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Legit question for people with Phobias
6 years ago
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Okay, so being a person with certain fears I sometimes wonder what is normal for a person to experience in terms of phobia. For example, I have a fear of heights that has steadily gotten worse as I get older. It's gotten to the point in the last few years that even a movie of someone standing up high somewhere makes my stomach turn and my feet tingle in an almost pins and needles sort of way. Where I used to only experience that if I looked down a flight of stairs or a hill ect. I realize that there are much worse phobias but I am generally able to avoid it and therefore unbothered in most of my normal life....unless Im required to climb a ladder. :/ or a few years back I tried to go skiing with my mate at the time and had an extreme breakdown/blackout? I dont actually remember most of it. What I do remember wasnt great.
So here's the question. If you experience a phobia, what kind of reaction do you have when you're presented with your fear? Is it a visceral unstoppable physical reaction? Pure panic in your mind? What is your experience like?
Okay, so being a person with certain fears I sometimes wonder what is normal for a person to experience in terms of phobia. For example, I have a fear of heights that has steadily gotten worse as I get older. It's gotten to the point in the last few years that even a movie of someone standing up high somewhere makes my stomach turn and my feet tingle in an almost pins and needles sort of way. Where I used to only experience that if I looked down a flight of stairs or a hill ect. I realize that there are much worse phobias but I am generally able to avoid it and therefore unbothered in most of my normal life....unless Im required to climb a ladder. :/ or a few years back I tried to go skiing with my mate at the time and had an extreme breakdown/blackout? I dont actually remember most of it. What I do remember wasnt great.
So here's the question. If you experience a phobia, what kind of reaction do you have when you're presented with your fear? Is it a visceral unstoppable physical reaction? Pure panic in your mind? What is your experience like?
Some of my triggers make me more manic: I become more physically active, my body language and speech become stuttered and sharp. Other times I just get incredibly queasy and nervous.
Trypophobia...I just cringe and squirm internally. xD
It's interesting that your reaction to your fears has increased with age.