The Fear

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Is there anything that you're afraid of?

I was having a conversation with a few of my mates the other night and one of them mentioned how much they were afraid of spiders.. When I said that the idea of death scared me they looked at me as if I was a nutjob. 'Sure that happens us all'.. 'dying isn't a big deal.. don't be a hypochondriac'.. this is what they say while harboring a deep seeded horror of relatively harmless creatures!

What's more rational; the fear of death or the fear of Irish spiders? I'm not even that scared of death.. I just don't want it.

drunkmonkey

Stop Smoking

squod

Oh I know, I know...................... earwigs.

I'm afraid of the loss of control i.e. if you're underground, in a tight space and you get stuck - there's nothing you can do about it. Or if you get stuck under the ice in a lake.

we'llallhavetea_old

well i'm afraid of spiders

but in saying that, i'm afraid of dying too young and leaving my child without her mammy. i think about it too much tbh..

bonerm

I'm afraid of Ian Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVFQ-5V1978

Monsieur Folie

I fear that Facebook won't be back before bedtime. I'll have nightmares.

chin_grin

Roller coasters..........I.............I just can't...............

*cries while p*ssing myself.

galwayrush

No money at the end of the week, panic sets in regarding bills, food on the table etc..... Self employment is crap at times.

Daemos

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=1032

alwaysadub

Spiders too. Creepy crawlies. Oh,i'm not scared of dying, but i do have a kinda fear of drowning or getting burnt to death.. Once it's not either of them two,i won't be scared of dying.

Dudess

bonerm wrote: »

I'm afraid of Ian Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVFQ-5V1978

Lily Allen for me...

not yet

I'm scared sideways of being reincarnated as dog......

Starry Night

wasps ... ugh, even typing the word makes me nauseous

CrackisWhack

My shadow....................................f*&Ker is following me around the place.

squod

alwaysadub wrote: »

Spiders too. Creepy crawlies. Oh,i'm not scared of dying, but i do have a kinda fear of drowning or getting burnt to death.. Once it's not either of them two,i won't be scared of dying.

If it's any consolation it'll only be one or the other and not both.

DonJose

I'm afraid of travellers and boards.ie motoring mods.

scared of being eaten i know there arnt zombies but i still get scared of them

chin_grin

Kyler Steep Coroner wrote: »

scared of being eaten i know there arnt zombies but i still get scared of them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiONOj4nAqY

strokemyclover

I'm afraid of that guy who appears outside my window each night! I live 40 feet up with no balcony!!!! :eek:

Snakeblood

My name is URL wrote: »

Is there anything that you're afraid of?

I was having a conversation with a few of my mates the other night and one of them mentioned how much they were afraid of spiders.. When I said that the idea of death scared me they looked at me as if I was a nutjob. 'Sure that happens us all'.. 'dying isn't a big deal.. don't be a hypochondriac'.. this is what they say while harboring a deep seeded horror of relatively harmless creatures!

What's more rational; the fear of death or the fear of Irish spiders? I'm not even that scared of death.. I just don't want it.

Crippling debt.

Also, those spiders are big bastards.

btard

Sara Palin.

jugger0

The idea of crawling through a small tunnel makes me lose my breath.

And being eaten by a lion or bear, wouldnt fancy that either.

Super-Rush

Misleading title is misleading.

Almost had me telling the story about the gorilla trying to break down the door one night.

Just say no kids.

Alter-Ego

Earwigs and wasps.

OutlawPete

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_hyG0uZMjo

alwaysadub

squod wrote: »

If it's any consolation it'll only be one or the other and not both.

Good point! I feel better already

pickarooney

squod wrote: »

If it's any consolation it'll only be one or the other and not both.

Not if she has a BAPTISM OF FIRE!

kylith

Dudess wrote: »

Lily Allen for me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykdtNuKlHiA

Pulp for me.

kylith

Dudess wrote: »

Lily Allen for me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykdtNuKlHiA

Pulp for me.

SV

Abandonment.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Someone pushing me off the footpath in front of a car

EverybodyLies

Flying. Specially take off :eek:

Son Of A Vidic

not yet wrote: »

I'm scared sideways of being reincarnated as dog......

knowing my luck, I'll come back as a spider and some fecker from Boards.ie will squash me.......slowly.

starbelgrade

Plastic milk bottles.

davi78

Fear of failure is a bad one, but mostly I'm scared of clowns....horrible creepy f*ckers.

Irish Guitarist

I'm afraid of getting old and having none of my loved ones left and possibly not being married. I'll either be living alone or be in some state run nursing home where no one listens to my opinion. Assuming I'm in an old folks home I'll have to eat food I don't like and watch television programmes I can't stand. Nationwide will probably still be on RTE and this is what all the other residents of the old folks home will want to watch. I'll have enough of my faculties left to realise that my life is going to be like this for the next few years until I kick the bucket.

If I'm not in an old folks home I'll die alone of a combination of malnutrition and loneliness. No one will notice I'm dead for a few weeks until a postman puts a bill through my letterbox and sees my dead body in the hallway.

I won't have made a will so I'll be buried (rather than being cremated as I would prefer). Teenagers will then vandalise my headstone and urinate on my grave.

OutlawPete

Fear of being buried or alive or trapped in enclosed spaces of any kind.

I've suffered from claustrophobia since I was very young.

bronte

Not afraid of death...I've had a good run.

Spiders however. :eek:

Snowie

fear makes me feel alive which is a good thing i like it... increases your reactions. adrenalin rush....:cool:
Puts you on your game.

The trick is to use it in a proactive manor to suit the situation.
Being able to control fear is a very very satisfactory feeling

Adyx

jugger0 wrote: »

The idea of crawling through a small tunnel makes me lose my breath.

And being eaten by a lion or bear, wouldnt fancy that either.

When I was younger I lived on a country road that had a bridge on it. It basically had 3 large concrete pipes running under the road. There was also another smaller pipe that came out under the bridge but ran up the road not across it. Myself and a mate decided it would be great fun to explore this. Got about 3/4 of the way when we found it had partially collapsed and had to go back. Looking back it was so stupid. Even for 2 small young fellas it was a tight squeeze. (:p)

OT: I honestly can't think of anything I'm "afraid" of.

kfallon

I have 'The Fear' every Sunday night when I go to bed after a heavy weekend, can't sleep, feels like someone is in the room, spiders crawling up the bed etc etc! End up awake tossing (he he) and turning for most of the night and come into work on Monday looking like a zombie!!!

IvyTheTerrible

Big dogs, I don't care how "gentle" you say she is but if she is able to put her front paws on my shoulders and look me in the jugular, I'm panicking!

Clowns as well. They are evil. I hated them even before I saw "It"

Not dying, but getting old. I don't want to lose my mental faculties and not be able to live in dignity. I would prefer to go before then.

scientific1982

Heights, enclosed spaces and spiders. Oh and tampons.

Being fully paralysed but still aware.


Spiders to a small degree. I hate killing them though. I left one crawling happily along my lampshade last night. Woke up to find it had decided to walk onto my head :rolleyes:
bastard. try and be nice and that's what you get!

anniehoo

Public speaking scares the sh!t outta me. I can chat away all day long to anyone and everyone but having to get up in front of a crowd of people and read something out loud. :eek: Irrational fear from school...never got over it.

muppetkiller

anniehoo wrote: »

Public speaking scares the sh!t outta me. I can chat away all day long to anyone and everyone but having to get up in front of a crowd of people and read something out loud. :eek: Irrational fear from school...never got over it.

I hear ya Anniehoo...It feels like my heart is going to jump out my mouth it's beating so fast.

Also I FEAR Ronan Keating...and people who like his voice.

cowhands

Im afraid of putting my hands in pototo bags especially when they start growing them white shoots.
I dont like going to the shed at all.
I dont like the noise water makes when its being sucked down the bath hole - I have to dry quickly and leave before the water is gone.
Dead or nearly dead gold fish give me the chills - I hate the bobbing they do.
Im afraid of electric fences.

Other than that Im afraid of having no money or not enough. Its a constant worry actually.

shrubs

Spiders and heights but especially spiders at heights

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Maggots are one thing I can't stand.. the mere sight of them is almost enough to make me puke

petes

I fear the fear after a heavy weekend.