Writer's Block: Phobias
Not phobias in the strictest sense of the word but:
I'm afraid of brain diseases and injuries....aneurisms, seizures, strokes, Alzheimer's and other dimentias. Even concussions. Obviously it doesn't affect my daily life, but occasionally I'll get in a mood and start imagining what happens to your brain cells in each case, or that I should be able to remember words that aren't coming to me. But I don't have any physical reaction to this, it just really upsets me when I think about it. I think it's obvious where this came from, and ever since I learned what an aneurism is it's scared the crap out of me.
I guess I have a similar reaction to guillotines; the idea of having your head chopped off really upsets me. One day David and I were watching a show where people were being lined up to a guillotine. They didn't show anything but there were plenty of background noises and I just had a sudden panic attack....or I guess the closest to a panic attack that I've ever experienced. I cried hysterically for about 20 minutes. We had to wait until I calmed down before we could watch the rest. Afterwards I felt a lot better and had more control during subsequent references to the guillotine. Not really sure where this fear came from.
I'm afraid of brain diseases and injuries....aneurisms, seizures, strokes, Alzheimer's and other dimentias. Even concussions. Obviously it doesn't affect my daily life, but occasionally I'll get in a mood and start imagining what happens to your brain cells in each case, or that I should be able to remember words that aren't coming to me. But I don't have any physical reaction to this, it just really upsets me when I think about it. I think it's obvious where this came from, and ever since I learned what an aneurism is it's scared the crap out of me.
I guess I have a similar reaction to guillotines; the idea of having your head chopped off really upsets me. One day David and I were watching a show where people were being lined up to a guillotine. They didn't show anything but there were plenty of background noises and I just had a sudden panic attack....or I guess the closest to a panic attack that I've ever experienced. I cried hysterically for about 20 minutes. We had to wait until I calmed down before we could watch the rest. Afterwards I felt a lot better and had more control during subsequent references to the guillotine. Not really sure where this fear came from.