Posted by laural on October 26, 2000, at 8:32:57
In reply to Phobias, posted by coral on October 26, 2000, at 5:23:30
> What are others' experiences (if any) with phobias?
i'm clausterphobic, but only in hot stuffy places. i often sleep with my head under the blankets if i sleep alone but i always make an air space for my nose in which i feel fresh air. if someone pins me to the ground, sometimes i panick and i get really embarrassed afterwards. tight clothing in winter when your really hot makes me panick too, like when your in a hot elevator and you have a sweater on and a coat and you can't get your coat off--i feel like i'm going to pass out and my panic makes me often unable to get my coat off so i have to have someone help me, even if i don't know them.
of course there's my fear of any arachnoid--scorpion, lobster, spiders--but other than seeing a spider in the car while youre driving and swerving into oncoming traffic or keeping you from walking in the woods in the summer--well i guess that is kind of a hinderance.
i don't know if youde call my fear of the supernatural a phobia as i don't know the definition but without my anitpsychocit i'm a mess
i was wondering if maybe you could ask someone to borrow a blood pressure thingie and practise taking your own pressure as perhaps having more control over the situation might help--i wouldn't suggest the machines they have in grocery stores as those things scare me to : ) laural
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