Phobias

Everyone has their own fear. And living with fear is a horrible thing. And when this fear interferes with our daily life, it can be depressing. Some people may prefer to not voice out their fear, afraid of what people may think about them. Because PHOBIAS can be really are weird. How certain phobias make your body feel can be absurd. Speaking about weird phobias, here’s a little something I would like to share ;)

“Abby worked at a law firm. This law firm was situated on a tall building. The elevators worked well. But due to the power cuts, the staffs of the law firm found themselves using the emergency stairway often. Most complained, very few didn’t. Most of us know, in this era of modern science, people have become too dependent on technology and are addicted to luxury. So, what do you expect? A modern, high-tech and highly lazy society. Abby was one of the majorities. She complained all the time and it got on the nerves of her colleagues. As if work wasn’t a burden, they had to listen to her wine every time there was a power cut. The fact that she was overweight made them label her as a fat slob. But only Abby knew what she felt whenever she used the stairway. Climbing up the stairs was never a problem, if it was, it would be her lack of stamina, but the problem was descending the stairs. Her heartbeat would shoot up the roof. Her breathing would increase as if she was running a marathon. Most of all, she would experience fear. Yes, fear. Fear of falling from stairs. Fear of Stairs. Abby was Bathmophobiac. She had a fear of stairs and slopes. She was not only afraid of stairs but she despised anything to do with heights. Acrophobia, to name it. Acrophobia and bathmophobia usually are closely linked with Vertigo. Vertigo is often used to describe a fear of heights, but it is more accurately a spinning sensation that occurs when one is not actually spinning. It can be triggered by looking down from a high place, or by looking straight up at a high place or tall object, but this alone does not describe vertigo. True vertigo can be triggered by almost any type of movement (e.g. standing up, sitting down, walking) or change in visual perspective (e.g. squatting down, walking up or down stairs, looking out of the window of a moving car or train). Vertigo is qualified as height vertigo when referring to dizziness triggered by heights.”

So, yeah. I created the whole bit up but this little story is based on reality. We are supposedly called the generation of smart youths. So, let’s live up to that name and respect & help the people who need help. Help them overcome their fear. You wouldn’t know it unless you were in their shoes yourself.

Stay obsessed ;)