Firefighters Pull Back in Fear of Venomous Snakes

Austrian firefighters had to pull back from a blazing building on Tuesday as most were overcome with fear from the venomous snakes inside. Franz Resperger, fire department spokesperson, said that 85 firefighters retreated hastily from a burning barn in East Vienna after being warned by a neighbor about the owner’s menagerie of species kept within. A reptile expert had to be called to the scene to remove some of the creatures inside before the firefighters could put out the fire comfortably. He was able to capture 7 snakes, several of them venomous. There were two Australian taipans and one India cobra over 2 yards long. What’s more, had these snakes bitten the firefighters they would have died. The venom that some of the snakes were packing have no antidotes available in Austria. Perhaps it’s was the firefighters instincts that kept them alive in the sea of snakes and fire. The fear of snakes is a pretty common fear and it’s not hard to see why. The most common fears, I think, have some sort of biological purpose. Heights, snakes, insects, storms– we’re afraid of these things because our instincts are trying to keep us alive. Firefighters Pull Back in Fear of Venomous Snakes So, there are fears that are probably just instinctual and then there are phobias. I think phobias are fears that actually consume people’s minds and prevent them from completing simple tasks. Phobias can ruin people’s lives, which is why it’s important to learn how to control them. No matter how silly you might feel about your phobia, it’s important that you take the proper actions to stop it from having a detrimental effect on your life. I have a friend who found that EFT, or the Emotional Freedom Technique, was particularly effective in curbing her anxieties. The EFT is a way in which you condition yourself to not be afraid. It involves a mantra and tapping in certain meridian spots on your body. There has been documented evidence that  EFT  has been successful in treating severe cases of ablutophobia (fear of water and washing). A lot of skeptics feel that EFT is nonsense, while thousands of people claim that it was entirely effective. However you decide to treat your phobia, just know that trying to overcome it is the most important part. Whatever method works for you, works for you. Firefighters Pull Back in Fear of Venomous Snakes It’s important that we all learn to overcome our obstacles as soon as they arise. It’s too easy to let them fester and grow into greater problems. I personally am trying to take every problem as it arises head on, right away. I’ve found this is much more effective to making me feel better as a whole and keeping me more productive. I like to battle my issues by writing in a journal every day for an hour. Sounds excessive, huh? I suppose it is, but I just use the time I would normally designate for television and it seems to be working out. Self-improvement is a daily effort. I personally believe that we should never be satisfied with how things are but rather, always be aspiring to be better. The firefighters, of course, are brave people who don’t have to work on their fear of snakes. It was just a dangerous situation that was also pretty creepy. I’m not afraid of snakes, but if someone told me that there were 6-foot venomous ones waiting in a burning barn, I probably wouldn’t go running in. Firefighters Pull Back in Fear of Venomous Snakes Related: Oprah’s Fear of Gum Firefighters Pull Back in Fear of Venomous Snakes

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