Phobias...

coolhandc · 16-11-2007 03:44PM #1

I was just talking to someone about her fear of trucks,I thought it was very weird but after looking up the net found that there are a few other people out there afraid of them!
SO whats everyones biggest fear?!

biko · 16-11-2007 03:47PM

Panphobia

kev_s88 · 16-11-2007 03:51PM

panphobia

nice

arachnephobia!

gatophobia.they freak me out!!

:)

msg11 · 16-11-2007 03:51PM

Arithmophobia

:D:D:D

Jesus Wept · 16-11-2007 03:54PM

Not mine but...

googlephobia is suffered by a lot too many AH thread starters.

Archeron · 16-11-2007 03:55PM

Logizomechanophobia

AAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Statso · 16-11-2007 03:57PM

Acrophobia, get all panicky thinking about em.

mise_me_fein · 16-11-2007 03:58PM

ghosts, well evil ones

star-pants · 16-11-2007 04:00PM

I have a friend who's got serious phobias about sponges (not the edible kind) and velvet. She'll actually be sick.
We both don't like spiders.

I don't like lakes/deep water, fear of falling and I have a new fear of ants

Overheal · 16-11-2007 04:01PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/-phob-#Psychological_conditions

Algophobia

onechewy · 16-11-2007 04:04PM

Archeron wrote: »

Logizomechanophobia

I think that's just about the best word I've ever seen!!! Am glad I don't have it tho.

I knew a girl with a severe, severe fear of sponges. It was quite funny really.. but very odd.. and most definitely genuine.

l3LoWnA · 16-11-2007 04:11PM

I don't obsess over this fear and it doesn't affect my life or anything but.....if a great big hairy rotten white moth (or any colour) flies into a room I'm in or anywhere near me, my heart races, I lose my breath, I sometimes scream (I'm not usually a screamer

) and I have to leave the room straght away - doesn't matter where I am or who's company I'm in, they freak the sh*t out of me

Is that a phobia?!

*Lees* · 16-11-2007 04:13PM

Im not sure if it would be classed as a phobia since I'm not actually afraid of it but it makes me physically sick when someone rubs their palms along the dash in a car... or rubs their palms off my palms!!:o

Was she actually afraid of sponges???

*Lees* · 16-11-2007 04:15PM

l3LoWnA wrote: »

I don't obsess over this fear and it doesn't affect my life or anything but.....if a great big hairy rotten white moth (or any colour) flies into a room I'm in or anywhere near me, my heart races, I lose my breath, I sometimes scream (I'm not usually a screamer ) and I have to leave the room straght away - doesn't matter where I am or who's company I'm in, they freak the sh*t out of me

Is that a phobia?!

+ 1 :eek::eek:

I got "attacked" by one before.. it kept flying at me! My brother pretends to be a moth sometimes to freak me out runs after me flapping his hands saying "flutter flutter flutter" (It's supposed to be the noise a moth makes!!) Oh and he's 28! :rolleyes:

Dancor · 16-11-2007 04:16PM

I have one that stems from when I was child, Its called..............

Yoremaphobia

Lizzykins · 16-11-2007 04:17PM

As kid I was terrified of cranes and nearly ran under a car one time when I spotted one. Was phobic about flying for years but got over it when I got sick of hearing people talk about their great holidays.

Mossy Monk · 16-11-2007 04:18PM

Wet tea bags. I cannot be near them. The sight of them, the smell.

Toto Wolfcastle · 16-11-2007 04:18PM

I'm boring. I'm just scared of animals. Dogs, cats, horses, cows, hamsters, etc. BIRDS!! Oh God, birds. Especially pigeons.

I can kind of understand that sponge thing, but I'm not scared of them!

I know someone with a fear of feet. Bloody strange. How does she put on socks?

-Leelo- · 16-11-2007 04:19PM

onechewy wrote: »

I think that's just about the best word I've ever seen!!! Am glad I don't have it tho.

I knew a girl with a severe, severe fear of sponges. It was quite funny really.. but very odd.. and most definitely genuine.

How could anyone be afraid of a sponge??? I love an ol' chew on a sponge (weird pregnancy craving alert), they're bloody great.

I'm terrified of Spiders, and odd numbers.

blah · 16-11-2007 04:21PM

Ergasiophobia

That's why I'm posting on boards all day.

mayte · 16-11-2007 04:22PM

Spiders.
One night, it was very late, like 2 or 3 in the morning, we were sleeping. Then, in the still of the night a scream woke up my boyfriend taking him almost to heart failure (yes, I speak aloud in dreams). All he could understand was: "it's a tarantula!!! A tarantulaaa!!!"

Toto Wolfcastle · 16-11-2007 04:22PM

-Leelo- wrote: »

How could anyone be afraid of a sponge??? I love an ol' chew on a sponge (weird pregnancy craving alert), they're bloody great.

Oh no, I love chewing on sponges! Especially when they're wet. (Insert sexual innuendo here) And now I'm told it's a pregnancy craving. So basically I'm just strange, cos I'm not pregnant!

Latchy · 16-11-2007 04:26PM

The sponge chewing is quite common i believe ....

Mossy Monk · 16-11-2007 04:27PM

-Leelo- wrote: »

How could anyone be afraid of a sponge???

The same could be said for every phobia.

star-pants · 16-11-2007 04:30PM

-Leelo- wrote: »

How could anyone be afraid of a sponge???

I think it's more the texture/feel/look of them, my friend really can't stand them - I know she'll nearly vomit if you come too close with velvet, not sure about sponges.
And the noise of cotton wool - she hates it.

Fast_Mover · 16-11-2007 04:34PM

^^cotton wool makes noise?!!

A girl who I lived with in 1st was afraid of/couldn't touch the stickers that can be on fruits sometimes eg:apples
I always had to take them off for her..so funny!:D

-Leelo- · 16-11-2007 04:35PM

latchyco wrote: »

The sponge chewing is quite common i believe ....

I've looked it up and apparently its one of the rarest forms of Pica. Makes me feel special:p

Another thing Im quite frightened of is Turkeys, they're just freaky and ugly and look much better on my plate on Christmas Day.

star-pants · 16-11-2007 04:38PM

Fast_Mover wrote: »

^^cotton wool makes noise?!!

you know when you pull it apart? the squeak? that noise.
I cant stand the feel of certain materials... and I hate the noise of someone scratching jean material r other manmade fabrics that aren't soft like cotton (if you get me). Even the thoughts of it now... aHHHH..

Latchy · 16-11-2007 04:39PM

-Leelo- wrote: »

I've looked it up and apparently its one of the rarest forms of Pica. Makes me feel special:p

I do recall a female friend chewing on a sponge whle pregnant ,it was a craving she had ,and i also know sombody who liked to chew on coal .......yea coal .
Not sure what my phobia is ,but i am sure i have one somwere lol

Xavi6 · 16-11-2007 04:39PM

Only thing I'm afraid of is heights. The gf on the other hand is terrified of whales. Orcaphobia or something I think it's called.

cance · 16-11-2007 04:41PM

Sociophobia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_anxiety

be comforted that i hate you all equally

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