Thursday, January 29, 2009

Stress in my life

I get very stressed out about really mundane and irrelevant things. Its very strange, and they usually only last for a very small amount of time, I don't get over it, it just ends fer example: getting things out of vending machines. I am utterly terrified to buy things in the event that I either type in the wrong code and get the wrong thing, or i type in the right code and STILL get the wrong thing. Its something that plagues me everytime I attempt to get anything from a vending machine, which is why i typically avoid them most of the time. I dont know where this fear has stemmed from because I dont recall ever getting the wrong thing, but the fact that they do have those terrible cheese crackers with peanut butter in the middle that have been in there for probalby months on end is terrifying on the off chance that I might have to be in possession of them and eat them because i counted out all my pennies to get them.

Something that also terrifies me, and I feel I have legitimate reason to fear is those visual word verification things. I always struggle with them on the internet. It's one of the hardest, most stressful things. The whole pick a password, and username... nothing, I'm pro. But the stupid verification thing i ALWAYS get either the "The characters you entered didn't match the word verification. Please try again." or "Enter the letters as they are shown in the image." messages! As if I didn't see the letters in the first place. Maybe the fact that I usually get them wrong adds to my stress. And I never know if I am going to get kicked off for trying too many times. Because of it I always debate whether to click the handicap button. I dont think that would be any better, and I feel like I shouldn't need to use it because I'm not really sure who it would be used for. The first thing that comes to mind would be blind people that can't see the letters to type so they verbalize them, but I'm not sure how a blind person would be able to use a computer in the first place. Maybe I should use the handicap button and I could feel much more confident in visual word verification abilities. Perhaps it would help me overcome my weakness as well. Maybe my world will open up if I'm not worrying about verifying everything.

5 comments:

  1. I really, really hate the word verification thing too.

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  2. Oh yeah, so after I told my Mom about your blog here, she was telling me that the soda machine in the nursing department always has expired drinks in it. Gross. But I thought it goes along with your fear...

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  3. hahahaha dang those are some intense fears!!! i can relate to the word verification, i hate hate that shizz, but nah, what drives me nuts is walking through the metal detectors at the airports and things at stores and stuff that beep if you walk through them. im always scared that somehow -- even tho ive checked my pockets like 6 times -- the detector will beep when i walk through!! the worst is at the library.. im always afraid someone has secretly snuck a book into my backpack or something.. its crazy trust me....

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  4. hahaha in order to post this comment i had to type in a word verification thing.....

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  5. AH! I just removed that so no one else has to suffer as I do.

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