Unreasonable Fears - Page 2

jinx · 12-08-2006, 08:24 PM

Sharks and snapping turtles... and anything that touches me in the water really...

12-08-2006, 08:40 PM

I used to have truely horrid anxiety attacks that would come out of nowhere. I had claustrophobia the way some people have agoraphobia. I couldn't stand to be in a space that was confined like an elevator. I'd walk 20 flights of steps, rather than take an elevator. It got so bad, I couldn't even stand to be in a my house. I'd have to leave and drive up into the mountains, or best of all the plains. I felt soothed by being miles from anywhere just me and the prairie grass. I finally learned some meditation type techniques to deal with my extreme claustrophobia, and I haven't had an attack of that in quite some time. But I have a new fear that interferes with the thing I most love doing and gives me the greatest solace - camping out in the back country alone. I'm fine until it becomes completely dark, and then I become terrified of being alone in the dark. I was never afraid of the dark in the "wilds" before. It really annoys me that I have developed this unreasoning fear. I am safer alone 50 miles up some jeep trail in the desert than I would be at the same hour on the streets of some big city.

skysidhe · 12-09-2006, 08:28 AM

No fear except for strange and obssessive internet people. I wouldn't let you in my house and here I am viewing you from my pc.

No worrys. Nobody from here.

12-08-2006, 08:24 PM	#16
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Sharks and snapping turtles... and anything that touches me in the water really... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

12-08-2006, 08:40 PM	#17
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I used to have truely horrid anxiety attacks that would come out of nowhere. I had claustrophobia the way some people have agoraphobia. I couldn't stand to be in a space that was confined like an elevator. I'd walk 20 flights of steps, rather than take an elevator. It got so bad, I couldn't even stand to be in a my house. I'd have to leave and drive up into the mountains, or best of all the plains. I felt soothed by being miles from anywhere just me and the prairie grass. I finally learned some meditation type techniques to deal with my extreme claustrophobia, and I haven't had an attack of that in quite some time. But I have a new fear that interferes with the thing I most love doing and gives me the greatest solace - camping out in the back country alone. I'm fine until it becomes completely dark, and then I become terrified of being alone in the dark. I was never afraid of the dark in the "wilds" before. It really annoys me that I have developed this unreasoning fear. I am safer alone 50 miles up some jeep trail in the desert than I would be at the same hour on the streets of some big city.

12-09-2006, 08:28 AM	#18
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	No fear except for strange and obssessive internet people. I wouldn't let you in my house and here I am viewing you from my pc. No worrys. Nobody from here.

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