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[DraconicMorphine]

hey guys i'm diana and i'm new to the forum. Im a girl that likes singing and music. im on here to talk about my two greatest fears and its of being alone and my most terrified fear of zombies i had recently finished watching the show lost tapes on animal planet and one of the episodes was on zombies in new orleans and yea didnt help me much i didnt even watch the whole thing i started to shake and i just started crying so i did some research and there was an attack in new orleans of a guy bitten by another guy who people say its a zombie. I've been terrified of them since i was about 5 years old when i saw night of the living dead. Right now im still scared and crying alittle. Im scared of the night time...i have gone out at night when my boyfriend comes to get me so i actually run to his car when he comes here. When i wake up in the morning i go peak outside the window to see if there are any zombies out. I dont know what to do. Are they real?

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Hello, DraconicMorphine. We3lcome to psychlinks.

And no... zombies are not real.

 

[DraconicMorphine]

hey thanks david.
just the story i read got me terrified even more. The guy that got bitten he said when the other man bit him he even swallowed his flesh right in front of him. I dont know how to overcome my fear of zombies

 

[David Baxter PhD]

Have you had other fears or phobias in the past? Are you generally a worrier or an anxious person?

 

[DraconicMorphine]

well no my other fear is being alone. i dont like being in a room or just in a place by myself but my fear of zombies is the worst. Yes im the type of person that worries way too much

 

[David Baxter PhD]

You worry a lot because, like all of us, you live in a world that is not very certain or predictable. Your fear of nythical zombies is really just a fear of the unknown and unpredictable dangers. You've just given a face to that fear in the form of zombies.

Like any other unwelcome and intrusive thought or worry, the best way to deal with it is not to fight it, but rather just to label it, identify it, acknowledge that it's there but just name it as one of the ways you worry. It has no power. It's just a thought, a worry. It has no power over you unless you give power to it.

As Daniel said in another thread, watch it go past you like a train going past your line of vision.

 

[DraconicMorphine]

Thank you so much i think i can understand. But still can't get over of how terrifying zombies are in movies

 

[David Baxter PhD]

They are pretty nasty. Just skip those movies. Watch comedies.

 

[DraconicMorphine]

yea i've been watching jim carrey movies to calm me down

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I find Jim Carrey scarier than zombies.

 

[DraconicMorphine]

haha Jim carrey to me is the best and wow can he make me laugh. Im feeling better already

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I have to admit I like Liar Liar

 

[DraconicMorphine]

I have to admit I like Liar Liar

haha and that's the one i am watching now