weird genuine fears anyone?

FrancieBrady · 19-07-2017 01:36PM

I was glad to find out this was a thing. Can make me quite nauseous.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/what-is-trypophobia-definition-causes-images

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 19-07-2017 01:36PM

Fear of moths, unpredictable flight course, hairy ugly feckers. Butterflies are grand, moths are the devil.

19-07-2017 01:41PM

Shenshen wrote: »

Spiders.
But funnily enough, only when I'm inside a house. If I see one outdoors, I'm actually rather curious and have no problem observing it, even relatively closely. Not sure I'd touch it, though.

Indoors, though.... bad. Very bad.
I had an "episode" about 2 years ago. It was quite late at night, I had gone to bed and was reading, the hubby was still downstairs watching telly. I felt something brush against my shoulder and reached up to push it away, thinking it was a strand of hair. My hand made contact with something chitinous and hard instead. I turned my head and saw this huge spider scuttle under my pillow. Well, when I say huge, it was maybe half the size of my hand. No monster, but very large for any spider in these latitudes.

I was out of bed like a shot and downstairs to get help (the husband) - I got such a fright, I was physically shivering. He agreed to go upstairs and dispose of it.
I came up with him, but was waiting round the corner from the bedroom, I couldn't bring myself to set foot inside. He rummaged around a bit, then I heard him say "Wow, that is a huge f*cker". Then more rummaging, and more, and more... after a few minutes I asked what was happening. He said he had had him in a piece of toilet paper and was about to carry him to the loo and flush him away, but then he dropped him. And now he couldn't find him again.
I think that's when I dissolved into utter hysterics. There was NO WAY I would sleep in that room as long as that thing was around. I wasn't even sure I'd be sleeping in the house. There was nothing for it, I had to come inside and help looking.
He was a sly bastard, too. We suspected he was under the bed (thankfully there's not all that much clutter in our bedroom, so nowhere else much for him to hide), but as we moved it, he must have moved with it underneath a few times. It took us until 3am when in a last effort attempt we pushed the entire bed up on its side that we found him again and introduced him to our excellent plumbing.

I'd be a gibbering basket case.

I woke up in the middle of the night for a pee about six years ago, and put my feet on the floor. The feeling of squash/splat turned my stomach, I'd stood on a gigantic, steroid-taking-monster-spider, and he was all over the sole of my foot.

*projectile vom*

retro:electro · 19-07-2017 02:28PM

Not really much of a fear but I hate walking around in my bare feet. Dono how anyone does it. Even getting out from the shower I have to have flip flops there ready. Hate the sensation of my feet on the floor.

greencap · 19-07-2017 02:36PM

valoren wrote: »

Heights. But the fear is not plain old acrophobia.
My fear stems from the notion that were I to have a moment of madness I could be dead within seconds.

The convenience of being at a height, knowing that a fall would be fatal and the thought of just thinking 'fcuk it' and suddenly jumping scares the **** out of me.

I've had that happen once or twice, a weird tangling of your own mind where you start out with a minor fear, then you think 'what if I' then you observe your own mind thinking 'what if' then you get more afraid which makes you think 'what if' even more, and by then theres a tiny part of your mind thats completely freaking out at your own madness and panicking because you're panicking.

Jim Jefferies is genuine afraid of bananas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVmZ1EfJs7U

jo2509 · 19-07-2017 02:40PM

I have a totally irrational fear of aliens/UFOs.

Not that it makes it any less bonkers, but not 'monster-y' type aliens like Predator but E.T type aliens. In fact i hate that movie.
I hate Close Encounters even more... that bit at the end when all the little aliens come out of the spaceship is the stuff of my actual nightmares.

greencap · 19-07-2017 02:47PM

mayobumblebee wrote: »

That's the thing I have no fear of zombies or vampires. I also have no fear of the fact of life that everyone dies at some stage. But the actual person just there in front of you but no longer a person that is terrifying. It doesn't matter if it's someone I know or not I also get it with animals sometimes. It's very hard to explain as it's quite strange and I've yet to meet someone else with it.

The G word ?

Snugglebunnies · 19-07-2017 04:03PM

sup_dude wrote:

That happens me too. I don't have a fear of heights as such. More so that I get up to a height and have irrational thoughts of what would happen if I did jump, and I don't trust myself not to do it. It's nothing to do with being suicidal and is a recognised thing.

"The call of the void"

Syphonax · 19-07-2017 04:05PM

The moon is going to crash into the earth

ScumLord · 19-07-2017 04:08PM

Syphonax wrote: »

The moon is going to crash into the earth

It's moving away from earth by about an inch every year, it's very slowly leaving our orbit. In just a few short billion years we'll have no moon to look at and brighten up those dark nights.

deadybai · 19-07-2017 04:11PM

I have a fear of (don't want to mention it) nail varnish.

My sister's used to tramatise me when I was younger with it .

I nearly puke when I see it and avoid even talking to the person and basically get out of the situation as quickly as possible.

Really afraid of the stuff

Syphonax · 19-07-2017 04:12PM

ScumLord wrote: »

It's moving away from earth by about an inch every year, it's very slowly leaving our orbit. In just a few short billion years we'll have no moon to look at and brighten up those dark nights.

Yeah but doesnt it move closer at certain times during its orbit? Which might mean it could get caught in gravity or something at these times and plow right into us?

Gravelly · 19-07-2017 04:16PM

Syphonax wrote: »

Yeah but doesnt it move closer at certain times during its orbit? Which might mean it could get caught in gravity or something at these times and plow right into us?

I can sell you a guaranteed place in my moon-proof survival shelter for a one-off price of €50,000, payable in handy weekly installments of €1,000 each. Places are limited, so you need to act fast - the next near-earth pass is only 10 months away. Send me your credit card details and I'll do the rest. You can rest easy at night, knowing the Gravelly Moon Shelter is available to you.

ScumLord · 19-07-2017 04:17PM

Syphonax wrote: »

Yeah but doesnt it move closer at certain times during its orbit? Which might mean it could get caught in gravity or something at these times and plow right into us?

You have to take into account the sun is playing a part in trying to break us up to. The moon is the result of a massive explosion that happened billions of years ago and the moon is flying away from that explosion, it won't be coming back. While the moons orbit is slightly elliptical because of the tug of the sun the overwhelming direction is away from earth so the closest point gets further and further away each year. It's quite sad to think earth won't have a moon in the future.

Gravelly · 19-07-2017 04:18PM

ScumLord wrote: »

You have to take into account the sun is playing a part in trying to break us up to. The moon is the result of a massive explosion that happened billions of years ago and the moon is flying away from that explosion, it won't be coming back. While the moons orbit is slightly elliptical because of the tug of the sun the overwhelming direction is away from earth so the closest point gets further and further away each year. It's quite sad to think earth won't have a moon in the future.

You moon apocalypse deniers don't fool me. THE END IS NIGH - WE MUST BE PREPARED.

Professor Moriarty · 19-07-2017 04:21PM

ScumLord wrote: »

You have to take into account the sun is playing a part in trying to break us up to. The moon is the result of a massive explosion that happened billions of years ago and the moon is flying away from that explosion, it won't be coming back. While the moons orbit is slightly elliptical because of the tug of the sun the overwhelming direction is away from earth so the closest point gets further and further away each year. It's quite sad to think earth won't have a moon in the future.

I can think of more immediate things to be sad about.

daisy123 · 19-07-2017 04:25PM

FrancieBrady wrote: »

I was glad to find out this was a thing. Can make me quite nauseous.

http://www.wired.co.uk/article/what-is-trypophobia-definition-causes-images

I also have this. I'm not afraid of the pictures, but I get lightheaded and nauseous if I look at them. Not all the pictures in that article, just some of them. The rash picture and the dog ticks didn't worry me, but the first picture and the one of the foot for example made me very uncomfortable.

daisy123 · 19-07-2017 04:26PM

greencap wrote: »

The G word ?

I think it's more likely the C word...

uch · 19-07-2017 04:27PM

I have a fear of being sent to prison and being Rodgered by Big Bubba

storker · 19-07-2017 04:31PM

ScumLord wrote: »

It's quite sad to think earth won't have a moon in the future.

Still, though, it's someone else's problem.

My big fears are claustrophobia and premature burial. Not something I even realised I had until a year or so ago.

Chancer3001 · 19-07-2017 04:41PM

Killer whale in the swimming pool

HE'S GONNA EAT ME!!!!

sbsquarepants · 19-07-2017 04:47PM

anna080 wrote: »

Not really much of a fear but I hate walking around in my bare feet. Dono how anyone does it. Even getting out from the shower I have to have flip flops there ready. Hate the sensation of my feet on the floor.

Soon as i'm home, it's off with the shoes. I can go days without them when I'm not in work, I love being barefoot (bare assed also, but that's another story)

storker wrote: »

My big fears are claustrophobia and premature burial. Not something I even realised I had until a year or so ago.

What the hell where you doing when you realised this!:D:D

nearzero · 19-07-2017 04:49PM

sup_dude wrote: »

That happens me too. I don't have a fear of heights as such. More so that I get up to a height and have irrational thoughts of what would happen if I did jump, and I don't trust myself not to do it. It's nothing to do with being suicidal and is a recognised thing.

I have a fear of failure and of making a mistake. It can be crippling at times, and nonexistent at other times.

Rather than a fear,would that be more an obsession with the feeling of falling? or wanting to experience the feeling of free-falling?

I am absolutely petrified of vomiting & it can induce a panic attack if I have to vomit which just makes the feeling worse. I am convinced I'm gonna choke and die. And I'm always sick which is horrific & I will literally do anything I can NOT to vomit.

Jayop · 19-07-2017 04:56PM

I have a genuine fear of womans tights. The thought of touching them alone is enough to send shivers down my spine.

To make this irrational fear worse, many years ago I got a summer job in a Nylon factory that made them and i was given the role of inspecting them for flaws. Spending 10 hours a day touching the thing you hate most is disgusting.

I also have a fear of Brown Sauce. HP, Daddies whatever. The smell of it is enough to make me spew and I really do fear getting it on my skin.

Fart · 19-07-2017 05:21PM

Oranges.

ArnoldJRimmer · 19-07-2017 05:38PM

Nuns seriously creep me out, but in particular old photos and footage of nuns from back in the day. Its not just the fact that I find the whole being a 'Bride of Christ' idea extremely weird (first communion outfits are creepier again), but also that they used to be so feared when I was in primary school. Even though we didn't get half as hard a time as the generations before us, there were some truly sadistic nuns in the school I was in.

Thinking about it, my granny's house had one of those Jesus pictures with eyes that followed you round the room. She lived by a main road so when a car would drive by at night, the lights would shine over the picture of him staring at you.

valoren · 19-07-2017 05:53PM

I have a fear that I will find myself in a compressed space in this position, totally unable to move. Makes me shudder thinking about slowly dying in such a position. Like if I were out hiking and fell into a crevasse and ended up in that position...ugh.

JillyQ · 19-07-2017 06:20PM

Skodafan wrote: »

mayobumblebee wrote: »

So I really hate to tell people especially in ireland but I have a genuine feel ill sweaty have nightmares about it fear of ..
people who are no longer alive
can't even bring myself to say the proper word. Please someone tell me I'm not alone. I have managed to hide it mostly

My wife is absolutely terrified of birds. I mean entirely irrational fear of them. We walked down times square and she jumped in front of a cab to get away from a pidgeon that had landed 2 feet in front of her.

Shopping trips in a city usually involved her getting our 6 year old to walk 3 feet in front of us doing "his job" scaring away the birds.

I have the same fear as your wife am completely terrified of birds

Mollyb60 · 19-07-2017 06:27PM

I have the usual fears, small spaces, spiders, the dark. But 2 things I have an irrational fear of are talking on phones and meat slicers.
When I was in my first office job I developed a fear of talking on the phone. I would have heart palpitations and sweats before having to make any call. It was terrible. It's not as bad these days but even now I will email as much as possible and my family know not to call me for a chat on the phone. It just makes me so anxious.
The meat slicer thing I discovered when I was watching the movie The Wrestler. I can't even remember the scene but I almost vomited when he was using the machine. I had to leave the room till it was over. It was the noise and the motion of it and the slab of meat. OMG I'm starting to sweat just thinking of it.

Gravelly · 19-07-2017 06:30PM

Mollyb60 wrote: »

I have the usual fears, small spaces, spiders, the dark. But 2 things I have an irrational fear of are talking on phones and meat slicers.
When I was in my first office job I developed a fear of talking on the phone. I would have heart palpitations and sweats before having to make any call. It was terrible. It's not as bad these days but even now I will email as much as possible and my family know not to call me for a chat on the phone. It just makes me so anxious.
The meat slicer thing I discovered when I was watching the movie The Wrestler. I can't even remember the scene but I almost vomited when he was using the machine. I had to leave the room till it was over. It was the noise and the motion of it and the slab of meat. OMG I'm starting to sweat just thinking of it.

Imagine having to talk on the phone to a meat slicer.

weird genuine fears anyone?

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