I can be happy and sunny all day but when the night comes around my fear spikes so hard I get shivers. I had a traumatic experience that really shook me. Then I was foolish enough to watch videos about people who experience "hell". At night I get so scared that the demons will find me and take me while I'm sleeping in the dark. Sometimes I wake up having to dash for the … [Read more...]
Fear of falling backwards
I don't have a fear of randomly falling, I just fear falling from heights or falling backwards. Because of this I can't do certain activities my friends take part in. I can't do a trust fall if my life depends on it. When I was a kid I didn't have this fear, I would go onto my neighbours trampoline and jump on my back but today there is no way in Hell that I would do that. … [Read more...]
Job fear after hospital visits
I am a fairly healthy 54 yo male. I had a heart attack 18 months ago and my life hasn't been the same since. I was put on blood thinners and almost a year after the heart attack I was admitted to the hospital for internal bleeding. I had just completed orientation for a new job. I had to resign. They discovered I had polyps during the testing. Five months later after being … [Read more...]
Fear of all reptiles
My name is Helen and I fear all reptiles. Just the thought or sight of them makes me very afraid. When I was young I vaguely remembered going to pick blackberries and as I crossed a ditch in my backyard, I think I stepped on the tail of a snake. Not sure what kind since I was really young. It scared me to pieces! That was the last time I encountered one. Don't know if this … [Read more...]
Complete fear of sleeping
For the past I want to say 14 years I have had this immense fear of sleeping. I think it may be the fact that when I was little my parent's split and when my dad used to drop me off I would tell him not to leave while I slept. Which of course he had to but the fact he left also makes me have abandonment issues along with sleeping. I've tried falling asleep with a friend on … [Read more...]
Changes scare me
Well I'm going to be a sophomore soon and I hate changes in school like the building, different teachers, not getting to certain classes on time, all of that and that causes me to panic and cry and I just hate it. I don't know if I need personal help or if I'm just overreacting, please help me. … [Read more...]
Public school phobia
I have school phobia or I believe I do. Ever since about 2 years ago I can't stand to go to school, I get nervous and over think and most of the time get sick at the thought of going to public school. I am 15 years old and I don't know how I can get over this phobia, I'm considering online home school which is the only thing that makes me comfortable. … [Read more...]
Phobia of illness
I am very afraid of illness especially from multiple sclerosis. I often have night sweats, arm numbness, unclear vision, twitching of muscles etc.. my journey with the anxiety began 5 years ago and now I get all these symptoms that I have this illness. I think I am loosing my mind. … [Read more...]
Emetophobia for Me
I have Emetophobia, which is the fear of vomiting. I developed this phobia after a medical issue lead me to feel nauseous every day for about a year. Ever since then, seeing or hearing someone vomit or even gag terrifies me. I usually begin shaking and my heart races. Does anyone else have this phobia and a reaction like mine? … [Read more...]
Please help me figure out my phobia
Hello friends. I'm wondering if someone can tell me what phobia is it. When I'm stressed or sad, I go to bed and sleep. But whenever I close my eyes I see this picture clearly. Remember the Lion king animation? There is a hyena wolf/dog army walking just like that, some small tiny things crawling and walking, but after that big stone things walking and smashing those small … [Read more...]
My phobia of lifts
I don't use lifts because I fear that it might stop before i reach my destination.. and that's why i use stairs all the time. I can only travel in a lift if someone is with me. I never use lifts when I'm alone no matter which floor i gotta go to. … [Read more...]
Fear of being chased
I experience an irrational fear when something is chasing me, whether it be in a video game or something as simple as hide and seek. I have to keep looking behind me to make sure it’s gone, or when I know something is chasing me I freak out. … [Read more...]
I am paranoid to go to sleep with my ears uncovered
This may sound silly, but I just CANNOT go to sleep with my ears uncovered. Why? BUGS! Well I'm currently taking vacation in a tropical country and there are so many bugs in the night and day and I'm just so scared! I keep feeling like something is scratching or crawling on me and I think its a bug, but its not, and while I'm sitting down I keep checking behind me to make … [Read more...]
Do I really love him?
I've been in a 4month relationship and before the guy I'm with now, I was always being mistreated, I was cheated on twice. Now I'm with someone who makes me feel happy, doesn't disrespect me and really wants a future with me. Every night I'm alone feels like a voice in my head is asking me if I really love him. If he's talking to me or I'm around him I have no fear of it, … [Read more...]
Fear of baths, showers, washing my hair and brushing my teeth
When I was 32, me and my husband had 2 boys. They were 3 and 4. My dad always wanted a boy. My mom had two girls. My father was so obsessed with my 4 year old he put a hit on me. My sister, who does not care for me, went to our mothers house. Mom told her I had left thirty minutes ago to my house about 1 1/2 hours away. My sister rarely talked to me, but that day she got … [Read more...]