Can You Stand Up to Your Fears?

This Thanksgiving my parents, boyfriend, and I all went to Disney World. Best vacation ever. But I never thought I would do some of the things I did. One of my biggest fears is falls. Falls on all sorts of rides, water, car, roller coaster. On Thursday we all got to Magic Kingdom. I enjoy all those classic rides like The Haunted Mansion, Buzzz, and Pirates (not to brag or anything but I almost got 999,999 on the Buzzz ride, oh yeah). However, my boyfriend likes the other rides. The rides that terrify me. The Mountains (A.K.A. Splash, Thunder, and Space). Now I'm not sure if I wrote this in my advice blog but compromise is an important thing in a relationship, but if I were to tell you it's easy...well I'd be lying. He compromised with me and we came up with this. He'd go on all my childhood rides and skip Thunder and Space Mountain, and I would get all my rides and all I had to do was go on Splash Mountain. I agreed with this since water comforts me. When we walked by it, my anxiety kicked in. I suffer from really bad anxiety. I mean really bad. We got the FastPasses and then went to hang out until it was time to go on the ride. My mom went with us because she loves these kinds of rides and I guess it made me feel better. Waiting in line wasn't so bad since there were pictures of many woodland creatures and I felt a little better. Once I was on the ride the major anxiety kicked in. I was scared for my life. No matter how many times my boyfriend told me to calm down I couldn't. It was like I was in labor. I was telling him how much I hated him and how I can't believe I'm on the ride. This was the anxiety talking of course and he knows this, which is why he couldn't stop laughing. **Warning Splash Mountain Spoiler Ahead** All the drops within the ride itself (in the dark) were no big deal, but when I saw the light (I thought it was heaven, but it was really just the outside drop) I could not control my shaking. I couldn't even hold on to the bar to keep myself safe or anything and the entire drop I didn't even scream because I was in shock. Once the ride was over I almost couldn't get out of the boat. Thinking back, I wish I hadn't freaked out like I had because I didn't get to enjoy the ride and I've learned something from this. If your fears are stopping you from having fun then you just need to face them. I did and I definitely don't regret it. I hope that the next time you have to face your fear, as long as it isn't something truly dangerous, that you go for it; you may never get the chance again.

Because Disney is a prominent theme in this blog here is a Disney themed blonde joke:

 During her company's periodic password audit, a blond employee was found to be using this password:

GoofyHueyLouieDeweyDaisyDonaldMickeyMinniePhoenix

When she was asked why she had such a long password, she said, "The boss said that my password had to be at least eight characters long and have at least one capital."