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05-20-2023, 11:25 PM
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Bridges though I am given to understand that actually an anxiety issue. Have tried twice with psychologists to get passed it to no real effect.
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05-21-2023, 09:34 AM
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Bridges though I am given to understand that actually an anxiety issue. Have tried twice with psychologists to get passed it to no real effect.
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You know the one over the Mississippi on Highway 10  ? Where you can't pull over?
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05-21-2023, 11:55 PM
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You know the one over the Mississippi on Highway 10 ? Where you can't pull over? |
Which one? The Twinspan between New Orleans and Slidell? Because ... eep.
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05-22-2023, 06:47 AM
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Which one? The Twinspan between New Orleans and Slidell? Because ... eep.
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I have no choice but to drive it as my sister lives in Nola. Thank God she lives in Uptown and not the West Bank! And it's flat except for the part for boat to go under. It's 30 feet higher than the original one that Katrina blew away!
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05-22-2023, 08:43 AM
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Which one? The Twinspan between New Orleans and Slidell? Because ... eep.
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I meant the one in west Louisiana but here's a great view of the one to NOLA in the last scene of the Haunted Mansion movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0KbMpbyaRs
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05-23-2023, 06:24 AM
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Yeah, I went to a psychologist for about 4-5 months for that one. You know what - it only takes 5 minutes to get across it...and I thought is was like 20 or more!
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05-22-2023, 06:44 AM
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You know the one over the Mississippi on Highway 10 ? Where you can't pull over? |
At Baton ROuge? Oh hell no! There is a ferry though it takes about an hour longer....
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05-21-2023, 10:18 AM
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When I lived in Michigan, the worst experience I had on a bridge was the first time crossing the Mackinac Bridge to Mackinac Island. Crossing it at night it was pitch black on both sides of the bridge. So I didn’t know we were on a bridge until I saw the first main suspension part, which was dimly lit and creepy looking. I was petrified going across it because there was nowhere to stop or pull over and it was really long. Yikes! 
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05-21-2023, 11:14 AM
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I don’t have a problem with bridges as long as they’re not too high up. How high is that Michigan bridge? I heard nice things about Mackinac Island. I’d like to take my girl there but if that bridge is high as hell, that might pose a problem Lol.
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05-21-2023, 09:01 PM
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It’s sort of high. Yes, it’s lots of fun. I enjoyed it.
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05-21-2023, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands
I don’t have a problem with bridges as long as they’re not too high up. How high is that Michigan bridge? I heard nice things about Mackinac Island. I’d like to take my girl there but if that bridge is high as hell, that might pose a problem Lol.
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It’s sort of high. Yes, it’s lots of fun. I enjoyed it.
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The Mackinac Bridge is only 200 feet above the water.
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05-22-2023, 09:05 PM
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Storms. I cannot handle thunderstorms for some reason. It could be that I was in Costa Rica as a kid during a severe storm (like several lightning strikes sort of thing) or the overall loud noise. I've gotten better with it over time but I still get nervous with big storms to this day
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05-22-2023, 10:38 PM
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The Mackinac Bridge is only 200 feet above the water.
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Well, that puts it lower than the Millennium Force 
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The Mackinac bridge connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. Ferry or plane is the only way to get to Mackinac Island and there are no cars allowed on the Island. That bridge is very high and 5 miles long and I had to drive it once myself when it was raining. I always stay on the inside lane if I have to drive it. They do have a service you can pay to drive your ca r for you if you can't bring yourself to drive it. It closes if winds are too high.
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Yes. This. I had no idea you could catch a plane to the island though. Lots of fudge shops on the island which I loved. Hated manure dodging though lol
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Well, it's a bridge. It's five miles long. It's not going to be 10 feet above the water. But, if you still want to visit Mackinac Island, you can take a ferry from the shore without crossing the bridge.
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lol
Hilarious! This made laugh so hard!
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05-22-2023, 09:07 PM
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I'm afraid of bridges too. And spiders. And probably bats after having had one in a house I was staying in when I was doing my occupational therapy fieldwork at a state psychiatric hospital in rural northern Michigan.
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05-23-2023, 04:47 AM
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This is the bad thing about living away from the city. Happened just now. It’s 3:44am and at that time, in this house, it’s like a box of chocolates — you don’t know what you’re going to get (or see on the wall) Got up to get a drink of water and saw this (smaller but still big) on the wall.
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZCuwquOMseE?feature=share
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