the more you run away from it, the taller the walls of fear become
Fear,
The fear of going to school, the fear of going outside, the fear of doing any work alone, the fear of being alone though I actually enjoy being alone. I have been living alone for about 2-3 years now; alone, meaning in my comfort zone, in my home where it’s just me and my parents, and I only speak to my parents for about 10 minutes, not more than that. I started to get scared of going to school; school began to feel like hell, like a jail. The fear of going to school became so immense that at one point, I would stand on the border, but I wouldn't go to school. What is the psychology behind this? I am telling you what I have experienced myself. The fear of going to school began, and at first, I stopped going for two days a week. Then, I only went for two days a week.
Then, 3-4 days a month.
Then, 20-30 days a year.
Then, 10-12 days a year.
And the more I ran away from it, the more this fear kept growing!
It is something like this: the more you run away from it, the taller the walls of fear become. Gradually, that thing you are running away from starts to feel like hell it will make itself appear very large, even though it is actually very small. You cannot fix this all at once. You go to school, just once a week.
Then twice, then three times, then four times, and in this way, it can be fixed gradually.
But to take that first step to do it just once you will have to put in a lot of effort.