have you ever been frozen with fear??

Your story made me remember a similar experience I had a few years back. I was on a team building meeting, we were sitting at a table and we were making jokes. The town where we had this meeting was one well known for the frequent earthquakes. I was joking about the earthquakes and I was shaking the table to scare my colleagues when a REAL earthquake took place. My smile frozen on my face and I couldn't even move. I sat there, on that chair until everything was over. Everybody was screaming and was rushing to the exit (which I remember is not a good thing to do during an earthquake) it was only me who was sitting there, frozen with fear. After the event, everybody remembered how calm I was and they all thought I was so brave as I didn't run away like everybody did. I let them think so, but I know how I felt inside.

I've only been frozen with fear in my dreams. In real life I act quickly, although I've never been in an earthquake. Afterward, though, I may tremble and fall apart a little bit. An earthquake might affect me as it did you, though, as I think that's the most significant event anyone might have--the entire world shaking and appearing to come apart! But I generally react instinctively and immediately to emergencies.

I have only been that scared one in my life time. I worked in a mental health half way house. I had a real night mare about the residents turning on the staff like the residents were werewolves and vampires. any way when I woke up I couldn't move a muscle for several minutes. I had had nightmares before but nothing like that one.

How are you doing now? Are you and your animals OK? Must be very scary. I hope things settle down for you. Take care Car accident, years ago, thrown about in different directions, hit my head and when the car finally came to a stop after spinning, I sat there, don't know if it was terror or shock.

I did not read this post when you wrote it, but I understand perfectly well how you felt. I live in the country with more and biggest earthquakes. When it starts to quake, I don`t know how big it will be. And even if my house is specially built so that it is not damaged by earthquakes, you never know. I remember when the biggest quake ever recorded hit our planet (9.5 Richter). And just a couple of years ago, we had an earthquake of 8.8 in the Richter scale. We are still rebuilding and spending money to get over that one. But even the "normal" ones like your 5.7 earthquake makes me run. And I often say that I could be employed as a sensor of the smallest quakes: I feel all of them

I had this cold feet for experiencing an earthquake that struck my hometown, Baguio City Philippines. As far as I can remember, the rithcher sclae ranged from 6 to 7. The first week shaken by an after shock made us jumpy, anticipating the possibilities of danger.

Hello dear friend.,..here I am still in catch up mode with my responses. I'm so glad you are OK up there. Does living where you do mean you are living in fear on a daily basis? If it were me I think i would have to move somewhere safer. Isn't it strange how our brain lets us down sometimes? When we are in danger, isn't the adrenalin supposed to kick in provoking a fight or flee response?? How come we got the short straw (yes, I'm like you) with the freeze in fear response?

That would scare the heck out of me, that's for sure! I don't think I've ever been frozen in fear. Fear has sent me into action. I'm glad we arent' known for earthquakes where I live. They are scary!

That has happened to me well sort of I was pulling out in to the street and just as I started I saw a car coming. My whole body froze and even though I tried to put my foot on the brake it wouldn't go. kept missing the brake and sliding off. Like a limp rag doll. The car swerved around me thank goodness But I do know how you felt. It is a scary feeling for sure.

wow scary but i was never frozen in fear..hope not!

I never experience that events into my life, friend. That was a terrible experience, my friend

Yes i have been frozen with my fear 2 times in my life till now. First i was in front of my teacher and he was so angry and i was so afraid and was frozen i remember for few minutes i couldn't move and 2nd was few days ago one police mane was asking some information i was so afraid. Good day!

The first time I started hearing voices I got really really scared. I heard my friends' voices coming from the other side of my bedroom wall and they were saying things like "I'm going to rape you." I remember just curling up in my bed and staying like that for hours on end. I also thought my family was trying to kill me during another psychotic episode at home and I locked myself in my bedroom for 1-2 days. I kept thinking there was a sniper out to get me and kept moving around the room. I did not get any sleep at all. When I finally came out, I had toxic shock syndrome from not going to the bathroom and pulling out my tampon. My mom gave me some medication to cool my fever, but eventually called 911 because she was afraid I'd jump out of the car if she drove me to the hospital. I finally took out my tampon in the hospital. I was still hearing voices and I thought they were trying to kill me when they put the IV in because I saw bubbles in it. I yanked it out and then they strapped me to the bed with leather straps and knocked me out. I guess when I'm terrified sometimes I don't freeze, but try to avoid whatever is terrifying me.

Friend how you are feeling now... I think you are alright now... Feeling Sorry for that horrible situation happened and make you versatile...

I have felt that way when I have woken up from a nightmare, but I do not recall any actual experience that did this for me or to me. Wait a minute, yes, when I spun my vehicle on ice a time or two.

Hi. pergammano. If I will be, I probably would be too scared to even talk about it. I hope that you are okay. Going through a moment of terror and anxiety is no fun at all. I remember feeling like this when my oldest daughter left the apartment all by herself. She ended up in the street. Someone found her in the middle of the road. She was crossing the street. I thank God everyday that she is well and that she is alive here with us. I never want to experience this feeling ever again! Stay safe!

I have never actually felt the depths of panic and anxiety that would take me to frozen with fear. I have had my heart pounding with fear before but that is as close as I can come.

d day i saw a ghost,i was scared out of my skin

It happened to me like once or twice, It was a car It was so fast... And I was all scared, I thought that i was going to die in that moment, and The other one, when you know that somebody it's going to hit you and you stay there... Waiting for the slap, punch, however that hurts.

I have never been in any natural disasters or anything. But I have been in a car accident before. It is definitely life changing. If made me realize there is more to life, I never want to experience that again is what I m always thinking.