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..Stand clear, doors closing..

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Written by JoanneC84 30. Aug 2007 08:06 PM

My skin felt clammy,a cold sweat dripping off my forehead, my legs began to shake... Stand clear....Doors closing.. echoing through my head..
I hate trains,if I could avoid them I would. The whole idea of being in an enclosed space with a bunch of strangers just doesn't appeal to me.Breathing in recycled air, not being able to be free in my own space just freaks me out..
I had to go on a train into the city(Sydney) today into Martin Place for uni.. An hour on the train,there and back..2 hours in hell if you ask me!! If there was more parking in the city,I would've driven in..I know that avoiding situations doesn't help overcome them,but seriously,I can't friggin stand it.
My head felt heavy, my eyelids were as heavy as lead. I would've preferred to have been anywhere but there.. the things we do cos we bloody have to!!

I've been having some really weird thoughts lately...Driving along the road I've really begun to notice that there are so many trees,telegraph poles etc covered in flowers or barring a cross,someones name or photos.. I often wonder if I was to go like that,would my tree be covered in flowers or such,or just be marked with the scars on the bark.. Would people bother? I know people would argue that these thoughts are ludicrous,not healthy, do you think I don't know that? I just can't stop thinking about it!!
People don't notice me here whilst I'm alive, am I fooling myself in thinking that they'd care enough when I'm gone to memorialise it?

Food for thought
Jo xo

I should add that I have spoken about this at length with a close friend of mine,my best friend in fact..She said stuff that made me realise that as much as I think about it in that way,people would bother,they'd notice-even if its just her,but to me thats more than enough..It has given me a whole new meaning to life,a reason to keep fighting..and no amount of words can ever express my thanks..

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Comments from the community:

ppl relised a heck of alot abtou you and ppl care! everyone has atleast 1 person in their life who woudl give the world for them. if you ask me, that is caring! when i was suicidal ( in NO WAY saygin youare! dont get me wrong...) but when i was, a close friend explained to me what the effects woudl be. and i relised. so many ppl woudl be crushed. and i am in 0% doubt that it woudl be the same case for you.

hmmm, that would suck abotu the train. i dont know what to say on that topic other than keep working on overcomming it. you'll get there!

take care,
m3l

Written by m3lissa, 30. Aug 2007 08:49 PM

Jo

Good on you for sticking out the two hour round trip on the train. I hate trains as well because a boy got on one I was on and pretended to have a gun and went beserk in the carriage - the start of my phobias. Hope uni was good.

Stop looking at the posts with flowers, photos, momentos on them - give you the wrong ideas and you would be missed - your friend Stace would miss you heaps.

Go Jo!!!

Studying1

Written by studying1, 30. Aug 2007 09:59 PM

Dear Jo,
You are on my list as one of the nicest, loving people on DepNet. You would be sadly missed should anything ever happen to you, please never doubt that ok?
However, nothing is going to happen to you, you will be fine.
Here I am in my 60ties, have felt like you from the 1st time we had to get used to electric doored, air conditioned trains. I can still remember that scared, sweaty, closed in feeling as the doors closed back in the 1960ties. So honey, you are not alone. I moved up here when I married in 1966. So agrophobia and claustrophobia have always been around, but it was not untill I was 27 that I was ever given medication to help me cope.
Sending you love & support,
Valerie x0x

Written by Deleted_User, 31. Aug 2007 02:11 AM