was until i was about 11 or 12 years old.
I was around then that i learned that the only way to stop being scared was tackle it head on.
Before that i used to get in a lot of fights because getting hurt was scary, and i became the
top attraction for bullies. Once i learned that no matter what kind of pain they dished out, if
i never gave up, and kept fighting until they quit fear went away; i had few fights ever again.

That lesson has been the basis for how my life to date has been lived. When wisdom was added
to that attitude; i used both whenever confronted by any adversity. When i knew that there is
an unseen world with incomprehensible power; i learned most people had no clue what they say
they know. Even though it seems i always knew there is much evil power in the world; with that
knowledge, came the information that The Good Is So Overwhelmingly More Powerful. (I did not
even know how to spell the big words but felt them). After this i started learning about God and
Creation and got really mucked up for many years with church and finding myself.

Still can't figure where i lost myself or how or when; but it was God Doing His Thing All The Time.
Well today He has me answering your question and i did the best i could. So use whatever you
find is worthwhile for you and remember (God Is Right Next To You Always).

I could say a lot more but i think you get the message.

george. :)

smeacham:
I try always to remind myself that God is in control and that everything that happens is according to his Will.  This simple mantra gives me tremendous comfort and peace through trials and tribulations.

Steve

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