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When I was a kid, when you told your fears, it was greeted with responses like, "that’s silly, you’ll get over it. Now get up that ladder and paint that wall. "
When I was a kid, when you told your fears, it was greeted with responses like, "that’s silly, you’ll get over it. Now get up that ladder and paint that wall. "
That is interesting how it went away and came back. Putting me on a ladder almost paralyzes me. I have to block the world out and focus on breathing in order to finish the task I got up there to do. .
I’m terrified of heights. No one knows. I’m great at faking it.
Thank you for responding. He is my husband and I’m a school principal. I never get pitty for him.
My SO is in a non air prison. He tried cleaning a dirty screen because it was so dirty no came through. It didn’t work.
It was a metaphore. I was describing myself as a student to afraid in class to ask.
Thank you for asking this. I’m that student that had the same question but was afraid to ask.
I’ve had a rough 2 years, I think I’m looking forward to going back to school this year. (Teacher)
I’m 45 taking my 73 year old aunt to see it.
The Michigan one. Made me laff.
Anything by Mel Brooks