myrmechophobia
Myrmechophobia is one of those fears that makes me uncomfortable because it scares me. I want to trust my instincts and intuition, but I know that there are other humans out there who are just as anxious. So I don’t want to be scared of what I think or feel.
Myrmechophobia is another fear that I don’t want to be scared of. It’s an affliction that can be very frightening to some people. It’s an affliction that scares me because it is a fear that I can’t control. So I’m glad I’m able to trust my instincts and intuition, although I know I might have to risk it if I want to be able to trust my own instincts.
It’s kind of like the fear of heights. You can do things in a way that feels safe, but you still aren’t actually safe. Of course, the risk of falling off a building is much greater than the risk of slipping on ice in a swimming pool. Myrmechophobia is a fear that I wont be able to control, but that I am more afraid of.
Myrmechophobia is a real disorder in which people are afraid of heights, specifically the fear of falling. I don’t think I’m like that, but I can’t say I’ve ever been particularly fearful of heights.
Well, its certainly not a disorder. Many people suffer from it as a condition. In fact, it can be quite a normal part of the experience of living in a very tall building. I once met a guy who was afraid of heights, but he just knew that he had to be somewhere, so he took a flight up to the top of a building.
I get that falling down a flight of stairs is not something you want to be facing every day, but I think the true issue here is that anyone who has ever been terrified of heights will tell you that they were afraid of heights in the beginning. There’s a very real psychological component to fear. I once met a guy who walked into a bar and ended up getting drunk and falling into a group of drunken college students.
But I digress. The thing that really got myrmechophobia going was the lack of any sense of safety in the first place. I mean, why would you be scared of a big, empty room with a few people sitting around the table? You’d have a better chance of being scared in an enclosed room with a bunch of people sitting on a floor or in an enclosed room with no walls.
After a few more drinks, I decided I liked the looks of the group of drunken college students. So I gave it some thought. It was a great opportunity to learn more about myrmechophobia. When I learned that the first floor of the building I was in had been built in 1942 as a bomb shelter for the Nazis, I had a good feeling.
The second floor of the building I was in had been built in the 1970s as a school house for the Nazis. As a kid, I loved the view of the school buildings from the building’s rear entrance and I knew that the school buildings were the perfect place for the Nazis to hide in. The main reason I felt so bad about the first floor was that it was dark in the summer day and I wasn’t allowed to enter the building.
The second floor of myrmechophobia had been built as a bomb shelter for the Nazis. As the Nazis were taking over the country, they had to build a shelter for themselves. As it turns out, they didn’t actually use the whole second floor, but just the upper half of it. The lower half of the building was used to house prisoners.