I also fear heights and small spaces; two much less important things in the grand scheme of things. I'm completely terrified of falling down from a high place, especially if the place I am standing from/thing I am sitting on collapses and I have no control over it. I've refused to come down from sitting on a roof because I felt so high up, I have panic attacks and/or cry on most roller coasters, and I can't walk properly if I'm near the edge of a place where I can look down and see how far up I am. I'm also claustrophobic, as I mentioned a few sentences ago. I guess I "developed" this fear somewhere around second grade when a friend of mine brought it up and then I was sort of conditioned into it. I'm scared of being caught in a small space and having no way out. I had to get an MRI (at least, I'm pretty sure it was an MRI...) last year and being in that small space for such a long time actually caused me to be physically sick. They make you hold your breath while the machine takes the picture and I was near hyperventilating the whole time. This also kind of incorporates into my fear of crowds. I don't like being in a place filled with a lot of people that I don't know and it usually causes me anxiety.
On a lesser note, however, I do not like the number 6. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a phobia, but I do try to avoid it at all costs and all the "rituals" that I do to avoid it are perhaps enough to evoke a sense of unease in most people. (I don't, like, sacrifice people or anything. I just don't let things add up to six in the order that I do them if this makes any sense at all.)
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