Thanks for this post, Skeezyks. It sounds to me like you're already doing some walking towards the fear by getting out in spite of having to deal with the bus system and facing whatever encounters may happen while you're out.

This post resonated with me because I take the bus, too. I have only been doing that for the last 4-5 years and since I live in a small town and the buses only come along every hour and service ends early, I have on occasion found myself stuck in places (which is a big fear for me.)

When you ask "how do I walk toward what scares me?" I'd say to look at what things you might not be doing because of fear. Are there things that you'd like to do or feel like you should do but are avoiding because they will bring discomfort?

I have a list of these things myself and am finding that progress is extremely slow.

I do firmly believe, though, that our anxiety about what might happen is almost always worse than the actual experience itself, so we are often doing ourselves a disservice by avoiding things out of fear.

Thanks again for this post.