Things you used to love, but now hate or fear?

[Jennasis]

I used to LOVE love love flying. I loved airports, I loved travelling, I loved flying. Somewhere in my late 20's I developed a paralyzing fear of flying. Maybe it's feeling like I have no control, maybe it's the years I worked in tv news covering air disasters (9/11, Air France, TWA 800, EgyptAir and on and on). Either way I really am scared to fly...and of course, I have to do it tomorrow. Flying back to NY to visit my family for my mom's 60th birthday. I have my Xanax...I just wish I still felt about flying the way I used to.

How about you? What do you fear/hate now that you used to love?

 

[Saphire]

I spent my childhood flying everywhere as my Dad worked for the airlines. I looked forward to flying the way others look forward to Christmas. But like you, somewhere in my late 20's/early 30's I grew to hate it. Maybe it's because I had kids, maybe just realizing that "these things go down" (guess the movie reference!), maybe understanding that I am mortal, I don't know. Now it is a chore to fly.

I also used to love, love, love extreme rides. The crazier the better. Perhaps that is why I love Disney so much, because their rides are just right for my much tamer tastes. Tower of Terror is as crazy as it gets for me now.

 

[DMickey28]

Same as you. I used to LOVE to fly. I loved everything about it .. the airport, the actually flying part, watching the planes, learning about the planes. Now I am scared to death of flying. I make it through ok and it has become better since having my DS because I focus on him and nothing else but I still dread it.

For me ... I think it's about control. I would be fine as a pilot and it's actually still a dream for me to become a pilot but I just hate sitting back there! I honestly fear the plane will fall out of the sky. I hate take off ... going through that first layer of clouds when the plane pressure changes a bit scares the crap out of me. I can handle landing because I feel like if anything happens I am close enough to the ground to make it!

 

[FireDancer]

I still love to fly. Of course I enjoy the flight there much more than the flight back.

There is nothing I used to love that I fear but there sure is something I used to love that I now hate: NFL football.

 

[DrCavin]

Ex wife

 

[Robinrs]

Ex wife

Ex-ANYTHING!

 

[joyjoy]

Ex wife

Winner.

For me.... cigarettes.

 

[KristaTX]

I don't really like to ride roller coasters anymore. They give me headaches or other aches. I'm not afraid; I just don't like the "side effects". I do Everest about once a trip for the theming because other people I'm with want to ride. But I don't really ride Rock'n'Rollercoaster anymore. I prefer "thrill" rides like Tower of Terror.

I used to love Dr. Pepper as a kid, but I haven't been able to stand the taste of it since I was around 20. Something changed in those years to the flavor. Yuck.

 

[apirateslifeforme]

Driving. I used to be the one who drove EVERYWHERE...I drove my friends around, took trips, etc. Now I'm terrified of driving. I've been in 3 accidents. The first one was at a 4-way stop sign intersection...a woman came from the left and instead of stopping, she sped up to try to beat me through it, only I was already in the middle of it after stopping and proceeding through. The second one was when I got hit by a kid who'd had his license for 2 weeks...I was the third car in line at a green light. The kid hit me from the left, and admitted to both me and the officer that he knew he had a red light, but he didn't think he could stop, so he sped up to try to get through it. The third one was a woman who was in a hurry because she was late to work and I was "in the way." Yep, she literally said I was in the way.

I also had a guy follow me to work and come after me in the parking lot...attempted to hit me with his car, boxed me into a space, then got out with something in his hand and pounded on my car while I was in it. I've been run off the road by people passing me when there's another car coming head-on and they need to get back in the lane...I've been rear-ended by road-raging people who won't pass but instead decide to push me out of the way...it's just scary out there...

 

[Jennasis]

Good ones! I can add "whirly-puke" type rides to that list. While I still technically love 'em, I can't ride them without getting majorly messed up. If I use the Scopolamine patch I can handle it much better.

BTW, It always helps me knowing that others are scared of flying too. For some reason it makes me feel like my chances of making it are better! I also tend to eyeball the flight attendant. When they start to look concerned...so do I.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

All my phobias are pretty much the same.

My fear of heights has gotten worse over time--but I can't really say I ever "loved" heights. I used to be not as chicken about heights though.



My relatives my qualify.

 

[SydneyFalco]

In all seriousness... people.