what would happen if i tripped?
i cannot walk down stairs or escalator without experiencing a vision of myself falling down them, knocking all my teeth out.
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I hate walking down stairs because I always imagine myself falling down them. Footwear definintely makes a difference. I’m less afraid in sneakers but if I’m wearing any kind of heels I walk down the steps one at a time. Also, weirdly shaped staircases give me problems. My friend has a narrow spiral staircase leading to his basement and I will not walk down them at all.
wow, this is me. though, generally it is a fear of going UP the stairs, because of the angle that my teeth would hit the stairs when i imagine it. i am floored and relieved to know that this vision/fear is not unique to me.
me too
And it was really bad when I took the nieces and nephews to the zoo. You had to ride this escalator up to get in. It was the tallest escalator I’ve ever seen. Because I’m also afraid of heights and you can see right down over the sides + how high up you are I started getting vertigo.
i’m exactly the same. i cannot walk down escalators, i need to hold on to the rail tight until it reaches the bottom or i fear i will fall.
That’s a common effect of panic disorder. I think I’m going to collapse on a regular basis
Perfectly normal. After having watched my young nephew tumble down some stairs right in front of me, I can tell you that it’s a horrifying thing (he wasn’t hurt, just shaken up).
I used to have lots of scenerios like this played out in my mind all of the time. So die my Sister. We have both been on Paxil for a long time and it stops the progression of thought. It’s called anxiety disorder. I just could not stop once a scenerio like crashing or falling started in my mind. The meds really help. Fear is a terrible thing to live with day in and day out.
I especially experience visions of me tripping whilst walking down escalators in tube stations, to add to the carnage that would come from such a fall! I not only see my front teeth being knocked out, but the grooves on the escalator scrape down my face…This is exacerbated when wearing certain types of foot wear.
Like pretty much everyone else who commented, I too do this! Only with much, much more. I imagine ways of ways that I could die in a room, and as much as I try not to, I look at something and there the thought is…already graphically playing my mind.
i wish i knew. part of me likes to believe that my instinct is taking care of me, but i tend to find myself in danger of getting run over quite a lot…
Completly normal.
I do this same exact thing!!! With the vision of my teeth getting knocked out and everything. What do you think that means????
I am so with you on that. 80% of the time I have a deathgrip on the railing.
I have been like this for years, I envision my ankle turning and myself falling. I feel it is an inevitability. This is scarier now that I have to carry my child up and down three flights of stairs every day.
I do the same while driving. i have visions, probably once a day, of me hitting something and eating the steering wheel. the vision is very graphic and detailed. It has caused me to have several near accidents while driving.
yes me too, and I also imagine members of my family falling down the stairs
me too
I am the same way! I hate stairs. I hate open staircases. I hate marble staircases. I hate concrete staircases. I hate hardwood staricases. I hate brick staircases. I especially hate spiral staircases. Doesn’t keep me off them, I mean i gotta get to where i’m going. It’s just that noone can talk to me while i’m on the stairs or make me look up while i’m on the stairs.