So when I was little I was like a little mermaid.. up until I was like 16 and now all of a sudden between 16 and 20 Im gradually getting more and more afraid of deep water and water I cant see the bottom of.. it started with places I had never been and now its gotten so bad that its anywhere I go... and Im really upset because I used to love sitting on the dock at the lake.. and last night I was terrified to the point of shaking and like Tim thoguht I was being a shithead and was like holding me on the dock until I started crying and he was like woah damn your not bull shitting and I wound up running and sitting in the passenger side of the car I was all like hyperventalating and everything.. and like this is messing with my life because like I LOVED doing those things and now Im terrified and I was just wondering if anyone knew how to get over these fears?
I think it varies from person to person. I know I'm still afraid of worms......and I was forced to work with them in my biology classes. So flooding my fear didn't work. .....Maybe if you gradually worked your way to the deeper end of the pool at night. Just make sure that you are with someone you trust, and then it would be up to you. *shrugs*
Well start with the kiddie pool. Is it a fear of drowning? Or something else? Like I hate being on top of a ladder, or balcony of a tall building.....not because I'm scared of heights, but because I'm afraid of falling.
I don't like being in water where I can't see my feet either... I think i'm scared of something being there and me not being able to see it. I just try to rationalize it to myself like, "what are the chances of something really being there?" and than last year at the beach i swear I stepped on a crab and it grabbed my foot! But I"m scared to go into a pool at night, and it's actually pretty silly I think.
well like it started out as just me being afraid of something trying to eat me... and now its getting to where Im terrified of drownding...... and getting eaten... like on the dock last night I swear there were like alligators or something in the water
Im afraid of like bugs in the water getting bacteria on me thats going to make me sick and Im terrified something is going to bite me or that Im going to drowned I just keep thinking of like worse case scenarios all together
Well nothing is going to eat you in a pool, and if you can get in the shallow end you won't drown - but that's why I said have someone with you that you trust. Kind of like a security blanket.
hahaha I trust Tim with my life... and last night I just I freaked and I wasnt even in the water... I got a few pms about it and it could be an underlying helath problem so Im just gonna go to the docs cause its freaking me out a wee bit too much
That's probably a good idea. Phobias really suck and I'm sorry you have to go though that..... Anyway good luck!
I live by the rule "If I can't see my feet, I ain't going in." One of my biggest fears probably is drowning in murky water...
one of my friends is afraid of water too. Mind you, she has a great deal of phobias. But in the city we live in, a river runs through it, dividing it in half. So she just doesn't go on the west side if at all avoidable, heh.
