(Ha. I rather enjoyed the second line.)
Deep down, maybe this is a fear of Chaos Theory.
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Unnecessary fears
- Thread starter Mr L
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(Ha. I rather enjoyed the second line.)
Deep down, maybe this is a fear of Chaos Theory.
Mark Wilson
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I have read that dreams of falling indicate a fear of uncertainty or failure. It's not the driving that's a problem, it's the association with the dream, IMO. Fear of uncertainty or failure is legitimate, but itf you have played in public, you have already done something that isn't easy for many people.
OTOH, depending on where you live, you may have a good reason to be afraid of driving- too many idjits on the roads, these days. If you drive defensively, you should be OK.
I remember reading that too, but what gets me is that it started at a very young age. And I can drive and I'm not all that bad at it, I just loathe doing it. I've gone through a few permits since I turned 18, just never followed through with going for the license test. I just went through the long boring task of getting a permit out here in Texas, and I am trying to get over this whole BS phobia thing, but I sometimes wonder if I'll ever really be comfortable driving.
welcome to the club.
Here we have some gems but with every passing day, I thank god that I was not born in Australia...
If I had to deal with their day-glo orange, flying spiders the size of cars, that imitate human babies crying to lure in victims I'd go insane!
Sweet dreams tonight.........
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Did you take a family trip in a car and get too close to the edge of a mountainous road, for your liking? That would do it. We did that when I was a kid- drove from MKE to Lake Havasu City in '69 and the highway was pretty close to the edge of the road, at that time. My dad was driving and mom was almost sitting in his lap.
For some reason for me right now it's fear of failing at work and ultimately losing my job and then the snowball effect of that in all of life.
Now that you mention it, as a kid we did take a few trips out to Lake Tahoe when I was a kid that included a road that was right on the edge of a very gnarly shear cliff that always did irk me. That actually makes a lot of sense.
Here in my middle aged years I've developed a weird fear of heights and of going over bridges. When I was younger I never had this. Shoot, I've even rappelled from bridges and helicopters and jumped from helicopters into the ocean. I have no idea where this came from. All the sudden I'm driving over a long bridge and it just hit me, "I'm driving over water!" I didn't freak out or panic but I just became extremely timid of bridges and high places. Weird.....
My wife is freaked out by the thought of bugs going under her skin or coming out of her skin.
I have recurring dreams that something small, lightening-fast and furry with very sharp teeth and claws is chasing me around my house while I'm only wearing a pair of shorts and no shoes or socks. And of course, I always smash my face into my pillow and my vision in these dreams is myopic and I can't see the sharp-toothed little buzzsaw coming for my shins.
I have recurring dreams that something small, lightening-fast and furry with very sharp teeth and claws is chasing me around my house while I'm only wearing a pair of shorts and no shoes or socks. And of course, I always smash my face into my pillow and my vision in these dreams is myopic and I can't see the sharp-toothed little buzzsaw coming for my shins.
Mark,I apologize,but that made me laugh so hard! It reminds me of a buddy who's 6'9" and 300+lbs of tattooed,bar-bouncin' Indian that completely loses his mind when he sees one of those big winged grasshoppers..That NEVER gets old!
My irrational fear is sharks. You couldn't pay me to swim in the ocean or board a cruise ship..
I've driven down Highway 50 into Tahoe Valley when there was 10 inches of slush on the road. Strangely, CalTrans had just lifted the requirement for chains 5 minutes before. I had all the band gear in my Sequoia (we were going to play a corporate gig in South Tahoe the next night). I just figured if the guy ahead of me could stay on the road, so could I. It was quite a bit worse than this:
I really hate going down the east side of Tioga pass from Yosemite, though. The big gray area on the right side of the picture below is what's called a talus slope. It's loose rock that has weathered out of the mountain above and tumbled down the mountain. It's constantly moving and failing and requires continuous maintenance and repair. I don't waste any time getting across that part. You don't know whether you're going to get bombarded from above or have the road fall out from under you.
I am irrationally afraid of being followed while driving, but only if I'm in my car. It doesn't happen in my truck.
I was, and am still to an extent, afraid of opening trash cans at night. I always think animals or possums are going to jump out. When I was a kid, I thought midget monsters like this would jump out.
