Wyatt Webb - Five Steps to Overcoming Fear and Self Doubt

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Copyright 2004 by Wyatt Webb

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Webb, Wyatt.

Five steps for overcoming fear and self-doubt : journey into present-moment time / Wyatt Webb.
p. cm.

ISBN 1-4019-0257-X 1. Fear. 2. Self-doubt. 3. Self-confidence. I. Title.

BF575.F2W42 2004

158.1dc22

2003025993

ISBN 1-4019-0257-X

07 06 05 04 4 3 2 1
1st printing, May 2004

Printed in Canada

Contents

The Five Steps to Overcoming
Fear and Self-Doubt

Gather Information and Support,
Confront the Perception, and
Dissipate the Fear

J ust when I thought Id beaten the devil, I was proven wrong once again.

For as long as I can remember, Ive always wanted to get away with something, but Ive never been able to do it. On November 19, 2001, I was finally convinced of the universal law of cause and effect.

For those of us who live in Tucson, Arizona, its not often that we look outside our windows and see a puddle of water. Tucson gets about 11 inches of rain per year, most of which falls during the six-week monsoon season in July and early August. On that November day, I looked outside and noticed standing water against the retaining wall in my front yard. Upon further investigation, I discovered that somewhere underneath, inside the plumbing system, there was quite a large leak.

I called a friend of mine who does a lot of the work around my home, and he came right over. He proceeded to dig up the wet area and quickly discovered a broken pipe in obvious need of repair. On that particular day, he had a limited amount of time, so he repaired the broken pipe but had to leave before refilling the hole. I told him to go ahead; Id take care of it myself.

I was almost finished filling in the hole and had gone around to the backyard to get the hose and wash down the sidewalk, when suddenly it felt like the biggest elephant in Africa was standing on the middle of my chest. Id never experienced pain like that before and immediately knew it had something to do with my heart.

My wife, Carin, came outside at thatmoment and saw me leaning against the wall. I told her that something was very wrong. She asked me to sit down, so I did. After a fewminutes, I got up and went inside the house to lie down on the bed. Nothing seemed to help, so we called 911.

When the emergency-response crew didnt get there immediately, I began to getmore frightened, so we jumped into the car and headed toward urgent care, meeting the ambulance on the way. At urgent care, the staff immediately putme on a gurney, rolled me into an examining room, and upon hearing my symptoms, gaveme nitroglycerin. I realized that they dont give you that for sinus problems, so my suspicions aboutmy heart were confirmed. They worked with me for quite some time before transferring me to the emergency room at a nearby hospital.

The fear that I experienced while lying on that gurney was unlike any that Id ever known before, and I began to look at it closely. Although I had no idea how severe my condition was, I started to feel a calmness about what was going on. Id said for some time that I had no fear of dying, and I realized at that point that it was true. (This had been the case a great deal of my life; most of my fears have been associated with living.) Yet, as I looked at Carin, I became aware of how much I wanted to stay on this planet and spend more time with her. I also realized that there were things I hadnt finished doing in my work, and I wanted to complete them. Most important, I knew Id been put in touch with my mortality. I suddenly realized that it was possible for me to leave this life at any given moment, and it became clearer than ever that I had some choices to make about how I would live my life.