I went to therapy for two years and it was mostly exposure therapy and it didn t help at all.
Phobia of floor collapsing.
It gives me panic attacks.
For a few years now as long as i can remember but not when i was little i have had a huge fear of floors collapsing.
He plunged five metres to the hall s hard cement floor.
Being afraid of building collapsing as it cannot take the.
If the floor is designed properly it s designed with a fudge factor for weight and movement such that reasonable weights and movement are within the structural design criteria.
I am constantly examining cracks in plaster in walls and ceiling through fear it will collapse.
The fear of falling fof also referred to as basophobia or basiphobia is a natural fear and is typical of most humans and mammals in varying degrees of extremity it differs from acrophobia the fear of heights although the two fears are closely related.
What you are describing is a type of agoraphobia.
Worrying never helped anything so get a full structural survey to put your mind at rest.
I have this ridiculous issue about the floors in the rooms upstairs in my house collapsing.
The floor of the school s administration office was infested with termites.
Is there a phobia of being on a floor in a house and the whole house tilts depending on where you are struggling to stand.
Electrician structural engineer gas engineer roofer etc.
I m sorry i had to laugh at your comment.
Agoraphobia social phobias and specific phobias.
Not just that i m scared of making huge movements on second floors.
While having a building collapse while you are in it sounds like a specific phobia it is actually a type of agoraphobia because by definition you re in a place situation where escape might be difficult.
I am afraid of the floor collapsing but not has much as this see saw effect of the whole house moving depending of where i stand.
Similarly uesugi kenshin a warlord in japan died on april 19 1578 with some.
I am constantly paranoid where i know there isn t brick underneath supporting the floor but a steel joist this makes it even worse.
If you want good advice about a house it s better to pay professionals.
A proper design includes th.
I don t really believe that i might actually fall through the floor but i have this stupid fear of putting strain on the floor.
A floor collapse is a very rare thing.
Phobias fall into three different groupings.
The fear of falling encompasses the anxieties accompanying the sensation and the possibly dangerous effects of falling as opposed to.
But if i m on the second floor of a building or higher i get extremely anxious and feel like the floor is going to collapse because there is simply too much weight.
To check all the house systems.
I need new furniture at the moment my clothes are on the floor but i won t buy a wardrobe cos they re so big and heavy.
Ever since i get nervous when im on a wooden floor.
Duke jing of jin ju ruler of the state of jin during the spring and autumn period of ancient china died after falling into the toilet pit in summer 581 bc.