Irrational fears

[Bramble_killer]

Just continuing the title of the thread...

I have a weird thing/fear/cringeworthy yukness about wet wood

Oh and stairs

How can you have a fear of stairs???


I did another drive today to pick something up from freecycle. Think that's enough bravery for a week now

[Comfreyfan]

I used to get really anxious driving anywhere. First DH used to do most of the driving while I organised crowd control for the children! When it was just me and the children I had to step up and drive everywhere, even drove them to France on holiday, but the planning that went into any drive to a new place was intense and my anxiety levels were through the roof! But after I successfully drove myself through Swindon on the first day we got the Sat Nav I was a complete Sat Nav convert

[HeyWayne]

I used to have a "fear" of velvet when I was younger (college age) and my fellow students used to have fun putting off-cuts of velvet in my coat pocket and such.

Not exactly fearful of it now, but I still don't like the feel of it.

Incidentally, the sat nav feature on my phone presents me with a picture of my destination upon arrival. Very useful.

[Munch]

How can you have a fear of stairs???


I did another drive today to pick something up from freecycle. Think that's enough bravery for a week now

I dont like high stairs, stiars that have a view of far down! I get really nervous and think I am going to trip and fall all the way down.

It started when I was little and went up to see big ben, climbing the 100's of unevem stairs spiraling round with views higher and higher up!

We went to an old riun of a castle a while ago and to get down from the top you have to go down some concrete stairs (old) attached to the side of the castle there was just a small metal rail the opposite side to the castle wall, it wasn't even that high up, but I had to stand at the top and wait for my heart to stopp racing so I could stop my legs froms shaking just to go down them!

Escelatotors that are high does the same.... oh and yes I hate heights too

[di]

The actual stairs don't bother me Munch but I'm awful in shopping precincts or shops that have an open type upstairs...even though they have glass wall/barrier type things I'm terrified either I or the kiddies are going to fall....stupid I know.

[womble]

How can you have a fear of stairs???

Says the woman who's scared of driving down the road

Wasn't it irrational fears?

[Glutton4...]

I hate heights, so bridges, and steep stairs make me uncomfortable. I also hate enclosed spaces, that includes lifts, and crowds. Although I am better than I used to be - mind over matter - you can talk yourself out of things, if you try hard enough.

As a kid, I had a total phobia of fungus - I wouldn't even walk past a tree with fungus growing on it. Now, as a gardener, I regularly come into contact with it, and whilst I still won't actually touch it with my bare hands, I don't have a pink fit any more!

One of my biggest fears, and guaranteed to make me flip in an instant, is being held/restrained against my will. So, No, bondage isn't one of my pastimes! LOL

[Munch]

I hate heights, so bridges, and steep stairs make me uncomfortable. I also hate enclosed spaces, that includes lifts, and crowds. Although I am better than I used to be - mind over matter - you can talk yourself out of things, if you try hard enough.

As a kid, I had a total phobia of fungus - I wouldn't even walk past a tree with fungus growing on it. Now, as a gardener, I regularly come into contact with it, and whilst I still won't actually touch it with my bare hands, I don't have a pink fit any more!

One of my biggest fears, and guaranteed to make me flip in an instant, is being held/restrained against my will. So, No, bondage isn't one of my pastimes! LOL

We a quite similar, apart from the fungus thing. I dont do crowds or being restrained, or if the OH puts the duvet over my head 'for a laugh' I dont laugh much. Also cant sleep if anything is near my nose!

[di]

I can't sleep with my feet uncovered...I used to have nightmares about a black wolf like beast at the bottom of my bed that would eat them if they were out of the blankets....although I'm pretty certain it's irrational now it's still stuck

[Bren In Pots]

I have to sleep with the wardrobe closed so the monsters don't get out, that's down to sharing a bedroom with my big sister as a kid.

[Two_Sheds]

I dont like high stairs, stiars that have a view of far down!

You've just reminded me of a recurring dream I had as a child, that of falling down stairs - I'd kick my legs and wake myself up I never actually have fallen down stairs, so I don't know why my unconscious mind bothered to worry about it

I can't sleep with my feet uncovered...

and I can't sleep without something covering me: even on the hottest nights I need a cotton sheet to cling on to

[Glutton4...]

... and I can't sleep without something covering me: even on the hottest nights I need a cotton sheet to cling on to

I used to be the same. Hot flushes have made a big difference to that!

The other thing about stairs, that really makes me wobbly, is if they have no risers, just treads. I hate being able to see through them. I got over it for a long while, as the steps to my old flat were open, but I've gone right off them again now!