Confront your fears...

[Colossal Spoons]

I never got claustrophobia either. When I'm stressed I curl up in my wardrobe, under the bed or I squeeze into my blanket box. The smaller, warmer and darker the space the better. It used to be the airing cupboard when I was a kid. What is so scary about small tight spaces? I love them.

Aw (wo)man; I'm the same way. I don't retreat to cubby holes when I'm stressed like you but I always had the greatest time playing hide and seek as a child when I hid in the most ridiculously small places.

 

[Kyalesyin]

Aw (wo)man; I'm the same way. I don't retreat to cubby holes when I'm stressed like you but I always had the greatest time playing hide and seek as a child when I hid in the most ridiculously small places.

More a stress thing for me. When I had a bad day once in psych I climbed into a cardboard box behind one of the chairs and went to sleep. Took them all say to find me. They made a huge fuss and I missed it!

I think its a womb thing- I associate small dark places with being safe.

 

[Valerie_f4]

Well, I think when I was laying on the bottom of the pool I didn't know I was there. But I'm still here and that's a good thing.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Dangerous how? Safer than a lot of other places. It wasn't like it was a stranger out the back of a bar. I knew him on and off as a friend of my cousin Mike [one of the few excommunicate members of my family, usually refered to as '*******'] and I was at a party of a friend of a friend. I had a little much to drink and by the time I realised I was in trouble it was a little late and I couldn't fight back or scream on account of the knife. I wasn't exactly a virgin by that point thanks to the ******* himself... stuff just came to a head a few months later and I went for the pills

This is more along the lines of what I consider dangerous. that kinda crap is common in the states unfortunately.

 

[Valerie_f4]

I don't have extreme claustophobia. I just hate being put in tight spaces, it has something to do with my past.

 

[DBella]

Your afraid of Santa Clause?

[spongebob]Patrick? Is that you?[/spongebob]

Nah, not really. Occasionally I do find myself being afraid of the unknown and not having control over things, but I wouldn't say I'm plagued by it.

That's alright then. I think. I hope.

 

[Valerie_f4]

I have been attacked but I wasn't violated, But it's always sad and unnerving to hear about someone who has it. I was stabbed, and I have the scars to prove it.

 

[Kyalesyin]

This is more along the lines of what I consider dangerous. that kinda crap is common in the states unfortunately.

Common here too. Anyone can buy a knife. I know plenty of people that I could buy a gun from. I only haven't because I want to emigrate and I don't want a record.

The difference is that here people go away for six years on average for rape.

I have been attacked but I wasn't violated, But it's always sad and unnerving to hear about someone who has it. I was stabbed, and I have the scars to prove it.

I wasn't stabbed, luckily, although I think it came close. I'm not sure I'd have handled it so well if I was forced to work around a scar every day, although I gave myself enough of them. All I got is a little mark on the inside of my thigh that I'm getting tattooed over once I've given blood again. Thats what got me most... he kept the knife right on my femoral artery...

 

[DBella]

I never got claustrophobia either. When I'm stressed I curl up in my wardrobe, under the bed or I squeeze into my blanket box. The smaller, warmer and darker the space the better. It used to be the airing cupboard when I was a kid. What is so scary about small tight spaces? I love them.

I was stuck in an elevator (lift) once when I was very young and I still recall the feeling of suffocation, of gasping for air... in total darkness. It's almost like being buried alive. Now I can't stand to be anywhere where there is no window and where there is not even a little bit of light penetrating from the outside.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

You think he placed the knife there on purpose or was it just a coincidence?

 

[Valerie_f4]

I live with lots of scars. But I am not afraid of dying.

 

[Kyalesyin]

You think he placed the knife there on purpose or was it just a coincidence?

Uhhh... "Ya know whats in there? Biggest damn vein in your body. I cut it, you die." I think he knew what he was up to, even if he didn't know the difference between a vein and an artery. ****tard was a talker. That and the fact that it was really, really close to some other stuff I wanted intact...

I live with lots of scars. But I am not afraid of dying.

Me neither, not any more. I had a thing about razor blades from when I was about thirteen, so I have a fair few scars I made anyway.

 

[Daisy]

I honestly can't think of anything I'm really afraid of.

I'm a little nervous about heights, but not so much that it prevents me from climbing stuff or looking out over the edge of cliffs or anything.

 

[Valerie_f4]

I was abused when I was younger. I was shot in a foster home, and I was poisoned in mac.

 

[BRUTAL]

I honestly can't think of anything I'm really afraid of.

I'm a little nervous about heights, but not so much that it prevents me from climbing stuff or looking out over the edge of cliffs or anything.

Validity to one of my previous posts

 

[Valerie_f4]

Validity to one of my pervious posts

What do you mean?

 

[Kyalesyin]

I was abused when I was younger. I was shot in a foster home, and I was poisoned in mac.

Crazy this world we live in huh? I grew up with a bunch of cousins... after a while a few of the older ones realised I was too dumb to talk if they gave me something to keep me quiet. Chocolate was the classic. Then cash. I got out of it at about 14- told the ******* where to shove it. No coincidence that his buddy attacks me a few months later. I was earning him a lot of cash by the time I was that old. I was only taking 30%, but taking a ten is a lot when you're only 14. If I haddn't OD'd, I'd quite possibly be a hooker by now.

 

[BRUTAL]

Yeah I'm not worried about overcoming those fears because fears are natural and they make you who you are. If you take away your fears then you would probably end up doing stupid things on a pretty regular basis, I believe fear is the brain's defense against self-harm. Psychologists will tell you that there are 3 NATURAL INBORN fears that EVERY person is born with. I just find it odd when people claim to fear nothing because 99.99999999% of the time they are lying to get attention.

 

[DBella]

That was a good post, BRUTAL and I agree with you. It's good to have some fear, it's natural even... as long as it doesn't cripple you and make you afraid of living.

 

[Valerie_f4]

Well, I was abused all my life, so was my sister. But I think it truly changed me. I became accostumed to pain, I guess.

 

[Valerie_f4]

I can't be crippled by my fears, because I will feel out of control.

 

[Daisy]

So you're saying I'm a liar? And suggesting I do stupid things on a regular basis that cause self-harm?

It's a wonder I've made it to the ripe old age of 36.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Uhhh... "Ya know whats in there? Biggest damn vein in your body. I cut it, you die." I think he knew what he was up to, even if he didn't know the difference between a vein and an artery. ****tard was a talker. That and the fact that it was really, really close to some other stuff I wanted intact...

Not to insult the rapists of America; but not many attackers know enough about anatomy&physiology to purposely cut your femoral artery. They'd most likely go for the super obvious places like your jugular or throat. You Brits sure are smart

and any man that would purposely damage a woman's "sideways smiley" is just....a very bad person and should reevaluate his life.

 

[BRUTAL]

So you're saying I'm a liar? And suggesting I do stupid things on a regular basis that cause self-harm?

It's a wonder I've made it to the ripe old age of 36.

Sorry I didn't realize that I had specifically noted you in my opinion, I had no idea people would read too far into it.

You said you had a slight fear of heights, THAT was what I was referring to

 

[BRUTAL]

... any man that would puroposely damage a woman's "sideways smiley" is just....a vary bad person and should reevaluate his life.

Amen... to harm a squish mitten is evil...