| Many people have a fear of fire. They are terrified of | | | | Regardless of who you talk to, voicing your fear can |
| flames. Fire can indeed be incredibly scary. Think about | | | | be enormously helpful. |
| everything it can destroy. Your house can burn down, | | | | Secondly, you have to remember to be as rational as |
| you can lose your belongings, the people you love can | | | | possible. This may sound difficult to accomplish, but it is |
| be harmed - and so can you. People who fear fire are | | | | possible. The key is distinguishing between a logical |
| constantly afraid of those things. | | | | fear about fires and an illogical or irrational fear. |
| Naturally, of course, you can easily reduce the risk of a | | | | It can be helpful to be rationally afraid of fire. That will |
| fire in your life. Fires can be prevented, and if they | | | | make you be safer when it comes to leave candles |
| erupt, they can be controlled. You have got to realize | | | | unattended and things of that nature. However, you |
| this, among other things, when you are trying to | | | | also have to realize that if you are watching a burning |
| overcome your fear. You have to realize that as | | | | candle, nothing is going to happen. If you are being |
| dangerous as it may seem to you, it is not in reality | | | | responsible, you are in control. |
| that dangerous. You have to understand that you can | | | | You ultimately have to face your fears. You will have |
| be in control of preventing a fire from occurring. | | | | to spend some time around a fire. Bonfires, fires in the |
| The first thing you need to do is talk to somebody in | | | | fire place, and things of that nature can be scary, but |
| whom you have implicit trust. It may be a friend or a | | | | being around them will help. Learn about fire, so that |
| member of your family. It may even be a therapist. | | | | you can learn how to be safe. |