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Originally Posted by xepherys
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That strikes a chord with me as well. Willravel, before you point out our other recent discussion, I'm here for advice, whether given by a trained psychologist, or someone else going through it. Knowledge is always good, even if we don't give 100% credit to the source all the time.
At any rate, I have a fairly extreme fear of heights, and also have claustrophobia pretty badly. I don't even generally like wearing a baseball cap because it limits my range of vision. Drives me nuts! Cars I can deal with, but the CAT scan thing... man, I'd be clawing at the walls after a few minutes. I'm pretty good at meditation and relaxation, but I don't know that I'd be able to control it under such a critical situation. Even thinking about it spikes my heartrate. Heights are the same way for me. I need some feeling of security. I can fly in an airplane and look down and think it's cool because I feel safe. However, being on a cliff (even back a ways) with a railing and a tether get me a bit upset. Needless to say, Basic Training had some difficult moments.
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I think a good bit of these feelings are really normal and average. You should feel anxious if you're not certain that you're safe. In Basic, while you typically are safe, it is probably not apparent to you at the time. In a war, of course, you are not safe. You should be somewhat concerned about your safety. However, you should also be able to work your way through it with your training. Much of your training is probably a lot of shoot first, ask questions later, as if you don't you'd be dead.
The baseball cap thing.. okay.. that's a little different.
But at least that's easy to deal with.. just don't wear them.