does anyone else have a super fear of storms?

[aprilr]

i am 21 and recently have been dealing with horrible anxiety and panic and stress and when it storms i freak and dont know how to deal it could just start sprinkling and i freak and i live where it storms all the time i just wanna know if anyone else has this problem and how the heck do you deal with it?

[candi55545]

Sorry I'm late but its the clouds and if it says tornado watch of warnings and its the wind. Its suppose to have severe storms tomorrow night and I am afraid of a tornado to happen. My mom and family tell me not to be scare but I can't help it.

[MeghanCollins71459]

I almost cried when I seen everyones stories, I thought I was all alone in this! I used to LOVE storms heck I used to sit out in them but about a year ago a F4 tornado ripped through my home town. I was alseep when the first F2 came through and we sit there in a closet huddled together and waited it out but after it was over my nieghbors came over to our trailor and told us we HAD to get out fast because an even worse storm was headed our way. We loaded in the car and drove about 2 miles to my sisters double wide, thats when the F4 tornado hit. The winds were blowing so hard that you could hear things being blown into the house and we could hear the roof tearing away. When it was at its worst we spilt up and went into the two smallest closets in the house the adults in one and one adult and all the kids in the other. That was the turning point for me I thought we were gonners and I was going to die with my children not in my arms. After it was all over we had no power for a week and when I left my sisters to see if my home was still standing we were stopped in the middle of the road b/c my neighbors house was sitting in the middle of the road, right then I brust into tears I just knew everything was lost. Every since that day I freak out when the wind blows and go into a full panic everytime I see lighting or hear thunder. I live in a mobile home so I run everytime I even think there is going to be a storm. I am away from my home more than Im home. Every one in my family used to pick on me and yell at me saying that I was being stupid but after they have seen what happens to me when a storm comes through they have become so much more understanding. One day my husband asked me to sit through just one small storm and he would be there to hold my hand the whole time so I did and about 3 minutes into the storm my husband had to give me one of his nitro pills b/c my chest tightened up so bad that i fell over on the floor in pain, he NEVER asked me to do it again. I need to figure out how to get this under control because I am rubbing my fear off on my kids b/c I drag them with me everytime I run. If anyone finds a way to live with this please let me know, because right now my life is controled by the weather 100%.

[scaredycat246]

So many of you have stated how I feel. I am truly amazed I am not alone. I wish we could set up a 'website' or forum for us to go to help each other. I want so bad to rid my life of this cripling fear, but unlike a fear of snakes, it's hard to face when every storm is different. I'm so tired of radar being on my computer 24/7, and not wanting to go anywhere for fear of a 'pop up'. I know what caused my fear, a tornado that caused us to lose everything, but my fear has escalated to just rain. Terrified of anything but a sunny day. Would anyone like to start a group?

[pinguenlan23]

hello im 9 years old i do have this problem today my mom left she left me in
i have two sisters a 6 year old and almost a 2 year old but the thunder would not stop

[Dancefreak1203]

I am the same way. I feel so much better when I am at my house, but if I am anywhere else and the sky is dark I start to freakout and I have panic attacks. I am so glad there are people just like me out there.

[rosay]

sweetie, tornadoes can only happen if there is a storm. its the pressure of downward moving air coliding with the air going up that causes a spinning motion. just because its windy is no reason to be afraid. they cant just come out of nowhere. And if a tornado does happen, just go in your basement with your family. a house can be rebuilt. But seriously, they cant happen unless there is a powerful and damaging storm. you'll hear a tornado before you see it. you'll hear a loud train, then get scared. Good luck :)