For me I had to challenge the fears to see nothing "bad" happened or I could get through. Not things that are true dangers but for ex social event making myself go. As I saw nothing happened or I could get through things I began to become more flexible. I used to say I would walk the same way and same steps every day so I knew nothing would happen so to speak. I see now rationally it made no sense but at the time it seemed like the solution. The less you do the smaller your world becomes but as you see there is so much more out there it will make life more fufilled. I am not saying this is easy because trust me many breakdowns and like I said in my other response hospitlizations but I also know it can get better cause it did for me.