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AIBU?

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in worrying about the world ending on the 21st?

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kaylasmum · 05/12/2012 11:13

I know i'm being irrational but i'm really getting worried. i suffer from anxiety and this is really getting to me.

aibu?

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flow4 · 07/12/2012 20:49

I tried convincing my kids that if the world was going to end on 22nd Dec, there wasn't any point in me buying them Christmas presents ...
They pointed out the smartypants! that if the world was going to end, I wouldn't need money, so there was no point saving it, and in fact I might as well give them presents today and every day til the 22nd!

BTW, have you seen this marvellous of the Australian Prime Minister announcing the end of the world?!

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kaylasmum · 07/12/2012 20:59

flow- how old are your kids? are they not concerned about it? if i mentioned it in front of my dd aged 9 she would be very upset.

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Fakebook · 07/12/2012 21:04

On Thursday evening the electricity in our house went on and off really quickly. The lights kept going dim and then back to normal again. DH was at work but this morning he told me their electricity at work kept going dim and then bright again. He says all their electrical equipment had to be reset again. Is this something to do with the solar flare or something? It happened on 6th dec at around 7pm

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kaylasmum · 07/12/2012 21:07

has there been a solar flare recently? I did'nt know there had been one, does anyone know if this has happened before?

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flow4 · 07/12/2012 21:11

Mine are older, ksmum - 17 and nearly 13... And they both have quite a wicked sense of humour .

Your DD may well sense your worry and be upset too. Kids do tend to pick up on our emotions, don't they? :) But really, don't fret: it's nonsense, honestly :)

GrimmaTheNome · 07/12/2012 21:11

has there been a solar flare recently? I did'nt know there had been one, does anyone know if this has happened before?

Yes, of course its happened before, scientists know a lot about them. Solar flares are a natural phenomenon which occur on a roughly 11 year cycle.

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kaylasmum · 07/12/2012 21:14

I'm trying very hard to keep my anxiety hidden, so don't think she would pick up on anything.

Grimma- are solar flares reason for concern?

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GrimmaTheNome · 07/12/2012 21:15

Re Facebooks question - possibly - I heard we're due for some and 'Massive solar flares are sometimes associated with coronal mass ejections which can trigger geomagnetic storms that have been known to knock out electric power for extended periods of time.'

GrimmaTheNome · 07/12/2012 21:18

Grimma- are solar flares reason for concern?
maybe if you work for a power company or suchlike or you're an astronaut.

Morloth · 07/12/2012 21:27

Will worrying help?

Let's say it is true, what difference will it make if you worry about it?

flow4 · 07/12/2012 21:29

Flares have always happened - the earliest recorded ones were about 700AD, and the earliest scientifically observed ones were over 150 years ago. They are pretty common, and there was one yesterday... :)
You can find out about flare activity here: www.spaceweather.com/

Fakebook · 07/12/2012 21:33

Yes I've read somewhere we're due for some big solar flares which is why I thought my electricity was going dim. Apparently they effect radio waves.

Another thing I've heard is that the poles will change. I can't remember the word for it but the north will turn to south and the south to north so it will affect magnetism and suchlike. When I was in school they taught us in year 3 that every 100 years there's a polar shift (that's the word). I don't know if this is true though. We should be due for one soon if it is true.

ChippingInAWinterWonderland · 07/12/2012 21:41

Kaylasmum - I was hoping you wouldn't see this, I can't think why Rocking posted it on your thread so that you were bound to see it

Rocking - considering you are now worried by this after hearing about it on Skye news, WHY would you post it where someone else who was worried anyway would see it?

BOTH of you - the end of the world (and all the rest of it) has been predicted over and over again and we are all still here. I have lots of chocolate and baileys planned for Christmas and I'll be buggered if the world is going to be allowed to end before then!!

In all seriousness, the world is not going to end. Not on the 21st of Dec nor for a very long time after that. If you are seriously still worried about it, you need to get some/more/better therapy x

perceptionreality · 07/12/2012 22:59

The Sky News thing is a joke!

To the people worried about this - why are you any more worried about this prediction than previous ones?

MysticMugBug · 07/12/2012 23:05

i have terrible anxiety if i don't take my anti-deps - sertraline.
I know how horrible it is, the quote 'fear is a prison' is v true.
Maybe try and get some help from your GP, i did and i'm so glad, but i was worried i wouldn't be taken seriously

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kaylasmum · 08/12/2012 18:07

I told my dp of my worries today and he said he can understand why i would be worried, because of all the things that have been happening in the world lately. He is usually the level headed one!

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flow4 · 08/12/2012 22:51

I don't think more bad things have happened; I just think we hear about them much more... When I was young, there were only 3 TV channels, half a dozen newspapers and no internet - so therefore only very limited opportunities to ever hear about things like solar flares and Mayan calendars...

DeckTheHallsWithBoughsOfJolly · 08/12/2012 22:57

I don't worry about things like the world ending. Generally I figure that there's no point in worrying if there's nothing I can do about a possible issue.

And if there is action I can take I should be taking it rather than wasting my time worrying.

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kaylasmum · 10/12/2012 12:15

after feeling a little less anxious yesterday its hit me full force today! I wish i could speak to a scientist or some mayan history expert. God i sound totally mad!!

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kaylasmum · 10/12/2012 12:17

been reading about people in china buying up supplies, same in russia!!

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SledsImOn · 10/12/2012 12:21

I can't bloody wait tbh. Bring it on.

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kaylasmum · 10/12/2012 12:24

sleds do you have kids? i fear for my dcs.

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Pandemoniaa · 10/12/2012 12:29

Please stop torturing yourself with this. Especially stop Googling up the millions of scare stories that are posted by bonkers conspiracy theorists.

InExitCelsisDeo · 10/12/2012 12:31

But if the world is due to end on the 21st, what is the point of buying supplies? There will be no 22nd on which to use them.

Pandemoniaa · 10/12/2012 12:32

I like your logic, InExit.

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