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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bay Bridge?[/quote]

Not OP, but I hate the Bay Bridge.  And there is a bridge though Jacksonville, FL that gave me PTSD... and unfortunately, I was driving with DH in the passenger seat and the kids in back.  I had no idea it was coming.  At least with the Bay Bridge, DH drives b/c we know when we are going over it.

I am fine driving over your average bridge, but the ones that are really high or very steep freak me out terribly.  I would never buy a house in OC or that side of the Bay Bridge.  And I would never go over that Jacksonville bridge again if I can help it.[/quote]

This is OP - it was the Sunshine Skyway

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I guess I should have said in my original post: one of my neighbor's husbands died of suicide on the bridge. He didn't jump, he used a gun, but I now associate it with that. I think the association is my brain clinging to anxiety as much as anything, but it was one of the images that I couldn't get out of my head as I was driving over it.

I made myself watch a video of someone driving over the bridge today, and the bridge itself only took about two minutes to get over. I think if I can get myself used to the idea I just have to keep my sh*t together for two minutes, that could help. Maybe I need to find a two minute song to sing to myself...[/quote]

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