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How to deal with a fear of failure? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world to c/autism@lemmy.world
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Due to this, I'm afraid of working on my own projects. This fear especially intensifies when I'm reaching some kind of milestone or personal goal (e.g. implementing a feature in software, or going to the next phase of a drawing), and end up procrastinating instead. Even worse is that I believe if I could get them finished, I could probably fix my current financial state.

Please note that in my country (Hungary), public mental health care is nearly nonexistent, and they're only existing so the state can point to it. I don't have any money for the private stuff, and I have higher priority health concerns that would benefit from higher-quality care (e.g. switching anti-seizure medications as my current doctor ignores its side effects).

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[-] Ludrol@szmer.info 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Have you tried journaling?

It is an accessible way to let go of emotional burden.

  • Write about how are you feeling in the moment. If you are a guy note where in your body do you feel that emotion. Emotional wheel with a list of words is very helpful to broaden the emotional vocabulary.
    emotional wheel that I personally usedEmotional wheel
  • Accept that you are feeling that way. It's not wrong to feel human emotion as you are a human.
  • Find out why are you feeling that way. What is the cause of the emotion?
  • What is an appropriate response to that emotion? Running away or being brave?

Going for a walk or shutting down all distractions and closing your eyes and then taking the steps described above will also help.

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