I have been scared of them ever since I was little, and I know what caused it: I was 5, and a HUGE lightning bolt struck a lamp post by a tree in front of our house, and it caught on fire!.
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Position:Home>Philosophy> How do I overcome my fear of thunderstorms???Question: How do I overcome my fear of thunderstorms!?!?!? I have been scared of them ever since I was little, and I know what caused it: I was 5, and a HUGE lightning bolt struck a lamp post by a tree in front of our house, and it caught on fire!.
So, how do overcome it!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Oh my God, I had the exact same fear from the exact same age from almost the exact same situation!. Until I was 12 whenever thunder hit I'd be under my blankets, music extremely loud so I couldn't hear the thunder--until my older sister dragged me out into one!. Heavy rain and thunder, outside freezing for 20 minutes!. I think it's called "shock therapy", but whatever it's called it helped!. So get a friend to read this and when you least expect it BAM! I admit I was freaked out and probably crying when it happend but 20 minutes and you're set for life!. !.!.!.!. Or scarred for life, what-ever!. =DWww@QuestionHome@Com Do some research on thunderstorms!. We only fear what we do not understand!. I do not fear thunderstorms, but I am awe stricken by them!. Lightning is one of the most powerful forces on Earth!. It can kill you in an instant!. If this is what scares you, then you need to accept the fact that we all must die sometime, and you have no control over this!. You are aware of how dangerous thunderstorms can be, and now all you need to do is learn to know thy enemy and overcome your fear!. If my advice doesn't help then you can hide under your bed like my dog does!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Funny thing you should mention this right now!. I spent an afternoon with an older woman (a pure heart)!. She was terrified of them all her life until just recently!. She told me some stories about her fear and that she was so petrified up until her brother passed away!. And now she's over her fear!. She couldn't explain why, but we both agreed that we felt that perhaps she knows now (deep inside) that her brother is watching over her and perhaps she feels safer knowing that!. While driving an ice cream truck a bolt hit my truck nothing happened but whew what an after thought!. I've always loved storms (yes and fear them too) But what a feeling your missing by not being able to enjoy them!. I hope you can get over it!. I feel that if you were to be taken by one, you would have been!. Someone is watching over you!. also, as they say, to overcome your fear you must first learn to understand it!. Others say face it, baahumbug! learn about thunderstorms!. Two things I know is that you can count how far it is from you!. First comes the lightning 1 Mississippi 2 Mississippi etc and that's how many miles it is away from you!. And the other is that lighting is attracted to very tall objects oh and three apparently electricity and rubber to get along rubber (like as in rubber boots) deflect electricity!. Good luck on this one!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Assess the degree of your fear!. 1) let's say you hide under the covers in your room everytime a thunderstorm happens!.!.!. 2) At the beginning of the next thunderstorm, choose to move about your bedroom for as long as you possibly can without retreating back to your bed and covers!. 3) Then work your way downstairs, then the porch, then to the end of the sidewalk, then to the garage, etc!. 4) Overcoming, realize, won't necesarilly 'rid' your psyche of the 'fear' of a thrunderstorm, yet 'overcoming' will allow you to act in spite of it!. 5) Learning to act-in-spite of your fear, will allow you to live as normal a life as anyone could expect!. 6) We all have fears and phobias, how we face reality's challenges in spite of them is how we outgrow them, yet outgrowing them may or may not allow the fear to subside; just realize that in spite of what we 'feel' we choose to 'act'; for one it will be hiding under the covers, for another it will be running like Hell to the garage to get grocries at the store(lol)!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com lightening and thunder are superb, storms are brilliant!. I love them!. every time there is a thunderstorm i get soaked!. find someone you trust who loves them too and get him to hold your hand and take you out in one!. might just be the reassurance you need!. and get excited - they are worth it!Www@QuestionHome@Com When one comes by,go and sit outside in it with a friend and instead of fear,think how amazing it is!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Close your Eyes And give a huge punch to your pillow!. And rememberly Wakeup!.!. May be u r in a bad dream!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |