Irrational fears and phobias

Butterfly said:
I get the serious creeps when I'm stopped under an overpass at a stoplight or in backed up traffic. I have this irrational fear that the overpass above is going to fall.
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I have had that feeling more than once since the Northridge Ca. freeway collapse in 1994.
 

QS---Years ago, your number 3 was a possibility. At one time in the aviation industry when pilots had to estimate their takeoff weight, pilots would allow for 150 pounds per seat sold for adults and 60 pounds for children. As we progressed through time and the population became more obese, we had to adjust this number twice. Checked baggage going into the baggage hold area is always weighed and so is the fuel. The weight of the plane has already been locked into the computer, the freight agents, baggage handlers, gate agents and fuel suppliers all give us their weights and we punch those numbers into the computer. The only other weight that we have to estimate is the baggage that is being put into the overhead bins, which we have standardized. The on-board computer or the FMS does all of the math and a lot of the numbers have already been inserted and remains a constant. Then, we take into consideration wind direction and speed and that gives us our takeoff speed and also tells us how much runway we will be using. Over my 34 years, I only had to unload baggage maybe 3 or 4 times. Those bags go onto the next flight going to the same city and if necessary will be delivered to the preferred address left with the baggage check agent at the departing airport. Because the airlines make a lot of money transporting freight or mail, they are very hesitant to unload those items. Rule of thumb is that baggage comes off first.

However, in today's aviation environment, it is very seldom and maybe even unlikely that anything is unloaded. With people now having to pay for their luggage to be checked and any piece of luggage over 50 pounds costing extra, I noticed that people were being more conservative with packing their luggage.
 
My husband always laughs at me.. as we sit at the gate waiting to board.. I'm looking at the people and counting the fat ones. lol!
 

BlunderWoman said:
I have NEVER not once bought a lotto ticket because I have always thought I would win if I did. Maybe you can understand my insanity hahahahaha
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Ooooh, buy one and send it to me. I promise to send you whatever presents you want after we win.... so you don't actually get the win itself.
 
BlunderWoman said:
My ex is a city boy. He too seemed afraid of the country. I am a country girl. One day we were in the woods and he said " Someone could kill us out here and no one would hear us scream." My answer was " As opposed to the city where they hear you scream and don't do anything to help you?" LOL We both had different ideas :D
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And that is how I found out that it was true - it really did take the state police an hour to get to us. In the middle of the night, my rough collie alerted to a repeated sound of a woman screaming in the woods. We went outside to investigate. I called 911. The cops came and told me it was a cat. By that time, the screaming had ceased (it went on for a long time) and I can assure you it was not a cat. I urged them to drive around and make sure that it was not a woman.

I couldn't get into the woods in the middle of the night, or I would have (with my dog) -- it involved going down a very steep hill and crossing a creek, and it was pitch black outside. (Not the most agile of critters, I had already fallen into the creek on the first day I moved in). I didn't think it was an animal, although it could have been (just not a cat). Plus my dog was still worried. He was a calm, rational, helpful dog -- unlike my current dog, a terrier, who is like having Dennis the Menace living with me. The collie was more like Andy Griffith, playing Sheriff Taylor.
 
Most things don't scare me. Except most people.

I do have a fire phobia and would never have a real fire in a fireplace or wood store.

I actually have a fear of being attacked by people on the internet. I'm not just saying that due to recent events here. It's something I have and often never return to threads because of it. Or for whole forums for that matter.
 
I guess the only thing I fear is being stuck in a nursing home with some patronizing person treating me like I am a moron and therefore losing control of my own life.
 
Jeannine said:
I guess the only thing I fear is being stuck in a nursing home with some patronizing person treating me like I am a moron and therefore losing control of my own life.
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Me too. Thank goodness for the exit pill. If I don't qualify legally, hello black market! A claustrophobe is not a good candidate for a nursing home.
 
My biggest fear is, that for some reason, I cannot remember how to recite the alphabet, or cannot do simple arithmetic, or remember
my phone number or my Soc. Sec. #. Things like that.....without looking them up.
 
Shalimar, I can see why someone would say that, personally I couldn't do it, don't get me wrong I am not moralizing on the contrary actually, so lets hope neither of us have to go either route.
 
I have this irrational fear of hanging my feet or hands off the bed. Like the boogey man is going to grab them. Had this since I was a little kid. I guess I used to think there was a monster under my bed..maybe he's still there..I don't know. lol
 

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