Unreasonable Fears

Trilby · 12-06-2006, 11:49 AM

All my life I've been afraid of alligators and crocodiles--I have nightmares about being eaten by one of the beasts--which seems inordinately weird considering the first time I ever saw a real 'gator was four years ago when I went on a swamp-tour in New Orleans (those suckers are HARD to see out in the wild--we passed a nine-footer and I didn't see it until they pointed it out) and that I live in southwest Ohio--not exactly a bastion of Alligator activity.

What is your Unreasonable Fear?

Undertoad · 12-06-2006, 12:03 PM

Unreasonable fear is my main unreasonable fear. Before medication, I suffered from panic and anxiety illness and had irrational fear in movies, restaurants, and concerts. Situations which were both semi-social and where I would be "locked in" for a period of time. Panic attacks are like a cycle of unreasonable fear, where you start to fear the onset of fear itself. It's due to a certain sort of brain laziness where you fail to move on - like being stuck thinking of one particular song, you can't distract yourself from the anxiety.

Sundae · 12-06-2006, 12:19 PM

Mine is also fear. I have believed since an early age that one day I will be faced with something so terrifying that my mind will simply snap. I've no idea why this should worry me - if it happens (and I doubt it's medically possible) I won't know anything about it anyway.

Apart from that I have morbid fantasies about falling over and smashing my cheekbone, or being stabbed/ punctured in the cheek or throat. I will sometimes cross the road to avoid walking next to railings in the fear that I will somehow get impaled on them. I consider those fears unlikely, but not unreasonable.

Shocker · 12-06-2006, 12:36 PM

I'm afraid of growing up, getting out of college and truly be in the 'real' world. I still haven't fully caught up to all of the stuff that has happened to me in the last 2 years and I don't know what I'm going to do or where I go from here (i.e. getting married, having a kid, getting divorced, and now having custody so I've got to be responsible for another person) I guess you could call that a fear of the unknown, not wanting to break out of my shell, etc... School prepairs you for a career... I don't think there is anything that truly prepairs you for life.

glatt · 12-06-2006, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Panic attacks are like a cycle of unreasonable fear, where you start to fear the onset of fear itself. It's due to a certain sort of brain laziness where you fail to move on - like being stuck thinking of one particular song, you can't distract yourself from the anxiety.

I don't get panic attacks like that, but if I sense that I might be getting a little sick, like if my stomach feels a little funny, I start to do exactly the thing you describe where I focus on it so much that a tiny little blip of a sensation in the background becomes a tidal wave of nausea.

As far as fear goes, I don't like heights that much, but that's not irrational. It's a sound instinct. I hate climbing up on my roof to repair a loose shingle or something. Get all tense and weak at the same time. We have a spiral staircase at work with glass railings that reaches from the 5th floor to the 11th floor. Every once in a while I'll look over the railing down those six stories and give myself an enormous adrenaline rush and get a little weak in the knees.

DanaC · 12-06-2006, 06:29 PM

Undertoad, that describes my experience of panic attacks also. Not something I've had for a fair while, but it does leave one with a sense of unease at experiencing fear.

Sundae girl: shiiiit. you too? I totally related to that post.

Aliantha · 12-06-2006, 07:43 PM

I'm afraid of heights...and not in a funny way at all. I used to literally swing through the trees like a monkey when I was a child, but now I find a flight of stairs vertigo worthy some days.

I'm not sure where this fear has come from, especially as it's a fairly recent development for me.

lumberjim · 12-06-2006, 08:03 PM

there are some that would tell you that your irrational fear is very rational, but stems from a death or injury form a past life. bri, maybe you were eaten by an croc in a past life? sg, maybe you got stabbed in the face?

i fear eye injury and being burried alive.

DanaC · 12-06-2006, 08:50 PM

....or maybe it's a premonition. Maybe Bri, you really are going to get eaten by crocodiles one day.

Aliantha · 12-06-2006, 08:56 PM

lol...that's just nasty Dana

DanaC · 12-06-2006, 08:57 PM

*grins* oops.

wolf · 12-08-2006, 01:36 AM

Falling. I'm fine with heights, but this often gets confounded with the fear of falling. I had a major freakout going up the elevator at the CN Tower but was fine once I was on top and realized that I wasn't falling off that sucker no how. Had a great time then.

EDIT TO ADD: Of course, I think this is a perfectly reasonable fear. Falling sucks.

lhatcher · 12-08-2006, 10:14 AM

When I head off to work in the morning, I get a little anxious about being in a wreck and dying on the side of the road while my loved ones are still sleeping. The thought of them waking up to bad news like that really frightens me and I drive very carefully.

ferret88 · 12-08-2006, 02:23 PM

For me, dunno if it's the height or the fear of the sudden stop after the falling, but heights make me a-scared.

And bugs. DON'T. LIKE. BUGS.

KinkyVixen · 12-08-2006, 09:14 PM

I don't think I am unreasonably afraid of anything. I'm afraid of the unknown, is that unreasonable? I'm afraid of creepy old men who sing songs about my ta-ta's because they can't take their eyes off of them. I'm afraid of being attacked while I am alone and in the dark. Unreasonable? Maybe to some.
I think that is all.

12-06-2006, 11:49 AM	#1
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Unreasonable Fears All my life I've been afraid of alligators and crocodiles--I have nightmares about being eaten by one of the beasts--which seems inordinately weird considering the first time I ever saw a real 'gator was four years ago when I went on a swamp-tour in New Orleans (those suckers are HARD to see out in the wild--we passed a nine-footer and I didn't see it until they pointed it out) and that I live in southwest Ohio--not exactly a bastion of Alligator activity. What is your Unreasonable Fear? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

12-06-2006, 12:19 PM	#3
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Mine is also fear. I have believed since an early age that one day I will be faced with something so terrifying that my mind will simply snap. I've no idea why this should worry me - if it happens (and I doubt it's medically possible) I won't know anything about it anyway. Apart from that I have morbid fantasies about falling over and smashing my cheekbone, or being stabbed/ punctured in the cheek or throat. I will sometimes cross the road to avoid walking next to railings in the fear that I will somehow get impaled on them. I consider those fears unlikely, but not unreasonable. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

12-06-2006, 12:36 PM	#4
Shocker Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Your Mom's house Posts: 378	I'm afraid of growing up, getting out of college and truly be in the 'real' world. I still haven't fully caught up to all of the stuff that has happened to me in the last 2 years and I don't know what I'm going to do or where I go from here (i.e. getting married, having a kid, getting divorced, and now having custody so I've got to be responsible for another person) I guess you could call that a fear of the unknown, not wanting to break out of my shell, etc... School prepairs you for a career... I don't think there is anything that truly prepairs you for life. __________________ “I live only for posterity. Death is nothing, but to live defeated and without glory is to die everyday." - Napolean Bonaparte

12-06-2006, 07:43 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'm afraid of heights...and not in a funny way at all. I used to literally swing through the trees like a monkey when I was a child, but now I find a flight of stairs vertigo worthy some days. I'm not sure where this fear has come from, especially as it's a fairly recent development for me. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-06-2006, 08:03 PM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	there are some that would tell you that your irrational fear is very rational, but stems from a death or injury form a past life. bri, maybe you were eaten by an croc in a past life? sg, maybe you got stabbed in the face? i fear eye injury and being burried alive. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

12-06-2006, 12:03 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Unreasonable fear is my main unreasonable fear. Before medication, I suffered from panic and anxiety illness and had irrational fear in movies, restaurants, and concerts. Situations which were both semi-social and where I would be "locked in" for a period of time. Panic attacks are like a cycle of unreasonable fear, where you start to fear the onset of fear itself. It's due to a certain sort of brain laziness where you fail to move on - like being stuck thinking of one particular song, you can't distract yourself from the anxiety.

12-06-2006, 06:29 PM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Undertoad, that describes my experience of panic attacks also. Not something I've had for a fair while, but it does leave one with a sense of unease at experiencing fear. Sundae girl: shiiiit. you too? I totally related to that post.

12-06-2006, 08:50 PM	#9
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	....or maybe it's a premonition. Maybe Bri, you really are going to get eaten by crocodiles one day.

12-06-2006, 08:56 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	lol...that's just nasty Dana __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-06-2006, 08:57 PM	#11
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	grins oops.

12-08-2006, 01:36 AM	#12
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Falling. I'm fine with heights, but this often gets confounded with the fear of falling. I had a major freakout going up the elevator at the CN Tower but was fine once I was on top and realized that I wasn't falling off that sucker no how. Had a great time then. EDIT TO ADD: Of course, I think this is a perfectly reasonable fear. Falling sucks. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 12-08-2006 at 01:54 PM.

12-08-2006, 10:14 AM	#13
lhatcher Go, you might meet someone Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 77	When I head off to work in the morning, I get a little anxious about being in a wreck and dying on the side of the road while my loved ones are still sleeping. The thought of them waking up to bad news like that really frightens me and I drive very carefully. __________________ Okay it's just me.. be nice, okay?

12-08-2006, 02:23 PM	#14
ferret88 (This space left intentionally UN-blank.) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albuquerque Posts: 604	For me, dunno if it's the height or the fear of the sudden stop after the falling, but heights make me a-scared. And bugs. DON'T. LIKE. BUGS.

12-08-2006, 09:14 PM	#15
KinkyVixen Marching In! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 580	I don't think I am unreasonably afraid of anything. I'm afraid of the unknown, is that unreasonable? I'm afraid of creepy old men who sing songs about my ta-ta's because they can't take their eyes off of them. I'm afraid of being attacked while I am alone and in the dark. Unreasonable? Maybe to some. I think that is all. __________________ "Smile before bed.You'll sleep better."

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