Nothing more natural than doing something that makes your peception of the world change for a brief period. Whether's it's in the form of a man drinking a few beers in the pub, a teenager jumping on a rollercoaster to pump some more adrenaline into his system, a girl taking some peculiar tablet at a rave, or a young child spinning round and round in circles to make the world go wonky, we have all done it. The respective risks behind such activities is another matter though.


I want to clarify something. Do you want to actually take more risks, or do you just want to lose the annoying fear that puts you off doing certain fun activities?

When it comes down to it, there is no risk in killing a spider (unless you happen to live with a woman who takes a dim view of hurting any living creatures with the sole exception of the man she lives with). There is also next to no risk in activities such as sky diving, bungee jumping, rollercoasters, air travel etc etc, although for some reason people associate them with risk and bravery.

On the other hand you can get geneuinely risky activities that are treated as completely mundane. Things like driving [esp when tired], Living in London, drinking [until you find out whether you're one of those unfornate people who can get addicted to it], climbing a ladder to paint a house and reaching out a little bit too far to get at the small hard to reach section etc etc.

My guess is that you've probaly done quite a few risky activities without realising it, and if you get that into your head then the relatively risk free but exciting looking things should be easy enough to take up.