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Scared of weather/heavy rain!?

• It's raining very heavily right now (i'm in England, so no surprise) but I always get very scared of heavy rain. I'm 13, and right now I'm home alone. I just want advice on how I can get over this fear of bad weather and heavy rain. It's mainly the sound of the rain/thunder etc that scares me. If I'm outside in it (with a coat on obviously) I'm not scared. But the sound of it on the windows, the sound of rain scares the **** out of me, and I also hate power-cuts. So, advice on how to get over this? And is it normal? Thanks!

• Answer:

  Hunnie, its alright to be scared, its perfectly normal at your age! But im sure youll grow out of it, but for know there are a few things you can do! Firstly question yourself why are you afraid exactly, do you think your house cant withstand it, your going to hurt yourself somehow etc, heading your fear face on is a good staring approach! Secondly to reassure yourself make sure you know where everything is in your room, make sure the floor is clear, you can do this for the rest of your home too, so if a power cut does happen you know that there is little chance of hurting yourself. You can put together a box aswell just in case this happens and put it under your bed, or in the bottom of your wardrobe, where ever you think you will know exactly where it is incase of a power cut. A few ideas of what to put in it: Torch with spare batteries Candles and matches Sweets, chocolate, tinned foods with plastic cutlery so you dont have to hunt around too much. Blankets A windup radio, or batteries for a radio. All these will just help reassure you that if there is a power cut you are prepared. When a storm does come down, listen to music, occupy yourself with something else, computer games, cooking (if your interested), whatever can occupy you! I hope this helps, and stop worrying!!! xxx