Afraid of burning alive in a car

Discussion in 'Mental Health' started by Raduu, Feb 27, 2024.

  1. Raduu

    Raduu Newbie

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    All my life I have been afraid of burning alive in a car or bus crash. I don't drive but I take the bus because I need to.

    There was that bus crash in italy where it caught fire a few months ago and I happened to pass on the same highway a day earlier. While I was afraid of burning before, I am now even more terrified.

    I also did a stupid thing and I looked for videos of people burning alive in cars, and I saw one with a girl that was stuck in a car and at first she called after her mother, after which she constantly screamed for about 2 minutes until she dies. They were the most vicios horrendous screams I ever heard, and people were trying to get her out but they couldn't, and at first the fire was covering only part of the car, but after about minute it covered the whole car and she was still screaming.

    Now I cant get it out of my head, and while it does affect me because of what horrible thing can happen to someone, it affects me more because I am afraid it could happen to me. And there is no way to make sure this will never happen to me. Even if I never drive, people burn in buses too, like those people in Italy.

    So I don't know what to do. Even if I go to therapy, it still wont save me from this, and it could still happen to me.
     
  2. wilsjane

    wilsjane Nutty Professor HipForums Supporter

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    Avoid London at all costs, our new fleet of electric busses are going off like fireworks, 3 locally in the last month.
    Fortunately, since none of them were involved in accidents, everyone was able to just walk away. With the deadly fumes, it may have been safer to stay on the bus and watch the firefighters at work outside. :)
     
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  3. Etherea

    Etherea Members

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    Nothing like throwing oil on the fire mate ;)
     
  4. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    Ah, the stuff of nightmares! Fuck the therapy. Live in the moment and let the future take care of itself.
    BTW, I remember when most busses had a backdoor and push-out windows in case of accident.
     
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  5. scratcho

    scratcho Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    I'm afraid of falling through my asshole and ending up in China!! :eek:
     
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  6. Piobaire

    Piobaire Village Idiot

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    I know this doesn't help, but as a Firefighter/Paramedic I can assure you that cars (or buses) hardly ever explode in a ball of flame like they do on TV; it's incredibly rare. In a motor vehicle accident, you're much more likely to die of internal trauma or exsanguination than burning.
     
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