Fears/phobias

[Chris SUI JURIS]

Originally Posted by emamum

hospitals/ medical intervention, cant cope with having to go into hospital at all, even the thought of it makes me panic

What are you like with dentist,same?

[emamum]

im not that bothered about the dentist, its just hospitals

[Restless]

Originally Posted by Chris SUI JURIS

Plus I didn't see a thread about phobias so I thought i'd make one.

Task for you : learn how to use Search

[Chris SUI JURIS]

Originally Posted by emamum

im not that bothered about the dentist, its just hospitals

I know someone with the same fear she says it's that bad she can be physically sick

[Restless]

My friends ex-girlfriend had arachnophobia. If she seen a spider she would hide her head inside the storage place under the stairs

[emamum]

Originally Posted by Chris SUI JURIS

I know someone with the same fear she says it's that bad she can be physically sick

its a full on panic for me, ive had my last 3 babies at home (planned) because i couldnt go into hospital

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by Restless

she would hide her head inside the storage place under the stairs

Where a further half dozen would be happily sitting !

[Restless]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Where a further half dozen would be happily sitting !

That's what I thought.

[Chris SUI JURIS]

Originally Posted by emamum

its a full on panic for me, ive had my last 3 babies at home (planned) because i couldnt go into hospital

I'm not being facetious but what happens if your i'll and hospital is the only option? is it that bad it could effect your health? (serious i'm interested)

[emamum]

if i really really really had to then i would go but i would try everything else first. im having physio for a back problem i have (cauda equina if your interested) i went in and had the mri to see what it was, i was taken in at night, i didnt sleep there and the discharged myself and went home, i could have an operation but the neurosurgeon agreed to trying the physio first since it would be impossible for me to be laid up for weeks anyway, seems to be working

[Chris SUI JURIS]

While some of us may think some phobias are funny to the phobic they are a very serious issue

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Gordon Booth

Nycotophobia?
I'm afraid you leave me in the dark with that one, Eric.

Mmm ... damn typo ... but you got it anyway

[Chris SUI JURIS]

Originally Posted by emamum

if i really really really had to then i would go but i would try everything else first. im having physio for a back problem i have (cauda equina if your interested) i went in and had the mri to see what it was, i was taken in at night, i didnt sleep there and the discharged myself and went home, i could have an operation but the neurosurgeon agreed to trying the physio first since it would be impossible for me to be laid up for weeks anyway, seems to be working

cauda equina seems to be a tricky one with regards to treatment i assume your not of a age to be hanging upside down...I wish you the best of health tho an I'm glad the physio treatments working for you

[emamum]

Originally Posted by Chris SUI JURIS

cauda equina seems to be a tricky one with regards to treatment i assume your not of a age to be hanging upside down...I wish you the best of health tho an I'm glad the physio treatments working for you

thanks i have a tens machine for the pain and atm i walk with a stick but thats good, a few weeks ago i couldnt walk at all, got 4 weeks to make good progress and i wont need the op and im very very stubborn and determined so i'll do it

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Chris SUI JURIS

In primitive conditions when coming into contact with something dangerous, the mind/body would create the optimum state for survival – a panic attack.
This type of learning is not of the intellectual or rational type. If we had to think, “Yes,this would be a good time to have a panic attack" our species would probably have died along time ago.
This type of learning takes place at an emotional level so that the response can bypass the ‘rational thinking brain’ In the past, an immediate phobic response to a predatory or poisonous animal would have been pretty useful.
Si we evolved with the ability to become phobic. In today’s world this learning mechanism often works in an inappropriate way.

I don't be thinking so. It's really much more simple, and can be summed up as: Random mutation, selective retention. I don't believe "learning" is involved. Although I can vaguely agree with your final statement. For example, a liking for fats and sugars is a survival advantage which has outlived its day.

Maybe some consideration should be given to archetypes and the collective unconscious ... but, I'll leave that up to someone who has more interest in psychology, particularly Jungian, than I do.