OMGosh! Someone would eventually come up with this!
I would have to respond!
We haven't moved YET - BECAUSE - I have a MAJOR phobia!
I have been in many vehicle wrecks since 5 yrs old, and, I go into a MAJOR panic attack when I get into the driver's seat of any vehicle. I don't do this when I am a passenger. ( I think it's about me having the added responsibility of other lives inside something made of a combination of steel/plastic/fiberglass). It would - HONESTLY - take someone with an angel's patience to teach me to drive. I do not know anyone that has that much patience - PLUS - if anyone gets snippy with me and I'm like, barely controlling my panic attack, it's over, I'm done with you teaching me, and you will not have me asking you for help about ANYTHING else!
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I have a similar phobia, crossing intersections!
I don't have trouble crossing between each intersection, just where all the vehicles want to go different ways, and you literaly have to keep your eyes on different vehicles at the same time, some which don't care how close they are to you when they're passing by you - you can touch their vehicle without extending your arm half way.
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I am able to cross intersections now since about 7 yrs, but, even my older boys had to help me across in the earlier years - it's still sometimes a bit nerve-wracking, since I have to do a runnng/walk across some with lights that go from green/yellow/red in less than 1 or 2 minutes.
! It's no wonder I'd rather walk between intersections.
I wanna move!!!! I hate living in the city!!!!
My third phobia is spiders - but that phobia is normal.
I "forgot" these 2 phobias:
Flying - My second oldest boy graduated from Basic Training in San Antonio, TX last year - I couldn't fly/I didn't have the money/the time from my job wouldn't allow me to. These last 2 I used as xcuses - my son knew that from the beginning!
Heights - Uh no. Won't go very high.