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I'm afraid of things like spiders and snakes. I'm not afraid of dying, but of getting old. Have you seen the way the elderly are treated? Scares me to death. As for emotional fears I'm trying to think of them. I know I have them. I fear things like falling down in front of people. So, I guess my fears are more about accidents happening. I fear my children or spouse dying on me or me dying on them. I think that's my greatest fear. I don't know that there is an irrational fear. If you're afraid of it, you're afraid of it. I don't know how you tackle those fears. For example, I'm afraid of bridges. I'm afraid that they're going to break or crumble into the water below. I wouldn't know what to do if my car were submerged in water. I'm sure I'd drown. So that fear may be a bit irrational because the bridges are pretty solid, I think. Irrational or not, I still fear it. I don't know how to control irrational fears. I'm anxious just sitting here thinking about what I think I'd do in that situation. As far as how fear plays into your mental health, I'm not sure. Because I don't feel that my fears are irrational I don't believe they affect my mental health. I guess I think about my mental health on a daily basis kind of thing. My fear of bridges isn't something that affects me every day even though I cross a bridge twice a day during the week to get to and from work. However, I do find myself trying to get over the bridge as quickly as possible. My anxiety goes up when there's a back up in traffic and I'm stopped on the bridge, especially if you can feel the bridge move underneath you. I guess that plays into my fear of water. I'm not as afraid of it now as I used to be. I don't know what changed that. I think learning to swim helped. My fear of water comes into play with the idea of falling into the water. Like if I'm not in the water willingly. So those are my fears as far as I can remember right now.   |
Re: ToTW 15th May - 23rd May · 05-20-18 10:19am 
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