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Originally Posted by wolfgaze
I experience the same thing (feeling anxious/apprehensive about doing things I've never done before).... What I always inevitably end up discovering is that the experience of actually going through with whatever it is, it's never as bad or as challenging as my mind would imagine it to be prior to actually doing it... Our physical minds often create distorted perceptions and also blow things out of proportion...
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I agree that the experience of actually doing it is never as challenging as the mind can make it. I guess, for me anyway, it comes back to those formative years where you learn to be able to make those experiences happen without assistance that I lack. I can't pull from prior experiences to say "hey, this is how this is done" or "What I'm about to go through is similar to that experience I had when i was __ years old". So a lot of the anxieties for me are just from straight up lack of experience and self confidence. Definitely going to give martial arts lessons a try though. I desperately need something to help me with self confidence and discipline.