i'm having this problem with going outside because i heard that if u see a crow that means death and i'm terrified that if i see one something's bad going to happen to me. i also don't feel good because as u know the package says within the 30 days you'll feel better, but i still feel the same. will i get better anytime soon? i'm really freaked out about this crow thing!!!

tweety,
i have seen thousands of crows......they come and roost in a big beautiful evergreen across the street from me all the time. they are a beautiful bird....noisey, but beautiful.......and hey i'm still here!

tweety34,

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i'm having this problem with going outside because i heard that if u see a crow that means death and i'm terrified that if i see one something's bad going to happen to me

This is an obsessive, illogical, distorted thought. It is a lie. The way to overcome this is to believe the truth. Write this thought down, then write the truth beside it. Does everyone who sees a crow have something bad happen to them or die? Who said this? The only way to overcome this irrational fear is to face it and get on with your life. As time goes by and nothing bad happens, you will see the fallacy in believing this and will believe that it is utrue. Step through that invisible wall of anticipatory anxiety and face the fear. Get on with your life.

Guess I am a dead duck. I have been noticing crows since early June. They were everywhere. Personally I don't like them. But Don53 is right. He is VERY good at explaining all of this. Listen to him. I won't tell you why I started noticing them. But I am moving past it and while what I went through this summer was worse yet then what it all started with, the recovery is far faster and I am healthier than before it all happened. Again Don53 is right. It has been 1 1/2 years since first getting the program. It takes about 2 years to solidify the skills.

I agree with everyone and I would like to ad that your thinking is causing bad things to happen to you- not crows. Your thinking is negatively disrupting your life right now. You deserve to live free. Free mind, free heart and free spirit and if you want it you gotta work for it and then you'll make it happen. Hang in there and keep us posted.
-Reagan

hi i just wanna say thank you 2 everyone who's written their responses in the forum. however, the real reason why i'm afraid of seeing a crow is because my father had a stroke and he was here at home and that's when i seen 2 crows. my mom said that it meant death and about 2 weeks later my dad past away. i'm really afraid of the same thing happening to me.

Dear Girl,
I am on week 5 and there is nothing about eating crow! (IN THE 40'S & 50'S) They used paint with lead in it and hungry deprived babies ate chips off the window seal.

Sadly they got brain damage. Some died, some had strokes and some just die of natural causes.

Follow the program, eat well, walk, workout and don't give another thought about crows. They and we are all God's creatures. (THEIR HARMLESS)

ARE YA SMELLING WHAT I'M COOKING?
PEACE OUT,
O/N... THE KID

Hi,

What Don said is true. You have to stop telling yourself irrational things. That is nothing but superstition. I know some believe in it but I would have died a thousand times if it were true. Where I live there are hundreds of crows. They are just a part of the world we live in. Just as robins are, or woodpeckers, or bees, or anything else that lives outside. This is what Lucinda would categorize as magical thinking. It does us no good. Work on changing those thoughts. As you can see they are making a prison for you.

Hugs, Reena

I agree with everyone here. On a good day when you are feeling strong, try and challenge this thought and belief. It is illogical, and untrue, but you have to come to see it that way. As I posted elsewhere, I had a similar belief as well growing up. I lived in a small town and would go by myself to the movie theater on Saturdays. At the age of 9 or so I saw the 1959 movie, Dracula. I was always drawn to the scary movies. After seeing that one I would draw the sheet up over my neck at night while lying in bed going to sleep, in the hopes that it would protect me from being bitten by a vampire as I slept. I knew that it was dumb and probably untrue that vampires existed, much less that a sheet would protect me. But, nevertheless I was still afraid. I guess after reaching 18 and I was still alive, I fully recognized that vampires were bogus. They exist only in our imaginations.

Question: what if you hadn't heard that seeing crows means death? Would you be afraid now? Would it make any differnce as far as how long you live?

hello again....i just wanna say thank u to all who have written back on this topic. i really appreciate it. i am no longer afraid. i did what someone said. face my fears and nothing happened so thank u all again

TWEEDY BIRD,
I HOPE THAT IS THE CASE. IF NOT DON'T STOP OR GIVE UP. \/\/\/ THE KEY TO STAYING FIT (MIND OR BODY) IS NOT TO QUIT! DIG IT, LEARN IT, LIVE IT, LOVE IT!!! (THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN)

WISHING YOU THE BEST SWEET CHILD,
O/N

seems like you are rather over this, but i just wanted to let you know that the crow is not an omen of death (not on my path anyway) he is very wise, smart, and a trickster, but not a harbinger of death.

good wishes to you

~huntress

Just to bring Huntress up to the top.

YO Tweety! Why are allowing your Mom to fill your head with nonsensical superstitious junk? Superstition is of the devil and he LIKES to scare you with his lies like he's doing right now about the crow bit! Whilst they ARE ugly and actually HUMUNGOUS right outside my window in the boonies of Michigan farmland, they'll never get me! I've got me a really good CO 2 pellet gun! TeeHee! Stop listening to bullcrap and stick to what all of these beautiful and nice people above this post are saying! They and you are GREAT!!! Have a good one!