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getting over fear from an injury
im on my high school jv cheers and i want to make varsity in a little over a month. im taking private tumbling to get better at my back handspring and back tuck. anyways when i was at my tumbling 5 days ago, i did really good and got to doing back handsprings and roundoff back handsprings all by myself, which im not used to doing. after i left tumbling, like 10 minutes after it was over, i noticed that my neck hurt real bad. the past 5 days i have barely been able to move it at all, ive been in a neck brace thing. the doctor said its a sprain or strain, and he said as long as im feeling ok i should be fine to tumble again this saturday, and im getting better, but the thing is im nervous. i didnt feel the pain while i was doing stuff, so idk what i did wrong to hurt my neck. so im scared that ill get hurt again..since idk what to do differently. basically what im asking is how do i get over the fear, and not have to start all over on learning my tumbling? how do i make sure this doesnt happen again and everything?sorry if thats really confusing and long. any advice is appreciated! thanks!
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I can help you with getting over your fear, but I don't know much about cheerleading (my school's cheerleaders are terrible)...
Anyway, to get over your fear you have to just, well, suck it up.
I've got an example that may help you. I'm afraid of heights which makes me afraid of roller coasters... until I get on them. The entire time I'm in line I'm talking myself into riding it, or I'm talking myself out of riding the coaster. Anyway, once I actually get on the ride or get to the top (whichever fear you want to work off of) I'm no longer scared. I'm excited and want to do it again. (Of course, once again, the entire time I'm in like I'm freaking out... but that's another story =])
So, what I'm trying to say is, the longer you wait, the longer you'll be afraid. You have to just DO IT to be able to get over the fear. If you take teeny tiny steps you'll just be nervous. It's like ripping off a bandaid - do it quickly so the pain doesn't happen.
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