My fears that are phobias are heights. This picture is of the Coronado Bridge in San Diego for the Bay Bridge walk. Getting to the top and looking down makes me a bit dizzy.
Another phobia is free falling and this one is so bad that even office chairs have to locked in place so it won't lean back accidently, making my heart race. This picture is of the half pipe slide at Sunsplash in Mesa AZ, it is not me but gives you an idea of what this slide is like. My kids were going on it and so I decided what the heck. Well I should have come to my senses when the person manning the slide at the top is harnessed to it but I merrily went ahead. The second the guy let go of my tube I knew I made a mistake. Melissa said the look on my face was like someone was murdering me. Oh man I was terrified the whole time.

One that I realized the other day is walking by geese. They can be mean suckers and I don't want any nipping my leg. At the Greenbelt area there can be quite a few so I will veer off the path to avoid going by any of them. When they are in the water they do not bother me but when a bunch of them are up on the grass, YIKES I avoid them.

My other fear started after my grandson Matthew died, fear of one of my children dying. It is not everyday like it was for a few years after he died but it will still come up when I find I am really concerned about them. The worst of the fear went away when I was finally at peace about Matthew dying, when I was not so angry at God and came to trust Him about it.
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