Phobia fear of floor collapse. That a new one for me.
I just bought a house on a crawlspace despite my wishes to be on a slab. It was affordable and really nice. Now I won’t take a bath, Im scared in the shower, I tell my husband not to jump or bang anything on the floors. I feel like my bed is going to collapse. Every creak in the hardwood flooring makes my gut sink. It’s getting out of hand. :(
For me, it really puts a limit on things I can do. Because of it, I can’t go on a boat, go to a concert, go in a swimming pool, can’t go on a trampoline or even go to an indoor rock climbing gym without feeling like the floor and walls will collapse in on themselves while technically, I can do it if I have to but I get all nervous s as d can’t even enjoy what’s going on around me. Another thing that I can’t do is take a shower at night. Doesn’t happen during the day though, which I find weird. And just recently, I felt rather than imagined the floor caving in on itself and I could feel the walls sloping downwards. The feeling it is for me is the floor caving in and I fall into the earths core and burn to death. My hometown is a great example of this. If you’ve ever been to or live in Regina, Saskatchewan, you might notice they have these really tall buildings. That’s part of it too. At this point, I’m willing to go as far as getting it hypnotized out of me because I know that my boyfriend wants to go to a Coldplay concert with me and because of my fear, that seems like a high impossibility.
I have a fear of collapsing roofs. It started when my dad showed me a collapsed roof to warn me not to ignore leaks when i have to mantian my own home. It backfired and made me fear collapsing roofs, being scared i was under it when it happened and getting stuck slowly dying with no way to call for help. if you also have this fear please contact me.
I can't believe there are others who suffer from this same thing. The fear is terrible. Not wanting to bring a lot of groceries in the house and definitely not loading down the fridge, having too many people in the house, floors creaking, putting dishes away in the cupboards, feeling the floor move if someone walks past me and on and on. Just looking at the heavy pieces of furniture in my home sets my anxiety on high! I can be at work and if I lift a heavy box, it immediately makes me think of if I bring one more heavy thing in the house, that may be it.... I go in the basement and examine the structures that I can visibly see like the joists and beams... I try to watch videos online how houses are constructed so that I can get some sense of contradiction to these horrible thoughts, but it does not help. I need help before I drive myself crazy.
I have been experiencing the same exact thing for very long now. I thought it was only me who had this weird fear of jumping in my apartment (in 11th floor). I get scared even when my parents move furniture at home.
Today I randomly googled it to see if this thing even exists or not. I hope we will find a name of it soon!