Thread: Embarrassment

Your game drinking at the edgy pub arent you..
AH they mite of cleaned it up now that they built yuppyville behind it..LOL
na just kiddn...

Originally Posted by banjo

............I am more relaxed happier ,& interacting more with the kids i now go out in the yard & throw the footy around with cody & doing more with fred (cayla) Karen & i are getting on even beter than before..
............I am having the time of my life with this thread & site in general..like i said happier,relaxed,wanting to try & do things is awesome for me..
............how dumb is that ......


THANX
Jason & Karen..

Yeah, mate dumb as!

Have been meaning to ask you a question as you've got more experience in this area than me.
Is it possible to be 'agraphobic' and claustraphobic' at the same time?
Might seem a silly question but here goes. For many years (20 or so) I was unable to go out where there were groups of people, even to events I really wanted to go to, kids school concerts, stage shows, singers and bands. I'd tell Kaye I'd go but as the time approached I'd get more and more stressed until at the last minute I'd cave and pull out. Many the time one of the boys has stood in for me and partnered Kaye to some event or other. The up side is that it opened their cultural horizons to go to Slim Dusty, Eric Bogle, MSO and other events whether they liked it or not. Kaye never cracked it, but it was usually a disapointment for her which made it even worse for me. I've sort of got over it now, still feel a bit uncomfortable sometimes but not a drama, a bit like going to church.
On the other hand, I get really stressed if I have to sit in the middle or window seat in an aeroplane and if the people in front of me tilted their seats back I'd probably freak out. It's the aisle seat or nothing for me.
A couple oy years back took the family up to Brampton Island for a holiday and thought I'd have a go at snorkelling. Hadn't used a face mask and flippers since I was a kid so went for a practice in the pool.
Put the facemask on, snorkel in mouth and ducked under water. Well, this was the strangest experience I've ever had. The whole world closed in on me, it was like I was in a cupboard and the walls were collapsing. Talk about panic attack!. It took me 4 hours in the pool slowly increasing the depth of water on the facemask till I could get my head under and it was still uncomfortable as hell. Got there in the end but only 'cos I was'nt gunna give up. Tried to go snorkelling the next day, gave it away, far too uncomfortable.
So there you go, is it possible to be 'agraphobic' and 'claustrophobic' at the same time?

Deano

Hey deano i think it would be, i hate crowds & i start to panic in unfermilular places i have to know the way out & the fastest way out i sit next to a door way leading out or the toilets.the later for some where to hide. i have had karen goto places before i go so she can tell me where everything is, exits ,toilets,desk that sort of stuff.i would rather be in a broom closet on my own, atleast no one else could get in there so i would be fine knowing i would be on my own..I feel 'claustrophobic' in crowds & that everyone is watching me..I went to my brothers wedding reseption not the church , i got there last so i could sit at the door & my car wasnt to far away from that.& it took me three days to get there as i had to have dry runs as such plus i didnt eat, in case i felt sick,if i didnt eat there wouldnt be anything there to be sick with, that was just to get there & it was only 10 mins away from my place ,Then i had the trouble of the crowd & family & my family are all truck drivers the rough type & i knew i was going to cop heaps of flack off then all night..i stayed for most of the knight i just kept going outside for a smoke & a walk & i felt so much safer out side .
If i go to the docs wich is very rare as karen picks up my scripts i stand at the door & my doc comes & gets me from there, scared i mite catch something if i sit in the waiting room,the docs have told me to use the back door & sit in one of the rooms but i cant do that in case they need it so i wait at the front door & he comes gets me, its good i just wave at the ladies at the desk & they know i am there to see my doc & get everything i need to sign & i do all that while in with the doc that way i can just walk out & keep going ..
see i'm petrifide of throwing up so i always make sure theres a toilet or basin or i can get outside ,just incase i'm sick & can get out & know one would see me if i was sick..
So yeah i think it is possable to be 'agraphobic' & suffer claustrophobia at the same time.

Originally Posted by banjo

Your game drinking at the edgy pub arent you..
AH they mite of cleaned it up now that they built yuppyville behind it..LOL
na just kiddn...

Nah, not in the middle of the day, only us old blokes there. Might be different on a Friday or Saturday night though. they've spent a lot of money on the Edgy Pub, done the place up, you would not know it is the same pub when you wlk in the door, they literally gutted the place internally, started from scratch and redesigned it completely.

Originally Posted by banjo

They where cuting my hair when i was a kid when there where up the back opposit the pub..hes a nice bloke ,i keep geting his & his brother from walsends names mixed ,paul & david..

The bloke at Cardiff is Paul!!!

Originally Posted by Ausfree

The bloke at Cardiff is Paul!!!

Thats right & david is at walsend & murry is in the nineways...

Freelander is running well at the moment, off to Maitland tomorrow to have a chemical flush of the coolant system carried out, also hope to find out the price of an auto tranny rebuild!!!

I recon most of the cost will be in labour ..hope you get it sorted..
Atleast if you get it fixed up now like you say it wll be a realy good car alround & you wont be worried about the tranny in the future..will just be able to enjoy it...up the bush , beach, caravaning, camping,fishing,shoping..