We all have at least one...irrational fear

I find escalators pretty frightening. The ones in the Pentagon going from the buses to the first floor are particularly long. When I worked there, I would loiter at the top, waiting for a nice big fat man to get on, so I could step in behind him. It's looking down that long moving staircase that would unnerve me.
 
StillLearning said:
I had a friend who was really interested in the Titanic for her whole life. I asked her if she was on the titanic when it went down in a past life. I’ll never forget the look on her face. Like OF COURSE!! Something to think about in your case also. 👍
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Good point that some will refuse to consider a possibility.

I've talked on threads where it was more relevant about linking my claustrophobia to some past life deaths. Three that involved close quarters and suffocation. I improved greatly after first two recalls but discovered some lingering anxiety when had to do some work under my mobile home.

Began giving some of my meditation time to requests to recall it, once i did that, i processed thru it (that was there/then not here/now) and it was done, gone. Similar to what happens when one recalls and processes a traumatic current life memory that was negatively effecting one's life.
 
Shalimar said:
Fear of CPTSD derailing my mind once too often, leaving me unable to find my way through the carnage and return to sanity. Walking the high wire without a net is a high price to pay for humanity, but a lack of it would be anathema. I will never again live as a frozen person. What will be, will be. 🤗
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I have always thought and even wondered about psychologists. Do they inherit their patients issues, like panic attacks? Do they sometimes think about suicide? I could keep going, but you probably get the idea. I know that when a friend will tell me about an issue he is having, I will sometimes also think about what we were discussing and some of it may become an issue for me for a short time. Just about a month ago, not a close friend, but a friend nonetheless, told me that he was thinking about his death and it scared the crap out of him and now he sometimes still thinks about and he has to go do something to take his mind off of it. My advice to him was to go speak with a Counselor or maybe join a support group. I didn't know what else to say.
 
Over my 33+ years of flying, we have encountered several people who have experienced panic attacks while we were in the air. The flight attendants do a good job of caring for those people, including a few children. We had one man that the flight attendants thought was going to have a heart attack. He must have been having another issue going on. The attendant told me that he was on the floor and rolling around. The attendants did he old thing of "is there a doctor on this plane?" No, but there was an EMT, so he did what he could and they did get him back into his seat and belted. He didn't want the belt on, but the FAA states very clearly that any passenger who is ill like he was must be belted.
 
hollydolly said:
I have a Bat Hat which I wear if I go out into the garden at twilight, because that's when the resident bat flies out from the Eaves and spends until dark flying round and round the garden yomping up midges.. I really dislike Bats, and I have a horror of them constantly peeing, albeit that it's negligible according to my husband , who loves Bats ..but *ugh*.. I don't want to risk having Bat pee on me..
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During mating season, bats use pee as perfume - it attracts a mate.
So......a bat won't pee on you unless he wants you, bad. :ROFLMAO:
 
chic said:
It does help calm me down. I breathe slowly in bed every night for several minutes and it truly is helpful to both the mind and the lungs. My doctor told me I have outstanding lung capacity and I think it's because I teach meditation and breathing to people. After all these years, it's done some good. :)
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You teach? That's really cool, Chic.

I went to classes way back after I recovered from my first 2 back surgeries. I was doing physical therapy and then I'd go across the hall for meditation-deep breathing class and then therapeutic massage.
 
Della said:
I find escalators pretty frightening. The ones in the Pentagon going from the buses to the first floor are particularly long. When I worked there, I would loiter at the top, waiting for a nice big fat man to get on, so I could step in behind him. It's looking down that long moving staircase that would unnerve me.
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Did it have to be a big fat man, or would a big fat woman do? 😂
 
chic said:
I'm afraid of almost everything but try to behave like I'm not. I seem so brave to others and it's hard to grasp because inside I'm quivering like jelly about many things. :ROFLMAO: Today, gas went up to $4.39 per gallon at my favorite cheap station and I almost had a stroke. Then I found it 4 cents cheaper than that at another place on my route and realized there are options but I'm still so afraid of everything deep down inside. I think this could be why I sleep so much. All that fear builds up inside and I need to escape.

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You seem brave to me. Even when you are afraid, you still handle the situation. Anxiety is a type of fear, IMO. If you'd like the titles of a few really good books that can help you with that, let me know.
 
win231 said:
You should have set some of the food aside for them. They make great pets. :LOL:
Palmetto bugs eat any organic material that is available to them. They will eat decaying animals, scraps of food in the garbage, hair, paper and even glue! They can live three months without food and a month without water.
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I am so glad there aren't any where I live.
 
chic said:
The ones I saw looked like dogs heads that someone put leathery wings on. I can see why they've gotten a bad rap over the centuries. :eek: :devilish:
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I used to be afraid of even looking at pictures of bats, their appearance unnerves me so.
One time a bat was on the cover of National Geographic. I forced myself to look at that cover until I quit being afraid. I still don't like looking at bats (dead, alive, in picture), but at least with the pictures I'm not terribly afraid any more. Not that I see them out.
 
Regarding bats.....when I was young.....dont remember how young, my young cousins and I found a small bat. We thought it so dang cute. We played with it all day in the forest where our lake home was. We would hold its wings and had it dance, etc. When we finally brought it home our parents freaked out!!!! They took our little baby love and got rid of it. We had a VERY strict lecture about the situation and we cried our eyes out. These same twin girl cousins and I would hear mouse traps snap at night while we were sleeping, and would promptly let then go...the mouse barely dragging themselves away. We laugh about this now like crazy. I mean WOW.. We were such empathic and sensitive girls back then.
 
Jace said:
We all have at least one...irrational fear
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Maybe, but I am not so sure.

Fear of the unknown is quite natural and I think rational.

For example fear of snakes or insects can be rational for those who don't recognize the particular species and understand possible risks. I grew up in Florida collecting, trading and selling snakes, so I became quite comfortable. I knew their characteristics pretty well and how to manage the risks. On the other hand when I was in the jungle in Indonesia I saw a cobra, it did scare me, but since I knew nothing of cobras it seems to me to have been a rational fear.

I had little fear of Florida insects for a long time, then I was bitten by a tick that gave me a bad case of tick fever. Now I fear ticks, rationally I believe.

One of my bucket list trips is to visit Australia and spend time hiking, swimming, camping and enjoying the outdoors. However I have a bit of fear of the unknown wildlife there.
 
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