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What are you afraid of?
I'm not afraid of anything.
Bullshit.
...I'm terrified, not afraid.
Semantics. If it isn't the horses, the where, or the possible new you, what are you afraid of?
I was keenly aware that my heart had picked up the pace. Adrenaline had already started to flow, triggering that all too familiar fight or flight response. I needed to calm down. I must not fear, fear is the mind killer, fear is the little death that brings-
Seriously?
Hey! It helps!
You know what else helps? Addressing the issue at hand. What. Are. You. Afraid of?
The words caught in my throat, even though I wasn't speaking aloud.
...That I'm insane...
My breathing calmed down instantly. What was before an almost primal fear was now an abject mental terror. Not resolved in the slightest, but at least it was no longer in a position to compromise my faculties.
It's a good thing you started talking to yourself or we would never have figured that out.
Yeah, not easing my fears at all, brain. THANKS!
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/126518/4/wish-upon-a-supernova/chapter-3-cognitive-dissonance-or-how-i-learned-to-start-worrying-and-hate-my-brain
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