Ok... its another Entry about my …
Ok... its another Entry about my walks with Etta in the park. I will try not to make the "Etta Chronicles." But, I …
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JulieC 
4:58pm, June 10, 2009
I was not expecting to be nervous last night. But I was.... Last week I felt so great that I didn't freak out when my horse did. I didn't think about it again all week until I got on the horse last night. Suddenly, I felt vulnerable and my irrational thoughts started flowing such as..."well this horse thing has been fun but maybe I need to stop this nonsense now" & "I feel like I can fall off the horse ... there's nothing holding me in the saddle." Then the visions came of me being thrown off the horse and being trampled (my dramatic side was flairing ; >). Well I didn't bump myself up 10% for my irrational thoughts, although they were getting rather creative.
The 10% was for dealing with my irrational thoughts, talking it out with my trainer and focusing on the rational thoughts. Most of all I "walked through the fire," I stayed on the horse until the anxiety passed! WooHoo!!!
Also put the bridal on for the first time... soon I will be able to tack without help....
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The best way to handle fear is to come face-to-face with it, which you did. Winning should have given you a strong dose of empowerment. Nice going!
JimK
Rejecting the monologue of irratonal fear.
ErikS
Ahhh, tacking up is pretty easy, it is picking the back hoofs that makes me a bit nervous.
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