01/09/2025
🥹😓LIVING WITH AGYROPHOBIA 🥹😓
AGYROPHOBIA (“THE FEAR OF CROSSING ROADS”) is not just a definition tucked away in psychology textbooks. It is a reality I have lived with for as long as I can remember. The fear has always been there, silently shaping how I move through the world. Buh a near accident some years ago, which by GOD’S GRACE turned out to be MINOR instead of MAJOR, only worsened it and deepened my ANXIETY around roads.
CROSSING ROADS has never been an ORDINARY ACT for me; it feels like a BATTLEFIELD. At night, it becomes even more terrifying. The piercing headlights of vehicles disorient me, amplifying my fear and making every step forward feel like a GAMBLE WITH FATE. What others do CASUALLY in seconds, I approach with DREAD, HESITATION, and HEIGHTENED AWARENESS.
This phobia has had ripple effects on my life choices. It has influenced the KIND OF JOBS I consider, as I am overly conscious of work hours, ensuring I won’t be stuck returning home late. It dictates my DAILY ROUTINES, MOVEMENTS, and even my SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS. Funny enough, some of my friends are aware of this. They’ve watched me struggle with something that seems so SIMPLE yet feels so OVERWHELMING. 😉🙈😊
Last year, during my service year, this challenge became even more PRONOUNCED. On nights when I returned late, I had to call a colleague to meet me at the junction just to HELP ME CROSS. On other occasions, I deliberately chose LONGER BUS ROUTES so that I would be dropped at a point that spared me from having to cross the road directly. To others, it might sound UNUSUAL, maybe even AMUSING, but for me, it was SURVIVAL; an act of SELF-PRESERVATION.
For me, roads are more than just PATHWAYS; they symbolize TRANSITIONS and UNCERTAINTY. My AGYROPHOBIA is not merely about the traffic I see, but the overwhelming sense of UNPREDICTABILITY it evokes. For some, that fear is LITERAL, like mine; for others, it is METAPHORICAL. But the PARALYSIS feels the SAME! HEALING, I believe, comes in STEPS; sometimes it requires COURAGE, sometimes it requires HELP, and sometimes it requires BOTH. My journey with AGYROPHOBIA is ongoing, but it has taught me one profound truth: while FEAR may INFLUENCE your PATH, it doesn’t have to DEFINE your entire JOURNEY.
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