{"id":1417,"date":"2008-10-28T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-28T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/2008\/10\/12-ways-to-face-your-fears.html"},"modified":"2008-10-28T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-28T09:45:00","slug":"12-ways-to-face-your-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2008\/10\/12-ways-to-face-your-fears.html","title":{"rendered":"12 Ways to Face Your Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1. Yell at them.\u00a0<\/span>Tell them to go to a place where there are no lemonade stands.<\/p>\n


\n2. Laugh at them.\u00a0Start with “ha” and end with “hee.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


\n3.<\/span> Loan them to a friend<\/span>, and tell her not to give them back anytime soon.<\/p>\n


\n4. Talk about them<\/span>, preferably to a friend over a cup of strong coffee.<\/p>\n


\n5. Scare them away.<\/span> Any mask will do, but vampires are preferred.<\/p>\n


\n6. Dress them up.<\/span> With the right attire and hairdo, you can make anything attractive and desirable, right?<\/p>\n


\n7. Harness them.<\/span> If they are under your control, you don’t have worry about them.<\/p>\n


\n8. Spit on them.<\/span> If they’ve caused you enough grief, it’s time for saliva.<\/p>\n


\n9. Interrogate them<\/span>. Ask them the hard questions which include: where, what, why, when, and how? And get a mug shot.<\/p>\n


\n10. Bully them<\/span> and boss them around like the scary dude in the fifth grade that made you cry.<\/p>\n


\n11. Suffocate them<\/span>, or gag them, so that they can’t talk.<\/p>\n


\n12. Free them.<\/span> Let them go. Tell them to have fun and not to return.<\/p>\n

\n<\/p>\n

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