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Afraid of things

arseagon

Ok so a mate of mine was proud of himself for hoovering up a spider all on his own. He's terrified of them and his pride dropped significantly when we told him the spider most likely survived the hoovering and is now making spider babies in his hoover who are all instructed to kill him in his sleep. All Irish spiders are harmless though so why the irrational fear? And my real question is what Phobias do other people here have and why?

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redsauce

I have a phobia of:
Pigeons,
Swans,
All Birds when hungover (think their going to attack me!!),
Snakes-BIG TIME,
Sophocating.

Donald-Duck

boreds wrote:

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of longwords. How do you explain that one to a therapist?

It's a terrifying world out there.

First thing I thought when I read that was a fear of hippopotamus':(

Phoebus

Moths. Eurgh. I mean the big ones now, I can catch the little ones in my hands and crush them (I do that all the time, my room is practically full of the bastards). But the big ones, and when you hit them out the way they just come flying back. It's like they have no sense of direction. If some giant robotic hand came flying down on you, you'd run the opposite way, not towards it. Moths are hairy buggers aswell. Also, daddy long legs. They might be harmless but bleh. Spiders aren't too bad, just, imagine waking up the find one on your face.

I have a phobia of bugs going into my ears.

Also - how are people afraid of rodents!? It's impossible.. =\

bolliwoodi

oh i remember another........

FLIES

its more of a hatred than a phobia *grrrrrrrrrr*:mad:

Numina

As a child I used to have a crippling fear of "Gray" aliens, I don't know what sparked it, but what made it worse was that i had a big interest in aliens, so it made it somewhat inconvinient for me, i used to watch programs on sky one and stuff about aliens and when they reconstruct the abductions, I'd immediatly cover my eyes. One of the more..unfortunate experiences for me though was when Chewits had a limited edition flavor or something out, and aliens were the main marketing gimmick.

blahhh

D.T. Jesus wrote:

I've got a phobia of stickers and labels. I won't touch them and I definately won't wear them! The worst ones are the ones where people write their names on and wear them at meetings and stuff. The stickers that some shops put on sweets are bad too. Just thinking about them now brings a horrible taste in my mouth. This is the first time I've ever told anybody outside my family, nobody else has a clue.

Yes, I'm insane.

Ahh me too! Just thinking about them stuck to my hands....ughhh

-Also, snails/slugs/MAGGOTS.......ewww

-Not falling, not water...but a fear of falling into water...

pumpkinpixie

bolliwoodi wrote: »

my phobias include.....

butterflies
aliens
ghosts
clowns
rollercoasters
puppets
pholystyorm

now i know the butterflies 1 is odd but i lose my life if they are near me

I know a girl whos terrified of toilet roll holders!

you are not alone butterflys totally freak me out! what makes it worse is how everyone laughs at me when were out walking in the summer and one comes near and i duck and freakout or go running round trying to loose it...i know its irrational but i cant stand the thought of one actually touching me!

Sherifu

Jesus...
Let me guess, a google search?

Unaton

Glass floors.

We were staying at this fancy hotel and in order to get on the terrace you had to walk over a glass floor. I couldn't do it. I was really standing and crying there while Himself was pissing himself laughing.

funk-you

LovelyTom wrote: »

I'm terrified of sharks... well only when I'm in foreign countries but I can't even go swimming on a beach just in case there might be a shark swimming about... even if theres a net...

+1,000,000

I love swimming, even won championships but f\ck me i can't go near the sea. Sharks and the fact that the whole massive body of water is full of rotten fish/fish poo. I get that paranoid caveman feeling when i'm in the sea. Funny because i shagged a bird once that looked like thats where she came from.

EDIT: I also have a mate that is afraid of all condiments, it's great fun at a BBQ when someone put ketchup on his burger.

-Funk

KnifeWRENCH

Mrs. MacGyver wrote: »

Emory Boards (used for filing nails, someone always does this on the Cork train home at the weekend and I actually have to excuse myself until they are done,)

OH MY GOD!! I thought I was the only one! Don't worry, I feel your pain!;)
Those things make me shudder...if I see anyone filing their nails I have to leave the room.:eek:

My biggest phobia is wasps. My mam told me I was stung by one as a child so that may have led to it (although I can't remember ever being stun)

I have another one I've never admitted to before: I'm afraid of cycling. You will never ever see me on a bicycle because I will fall and die! (at least in my head that's what I think will happen)

My sister thinks I'm afraid of tomato ketchup because I utterly detest it and squirm when I see anyone eating it. I hate the sight and smell of it too, and I can't stand the noise it makes coming out of the bottle. I'm not sure if it's technically a "phobia" though.

I'm not afraid of spiders, but I don't like them, especially since I woke up one night and one was crawling across my lip. That was unpleasant, to say the least!
Another time I woke up and there was one trapped in my alarm clock! That wasn't as scary as it was bizarre. We had open the clock to free it!:D

KnifeWRENCH

Deleted User wrote: »

You've obviously never heard of Arachibutyrophobia

Here's a list of some of the weirder ones:

Algophobia — fear of pain.
Androphobia — fear of males.
Anthropomorphobia — fear or dislike of anthropomorphic traits.
Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions.
Autophobia — fear of being alone.
Bacillophobia, Bacteriophobia, Microbiophobia — fear of microbes and bacteria.
Bogyphobia - Fear of the Bogeyman.
Cibophobia,Sitophobia — aversion to food, synonymous to Anorexia nervosa. Clinophobia — fear of going to bed or falling asleep.
Coulrophobia — fear of clowns (not restricted to evil clowns
Emetophobia — fear of vomiting.
Ergasiophobia, Ergophobia — fear of work or functioning, or a surgeon's fear of operating.
Erotophobia — fear of sexual love or sexual questions.
Erythrophobia — pathological blushing.
Genophobia, Coitophobia — fear of sexual intercourse.
Gymnophobia — fear of nudity.
Heliophobia — fear of sunlight.
Hemophobia, Haemophobia — fear of blood.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia — fear of the number 666.
Hoplophobia — fear of firearms (guns).
Lalophobia, Laliophobia — fear of speaking.
Ligyrophobia — fear of loud noises.
Mysophobia — fear of germs, contamination or dirt.
Necrophobia — fear of death, the dead.
Neophobia, Cainophobia, Cainotophobia, Cenophobia, Centophobia, Kainolophobia, Kainophobia — fear of newness, novelty.
Nosophobia — fear of contracting a disease
Nyctophobia, Achluophobia, Lygophobia, Scotophobia — fear of darkness.
Osmophobia, Olfactophobia — fear of smells.
Paraskavedekatriaphobia, Paraskevidekatriaphobia, Friggatriskaidekaphobia — fear of Friday the 13th.
Panphobia — fear of everything or constantly afraid without knowing what is causing it
Pyrophobia — fear of fire.
Radiophobia — fear of radiation or X-rays.
Sociophobia — fear/dislike of society or people in general (see also "sociopath").
Taphophobia — fear of the grave, or fear of being placed in a grave while still alive.
Technophobia — fear of technology (see also Luddite).
Tokophobia — fear of childbirth.
Triskaidekaphobia, Terdekaphobia — fear of the number 13.
Trypanophobia, Aichmophobia, Belonephobia, Enetophobia — fear of needles, injections or of pointed objects.

A couple of Boardsies in there methinks!!

Also, on the Gary Larsson point......

:D
Here's a list of weirder ones:
A
Ablutophobia- Fear of washing or bathing
Aerophobia- Fear of swallowing air
Ambulophobia- Fear of walking
Anablephobia- Fear of looking up
Anemophobia- Fear of wind
Anthrophobia- Fear of flowers
Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.
Arithmophobia- Fear of numbers
Aulophobia- Fear of flutes
Auroraphobia- Fear of Northern Lights

B
Barophobia- Fear of gravity
Basophobia- Fear of walking
Batophobia- Fear of being close to high buildings
Bibliophobia- Fear of books
Blennophobia- Fear of slime
Bogyphobia- Fear of the bogeyman

C
Cathisophobia- Fear of sitting
Catoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Chaetophobia- Fear of hair
Chionophobia- Fear of snow
Chromatophobia- Fear of colors
Chronophobia- Fear of time
Chronomentrophobia- Fear of clocks
Cibophobia- Fear of food
Clinophobia- Fear of going to bed
Cnidophobia- Fear of string

D
Deciophobia- Fear of making decisions
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees
Dextrophobia- Fear of objects at the right side of the body
Didaskaleinophobia- Fear of school

E
Eisoptrophobia- Fear of mirrors
Eleutherophobia- Fear of freedom
Eosophobia- Fear of daylight
Epistemophobia- Fear of knowledge
Ergophobia- Fear of work
Ereuthophobia- Fear of the color red

G
Geliophobia- Fear of laughter
Geniophobia- Fear of chins
Genuphobia- Fear of knees
Geumaphobia- Fear of taste
Gnosiophobia- Fear of knowledge
Graphophobia- Fear of writing

H
Heliophobia- Fear of the sun
Helmintophobia- Fear of being infested with worms
Hemophobia- Fear of blood
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophob
ia- Fear of long words
Homichlophobia- Fear of fog
Hypnophobia- Fear of sleep

I
Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas

K
Kainophobia- Fear of anything new
Kathisophobia- Fear of sitting down

L
Lachanophobia- Fear of vegetables
Leukophobia- Fear of the color white
Levophobia- Fear of objects to the left side of the body
Linonophobia- Fear of string
Logophobia- Fear of words

M
Melanophobia- Fear of the color black
Melophobia- Fear of music
Metrophobia- Fear of poetry
Mnemophobia- Fear of memories
Mottephobia- Fear of moths

N
Nebulaphobia- Fear of fog
Neophobia- Fear of anything new
Nephophobia- Fear of clouds
Nomatophobia- Fear of names

O
Octophobia- Fear of the number 8
Ommetaphobia- Fear of eyes
Oneirophobia- Fear of dreams
Ophthalmophobia- Fear of opening one’s eyes
Ostraconophobia- Fear of shellfish

P
Panophobia- Fear of everything
Papyrophobia- Fear of paper
Paraskavedekatriaphobia- Fear of Friday the 13th
Peladophobia- Fear of bald people
Phengophobia- Fear of daylight
Phobophobia- Fear of fear
Photophobia- Fear of light
Phronemophobia- Fear of thinking
Pogonophobia- Fear of beards

S
Sciophobia- Fear of shadows
Scolionophobia- Fear of school
Selenophobia- Fear of the moon
Siderophobia- Fear of stars
Sitophobia- Fear of food
Sophophobia- Fear of learning
Stasibasiphobia- Fear of walking

T
Thaasophobia- Fear of sitting
Trichopathophobia- Fear of hair
Triskadekaphobia- Fear of the number 13

V
Verbophobia- Fear of words

X
Xanthophobia- Fear of the color yellow

Susannahmia

I'm afraid of veins. I have a terrible fear of the ones in wrists especially. I cant even look at my own wrists or anyone else's. I cant touch them, wear watches or bracelets and freak out if anyone touches them.

I think it comes from when I was seven and in hospital, the doctor was trying to put a drip in my hand but having great difficulty as they were so small that he couldn't find a good vein, he stuck the needle into the right one about ten times before preceding to do the same on the left. Strangely enough I dont really mind injections as long as I dont have to look.

I am almost as bad with the backs of ankles, I can't bear anyone touching me there or even touching them myself. I think its the thought of something going through that bit of skin where there is no bone underneath.

useful_contacts

arseagon wrote: »

Ok so a mate of mine was proud of himself for hoovering up a spider all on his own. He's terrified of them and his pride dropped significantly when we told him the spider most likely survived the hoovering and is now making spider babies in his hoover who are all instructed to kill him in his sleep. All Irish spiders are harmless though so why the irrational fear? And my real question is what Phobias do other people here have and why?

im scared of butterflies

I have a friend who has a phobia of toilet roll holders- the sight of one makes her vomit with fright

Another friends scared of cheese(I KNOW)

Another is scared of trees!

Schism

I'm scared of the sea. Looking out at it just makes me feel tiny.

Also lots of small circles together freaks me out, can't look at it.

yummycake

Spiders. Not because I think they're ugly or disgusting, because of their legs the way they crawl is so creepy. They're too fcuking quiet uuuggghh.

Tidal waves.

Being alone at home at night

Terrrrrrified of heights / flying.

MizzLolly

My fear may seem a little weird but I really can't help it. Umbrellas sicken me. I hate the look of the, the feel of them - everything. They're just disgusting!! Yuck.. *shudder*...

hairymolly

Hairy moths. As a kid holidaying in my aunts, lots of trees around the house. Being the youngest, bed early, hairy moths flying around the room. When the light was turned off I heard plop plop either side of the pillow :eek: The f*****s were planning to sleep with me.:mad: Every night after that the shoe squashed every moth in sight:eek:

taidghbaby

waking up in the middle of the night to big dirty hairy men standing beside my bed, with their lad in one had and hand-cuffs in the other, whilst drooling!!!

eVeNtInE

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Horsefumbler

Romaphobia

kerah86

Frogs terrify me!! As in I get panic attacks if i even think theres one near me...but its not even the freaky looking tropical ones - just the normal ones we have here in Ireland...ugh it makes me cringe even thinking bout it....

Wouldnt be too gone on them dolls with the china faces either....dont like the way they're eyes follow me around the room...

Cool_CM

Heights
Spiders
Wasps(German wasps are huge!)

Woke up one morning and there was a huge one flying around my room, waited till it landed and took it out from point blank with my pellet gun, closed the window before any of his buddies showed up. I hate living next to trees, cant open my window even though its roasting because the wasps and spiders will come to get me!:(

xOxSinéadxOx

Binomate wrote: »

I know a girl who is terrified of moths and butterflies.

i am that girl. eeuuuggh scare the **** out of me!

Drag00n79

tallus wrote: »

Heights and rats.