First practice your falling techniques from lower and make sure your technique is perfect. Falling straight forward for instance is much easier to learn and develop when doing it from a kneeling position and learning to keep your back straight and such. For rolling type falls consider practicing them first from a position where you have one knee down on the mat so that you are quite low to it. For them once you can do them really well and have your confidence and the technique then do them from a little higher like a stooping height and then again; once you have mastered that then stand erect and practice them.
Height and seeing the ground come up or a person going over seems to really mess with people both visually and mentally. They have a natural fear of this and so they have to literally not only learn the proper technique so that they don't hurt themselves but also have to also learn to overcome that natural fear as well. Once they can learn to fall correctly from a lower stance or height and have the confidence in that then it becomes much easier for them to then transition to doing their falling from higher or a more erect stance where they are standing taller.
That natural fear is what you are referring to as a psychological barrier and almost everyone has this to some degree. Develop your skill, technique, and confidence from lower stances and positions and then gradually increase the height of those stances and positions and in a couple of months you won't believe the difference.
Most people are not friends with the floor so make friends. I train in Aiki and there are some really crazy falls we have to do. People make fun of Kung Fu and their acrobatics but in all reality it helps with agility and creates an aerial awareness and being comfortable with being upside down and landings without getting hurt. It really helps with overcoming the mental barrier. Don't know how much work you got to do but think of how kids do it. Start with somersaults from a kneeling position if you must and get used to landing. Relax your body (a soft body lands better) and don't hold your breath when doing this. Breathe out when landing. Do somersaults from standing, over small things and finally over bigger things. Choose soft things. Learn how to do cartwheels. It teaches to turn the body when not on your feet.
Once you have developed good falling techniques work them gently with a partner with no mats if you have a wood floor or a very thin mat if you work out on concrete. We do them on the bare wood floor. Granted our wooden floor is a martial artists' dream being so riddled with termite holes in the beams supporting the floor it is really bouncy but remember it also is a mental thing you are trying to overcome.
All in all throws are really a lot of fun with a good partner. It's like a roller coaster ride. You are weightless for a split second and that is a really cool feeling. You can fly over objects and land without hurting yourself.
Like everything some people simply have to practice falling a little more than others. It is a matter of doing it and if you have trouble with it, doing it often.
Well first it helps to understand that fear isnt actually real, its just an illusion created by your own thoughts. Its easy to overcome your fear when you give less attention to why you shouldnt do something and focus on why you should. What would it be like, what would it feel like if you overcame your fear? How would you be if you wernt afraid of judo? See yourself in your own mind as a confident being and continue to think these thoughts. You must learn to control your own mind, no one else can do it for you. Do you control your mind or does it control you? There can be only one master of your body.
just forget it if you cant do it.
whats the point tell me what do you actually get out of being thrown about its dangerous?
FORGET IT. Give it up. its not for you. all that money you waste and time.
I'm scared of falling and injuring myself in judo. Seniors said that I must be more daring and just fall, or roll, but that fear in me is still there. How can I train myself to not be scared? I've been doing judo for 2 years and am an orange belt. I feel that this fear is stopping me from becoming a better judoka. Please help! I really enjoy judo, and I don't wish to quit just because of my psychological barrier.
