[Ashleyrush]

i get really tense and feel like my head shakes when a teacher calls my name... its so embarrassing and interferes with my school life.. and i dont know how to stop it ... sometimes i worry so much during the class that the teacher will call my name that when she calls it i feel it shakes so much, would she be able to see it ? and its not that im not able to answer the question because i can ... ? any advice?

[Clareboy]

I feel faint at the sight of blood and must leave a situation where there is blood or I will pass out. Also, I cannot watch violent or horror movies or medical operations on TV. Anyone else with such a phobia?

[stop animal cruelty]

social aniexty / phobia

[SicklySweet]

Large bodies of open water such as the sea or rivers. I'm fine in swimming pools, but i don't have a good time at beaches lol. Lucky for me Ireland usually doesn't have the weather for it

[SimpsonsFan]

Flying. Wish I could be cured

[lahalane]

I have the usuals, spiders, heights, flying but an odd one I have is I don't like the feel of cotton. It sends shivers right through me. Horrible feeling.

[Lyra Fangs]

Trypophobia - fear of geometrical holes :S

Find it annoying that when I google it it brings up images that make me want to tear my skin off...

[iamanengine]

Daddy Long Legs.

Probably just arachnophobia in general, except those little money spiders, I actually like them oddly enough!

[gallifreya]

Moths.... shudder. Especially the big ones. They have faces you know. And butterflies are just moths in fancy jackets. Yack

[WittyKitty1]

Emetophobia- Fear of vomiting.

Although, i literally spent all of last week sick with the vomiting bug and I must say, I'm shocked that I spent years having panic attacks, waking up in the night worrying over thinking I might vomit, avoiding children and feeling worried after drinking a few too many.

It wasn't that bad at all in the end!

[matrixa]

I can get claustrophobic sometimes. if someone stands to close to me i sometimes have to move away. small spaces,

Im scared of spiders to

[OldNotWIse]

I have a fear of anything spotty/mottled/speckly It's terrifying.

And also water, not that I cant swim but the idea that we dont know whats underneath. Like if I see the bottom half of a ladder submerged in the water, or something thats really not meant to be there, like a chair or something. That terrifies me and I dont know why.

[Gott]

Dogs

The worst is when people patronise it with the whole 'sure he's harmless' schtick, they don,'t seem to realise it doesn't matter if their dog is a big friendly giant, I'll still get nervous anyway

[AthenaA]

I freak out when I see toads, thankfully I barely ever see one. In zoos sometimes and then I run away quickly lol. I think it came about when I was on a school trip to the woods and there was a dead toad on the path. Everyone started poking it with a stick and flopping it over with their foot. Totally freaked me out. Not particularly fond of bats either.

I have a pretty big fear of death too. I have no problem with tv shows that show death, I'll happily watch crime shows, but dead animals by the road for example freak me out, I won't have a panic attack but I'll run away fast. Worse is thinking about my own death, which I can thankfully avoid usually as I'm still young. But when my mind does go to that morbid subject I start getting heart palpitations. The thought of just not existing anymore, not ever, is just terrifying.

Phobias do tend to change with age though. When I was a kid I was terrified by the dentist. (Having several teeth pulled and having a patronizing dentist didn't help). I still avoid going and still hate it, but when I go I'm not really terrified, it's just unpleasant. When I was very little I was really scared of thunder. I always hid behind the couch until it stopped. Thankfully I no longer hide behind the couch