Comments on: Does fear of feeling helpless count? http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:42:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: morecowbell http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13268 morecowbell Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:51:58 +0000 http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13268 Definitely the loss of control. Add my kids to that mix, like the loss of control over something terrible happening to one of them, and not being able to do anything about it -- yeah that would be it. I do have a fear of heights -- that was interesting in Basic Training when we had to do Victory Tower with the rappelling and sliding face first down a rope "bridge" and all manner of scaryass activities. My hands/feet sweat just reading about or watching something about heights on TV. The worst was actually in Germany, going up to see "The Eagle's Nest" (Kehlsteinhaus). It's a specially built road on the side of the mountain, closed to cars, and only one lane wide. The busses are timed -- one up, one down. If they "meet" there are some pullover spots. Scary as hell -- there is just a small normal guardrail, it doesn't even cover the tires on those busses. The bus windows are up so high, you can't even SEE the road to the side of you, just air. Definitely the loss of control. Add my kids to that mix, like the loss of control over something terrible happening to one of them, and not being able to do anything about it — yeah that would be it.
I do have a fear of heights — that was interesting in Basic Training when we had to do Victory Tower with the rappelling and sliding face first down a rope “bridge” and all manner of scaryass activities. My hands/feet sweat just reading about or watching something about heights on TV.
The worst was actually in Germany, going up to see “The Eagle’s Nest” (Kehlsteinhaus). It’s a specially built road on the side of the mountain, closed to cars, and only one lane wide. The busses are timed — one up, one down. If they “meet” there are some pullover spots. Scary as hell — there is just a small normal guardrail, it doesn’t even cover the tires on those busses. The bus windows are up so high, you can’t even SEE the road to the side of you, just air.

]]> By: jeanni http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13266 jeanni Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:48:22 +0000 http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13266 in addition to the enclosed spaces and alzheimer’s... cats condiments coffee birds of course i think all of those would fall under your common sense theory... i do have a slight fear of opening closed doors... many times i will get flashes of really bad stuff being behind the door as i go to open it. in addition to the enclosed spaces and alzheimer’s…

cats
condiments
coffee
birds
of course i think all of those would fall under your common sense theory…

i do have a slight fear of opening closed doors… many times i will get flashes of really bad stuff being behind the door as i go to open it.

]]> By: TX http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13264 TX Mon, 20 Aug 2007 15:16:01 +0000 http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13264 OK, I'll admit to an honest to god phobia. It even has a name: Gephyrophobia. I am completely and totally terrified of bridges. Living on an island and working on the mainland means I have to face this terror at least twice a day, most days. I have driven hours out of my before to avoid particularly terrifying bridges. I have aborted trips before after seeing a bridge I could not bring myself to drive over. I have stopped and pulled over and made someone else in the vehicle drive over bridges before. Forcing myself to drive over a particulary scary bridge once (the one on I-10 next to the casinos in Lake Charles, La.) I ended up in the slow lane behind an 18-wheeler losing gears with the lanes beside me moving so fast, I couldn't get over to pass. We were barely moving by the time we got to the top of the bridge and I was in a full blown panic attack. Had I had to stop on that bridge, I'd have been the idiot you hear about on the nose, screaming and running through traffic trying to get off the bridge. An aquaintance died when the Port Isabella Causeway collapsed several years ago in South Texas. I had my fear of bridges before that happened, but it's been steadily worse since then. I guess because all my nightmares came true and touched really close to home. The bridge collapse in Minnesota has made it that much worse. It really pisses me off to. I know it's completely irrational. I force myself to drive over bridges regularly, but every now and then, it kicks in and nothing I do or tell myself will make me drive over certain bridges. OK, I’ll admit to an honest to god phobia. It even has a name: Gephyrophobia. I am completely and totally terrified of bridges. Living on an island and working on the mainland means I have to face this terror at least twice a day, most days. I have driven hours out of my before to avoid particularly terrifying bridges. I have aborted trips before after seeing a bridge I could not bring myself to drive over. I have stopped and pulled over and made someone else in the vehicle drive over bridges before. Forcing myself to drive over a particulary scary bridge once (the one on I-10 next to the casinos in Lake Charles, La.) I ended up in the slow lane behind an 18-wheeler losing gears with the lanes beside me moving so fast, I couldn’t get over to pass. We were barely moving by the time we got to the top of the bridge and I was in a full blown panic attack. Had I had to stop on that bridge, I’d have been the idiot you hear about on the nose, screaming and running through traffic trying to get off the bridge.
An aquaintance died when the Port Isabella Causeway collapsed several years ago in South Texas. I had my fear of bridges before that happened, but it’s been steadily worse since then. I guess because all my nightmares came true and touched really close to home. The bridge collapse in Minnesota has made it that much worse.
It really pisses me off to. I know it’s completely irrational. I force myself to drive over bridges regularly, but every now and then, it kicks in and nothing I do or tell myself will make me drive over certain bridges.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13262 Lisa Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:20:35 +0000 http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13262 I sometimes feel like I have a fear of letting my insecurities get the better of me....I feel like I'm wrestling with that lately & it really sucks...But what's that saying....Que Sera Sera, whatever will be will be....I just keep trying to tell myself that I sometimes feel like I have a fear of letting my insecurities get the better of me….I feel like I’m wrestling with that lately & it really sucks…But what’s that saying….Que Sera Sera, whatever will be will be….I just keep trying to tell myself that

]]> By: Esther http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13253 Esther Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:43:14 +0000 http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13253 100%, it's the emotional blackmail life dumps...if I think about it too much, I'm the one flying Freak Flags everywhere! 100%, it’s the emotional blackmail life dumps…if I think about it too much, I’m the one flying Freak Flags everywhere!

]]> By: jen http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13250 jen Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:12:15 +0000 http://www.eurotrippen.com/2007/08/19/does-fear-of-feeling-helpless-count/#comment-13250 It's the emotional shit I worry about too. When one hit too many drops the shields and all that stuff I keep locked up tight in order to function spills out like atmoshphere. (I've been watching too much Stargate). It’s the emotional shit I worry about too. When one hit too many drops the shields and all that stuff I keep locked up tight in order to function spills out like atmoshphere. (I’ve been watching too much Stargate).

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