"Eat. Drink. Enjoy the work you do. Be thankful for the blessings God gives you in this life. Live, love and seek out the things that bring your heart joy. The rest is meaningless... Like chasing the wind." King Solomon
The best help is the help you give yourself! http://cbt4panic.org/
If the fact you haven't been bitten by a rabid animal doesn't debunk your fear, what will? What can anyone on a forum say?
"My only hope is this homemade Prozac... Needs more ice cream."
You're worried about something that's borderline impossible. It's even less likely than a bite. The question remains - what can we say to help? Rational responses don't work, so what can we do?
"My only hope is this homemade Prozac... Needs more ice cream."
Like I said... you believe in the impossible. History has shown this belief has lead to great discovery and advancement of mankind. Sadly, in this case, it's doing quite the opposite
Good luck and as always...
Positive thoughts
"Eat. Drink. Enjoy the work you do. Be thankful for the blessings God gives you in this life. Live, love and seek out the things that bring your heart joy. The rest is meaningless... Like chasing the wind." King Solomon
The best help is the help you give yourself! http://cbt4panic.org/
The CDC website debunks your fear. Medical history debunks your fear. If God* came on here and told you you couldn't get it, it wouldn't stop your fear if the whole whole history can't.
You could have a daily rabies test and still have your fear.
The issue is inside your subconscious.
Think about it. Bats fly around us all the time at night. So, do you stay indoor because of that at night? If you have ever gone outside at night in your lifetime, you have exposed yourself to your fear.
And then you have far more likely fears in your country that could harm you yet do you worry so much about them? You would never leave the house or answer the door if you did.
That all points to irrationality. Getting help to correct this faulty thinking will mean you can live your life without all this.
* or hairy cornflake monsters for the aetheists.
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Yes, I know it's winter and it's been super cold and there is no way that any bat or anything flew near me or anything in this weather recently.
But for some reason, I just can't shake this fear that I somehow got exposed months ago and I'm beginning to have have the beginning prodromal symptoms of rabies and I'm gonna die soon. I've been having arm pains for the past few days and for the past two or three days I've been having this kind of burning/scratched sensation on my left bicep...I don't know what to think anymore....It's not even that it's constant...It just randomly happens sometimes....
Ever since this ****ing rabies fear started back in 2014, it's been nothing but years and years of self-gaslighting, constant doubts and worries....I just want to not worry for once....
Last edited by NervousSubject; 11-12-17 at 00:30.
I don't know what to tell you here. There's no logical reason to even think about this but I guess that's what anxiety is all about
Perhaps downloading the free CBT resources and working on the modules would be in order.
Positive thoughts
"Eat. Drink. Enjoy the work you do. Be thankful for the blessings God gives you in this life. Live, love and seek out the things that bring your heart joy. The rest is meaningless... Like chasing the wind." King Solomon
The best help is the help you give yourself! http://cbt4panic.org/
Basically, Sunday evening I developed a sore throat and have been having cold symptoms since then...Of course, when you have a fear of rabies like I do...It can't "just be a seasonal cold". It's the beginning flu like symptoms of rabies and I'm gonna die soon....I'm so sick of this shit.... :(
I don't have a fear of rabies but I have fears and know exactly how you feel... I too am sick of this crap :(
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