🤔 WORST CASE SCENARIO

Face Your Fears

● OBJECTIVE: to reduce nervousness by facing the worst-case scenario head on

Fear can usually be reduced to the feeling that you will not be able to handle the outcome of a situation. By facing the worst-case scenario ("What's the worst that can happen?") you will realize that even this is not nearly as bad as it seems.

Your job is to determine what you are most afraid of. What is the worst-case scenario?

😰Common Fears

Which of these resonate with you?

•Letting yourself down
•Being laughed at
•Getting yelled at by coach
•Being made fun of
•Failing to meet others' expectations
•Messing up / making mistakes
•Losing
•Being judged negatively by others
•Coming up just short

📝Exercise 1: Write Out the Worst That Could Happen

Take some time to write out the worst-case scenario in a match. Be detailed and specific. It is important to get it all out right here.

The worst that could happen:

[ Describe your worst-case scenario in detail ]

Example: "I lose by tech fall in the finals with everyone watching. My coach is disappointed. My parents are upset. My teammates think I choked. I let everyone down..."

💪Exercise 2: How You'll Handle It

You will now write down how you would handle the worst case scenario, should it occur. This is where you take your power back.

What you will do, think, and feel if the worst case scenario happens:

[ Your response plan ]

Consider:

• How you'll bounce back

• What you'll learn from it

• How you'll support yourself emotionally

• Your next steps forward

• Why this won't define you

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FEAR LOSES POWER WHEN FACED!

When you write out your worst fears and plan how you'll handle them, something powerful happens—the fear shrinks. You realize that even the worst-case scenario is survivable. You've got a plan. You can handle it. Most importantly, you'll discover that the worst-case scenario is nowhere near as bad as the vague anxiety you've been carrying. Face your fears head-on, and they lose their power over you.

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