The Fear

whupdedo · 05-05-2015 09:58PM

You won't sleep tonight op, you'll have the heebie jeebies, sweats, itchy skin, and the vivid dreams of mice and dogs and long lost lovers who you'll never meet again,

also, you'll be horny ,

you may want to masterbate profusely , which will take your mind off it for a while but will only make you sink into a bottomless trough of self loathing and pity, but don't worry , you'll get through it , and tomorrow is a better brighter day

When the Sun Hits · 05-05-2015 09:58PM

Hair of the dog.

Stheno · 05-05-2015 10:01PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

That's a quiet Monday night with the mart crowd around here.

Indeed one of my work Christmas parties last year was a scene of carnage

Next day we were all "working" from home but didn't have to start until twelve

Many people had im conversations checking that their recollections were correct

In fairness our boss was English and decided he was footing the bar bill and went on a rampage ordering prosecco after we had pints in the pub, beer and wine during dinner, some toxic cocktail at dessert and then more pub

For most of us the abiding question was if we'd given him any extreme abuse. I thankfully just fell asleep as I usually di

Carlowgirl · 05-05-2015 10:03PM

KungPao wrote: »

You do know it gets worse the following day, don't ya?

I'll say a little prayer for you.

It is the next day! hopefully it will get better tom x

Carlowgirl · 05-05-2015 10:06PM

whupdedo wrote: »

You won't sleep tonight op, you'll have the heebie jeebies, sweats, itchy skin, and the vivid dreams of mice and dogs and long lost lovers who you'll never meet again,

also, you'll be horny ,

you may want to masterbate profusely , which will take your mind off it for a while but will only make you sink into a bottomless trough of self loathing and pity, but don't worry , you'll get through it , and tomorrow is a better brighter day[/quote
Ha I'm so bad I don't even fancy myself! Think ill leave myself alone :-P is the Fear a sign of a drink problem! I normally can go out and not get this the next day!

Carlowgirl · 05-05-2015 10:09PM

Carlowgirl wrote: »

whupdedo wrote: »

You won't sleep tonight op, you'll have the heebie jeebies, sweats, itchy skin, and the vivid dreams of mice and dogs and long lost lovers who you'll never meet again,

also, you'll be horny ,

you may want to masterbate profusely , which will take your mind off it for a while but will only make you sink into a bottomless trough of self loathing and pity, but don't worry , you'll get through it , and tomorrow is a better brighter day[/quote
Ha I'm so bad I don't even fancy myself! Think ill leave myself alone :-P is the Fear a sign of a drink problem! I normally can go out and not get this the next day!

when I get up in the morn it ll be overt48 hours! That should be enough time?

Carlowgirl · 05-05-2015 10:13PM

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

Gets worse and worse as you get older OP. And it has nothing to do with being blacked out and omg totes morto from your unremembered actions out on the town. The dehydration and other negative effects of drink change your brain chemistry and increases anxiety.

Only thing for it is eating and drinking a lot of water the next day as well as being active. Which are pretty much the last things you're interested in when you're feeling mouldy like that.

I am eating and excercised today! the little bit I could do

Stheno · 05-05-2015 10:16PM

Its not a sign of a drink problem more that you drank far too much

If you do that too often you've a problem

JonEBGud · 05-05-2015 10:16PM

Carlowgirl wrote: »

Hi not sure if this is the right place to be posting. Just wondering is anyone else suffering from the fear out there.. I have it very bad after one nights drinking and don't know how to get rid of it. I have talked to my friends and they have said I was fine and that we were all drunk, but nothing anyone says to me can convince me otherwise:D.. Please help

If you drink, don't talk.
If you talk, you slur.

The Backwards Man · 05-05-2015 10:17PM

Carlowgirl wrote: »

Carlowgirl wrote: »

when I get up in the morn it ll be overt48 hours! That should be enough time?

You'll get up feeling like Diane Charlemagne.:)

Stheno · 05-05-2015 10:25PM

Carlowgirl wrote: »

Carlowgirl wrote: »

when I get up in the morn it ll be overt48 hours! That should be enough time?

The fear can last for days as snippets come back to you

whupdedo · 05-05-2015 10:28PM

I often had a 72 hour hangover , where I found it difficult to eat and sleep until Tuesday or Wednesday after a big Saturday night out , I used to have the fear your describing, but I found the older I got the less I gave a fcuk what anyone thought , so it doesn't bother me as much now , you'll know hoe bad you have it if you start having delerioums and raving in your sleep

Carlowgirl · 05-05-2015 10:29PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Carlowgirl wrote: »

You'll get up feeling like Diane Charlemagne.:)

At least this time next week it will all be over :-P I feel like I was the only person in the world that was drunk!

smurgen · 05-05-2015 10:35PM

A good run normally sorts me.also avoiding energy drinks as mixers.my heart is like a yoyo the next day after vodka redbull or jaeger bombs

Stheno · 05-05-2015 10:39PM

smurgen wrote: »

A good run normally sorts me.also avoiding energy drinks as mixers.my heart is like a yoyo the next day after vodka redbull or jaeger bombs

I've never drank either in my life can only imagine waking up after that

05-05-2015 10:45PM

That's not The Fear.

In my heavy drinking days I could have drank and been drunk for 10-12 days on the trot on a very regular basis. It would eventually catch up on me and I'd need a break. During this break us when The Fear arrived.

But never on the first night without drink. The Fear always arrived on the second night. I'd be afraid to go to sleep.

For me The Fear took many forms, wicked frightening dreams, room spinning with profuse sweating and hallucinations. I've dreamed of ghastly gory happenings where Id wake up convinced that the dream was true and someone close to me had been butchered by me or I was present for it. I've even rang the girlfriend at the time at all hours making sure she was safe. Horrid terrifying dreams where Ivebeen known to cry out loudly both during the dream and while awake.

Hallucinations varied from crows sitting on the curtain rail mocking me and me screaming at it from under the duvet, to swarms of bees in the room or armies of ants in the bed.

I drank and lived this way for nearly 2 years. Many many sessions. Many forgotten. But I vividly remember the visits from The Fear and the horrors which he brought.

Stheno · 05-05-2015 10:49PM

TheTorment wrote: »

That's not The Fear.

In my heavy drinking days I could have drank and been drunk for 10-12 days on the trot on a very regular basis. It would eventually catch up on me and I'd need a break. During this break us when The Fear arrived.

But never on the first night without drink. The Fear always arrived on the second night. I'd be afraid to go to sleep.

For me The Fear took many forms, wicked frightening dreams, room spinning with profuse sweating and hallucinations. I've dreamed of ghastly gory happenings where Id wake up convinced that the dream was true and someone close to me had been butchered by me or I was present for it. I've even rang the girlfriend at the time at all hours making sure she was safe. Horrid terrifying dreams where Ivebeen known to cry out loudly both during the dream and while awake.

Hallucinations varied from crows sitting on the curtain rail mocking me and me screaming at it from under the duvet, to swarms of bees in the room or armies of ants in the bed.

I drank and lived this way for nearly 2 years. Many many sessions. Many forgotten. But I vividly remember the visits from The Fear and the horrors which he brought.

US that not dts?

05-05-2015 10:53PM

Yeah, think a lot of people confuse drinking too much or drinking all night and forgetting big chunks of it, or even bog standard drink depression - the downer that follows a day or two after a great night out - with the Fear. The Fear is really akin to delerium tremens, which is far more serious, may require prolonged drinking and sudden withdrawal to start and can take days to kick in, and can result in fever, shakes, hallucinations etc.

Conall Cernach · 05-05-2015 10:55PM

Read some Hunter S. Thompson and then come here and say you've got "The Fear". You haven't had the fear until you've barricaded yourself into your room convinced that your flatmate is going to cut your throat with a scalpel and raving, in between taking swigs from a whiskey bottle, "keep away from my door! I'm a black belt!"

bur · 05-05-2015 10:56PM

TheTorment wrote: »

That's not The Fear.

In my heavy drinking days I could have drank and been drunk for 10-12 days on the trot on a very regular basis. It would eventually catch up on me and I'd need a break. During this break us when The Fear arrived.

But never on the first night without drink. The Fear always arrived on the second night. I'd be afraid to go to sleep.

For me The Fear took many forms, wicked frightening dreams, room spinning with profuse sweating and hallucinations. I've dreamed of ghastly gory happenings where Id wake up convinced that the dream was true and someone close to me had been butchered by me or I was present for it. I've even rang the girlfriend at the time at all hours making sure she was safe. Horrid terrifying dreams where Ivebeen known to cry out loudly both during the dream and while awake.

Hallucinations varied from crows sitting on the curtain rail mocking me and me screaming at it from under the duvet, to swarms of bees in the room or armies of ants in the bed.

I drank and lived this way for nearly 2 years. Many many sessions. Many forgotten. But I vividly remember the visits from The Fear and the horrors which he brought.

Think that's called alcoholism.

FloatingVoter · 05-05-2015 11:01PM

Proper delirium tremens involves being unable to hold a pen. The old cliche about a man being handed a straw to suck his first pint of the morning is bang on. Without that first drink, incontinence, vomiting, palpitations will follow. Hallucinations can be trippy and quite fun - Joan Miro made them an artform. And yes, you can die from it.....a seriously heavy drinker needs to pay a trip to the GP for a librium detox before contemplating cold turkey.

The Fear is some recent invention of children unable to deal with a Monday morning hangover. Making a fool of yourself and living to regret it is not s medical condition.

dxhound2005 · 05-05-2015 11:02PM

I think Christy based his song on those experiences.

05-05-2015 11:03PM

bur wrote: »

Think that's called alcoholism.

Quite likely. Something long since behind me now.

When the Sun Hits · 05-05-2015 11:05PM

The Fear is not delirium tremors. It's the comedown effects after a serious drinking session accompanied by large absences of memory from the night before. The combination resulting in the person feeling a great sense of unease or "fear" at what they may have done or said.

libelula · 05-05-2015 11:13PM

KungPao wrote: »

Getting plastered and wondering if you felt up somebody in the smoking area before the bouncer ****ed you out, then wondering how the hell you got home and if you told your best friends to go **** themselves...and wondering where all your money has gone and thinking to yourself how a full uneaten doner kebab ended up in your pocket.

Something like that.

Ehhh....you just described last years holiday. Except you forgot the visit to Auschwitz and how there was one bite gone out of the donor kebab and I think I licked a window.

No I definitely licked a window.

05-05-2015 11:14PM

libelula wrote: »

Ehhh....you just described last years holiday. Except you forgot the visit to Auschwitz and how there was one bite gone out of the donor kebab and I think I licked a window.

No I definitely licked a window.

FOUND IT

:pac:

Carlowgirl · 05-05-2015 11:21PM

It just cant be worth this! Def not going to do this crap again... the thing that bothers me most is that I hardly drink but when people see you drunk one night , they automatically think your a P*** head.. when I am not

.. not usually anyway.. I had nightmares last night and they were very real... hopefully the worst is over

Stheno · 05-05-2015 11:25PM

Carlowgirl wrote: »

It just cant be worth this! Def not going to do this crap again... the thing that bothers me most is that I hardly drink but when people see you drunk one night , they automatically think your a P*** head.. when I am not .. not usually anyway.. I had nightmares last night and they were very real... hopefully the worst is over

I once had a nightmare that the miniature sharks in my local pet store were eating the rabbits and woke my oh demanding we drive to save them even if it meant breaking in

Carlowgirl · 05-05-2015 11:28PM

Stheno wrote: »

I once had a nightmare that the miniature sharks in my local pet store were eating the rabbits and woke my oh demanding we drive to save them even if it meant breaking in

had some one break in to my house last night.. I could see them in the garden waiting , one of them had a rock he was waiting to throw it through my window.. I was trying to ring the guards and could nt get through..When I woke up I actually looked outside to make sure there was no one there...

FloatingVoter · 05-05-2015 11:30PM

Carlowgirl wrote: »

had some one break in to my house last night.. I could see them in the garden waiting , one of them had a rock he was waiting to throw it through my window.. I was trying to ring the guards and could nt get through..When I woke up I actually looked outside to make sure there was no one there...

...sorry to break it to you. That was Kevin and Maureen from Store Street - they were meant to be answering the hotline but were actually doing a little B&E on the side. I've had a word and the relevant loan sharks have been paid off.

The Fear

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