Anyone who has been reading me for a while knows my fear of bridges. It's a serious fear with me. When I get on a bridge and I am driving, I have control of the car but feel like I don't or that I will lose control of it. It seems silly when I am not on the bridges. I mean, after all, all I have to do is drive in a straight line, right? So the line goes up and then down. I have driven on hills before.
I am planning to take the train into Canada. I can drive south through Detroit, take the tunnel under the Detroit River, and pick up the train in Windsor. Or I can drive northeast through Port Huron, over the river to Sarnia via the BlueWater bridge again. I did it twice last summer. It ruined my drive to Toronto both times. I was a wreck. I am shaking now just thinking about it.
It's not a fear of heights. I am looking forward to going up the CN Tower and standing on the glass floor. In fact, I think I would enjoy the adrenalin rush from that. I want to do it. I am not afraid of elevators, although I prefer escalators. I have always wanted to sky dive. Just not off a bridge, OK?
The train from Windsor is more expensive than the one from Sarnia. There is a big charge for parking at Windsor, but parking in Sarnia is free. The area is safer going to Sarnia, and I don't mind the fact that it is about a 45 minute longer drive. There is just that bridge. The time coming home to Sarnia is more convenient than the Windsor train.
Do I do the bridge and hope that my fears subside a bit since it will be my third time over it? Is it possible to get over fears like this?
Flying, while much more expensive, is starting to look good....although I really do want to do the train this time. I am not afraid of the tunnel, although maybe I should be. It's narrow and it leaks.
6 comments:
Isn't it funny how our minds work? I'd flip a coin and hope for the best! No really only you can answer that one hon, fear is fear although for me I usually find fear is the big boogie man who never comes. If it was me I'd go for it! rose
so i was never really scared of bridges myself. but we travel over the bay bridge every year, so it shouldnt bother me ya think? well i guess seeing how its almost 3 miles long, over the ocean, it sways slightly and the last time i went over it a terroist was trying to bomb it, well you could see how that slightly raises the eyebrow, or makes me lay back and close me eyes and hum a little song..lol
anyway, its not horrible...i just dont like being in the middle, since its the highest and its more open there...going down on either side is fine. i mostly look for all the boats while going across, cause the guard rails on the sides are low enough to look out your window, and not see.
okay well yea, i told you my story....didnt really help you. but umm well. i say go for the bridge...we're tough cookies.
well my dear, whatever you do, do it with your eyes open!! Anne
I am only scared of one particular bridge, an elevated interstate one near Bay Minette, AL. how weird the mechanisms ot the mind!
Marti
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OMGosh, I've only shared this with very few people - I too am scared of bridges. I remember my parents TRIED to go to Key West in Florida but, had to turn back because I was hyperventilating in the back seat. It was one of the worst experiences I've had in life. I've found as I've gotten older I'm able to get across the bridges - with a LOT of praying as I cross the bridge. Whew, they are tough though.
Monica
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I would do whichever will keep you calm, no matter what the cost is!
hugs,
kathi
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