tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post3973236066236909921..comments2024-03-12T03:51:39.525+05:30Comments on Compulsive Confessions: Fear of flyover-ingeMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12716202062654957842noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-7074507414167604752013-03-09T12:22:25.554+05:302013-03-09T12:22:25.554+05:30Being asked a question by the teacher when you act...Being asked a question by the teacher when you actually know thw answer. Showahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11821017698811145537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-58615229241075592282013-01-23T03:08:19.335+05:302013-01-23T03:08:19.335+05:30Sloths (the giant 3 toed ones) make me uneasy. Som...Sloths (the giant 3 toed ones) make me uneasy. Something about their smile freaks me out! I guess that's the most irrational one I can think of.... and oh human babies. M. Monkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14220689818685551366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-9826028189940920542012-12-25T19:27:32.832+05:302012-12-25T19:27:32.832+05:30I'm terribly claustrophobic, my biggest fear i...I'm terribly claustrophobic, my biggest fear is to die of suffocation. There was a time when I was little I would throw up each time we travelled by air, because I had this silly fear that I would stop breathing when the plane would take off. Even today, I'd rather take the stairs than the elevator, unless I'm with someone. I can't wear turtle neck sweaters, even in the middle of winter because I feel suffocated all the time. Another winter nightmare is the heavy quilt, which I am convinced I shall suffocate and die under. My fear of being buried alive and eventually suffocating to death is so bloody intense that I've told my husband I'd like to be cremated after I die! Maryann Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01163582340349332638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-63328023331149329592012-12-21T14:35:21.806+05:302012-12-21T14:35:21.806+05:30Acrophobia (from the Greek: ἄκρον, ákron , meaning...Acrophobia (from the Greek: ἄκρον, ákron , meaning "peak, summit, edge" and φόβος, phóbos, "fear") is an extreme or irrational fear of heights. It belongs to a category of specific phobias, called space and motion discomfort that share both similar etiology and options for treatment.<br /> <br />Most people experience a degree of natural fear when exposed to heights, especially if there is little or no protection. Those who are confident in such situations may be said to have a head for heights.<br /> <br />Acrophobia sufferers can experience a panic attack in a high place and become too agitated to get themselves down safely. Between 2 and 5 percent of the general population suffer from acrophobia, with twice as many women affected as men. [1]<br /> <br />"Vertigo" is often used (incorrectly) to describe a fear of heights, but it is more accurately a spinning sensation that occurs when one is not actually spinning. It can be triggered by looking down from a high place, or by looking straight up at a high place or tall object, but this alone does not describe vertigo. True vertigo can be triggered by almost any type of movement (e.g. standing up, sitting down, walking) or change in visual perspective (e.g. squatting down, walking up or down stairs, looking out of the window of a moving car or train). Vertigo is qualified as height vertigo when referring to dizziness triggered by heights.<br /><br />Vertigo /ˈvɜː(ɹ)tɨɡoʊ/ (from the Latin vertō "a whirling or spinning movement"[1]) is a subtype of dizziness, where there is a feeling of motion when one is stationary.[2] The symptoms are due to an asymmetric dysfunction of the vestibular system in the inner ear.[2] It is often associated with nausea and vomiting as well as a balance disorder, causing difficulties standing or walking. There are three types of vertigo: (1) Objective[3]− the patient has the sensation that objects in the environment are moving; (2) Subjective[3]− patient feels as if he or she is moving; (3)Pseudovertigo[4]− intensive sensation of rotation inside the patient's head. While appearing in textbooks, this classification has little to do with pathophysiology or treatment.<br /> <br />Dizziness and vertigo rank among the most common complaints in medicine, affecting approximately 20%-30% of the general population.[5] Vertigo may be present in patients of all ages. However, it is rarely a primary concern amongst children, and becomes more prevalent with increasing age.[5] The most common causes are benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, concussion and vestibular migraine while less common causes include Ménière's disease and vestibular neuritis.[2] Excessive consumption of ethanol (alcoholic beverages) can also cause notorious symptoms of vertigo. (For more information see Short term effects of alcohol). Repetitive spinning, as in familiar childhood games, can induce short-lived vertigo by disrupting the inertia of the fluid in the vestibular system.<br />Amitava Guptahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762018985947743444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-34690612981454301712012-12-20T02:11:26.399+05:302012-12-20T02:11:26.399+05:30Slopes! Any kind. Stairs, slides, escalators, ramp...Slopes! Any kind. Stairs, slides, escalators, ramps. My centre of gravity goes askew. This is why I hate the hills. I have to keep stopping to steady myself. I've actually almost fallen backwards while climbing up stairs! Downward slopes are way worse than upward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-52454507048245297022012-12-19T18:18:10.447+05:302012-12-19T18:18:10.447+05:30Escalators! It's weird because it started one ...Escalators! It's weird because it started one fine day. I am fine on the slower ones that we see in malls or pretty much anywhere in India but I can only go up on them, never down. I live in Singapore which has fast escalators in metro stations. I can't take them at all, up or down. Very inconvenient when I am with people :(amnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00065092085963619873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-43204080730553039312012-12-19T16:32:20.121+05:302012-12-19T16:32:20.121+05:30Have the same phobia - just not as bad as you have...Have the same phobia - just not as bad as you have it :) i usually stick to the middle lane and let cars be on either side. And then I tell myself I cant fall off cause i'm not on the edge. Try it - might work for you. :) Karishmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04728355178226115027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-80691017353424655622012-12-19T16:22:32.354+05:302012-12-19T16:22:32.354+05:30And I thought this post was going to be about rape...And I thought this post was going to be about rape and about how one can't cross that flyover without thinking of the case and being scared and angry at the same time! Hopes shattered.Kohlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14266030759073162688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-46925162014846805262012-12-19T13:07:42.564+05:302012-12-19T13:07:42.564+05:30Blood & hospitals. After dramatic denials of &...Blood & hospitals. After dramatic denials of "What pale face? I am fine! P-shaw!", I keel over and faint. :)Basically Blahhttp://www.a-saltedpeanut.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-73522652987274578302012-12-19T04:42:29.078+05:302012-12-19T04:42:29.078+05:30birds..yup all of them flapping wings and all. eat...birds..yup all of them flapping wings and all. eating them perfectly fine though :)My Kitchen Anticshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06313104897544828417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-69324307136614706332012-12-18T16:36:22.128+05:302012-12-18T16:36:22.128+05:30Escalators - THE ONLY TIME I hop on one is when I ...Escalators - THE ONLY TIME I hop on one is when I literally have no other option (like where the dare-devil architect has forgotten to build stairs at all and the only way to get someplace is a damned escalator) - I don't mind climbing fifty flights of stairs with tons of luggage but I am petrified of escalators - had a terrible fall at Khajuraho airport - when I was a kid,, since then oh no no no!Stuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424539505746852888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-40204577130503802402012-12-18T16:24:11.617+05:302012-12-18T16:24:11.617+05:30At least now I know who to blame for the traffic j...At least now I know who to blame for the traffic jams caused by people slowing down on a road which is encouraging you to speed up...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-78026442047978978332012-12-18T16:02:48.842+05:302012-12-18T16:02:48.842+05:30The Girl has the same phobia. When we go on road t...The Girl has the same phobia. When we go on road trips, I have to take over the driving as soon as we are on hilly roads that have a drop on either side or if we have to drive across bridges or narrow flyovers. If such a thing comes up while she's driving she sings LOUDLY "I'm on a flat highway in a desert" to help her cope.Broomhttp://closetconfessions.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-20381194512715204302012-12-18T15:48:03.143+05:302012-12-18T15:48:03.143+05:30I can understand your phobia since it's one of...I can understand your phobia since it's one of my many phobias! I get irrationally claustrophobic the moment the pilot announces that the flight is in queue and will be delayed by x hours in landing. I hope you are feeling less absurd now..Sangeetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507824532131219853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382033.post-17325282351568399642012-12-18T14:07:09.348+05:302012-12-18T14:07:09.348+05:30I have phobia for stairs...I see then as one :(
I...I have phobia for stairs...I see then as one :( <br />Imagine using metro and having such phobia!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com