Did you have fire drill anxiety as a kid/teen?

[aericell]

no but i have it now as an adult having to watch over all the kids

 

[Snowesque]

The only thing that made me anxious about it was the thought of having it during my study hall so it'd use up my free "get the homework done" time.

 

[duckvely]

not during actual school time, but when i lived in the dorms for college i would sometimes worry that the fire alarm would go off when i was in the bathroom or something. once it went off at like 4am so we were stuck outside for a while, not a fun experience

 

[Tylerhelt14]

YES. I was scared of the air raid siren that played during lockdown drills and the loudness of the fire drill.

 

[Dim]

No. It might have surprised me a few times but that's just to prepare you for the real thing. Not that I had ever had any real emergencies in my time at school.

 

[TN4U]

Well, let's just say that one drill in particular got me suspended from school because of my reaction to it that I won't explain in detail. Yes, they still startle me if unexpected, but I'm a grown adult now and I can handle them fine.

 

[ShadowLelouch97]

You bet I did. Part of the reason I dreaded the new school year was because of the resurgence of fire drills. It didn't help that our school's fire alarm was loud as heck. (I'm also autistic so I have extremely sensitive sensitivity to loud sounds) It shook me up so bad once in 2nd grade I cried and was sent home.

Even now when I hear mentions of fire drills, I squirm and have a hand covering one of my ears.

 

[Ghost Of Mascevanje]

Nope, can't recall ever having anxiety over fire drills.

 

[skarmoury]

I kinda did? But mostly just because they'd startle me and I'm like a really jumpy person lol. But having other classmates in the room with me helped me calm down immediately.

I don't think I've ever taken a fire drill seriously in college, mainly because I'm either not at uni or I'm at the lab doing my thesis (and I didn't wanna be disturbed, lol).

 

[LittleMissPanda]

I thought they were great. I don't remember how I felt about the sudden loud alarm itself but I know that getting up in the middle of class, walking down the halls and stepping out into the fresh air was like a mini adventure. Something about big group mayhem was fun.

We never had an actual fire emergency throughout all my years in school, but I used to wonder what it would be like. I loved wandering around aimlessly in the hallways, going up and down the stairs between floors. I would have been the first one dead lol

 

[xlisapisa]

no, I actually liked fire drills a lot. I was good with anything that got me outside and out of class work lol. but if I was still in school now and had to go through a lock down drill I would probably have tons of anxiety with that one. It’s very sad that kids even have to go through that.

 

[Foreverfox]

Nope, I liked them, it was a nice break from class. Other than the initial jump started heart from the unexpected noise, or walking right under it, it was all fine!

 

[Beanz]

yes, i can’t exactly remember when the fear stopped but i know it started when i was in kindergarten. the fire alarm was so loud, like it was actually head throbbing?? maybe because it was my first fire drill.

 

[Jhine7]

Not really. I just saw it as a way to get out of class for a little while!

 

[QueenCobra]

I feel like tornado drills were worse…having to duck your head into the wall forever like that! (I know not everyone had these drills, though.)

 

[Cirice]

I did and I still do. The fire alarm sound here sends me into panic mode ever since I heard it first when I was a child, just thinking about the noise it's making is enough to get me ready to jump from my chair as I'm typing this.

 

[Chronos314_XD]

No but I do have a bit of anxiety about school shooter drills. Mostly because my school almost never tell us if it's real or just a drill, and most of the kids never take it seriously and still talk as loud as possible which make them more nerve wracking.

 

[AccfSally]

No, but it have made me jump whenever it went off.

 

[Asarena]

No, but it did always startle me a bit. Also, one time in middle school the alarm went off and it wasn't a drill. Although it wasn't a fire either. It was a gas leak in the kitchen. Early in the day the lunch ladies had noticed an odd smell and started feeling sick. Of course we didn't know that at the time. We just thought it was a fire drill at first, but then fire trucks and ambulances showed up, and that's when we started to realize that something might actually be wrong. In the end they bused us to the high school and we waited in the gym there for our parents to come pick us up. Or, I think some students stayed until school was over and just took the buses home since middle school and high school shared buses anyway. Also, the lunch ladies were okay. Some of them were taken to the hospital for treatment. After that, I do think I was always more curious as to whether it was actually just a drill or not when the fire alarms went off.

 

[Firesquids]

The idea of the drills never bothered me, but the alarms are way too loud and I always felt like they were doing damage to my hearing.