My Story

Summary:

This is about my personal experience with the knowledge of 2012.

My Story

Andrea (guest) 26 Oct 2009 06:59

About a year ago, I was hanging out with my friends and we always love watching the history channel. Let me start off by telling you I am currently 20 years old and I watched the Doomsday program, I was in tears by the end of it. I had never even heard of it before in my life and my friends boyfriend was like oh dont believe that crap its not true but i could not get it out of my head. It was haunting me!

I kid you not I have cried over this, I have been depressed about this, I still have feelings of nervousness about the whole subject. I actually am at the point of having nightmares about 2012! My nightmares ALWAYS ALWAYS consists of me being outside doing whatever and ill look up at the sky (Im a photographer and the sky is my favorite subject!!) and I would see the moon really really close or even multiple planets really close and i would know it was the end of the world. My two scariest dreams were i was on my friends front porch and I looked up and the moon was crashing towards the earth! I swear to you i woke up so scared it wasnt even funny! And the second dream was me being outside and i looked up and there was all the planets and they were so close and then they started crashing into the earth. My dreams felt so real I didnt even know what to do!

I have been so scared and not a day goes by where I dont think about it, no joke something always makes me think about it whether its something bad that happens in the world or whatever. I even told my friend that I want to buy a bottle of sleeping pills so that if something starts to happen I can take them and hopefully die before it gets me. This is the first time I have ever seen this site and I feel like 7 times better than I did before. I feel relieved almost and Im soooooooooooooo happy I came across it and took the time to read everything because I was at the point of almost having nervous breakdowns! I know I am still going to think about it I mean it will never leave my mind untill its 2014 but I feel a little better now! This site is a blessing for me! Thanks to the authors of it!!

Re: My Story

2012hoax 26 Oct 2009 15:35

Andrea;

You are very welcome. It is stories like yours that keep us going. As you have discovered, we give this information for free. We don't try to sell you anything, or beg for money. We don't even allow ads on this site.

I am sorry, so very sorry, that this hoax has affected you so greatly. You should take comfort in knowing that you are not alone: Many people have been troubled by this hoax.

You might want to sign our petition to the History Channel

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Alene Y 26 Oct 2009 23:11

Hi Andrea,
I am so sorry you have had to go through this trauma because unscrupulous people want to make money by frightening others. I'm very glad that you found our site and that it has been helpful to you. You, and others like you, are the reason we are doing this. Every time the History Channel runs their "Doomathon", the questions about 2012 skyrocket. Whenever this starts to worry you again, come back and read some more. The scammers have absolutely nothing but unscientific speculation on which to base their claims. Take care and try not to let their foolishness frighten you.

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PoshNinja 06 Nov 2009 15:24

Hello, Andrea.

(My response is sooooooooo… late.)

I'm happy that the website was able to help you but I also know that type of fear is difficult to overcome even after finding comfort in something.

I just want to put this out there and say that if you need any help or if you have any questions, feel free to come back and let us know.

Also— I'm very sorry that you had to go through this.

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Erica (guest) 01 Dec 2009 22:22

Hi Andrea,
My story is quite like yours. I have know about 2012 from Voyager (it’s a stupid Italian program about rubbish like aliens, mysterious things etc.) After watching the program I started to be very upset about 2012.

Before finding this site (an astronomer told me about 2012hoax) the first thought when I woke up was always that I was going to die within 3 years. I didn’t want to work an live anymore because anything didn’t make sense to me like before.
I thought about 2012 every day, several times per day for months. Voyager and Patric Geryl's claims mostly caused me terrible thoughts.

2012hoax.org helped me to debunk a lot of 2012 claims. I still have some bad feelings when people talk about that year, but I feel much better… Now I can say, after this terrible experience that, I appreciate my life much more than before.

Also I learned lots of thing about our planet and space, and I truly believe that we have to save our planet for real problems…like pollution, ice melting etc.

Hope you don’t feel alone anymore.

Erica from Italy :D

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Alene Y 02 Dec 2009 01:25

Hi Erica,
I'm so sorry you have been frightened by this terrible hoax, but I am glad you found our site and it was helpful. You don't need to fear 2012. It is just another year that the crackpots chose to sell their doomsday junk. Anytime you start to get worried again, just come back, read some more, or ask a question.

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Astrogeek 02 Dec 2009 04:01

Hi Erica!

Glad to see you posting here. Did I answer all of your questions in email?

Thanks for dropping by! Come back any time.

Bill.

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"Do you ever think about things you do think about?" - Henry Drummond to Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind

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Jonathon Gardner (guest) 04 Dec 2009 04:34

in 6th grade i watched the history channel (like i always do) when came up about 2012. At first I didn't think much of it, when not until 7th grade when I started to get scared about this claim. It started to haunt my mind, thinking that everybody I know might not be here If 2012 occurs. I would think about every day I would have anxiety about the whole thing. Know I'm in 8th grade, I've helped my fear with 2012 by convincing my self that there claims are completely unreal. But still when I run into a book or documentary It still gives me the thought of the world ending. Its like having this giant stress on you, I think until the date comes and gos I will still be scared about 2012. I've noticed though that this 2012 crap has been just emerging recently. I looked at a book called pole shifting by Tom White, what it said just scared me to the bone. Until I looked up pole shifting, geologist say that the only dramtic pole shift was 5 degrees not 120 degrees in 2 hours like the book said.

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Alene Y 04 Dec 2009 15:27

Hi Johnathon,
I'm glad you found our site. You need to read the pages about pole shift and geomagnetic reversal. You will see that a geographic polar switch is not possible. Geomagnetic reversals have happened in the past. They take thousands of years to occur. They don't just flip. This happens so slowly that there would be no effect on us. The people claiming that all these things are going to happen in 2012 have no scientific background, their claims are all just made up and they can't happen. Please don't let this keep worrying you. It is all a hoax and the perpetrators are making lots of money by scaring people.

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Frederick (guest) 15 Dec 2009 08:01

You know me from one of the newer posts, right? Well, I am 10 and I also had this fear. Two days ago, I came across the 2012 rumor and I started crying for those two days, but when I heard that this is a hoax, I felt much better. (Luckily, I did not get driven WILD on this, I heard about those who died…) And get this, when I went to Roblox(check that website), I found these games that were made by children that were about 2012!!! This nonsense has to stop!

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Astrogeek 15 Dec 2009 15:21

Hi Frederick;

Yes, we saw your posts. Wow, only 10? You write very well.

Yes, this nonsense has to stop. The best way to stop it is to arm yourself with the facts, and be ready to shred the arguments of those who say that the world will end in 2012. Most of the people who are scared by this rumor have been convinced that there is science and evidence supporting it. Knock out those two legs, and the idea of a "2012 doomsday" falls over like a 1-legged stool.

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"Do you ever think about things you do think about?" - Henry Drummond to Matthew Harrison Brady in Inherit the Wind

lovingmotherof3 (guest) 18 Dec 2010 21:34

Hi Andrea
I too was going through that recently and yes it is horrible, but it's not real. I was convinced it was real because I had no facts. I also had suffered years of these similar dreams and yes they seem to be so real. I'm going to tell you what my therapist told me, you are suffering from these dreams because these are your fears. You are young, dont let this rob you from living your life. I started seeing a therapist because I now suffer with anxiety/panic disorder. I had a nervouse breakdown, I lost some loved ones because they thought I was mentally crazy. My kids suffered because they had to watch me suffer everyday and that is more painful to me than some unrealistic crap with no scientific evidence claims. I am getting better and you will too, it takes time so dont give up. Turn this negative experience into a positive one. I now know what the more important things are in my life. Take care of you and get better.

Alene Y 19 Dec 2010 00:56

Hi lovingmother.
It's very heartening to see how you have overcome your fears and are now posting to help others. Congratulations and thanks for your posts.