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Phobias and Sleeplessness

Gapin1ajGapin1aj member
in August 2014 Moms
I don't know why, but I have an unhealthy fear of death... Kind of laughable since I pick the one thing to be terrified of that no one can do nothing about... But now I have insomnia due to stress and work and all I can do is bawl my eyes out about some silly phobia... I'm going to chalk it up to hormones...Please tell me that other people have stupid silly phobias too...
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Re: Phobias and Sleeplessness

  • BeachMBeachM member
    It's not happening (yet?) this time, but when I was pregnant with DS1 I would hear things all night long that weren't really there.  Like I'd think I could hear someone opening the gate on our fence which was right outside the bedroom window.  It would wake me up and my heart would race, but the motion sensor lights weren't on and the fence was shut tight.  Or I'd hear what sounded like tapping on the window, weird stuff like that. 

    I completely think it was related to hormones on overdrive.  So weird.
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  • workmm01workmm01 member

    I think it's healthy to fear death, but maybe not to think about it as much as you are I'm guessing.

     I have a phobia that a tree is going to fall on me. Don't laugh! In storms I'm terrified that a tree is going to fall on the apartment or if I'm driving in a storm that it's going to fall on the car or when I'm walking/jogging outside I will not wear earbuds becuase I want to be able to hear a tree if it starts to fall. I only developed this fear over the past 5 years and don't know what started it. Don't know if there is a name for it. LOL

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  • rstarrlemaitrerstarrlemaitre member
    It's not silly at all! If you are really struggling, I recommend the excellent memoir 'Nothing to Be Frightened Of,' by Julian Barnes, where the author confronts his own fears about death. I found some comfort in it.
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  • KittyMishaKittyMisha member
    Only when I'm pregnant, I find that any time my DH (and DD this time around) are out of my sight I have continuous intrusive thoughts about all the ways they could die before I see them again. Car crashes especially feature largely in these thoughts. I'm not worried about me, but I often find myself weeping because I'm convinced that they died and I just haven't heard about it yet. It's 100x worse if DH or my babysitter are not answering their phones for some reason.
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  • FrodaBagginsFrodaBaggins member
    I have LOTS of these. As far as the one you're dealing with, the biggie, I recommend this book:


    It's written by a Buddhist monk but is incredibly accessible. It's almost written in the style of a children's book or fairy tale. And it really helped me with my fears/phobias!


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    Together for six years, married for five
    BFP 12/06/13 - EDD 8/11/14 
    BABY BOY born 8/14/14!

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