But even if we leave all the lights on, these fears are still there. I brought a white sage smudge stick today and cleansed the house. I hope it helps, and thank you for the help. Omg are you actually me?? I freak out more on the stairs Tbh not exactly, but I belive that not every goes through the same thing I mean emotions and shit. They have have suffered depression and shit but how they react is always different. I keep imagining scary shit so randomly anywhere.
I imagine a scary man in pitch black banging my door right open and ripping my throat out. Or someone taking me from behind the curtain. And yeah shit crawling up from the toilets. But it's annoying because no one really gets me, I mean I guess cause it's all my brain and I'm the only that can see it. Its funny cause I know it's not real, I know it's not there yet my heart beats so fast as I imagine so clearly, even the sounds that I have a panic attack on attack or I start hyperventilating.
I get scared whenever I'm the dark and so scared to turn the lights on cause I feel like I'm being chased as I run to my switch. Its so hard to tell people exactly how u feel cause they never get u.
But tbh I don't think that's what people want. I think they just want someone to just listen. Not some cliche shit like you're going to get through it. I feel like it's starting to get bad again and I'm scared to try any new medication. My fears to me, sound stupid. Even when I know most of them aren't. I usually just try to face it because, I know it's not real, and If I don't face it I might pee myself haha Does anybody else get this?
Reply Like 0 Follow post. I will get a smudge stick, I have been meaning to for a while though Whenever I try and think of my friends, or family or something nice, I can't control it turning into something horribly grotesque and scary. I brought a white sage smudge stick today and cleansed the house I hope it helps, and thank you for the help.
But fuck I didn't know snakes could crawl up toilet pipes, lol. Like how do u know? How am I supposed to know? Cause my brain seems to be my biggest enemy rn. You may also like If so, there may be chance that there are one or more haunted houses open around you. Haunted houses can be great fun with friends or significant others they can even make great dates if your sweetheart has the right temperament.
If you're truly brave, consider going through on your own, but be ready to be scared witless — many haunted house owners take great pride in their ability to shock visitors in new, inventive ways.
Tell us more about it? I get scared whenever I'm the dark and so scared to turn the lights on cause I feel like I'm being chased as I run to my switch. Oh you have taken me back quiet a few years but reading your post it reminded me when I was about your age or even younger. I usually just try to face it because, I know it's not real, and If I don't face it I might pee myself haha Does anybody else get this? If you're truly brave, consider going through on your own, but be ready to be scared witless — many haunted house owners take great pride in their ability to shock visitors in new, inventive ways. I can't sleep with a light on, used to sleep with a light on every night when I was little, but as I grew older, it got hard to sleep with the light on.
If you do go to a haunted house, be sure to use proper etiquette even as you're being scared. Luckily, this is mostly common sense: Get a friend to agree to play a prank on you. If you're willing to put your jump scare in someone else's hands, consider enlisting the help of a trusted friend. Tell your friend that you want to be scared sometime in the next few days and that you don't want to see it coming, then simply go about your life. Beware — assuming your friend remembers to uphold his or her part of the bargain, a nasty scare will be waiting for you just around the corner in the near future!
Put yourself in a situation with a false sense of danger. Some people enjoy the thrill of being scared so much that they'll actually deliberately seek out things that make them feel like they're in danger but are actually safe. If you've ever gone on a roller coaster, you've done the same thing! Below are just a few ideas for perfectly safe activities that may make you feel like you're in mortal peril: Going on a roller coaster or amusement park ride.
Standing next to the railing on the observation deck of a tall building. Rock climbing indoor; with a harness See a thrilling IMAX movie Going in a full-body computer flight simulator these are often at science centers, museums, and other educational facilities. Phobias are intense, irrational fears that are centered around certain specific things or activities. Almost everyone has something that seems to freak them out more than it freaks out others, but about four to five percent of the population have clinical medically significant phobias. Only do this if you have no previous history of experiencing fainting or anxiety attacks from your phobia.
Unsure whether or not you have a phobia? The most common phobias are arachnophobia a fear of spiders , ophidiophobia a fear of snakes , acrophobia a fear of heights , necrophobia a fear of dead things , cynophobia a fear of dogs , and claustrophobia a fear of tight spaces. If any of these make you feel a deep dread, you may have a phobia. People with severe phobias may be paralyzed with traumatizing fear if they attempt to confront their phobia head-on.
In this case, the phobia is an issue to seek psychological help for — not something to use for a cheap thrill. See our "overcoming phobias" article for more information. Make your surroundings dark and silent. If you're less interested in a single quick jump scare and more interested in the sort of creeping, protracted scare that keeps you up all night, you'll want to start by setting the scene.
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Wait til nighttime or go somewhere very dark, like a basement or cellar and eliminate all sources of ambient noise. Ideally, you want to be able to hear a small object like a marble fall to the floor — this way, you'll find yourself jumping at minor noises you wouldn't normally notice. Darkness is a very effective "scare enhancer" — that is, almost anything that's scary is more scary in the dark. Philosopher William Lyons proposes that people are afraid of darkness not because of the absence of light but, rather, "because one does not know what might be out there in the dark.
Likewise, being alone can greatly increase the feeling of being creeped out. If you're alone, you have no one to help you when the some unknown terror comes for you in the night — not a comforting thought. Though it may at first seem cheesy or childish, getting sucked into a good ghost story is a fantastic way to put yourself ill-at-ease for hours on end.
Ghost stories range from mild to absolutely bone-chilling — it's up to you to determine how ready you are to be scared. A few suggestions are listed below: If you have time to spare, try reading a classic scary novel or short story.
Try browsing online ghost story collections like this one from Americanfolklore. There are literally hundreds of these types of stories online that can be found with a simple search engine query. If you want to read a story that you've definitely never encountered before, try visiting sites like Reddit's "No Sleep" subreddit , where users are free to share their scariest stories and experiences. Read stories of real-life paranormal phenomena. Made-up ghost stories not doing the trick for you? Try the real thing.
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