During our outreach with a new client today, she talked about the fear of breast cancer. The question came up, if you were afraid when you got your diagnosis, what were you afraid of? People who haven't walked the breast cancer journey, often ask, "Were you scared you were going to die?" The general consensus from the 7 survivors at our outreach, was no. Any fear we had was because of two things:
1. The unknown. Many of us feared the treatment process, what would it be like, feel like? How would the side effects affect us? One volunteer said, "I don't like new experiences." We all laughed, but she does have a point about how we as humans react to change.
2. Those we'd leave behind. Those who don't fear dying, still have a burden for those we would leave behind. Several survivors remember praying for the chance to see their children graduate from high school, grow up, get married and have families of their own.
Your thoughts on fear?
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