What's your phobia?

LadyJ · 19-02-2008 4:16pm #1

Well, I'm LadyJ and I have a terrible fear of spiders and flying.

Do share yours....

watna · 19-02-2008 5:55pm

Hi, I'm watna, Tomatoes scare the crap out of me. They have evil seeds that get everywhere and I can't eat food that has touched a tomato or pick up or touch them. Tomato sauce is fine. It's the raw fruit that is evil. They seriously freak me out!

Also, I'm not a very good flyer. This has got better over the last year or so. I'm going on a fair few long haul flights soon and I'm not looking forward to it.

Talliesin · 19-02-2008 9:39pm

Long hexagonal windows.

Chinafoot · 19-02-2008 9:40pm

Spiders, heights and open water.

Silverfish · 19-02-2008 9:42pm

Spiders, flying, deep enclosed water (wells and canals and stuff) , zombies (I'm serious) and fires

tSubh Dearg · 19-02-2008 9:43pm

Mine is spiders and worms.

One has too many legs and the other too few. I'm not gone on other multi-legged insects, like centipedes and so on but that's more dislike than a phobia.

Tabnabs · 19-02-2008 9:49pm

I have a terrible fear of falling from a height (climbing up 2 story ladders and other high stuff is a huge no-no).

I also have a very bizarre but hugely real fear of bigfoot/sasquatch. I have spent some time in remote mountain areas and it freaks me out big time when alone in the dark there.

smithy1981 · 19-02-2008 9:53pm

Spiders, rodents and heights.

_blank_ · 20-02-2008 1:05am

I am scared witless of Dogs.

I hate them, I can't be in the same room as them lest they decide to "make friends" with me and start of jump and slobber all over me. The worst are the "happy" dogs who just want to jump and play and stomp around doing dog stuff.

I hate it when people I meet for the first time say to me "ah, you've never met my dog though, s/he wouldn't hurt a fly, s/he's really friendly, s/he'll change your mind". No, I'm afraid it won't. You think you are the first person to say this to me?

If there is a dog in the vicinity, I go all tense and stand or sit perfectly still, so it doesn't notice me and goes away.

It could be little gay poodle, a big macho German Shepherd, an ugly boxer, one of them "cute" squirrel looking things that growl at stuff, I don't care.

Canine is not this man's best friend.

And I know why too.

When I was little some complete arsehole had a pup Doberman that he decided to "set" on me. It pinned me down by my shoulders and was barking and drooling in my face. I'll never forget it.

I have no compulsion to "get over" this phobia either. I don't need, or want, to.

Anyway, dogs are no way as cool as cats.

20-02-2008 1:10am

People actually listening to me.
Being clumsy in situations that involve heights. Like see through stairs.

_blank_ · 20-02-2008 1:12am

Ooh.

I used to be scared of heights. But then I jumped 15,000 foot from a plane.

Yeah baby! I beat that phobia good and proper!

Fajitas! · 20-02-2008 1:12am

Spiders.

Ruu_Old · 20-02-2008 1:17am

Small spaces or narrow rooms. My uncle had one of those houses with really low ceilings (no higher than 6' and I'm 5' 8", so it was panic stations

) Not fond of open water either as already mentioned by Chinafoot. I was on the London Eye a few years ago where it is still moving as you have to hop in, terrified that I'd miss a step and land in the Thames.

monkeyfudge · 20-02-2008 1:21am

Now that I think of it... I'm not overly fond of mold... I'll usually spend a minute or two inspecting a slice of bread before using it to make sure there is no mold.

If a cup has mold in it, I'll throw the cup out rather than clean it... oh and I had a big moldy patch on top of a chest of drawers in my office... and instead of cleaning it I taped several sheets of A4 over it.

Zaph · 20-02-2008 1:26am

Water. Can't swim and have no intention of ever learning because I hate being in the water so much. At a push I could stand in it up to my waist, but once I feel water at chest level I completely freak out.

Not great with heights either. Fine once I'm in an enclosed space, building, place, etc., but if I'm outside I don't have to be all that high up to start worrying.

Basq · 20-02-2008 1:31am

Can't believe nobody has mentioned this yet but have a phobia of bees and wasps.

Don't know why.. I've never been stung but it's the fear of it

Not found of spiders either to be honest!

LadyJ · 20-02-2008 1:33am

Yeah I do have that whole bee/wasp thing too. I can deal with them but hate the idea of getting stung! Heights are not my friend either. I have mild vertigo.

Creamy Goodness · 20-02-2008 2:01am

being touch around the whole neck area unexpectantly.

totally fine when i'm in control of the situation but otherwise i'm reduced into a ball.

Xavi6 · 20-02-2008 2:05am

Heights. Why anyone would voluntarily go up high I don't know. Even looking out of my bedroom window i get the sweats.

orestes · 20-02-2008 2:14am

Live fish. I'm not kidding here.

No problem with them when they're in a bowl or whatever, but lakes and the ocean are out of the question.

They can't live on land, we can't live underwater - nature has no intention for us to be anywhere near the damned things! :mad:

6th · 20-02-2008 9:58am

I am terrified of wasps (but not bees) its not even the getting stungy by them I just hate them being near me. I tense up and panic and as soon as I get the chance I run.

Walking up stairs, weird on I know. Its not heights and its not just stairs as I can walk down them fine.

Deep water, I am a good swimmer but as soon as the water gets more than 10ft I'm out of there. Its also more lakes and the sea than swimming pools as I can see whats under the water in a pool.

BanzaiBk · 20-02-2008 1:24pm

The ocean for want of a better word. Like the open sea with no land visible. I've been on a few long haul boat/ship journeys (mainly from Scotland to Scandinavia) and literally have to be sedated so I won't have a panic attack during the journey. I can swim fine though, and don't even mind swimming at the beach etc but I'm reduced to hysteria when confronted by open sea-eque water:(

Featherl · 20-02-2008 1:26pm

All types of spiders, rodents, blood, injections, needles, dentists/doctors

Beerlao · 20-02-2008 1:29pm

Cockroaches

incidentally, there's not many a funnier sight than seeing a wasp wreak havoc on the Tube in London

CorsetRibbons · 20-02-2008 2:35pm

Dish cloths. I can't stand them. Everytime I see one I invisage millions upon millions of germs crawling allover them. I can't go near one without thick rubber gloves on.
*shudder*

eimearnll · 20-02-2008 3:05pm

being touch around the whole neck area unexpectantly.
this one for me.
if ya want to see what panic looks like touch my neck, even a scarf around my neck freaks me out.:(

Vic Vinegar · 20-02-2008 3:12pm

Bugs that burrow under the skin! yuck...

I nearly got sick watching Apocalypto when they were forcing those insects into their wounds! Great film though.... (not the same thing but still yuck!)

Beerlao · 20-02-2008 3:20pm

eimearnll wrote: »

being touch around the whole neck area unexpectantly.
this one for me.
if ya want to see what panic looks like touch my neck, even a scarf around my neck freaks me out.:(

wow, that's usually a sure fire panty-dropper

Tar.Aldarion · 20-02-2008 5:32pm

None, but I wonder do any others fear my friends fear of butterflies...

LadyJ · 20-02-2008 5:47pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

None, but I wonder do any others fear my friends fear of butterflies...

I'd say so. I know a lot of people who hate moths so it's much the same I'd imagine....

Tar.Aldarion · 20-02-2008 5:52pm

But butterflies are cute!

LadyJ · 20-02-2008 5:57pm

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

But butterflies are cute!

Some people I know think spiders are cute..... I would beg to differ.

babyboom · 20-02-2008 6:20pm

The dentist - the smell, the sounds, the pain! Aaaargh, I feel sick just thinking about it. Oh and woodlice - the most vile creatures on earth!

Tar.Aldarion · 20-02-2008 6:40pm

LadyJ wrote: »

Some people I know think spiders are cute..... I would beg to differ.

Oh yeah well i suppose.(Spiders are cute)

smiler26 · 20-02-2008 8:47pm

Wasps definitely
Also, anything with wings that flap - pigeons, butterflies, moths!:eek:

cee_jay · 20-02-2008 8:59pm

DesF wrote: »

I am scared witless of Dogs.

I hate them, I can't be in the same room as them lest they decide to "make friends" with me and start of jump and slobber all over me. The worst are the "happy" dogs who just want to jump and play and stomp around doing dog stuff.

I hate it when people I meet for the first time say to me "ah, you've never met my dog though, s/he wouldn't hurt a fly, s/he's really friendly, s/he'll change your mind". No, I'm afraid it won't. You think you are the first person to say this to me?

If there is a dog in the vicinity, I go all tense and stand or sit perfectly still, so it doesn't notice me and goes away.

It could be little gay poodle, a big macho German Shepherd, an ugly boxer, one of them "cute" squirrel looking things that growl at stuff, I don't care.

Canine is not this man's best friend.

And I know why too.

When I was little some complete arsehole had a pup Doberman that he decided to "set" on me. It pinned me down by my shoulders and was barking and drooling in my face. I'll never forget it.

I have no compulsion to "get over" this phobia either. I don't need, or want, to.

Anyway, dogs are no way as cool as cats.

QFT - when I was younger somedays I used to have to ring my mum to drive to the top of the road so I could get home from school cause there was a dog out.
However, dogs aren't as bad as snakes - absolutely petrified of them, even saying the word gives me the shivers. If I see a picture of one in a book, or even one on TV I freak out and start hyperventilating.
One of my earliest memories is being in the reptile house in Dublin Zoo, screaming the place down, my dad having to carry me out and me not stopping crying for a good hour.
When we were in Thailand, and there was a guy on the street one, I proceeded to have a panic attack

seamus · 20-02-2008 9:06pm

orestes wrote: »

Live fish. I'm not kidding here.

No problem with them when they're in a bowl or whatever, but lakes and the ocean are out of the question.

They can't live on land, we can't live underwater - nature has no intention for us to be anywhere near the damned things! :mad:

I hear ya!

Though I wouldn't say it's strong enough to call a "phobia". Seeing really evil looking fish freaks me out (like conger eels), and close-up pictures of fish give me shivers. I have swam with live fish though, I just couldn't stand the idea of holding one or dealing with those really weird looking yokes.

*shiver*

Dudess · 21-02-2008 12:39am

Arachnophobia must be one of the most common ones. I don't mind the little dudes. Give me a house full of spiders before a house with one mouse, a cat and several mouse traps any day.

One friend of mine has a fear of spiders that's so intense she's afraid to kill them in case their "relations" get "revenge" on her! She's also afraid to go to the toilet during the night in case she encounters a spider...

My phobia: Mice (as mentioned) and in particular, rats. Any rodents really. I wouldn't be too pushed about hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, squirrels either. All too similar for my liking...

Shirty · 21-02-2008 12:41am

Dentists!!! So so so scared of them I actually had a doc give me Dazapam (sp?) to get through a visit. i still bust into terrified tears.....

Also not a fan of small spaces, but have learnt to control this one a bit better.

LadyJ · 21-02-2008 12:50am

Oh and to add a few more to my list (yes, I truly am crazy), I'm afraid of the dark and will not sleep with the light off if I'm alone and also heights are quite hard for me to deal with. I was agorophobic for a brief spell after a very difficult breakup but that passed eventually. I also suffer from panic attacks (not so much over the last while but every now and again).

Crumble Froo · 21-02-2008 12:07pm

watna wrote: »

Hi, I'm watna, Tomatoes scare the crap out of me. They have evil seeds that get everywhere and I can't eat food that has touched a tomato or pick up or touch them. Tomato sauce is fine. It's the raw fruit that is evil. They seriously freak me out!

Also, I'm not a very good flyer. This has got better over the last year or so. I'm going on a fair few long haul flights soon and I'm not looking forward to it.

oh, then i should share my theory with you. you don't acutally fly. they havent used airplanes in years. they have a way of transporting people within seconds, but htey don't want this information to be known, in case we find out how well equipped the worlds' armies actually are. what actually happens is during the terminal tunnel thing between the building and the plane you are actually transported in particles ot the country of your destination instantly, but with a horrific time delay thing to make you think you were on an airplane the whole time.

Dudess · 21-02-2008 12:41pm

LadyJ wrote: »

I truly am crazy

Yeah, you're a bit of a crazy all right, but you're our crazy!

LadyJ · 21-02-2008 3:46pm

Dudess wrote: »

Yeah, you're a bit of a crazy all right, but you're our crazy!

I'm not even done! I'm just posting as I remember all of them!

Death is another one. I know a lot of people are scared of death but when I start thinking about it I can't stop and then I get so worked up I give myself a panic attack.

*tries not to think about death too much while typing this post*

Crumble Froo · 22-02-2008 8:00am

oh christ, i am emotionally incapable of handling death. well, death i can do. other people upset kinda just ****s me over entirely. cannot handle it. i go out of my way to avoid it. if any of ye know, about the only films/tv shows i watch are comedy/surreal stuff and cartoons...

LadyJ · 22-02-2008 10:05am

Crumble Froo wrote: »

oh christ, i am emotionally incapable of handling death. well, death i can do. other people upset kinda just ****s me over entirely. cannot handle it. i go out of my way to avoid it. if any of ye know, about the only films/tv shows i watch are comedy/surreal stuff and cartoons...

I do worry constantly about other people dying but the thing that really freaks me out is my own death. Infinite nothingness, ceasing to exist and being none the wiser forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever.......

Crumble Froo · 22-02-2008 10:14am

oh man so... many... boosh ... potential lines...

but yeah, im not so worried about my own death, i can handle that, ill be gone, and hell, i've spent half my life seeking out something numbing, i dont think it gets much more numb than dead, but the loss is just... i can't handle it. i couldnt even go to the funeral of the person who meant the world to me. she took me in when i had nowhere to go, was a mother, sister, freind and mentor, and died in a way cos of me, and i visited her grave nearly two years after she got buried, and have yet to go to a funeral in about 3 years, though many i should have attended.

Gillo · 22-02-2008 10:53pm

Afraid of a number of things, but dog's is one of the main ones possibly because you always meets dogs these days. The funny thing is one I know a dog I'm great with it, my fiancee's sister has a big dog that loves to jump up all over you and I love going over to see it, but give me a strange dog and I'm in bits.

Jumpy · 23-02-2008 6:07pm

I hated school because I cant stand seeing anyone write with it. My best subjects were those that were in classrooms with a whiteboard.

I cant write with it, it almost makes me seize up. Tis very weird.

PurplePrincess · 23-02-2008 6:19pm

I'm terrified of needles, and also not very fond of hospitals, doctors and dentists. I've no idea where the fear came from as I've never been really sick and apart from a few hours in casualty 2 years ago I've never been in hospital. I also can't touch the part of my arm where they take blood from!!

IanCurtis · 23-02-2008 6:23pm

This could be the silliest yet, but I have an irrational fear of handling buttons of all things. I don't like to touch them at all. Now that doesn't mean I have zips on my shirts.

Funny thing is I don't think I ever choked on one as a child but I may have seen someone choking.

It's called koumpounophobia if anyone ever asks you.

mc nuggets · 23-02-2008 9:56pm

Cotton wool, i just can't go anywhere near the stuff. The noise the texture

What's your phobia?

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