Ok, this might sound absolutly mental, but I actually am scared of time. Not like, "OMG!! ONE MINTUE PASSED!!!"

I mean, I freek out when I realise how things have changed. I try not to think about how many years has passed but I think not thinking about it on regular basis might do more harm than good.

 

I was just remembering back when I was 5. How it was 10 years ago. And I completely freeked out. I started shaking and I had to put music on to calm me down.

 

It's hard for me to talk about the past. I like remembering good times and I like sharing them to my friends, but I haveto be careful of thinking of how old I was or how long a time ago it was. I can control myself infront of people. But it hunts me down when I'm alone.

 

It is SO hard to explain. I just wish I would be ok with the fact that things change and I get older and that people change. So I quess I am scared of change also..

 

Is this normal, or have I invented a completely new fobia? Is there anyone suffering with the same thing?

 
   

 


 
 
Silod on
Re: Time fobia
Yeah, that's normal. I mean, not everyone is terrified of passing time, but most people suffer a phobia of some kind, either persistently or at some point in their lives. Scads of people are absolutely petrified of spiders or of insects or snakes or they get vertigo when they look down from a second-floor balcony. I have a phobia of needles. I freak out whenever I need any kind of injection or if my doctor wants a blood test done.
The fear of time or of clocks is called chronophobia. I'm sure you could find loads of information on it through Google, maybe even a forum full of other people who suffer the same problem.
And if it really bothers you, maybe a therapist could help you identify the origin of the fear.
But no, you're not alone.
*shrugs*
spici999 on
Re: Time fobia
Yeh, I know. I mean, I am absolutely freeked out by spiders. And I totally get it when you say you're scared of needles.

chronophobia? Why do they haveto name them so hard? Thanks! I'll probably look into it!

Silod on
Re: Time fobia
It's Greek. I guess they ran out of English words to use? Or maybe the Greeks were just an especially fearful people, so they came up with names for all the different kinds of chronic fear and, by the time we came along it was like... why bother renaming everything, eh?
spici999 on
Re: Time fobia
Makes sense to me! Very plausible.

 
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