Sentence examples for afraid of feeling from inspiring English sources

As one survivor says: "We want to feel again, and you are afraid of feeling again because of what you will feel".

Nightwood is not afraid of feeling.

Mostly, I was afraid of feeling embarrassed afterwards, and at times I did.

Kids want to be clever – they're not afraid of hard work, they're just afraid of feeling stupid.

For a reporter Lindsay's instincts aren't terribly sharp: she thinks her new boyfriend is pulling back because he's afraid of feeling too much.

It's hard not to be afraid of feeling so ill that you can't raise your head off the pillow for days on end.

I was so afraid of falling, of feeling bad...of looking bad, that I tried to fake it...to do it with the same speed and impeccable form as the long-time runners beside me...to look like I'd been doing it my whole life.

"I've just said I think they've got to be more up front with each other and not be afraid of feelings on the pitch".

In a culture afraid of feelings, the instruction to calm down is often used to muffle what we're going through.

Jiang realized that what he was ultimately afraid of was feeling judged and so a crucial part of the process was to engage with each person he talked to, even if their initial response was to reject him.

Welfare recipients caught up in Centrelink's automated debt recovery system have spoken of feeling powerless, afraid, stressed and overwhelmed.