Bus journeys

[stoppinattwo]

I havent been on a bus for years.....I had to get one today and I was an absolute snob...>

OMG i couldnt touch the bars that you use to steady yourself....i spent the whole time wishing I was off the bus

WFT is up with me....BTW the last time i got a bus a random lady started butting the seat infront till her forhead split...blood everywhere, dont know whether even now still it plays on my mind...Im not an OCD clean freak but I just couldnt bring myself to touch anything on that bus!!!

WHY??

Oh God...Euphemia

why is itjust buses???

I can shop without feeling like thsi

why Mingg?...dont give the no comment...just dont post.

stoppinattwo - did you feel the same way on buses before the headbutting experience? Or do you think that has created a negative anchor in your mind? In which case NLP is fantastic for that kind of thing.

whethergirl.....Im not sure why it started...possibly it was this incident - thankyou for not thinking im being snobby, I really didnt enjoy todays journey and although I made light of it...I felt a complete twunt

What is NLP?

Mingg you are being a tormenting freak....carryon as you were ....bet you get the bus every day?...now do run along

NLP stands for Neuro Linguistic Programming -Paul McKenna uses it a lot. My neighbour is a practitioner and helped me out one time. I'd had an op and had to change my dressing every day, and even though I'm not normally squeamish, for some reason the idea of it freaked me out and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. 30 mins with my neighbour completely cured me! Basically NLP re-programs your brain, so where you might have negative emotions/thoughts/memories attached to certain activities, it breaks the connection.

It's not that unusual, loads of people don't particularly enjoy buses. I AM a bit ocd, but have always had to use public transport so try not to think about the germs on all the bars, and have got used to the strange smelly people who always seem to want to sit next to me.

I'm no expert, but it really sounds to me like you are still affected by the headbutting incident. And I don't blame you, it sounds awful and would play on my mind too. But if that was the last time you got on a bus, then basically your brain has remembered that negative feeling and it's been triggered by you getting back on a bus again.