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I have the perfect solution, Pack your bags and move to North Carolina. Down here you stay home from school if only one snowflake falls and when it does, The salt trucks are out in full force.

I have the perfect solution, Pack your bags and move to North Carolina. Down here you stay home from school if only one snowflake falls and when it does, The salt trucks are out in full force.
Haha, I don't think moving out of the country is an option. ;)

I'm sorry to hear that you're in such distress. You need to buy a pair of boots with excellent traction. That's for starters. Try working on your response time, and walk very slowly. Throw salt in front of you, as you walk on your driveway.

I'm sorry to hear about your fear! I will pray for you.

I don't much care for ice either. It's not so much the walking on it, but the driving on it that can be a pretty scary experience. Ecpecially when it is covered with a blanket of snow and you don't know that it is there. The next thing you know you car is sliding all over the place. :eek:

How about boots with cleats? We Canadians are supposed to laugh at ice and snow.......frankly, I dont like driving on icy roads but, i spent my childhood playing hockey on frozen ponds and I even fell through a couple times, but, you cant let your fear engulf you.....prepare as best you can, with the proper winter wear, then face your fear...you can beat this! :)

I have a terrible fear of driving on it. Walking on it is rather fun. Seeing it glisten in the sun is magical. But the thought of driving on it is unthinkable!

Fortunately for me, I live in a city that completely shuts down when it freezes! :)

Whatever you do DO NOT walk with your hands in your pockets! If you do fall with your hands in your pockets you will land flat on your face!:eek:

I don't much care for ice either. It's not so much the walking on it, but the driving on it that can be a pretty scary experience. Ecpecially when it is covered with a blanket of snow and you don't know that it is there. The next thing you know you car is sliding all over the place. :eek:
I've had my share of that too. Not driving... but being in a car when conditions weren't so great.

Anyway, there wasn't a lot of ice and the ice that was there I managed to get across. Only another 3-4 months to go. :rolleyes:

I don't know why I'm so scared of the ice, maybe it's cause one of my family members fell hard and can't really walk well now after almost 2 years.

What about using a big sturdy stick to punch into the ice as you walk, it might help. We don't usually get that much ice or snow here but when we do, it freaks everyone out, me included. I sure don't like that feeling of sliding and falling.

What about using a big sturdy stick to punch into the ice as you walk, it might help. We don't usually get that much ice or snow here but when we do, it freaks everyone out, me included. I sure don't like that feeling of sliding and falling.
Unfortunately, the ice is pretty much rock-hard and I'd look like an idiot.

Maybe you can try something like this...

http://www.highmtns.com/store/category.aspx?SID=1&Category_ID=19&gclid=CKzL0baEkJACFRsTawodM3KG_Q

And heres a similar product from Canada that uses metal cleats

http://www.polarcleats.com/

I hate ice too walking and driving, but around here school is called off with an inch. :lol: but I did crack my head open when I was 13 cause of it.

You know something? Living in the south, I've never been in ice except two or three times when I lived in NC, and it wasn't much. Where I live now (even further south), it rarely gets below 32 so it's not a problem for me, lol. Don't think I could even drive in snow/sleet/ice.

Good luck.

I live in the southern midwest and i cant do it, sadly I need to be able to cause we get at least a foot a year

ice doesnt really bother me all of that much for some reason...and ive slipped on it and hurt myself quite a few times. lol.

yet when im ice skating...im afraid of ice. lol. whenever my friends make me go ice skating i get scared im gonna slip and fall and break something, so i just hold on to the edges and enjoy the music that is playing :)

I have your answer. It works. It really really does. I grew up in the midwest winters and I spent two years in Michigan and here's what you can do. The answer is socks. Take a couple of pairs with you to last you the day, and you can buy cheap ones for this. The cheap ones sometimes work better, because rough socks are what you want. Big sized mens tube socks work best. Slide them over your shoes (on the outside) and you're good to go. I'm not kidding. You will not slide. You won't even look that stupid if you keep them low around your shoes or tuck them in the top of your shoes, and if your fear is as bad as you say, maybe you won't care if you look a little strange. I had another friend who bought the grittiest sandpaper you can get, cut it out to match the shape of the bottom of her shoe and super-glued it there. That worked really well too, except you can't walk around inside with those because it will ruin floors. Strictly for outside use only, and I think the socks work out better anyway.

Socks. No kidding.

Yeah, the socks thing works great. I've gotten my foot stuck to ice with that trick before actually. :lol:

For some reason I love ice and whenever it ices over here I like to go slide around on it and usually end up injuring myself...But oh well. I wish you good luck with your fears and hopefully you can overcome it. :)