Fears/Phobias?

Girl_On_Fire · 05-02-2013, 10:00 PM

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Originally Posted by always2late

I'm afraid of heights. Well...actually afraid is a bit mild, I have full-blown panic attacks. The strange thing is, I love roller coasters, and have no problem on them, no matter how high they are, but it is only recently that I was able to force myself to ride escalators. And I can only step on the down escalator if I'm not looking down. I can't climb high ladders without starting to shake, or look over the side railings of staircases, and when driving across a bridge I have to be on the inside lane and white knuckle it until I'm across. But...I have no trouble flying and love to sit in the window seat on planes. My fear of heights is totally bizarre and arbitrary and without logic or reason.

It could be a sensory processing thing. You seem to be okay with heights when you're strapped in but not when you're in control. Believe it or not, that makes sense to me.

always2late · 05-02-2013, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Girl_On_Fire

It could be a sensory processing thing. You seem to be okay with heights when you're strapped in but not when you're in control. Believe it or not, that makes sense to me.

You may be right....I've noticed that when I'm sitting it seems to be less of a problem than when standing. Who knows? Maybe the processing area of my brain is just a tad off when it comes to heights and height perception.

Girl_On_Fire · 05-02-2013, 10:12 PM

Mine:

Hornets/Bees - (I can't stand the buzzing sound. Arrgh!)
House Centipedes - (The way these things move is just unnatural!)
Being Questioned - (I pretty much go all wide-eyed and mute when someone questions me. It's a trigger.)
Driving on Highways - (Sensory processing thing.)

girl_dee · 05-03-2013, 04:57 AM

places with a lot of people, i feel like they are sucking the air out and the walls are going to implode

being in the back of a building.. i always check to see where exits are

Velvetkitten · 05-03-2013, 05:27 AM

Spiders...I don't care how small YOU think it is to me it's the size of a tarantula(which I had fall on me once in my car..yes jumped out of a moving vehicle tvm)..please take it outside...

Heights but depends

Tight spaces like tunnels especially underwater ones...trust me you don't want to be a passenger as I am driving through the tunnel from Logan airport in Boston.. Passenger: Did that speed limit say 45? ME: Umm No It's 80

Clowns..No Thanks

But snakes, bugs or snarling animals bring it on...

Cid · 05-04-2013, 09:26 AM

I could say that I have a fear of heights, but that's not exactly true. The fear that I have is falling from them.
Or more exact...the fear of landing after falling from them.

Semantics · 05-03-2013, 05:29 AM

Getting a paper cut in my eye.

It could happen, it's possible, although I worry over it way more than is necessary considering the likelihood.

femm_cb · 05-03-2013, 07:28 AM

Living in Florida, my biggest fear is aligators and snakes.

When my son came to visit me last summer, he wanted to go to Gatorland Zoo. I had to put my big girl panties on and take him. But before I walked into the park, I took a xanax to calm me down. True story!

05-03-2013, 10:58 AM

Big things in the sea. I won't name them because then I'll be thinking of them

Heights - sitting or standing. Standing is worse though and have had some scary bouts of vertigo in beautiful places

Snakes

All totally irrational.

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Daktari Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a My Photo Gallery	Big things in the sea. I won't name them because then I'll be thinking of them Heights - sitting or standing. Standing is worse though and have had some scary bouts of vertigo in beautiful places Snakes All totally irrational.