Im a man in Midlife Crisis : Terrifying Sky Phobia: Why I’m Scared of the Stars at Night

[@Mastervoidwalker]

I had agoraphobia/sovial anxiety when I was more unhealed. And I can relate to the feeling of vast space closing in on you. Thanks for sharing brother.

[@xo7499]

I agree the vastness is scary. I sometimes get scared if I think too much about the moon😂 not many stars where I live. Lol As someone who suffered extreme agoraphobia it can also mean u are afraid of leaving a safe space whether it is your bedroom, your front door or 10 miles from home .

[@eppityrrell8236]

It must be beautiful to see all them stars 🤩

[@debpalm8667]

I've read some people haven't left their house in years. Agoraphobia.

[@eppityrrell8236]

I'm the opposite I tend to get phobia round a table... when I was young my mother made me feel very embarrassed because of something that happened in my life keep going don't blame you making sure a new partner has no STDs x

[@LegaliseFreedom1]

This sounds like a peculiarly modern phenomenon. Part of our disconnect from the natural world. For most of human history our ancestors revered and constantly looked in awe at the night sky, for practical and spiritual purposes.

[@Out_of_The_Furnace_2013Film]

The night-sky is beautiful. The real danger is comets and Asteroids hitting earth 🌎

[@eppityrrell8236]

A friend of mine has a fear of Swede

[@angelwings668]

That sounds beautiful seeing all those stars and feeling like you could be on another planet. Living in London I only see a handful of stars.

[@sevena.channel]

What you describe sounds like _Casadastraphobia_ : The fear of looking up at the sky or falling towards it....but also, _Kenophobia/Cenophobia_ : the fear of empty spaces or voids which can cause intense anxiety and discomfort when individuals are exposed to or think about open, empty areas; _Cosmophobia_ : a fear of the universe including an excessive unease with the sheer enormity of space/outer space; _Astrophobia_ : the fear of the stars, outer space, and the night sky. (There are a number of phobias relating to vastness such as _Megalophobia_ : An intense fear of large objects, such as tall buildings, large statues, and vast natural features like oceans and mountains; _Thalassophobia_ : An intense fear of large bodies of water, such as the ocean, and the vastness or emptiness of the ocean (not to be confused with _Aquaphobia_ which is the fear water itself); and _Agoraphobia_ : an intense fear of becoming overwhelmed or unable to escape which can lead to avoiding large, open areas or enclosed spaces).

[@gerofiore9695]

Explaining these phobias is giving me a panic attack, hehe. Thank you for your interesting comment.I think I have just the one where I feel I may be sucked in

[@sevena.channel]

@@gerofiore9695 🙈 it is a lot, isn't it. Perhaps there's a phobia of reading about phobias 😄 probably!

[@brigitteh4825]

I've had GAD before and specific phobias in the past but much less now. Try listening to Alex Shailer and Rupert Spira who both speak about Non-duality. It might help dissolve fears about being a person in a vast universe as they point out that being a person is an illusion; you are so much more than that.

[@KAREN-rx9pq]

FEAR is all in your mind Gerald like everything else too.Work on yourself from inside out not the other way around . And don't forget animals and people can sense your fear as well. I don't live in FEAR as I have a clear mind but I've done all the inner work so to speak.🙏❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@l.c838]

I fear deep dark water. I always think of what creatures are lurking underneath. In my nightmares it’s always giant water snakes!

[@Paul2-un4ey]

Same Gerald with me hell is over people good on you mate 👍👍👍

[@KindSJT]

I have something similar. It's like the endless open sky. Or the endless ocean, so I could never go on a cruise. I also cannot open my eyes under water. I don't even like watching movies that are deep in the dark bottomless ocean...scary. I once had a small panic attack driving up winding mountain roads at night 😮 ❤

[@carolluvsmusic2092]

So gerald you live in the sticks norfolk i live in sprowston small world eh have a good day x

[@gerofiore9695]

Thanks, Carol, I live near Wymondham South West of Norfolk you live slightly North of Norwich,we are neighbours, hehe

[@carolluvsmusic2092]

Yeah not to far from each other I moved to Norwich in 1987 and still finding my feet haha am a northern lass x

[@Twisted_utopia]

I have this. Especially if the terrain is completely flat. I get vertigo from it.

[@amandaboado7057]

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

[@claudieC.]

That's got to also be a beautiful sight to appreciate. It's likely so beautiful and rich that it might be too much stimulation especially when it is in the dark.

[@zodiacstorm]

Your stars analogy sounds like you are experiencing ‘Existential Crisis’ or ‘Existential Dread’ Philosophical contemplation can be another trigger when we dive into deep thoughts about life, death, and everything in between. Questions about the universe, human existence, and the nature of reality can evoke a sense of existential dread or curiosity. Personal losses (death of associates) can trigger an existential crisis and send you into existential questioning.

[@Tony-hu7uk]

Fascinating video Gerald, I'm with you 100% on the big spider thing,also ticks really freak me out,the way the little pricks drink are blood, fucking hate them!Last year when I got home from work after raking a bunch of leaves all day,I found one of the bastards on my stomach starting to fill up with MY blood.That's one of the things that's creepy about them is that you don't feel any pain when they get you.Where I live we get a shit load of leaves in the Autumn. As far as looking up at the stars,I never felt fear per se,but I do think there's something ominous,as well as intriguing about the stars and space. The closest thing that I can think of that would be similar to your fear of space is when I look out over large bodies of water that are very deep, I always get creeped out(slightly)with thoughts of drowning deep at the bottom and how dark it would be because of no light.Thanks again for the videos!

[@gerofiore9695]

Wow that definitely would freak me out, TICKS I hate those Bastards, one lady here in Norfolk was bitten as she sat in the park, I think she got Lyme Disease or some other disease, for 7 years she suffered and she went crazy I heard and died, Im not sure if the virus bored holes in her brain, I tell you since I heard about that lady Im cautious of those demons, they are nasty indeed.

[@Tony-hu7uk]

@@gerofiore9695I've been slightly concerned about that tick from last year.This lady told me her husband ended having some health problem YEARS after a tick bit him and now I hear this horrible shit about that woman you were saying with Lyme disease and she actually died, that's some horrible shit, I'm definitely going to say something to this new doctor I'm seeing next month.I was bagging a bunch of leaves that day and the thing must have been on the leaves and got under the shirt I was wearing. That's one of the many things that's so creepy about those things is that they're so sneaky and you don't even feel them on you until after the fact!Now I don't fuck around,I jump in the shower as soon as I'm in the door after work,I do groundskeeper work.I definitely would hate if one of those pricks got on my dog.So this lady died because of that tick?

[@ira4600]

You are so lucky to live in Norfolk

[@carolluvsmusic2092]

I live I Norwich Norfolk to x

[@bst857]

Fear of the stars is called Astrophobia, but I don't think this is exactly what you're scared of. I actually had the exact same thing and its more to do with heights. It's true that space is not a "drop", but visually it is similar. It's the same thing as if you walk down a street, you can, if you choose, see the end of the street as a drop, and you're stuck to the side of that drop (ie, the pavement). Even though of course it is not a drop, there would be no visual difference if it really were. I still have this but at a much lesser extent. It's hard to explain how I dealt with it, but generally it was just about not giving it energy - if you really watch yourself, its almost like stepping on a treadmill, and then it gets going, eg: "I'm going outside, theres going to be stars, ok I'm outside, the stars are up there" and it all just gives the fear its ability to live in your head. And in some way I think this can be addictive and enjoyable to an extent, and this is kind of how this gets started, and then we get stuck with it. Its easier said than done, but you just need to stop thinking about it - don't entertain it. And that means, never let yourself ever go down that "spiral" of getting attached to it and wallowing in it. Just acknowledge it if it appears, but then move on to thinking about something else. This is exactly how I got rid of it, but it takes a few months of dedication. It was the same with health anxiety and fear of death, again its just best not to give those thoughts much time. Also my fear of death got better when I made peace with the idea that its like going to sleep. We do that every night so its not something new really, and its not anything to be really afraid of, after all, it would be just as shit to live for a million years. Also, I think deep down everyone is the same consciousness, for example you could wake up as the same consciousness in someone elses body, with all different memories and life, but you wouldn't know you had been a different person the previous day, because your consciousness is just the feeling of being aware, its not tied to memories etc. So in a way you can't really die, because you're not an object but more like a phenomenon like gravity or something like that. Anyway hope that makes you or anyone reading feel better.

[@RobinDS-m1g]

Is it a feeling of not being 'grounded'? Being a tiny dot amongst the infinite universe. Unsettling...! I get that too sometimes....

[@gerofiore9695]

Yeah

[@zodiacstorm]

The various 'fears' are not so much phobias, but a reaction to the 'reactions ' to fears, real of perceived. It is part of what sounds like you are experiencing a neurosis of GAD (General Anxiety Disorder). Anti depressants can help control the symptoms but have drawbacks of side effects and dependence and withdrawal issues. Exposure therapy or CBT can help and or a combination trying different mindfulness exercises can help, if you find one that works for you personally. What helps some people is that when a feeling like that arises, confront the mechanics of what is happening in your mind as soon as your thought patterns go into that place. Identify that your thoughts have become distorted and that these thoughts are only your perception of a situation caused by tiny microscopic electrical activity in your brain. Nothing but minute electrical activity. Concentrate that it is only this minuscule electrical impulses in your brain that is activating the physical responses of shaky knees, sweating etc. Watch some Sidney Banks videos on how thought is the key to understanding your reactions.

[@Floralee2020]

Greatest fear is drowing , don’t like to be near water ( not that i dont take showers 😂) and the fear of Peoples mental stages , and don’t like spiders 🕷️and beetles🪳🪲 worms 🐛🪱

[@davidmatthews9088]

That fear you have Gerald (of vast open spaces as though you might be sucked into it) is new on me. Never heard of it before. This is the great thing about your channel - learning about you. I once had a friend, who over the years divulged to me his fears. He didn’t like eating in public, he didn’t like buying toiletpaper in shops - and then I found out he didn’t like writing in public. Unbeknown to me he would avoid these things. There was a lot more - but as I texted him (when he lived abroad) I found out he was consumed with anger and outrage over the British saturation bombing of Germany during World War Two. (Although we were brought up in Beccles he was half German). He saw it as Churchill trying to extinguish him before he was actually born.

[@brendacaley5935]

I think all of these fears and the food anxiety etc. all come from the same fear. It is Fear of Death Anxiety!! You really need to have targeted specifically focused on that main fear,

[@brendacaley5935]

Also the fear of the vastness of the dark sky is like seeing your own smallness in the scheme of things and your own mortality.

[@jacksonbollocks]

You were definitely over protected as a child.