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Silly fears

NAS62563

Recently I have had some fears like that the ceiling could fall down and crush me, the floor could collapse or the shower could electrocute me. I hope if something was going to collapse then it would happen gradually so someone could repair it before it happens, and that showers have good protection which hasn't been installed by the dodgy handymen my landlords always seem to use

Does anyone else have these? I try not to think about it but always do

  • in reply to Castle

    you're having unrealistic and delusional fears/anxiety of the future which u should challenge. The easiest way is  to write them down walk away then make a cup of tea/coffee sit down and challenge them or get someone else to challenge them. Put them in here and we will challenge them.

    what do u think u will come back in in the next life ( are u hindu and/or buddhist ? ) 

  • Silly fears are probably the story of my life.

    Once when I was 9 we learnt about trees at Primary School and I was panicking for weeks about the concor I buried in the front of my mums garden would grow into a massive oak tree.

    When I was 16 I went years worrying about the possibility of going bold and checked my hair daily for signs of thinning hair and routinely bought hair thickening shampoo.

    Growing up worrying about how I will survive in this world will I get a job will I get a girlfriend etc

    My biggest fears at the moment is what will I come back as in my next life (reincarnated)

    For me silly fears are with me all my life.

  • My main unlikely worry was about what could come out of the shower head/taps. Every now and again that worry comes back - but only on rare occasion these days.

    Interestingly, those kind of worries I notice come back when either:

    • Very worried about others things / things in general
    • Or, if my blood glucose is low (I have type 1 diabetes)

  • no but i am very cautious at all times and was told i was worry about things that are very unlikely to happen

  • Oh gosh, i used to, i'd totally forgotten, but i think still in my 20s i would. I didn't get anxious from memory, just i'd think about it, and all sorts of stupidly low probability events. Maybe stopping watching tv helped cos i didn't get exposed to stuff like this happening in programmes; or that my AS has def got less worse over the years in lots of ways, though masking is harder and harder; or just that I talked myself out of it over time.