{"id":30997,"date":"2025-03-04T12:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=30997"},"modified":"2025-03-04T12:46:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T12:46:02","slug":"the-original-classic-facing-childhood-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularnews71.net\/?p=30997","title":{"rendered":"The Original Classic: Facing Childhood Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1529\">Ever since I was a child, I\u2019ve always been terrified of something lurking under my bed at night. The thought of a mysterious presence in the dark filled me with dread, so I decided to seek help. I went to a psychiatrist and poured my heart out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-widget-host=\"revcontent\" data-pub-id=\"194357\" data-widget-id=\"285063\" data-widget-rendered=\"true\">\n<div class=\"sbn-widget-container\" data-nosnippet=\"true\">\n<div class=\"sbn-widget-container rc-uid-285063 rc-widget-container\">\n<div class=\"sbn-widget-body rc-widget-body\">\n<div class=\"rc-item\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1656\" data-end=\"1835\">The psychiatrist, with a reassuring smile, said, \u201cJust put yourself in my hands for one year. Come talk to me three times a week, and we should be able to get rid of those fears.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1837\" data-end=\"1920\">\u201cAlright,\u201d I replied, \u201cbut how much do you charge?\u201d<br data-start=\"1888\" data-end=\"1891\" \/>\u201c$80 per visit,\u201d he answered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"1922\" data-end=\"2013\">I thought for a moment and said, \u201cI\u2019ll sleep on it, and if needed I will come back to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2015\" data-end=\"2542\">Six months later, I unexpectedly bumped into the psychiatrist on the street. He asked, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t you come to see me about those fears you were having?\u201d<br data-start=\"2168\" data-end=\"2171\" \/>I replied, \u201cWell, $80 a visit three times a week for a year is an awful lot of money! A bartender cured me for $10. I was so happy to have saved all that money that I went and bought a new SUV.\u201d<br data-start=\"2365\" data-end=\"2368\" \/>With a bit of attitude, he asked, \u201cAnd how, may I ask, did a bartender cure you?\u201d<br data-start=\"2449\" data-end=\"2452\" \/>I grinned and said, \u201cHe told me to cut the legs off the bed\u2014ain\u2019t nobody under there now!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2544\" data-end=\"2714\">This joke perfectly captures the essence of facing our fears with a twist of humor\u2014a reminder that sometimes the solutions we find can be as absurd as they are effective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since I was a child, I\u2019ve always been terrified of something lurking under my bed at night. 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