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This is a topic I have wanted to touch on for a
long time. There are so many people that deal
with this fear on a day to day basis. Hodophobia is the fear of travelling. Unable to
travel out, take vacations, or just drive to
another city a few miles away.
The physical symptoms that come with the fear of
travelling and anxiety in combination can be
overwhelming, and frustrating, making it
impossible to travel anywhere, or do normal
everyday activities or daily tasks.
I would like to begin by talking about a fear that I
had, which was personally very hard, was the fear
of travelling by car or "travel anxiety". The
thought of being to far away from home was
terrifying for me. The second I was a certain
distance away from familiar territory, I lost it. All
the physical symptoms would come, shortness of
breath, feelings of loss of reality, sweaty palms,
racing heart, upset stomach. I would just feel
horrible until I reached my destination.
Once I reached my destination, and became
familiar, and relaxed where I was, the anxiety
would begin to loosen it's grip and I would begin
to feel better. But, not completely. The panic and
anxiety was always just seconds away at any
given time. Please know that any trip I could not
do alone, or I would really be overwhelmed with
fear and panic. I always had to be accompanied
by someone.
This is just a horrible feeling. I was scared, but at
the same time so disappointed, and frustrated
that I was feeling this way, and everyone else was
ok. I was scared, and worried of the fact that I
wasn't going to be able to live a normal life for
myself. I remember thinking, "How in
the world am I going to be able to go to places I've never been before, take for example, victoria island in lagos or
my dream of going to the U.S, when I feel so crazy?" I may
never be able to see anything the world has to
offer, except for this kaduna which I kinda find boring.
I learned that there is a
way to overcome this! I want to
share with you some tiny steps you can do that
may help you with your fears of travelling.
1. Once you leave home, you need to remember
your safe place. Remember that you were fine
there, and nothing has changed from that point
to where you are now.
2. If you are not driving, relax, kick your feet up
and enjoy the scenery. Set your mind free of any
negative thoughts, and look around at the
positive.
3. Always have a relaxation tape or cd with you so
you can play it at anytime. You should also have
with you a breathing technique. At the first sign
of any tension, listen and breath.
4. Try to recognise and to affirm to
yourself that it is just a behaviour. Yes, it is a very
uncomfortable and very inconvenient one but it
is, nevertheless, just a learned behaviour.
And what you have learned you can un-learn!
There is little value in wasting time and money
trying to discover the original cause of your fear
of car travel. This may satisfy your (or your
therapist’s) curiosity but it is not particularly
relevant to getting rid of the condition.
Now, as with all phobias, examine how you do it.
Yes, of course you don’t do it deliberately but you
do do it – even though the process occurs
automatically.
It is your brain, your body, and your emotions
that are involved – so you do it.
5. Personally, prayer helped me tremendously!
Whenever I feel discouraged or scared, I pray. For
some, this is not an option, but for many it is. No
matter who you believe in, carry a prayer with
you at all times.
Thanks for reading

njuwo: A Young Man Akpos was lost wandering in
a forest, when he came upon a small
house.
He knocked on the door and was greeted
by an ancient Chinese man with a long,
grey beard.
"I'm lost," said Akpos. "Can you put me up
for the night?"
"Certainly," the Chinese man said, "but on
one condition. If you so much as lay a
finger on my daughter, I will inflict upon
you the 3 worst Chinese tortures known to
man."
"Ok," said Akpos, thinking that the
daughter must be pretty old as well, and
entered the house.
Before dinner, the daughter came down
the stairs. She was young, beautiful, and
had a fantastic figure.
She was obviously attracted to Akpos since
she couldn't keep her eyes off him during
the meal.
Remembering the old man's warning, he
ignored her and went up to bed alone.
But during the night, he could bear it no
longer, and sneaked into her room for a
night of passion.
He was careful to keep everything quiet so
the old man wouldn't hear.
Near dawn he crept back to his room,
exhausted, but happy.
He woke up in the morning with the feel of
pressure on his chest.
Opening his eyes he saw a large rock on
his chest with a note on
it that read, "Chinese Torture 1: Large rock
on chest."
"Well, that's pretty crappy," he thought. "If
that's the best the old man can do then I
don't have much to worry about."
He picked the rock up, walked over to the
window and threw the rock out.
As he did so he noticed another note on it
that read:
"Chinese Torture 2: Rock tied to left
testicle."
In a panic he glanced down and saw the
rope that was already getting close to the
end.
Figuring that a few broken bones was
better than castration, he jumped out of
the window after the rock.
As he plummeted downward he saw a
large sign on the ground that read,
"Chinese Torture 3: Right testicle tied to
bedpost."

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Pls pls pls, does any1 knw if there's gonna b a 2nd batch list?

lana_Vello: Im crazy about the movie.
Yea,i know that storm would give him superpowers...and i think roy would become a red arrow or somefin...rily want felicity and ollie to end up togeda,i pray 'cripsus' doesn't kill her.
PS:Sad enof,i doubt if it'ld make FP

ya, but what i heard was that he's gonna get the powers of flash, that super fast guy, but it'd be really funny if he turns out that red arrow something

So I have been watching arrow for quite a while now and am really interested in it and so thought I should create a thread in which we'll(the fans of the show) talk about it. First of, am gona start by saying who's excited by the ongoings in the show? The last episode released which the new guy(barry alan) who likes felocity was struck by lightening, not sure yet, but rumour has it that the story is leading up to the flash movie script, that is, the boy turns to flash, the super fast guy film. So if you have details as to when new episodes are released, and mobile sites you can download from, please share.

Would just like to put it in there, this is my first time writing and i'd be really glad if i make fp

Don't try to understand women, women understand themselves and they hate each other

Did you say flowers When all girls say when given flowers are "Me Grass Because am a farmer abi Take that sheet out of my sight!!!" The thing is that all girls want now is CASH!!!

Lol

Nomski0:
Real Madrid- 10men without Ronaldo, 4-1

Barcelona- 11men without Messi, 1-2 .
Even without our star player, we still rock.

that's because messi is extremely better than ronaldo, because with him barca can destroy anyone, bt without him they're are like osasuna, but without ronaldo madrid are still dominant

Na wash

I don't know how Ideye is in the national team and Ike uche is not, the guy is just useless to the team. Anyways am sure that keshi isn't seriously thinking of taking azubukwe to the world cup, he gets drawn out of position way too easily, by the way that left back, francis benjami is really good. It's quite obvious we don't have any other right back and no true right winger(left footed winger, Bleep you sidney sam) anyways I will be supporting the super eagles in brazil, win or lose

To be reasonable, uraguay, japan and honduras, for those of you who don't undastand how d group stage works, d top 7 ranked teams are put in each group plus d host nation(brazil) therefore a country lik spain and germany can't b in dsame group