#52
this is an awful analogy but I'm doing it anyway. I think the older you grow, the more you know how much pain you can take. like... popping pimples when you're young (I rarely have acne now so don't be too grossed out). it's a tiny, tiny amount of pain but it's still pain that you're inflicting on yourself, and when you first pop a pimple you don't know how much pain there is actually going to be, how much you need to escalate this pressure, what the long-term consequences will be, etc etc... so most of the fear is really about uncertainty. and the older you are, and the more experience you have, the more you know what you're capable of handling, physically and mentally, and then you're able to make the right decisions. and most importantly you're able to do so without fear.