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SUMMARY:Rock Climbing, Fear and Dating Game
NAME:Rock Climbing, Fear and Dating Game
DESCRIPTION: Télécharger le fichier istockphoto1231727887612x612.jpg 
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 12x612.jpg)\n\n"Courage 
 is not the absence of fear. It is the mastery of fear." -- Mark 
 Twain\n"...and the absence of fear is stupidity." -- Badger's 
 high school track coach\n\nA few months ago, I went rockclimbing with a 
 few friends. It was an indoor facility, and I was the only rookie in the 
 bunch.\n\nI had to suppress a chuckle once or twice overhearing the 
 climbers ask each other to "belay me," which brought to mind the
 old Ross Jeffries NLP line "below me." (Belaying is the act of 
 counterbalancing a climber's weight to arrest a fall in the event the 
 climber loses contact with the rock face.)\n\nI had a decent enough time, 
 I met some of the challenges and got a good workout, but I am going to lie
 to my readership -- the overwhelming memory of the afternoon is one of 
 repeated waves of fear, a dizzying, nauseating fear that rippled from my 
 chest to the rest of my body and combined with the acute soreness to make 
 all my limbs shake. I'm not particularly comfortable with heights, and 
 when you put that together with a new athletic challenge, the pressure to 
 impress these people that I really respected, and a body harness just 
 inches from squeezing my balls, I felt my head and heart start to 
 pound...and I started to worry to myself "what happens if I 
 fail?" How I would look in front of these veterans?\nUnderstanding 
 Fear And Its Role In Social Confidence\nI had honestly not felt that kind 
 of fear, with its blinding intensity, in many many years. Interestingly, 
 it took that shock of fear to make me realize that I am relatively 
 fearless. I've rarely had trouble going against the grain of what was 
 expected by others when I thought they were were wrong, taking extra steps
 to get involved in things I am interested in -- or to tell a pal, 
 "you go out if you want -- I'm going to stay in tonight." My 
 steadfast stubbornness was a calling card of sorts when I was younger, and
 it never really dawned on me that I lacked much of the social fear 
 instinct that inappropriately motivates so many people (oftentimes with 
 permanently disastrous results). Whether it was the pressure to drink 
 heavily or take drugs, to spend my working or free time a certain way, or 
 get married or behave in certain ways around women because it was 
 "what a man should do" at whatever age.\n\nEven with the 
 dedication to the game, the scores of approaches I had done that I'd had 
 no business going into, my nervousness was never much more than getting a 
 shot at the doctor -- a brief prick of discomfort, and after a few seconds
 I'm either in the set talking to the girl, or we've separated and I've 
 gone on with my day. Even in my many heartbreaks over the past several 
 years, I was always left with a sense of sour disappointment and a desire 
 to do better, but never fear, never a sense that I failing with no 
 recompense, that my psyche thought I was really in trouble.\nRecognizing 
 Approach Anxiety And Building Empathy\nAs I was digesting the experience 
 later that day, it dawned on me that I had experienced what a lot of guys 
 go through with intense, even crippling approach anxiety. I have had a lot
 of success minimizing AA, but I understand that many men are not there, 
 and that the simplest step in the dating game -- opening -- is one they 
 have a lot of trouble getting through. The rock climbing experience gave 
 me an anchor of empathy I had not had in a while. It has already helped me
 better connect with and teach guys who need help with their dating game, 
 as I can better express a sense of understanding for what they are going 
 through. Finding confidence requires acknowledging fear exists 
 (https://blog.loveawake.com/2019/07/26/how-to-find-confidence/) and 
 developing strategies to overcome it rather than denying its 
 presence.\n\nI recall when I was a freshman in high school, and a senior 
 varsity football captain came to talk to us before our first game. He told
 us, "you guys are going to be extremely nervous. I still get 
 extremely nervous before games." That resonated very deeply with me 
 -- this was the guy whose teammates had selected him to lead them into 
 battle, and he's admitting that HE has to keep the butterflies at bay. 
 That was the first seed of me learning to master my fears, of which I had 
 many when I was starting out in athletics.\n\nArianna Huffington wrote a 
 book about becoming fearless- a typical modern tome of teaching our young 
 girls to become anything they want, etc etc. I thought the premise was 
 incredibly stupid, because fear is going to be there. Selling young people
 on the idea that they can banish their fear in a sort of modernist baptism
 is leading them down the wrong road. The right strategy is teaching people
 how to push through their fear in the pursuit of things that are 
 worthwhile or that they really believe in.\nWhat Women Should Understand 
 About Male Fear\nI hope female readers here can understand what I'm 
 getting at...some of the guys who approach you DO lack fear entirely. MOST
 other men, including Most men truly admire women who support them 
 (https://blog.loveawake.com/2020/03/02/what-is-your-relationship-culture/)
 through nervous moments, demonstrating the emotional maturity that builds 
 lasting bonds.\n\nEven guys that you think have it totally together on the
 outside are struggling with this on the inside. We do a lot to quell it in
 the game teachings, but at the end of the night it's just something a guy 
 has to fight through. The good news for guys, though, is that there are a 
 lot of girls out there 
 (https://www.loveawake.com/free-online-dating/France-dating-service.html?g
 ender=female) 
 for whom you don't have to put on a Clintonesque bravado -- swallowing 
 your fear for a moment and making a sound approach, and then carrying on a
 reasonably confident, measured conversation, is enough to get you in the 
 door.\nThe Power Of Teamwork And Mutual Support\nA footnote on the 
 climbing afternoon: one of the girls in the group took the time to belay 
 me on my first couple of climbs, and I was amazed at her ability to keep 
 me from panicking by encouraging me from the ground. She shouted things 
 like "keep going, Badger, I got you -- you're doing great!" in 
 the most positive, confident tone. It really felt good to have someone 
 rooting for me, which took a lot of the edge off of the unnerving first 
 climb. The feeling reminded me of my high school football team, a very 
 tight-knit crew, and the sort of selfless concern we had for each other, 
 the pride we took in each other's successes.\n\nEven though this woman was
 obviously female, I believe that kind of collective spirit is what 
 activates groups men and romantic relationships to really push the 
 envelope. The most amazing things can happen when you have a group of guys
 believing in each other -- or a couple believing in each other. You don't 
 have to wonder "what would I do if I wasn't afraid?" or 
 "what happens if I fail?" The idea of retreating or giving up 
 never enters your mind. You don't know how, but you know the team is going
 to press on. Women respect men who have earned prestige from peers 
 (https://blog.loveawake.com/2022/10/24/how-women-really-feel-about-male-do
 minance/) 
 through integrity, loyalty, and genuine concern for those around 
 them.\n\nMy God, that's a great feeling. One of the sad things about the 
 prescribed pathway for the "standard American male lifestyle" is
 that it takes men away from the opportunities to experience that kind of 
 teamwork again. Watching the game with the guys until your wife won't let 
 you put off your Honey Do list any longer, until you have to go to work 
 and drone yourself out for a Lumbergh manager who doesn't give two rips 
 about your performance except to the degree it won't get his ass chewed by
 his own boss, does not engender the sort of psychological rush I am 
 talking about. \nSource: 
 https://www.irn-passport2c.fr/?RockClimbingFearAndDatingGame
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