Phobia Of Floor Collapsing

I don t really believe that i might actually fall through the floor but i have this stupid fear of putting strain on the floor.

Phobia of floor collapsing. I am constantly examining cracks in plaster in walls and ceiling through fear it will collapse. Ever since i get nervous when im on a wooden floor. If the floor is designed properly it s designed with a fudge factor for weight and movement such that reasonable weights and movement are within the structural design criteria. Duke jing of jin ju ruler of the state of jin during the spring and autumn period of ancient china died after falling into the toilet pit in summer 581 bc.

I need new furniture at the moment my clothes are on the floor but i won t buy a wardrobe cos they re so big and heavy. I am constantly paranoid where i know there isn t brick underneath supporting the floor but a steel joist this makes it even worse. A proper design includes th. Electrician structural engineer gas engineer roofer etc.

For a few years now as long as i can remember but not when i was little i have had a huge fear of floors collapsing. Being afraid of building collapsing as it cannot take the. While having a building collapse while you are in it sounds like a specific phobia it is actually a type of agoraphobia because by definition you re in a place situation where escape might be difficult. If you want good advice about a house it s better to pay professionals.

What you are describing is a type of agoraphobia. A floor collapse is a very rare thing. I went to therapy for two years and it was mostly exposure therapy and it didn t help at all. In particular floors higher than the first floor i feel safe on the first floor.

It gives me panic attacks. Agoraphobia social phobias and specific phobias. To check all the house systems. Worrying never helped anything so get a full structural survey to put your mind at rest.

Phobias fall into three different groupings. Edmund ii of england died of natural causes on november 30 1016 though some report that he was stabbed in the bowels while attending the outhouse. I m sorry i had to laugh at your comment. Is there a phobia of being on a floor in a house and the whole house tilts depending on where you are struggling to stand.

The fear of falling fof also referred to as basophobia or basiphobia is a natural fear and is typical of most humans and mammals in varying degrees of extremity it differs from acrophobia the fear of heights although the two fears are closely related. Similarly uesugi kenshin a warlord in japan died on april 19 1578 with some. He plunged five metres to the hall s hard cement floor. I am afraid of the floor collapsing but not has much as this see saw effect of the whole house moving depending of where i stand.

I have been having recurring dreams not really nightmares of this happening. The floor of the school s administration office was infested with termites. I have this ridiculous issue about the floors in the rooms upstairs in my house collapsing.