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wdh1977 t1_j7vf6hn wrote

"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure that you seek." - Joseph Campbell

This was always my favorite version of this.

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lizziebradshaw t1_j7vib5d wrote

I’m afraid of dying, so it means I need to?

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Pithius t1_j7v256u wrote

I need spiders???

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jaffa3811 t1_j7vw50w wrote

no no, what you fear is what you need to do

you need to do a spider. it'll be a strange relationship, but I have faith you two will make it work

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RestOk1489 t1_j7vdij9 wrote

And I need followers so can you please go and follow me

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darudesandstrom t1_j7vyosg wrote

I'm afraid of commitment.

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jaffa3811 t1_j7ws641 wrote

too bad, we're engaged now. I saw your post history 99% is complaining about britian. that's an energy I need in my life.

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Benreh t1_j7vuicp wrote

I ain't fucking no clowns

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Menard42 t1_j7zroko wrote

C/mon, try a little honk honk beep beep.

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taylorswiftboat t1_j7v8e83 wrote

I’m convinced. I’m going to school naked.

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Educational_Hawk1029 t1_j7xhlsu wrote

Wear socks at least. Nothing worse than cold feet and I’d hate for that to happen to you.

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Torewin t1_j7vds8v wrote

This is stupid.

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Douglasjayfalcon1 t1_j7wvada wrote

This is basically the main tenant of cognitive behavioral therapy. Build up to the trigger over time and the response to it dissipates

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kuribas t1_j7ypnpc wrote

No, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is about matching your irrational fears against actual reality, finding more nuanced views of reality and developing realistic expectations. It isn't about explicitly searching for danger. There is a lot of stuff we fear that is actually dangerous, and we should respect it. Like wild animals, traffic, dark allies in poor neighbourhoods, etc...

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FlippingPossum t1_j83lnda wrote

This actually sounds nice. I could use a good old reality check some days.

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[deleted] t1_j7v4953 wrote

Homeless ?

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Zeptojoules t1_j7wgewf wrote

Like the Buddha. Yes. Contentment from within thyself.

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[deleted] t1_j7wgpmi wrote

Fuck that shit

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Ebukadnezar t1_j7w0vux wrote

Hey, Siri, how do I start a nuclear war

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HarryHacker42 t1_j7vaqdx wrote

Quicksand? How do I "Do quicksand"?

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AzrielJohnson t1_j7yvdjo wrote

Unzip and dip your wick.

I recommend a rope tied to a nearby tree so you can pull yourself back out.

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gis_mappr t1_j7vlqum wrote

Yall may exclude life threatening scenarios from this statement, sheesh

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LittleKitty235 t1_j7vt5iq wrote

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself...."

I guess we need fear.

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ShaggysGTI t1_j7w08yv wrote

“One often meets his destiny on the path he chooses to avoid it.”

Master Oogway

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Jimmy9Toes t1_j7x1hem wrote

Haha, now I understand why I fear your mom.

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Scagh t1_j7vh1pd wrote

I'm really scared of jumping off this building

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AzrielJohnson t1_j7yvh0l wrote

BASE Jumping is a thing. You can jump off, but still survive.

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fluffysalads t1_j7vlbvf wrote

Could have used a better word than “usually”, but I understand this.

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kykyks t1_j7vqjc7 wrote

so i need death ?

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Toiletchan t1_j7vw6qv wrote

I am terrified of death and this post isn’t helping.

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Cruxito1111 t1_j7vyn3j wrote

As you are poor, everything your face, only gets worse.

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lootador t1_j7w3s13 wrote

I need to die?

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Puzzled-Rabbit t1_j7w82r3 wrote

Fine I guess I'll go snort some live bees

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ThyShirtIsBlue t1_j7waihh wrote

Thank you for inspiring me to lock myself into a small box filled with flesh eating cockroaches.

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rosencrantz2014 t1_j7vnu85 wrote

I do not need to be tortured by a mexican cartel right now.

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Aditeuri t1_j7w2wld wrote

#I am NOT skipping LEG DAY! 🦵

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UpperMacungie t1_j7w4rjs wrote

I don’t want to be buried alive. Noop.

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All_that_edge t1_j7wdo49 wrote

I don’t think I need too get in a head on collision with a semi-truck but I guess if it’s what needs to be done.

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GamingWithShaurya_YT t1_j7wmwe3 wrote

i think this is the hill that our parents used to climb daily to get to school.

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Arijan101 t1_j7wni79 wrote

Good day!

I'm here for my daily dose of AI generated, shallow pseudo-philospophical quotes.

.............

Yup! That'll do.

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BrockSampson92 t1_j7wokqn wrote

Currently detoxing from suboxone and fetonal*

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_Zevan-3Stars_ t1_j7wrgh4 wrote

I need to be framed for a crime I didn’t commit?

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jujumber t1_j7wus7j wrote

Get a divorce? Probably…

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Putrumpador t1_j7wze7n wrote

I fear hard recreational drugs.

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FlippingPossum t1_j83m0n7 wrote

I fear all recreational drugs.

Cough syrup with codeine was a bad experience for me.

Most people: help sleep

Me: insomnia with a side of losing my damn mind

If a prescription can F my life that bad, I don't want to play.

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SpaceLemming t1_j7x02s0 wrote

“Need to do” are you suggesting I need to fuck a snake!?

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adamhanson t1_j7x0tkg wrote

So I DO need to jump off a pier at night into dark infested ocean water with things I can’t see touching me?! Darn.

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ifoundit1 t1_j7x1d3x wrote

That's actually not true when people make shushes and dismissals when someone talks about the behemoth in the room. No oh hell no we pretend that's a good thing or else nevermind.

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LemmeLaroo t1_j7x5957 wrote

Why would I go to the bottom of the Mariana Trench?

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Tarable t1_j7x62q8 wrote

Meth...got it.

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IJustBeTalking t1_j7xbm2c wrote

I’m so fucking scared of weed and watching netflix man

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TheStruggleBus1120 t1_j7xcfy2 wrote

“Ooo shiver me Timbers it’s a billion dollars I’m so scared I’m shaking right now.”

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AHarris_poems t1_j7xcg5q wrote

I need to meet a killer clown
or fight a grizzly bear.
On ladders, I should jump back down
and tumble through the air.

The cave I fear to enter
holds the treasure that I seek.
But it’s also full of poisonous snakes.
Fuck it, call me weak.

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Educational_Hawk1029 t1_j7xhg1g wrote

I feel like drowning in deep water is a step too far… off a short pier.

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-___zero___- t1_j7xrx2r wrote

y’all fr missed the point lmao

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lucid1014 t1_j7xubu4 wrote

Well I fear dying alone so I'm boned.

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iced-latte t1_j7xussw wrote

I need to be hit by a bus..?

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i_smell_like_beef t1_j7xzb2c wrote

I really don't think watching my loved ones drop off one by one and feeling my body break down while my mind stays highly active is what I need.

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JohnFortune t1_j7xzbua wrote

Like finding better fonts

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Sullied_Man t1_j7y3isj wrote

  • Gets bitten by snakes underwater
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shensfan t1_j7yckwg wrote

I fear shitty graphic design and uncredited quotes.

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mysteryjib t1_j7yex0p wrote

Whai, what? I need to paint like Bob Ross ?

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TobTob_ t1_j7yflqa wrote

But I fear dying alone

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VG88 t1_j7ygi61 wrote

Drown while stuck in a pipe?

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Unopened_mind t1_j7yjcoj wrote

My fears are rollercoasters..oh man

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Snugg_Bugg t1_j7yl2x5 wrote

You want me to be buried underground? Well whoever wrote this needs to go f themselves

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GirlyGrenade t1_j7yn4cl wrote

So I should DO a home invasion?

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Schmenny90 t1_j7ys1lc wrote

Off I go fighting a grizzly with my bare hands

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Jumpy_Floor7660 t1_j7yufb2 wrote

"Where there is fear, there is your task."

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MindTime99 t1_j7yvzsd wrote

Damn, I really need to dust those mountains.

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thunnderbird26 t1_j7ywivx wrote

It's because most become too comfortable where they are instead of where they/we need to be.

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KingDane24 t1_j7za0rb wrote

... guess I gotta go fuck a clown. Hold my beer.

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Callmebyoursurname t1_j7zah8a wrote

Ok I feel getting rejected in interviews so I need to practice out

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garry4321 t1_j7zlqno wrote

So youre saying I SHOULD turn into my raging alcoholic abusive father. GOT IT!

/s

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drumsripdrummer t1_j7ztp4z wrote

"I'm scared of dying"

"You know, I read this quote..."

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Ok_Flounder7323 t1_j80c0w6 wrote

I'm afraid of the people in my life leaving me so I must instead leave them? Doesn't quite add up all the time.

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HarryHacker42 t1_j80nxeu wrote

I fear Grizzly bears. But I took your advice and tried to "Do" a grizzly. It did not end well for me. The bear was annoyed but due to hibernation was not quite lethal. I guess the lesson is "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger!"

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FlippingPossum t1_j83l65b wrote

I need to go caving??? I fear escalators. I fear driving off a bridge. I am terrified by small dark dark places.

Space Mountain was freaking awful. The tunnel at Diamond Head in Hawaii was not cool. I need a warning for things like that. Caution: May make you bawl and/or scream.

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Former_sandra t1_j8gl15m wrote

Great quote just shared with my partner

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Massive_Potential_21 t1_j7xo9zm wrote

I am afraid if people find out I have been living with rabies for several years now they will try to get mee vaccinated . Way back when in my under grad days in college I used to be morbidly afraid of catching gonnnorehea, bc of my brief time in the Marines , I remember a bunch of Airmen coming back from Tijuana with gonorrhea and green stuff coming out of their urethra. So fast forward to the time I caught it having sex in a bathroom stall at Ruchi's # 20 drinking margaritas at 12 am Friday morning. So basically I had symptoms almost pretty much same day but by that time it was after 5 pm Friday and I was screwed bc the clinic didn't open back up until Monday. So the weekend was excruciatingly painful. With what amounted to the equivalent of the feeling of razors blades dripping out your piss hole every 10 seconds. I had caught an africanized form of gonorrhea, so it was more like Mr.A1 Alpha Gonorrhea. The doctor gave me very specific instructions he said no alcohol while taking meds , ha I thought he will never know. So I drank with the medicine. And the medicine worked fine until I ran out and then the africanized gonorrhea returned and ouch , I had to go back to doctor. I had to explain that I accidentally drank beer and so he understood and just gave me a one time expensive $100 injection to get rid of bacteria , and it has never came back .....

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acm8221 t1_j8110bf wrote

Does alcohol really interfere with the meds or does the doctor just want you to take a break from doing alcohol-induced dumb stuff for a few days?

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Due_Valuable6802 t1_j7v7z76 wrote

Sadly there is very little point trying to get people to see how much of a powerful statement this is. People do not get this until something happens to them that makes them realize this.

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lilmiller7 t1_j7viz2i wrote

Because it's such bs. I fear dying in an out of my control accident on my way home from work tonight. According to this "powerful statement" I need to go crash into a semi on the way home. Stop trying to be fake profound

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Due_Valuable6802 t1_j7ye9vn wrote

What do you think, the meaning of this statement is to have to crash your car into a semi? You misinterpret this statement. Face your fears, choose your pain, that's the direction of this statement. Like I said: "People do not get this until something happens to them that makes them realize this. "

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lilmiller7 t1_j7yvl1b wrote

You're just vaguely stringing words together and acting like that makes a profound statement. It's all just word salad

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