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    Facing Our Fears: How Do We Overcome Them…Or Maybe That’s Not the Point?

    by Solomon D. Stevens Ph.D Jul 12, 2022 5 minutes
    Facing Our Fears: How Do We Overcome Them…Or Maybe That’s Not the Point? by Solomon Stevens. Photograph of a bee by Allec Gomes
    Photograph by Allec Gomes

    Estimated reading time: 7 minutes

    We all have fears, but acknowledging them and exploring their origins while detaching from any outcome of eliminating them, is valuable in itself

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    I had been afraid of bees since I was a child. I caught a bee in a glass jar when I was very young, because it looked so beautiful. I wasn’t going to keep it. I just wanted to look at it. And then I decided to pet it. I wasn’t going to hurt it — just give it an affectionate petting. The bee, of course, didn’t understand what I was doing, so it stung me. It hurt, and I was emotionally stung as well. I was just trying to be friendly. The memory of this did not stay with me. I promptly forgot about this

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