Everyone has dealt with and deals with the fear. You can petrify yourself, freeze your mind. The biggest piece of advice I can give you is - relax. Relax your mind and body. Once you're out in the air you will relax because your body and mind realize you are committed and it isn't the falling sensation most people think it is. Deal with 1 thing at a time. First getting out the door, then get stable, then COA, prcp's, COA, 5-5, look reach pull, check, 1 1000, 2 1000, 3 1000, check chute (good shape, no spin and quiet), toggles down, control ability check and then check for the airport. The second piece of advice is HAVE FUN!!! That is why we do this right? Everyone deals with fear, many one each and every dive they just learn how to control it, control their mind. It is all a mind game - it is what we think will happen, or expect which may never happen. You have to learn to deal with what happens as it happens and not worry about what could, or should. It sounds like a lot to deal with. I started july 4 1996 and have over 70 dives now so I know very well what you went through and will go through. If others have dealt with it, and I have dealt with it, you can deal with it. It takes different things for different people. Everyone has their "sticking points". Each dive you will remember more, your awareness will grow, your coordination will grow, your confidence will grow. I was scared on all my AFF dives and many of the dives I did right after AFF. I was so scared until probably my level 4 AFF. It was on this dive I had the most fun and knew that this was a sport I loved. Each dive I got a little less scared or learned to deal with it better. No sense wasting energy on something that may not happen. You don't dread driving because you learned to deal with things as they happen when you're behind the wheel. Same in skydiving, just deal with what happens.
I know what it was and is like to be scared. You'll reap great rewards facing that fear and overcoming it. I think thats what is truly amazing about this sport.
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