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05-06-2008, 12:25 PM
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| |  Stupid Weather!
We are having awful thunderstorms here today. Oddly enough, it's not the thunder that sets me shaking, it's the sound of the rain on my roof! I can't stop listening for....something. It's exhausting, but I can't stop listening enough to sleep. There's also the added anxiety-inducing sight of a police car up the street, lights on. I'm in on-guard mode! Yuck. Anyone else having bad weather? |
05-06-2008, 01:37 PM
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YES! We've been having thunderstorms and last Friday there was a tornado about 10 minutes south of where I was and then yesterday I was on the other side of the city and there was one not too far away from there. Last night I woke up around 5am and it was thundering so loud it sounded like WW3 was being fought right outside the window!
Last edited by Lucky Laser; 05-06-2008 at 01:40 PM.
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05-06-2008, 08:33 PM
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I, too have a really hard time when it thunders. I think it is the loud, sudden noise that bothers me. |
05-06-2008, 11:46 PM
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We had bad storms last night as well. I HATE storms and always have. I hope you got some sleep. |
06-06-2008, 12:17 AM
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We had a mini tornado yesterday (in wv) and big storms all week. |
06-06-2008, 12:18 AM
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I've always been afraid of lightening and the noise of the thunder doesn't make it any better. |
06-06-2008, 07:13 AM
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Nice to know I'm not alone!
What's interesting is, I was very sick today, physically and PTSD-wise. It's like Lisa's thread--did I have a rise in symptoms because I was getting ill, or did my symptoms make me ill? Who knows.
I woke up and was having flashes of things and feeling nauseous as a result (this has been an issue for months, on and off). Anyway, the nausea got worse in the car, as I get motion-sick, and I was physically ill at work. I was also very spaced-out and noise sensitive. Now the sickness has faded but I'm very shaky and detached still. Hopefully a good night's rest night without storms and a light meal will bring me back round.
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06-06-2008, 05:52 PM
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Thunderstorms sound fun. It snowed here. |
06-06-2008, 05:55 PM
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Lightning that's way too close (ie less than 100m away) with really loud thunder makes me jump, and I get the shakes for a while.
Wind makes me edgy. I don't know why. |
07-06-2008, 01:37 AM
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Weather is a major trigger for me. Winter is the worst. I absolutely hate the cold and snow. Around here, that's about half the year.
I find thunderstorms to be exciting and scary. I often find myself taunting the storm. "Come on! Is that all you've got?"
That feeling of electricity in the air, when the lightning is close, is exhilarating. Or, maybe it's just the rush of adrenaline from being triggered, and I ride the nervous high.
Wind is a bit more unsettling. I'm from Northern California, where 80+ ft. trees would bend and creak in the wind, and sometimes one would come down. The sound of breaking limbs and snapping branches is worse than nails on a chalkboard. If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is there to hear it, it still makes a very loud boom. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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