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*misslt* · 08-03-2008, 22:35

Spiders, heights, water in my eyes, needles and insects.

36Degrees · 08-03-2008, 22:37

being force fed bannoffi pie/cheesecake/both!

Seriously, I cant even think about them without wanting to puke!

Also needles, but only when theyre used to remove blood from me. I dont have a problem with injections!

aahuwill · 11-03-2008, 12:18

flying, the dark, needles, vomiting, cotton wool, nails scraping on a blackboard, polystyrene foam, bees and wasps, dentists (especially the sound of the drill

)........I have more but that's more than enough to be listing

orestes · 17-03-2008, 01:28

I have recently developed a new phobia. I don't think there is a scientific term for it, but believe me, it's something that terrifies me.

It's a chronic and debilitating fear of Lady J with a camera in one hand and hair-clips in the other. The sheer thought of it makes me huddle in the corner in the fetal position and weep like a like a small child.

It's horrible, just so horrible.....

popecatapetal · 17-03-2008, 22:23

I hate bridges. Most of the time, I can force myself to cross them, but the one at Sydney Parade DART station makes me go stiff with terror... I consider it to be rational, but everyone I've mentioned it to says it's not. But that bridge is a death trap. It's made of old rusty corrugated iron, welded together, and in some places rusted through. Rust and welding both weaken metal - that bridge is going to collapse.

I also hate the thought of being buried alive. Like Nick was in that episode of CSI...

I used to not be able to go up those stairs without backs - you know, the see-through ones. Now, after living in an apartment with them for over half a year (it was the only one I could find), I can go up them, but only if I can put my hands down in front of me and go up on all fours. I'm not sure what I think is going to happen, I just don't like them...

I don't like repetitive patterns in nature. Like a close up of a verruca, or the inside of a passion fruit. Or cracks in mud.

I worry about people I care about. And if I don't worry about them, and I realise that I haven't been, I worry that something will happen to them, and it'll be my fault for not having worried about them. Like when my mum used to pick me up from school, I'd worry that she'd crash her car on the way, and that it'd be my fault cos she wouldn't have done it if it weren't for me. I talked myself into not worrying over a few years, and then, about a month later, she crashed her car on the way to pick me up...

I don't like internal parasites. The thought of a worm living inside me disgusts me. So do those bugs that burrow into your skin. Even the episode of the Simpsons where Homer squeezes the penny so it goes into his hand made me gag.

I also really don't like the eyes that grow on old potatoes. Or cactuses (cacti?) and other succulent plants. I freaked out in Kew gardens when I was ten cos my dad made me hold one...

I recently partially got over my fear of phones by taking a job in a call centre to raise money for my college. Had a shaking fit after making my first call, but now I've worked there six months, and they want me to be superviser next year

Unfortunately, we only make out going calls there, so I'm still worried about answering phones, especially if I don't know who's calling me.

I don't like not knowing where I am - unfortunate, as I'm also pretty pants at map-reading. I also dislike losing my glasses. I have nightmares where I can't find them.

I don't like tall buildings which wobble in the wind, or buildings with windows right down to the floor.

Also, anyone touching my ears scares me. I can manage it if I know it's going to happen, like my boyfriend doing it, or getting my ears pierced. But if someone does it by surprise, I freak out a little.

That is a ridiculously long list, and I've probably forgotten some stuff too... Good grief...

citytillidie · 21-03-2008, 10:47

I dont like flying well its only the take off and landing i dont like, i dont mind when its a cursing level.

turnsoutIwas · 21-03-2008, 15:44

The idea of eating mushrooms really disgusts me. I wont eat anything if mushrooms were near it. Fungus is not for eating...yuck.

aoife2k · 23-03-2008, 16:36

Birds...Dead and Alive. Dead is worse as they can't fly away.

Fish... Dead and Alive. Worse when dead and still looking at you. Fine on the dinner plate.

Loose Teeth... The wobble, the squeeking sinus AHHHHHHH worst nightmare... cringing even typing this.

staker · 23-03-2008, 16:44

dunno if they classify as phobias but hate travelling on a rear facing seat in a bus/train nor do i like eating spaghetti without a knife

LordChessington · 27-03-2008, 23:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by snyper

But my greatestfear is to die a lonley old man, unmarried with no kids.

I'm similiar enough. I feel that I have burdened myself with passing on my Dad's name, as I only have one male cousin who has the family surname too. What if he doesn't have kids? What if I don't find a willing female to help pass it on? What if my 'soldiers' ain't marching? It all sounds ridiculous and bordering on chauvenistic , but my sister made a light-hearted joke about it a few years ago and it has really stuck with me since.

I used to have a fear of the dark too. If there was a dark room in the house with absolutely no light, I couldn't go near it. If I was walking down the street at night and a light was out, I had to cross the road and had to be under light everywhere (if anyone played the nightfall missions in Gears Of War, you would know what I mean). I battled this by taking my dog out for walks at nightime and purposefully going down dark laneways. Strange, since he is a harmless westie, but eventually I could do the same without him.

I also freak out whenever I hear/feel my neck crack. A few years ago I had an accident and had to get my neck x-rayed, but am just afraid that the doctors didn't look properly due to the circumstances I was admitted under

. Just have this constant fear that something might pop and I will be left paralysed.

andgoodbye · 05-04-2008, 21:42

I have a fear that I would have thought would be here already:
A fear of blades.
I know exactly what caused it, it was when I found out that several of my friends were cutting themselves and one of them actually did it in the same roomas me.
I was disgusted and I often get phantom pains on my arms just thinking about sharp objects.
I don't feel at all comfortable with people holding and/or having sharp objects near me, and I have to pretty much constantly watch them.
I have the bluntest Knives possible in my house.
My arms are itchy and painful as I'm typing this
:s
I'm curious as to whether others have this particular phobia and If you do I would appreciate a PM
Thanks!

giddybootz · 07-04-2008, 23:52

ah all my days i have been made fun of for this but i am TERRIFIED of helicoptrs.

they are evil and ugly and unnatural....nothing in nature flys like them. its not a heights thing or a flyng thing...just a helicopter thing.

people say i am weird but they can actually harm/kill you! i have gotton better..im ok walking along street if one flys overhead...i just have to be able to watch it til its gone (as long as it is up very high) but a lowflying one or a military or police one or a landed one (on or off) FREAKS me out!!

anyone else???

KnifeWRENCH · 08-04-2008, 03:27

I'm terrified of waps. Absolutely petrified.
I have to get my Dad, my Mam or my sister to kill them for me!!
My Mam told me I was stung by a wasp when I was very small. I can't actually remember the incident, but subconciously I suppose it led to my fear in some way.

I'm also terrified of....wait for it....NAIL FILES!!

I can pick one up, but no way would I ever touch one with my nail (I'm a guy so thankfully I won't ever have to)
But if someone was filing their nails, I'd have to leave the room. I'm actually shuddering now just thinking about it.
I mean, why would anyone do that to innocent nails? You might aswell us industrial sandpaper..ugh!!

KnifeWRENCH · 08-04-2008, 03:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by Truckle

Anatidaephobia: The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

Gary Larson

LOL! LOVE that cartoon!!

Goooner4life · 08-04-2008, 17:37

I know its common but im terrified of heights.

I work in a window manufacturing company in my local village. My boss was building his house at the time and i gave him a hand roofing it. I had no choice but to climb around on the top of the house,even though i said i was sacred of heights. Got through it though.

Anyone have any stories about your phobia's?

08-03-2008, 22:37	#77
36Degrees Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Here and there... Posts: 50 Adverts \| Friends	being force fed bannoffi pie/cheesecake/both! Seriously, I cant even think about them without wanting to puke! Also needles, but only when theyre used to remove blood from me. I dont have a problem with injections! Last edited by 36Degrees; 08-03-2008 at 22:39.

07-04-2008, 23:52	#87
giddybootz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 828 Adverts \| Friends	Helicopters ah all my days i have been made fun of for this but i am TERRIFIED of helicoptrs. they are evil and ugly and unnatural....nothing in nature flys like them. its not a heights thing or a flyng thing...just a helicopter thing. people say i am weird but they can actually harm/kill you! i have gotton better..im ok walking along street if one flys overhead...i just have to be able to watch it til its gone (as long as it is up very high) but a lowflying one or a military or police one or a landed one (on or off) FREAKS me out!! anyone else???

08-04-2008, 03:27	#88
KnifeWRENCH Closed Account Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 10,287 Adverts \| Friends	I'm terrified of waps. Absolutely petrified. I have to get my Dad, my Mam or my sister to kill them for me!! My Mam told me I was stung by a wasp when I was very small. I can't actually remember the incident, but subconciously I suppose it led to my fear in some way. I'm also terrified of....wait for it....NAIL FILES!! I can pick one up, but no way would I ever touch one with my nail (I'm a guy so thankfully I won't ever have to) But if someone was filing their nails, I'd have to leave the room. I'm actually shuddering now just thinking about it. I mean, why would anyone do that to innocent nails? You might aswell us industrial sandpaper..ugh!! Last edited by KnifeWRENCH; 08-04-2008 at 03:48.

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08-03-2008, 22:35	#76
misslt Subscriber Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: On your internets... Posts: 1,646 Adverts \| Friends	Spiders, heights, water in my eyes, needles and insects.

11-03-2008, 12:18	#78
aahuwill Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 Adverts \| Friends	flying, the dark, needles, vomiting, cotton wool, nails scraping on a blackboard, polystyrene foam, bees and wasps, dentists (especially the sound of the drill )........I have more but that's more than enough to be listing

17-03-2008, 01:28	#79
orestes Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Riding into the sunset Posts: 12,227 Adverts \| Friends	I have recently developed a new phobia. I don't think there is a scientific term for it, but believe me, it's something that terrifies me. It's a chronic and debilitating fear of Lady J with a camera in one hand and hair-clips in the other. The sheer thought of it makes me huddle in the corner in the fetal position and weep like a like a small child. It's horrible, just so horrible.....

17-03-2008, 22:23	#80
popecatapetal Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Dublin Posts: 260 Adverts \| Friends	I hate bridges. Most of the time, I can force myself to cross them, but the one at Sydney Parade DART station makes me go stiff with terror... I consider it to be rational, but everyone I've mentioned it to says it's not. But that bridge is a death trap. It's made of old rusty corrugated iron, welded together, and in some places rusted through. Rust and welding both weaken metal - that bridge is going to collapse. I also hate the thought of being buried alive. Like Nick was in that episode of CSI... I used to not be able to go up those stairs without backs - you know, the see-through ones. Now, after living in an apartment with them for over half a year (it was the only one I could find), I can go up them, but only if I can put my hands down in front of me and go up on all fours. I'm not sure what I think is going to happen, I just don't like them... I don't like repetitive patterns in nature. Like a close up of a verruca, or the inside of a passion fruit. Or cracks in mud. I worry about people I care about. And if I don't worry about them, and I realise that I haven't been, I worry that something will happen to them, and it'll be my fault for not having worried about them. Like when my mum used to pick me up from school, I'd worry that she'd crash her car on the way, and that it'd be my fault cos she wouldn't have done it if it weren't for me. I talked myself into not worrying over a few years, and then, about a month later, she crashed her car on the way to pick me up... I don't like internal parasites. The thought of a worm living inside me disgusts me. So do those bugs that burrow into your skin. Even the episode of the Simpsons where Homer squeezes the penny so it goes into his hand made me gag. I also really don't like the eyes that grow on old potatoes. Or cactuses (cacti?) and other succulent plants. I freaked out in Kew gardens when I was ten cos my dad made me hold one... I recently partially got over my fear of phones by taking a job in a call centre to raise money for my college. Had a shaking fit after making my first call, but now I've worked there six months, and they want me to be superviser next year Unfortunately, we only make out going calls there, so I'm still worried about answering phones, especially if I don't know who's calling me. I don't like not knowing where I am - unfortunate, as I'm also pretty pants at map-reading. I also dislike losing my glasses. I have nightmares where I can't find them. I don't like tall buildings which wobble in the wind, or buildings with windows right down to the floor. Also, anyone touching my ears scares me. I can manage it if I know it's going to happen, like my boyfriend doing it, or getting my ears pierced. But if someone does it by surprise, I freak out a little. That is a ridiculously long list, and I've probably forgotten some stuff too... Good grief...

21-03-2008, 10:47	#81
citytillidie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Derry Posts: 6,495 Adverts \| Friends	I dont like flying well its only the take off and landing i dont like, i dont mind when its a cursing level.

21-03-2008, 15:44	#82
turnsoutIwas Registered User Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Behind you Posts: 278 Adverts \| Friends	The idea of eating mushrooms really disgusts me. I wont eat anything if mushrooms were near it. Fungus is not for eating...yuck.

23-03-2008, 16:36	#83
aoife2k Closed Account Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 693 Adverts \| Friends	Birds...Dead and Alive. Dead is worse as they can't fly away. Fish... Dead and Alive. Worse when dead and still looking at you. Fine on the dinner plate. Loose Teeth... The wobble, the squeeking sinus AHHHHHHH worst nightmare... cringing even typing this.

23-03-2008, 16:44	#84
staker Closed Account Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 3,562 Adverts \| Friends	dunno if they classify as phobias but hate travelling on a rear facing seat in a bus/train nor do i like eating spaghetti without a knife

05-04-2008, 21:42	#86
andgoodbye Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Dublin Posts: 120 Adverts \| Friends	I have a fear that I would have thought would be here already: A fear of blades. I know exactly what caused it, it was when I found out that several of my friends were cutting themselves and one of them actually did it in the same roomas me. I was disgusted and I often get phantom pains on my arms just thinking about sharp objects. I don't feel at all comfortable with people holding and/or having sharp objects near me, and I have to pretty much constantly watch them. I have the bluntest Knives possible in my house. My arms are itchy and painful as I'm typing this :s I'm curious as to whether others have this particular phobia and If you do I would appreciate a PM Thanks!

08-04-2008, 17:37	#90
Goooner4life Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 5 Adverts \| Friends	I know its common but im terrified of heights. I work in a window manufacturing company in my local village. My boss was building his house at the time and i gave him a hand roofing it. I had no choice but to climb around on the top of the house,even though i said i was sacred of heights. Got through it though. Anyone have any stories about your phobia's?