Phobias and depression.......the links??

[Pete]

As a child I dont recall having much of a fear issue and I know that as we get older we sortof "obtain" a few phobias but over the last 10 years as I can recall I seem to have  gathered a list which makes me wonder if anything may have triggered them off or if there is any links to my depression etc? Maybe I'm thinking too much.

I now have a crazy fear of heights whereby I can climb a step ladder but am very fearful i'll fall the 6ft. Silly I know but true.

I dont like birds in case they flap their wings, frogs as they jump unpredictably in fact any reptile and snakes and lizards are a real no no.

Hamsters as they scurry, rats as they are just really weired, spiders in case they bite.

I dont trust dogs even though I was bought up with them and have had many.

I dont like really open places as I feel someone could be watching me via a telecope.

I dont like fairs or their rides.

I dont like busy places like shopping centres.

I dont like driving fast as I am sure I will crash and die. I dont like motorways for this reason and have convinced myself that that is how I will finally die, in a carcrash. Well I run it through my mind of how the news willl be broken to my family I have died etc etc


I seem to be scared of everything lately.


anyone got the same?

[kittensocks]

Me!
I've always been scared of heights but it worsened when I became ill. I think, in my case that I was scared I'd do something stupid. I was pretty wary of open spaces too - I was freaked out that there were so many 'normal' people enjoying their lives and being 'normal' whereas I was abnormal because all I wanted to do was just completely disconnect. I've been getting a bit better though and the fears are going (except from heights!) and I genuinely hope yours go soon aswell :)
ks x

[cornish]

ive developed a huge list of phobias/ fears but i know part of it might be down to clinical psychosis

i used to be so called "boy racer" i hate the term but its the only way to describe it, no i didn't go around with music blaring and revving the crap out of my car, i was sensible most of the time and just liked meeting up with like minded people in car parks for a chat. now we did do a lot of stupid things but always way out of town and as safely as we could if u get my drift.
now i have a huge fear of going to fast and many other car related things.
a while ago i was afraid that the steering wheel in my car was going to break so i brought the same type they use in rally cars and it cost just under £200.  im an idiot

never had a problem with hights and i often work at hight still but im always fearful of what i might do. im pretty safe though as im in a safety harness, or as i like to say.   yay im getting paid to do bondage haha

i have a huge fear of halloween now, last time a kid knocked on the door dressed as a vampire and i screamed at him locked the door and locked my self in the bathroom crying for at least an hour thinking he was real.

i couldn't open the boot of my car for over 2 months due to there being "someone" in there. a friend had to open it while i was standing way back, still find it hard to do now

not really a phobia but i get delusions of "them" trying to poison me. for a few days this week all i ate was sherbet, lollypops and seeds, couldn't drink water could only drink canned drinks.  happens fairly often  different foods each time but the seeds are a constant thing.   the first time it was only sour skittles though. 3 days of only eating them

im now afraid of the fruit n veg isles in supermarkets, (when i can actually go in one)  due to the spiders that might be hiding in the bananas, i wouldn't actually mind a spider as a pet
on that note i cant deal with anywhere busy, mainly due to me constantly thinking people are out to get me

im the same with open places and alleyways and anywhere with cameras, or without as ive installed tiny cameras in things for work and you wouldn't believe the places some are hidden, sounds like a conspiracy but a lot go into smoke detectors. hidden in lights, tiny holes in walls, they only need pin holes to view though.  only reason i know is due to fitting them and i worry there everywhere, sorry if this worries others

huge fear of phones

i wont go into the really bad ones, they make me sound really crazy

[smirfy21]

over the past 6 years I have developed a phobia of certain foods, open spaces and other peoples germs.
I cannot stand the thought of touching other peoples germs so as you can imagine this is wear the OCD comes in.
I have developed bulimia as food is a struggle for me and meal times make me really anxious to the point wear I will shake and cry at the thought of eating.
and I stay away from the social scenes because I just dont like big open spaces.
smirfy

[Zaf]

I suddenly got a terror of car parks with my first breakdown as well as agorophobia, I had panic attacks in shops for no good reason even after I managed to get outside reasonably well, I'm still nervous parking for some reason.

I constantly think people dont like me or are criticising me behind my back, I have a terror of getting lost when I drive anywhere (even somewhere that I've been to many times).  I have a 'thing' about germs too and feel the need to check and double check I've locked doors etc when I go out.

I'm sure there are more, I'm sure some or all are linked to my illness

[Munchroom]

Me too!!

My biggest fears are definetly driving my car (which is completley unexplainable!) I have never had a crash... not even a near miss! I passed my theory with full marks (I'm such a geek!) and my practical I passed first time, so I should feel pretty confident, but just the thought of driving makes me panic 

Also being in large spaces or with groups of people. This has got better.... A few months ago I walked around Tescos HAVING a panic attack because I was determined that I wasn't going to leave! I figured if I ran out and his in the car (not MY car) then I would never go back there because I would associate it with having a panic attack. I still feel pretty shaky in supermarkets, but I love shopping, buying food and planning what I'm going to do with it - although at one point I stopped eating altogether, I still enjoyed preparing food...
I'm able to go out now and I can even walk the five minute walk to work by myself! />. BUT any further than that and I'm a nervous wreck... I'm perfectly happy pottering about in my back garden but I can't spend time out the front by myself because I feel very exposed and like I'm being watched and judged (which is ridiculous - I know people have better things to do than watch me garden!) There is also the worry that generally people are really nice to my face but as soon as I leave the room they are bitching about me and saying what they really think 

Putting on wieght terrifies me! I guess thats a pretty normal fear, but I've never really watched what I eat. I'm very lucky that all the women in my family have good figures. But now... I won't allow myself to eat the things I enjoy because I know its not good for me... (kind of hard when you love cheese!) And I feel a kind of satisfaction when I feel hungry but manage to not eat....

Heights I've always been a bit scared of.... but like Kittensocks mentioned, now its more the fear of what I would do... not the fear of the height itself...

Things being dirty bugs me more than it ever did before. I'm not a very tidy person - theres always books or clothes strewn about  BUT the thought of germs terrifies me... I've gained a bit of a reputation at work for being a bit of a clean freak because I will spend hours cleaning works kitchen when I'm on nights, whereas other night staff will go and curl up somewhere with a book.

Time worries me too - although thats not really a fear. But I worry that I'm just going to run out of time to do everything I want and need to do! On a daily basis and in life in general  It always feels like theres never enough hours in the day and I'm constantly trying to catch up with myself... and then I worry that I'm just going to end up living my whole life like that and not do half the things I want to do and that I'm going to look back and realise I spent my whole life cleaning and cooking because its what needed doing (and at the time I enjoyed it) but I wouldn't have seen the world or had the experiences I wanted to...   

Hmm.... that's quite a lot....

[seamie]

mine are, snakes, crowded supermarkets, low flying planes,touching someone,talking on the phone, and my biggest is hospitals.

[seamie]

oh, and prisons. i always thought i would be sectioned and the key thrown away.

[cornish]

im constantly worried about being sectioned too