20 Things That Aren’t Nearly As Scary As Their Reputation

Things aren't always as awful as they're made out to be.
20 Things That Aren’t Nearly As Scary As Their Reputation

Whether through pop culture, or friends and families over-dramatizing their own experiences, we expect a lot of the things we'll do in life to be truly awful.

Except that a lot of those experiences are actually less like slowly ripping a Band-Aid off and more like, well, not having a Band-Aid on at all.

Fixing my own kitchen sink did not result in a sitcom-esque water eruption. It took me longer to find a fixture that I liked than it did to install it
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I thought I'm going to suffer and live as a failed person, since I don't have a college degree. It turns out my parents didn't disown me. There are
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I thought New York City would eat me alive. But it was very fun, the people were welcoming and the only eating that took place was me eating delicious
I was afraid the first computer I built would blow up when I turned it on. /SLS But it worked perfectly smoothly. The instructions were so clear and t
We'll need to operate on your spine are words no one wants to hear. Turns out, having an artificial disc implanted is routine surgery. I was out of
20 Things That Aren’t Nearly As Scary As Their Reputation
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I was terrified for my first plane ride and expected the absolute worst. But it was actually really peaceful. I even fell asleep for part ofit.
I feared the day that I would be stuck at home alone without an internet connection. And then it happened... Since I couldn't access the internet I di
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I always wanted to donate blood but I was terrified of it. When I finally found the courage to do it, I barely felt a thing. Bonus points for getting
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I had to give a presentation in front of 150 or sO people. Yikes! Turns out, the bigger the audience, the less they pay attention. Knowing the P mater
When I started going to the gym, I was terrified I'd be laughed at by everyone. But actually, everybody was pretty much just focused on their work plu
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