Both my husband and my mother-in-law have an extreme fear of thunder and
lightening - and ESPECIALLY tornadoes. That is understandable: They have each
been in a house that was hit and damaged by a tornado.

My mother-in-law found that when she got a CD of thunder, wind, and rain sounds
and played it softly while she slept, it got better over time. My husband hasn't
gotten around to trying that. What we have tried is for me to hold him and
attempt to "protect" him from the "big bad storm". I don't know if it's that or
something else, but for the past few months he's slept through numerous storms
and didn't realize it.

Hooray for you on refusing Xanax!

Beth

--- In unusualphobias@yahoogroups.com, "donna" <donna.walentovic@...> wrote:
>
> MY 7 YEAR OLD HAS A PHOBIA TO RAIN THUNDER AND LIGHTING
> EVEN IF WE GO TO THE MOVIES AND HE SEE'S IT ON THE FILM
> LIKE YESTERDAY WE SAW THE ADVENTURCES OF SHARK BOY AND LAVA GIRL AND
> THEIR WAS LIGHTING AND RAIN AND TORNADO'S INVOLVED AND HE STARTED TO
> CRY AND WATNED TO TROW UP.IF I HAD KNOWN THIS WE WOULD PROBALLY NOT
> HAVE GONE. BUT, TRYING TO BREAK HIM OF THIS CYCLE AND DONE ME IN.
> IS THEIR ANYONE OUT THEIR WITH THE SAME FEARS. HE HAS SEEN A DOCTOR
> WELL LETS SAY 4 DOCTORS AND EVERYONE HAS THIER OWN THEORY MEDICATIONS
> I AM A NURSE LVN AND REFUSE TO GIVE MY SON XANAX. SO, WE HAVE TRYED
> OTHER MEDICATIONS AND ALL THEY DO IS PUT HIM TO SLEEP. SO I TOOK HIM
> TO A HIPYSOSIS THAT DIDN'T WORK. SO HERE I AM ANYONE HAVE SUGGESTIONS.
> I AM WILLING TO HEAR THEM.. I EVEN WENT AS FAR AS WRITING DR. PHIL
> BUT NO LUCK.
> THIS HAS BEEN GONG ON FOR 3 YEARS ALREADY
>
> THANKS
>
> DONNA
>