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Why Do Things Seem Scary In The Dark?

But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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Living With Fear

How do we come to live with our fear? We can't eliminate the dark. There's only kind of letting it live where it lives and then leaving it alone when it's frightening you. When I'm afraid rather than telling myself not to be afraid, I think to myself, okay, I'm afraid. This is the time when I'm experiencing fear. Let me live in this fearsome state for a little bit and see if it passes. And then it usually does.

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