I normally avoid the sort-of "what's your demographic?" thread.
However, I wonder if there's a connection (causal or not) with Fortean leanings and social anxiety/panic attacks.
I myself have suffered occasional panic attacks for 15 years. I read Frater Libre's post admitting to same.
What's the deal? Do just a hell of a lot of people have this affliction? Does having it lead to an interest in Forteana, or vice-versa?
To me, panic attacks intimate an imminant loss/destruction of identity. They clearly stem from a perceived lack of control. Wouldn't those of us of the Fortean persuasion likewise feel a similar lack of control, given that we willingly walk that razor wire between "reality" and oblivion?
Thoughts, rants, confessions &c. welcome.
However, I wonder if there's a connection (causal or not) with Fortean leanings and social anxiety/panic attacks.
I myself have suffered occasional panic attacks for 15 years. I read Frater Libre's post admitting to same.
What's the deal? Do just a hell of a lot of people have this affliction? Does having it lead to an interest in Forteana, or vice-versa?
To me, panic attacks intimate an imminant loss/destruction of identity. They clearly stem from a perceived lack of control. Wouldn't those of us of the Fortean persuasion likewise feel a similar lack of control, given that we willingly walk that razor wire between "reality" and oblivion?
Thoughts, rants, confessions &c. welcome.