Do you have any phobias/irrational fears?

fussyonion

I have an irrational fear of moths.

I scream like a banshee if I see one in my house and I won't sleep in the bedroom if I know there's one lurking.

Spiders don't really freak me out, unless they're swinging on their cobwebs hovering over my gob as I lay in bed, big googly eyes fluttering their lashes at me.

What's your phobia or fear?

kowloon

Not mine, but I knew someone who would freak out at the sight of a banana. We never figured it out but the two best explanations were either a bad sexual experience or the reaction of an Atheist in the face of an indisputable truth. We never found out which.

slowburner

I have an irrational fear of phobias.

kingcobra

I have an irrational fear of an irrational fear of phobias.

Smidge

I am terrified of the dentist.
So much so, that the mere thought of having to make a visit to the dentist turns the contents of my stomach to instant arse gravy.

fussyonion

Smidge wrote: »

I am terrified of the dentist.
So much so, that the mere thought of having to make a visit to the dentist turns the contents of my stomach to instant arse gravy.

BillyMitchel

Dark sea water. I scream like a 2 year old girl if something touches my leg.

Bugs in general.

SickBoy

kowloon wrote: »

Not mine, but I knew someone who would freak out at the sight of a banana. We never figured it out but the two best explanations were either a bad sexual experience or the reaction of an Atheist in the face of an indisputable truth. We never found out which.

I know that person! There cannot be more than one person with this phobia right?

DazMarz

Spiders... absolutely freak me the fúck out. I'm beyond terrified of them. I've held scorpions, snakes, lizards... not a bother.

Spiders tho... No... Just... No. horrible, creepy, crawling, slithering awful things.

The Backwards Man

Sour milk freaks me out.

Hownowcow

Sour grapes.

Butterface

Spiders.

Oh, and hairy nipples.

herisson

Butterflies, fish and clowns.

Do you get many banshees in your room OP?

I think that would make for a more interesting thread.

gammygils

I have a terrible fear of snakes. That's why I live in Ireland.
The only reason! Thank you Saint Patrick

efb

Heights.
Baked Beans.

orestes

Pixie-Fairy wrote: »

Butterflies, fish and clowns.

I knew it wasn't just me!

Saganist

Was once hit in the knee by a stone from a lawnmower and seen in coming all the way, age young, maybe 11 or 12.

I don't like lawnmowers.

efb

Oh I dont think heights are an irrational fear

Rayne Wooney

Fecking spiders, I used to be a fearless bast*rd when it came to spiders when I was around 8.

Then I remember when I was 12 overhearing my auntie telling my mam about a friend of hers who went to the doctor because she had sort of a blockage in her ear after waking up one morning. The doctor gave her some eardrops and told her to come back in a week if it was still there. She woke up one night because she felt like she had pins and needles in her face, but in fact it was dozens of baby spiders that had just hatched out of the egg in her ear.

That story is the reason for my fear of spiders, and why I check the room before I sleep.

Ihatecuddles-old

I'm trypophobic, afraid of small clusters of holes. Crumpets are absolutely terrifying

Gorilla Rising

Flying. And I consider that perfectly rational!!!!

Hollzy

Elmo from Sesame Street

Steve O

Ladders, I really ****in hate them.

kowloon

SickBoy wrote: »

I know that person! There cannot be more than one person with this phobia right?

I've only met the one, and unless our ancestors were hunted by an unusually mobile form of the fruit I don't think it's going to be a more common phobia than, say, spiders.

Aidric

Jellyfish. Making me feel uneasy sea swimming since 1985.

Hownowcow

efb wrote: »

Heights.Heinz
Baked Beans.

FYP

belcampprisoner

Charles haughey coming back from the dead

Galadriel

SickBoy wrote: »

I know that person! There cannot be more than one person with this phobia right?

Mmmmmh, I know that person also

orestes

I'm not scared of heights, but I'm scared sh1tless of being able to see through what I'm standing on. Not just those glass floors on boats and at the top of tourist towers and stuff, but sets of stairs where you can see between the steps or where the steps have holes in them like railway bridges.

fussyonion

Edz87 wrote: »

Do you get many banshees in your room OP?

I think that would make for a more interesting thread.

Only banshee in my room is the one looking back at me in the mirror on a Sunday morning after a night on the vino!
Wild hair, pale face..the lot.

ProudDUB

Spiders. A pox upon them ! :mad:

Sharks. Snuck in to see Jaws when I was 7. :eek: 'Nuff said really !

When I was a kid, I was terrified of those yellow road sweepers vans that Dublin Corporation would send out to clean the streets. They would suck up rubbish in gutters, & spray water in them too. Was also terrified of the HUGE rubbish picker upper machine thingys, that you'd see men pushing around in shopping centers that were open to the elements. The had a big bag on them that looked like the massive swollen underbelly of a giant insect. Guess I was terrified of being sucked up into one of them.

Ihatecuddles-old

orestes wrote: »

I'm not scared of heights, but I'm scared sh1tless of being able to see through what I'm standing on. Not just those glass floors on boats and at the top of tourist towers and stuff, but sets of stairs where you can see between the steps or where the steps have holes in them like railway bridges.

I hate that too. I'm terrified of heights though, can't even stand on a chair

Ihatecuddles-old

I might sound crazy, but sharks. I can't put my head under in a swimming pool without freaking out. Even in the shower, if I put my head under the water I start to panic!

herisson

orestes wrote: »

I knew it wasn't just me!

I thought i was the only person scared of them. Creepy fcukers.

fussyonion

ProudDUB wrote: »

Spiders. A pox upon them ! :mad:

Sharks. Snuck in to see Jaws when I was 7. :eek: 'Nuff said really !

When I was a kid, I was terrified of those yellow road sweepers vans that Dublin Corporation would send out to clean the streets. They would suck up rubbish in gutters, & spray water in them too. Was also terrified of the HUGE rubbish picker upper machine thingys, that you'd see men pushing around in shopping centers that were open to the elements. The had a big bag on them that looked like the massive swollen underbelly of a giant insect. Guess I was terrified of being sucked up into one of them.

Aww you're so cute!

orestes

Pixie-Fairy wrote: »

I thought i was the only person scared of them. Creepy fcukers.

They can't live on land, we can't live in water - nature has NO intention of us to be mixing with them.

Odysseus

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I'm trypophobic, afraid of small clusters of holes. Crumpets are absolutely terrifying

Have you ever heard of trypophobia skin disease, now that is fcuking messed up

Ken.

My brother knows a girl who has the most irrational fear known to man.
Folded bread. Take a slice of bread and fold it in half and this girl has a full blown panic attack.

No-one in her family(including herself) has a clue as to what led to this fear but she is practically a recluse because of it.


My own fear is dentists. Hate them.

Smidge

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I might sound crazy, but sharks. I can't put my head under in a swimming pool without freaking out. Even in the shower, if I put my head under the water I start to panic!

I remember seeing the original "Piranha" when I was about 7(summer project ffs:rolleyes:) and after that I used to be terrified to sit down on the toilet in case they were in there and swam up my backside:o:D

Ihatecuddles-old

Odysseus wrote: »

Have you ever heard of trypophobia skin disease, now that is fcuking messed up

No. And now I have to Google it

poppyvally

Sorry to be mundane but I have a genuine, crippling fear of narrow confined spaces. I wont go to a cinema or sit in the back of a car where there's child locks. Sometimes I hate closing my eyes cos I know what it feels like to be blind, especially if you started off with vision. So far I'm blessed with all my faculties, that can change overnight... Just like that!

Odysseus

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

No. And now I have to Google it

had to goggle after your post which was where I seen it, but I read it wrong the pics I seen were of skin,but was caused by bot-fly lava. These pics are often feared by those with trypophobia, so my mistake. Apologies. Stilll messed up though

orestes

Odysseus wrote: »

Have you ever heard of trypophobia skin disease, now that is fcuking messed up

"Hmmm, I wonder what that is?"

*copy & paste into google image search*

"Well I'll be jiggered!"

JustAThought

Buterflies.
Moths.

Freak attack on sight of either. Will not sleep in a house with one in it. Or sit in a garden with either. Makes life a bit tricky but I cannot get past it.

Remmy

Wasps. The sound they make, the way they fly so haphazardly ugh. Also going shopping without a specific goal in mind. I hate mooching around just on the off chance I will spot something I like. I start to get antsy and think people are looking at me

Ten of Swords

I absolutely hate being photographed, by anyone, EVER. (Ipovlopsychophobia)

Being recorded on CCTV never bothers me though, I suppose because it's just a fact of life, but if someone takes out a camera or looks like they're going to snap me with their phone then there's a problem.

Smidge

Remmy wrote: »

Wasps. The sound they make, the way they fly so haphazardly ugh. Also going shopping without a specific goal in mind. I hate mooching around just on the off chance I will spot something I like. I start to get antsy and think people are looking at me

Have you ever done the "wasp dance"?

You know, when the wasp flies at you and at first you try a casual swat at it.
But does the wasp take the hint and fly off?
No.

Instead it flies at you again and again until you are flapping your arms around and running down the street throwing all sorts of shapes trying to get rid of the damn wasp:D

admiralofthefleet

petrified of flying and spiders. clowns are bastards too

Steve O

Ten of Swords wrote: »

I absolutely hate being photographed, by anyone, EVER. (Ipovlopsychophobia)

Actually I have this, I never knew it was a legitimate fear.

I HATE getting my photo taken.

jd83

I hate wasps. Quite embarrassing in public when i start running away waving my hand in the air like a lunatic when a tiny insect comes near me, especially on a date! Damn you wasps. at least bees leave you alone once you dont **** with them