tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post6527631175567376678..comments2024-03-27T16:19:53.023+00:00Comments on Friko's World: SHORTS : AnxietyFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12814474110370885922015-02-06T02:31:51.848+00:002015-02-06T02:31:51.848+00:00Storms seem to be getting bigger and more powerful...Storms seem to be getting bigger and more powerful, or is it just my imagination?Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660567773516760768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-80771329623664495772015-01-31T16:14:27.955+00:002015-01-31T16:14:27.955+00:00Anytime I see your name pop up in my post feed, I ...Anytime I see your name pop up in my post feed, I know where I'm visiting first. Wonderful writing and recounting. You know, a non-event can still be a big event! (Nearly ten years after we spun in circles on the highway on a certain overpass in the pouring rain, I still clutch every time I approach it and don't relax till I'm back on the straight. Stuff like that hangs with a person!)Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11968944952369705232015-01-31T11:51:04.073+00:002015-01-31T11:51:04.073+00:00From the land of high snow drifts n ice - what a n...From the land of high snow drifts n ice - what a nightmare. I am not sure what a Lorazepam is, but I think something to allow you to relax and be calmer or perhaps a sleeping pill. I shall check this out. I am now thinking of the song "Help Me Make It Through The Night". I am also thinking - "Lorazepam" did just that. I've had the odd nightmare or two in my lifetime and LilliStJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771499579700164919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-87851402492154582692015-01-31T08:19:59.621+00:002015-01-31T08:19:59.621+00:00Oh, the blessings and the curse of a vivid imagina...Oh, the blessings and the curse of a vivid imagination! I'm glad the road was better than the scenario you conjured up!Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542985048406828693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-37742258825606034042015-01-31T02:29:47.296+00:002015-01-31T02:29:47.296+00:00I remember that road and how I imagined that it wo...I remember that road and how I imagined that it would be a scary ride in winter.<br />I've read that we often work things out at night, in our dreams. Perhaps that was what your dream was meant to do.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-85329311795913164752015-01-31T01:13:59.703+00:002015-01-31T01:13:59.703+00:00Why is it only the bad dreams stay with us when we...Why is it only the bad dreams stay with us when we wake up!?Susan Scheidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09250142489341777926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-17064581598757071512015-01-30T21:11:57.453+00:002015-01-30T21:11:57.453+00:00An excellent description of the night terrors that...An excellent description of the night terrors that affect us all as we age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-5986215415295824812015-01-30T14:58:06.397+00:002015-01-30T14:58:06.397+00:00Friko, I agree that The Night can be a powerful in...Friko, I agree that The Night can be a powerful influence.<br /><br />May I again tell you how glad I am that we were able to meet on a rainy windy day in Shropshire. I am very appreciative of your making that drive that day.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-5978190004606179622015-01-30T11:02:09.519+00:002015-01-30T11:02:09.519+00:00That "middle-of-the-night loss of perspective...That "middle-of-the-night loss of perspective" is a strange one. I wonder what it is about being awake, or half-awake in the dead of night that makes small worries, normally easily dismissible with a few salient and persuasive facts or a stern self-talking-to suddenly so completely absorbing. Is it some mental state that takes hold at night, as when actually asleep, and disables parts Perlnumquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13719930860859412405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51570046242276414742015-01-30T09:09:03.465+00:002015-01-30T09:09:03.465+00:00I think I would feel the same, I hate strong winds...I think I would feel the same, I hate strong winds and storms, ever since we had a one with 200 km/h which broke two of our trees which fell on the street ! I had to drive to work through the woods and couldn't get through so many trees had fallen down and even had killed 3 people. When the wind whistles around the house I am feeling bad !Gattinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-14486301315256823052015-01-30T04:41:37.045+00:002015-01-30T04:41:37.045+00:00Geeesh.. I do the same thing to myself every now a...Geeesh.. I do the same thing to myself every now and then. Our minds can terrorize us at night. And once the heart gets pounding there's little that can be done to calm it... except for that secret stash. I hope you're sleeping better tonight.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-21557848454877952512015-01-30T03:28:10.134+00:002015-01-30T03:28:10.134+00:00Thank God for Lorazapam. I've been know to ta...Thank God for Lorazapam. I've been know to take half of one or even a fourth of one in the middle of the night. If I took an entire pill, I'd never be able to get up and drive that scary road the next morning. I understand exactly what you were going through. When the heart gets to racing, it begins to flutter and stop and start, and you know what that means: Afib. I'm sorry you Sally Wesselyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470453773515491625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-48126284914796446432015-01-29T23:21:44.871+00:002015-01-29T23:21:44.871+00:00I think of these as the "middle-of-the-night ...I think of these as the "middle-of-the-night scaries." And because of your experience, you drove very carefully the next day. That is always a plus, since we tend to get on autopilot unless something reminds us not to. DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-78730808146703058412015-01-29T20:52:50.646+00:002015-01-29T20:52:50.646+00:00py, those dreams do carry over to the next time we...py, those dreams do carry over to the next time we find ourselves on that road....<br />it makes it all too real....Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15724959380111221242015-01-29T20:23:36.126+00:002015-01-29T20:23:36.126+00:00These narrow windy one track hilly roads are a nig...These narrow windy one track hilly roads are a nightmare in themselves when the weather is a bit iffy. We have to go to RSH in the morning and I know exactly what you mean.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-13639792314707194172015-01-29T18:11:00.925+00:002015-01-29T18:11:00.925+00:00All through my childhood, I was very much afraid b...All through my childhood, I was very much afraid by storms. Even the slightest sound of wind picking up (nowhere near strom strength) had me scared, really scared. I remember how I kept repeating one line of the evening prayer I had made up for myself (more a conversation than a formal prayer); it said "Lieber Gott, bitte mach, dass es windstill ist und bleibt."<br />Nowadays, this may Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-53260700895919990722015-01-29T17:09:35.226+00:002015-01-29T17:09:35.226+00:00It sounds like you experienced “hypnagogia.” The...It sounds like you experienced “hypnagogia.” The threshold consciousness that can be experienced in half awake half asleep mental states or “waking dreams.” Nothing to worry about, it’s quite normal and it’s not “fear” just mental.Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-77745626482760262432015-01-29T16:26:42.488+00:002015-01-29T16:26:42.488+00:00Glad you made it back.
Glad you made it back.<br />Lisa https://www.blogger.com/profile/09324961653370110887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-15292975053986076302015-01-29T15:10:10.401+00:002015-01-29T15:10:10.401+00:00Sometimes dreams are so very real you can't sh...Sometimes dreams are so very real you can't shake them for a while. But you may have needed to drive extra carefully that day and it was a good thing...a forewarning. :)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-6292273576010731242015-01-29T14:48:17.907+00:002015-01-29T14:48:17.907+00:00I don't generally suffer from anxiety and I do...I don't generally suffer from anxiety and I don't believe I've ever had a panic attack. The closest I come to anxiety is when I have an installation and I took the initial measurements for the glass. Did I get it right? Is it gonna fit? Is the client going to be happy?ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-3000520724927405552015-01-29T14:41:17.286+00:002015-01-29T14:41:17.286+00:00Anxiety's a strange thing. When I went through...Anxiety's a strange thing. When I went through the traumatic evacuation for Hurricane Rite with my mother and the cat, I don't remember being anxious or frightened. If anything, it was simply a teeth-gritting, "we're going to get through this" kind of experience. But when I started writing the third part of my story of Indianola, the Texas town wiped off the map by not one shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90912171459326033282015-01-29T14:10:58.361+00:002015-01-29T14:10:58.361+00:00Maybe your dream kept you from having a bad event ...Maybe your dream kept you from having a bad event on the road. Interesting how some of these thoughts can put you in a state!Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-52972518491219372832015-01-29T14:09:33.819+00:002015-01-29T14:09:33.819+00:00I can totally empathize with you on this. Just las...I can totally empathize with you on this. Just last week we took my son to the airport in Manchester and just before falling asleep -- or trying to fall asleep, I had these thoughts of the car being in a terrible accident on the way. In fact the roads were clear and there were no mishaps or near misses, but I was still glad when we got back home in one piece. The Broadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04976467218216864644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-17506288713832762552015-01-29T08:33:39.002+00:002015-01-29T08:33:39.002+00:00Hello,
We can totally empathise with this
Irrati...Hello,<br /><br />We can totally empathise with this<br /><br />Irrational or not, fear is simply that and, sometimes, it will not go away unaided. But, driving more carefully is a good thing, especially on those winding countryside roads. <br /><br />The Great Storm of 1987 is one if those events that one remembers for all time. We can recall exactly where we were and suspect that many others Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-7190319831259351122015-01-29T08:05:14.598+00:002015-01-29T08:05:14.598+00:00I hate nights like that. Sometimes I think the anx...I hate nights like that. Sometimes I think the anxiety is a part of menopause. I never had it before that came along.<br /><br />"/Susan Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16049586085703324088noreply@blogger.com