@opalescent wrote:
About that mountain that blew up… our son is 4 and can watch some pretty intense stuff in movies, though he is quite limited for now with what he watches. He saw one that happened to have a mildly destructive volcanic explosion in it, and he lost it, cried inconsolably, deep grieving crying. I honor that, but what can Mommy do? I feel like I could be lying to say it wouldn’t happen again… So I hold him and let him process it. 🙁
I remember having terrifying dreams of volcanoes when i was a child, they persisted into adulthood. I havent had one for ages but your mention of your sons fears suddenly reminded me that I too share his fear of volcanoes. Just watching documentary programmes where people measure the volcano’s activity I start to feel panicky for them thinking they should run away. Why is it every video game has lava in it – its daft but I get really scared when I play a game with lava in it!
I have heard that a lot of phobias of things like dark places or water etc. are because of ancient memories.
