Is anyone else scared of doing really simple or unscary things? I have a phobia of making phonecalls to people i don't know... I dont even like phoning up the sports centre to ask when swimming is on. Right now i have to phone my uni for next year, to ask them if i applied somewhere else would i lose my place, and im too scared to do it! i got up the courage about half an hour ago only to have no answer.. now i cant do it again! and ive only got a week before its too late as i will have left the country... arhggghhhhhhhhhhhhh ANybody want to pretend they're me?!?
i dont mind doin it for you mate... oh and if its any consolation, i am terrified of the bottom of boats! literally...completely irrational but they scare the hell out of me
I have that same fear! I used to make my mum phone the doctor when I was ill, even when I was 19 I just couldn't do it myself... And nowadays if there's something I have to take care of that requires a phone call it's the hubby that has to do it... And when I phone someone's mobile I won't let it ring too long in case they answer, and then they have to phone me... Also I'm afraid of writing an e-mail to a complete stranger, like if I need to interview someone for some schoolwork I very often ask someone else to write them... ~lovetulip.
I used to have fear of phoning anybody in genereal. I was scared I'd dial the wrong number. Nowadays, I'm not so scared of that. The only weird fear (I won't say irrational because I know where it comes from) I have is fear of fish.
hehe well ifinally rang long enough for the answer machine to come on. i obviously didnt leave a message, because that scares me even more.. but the message said i should email.. phew so i did that.. i dont mind emailing, i can check the wording etc with my dad first.. hehe but thankyou chickabean for the offer!!
Don't get someone else to phone for you...that can only end in disaster... "Hullo, I'm Mr Burns. Do I have any mail waiting for me?" "Ok Mr Burns, what's your first name?" "I...don't know..."
Absolutely. Phones are terrifying things. I almost always let the answerphone get any incoming calls unless I'm expecting it and know who it is. Making calls? I go out of my way to avoid it. I would rather actually travel all the way to the sports centre to check their opening times on the door than telephone them to ask. When you do actually manage to make a call, do you get a feeling like you are leaping off a cliff? A moment of intense panic as you force yourself to do it and then you freefall? Leaving the house is another big one. I have been trapped inside my house when there are builders working in the street outside. Just the thought of having to walk past some strangers will stop me from going outside altogether. And don't get me started on checkout girls at the supermarket... they are all hatching evil plots against me... in fact the builders are too... in fact so are you...
Phonecalls don't bother me. My first job when I left school was in a call centre so I guess any fears I may have had were drummed out of me anyway The only fear I have really is the fear of going insane, cos it happened to my highschool boyfriend Heavy
1. You needn't worry. You're mad already. You didn't think these forums could be real, did you?!? 2. You didn't go to high school unless you were brought up in America 3. Was this guy mad about you then?
Question 1 has freaked me out He was very talented acedemically and creatively. I think his mind was just too fragile to cope with all the ideas he had I think maybe experimenting with Lsd wasn't good for him either... as it may have trigored it? God I miss him
I've known a couple of people go fruit loops after too much acid. You really have to treat it with respect and be very aware of your own stability mentally (or lack of).
Yeah I had a job for a year where I had to answer phonecalls all day every day. I didn't have to make that many outgoing calls ... well I did, but I never used to phone anyone back. I also found a trick on our switchboard where I could secretly divert my calls to other people. Often when my phone rang I would just press the button to pick up the call twice in a row ... thereby cutting the person off. They were just interrupting my attempt at the record score on Minesweeper anyway! But yes, that helped a lot in overcoming the fear - prior to that job I would panic at the sound of a phone ringing. It's often a case of forcing yourself to do something you're scared of doing and eventually the amount of fear and anxiety you experience starts to get lower. But I do find when I haven't done something for a while the fear starts to come back...
On another note, I would say that I'm actually quite glad for having had such intense anxiety and paranoia during my life. Like depression, it gives you a perspective on life that most people simply will never have, forces you to have thoughts that are out of the ordinary. It's not pleasant at the time, but I feel it allows me to approach things at a slight tangent and see things a bit differently. I'm special. That's what my doctor says! Woo, deep.
Yeah, I have the phone fear too. It sucks major. If I can make a few practice calls first, it really helps when I have to call for something important.Also, I've got a terrible fear of music stores. I had a real nasty spill with a musician a while back, and it's hard for me to confront them in that setting. I always think they're gonna put me down.
Well bloody hell, I had a job in a call-centre in Norwich for three years, but had two off on the sick with full pay!:H Only fear I really have is of heights. Recently went up in cable cars in Switzerland and was fine, but if I see someone climbing etc on telly I get pains in my feet and start sweating! Have had recuring dreams of falling all my life. I reckon it's from my last life.
I know someone who's scared of toilets, gets nightmares about them too. hehe..that could get kinda akward! Clowns? I dunno...I think that's pretty common though! Damn scary eeevil things, clowns. Plus..people that want to BE clowns! Possibly more scary..or equally cos it's the same person? Irrational fears of silly things are usually brought on during childhood...so god knows! Ooh and just about anyone dressed in those scary customes like in Disney Land! You never know what the person inside is doing...:& Marie-Clare xxx
I love phones! I don't care who is on the other end, they're always fun I wouldn't say that my fears are irrational...but I'm scared of lifts, pregnant people, people getting too close and getting trapped in my own head.
