"I'm just tired of my fear": How I learned to get out of my comfort zone

Everyone has a framework for which we do not dare to get out: it is difficult for someone to talk to a stranger, and someone rejects to jump with a parachute. To leave the comfort zone or not is the personal choice of everyone. For our experiment, Lena Shilyaeva decided that she hoped not to do it ever. And we captured it all on the new Honor 8X smartphone. That's what came of it.

4 fears that our heroine Lena Shilyaeva tried to overcome

Motorcycle fear

Fear of snakes

Fear of diving

Fear of the crowd

Motorcycle fear

I was not afraid to ride a motorcycle, until one day I tried. Since then, I realized how fast and scary it can be. Plus, you completely lose control of the situation. Once I decided to try aquabike - I didn’t even know that I could shout so much. In general, the safest thing is that I feel in buses and trains, nothing will happen there.

Somehow I decided to try aquabike - I didn’t even know that I could shout so much

When we accelerated, it was very cool. But when we were driving at a speed that was stable for a long time - it became scary: I felt how easy I could fly. And yet it was the most pleasant experiment. A motorcycle is beautiful, cool, fast and a little scary.

Conclusion

What did this experiment teach me? What you need to go beyond, but not for everything. Some fears just exist, and they do not interfere. But there are things that are not at all worth being afraid of. It is necessary to fight with such fears in all possible ways: to enlist the support of friends, the help of psychologists, the advice of those who have already managed to overcome these fears. The main thing - do not run away from them. Fear is the most useless emotion.

About other fears

Fear of snakes

Fear of diving

Fear of the crowd

Thanks to the Pluton space and the World Class sports center for their help in organizing the shooting. Photographer: Mitya Ivanov

Fear of snakes

As a child I wanted to become a veterinarian. But, as it turned out, I do not love all animals, but only those who have paws and fur. All the others seem to me dangerous uncontrollable creatures, which is better not to approach. The first time I saw a snake was about five years old when my dad and I were in the Caspian Sea. She crawled right along the shore where we used to go swimming. Dad stubbornly argued to me that this is a regular rag, until suddenly she moved straight towards him. More than 20 years have passed, and this episode still does not go out of my head.

I didn’t understand what to expect from a snake, what it wants and why it squeezes my fingers

I do not know why I agreed to this experiment. I did not understand what to expect from the snake, what it wants and why it squeezes my fingers. I just stopped feeling my hand - the tension was so strong. It was both strange and scary. To leave the comfort zone is, of course, great, but I still for the fact that people and snakes existed separately and did not touch each other almost never. And yet I am glad that desire to overcome fear exceeded fear itself.

Conclusion

About other fears

Motorcycle fear

Fear of diving

Fear of the crowd

Thanks to the Pluton space and the World Class sports center for their help in organizing the shooting. Photographer: Mitya Ivanov

Fear of diving

With the fear of diving, I live all my life: all these sensations frighten me, when water gets into my ears and nose, you can't breathe. At the same time I always wanted to learn how to surf and jump beautifully into the sea. But every time I was at the side of the pool or on the wake, my muscles contracted, and I could not do anything, no matter how I tried to persuade myself.

Despite all this, I jumped on the first try - because I was just tired of my fear. I wanted to quickly deal with it. I would hardly have jumped into the pool if it were not for the experiment. There were no bad thoughts, an inner voice said: "Let's just do it." And I took a step.

There were no bad thoughts, an inner voice said: "Let's just do it."

Not to say that now I like to dive - for me it is still a terrible discomfort. But the joy of defeated fear, albeit so insignificant, turned out to be tremendous. So now, if I have to jump into the water, I will do it with thoughts not of fear, but of subsequent joy.

Conclusion

About other fears

Motorcycle fear

Fear of snakes

Fear of the crowd

Thanks to the Pluton space and the World Class sports center for their help in organizing the shooting. Photographer: Mitya Ivanov

Fear of the crowd

It is worth at least once to feel the power of the crowd, and you will not forget it. Once I found myself at the very epicenter of events at a mass event on Pushkin Square. The police began to demand that people move from one place to another. The crowd surged like a huge stream of water that was unstoppable. I was just pressed against the iron fence, and my chest was squeezed so that it became difficult to breathe. In just a few seconds, the sensation of discomfort turned into a state of panic.

It is worth at least once to feel the power of the crowd, and you will not forget it

I no longer attend mass events and only go to closed or small concerts. But for the experiment made an exception. It took me only 15 minutes, after all, this is not mine. But it was worth a try.

Conclusion

About other fears

Motorcycle fear

Fear of snakes

Fear of diving

Thanks to the Pluton space and the World Class sports center for their help in organizing the shooting. Photographer: Mitya Ivanov

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