Do you have any phobias/irrational fears?

DEFTLEFTHAND · 05-05-2013 01:14AM

The number 13 and the Roman Emperor Nero, 666 is said to be a coded version of his name, Nero was indeed a beast to many early Christians.

Smidge · 05-05-2013 01:17AM

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Not afraid of clowns, but there is something sinister about them.

I can't think of anyone who likes them, and i certainly can't think of any reason for someone to paint a weird smile and maybe teardrop on their face.

F***in clowns.

I reckon it was the Stephen King film that gave everyone their fear of clowns.

KKkitty · 05-05-2013 01:17AM

Flying, driving, wasps, heights, spiders and soggy bread.

Smidge · 05-05-2013 01:20AM

KKkitty wrote: »

Flying, driving, wasps, heights, spiders and soggy bread.

Ok, do tell Kitty?:D;)

Ol' Donie · 05-05-2013 01:21AM

Smidge wrote: »

I reckon it was the Stephen King film that gave everyone their fear of clowns.

Yeah, that documentary opened my eyes.

Fizgig Bandicoot · 05-05-2013 01:23AM

Spiders. Money spiders I'm okay with but those big scuttly black yokes that can run really quickly make me freeze, scream and become an unstealthy assasin, throwing everything in my reach at them so they die without me having to make close contact with them.

Daddy long legs are also terrifying. They seem to sense my fear and fly at me resulting in me shrieking, flapping my arms, running away, throwing my friends into their path in a bid to save myself, resulting in great hilarity from everyone present as they aren't afraid of them.

Mister Jingles · 05-05-2013 01:27AM

Wasps, terrified of them altogether. The **** though have managed to sting me a few times.

KKkitty · 05-05-2013 01:35AM

Smidge wrote: »

Ok, do tell Kitty?:D;)

Nothing untoward now

Spilled water over bread and nearly puked at the texture of it when I picked it up.

tim3000 · 05-05-2013 01:36AM

I absolutely hate heights (though I wouldn't class this as irrational I mean step an inch over the line and you're dead) I also hate the dentist haven't been in ages either.

Garzard · 05-05-2013 01:42AM

Flying insects and centipedes!

Smidge · 05-05-2013 01:43AM

KKkitty wrote: »

Nothing untoward now Spilled water over bread and nearly puked at the texture of it when I picked it up.

I'm like that with wet wool.........

Blurrrghhh

Can't bear to be near a hand wash jumper lol

SickBoy · 05-05-2013 02:15AM

Aeroboard freaked me out when I was younger. I wasn't exactly afraid of it but I couldn't stand the feel of it or the noise it made when something was removed from a box that was lined in it.
On a similar note, I could never accept a tissue from someone if I needed one, I'd have to get it myself.
I'm not bothered by them any more though.

Fungums · 05-05-2013 03:03AM

Im one of the banana people

cant stay in the same room if someone is eating one ugh the smell just gets me

Aeroboard freaks the sh*t outta me as well

I have a friend that cant sit in a room without all the doors closed

UmmCadburys · 05-05-2013 03:14AM

Off the top of my head - spiders , insects , snakes , slugs , moths , maggots , eels , mice , rats , heights , flying , and frogs . And im sure I've forgot a few things .

PickledLime · 05-05-2013 03:21AM

Getting blood taken.

I'm diabetic, so get it done on a regular basis, which absolutely sucks. I once passed out before I even sat down in the nurse's office one day!

Or as one of the A&E nurses said to me when I was first diagnosed and woke up in there: "you'd make a terrible heroin addict!" :pac:

Richard Dower · 05-05-2013 03:24AM

PickledLime wrote: »

Getting blood taken.

I'm diabetic, so get it done on a regular basis, which absolutely sucks. I once passed out before I even sat down in the nurse's office one day!

Or as one of the A&E nurses said to me when I was first diagnosed and woke up in there: "you'd make a terrible heroin addict!" :pac:

Whimp!.....pish!, getting blood taken for me is like breathing.....:)

I have a fear of toilet seats....keep thinking something will crawl up me hole!

Smidge · 05-05-2013 03:27AM

PickledLime wrote: »

Getting blood taken.

I'm diabetic, so get it done on a regular basis, which absolutely sucks. I once passed out before I even sat down in the nurse's office one day!

Or as one of the A&E nurses said to me when I was first diagnosed and woke up in there: "you'd make a terrible heroin addict!" :pac:

Similar thing happened to me.
I don't have great veins and it's always horrendous trying to get blood from me.

One time when I had to go for bloods, I told the nurse "You might find it difficult to get my blood".

She said " Don't worry, I'll get blood from you even if I have to punch you in the nose"

Luckily, she was nifty at her job and it did not require me to go for rhinoplasty:D

IceFjoem · 05-05-2013 03:34AM

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

I'm trypophobic, afraid of small clusters of holes.

I actually feel sick even reading that!

ONeill2013 · 05-05-2013 03:48AM

spiders for as long as i can remember. I'm a 21 year old male, my mind freezes when i see one

Smidge · 05-05-2013 03:50AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

Whimp!.....pish!, getting blood taken for me is like breathing.....:)

I have a fear of toilet seats....keep thinking something will crawl up me hole!

Eh, did you see my post re "piranha"?????

This is NOT uncommon:D

PickledLime · 05-05-2013 03:50AM

Richard Dower wrote: »

Whimp!.....pish!, getting blood taken for me is like breathing.....:)

I have a fear of toilet seats....keep thinking something will crawl up me hole!

Well I get blood taken every 3 months or so, I guess (and hope!) you have to use a toilet seat more often than that - therefore I win!

Smidge wrote: »

Luckily, she was nifty at her job and it did not require me to go for rhinoplasty:D

There is one nurse who works at the local surgery and she is nothing short of a wizard at her job/ninja. She knows what I'm like as she's had to revive me on more than one occasion! But she has managed to take blood out of me without me even realising it - seriously, she deserves a Premership footballer's wage for what she can do.

Smidge · 05-05-2013 03:57AM

PickledLime wrote: »

Well I get blood taken every 3 months or so, I guess (and hope!) you have to use a toilet seat more often than that - therefore I win!

There is one nurse who works at the local surgery and she is nothing short of a wizard at her job/ninja. She knows what I'm like as she's had to revive me on more than one occasion! But she has managed to take blood out of me without me even realising it - seriously, she deserves a Premership footballer's wage for what she can do.

True story.

I was in A&E one time and bloods needed to be taken.
Consultant came in and took over the show.
He started to try to take my bloods and I instantly knew this was NOT going to go well.

Needless to say he hit an artery and the last thing I saw before I passed out was my blood squirting all over the consultant and about 4 foot into the air.
I woke up on a drip:mad:

PickledLime · 05-05-2013 04:10AM

Smidge wrote: »

True story.

I was in A&E one time and bloods needed to be taken.
Consultant came in and took over the show.
He started to try to take my bloods and I instantly knew this was NOT going to go well.

Needless to say he hit an artery and the last thing I saw before I passed out was my blood squirting all over the consultant and about 4 foot into the air.
I woke up on a drip:mad:

Whoa! :eek: Effin' consltants!

I was hospitalised when I was 16 for something. Had a doctor come round and try to insert a drip into my hand. After his 5th failure, I got pretty ratty and told him "I never played darts before as the ****ing dartboard!".

He left me, they called in a nurse and I was on the drip within a minute, albeit it was hooked up to my other hand!

thunderdog · 05-05-2013 05:11AM

Time for my early morning confession. I have an irrational fear of static/electric shocks......both my gf and sister have figured this out, and love nothing more than releasing some static electricity on an unsuspecting part of my body

BlimpGaz · 05-05-2013 05:41AM

fussyonion wrote: »

I have an irrational fear of moths.

Primary school level excuse for being ugly and not being able to get yizzer hole.

reap-a-rat · 05-05-2013 09:44AM

Slugs and snails. I remember not being able to walk in to my house from the school bus one day because there was a slug in my path. My mother had to come and lift me over it before I'd walk in.

Still as strong nearly, was walking into college last week and there was a monstrosity of a snail in my path. I swerved around it but I was shaking and teary-eyed for a good half hour after the incident. I fúcking hate them!

monflat · 05-05-2013 09:46AM

Clowns !

Plumpynutt · 05-05-2013 09:50AM

I used to have an irrational fear of phones. I would freak out and avoid calling people/duck incoming calls etc.

Finally decided that it was a ridiculous thing to carry on being afraid of so I took a job in a call centre to get over it. I'm over that particular fear now thank fcuk

beltzar · 05-05-2013 09:50AM

Balloons.

Ms. Pingui · 05-05-2013 11:36AM

Baked beans. Disgusting things! The smell of them, the look of them, everything about them makes my skin crawl. I'd puke if someone came near me with them.
I can't use any cutterly that i think might have been used near beans so I have to re-wash everything before I can use it.
Feel sick writing this.

Do you have any phobias/irrational fears?

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