The fear of falling encompasses the anxieties accompanying the sensation and the possibly dangerous effects of falling as opposed to.
Phobia of floor collapsing.
What you are describing is a type of agoraphobia.
I am constantly examining cracks in plaster in walls and ceiling through fear it will collapse.
I have this ridiculous issue about the floors in the rooms upstairs in my house collapsing.
I went to therapy for two years and it was mostly exposure therapy and it didn t help at all.
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.
It gives me panic attacks.
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.
Worrying never helped anything so get a full structural survey to put your mind at rest.
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.
Phobias fall into three different groupings.
He plunged five metres to the hall s hard cement floor.
In particular floors higher than the first floor i feel safe on the first floor.
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.
To check all the house systems.
I am constantly paranoid where i know there isn t brick underneath supporting the floor but a steel joist this makes it even worse.
Similarly uesugi kenshin a warlord in japan died on april 19 1578 with some.
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.
A proper design includes th.
Edmund ii of england died of natural causes on november 30 1016 though some report that he was stabbed in the bowels while attending the outhouse.
Electrician structural engineer gas engineer roofer etc.
I m sorry i had to laugh at your comment.
Ever since i get nervous when im on a wooden floor.
A floor collapse is a very rare thing.
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.
Agoraphobia social phobias and specific phobias.
If you want good advice about a house it s better to pay professionals.
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.
Being afraid of building collapsing as it cannot take the.
Not just that i m scared of making huge movements on second floors.
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.
I have been having recurring dreams not really nightmares of this happening.
