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Phobias.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid on 03 Feb 2008, 05:23 ---A mate of mine had an Alsatian, that at the time was bigger than me - a big-ass motherfucker that probably could've ripped me to shreds. But it's the dopiest, soppiest thing I've ever known
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The dogs here in Tirana are a strange thing. I nearly got bitten by a golden retriever on a farm about 3 weeks ago, but my mate's Alsatian/German Shepherd down the street is a 140lb furry bucket of kisses and adoration for anything it sees.
I do think it might be due to the fact that my friend's dog knows me, though. I was walking to another friend's house in the neighborhood and he was barking like crazy and growling at anybody who got within 10 feet, but when I walked up to him he started wagging his tail (altering the earth's orbit, no doubt) and let me scratch him behind the ears.
Dogs are just fuckin' weird I don't know.
Nodaisho:
--- Quote from: imboden on 03 Feb 2008, 10:35 ---I have a fear of heights. But its weird. I'm ok to be out on my grandmothers balcony 11 stories up. But put me on a zip line 2 stories up, I'm scared shitless.
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Huh. Is it the temptation to jump off or something? I get that, but I still love heights. Is the temptation to jump off high things called vertigo?
It feels kinda like I am tilting out into empty space, even when there is a solid barrier between me and said gap.
psyne:
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 04 Feb 2008, 02:40 ---
--- Quote from: imboden on 03 Feb 2008, 10:35 ---I have a fear of heights. But its weird. I'm ok to be out on my grandmothers balcony 11 stories up. But put me on a zip line 2 stories up, I'm scared shitless.
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Huh. Is it the temptation to jump off or something? I get that, but I still love heights. Is the temptation to jump off high things called vertigo?
It feels kinda like I am tilting out into empty space, even when there is a solid barrier between me and said gap.
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You might be getting vertigo there, but vertigo itself isn't a temptation, it's a kind of dizziness, where you either feel like things around you are moving/spinning, or like you're moving/spinning when you aren't. It can cause people to fall over from the dizziness itself or overcompensating the opposite direction. Ever spun in a circle for a while then stopped and felt like everything else is spinning around you? It's like that. (And I think it's usually spinning rather than falling forward, but it might be both. I'm not an expert.)
SevenPinkerton:
I don't know anyone with an Alsation dog, and two or three people mention having them above. Weird.
I went through a summer in which for the first time in my life I feared death. It was a result of falling in love with someone that I felt needed me, weirdly enough. I guess I never really valued life or thought about what I'd be leaving behind or losing until I met my now fiance. I hyperventilated for months, had a few panic attacks, and became a huge hypochondriac. I was convinced I was going to die at any time. Finally, school started again and all I needed was something else to think about, but not before I was prescribed lexapro by a senile doctor.
Nodaisho:
Yeah, I think I know what you mean, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people mainly wanted to live because they felt that someone else needed them, or they didn't want to make someone sad.
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