This will probably on have me post on here, but another kind mn'er advised me to start a thread for people who are worried about the supposed doomsday on the 21/12/12.
I, myself am worried. I suffer from anxiety anyway, and this is just another problem in the long list!
I am worried because i think i won't be able to protect my kids.
I worry because i wonder if the government are covering it up.
I worry incase Nasa are wrong and we are hit by a rouge asteroid no one knows about.
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RockingAroundTheBloodyXmasTree · 18/12/2012 17:24
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D0oinMeCleanin ·
18/12/2012 22:15
Honestly nothing is going to happen on Friday. There is lots and lots of scientifically based evidence that says nothing will happen and no evidence that it will. There are theories made up on the internet by either very ill or very silly people. That is all.
The Mayans themselves have said that they did not predict the end of the world. Nostradamus wrote in riddles that could mean anything plus his predictions stretch way, way beyond 2012 and our lifetimes and that of our children's.
Friday is winter solstice and and the end of the Mayans long calendar, that is all.
I know that you know all of this anyway, but just keep repeating it to yourselves 
And both of you get to the GP, quick smart or I will hunt you both down and drag you there myself 
RockingAroundTheBloodyXmasTree ·
18/12/2012 22:40
hi confustling! (waves) i will probably be up thursday night so will be here for hand holding 
i think we should come here saturday if nothing happens and have a big un mumsnetty hugs and congratulate ourselves on getting through it.
what do u all say?!
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D0oinMeCleanin ·
19/12/2012 11:08
So I caved and phoned my mum for her ideas on this whole end of the world thingy, since she's read up on Mayan prophecies etc. She finds the whole thing fascinating and did at one point think there was something in this whole 2012 thing.
Basically the Mayans were an ancient race of mesoamericans and very gifted astrologers. They have a few calenders, that are all linked to each other and all follow important astrological and historical events. This whole thing is about their long count calender, when the long count calender ends the 13th Ba'k'tun (I'm not sure about this spelling it is how she texted me it so it might not be Googlable) will end.
People are having a big fuss because it was originally believed that Mayans counted in cycles of 13 and that once the 13th Ba'k'tun ends, that is it. Their cycle is over. The Mayanists (people who study the Mayan culture and calender) believe the cycle simply starts again however recent findings have turned up Mayan calculations and dates that go right past the 17th Ba'k'tun, which is well past our life time and that of our children. A lot of Mayanists believe that the ancient Mayan calculations and calenders actually count well past the life of the sun itself, so we don't need to worry about it (again this theory is backed up by ancient drawings, books and artifacts)
Their calenders are widely believed (and this belief is backed up by findings of ancient drawings and artifacts) to have religious significance. The Mayans believed that humanity was created by five Gods, who wanted to create a race of people in the image of themselves. We, as we are today, are their 13th attempt. Each Ba'k'tun signifies the 'end' of one era of civilisation and the start of another (don't panic at that bit, we are not going to die), at the end of the 13th Ba'k'tun i.e. Friday, a new era will begin. This will be an era of spiritual awareness and awakening. In other words the Mayans think that we will become closer to God-like beings - which seems like a good thing to me, I wouldn't mind being more Goddess like
Although if you want to believe that you will enter a new Godlike state on Friday, which would be awesome, but sadly implausible, then you should also believe that the five gods once made us out of wood, and although we walked and talked we had no soul, which is why they continued 'improving' us, until we reached our current state (they also tried making us out of clay and mud and things but that wasn't successful either) Evidence of evolution disproves the theory that we were once made of wood and clay.
Their calenders never foretold a chaotic disaster or end of days. Simply an and end of one era and the start of another, similar to our millennium but with a religious background. The Mayan people never predicted planet X or whatever, that was made up by internet trolls, who had no other way to explain what the end of the 13th Ba'k'tun meant, religion isn't as scary to most people as super disasters are, because they are less feasible.
I don't know if any of that will help people who are worried about it, but I hope it will.
confusteling ·
19/12/2012 16:39
D0oin and Madsleigh - GP knows 
, told her last week and she grinned and then shoved me and said "That's not going to happen, right, you hear me?!" .. (I know her very well, talk normally once a week so not too strange!!) .. I'm on anti-anxiety medication and have been for a couple of years now..
My mum knows I'm worried too, as do a couple of close friends - one good friend explained it's frightening me so much, got me to analyse it all.
Pyschologist knows as well and said to use the techniques he has taught me - e.g. understanding the fear, where it comes from, what the evidence is for my fear and whether then it is worth worrying over.
I want to phone my GP today to ask her for help but I think phoning and saying "I'm feeling anxious because I'm what iffing over a Mayan Apocalypse" , I think she'd be a bit unimpressed and I've never phoned specifically because I'm scared of something. I'd phone tommorow but she isn't on duty tommorow. And she sent me a letter saying to have a lovely Christmas/New year, I don't want to phone if she isn't expecting me to. I spoke to her twice last week as it is.. I think the anxiety there is more knowing she will take time off at some point in the next two weeks and I might not be able to talk to her if I needed to. That insecurity is worrying.
D0oin what your mum has said is really helpful, thank you. I am seriously considering making myself a word document of evidence that this whole thing isn't what I think it is.. if that makes sense!
Hugs back to everyone xxx
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