PTSD and Fear: Acceptance

Remember yesterday when I said I didn't know where to place the next step?  Well, I think I've figured it out and it's going to take a lot of work and constant awareness to make it happen and make it stick:  Acceptance

I need to learn how to accept that it is OK to be afraid.  I used to be OK with that, but since my daughter was born...Being afraid was not acceptable.  I had to be the big, strong daddy.  I ignored my fears and it led to a lot of what I went through over the past year and a half.  I need to learn to accept my fears as valid and put them in proper perspective - it's the only way to remove the hold they have over me and get back to living a constructive life.  Just one problem:  How do you do that?

Once a week I am going to 'Face My Fear'.  Here's what I plan on asking myself:

• What are your biggest fears right now?
• Consider each fear - is it valid and rational?
• Why are you afraid of this?
• Is this a fear you need to share with others?
• What is causing this fear to be so great?

I am hopeful that using these questions will help me work through what I am most afraid of over time and help me learn to accept my fears.  Here goes...