Phobias do you have any?

[notoppings]

Phobias, some of us have them Do you? What are they? Have you gotten over them?

I used to be afraid of heights but put myself in situations to confront it and finally overcame it. Now I discovered by accident that I have a fear of tunnels, not little ones or short ones I don't even notice those. I was traveling in Colorado on Highway 70 when I came up to several tunnels it was ok until I got to the one over 2 miles long then for some reason this huge feeling came over me and by the time I got to the end of the tunnel I was nearly going 100mph, I don't know what this phobia is but I think it's related to being buried alive or something along that vein. I don't know how I can overcome this one unless I spend a lot of time in Colorado.
Anyway how about you? anything really put the fear into you.

[azelismia]

Phobias, some of us have them Do you? What are they? Have you gotten over them?

I used to be afraid of heights but put myself in situations to confront it and finally overcame it. Now I discovered by accident that I have a fear of tunnels, not little ones or short ones I don't even notice those. I was traveling in Colorado on Highway 70 when I came up to several tunnels it was ok until I got to the one over 2 miles long then for some reason this huge feeling came over me and by the time I got to the end of the tunnel I was nearly going 100mph, I don't know what this phobia is but I think it's related to being buried alive or something along that vein. I don't know how I can overcome this one unless I spend a lot of time in Colorado.
Anyway how about you? anything really put the fear into you.

Big black spiders

[mental drift]

Not really, quite the opposite. I'm usually the person neighbors call on if they have a spider problem or what not, and no I'm not an exterminator, they just talk with my wife and she will say you should ask my husband, nothing phases him. I do say though that repelling is a lot less comforting in my thirties than it was in my twenties. After about a ten year lapse, getting back out on the tower seemed quite challenging.

[sriv]

Losing [self] control.

[athenian200]

I have a phobia of dogs. Some part of my brain is afraid that they'll come at me and start attacking me like a rabid wolf. In other words, I don't trust the dog to be reasonable the way most people do.

Relatives have been forced to lock up their dogs when I come over, and I once went all the way around a square campus to get somewhere because there were dogs out in front. The one time a dog got loose in a relatives home, I screamed, threw my drink at it, and ran out the door and down the street about two blocks before I realized I had no idea where I was going. That was so embarrassing, because someone had to come get me and tell me they locked it up again.

[Uberfuhrer]

Agoraphobia
Pedophobia
Gerantophobia
Genophobia
Triskaidekaphobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

[Jane]

I have a huge phobia for butterflies. A huuuuge one. I can spot one 10 metres away and that's when I'll duck for my life. Serious.

I used to have aerophobia, but its more or less gone by now.

[ceg6]

Being out of control.
Centipedes
Those horrible looking wind turbines. Not really a phobia but I don't want to look at them.

[HarleyQuinn]

I fear the following...
- Heights
- Stinging Insects and Ants/Spiders

My sister has a fear of escalators.

[Phrixos]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

That word scared the shit out of me.

Honestly I can get over most trivial fears. The thing that scares me the most is losing someone I love. Going to see a whole new phase if that happens.

[Santana28]

i'm afraid of spiders. i'm also mildly agoraphobic AND claustrophobic, strangely enough.

[azelismia]

i'm afraid of spiders. i'm also mildly agoraphobic AND claustrophobic, strangely enough.

most of my phobia's I've been able to work out thru out my life. spiders I can't work out. I've overcome (mild in all cases) agoraphobia (mostly),claustrophobia and acrophobia. It's probably because my fear of spiders is very very primal and strong.

[Victoria Silver]

I have a weird fear of those big, rotating searchlights they use to advertise things. They give me the creeps.

[Mittens]

Spiders, although I feel ridiculous about it. Especially when I wake myself up screaming because one was in my dreams...

[azelismia]

Spiders, although I feel ridiculous about it. Especially when I wake myself up screaming because one was in my dreams...

I know the feeling, and it is ridiculous. as a kid I lived with my grandparents for a bit. one night, at about 3am, I was trudging up the stairs to the bathroom, in a zombie like stupor. I saw a big black hairy spider on the stairs ( one of the ones that is about 1 1/2 inches to 2 inches diameter.) I started screaming horror movie style. The neighbors called the police b/c they thought there was a murder.. my grandfather was very displeased. lol *wince* the memories. I can admit it though, Hi, my name is alisa and I have a girly spider phobia.. *sigh*

[mental drift]

I remembered while pondering this thread I do have one huge phobia, SHARKS. I do not even go in the ocean any more. Oh well, at least my phobia's avoidable.

[Lynne]

Cockroaches, centipedes, spiders (in that order)
Slight Claustrophobia, more related to being closed in by people
If I had to make a choice between the two, I would rather be alone at night in a ghetto than in the woods (I think)
Deep water when I can't see the bottom
I'm glad I'm not a germophobe (that seems like a lot of hassle)

[Uberfuhrer]

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

That word scared the shit out of me.

Well then, I guess you have hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia!

[NicoMT]

Most bugs. Spiders especially. I'm also slightly claustrophobic

[geonerd]

mirrors
windows
swimming pool drains
flying insects

[Rowan]

Thanatophobia, Autographophobia and I am not too keen on being with lots of unknown people, but not to the extent of being phobic.


Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

What an unspeakable quandary this repugnance to unnecessarily prolonged words must be; I hear they have excellent treatment facilities at both the Welsh rural community of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch and on top of the New Zealand hill Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapiki maungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. Until you can arrange a visitation to these place I suggest that a good dish of λοπαδοτεμαχοσελαχογαλεοκρανιολειψανοδριμυποτριμματ οσιλφιοκαραβομελιτοκατακεχυμενοκιχλεπικοσσυφοφαττο περιστεραλεκτρυονοπτοκεφαλλιοκιγκλοπελειολαγῳοσιρα ιοβαφητραγανοπτερύγων, which is renowned for its calming properties, might alleviate the symptoms of your Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

[OddFactor]

Okay, so mine only has one of the two main requirements: It's irrational but not overwhelming nor debilitating. Baby corn, to me, looks extremely unnatural and it just freaks me out. I will never eat it because it just looks weird. It's not like I see baby corn and go into the fetal position, it's just something I wouldn't eat because it doesn't look right to me. :laugh:

[vaguely dissatisfied]

I'm suprised I havn't seen social phobia...........yet.

I fear people.

[azelismia]

that's tied in with agoraphobia I think. From Wikipedia:

The word "agoraphobia" is an English adaptation of the Greek (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) words agora (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) (αγορά) and phobos (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) (φόβος), and literally translates to "a fear of the marketplace."
Agoraphobia is a condition where the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are unfamiliar or where he or she perceives that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include crowds, wide open spaces or traveling, even short distances. This anxiety is often compounded by a fear of social embarrassment, as the agoraphobic fears the onset of a panic attack (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) and appearing distraught in public.[1] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts._note-0)
Agoraphobics may experience panic attacks (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) in situations where they feel trapped, insecure, out of control or too far from their personal comfort zone (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). In severe cases, an agoraphobic may be confined to his or her home. [2] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts._note-NIH91-1) Many people with agoraphobia are comfortable seeing visitors in a defined space they feel they can control. Such people may live for years without leaving their homes, while happily seeing visitors in and working from their personal safety zones. If the agoraphobic leaves his or her safety zone, they may experience a panic attack.

[quest ion]

Animals, bugs and the mentally unsound. I used to be afraid of funerals. Does that make sense?

[Mogura]

I won't call my fears phobias, as they are not as debilitating, but I have a strong aversion for the following:

snakes
mirrors
bodily fluids
public restrooms
surgery
being touched by people I don't know
crowded trains

[vaguely dissatisfied]

that's tied in with agoraphobia I think. From Wikipedia:

The word "agoraphobia" is an English adaptation of the Greek (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) words agora (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) (αγορά) and phobos (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) (φόβος), and literally translates to "a fear of the marketplace."
Agoraphobia is a condition where the sufferer becomes anxious in environments that are unfamiliar or where he or she perceives that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include crowds, wide open spaces or traveling, even short distances. This anxiety is often compounded by a fear of social embarrassment, as the agoraphobic fears the onset of a panic attack (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) and appearing distraught in public.[1] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts._note-0)
Agoraphobics may experience panic attacks (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.) in situations where they feel trapped, insecure, out of control or too far from their personal comfort zone (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.). In severe cases, an agoraphobic may be confined to his or her home. [2] (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts._note-NIH91-1) Many people with agoraphobia are comfortable seeing visitors in a defined space they feel they can control. Such people may live for years without leaving their homes, while happily seeing visitors in and working from their personal safety zones. If the agoraphobic leaves his or her safety zone, they may experience a panic attack.
Oh.

Well......I love open spaces. I enjoy exploring unfamiliar environments and traveling as long as I don't have to interact much with people. I hate crowds, line ups, meetings, public speaking.... anything that makes me feel trapped with people.

I've had panic attacks many times in these situations. I do feel ashamed/embarrassed much more easily when I'm around other people........I was raised by a parent who used shame, humiliation, and guilt (amongst other things) as methods of control and I believe my personality was already leaning that way.

[zibber]

I have a huge phobia for butterflies. A huuuuge one. I can spot one 10 metres away and that's when I'll duck for my life. Serious.

Beat me to it!

Do you remember what caused it? I think my flap-o-phobia was caused by a butterfly scaring the crap out of me when I was about ten (by suddenly bursting out from underneath the couch I was sitting next to).

Now, I'd say I hate moths more than butterflies, because they seem more random in their flight.

[Zilal]

I don't have any phobias. I have had friends with spider, snake and "large carnivore" (shark, bear) phobias.

[Motor Jax]

i have one, just one


but i'm not telling...

[Darkmist]

Heights and worms. I can't look at worms let alone touch the slimy beggars, though as a gardener I don't kill them so maybe there's hope.

Used to be snakes and spiders, now only if they're send me to the hospital poisonous. (Hmm, funny story. When my daughter was about fourteen, a boy thought to impress her with shoving a snake down his shirt. (Garter snake) The thing barfed all over him, which I never knew they did, and we all laughed so hard the kid never came back.

[ethsar46]

Dont really have a phobia, but i hate medical things, hospitals etc give me the creeps.

[zibber]

I have had friends with ... "large carnivore" (shark, bear) phobias.

Heh, aren't those quite rational and kind of a given for humans? :laugh:

[Rowan]

I used to be afraid of funerals. Does that make sense?

By definition, not if it was a phobia.

[ShaiGar]

Needles.

[Santana28]

speaking of spiders.... i just moved into a country farmhouse and i have had to kill 5 of these in the past 2 days... i'm starting to rethink my living arrangements.... one even jumped out of the silverware drawer onto my hand!!! EEEEEK

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[geonerd]

speaking of spiders.... i just moved into a country farmhouse and i have had to kill 5 of these in the past 2 days... i'm starting to rethink my living arrangements.... one even jumped out of the silverware drawer onto my hand!!! EEEEEK

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At least you don't have these fuckers living in your place:

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I found another one on Saturday. Time to bomb again.

[SeaCzar]

Claustrophobia. Big time. I have a terrible time flying because of it. Alcohol lessens the effect a bit, but not enough. Crowds of people are the worst. I need an aisle seat at any sporting event, or I'll stand on the concourse the whole time. It sucks.

[azelismia]

Needles.

oh yeah, I am with you on that one. I am terrified of needles.





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At least you don't have these fuckers living in your place:

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I found another one on Saturday. Time to bomb again.

The European Giant house spiders are almost indistinguishable from these and quite a lot more common. Are you sure you have the brown recluses?

[geonerd]

The European Giant house spiders are almost indistinguishable from these and quite a lot more common. Are you sure you have the brown recluses?

Yes, these spiders have 3 pairs of 6 eyes...i killed one with some vodka and busted out my 10x hand lens to confirm, and yes, they are brown recluses. I even had some professionally identified and had a letter written to take to my apartment manager. The apartments, of course, have done nothing except spray...but that does not get rid of them entirely.

[geonerd]

yeah...i have to say i'm not a fan. I'm gonna have to go thru everything with a fine-toothed comb before I move out.





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yeah...i have to say i'm not a fan. I'm gonna have to go thru everything with a fine-toothed comb before I move out.

woops i meant three pairs of two eyes...6 eyes total :P

[azelismia]

yeah...i have to say i'm not a fan. I'm gonna have to go thru everything with a fine-toothed comb before I move out.





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woops i meant three pairs of two eyes...6 eyes total :P


I don't know how attached you are to your furniture but things like bedding and couches that are hard to get fully into you might consider just ditching and starting over.

[ElstonGunn]

If I can help it, I never sit with my back to people. I wouldn't call it a phobia, but I can't stand having people behind me. I'm worried that somebody will sneak up and knife me (not really, but I like to give that as a reason when the subject comes up).

[Mafiaangel180]

Oh man...where do I begin...

Elevators and other tight spaces. (I can ride them, but it's not fun.)
Flying. (Which definitely puts a damper on any real traveling.)
Heights. (Rollercoasters are pretty much out of the question.)
Death. (Most of us can claim this one.)

[HarleyQuinn]

Oooh... I forgot needles. I'm to the point where I noticeably fidget/become distressed and the nurse giving the shot has to 'talk' me like a 6 year old so I don't bolt :undecided:

[SShack]

When I was a young adult, I had maniaphobia for a bit (fear of having a mental illness), a neurosis that developed when I learned some mental illnesses are genetic (and there's some on my mother's side of the family).

The paradox of maniaphobia is that a phobia is a type of mental illness (if it's truely "irrational"), so by having maniaphobia I was proving myself right. It was like the reverse of the original Catch 22 situation. I eventually got over it as I passed through my 20s with no sign of anything developing. I still do have a mild neurosis of not being in control of what my brain does, and rarely ever get drink alcohol and never do drugs.

I do also have a fear of going blind (I think I'm more afraid of that than dying), which was compounded when I was diagnosed with diabetes a couple of years ago.

[azelismia]

When I was a young adult, I had maniaphobia for a bit (fear of having a mental illness), a neurosis that developed when I learned some mental illnesses are genetic (and there's some on my mother's side of the family).

The paradox of maniaphobia is that a phobia is a type of mental illness (if it's truely "irrational"), so by having maniaphobia I was proving myself right. It was like the reverse of the original Catch 22 situation. I eventually got over it as I passed through my 20s with no sign of anything developing. I still do have a mild neurosis of not being in control of what my brain does, and rarely ever get drink alcohol and never do drugs.

I do also have a fear of going blind (I think I'm more afraid of that than dying), which was compounded when I was diagnosed with diabetes a couple of years ago.





yeah, I have mental illness in my family as well. I was very relieved to reach my 30's with no manifestations beyond a little neurosis. :)

[Richard0612]

Not really, I love insects, incl. spiders.
When I was about 7/8 I had a fear of escalators [don't ask!]. I suppose I have a fear of not being competent and not being able to think rationally about things [typical INTJ].

[searcher]

Dentists. I ABSOLUTELY HATE DENTISTS.
Also crying.Weird but true.

[Cuivienen]

Ants. I can`t stand them

Though really that is a "learned" fear in a way:

My bedroom was on the first floor next to the balcony. For some reason every March and April there used to be an ant path which led up the outside wall of our house, across the balcony and through my bedroom, there was nothing that we could really do to effectively prevent it. Now imagine the following scenario:

It`s the end of February, 5.40 AM, I am nine years old and getting up to prepare to go to school. It is quiet in the house and everything seems normal. It is fairly dark in my room and I am still very tired, I reach for a box of tissues lying on my bedside table and lift it up. Suddenly hundreds of ants start streaming in all directions from the spot where the tissues had been, like a black blob that is quickly spreading, some come directly in my direction and onto my bed.

It really freaked me out at that time, and while I never liked ants before, ever since I have really hated them (though, except for that one time, they never caused me to scream, run away or anything similar). When I see ants today, as long as they are outside I will ignore them. But, while I generally capture a spider under a glas and take it outside when I find one in the house, when I see ants inside, I will try to kill them.

[lordrrr]

Spiders and certain other insects. Ugh.


Fish freak the shit out of me for some reason. I love swimming though. Never had a fear of the water just a fear of fish. If I touch one I FREAK out.

[aude]

I probably have two of the weirdest combination of fears :)
claustrophobia and agoraphobia.I also have coulrophobia

[selimut]

this might sound weird but i can't stand pineapples. i get goosebumps whenever i see someone eating them raw.

[Zilal]

Fish freak the shit out of me for some reason. I love swimming though. Never had a fear of the water just a fear of fish. If I touch one I FREAK out.

It's weird, I kayak and will often practice rolling when I'm out, and my biggest fear isn't drowning while I'm underwater... it's that there will be something in the water. Like a drifting piece of seaweed or a fish will touch my face. I hate not being able to see into the water. I'm not phobic, it just creeps me out.

[thod]

Obviously I don't like things like wasps because they sting but there is no panic. I would say that feeling of panic is what defines the phobia.

Now I am afraid of heights. I am fine up a ladder but apprehensive. When I am dangling from a rope over a cliff I am fighting to hold the panic in. I see those guys building the skyscrapers, walking and balancing on the iron work without a care. I would be looking for something to cling to. It have to be brave and just leap when I bungee jump.

Another odd one is when my mask fills with water when scuba diving. I panic and have to control it as I clear the mask or dash for the surface. This is due to nearly drowning under those same circumstances as a kid. I can sit in the shallow, stick my head under water and flood the mask. As soon as I do, I get the same panic feelings even though I logically know there is no danger.

[Motor Jax]

ok ok

so, i have a weakness

i fear, and don't laugh cause it makes absolutely no sense

i fear, swimming in Deep Water

i know, i know... i'm in the Navy

but if i cannot see all the way to the bottom of the pool, i absolutely freak out

maybe one too many Jaws movies growing up

[changos]

I used to be afraid of heights

Mee too. I came across rock climbing and the fear went out. I started exploring-loving the feeling. But after a lot of reading, I know fear itself is natural and also healthy.

[bubbles]

I am afraid of heights, insects, public speaking, depths (the reverse of heights), and elevators.

[SeaCzar]

Dentists. I ABSOLUTELY HATE DENTISTS.


Amen to this. I have not been to the dentist is SO long I forgot about this. Needless to say, I am way overdue for almost everything.

[azelismia]

Amen to this. I have not been to the dentist is SO long I forgot about this. Needless to say, I am way overdue for almost everything.

you should go. I put off going to the dentist for a couple years due to insurance reasons. Deep cleanings aren't fun which is what they have to do to you after missing cleanigns for a couple years. if you go long enough they have to do some very unpleasant things to your gums. I hate dentists too but losing teeth is something even less fun. not to mention infections in the gum line can affect your heart kidneys and liver.

[Bear Warp]

Anglerfish with the teeth so big that it makes it impossible for the fish to shut its jaws without piercing its own mouth in the process. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
Just imagine having this thing chomp down onto your arm. Horrifying! Disgusting! Not likely to ever happen to me! But still, just the thought of it brings tension to my neck and nausea to the back of my throat.

[capricornintj]

creepy crawly bugs, needles, growing old, ending up alone like my uncle (dead for a week before anyone noticed and only then because of the smell), stupid people (especially the ones who walk around with their mouths hanging open--they remind me of zombies), oh yeah, and zombies.

[Scantilyclad]

i'm afraid of the dark, freight trains,big dogs and pretty much any bug, especially roaches.

[Genuine]

Fear of cameras, mirrors, closed-spaces, bugs (if they crawl on you while sleeping, which I'm sure they will :scared:) rejection, failure, swimming, paper-cuts, falling off a building...

[ElstonGunn]

this might sound weird but i can't stand pineapples. i get goosebumps whenever i see someone eating them raw.

Well, it is a pretty dangerous fruit, what with those spike and everything. It's like a weapon.


...bugs (if they crawl on you while sleeping, which I'm sure they will :scared:)...

Don't they say that you eat something like a dozen bugs in your sleep every year?

[Vivid]

I don't have any real phobias, but if I wanted to list the things that make me anxious in terms of phobias, this would be it.

Apiphobia - Fear of bees.
Neophobia - Fear of change.
Pedophobia - Fear of children.
Necrophobia - Fear of dead things.
Cynophobia - Fear of dogs.
Belonephobia - Fear of needles.
Nyctophobia - Fear of the dark.
Phonophobia - Fear of phones and voices.

My fear of darkness, the bees, needles, and phones are the only debilitating ones.

[ssrprotege]

dogs, bugs, unknown people, reality, extremely extraverted (who overpower me by talking incessantly) people, death, bodies, intellectual failure, being thought of as incompetent, paper-cutting.

[Reanne]

arachnonophobia...i freak out everytime i see those eigth-legged things move.

[Merendino]

Agoraphobia
Pedophobia
Gerantophobia
Genophobia
Triskaidekaphobia
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

I love the last one... fear of long words is such a BITCH! Its almost the same logic that there is an 'S' in the word 'lisp'. Bastards out there.... bastards.

As for the original post, I don't think I have any phobia's. I have real world fears, being mugged walking at night in a dark alley, getting into a car accident... etc. None of those paralyze me or stop me from walking at night/driving. However, I have an intense aversion (you could maybe call it a phobia) to people thinking I am stupid. That is hell for me.

[True Rune]

Fear of Spiders, Fear of Bees, and a weird aversion to little girls, I just think if I get too close, (I honestly cross the street) they'll say I tried to rape em or something. Also fear of being seen without a shirt.

[schwartzie]

Dentists. I ABSOLUTELY HATE DENTISTS.
Also crying.Weird but true.

For all my life, dentists, esp ones with sharp pointy needles in hand made me panic.
Until...Yesterday! Huzzah!!
I found a nice dentist who actually took reasonable steps to make it go away.I got out of his chair all happy. I think I'm in love.

[Jrrd]

I am slightly claustrophobic. If I am not concentrating on something, I also tend to worry that I will do something stupid. For example, if I am sitting in the passenger side of a car, I have to lock the door because I don't trust myself enough to not just randomly fling the door open in the middle of the highway. Of course, this makes no sense at all because I could just unlock the door and then fling it open. However, the added lock would increase the amount of time it would take to fling the door open, and consequently, I would have more time to "recover" should I ever lose all sense of self-control.

[catd]

I had thought I had agoraphobia for a brief time during an extremely stressful period in my life. Or maybe I just needed extra time alone to figure things out??? Not sure now.....

[RoyalINTJ]

rats... uhh i cant stand even thinkin about those creatures.. so sick

[Serket]

social phobia

[Double Victory]

If I can help it, I never sit with my back to people. I wouldn't call it a phobia, but I can't stand having people behind me. I'm worried that somebody will sneak up and knife me (not really, but I like to give that as a reason when the subject comes up).

I'm the same way. That's probably as close as I get to a phobia. It's not even the idea that someone could knife me or something, but I just don't like not knowing what people are doing. I'm a little paranoid. And suspicious.

Besides that, I dislike intensely elevators, the dark, and jellyfish. They just have all those tentacles.... They make me think that I'm going to go swimming in the ocean one day, and get stung, and become paralyzed and then drown. I mean.... they don't even have any discernible sensory organs! (Unless you count tentacles....) And then, like a couple people here, I'm afraid of being touched by something underwater. I avoid murky water at all costs, and I almost always wear water shoes when I go swimming somewhere that's not a pool.

[Frag]

I fear people.
Yep, +1 to that.

[amXDuser]

Phobia of butterflies.

[Beery Swine]

Of real things? Groups of religious people that appear to be heading in my general direction. But otherwise, gray aliens. Not that I think they actually exist, they just scare the living fu(k out of me.

[Nameless]

Needles
Drugs
Voicing my opinions not anonymously (self-disclosure)
Presentations
Embarrassing myself
Lots of attention

[darkkodiak]

I have to say heights but oddly enough I love being in high places so I guess that helps me deal with it lol.

[Zerpantine]

My avatar illustrates my phobia. ;D

[volk]

I guess it would be small insects in very large quantities. Like thousands of ants. By small I mean small enough to crawl into my nose or ears.

[Lrigyttiw]

bridges, and I have "menwholieaphobia".

[jadefalcon]

I do not like clowns. They arn't the end all be all of my sanity if I see one- I just don't like them.

I am afraid of heights. If I am secured onto something though, I feel much better and the fear diminishes slowly.

I used to not like spiders, but I ignore them now. Instead of stomping on them I try to get them on a piece of paper and I let them back into the environment.

I don't like thorn bushes- obvious reasons. It may also be psychological in nature- I don't like being bound with thorns in my side, dragging and tearing lacerations in my side every time I step forward.

I also tend to get claustrophobic at times, depending on my mood. Most of the time I don't mind. If people are in my personal 2 meter bubble though...


I have known people with a fear of:

balloons
snakes
the number 13
cats
ladders
shampoo (??)
toothpaste

and I could never understand some of them- and even laughed at some of them- until I realized that I was afraid of heights greater than 200 feet or so.

[The Real Eagle]

Wasps.

Never been stung mind..

I looked it up, I enjoyed it's real name=Spheksophobia

[SongofSeptember]

Insectophobia. Well, not quite a phobia, because I'm not afraid of one or two bugs. But if they come in large numbers...

Phobophobia. The fear of phobias. Does that make any sense?

But to be honest, I really don't have many. Or I'm having brainfreeze and can't think of any. I used to be very nyctophobic (fear of dark), but that pretty much went away.





SongofSeptember added to this post, 2 minutes and 16 seconds later...

I do not like clowns. They arn't the end all be all of my sanity if I see one- I just don't like them.


I thought I was the only one :)

[OmegaPsi]

I will jump out of planes, climb mountains, do anything that would scare most people, but just what ever you do...keep those damn bees away from me.

Also, I don't like the idea of going down real deep in the ocean. Caves don't bother me.

Maybe not a phobia, but I really don't like having my blinds open or my door unlocked when I'm alone...just paranoid I suppose.

[safetypin00]

only one really, small one. i hate the idea of things underwater. the idea that there might be metal pieces, tires, random junk in the water i'm swimming in, like Lake Ontario or something, it creeps the shit out of me. i cannot get the image from that movie, 'What lies beneath' out, even if its been YEARS since i watched it. the idea of wrecked ships underwater, it just creeps me OUT majorly, even if i'm not in the water.

i think it also has to do with the fact that i think dying by suffocating underwater, well, sucks a lot. but, you know, falling from a great height, meh, not so much. so, i have no fear of heights.. actually i LOVE heights.

[anul]

I hate shorts. I've always loathed and dreaded gym class when I was younger, because I would have to wear shorts, and show off my leg. I don't want people to see my knees. I recently joined a gym, and wear shorts there. I still can't bring myself to wear shorts leisurely regardless of the temperature. They just make you look foolish.

[Airfire]

Other than reacting to the natural fight/flight response of dangerous encounters (which isn't fear, really) I have no fears. I cannot understand what is like to have a phobia; it all seems so bizarre, especially of things that are not harmful or dangerous. Perhaps I am protected by my personality type, where I analyze everything so much to the point it negates any phobia and/or superstition? ;)

However, I do have one embarrassing thing that makes me overly nervous and I have no idea why: Grey aliens. I have a hard time looking at drawings or renditions of them, ever since I was a young child. Those black lifeless eyes make me feel uneasy and I am immediately provoked to look away...

[Nameless]

Other than reacting to the natural fight/flight response of dangerous encounters (which isn't fear, really) I have no fears. I cannot understand what is like to have a phobia; it all seems so bizarre, especially of things that are not harmful or dangerous. Perhaps I am protected by my personality type, where I analyze everything so much to the point it negates any phobia and/or superstition? ;)

However, I do have one embarrassing thing that makes me overly nervous and I have no idea why: Grey aliens. I have a hard time looking at drawings or renditions of them, ever since I was a young child. Those black lifeless eyes make me feel uneasy and I am immediately provoked to look away...

Imagine if your fight-or-flight response went off when you didn't want it to. You can't exactly turn it off and your mind goes crazy to get you out of there, which then reinforces the original fear (escape/avoid). Plus, there's so many worst case scenarios in some situations, and anticipatory anxiety can be worse than the actual thing.

[dori]

Moths and butterflies *shudder*

[Rhiannon]

I fear addictions and substance abuse. I also fear losing control of myself. It is imperative that I am in control of myself at all times, making alcohol something I hiss at.

Being drunk leaves one open for attack. Acting drunk... now that's a different story, now isn't it?

[LancDash]

I have a really bizarre phobia, and I can't remember the name.

I'm afraid of circular wounds. Its really hard to explain. Circles don't freak me out, nor does circles on the skin. However, if I come across tightly compacted group of circles I can immediatly imagine them as a wound. If it was a wound to begin with.....ick!

It makes me itch like crazy, and I usually work myself into such a fit.

Other than running like a banshee away from roaches, (mostly because a flying one attacked me when I was seven) and getting vertigo sometimes, I'm fine. I have faced and gotten over a lot of my mini phobias.

[bcoockien]

selfphobia...

[Hdier]

Phobias, some of us have them Do you? What are they? Have you gotten over them?

I used to be afraid of heights but put myself in situations to confront it and finally overcame it. Now I discovered by accident that I have a fear of tunnels, not little ones or short ones I don't even notice those. I was traveling in Colorado on Highway 70 when I came up to several tunnels it was ok until I got to the one over 2 miles long then for some reason this huge feeling came over me and by the time I got to the end of the tunnel I was nearly going 100mph, I don't know what this phobia is but I think it's related to being buried alive or something along that vein. I don't know how I can overcome this one unless I spend a lot of time in Colorado.
Anyway how about you? anything really put the fear into you.

Insects and Arachnids. They scare me like nothing else. Oh, and I'm terrified of falling from high heights, but that's just not wanting to, you know, DIE. It's not a phobia, just a fear.

[Erika Redmark]

One of my greatest fears (besides the big ones, like my own death) is my nose starting to bleed during a concert. I'm afraid of it happening in any public place, really–my nose has spontaneously bled a few times, mostly (thank God) in the privacy of my own home–but sometimes during concerts I'm so sure my nose is going to bleed that I silently freak out. (Add to this the fact that high school bands and choirs generally wear white shirts and black pants. In my college orchestra, we wear all black, but until last year, if this had ever happened, I would have been wearing a white shirt, making it even worse.)

[replicant]

Heights
Large Crowds of People
Clowns
Ocean Water
Cigarette Lighters

[Vertigo]

One of my greatest fears (besides the big ones, like my own death) is my nose starting to bleed during a concert. I'm afraid of it happening in any public place, really–my nose has spontaneously bled a few times, mostly (thank God) in the privacy of my own home–but sometimes during concerts I'm so sure my nose is going to bleed that I silently freak out. (Add to this the fact that high school bands and choirs generally wear white shirts and black pants. In my college orchestra, we wear all black, but until last year, if this had ever happened, I would have been wearing a white shirt, making it even worse.)


I guess I find a little humour in this because I can relate, I had this nose bleed once while waiting for the subway, of all the places I had to have it, my white t shirt and my hands had a fair amount of blood. I didn't know, I though I just had a runny nose until I was sitting on my subway and everyone was staring at me strangly. It's only ever happened once, and never again, so I dont' worry about it anymore.

My fear is bacteria and germs related to food and drink. I have to wash the dishes to make sure they are clean and I won't eat food that's left over more than a day. If someone drinks the milk right out of the bag then I won't touch it. If at out for dinner I am very careful not to put my fork or knife on the table but make sure they are on the plate, same as the straw, it cant' touch the table or I won't use it. I guess anything that goes in my mouth has to be germ free.

[Xenolar]

Here are all the phobias I currently have, or one point in time had (I posted this on another forum as well):

1. Mild (noteworthy, yet can generally be tolerated)
- Coulrophobia - fear of clowns and/or dolls
- Equinophobia - fear of horses
- Pediophobia - fear of children (I find most of them [at least young ones] to be frighteningly impulsive unpredictable)
- Glossophobia - fear of speaking publicly

2. Moderate (stronger than mild, yet not severe enough for psychological help to be necessary)
- Algophobia - fear of pain or being in pain
- Hemophobia - fear of blood
- Enochlophobia - fear of crowds
- Trypanophobia - fear of needles (and sharp needle-like objects)

3. Severe (may interfere with daily activity. Psychological help may be necessary)
- Anthropophobia - fear of people
- Heliophobia - dread or avoidance of sunlight
- Tetraphobia* - fear of the number 4
- Mysophobia* - fear of bacteria/dirt/uncleanliness
- Nosophobia* - fear or dread of catching a disease (particularly a dangerous disease)


NOTE: The phobias above listed in italics, and specifically the last three indicated by a *, are perhaps more accurately described as the result of OCD rather than individually-standing, unrelated phobias

[niffer]

My neck is really really sensitive.

I hate it when anything brushes against it, and especially when people grab it.



Unless it's someone I'm dating.

[Fruvous]

I'm both claustrophobic and agoraphobic as well!

I spend a lot of time in doorways.





Fruvous added to this post, 9 minutes and 4 seconds later...

My, some of you folks have quite the constellations of phobias. (Phobiae?)

I'm somewhat claustrophobic. It's mild and fairly generalized. I don't like going through tunnels, I don't like small enclosed spaces, I don't like being deep underground, and I can't stand the thought of being trapped or locked in, in any sense, on any level. The example I like to use is that I could be in a full-sized sports stadium, and yet the moment I found out I was locked in, I wouldn't be able to think of anything else but getting out.

And I am agoraphobic as well, although the real issue is my much larger and more pervasive social phobia. I have a lot of trouble going into situations where I don't know anyone, especially alone. I have trouble making phone calls. In general, I vastly prefer my social interaction to be mediated through the medium of the Internet, where I am considerably more confident.

I'm not quite anthrophobic like some of you folks. In demeanor, I'm a pretty friendly and warm person. I'm just terribly shy in social situations with which I am not familiar. Once I "warm up" I can go all the way to being practically extroverted, for short periods at least.

Let's see.... mild phobia of stinging insects.

That's about it, I guess.

[Mariko]

I think that movie "Open water" really freaked me out- I just couldn't imagine being stuck in the middle of the ocean as shark bait. What a terrible way to die! I can't stand people drinking off my drink unless it's my immediate family. I will simply say "You can have the rest" if someone does, and kind of curse them under my breath.

[JusVisiting]

Other people's germs. I hate shaking hands.

[Isolation]

losing my front teeth

large social gatherings (well, I don't know that I fear it but I do find it too exhausting)

nasty germs from other people (I usually don't touch doorknobs without pulling down my sleeves, I HATE when people cough in public, I'm nauseated when I see someone spit, etc. etc.)

[tehinternetsgam]

Anxiety yes. Phobias no.

[Ivyman]

Not keen on Spiders, or any other arthopods really, except Ants and Bees, they don't bother me at all, fascinating little critters.

[zudusu]

Walkingsticks and praying mantises. Completely irrational. The walkingsticks in my area are completely harmless and praying mantises are beneficial. Both are way too creepy...

[notoppings]

We have so many knew members, I thought I'd find out if they have any to contribute.

[NephilimAzrael]

Order-obsession

[Nikita]

I don't have any actual phobias, but I instinctively run from cameras (I love to be the photographer, but hate to have my picture taken) and hate to go to bed. Sometimes I think the act of going to bed has phobic dimensions, though I love sleep itself.

[IceDream]

Losing [self] control.

Me too. At work last week, I nearly lost my temper. I've been feeling bad about that ever since. I hate the idea of losing control, especially at work or in public.

[BlackOp]

Wow...fear of butterflies? They are beautiful and harmless. I find insects amazing. I drank a cup of water the other day.....spit out a spider. Didnt freak me out. I was trying to get a rat to come closer last week. It just looked at me then ran under a dumpster. I will kill mosquitoes. I thought INTJs were supposed to be smart..... Death and getting old sucks.

Swimming in the ocean...(when you cant see whats under you) is a weird feeling. Being 100 feet down in total darkness would scare me. When I was a kid, riding those amusement park swings tripped me out. I was afraid of all the cables getting tangled.

[OrrDavey]

Walking DOWN a steep flight of stairs that doesn't have a handle (but not up).

Putting my hand even remotely close to a garbage disposal.

That is pretty much it.

[blackbetty]

hodophobia
(driving in particular)

[Zhen]

claustrophobia...I need space, space and LOTS OF IT!!! *lol

[Pandemonium]

Telephones

[jikin]

True phobias: none.
Things I will avoid if at all possible: extreme heights, roller coasters, and falling.

[publicdonkey]

Wasps; bees to a lesser extent. I keep multiple cans of wasp spray around the exterior of my home and will risk killing ornamental plants with the spray if it comes to it.

I'm LESS afraid of spiders, snakes, than most other people I encounter, but wasps... oh, boy... Rationally, I would argue that they are so quick and mobile, and can work in concert, that they have greater potential for "surprise attack" than almost any other biting/stinging thing. My reaction at the sight of one is completely irrational, though. I'll run, panic, and freak out. I've explained my phobia to the neighbors so they know not to call the men in white coats if they see me working in the yard and suddenly run in an obvious panic...

Oy... :)

[AliTree]

i have mottephobia; fear of moths.
pretty sure i've talked about this here before...

[TiffaAce]

Hydrophobia.
Scared of water. It use to be horrible when I was younger. I just now got over it slightly. Still large bodies of water and swimming pools makes me want to run and hide.

[Deliberator]

I have a phobia of sleepwalking/sleeptalking.

Both of my sisters have done creepy-ass things while sleep walking and this hasn't helped matters much.

If my husband says anything in his sleep and I'm awake I completely freak out. My heart pounds and I start sweating; so I either sit really really still so as not to disturb, or else run as far away as possible and hold a baseball bat until I'm certain he's through REM.

[Drienne]

Agoraphobia

[Kuroyue]

Arachnophobia and insectophobia. Which is really quite odd, because I used to feel exactly the opposite when I was younger (under ten). I used to think, the bigger and weirder, the better. WHY. WHY DID I HAVE TO CHANGE.

[BlackMita]

Large moths freak me out. Not enough for me to run screaming; I just don't like them near me because they're usually dusty, which is nasty enough to deter me from swatting them away. This applies to wild birds too, for pretty much the same reasons.

Edit: I also don't like walking on seaweed. I'm afraid I'll step on stuff (fish bones, fish hooks, broken shells, leeches, etc) that gets concealed underwater. Even if the water is ridiculously shallow, I'll swim over it.

[Harmony]

Most of these are mild fears... Except the fear of flying.

Achluophobia - Fear of darkness
Aviatophobia - Fear of flying
Claustrophobia - Fear of confined spaces
Nyctohlophobia - Fear of dark wooded areas, of forest at night
Sociophobia - Fear of society or people in general.

Not sure how accurate that lists actual names are, but those are my typical phobias. And the only one that I'm deathly afraid of like I said before is Fear of flying.... The others i Just try and avoid, but if I have to encounter them it's not like I'll have a mental breakdown.

[Reganon]

Large house centipedes creep me out,

I used to be afraid of water deeper than I could stand in, but once I joined the swim team I got over it. Now I'm only somewhat afraid of swimming in REALLY deep, cold water,

I still get a little scared looking up at the stars on a cold, clear night.

[Zenon]

Fiddly things such as sowing, I do not freak out completely but cannot bring myself to do them.

[thatfox]

I am afraid of the following:
Heights
Small spaces
Horses
Needles (BIG fear, I lost all the colour from my face and almost fainted the last time I had blood drawn)
Crowds
Bees/Wasps/Yellow Jackets/any other flying insect that is yellow and black with a needle

And that's about it that I can think of.

[ZzyzxRd]

unfortunate as it sounds, the crowd.
i was born and raised in a city - contradictory?
i have a ridiculous sleeping schedule.
im like a living vampire - rest during the day, active at night

[Rikka]

Being alone
Rejection
Failure

all three of these in every meaning of the word.

[thatfox]

Being alone
Rejection
Failure

all three of these in every meaning of the word.

An introvert who has a phobia of being alone? That just strikes me as being odd.

[Olympics2010]

I don't know if I would say that in my case I have any phobias. I insist that the things which I develop somewhat of a fear about and which I just cannot stand being around are NOT phobias, but actually it's normal for people to prefer being in some environments, and not others, just like some species of animals like cold weather, and some like hotter weather. For example - I am not a classroom person and I would do anything to avoid them now. If I really, REALLY had to, then I would go to one, but otherwise I can't imagine myself in one. While in school, I missed as much class as possible....I can't really say WHY this is for me, it just is, and I try not to question it. I think it's normal for people not to think that they are forced to enjoy every environment....also, I could never imagine myself in surgery. Definetly NOT me. Sometimes I'll have a fight with a person and I couldn't imagine myself ever talking to them, being around them again, or seeing them....although I'm sure that if it did happen and I was in a situation where I had to act normal, I would, but the thought of this isn't something pleasant in this case. It's like I envision a system in my mind's eye with all the people, places and things that make me happy and peaceful and safe - this is pretty expansive, but the things that are NOT in it, I have a really hard time including in that system. This is why I don't appreciate sudden changes that just remove all the things that are there for a reason, and which mean so much to the people who grow accustomed to their way of life.

[INTJSheldon]

My phobia ia to be blaimed on my dad, sorry dad.

When i was a little kid my father and I watched a movie (to my moms disagreement), about sewer rats who came in from the dark basement and eat babies. I may have been 10, i doubt I was much older and the movie was diffenitly not in my age bracket.

Now whenever I'm in a basement and I turn the light off to go upstairs I rush up the steps to make sure I'm not eaten by a giant rat.

[vibrantblade16]

I have three phobias:

Failure
The Dark
Trying to heal and emotional or crying person


-My parents want me to be successful and I'm afraid of letting them down

-Im not afraid of the dark, but sometimes I hear things, see things. That's what scares me.

-When it comes to healing a person who was hurt emotionally, I want to leave. But being and ISTJ I dont have the guts to leave that person the way they are. I have been in this situation before and I caused that person alot of trouble.

[Rikka]

An introvert who has a phobia of being alone? That just strikes me as being odd.

Well that ties in with the rejection thing. I have a strong feeling of inferiority and fear of worthlessness. I'm constantly questioning why people would like me at all. Neglect and abuse as a child, among other things, spawned these feelings.

[CarolinetheENFP]

hahaha vibrantblade16
you are friends with the WRONG girl
bless your heart
but to give you credit, youve actually been quite good when He pushes me to the brink and I have an episode.
very supportive.
bit to fast for a decent punching bag though

[Pandemonium]

Telephones

[vibrantblade16]

your right. I did make friends with the wrong girl. Every day, i'm put to the test with my phobia. Why do you have to be an ENFP?

[CarolinetheENFP]

because thats what makes me simply divine darling :)
and i think im beginning to shift my focus.. getting over him a *tad*
after seven grueling months
so perhaps you wont have to deal with your phobia EVERY day, but rather every other
lol

[vibrantblade16]

right. Just like when you said, your over him.

[CarolinetheENFP]

:)
if i keep saying it, it has a better chance of becoming so!
PM me if you want to continue I feel bad for derailing the thread

[Hashim]

I have a weird one.

Loud noises make me want to go fetal.

I can handle concerts and stuff. Not thunder and reversing jet engines.

[Blendy]

Large house centipedes creep me out


YES!! They are so incredibly horrible! I find them in the house every now and then. I live in terror that I will one day find one in my bed.

[gedreosan]

Arachnephobia - I don't really freeze up, but I do have an immediate violent reaction.
Demophobia - I can feel panic start to set in quickly. Makes having relative come visit a pain since they all want to go to the Strip and see the casinos.
Cockroaches, they get the same as spiders.
And I have a completely rational fear of falling from high places.

[Snowdragon]

I hate any insect that stings; bees ("domesticated" and Africanized), wasps, hornets, yellow jackets...

[Maddy]

i was scared of fire or being burned for a looong time. i din't get over until i was like 20.

[rara avis]

I've been developing a serious fear of my smoke alarm- and even the mild smell of hot things/smoke in my apartment- for about a year, now. Seriously; I can't make toast. I need to get over it before it gets out of hand.
I cover my smoke alarm in Glad Press-n-seal when I'm cooking.

Other than that: moderate arachnophobia.

[wittykitty]

Spiders.
Heights.
Blood being drawn from me.

[Polymath]

Dead stuff--dead insects, rodents, birds etc. and pictures of human remains--freaked me the hell out when I was little. Like, if you had dropped a large, living cockroach down the back of my shirt, I wouldn't have really cared, but a dead one? Massive spaz-out. Luckily, I got over it, except that I still prefer to pick up dead bugs with tissue, even though they're sterile.

[Nightwish bob]

Embarrassingly I am scared of the dark, I start hyperventilating and go all clammy. Most people grow out of it as they get older but me being awkward and weird grew into it as I got older, wasn't scared of anything as a child :( now it's just the dark that unsettles me, still don't know why.

[Valielen]

Heights; I jumped off a 25m plank at the local pools to try to get over it... Got a sore bum from the splash.

Metalic objects piercing my skin. I really don't like needles or knives in my personal space. I tried to overcome the needles thing by staring at it go in when I got my jab... Felt so sick I had to lie down for a bit. Did it a few more times and even volunteered to give blood once. It's manageable now. Just a dislike... Not giving blood ever again though because they pierced me like a pin cushion and got no blood at all.

The knives thing was a bit harder. It stopped me from effectively doing real knife disarms during martial arts training even though I was fine with fake wooden or rubber ones. Bf sorted me by attacking me with a real knife over and over again in a controlled manner. Can disarm ok now without freezing and potentially getting stabbed.

[Synapse]

I have mild trypanophobia (the fear of needles) and I used to have a fear of choking or drowning some time ago.

I manage the former because I just don't like the thought of needles (not knives, I'm practically nonchalant about knives). Not about the piercing, just the thought makes me slightly nauseous (vasovagal non-syncope) and uncomfortable, but not enough to faint.

[admittedheretic]

I'm slowly overcoming my social phobia. There are things about certain social situations that I know will not harm me, but I can't help but be worried to death.

[seraphicharm]

Needles scare me. When I went in for surgery to remove all four of my wisdom teeth, the assistant had to put an IV in me. He had to "dig" a little bit to hit the vein, and my heart rate doubled in a few seconds. "You can calm down, it's okay." "Ah, I can't control it!" lol

[charolastra]

Flying. It's a pretty horrific phobia and strange as well. I've flown several times a year since I was in the womb really. Even as a toddler, I absolutely hated flying and would cry the whole time because I was petrified with fear. As I got older, that morphed into panic attacks. I think the height was caused by the first time I was returning home alone on a flight when I was 16 and we had an aborted landing over my home airport (so I was pretty familiar with how we were landing and everything). I've also injured my back in turbulence because I lock up my body so tightly on flights.

It's gotten better now that I'm on Xanax but I still do drastic things to avoid flying. I'm quite familiar with Amtrak at this point. My freshman year of college, I returned home from Boston to Atlanta by train- 24 hours. I also visited a friend in Nebraska via a 36 hour train ride each way from Boston. While living in Europe, I made all kinds of long trips via bus or train that could have been done more cheaply and quickly by plane.

[ambrosia]

Bugs, i still get nightmares of the suckers crawling all over me.
Social phobia, i think i might be about done with this one.

[Sxq]

I actually do not think that I have any phobias!
I have a few very mild fears... but these only happen when I'm alone.
The large centipedes that I occasionally find in my house freak me out a bit if they startle me by running across the floor or something... otherwise I'm not that bothered although I don't like to pick them up because they're huge.
I also have a slight fear of darkness, but usually only in my own house (??) when I'm alone.

[Ix Azai]

Foods. I'm not really sure if it's a phobia, but I find that I can't try new foods really unless it's something I'm damn sure I'll enjoy. That and foods in general I suppose. It borders on neurosis.

Other than that though, I don't like bugs being on me (I'm never sure which ones bite). And I have claustrophobia if I think I can't get out. A small space is fine if I know I can get out of it, or someone will get me out. But when I'm stuck then I don't do so well.

[runoverazebra]

The only phobia that I really have is being the person to call time of death someday. I know it will happen, probably sooner rather than later given my chosen profession. It's not the act itself that scares me. People die; I realize that is just a fact of life. I am afraid that the death will be a result of a mistake I make or I won't do everything in my power to save that life, and I'm afraid of how knowing I made a mistake will affect me. I realize that the goal of all the training that I am undergoing is to prevent mistakes, but who honestly goes the entirety of their career without making a mistake?

[Shane]

Arachnophobia

[ethsar46]

Im afraid of needles (injections and such), not sure why, just cant stand them. That said it hasnt stopped me getting them when I absolutely have too.

Most likely I think it came about when I got a big cut above my lip and needed stiches and the doc used a local anestetic using a needle before the stiching, something scaring about someone holding a needle in your face, hurt like hell too.

At least I know I wont be injecting myself with smack at all ;)

[Xanthippe]

Wild animals in general, and energetic dogs. If I hear one barking, or worse, see one running around near me (even if it's just 'playing'), I freeze like a terrified rabbit. All my senses sort of turn off, and I can't move. Also, anything with a stinger terrifies me. It's terrible in social settings.

And popsicles. The thought of the horrible cold feeling on my teeth, and the sound...I'm shivering just thinking about it.

[fatkattykat]

I am actually surprised no one mentioned this, but my big one is...

Emetophobia = fear of vomiting. I will do what ever it takes to not throw up.

Other bigger fears I have are failure, being dropped from high places, getting raped, or getting in a car accident (I work for a personal injury firm and have seen all sorts of horrid photos).

[Within]

Being left all alone for ever and ever.

[The Fury]

The only real phobia I have is a fear of heights. It's gotten a lot better than it was but I don't think I'll ever be able to go parachuting.

[thiagofralves]

I really hate seeing someone screeching their nails on wood or doing it myself. It is something that really, really make want it to go away. It is not because of the sound, but the sensation.

[alphawolf]

- running out of money
- women who try to shove their finger up my ass during sex

[Ither]

As a child, dogs, needles, and the dark. Got over the first and third, which were duly replaced by agorophobia. More abstractly, I get really upset when forced to listen to mood- or elevator music.

[Chose La]

necrophobia and arachnophobia

So don't kill a spider in front of me, I'll freak out.

[comamind]

I absolutely hate and fear all kinds of insects, spiders and whatnot. I can't - under any circumstances - touch those things and I have to have at least 2-3 meters distances between me and the insect/whatever. Even butterflies, midges and that kinds of stuff.

Other than that I fear deep waters and with it possibly drowning and also losing limbs and not being able to do what I am used to do because of the missing limb(s). Ah and heights, how could I forget this one?! :)

[dalidaisy]

I've developed a new one. I have a fear of people who have an unnaturally ridiculous fear of bugs. The freaking out, jumping around & flailing of the extremities is actually quite disturbing to me.

[zudusu]

I can't stand to watch television documentaries where SCUBA divers swim through underwater caves. The thought of being trapped underwater freaks me out.

I was going through some of my old stuff recently and found a PeeWee Herman action figure. I took it to show a coworker I thought would enjoy it and she backed out of the room and couldn't look at it. She fears all types of dolls or mannequins. Who woulda thought? I've been teasing her lately that she needs to shop at Old Navy. Their mannequins kind of freak me out too...

[Airius]

Certain bugs make me panic. I can't explain it, I'd just have to (but hopefully not) see it.

[LordMaiestas]

Cockroaches.

[zibber]

- women who try to shove their finger up my ass during sex

Hah! That reminds me of something a particularly earnest (foul-mouthed) lady friend told me. Whenever a guy expresses a desire to have anal sex with her, she says "sure! Before we begin, though, let me put something in your asshole and move it around for a bit."

Generally, a perfect way (painfully (figuratively and possibly literally)) to expose a male chauvinist's hypocrisy :lips:

[coffeeholic]

yeah, definetly. im afraid of losing my self control to some else because ive given in emotionaly to them or they force me to do their will, failing in the end result, repeating days that are the same day after day(stuck in a cycle), giving in to temptation and going against my morals and what I live for

[skycloud86]

When I was a kid, I was terrified of needles and other sharp things. Now, I'm not really bothered by them, although I don't like pins, tacks etc being left lying around.

[Nemesis]

I turn into a 10 year old girl when I see spiders. Not kidding, I'll screech and run away flailing my arms and beg the nearest person to kill it. I lived in a basement suite for a year and there was a pretty nasty spider problem. They were goddamned everywhere. I used one of the 4 or 5 things I actually learned during my psych degree and did some "flooding" (Picked up a spider and forced myself to hold the fucker even though I was melting down). I eventually got used to the things. I still hated them, but more because they didn't pay rent. I moved to an upstairs suite after and now I'm a big pansy around them again. Stupid spiders.

[Mader]

Hospital needles - they have to hold my arm down to do anything to me now.

Not so much afraid of heights, but terrified of falling.

The smell of dead bodies of smokers. - the lungs are something terrible.

[masquerade189]

-Sidewalk grates.
-Toothpicks.
-Being drowned. I don't go underwater if a lot of people are swimming around me.

[vrede]

Crocodiles. I can't even stand to watch them on TV, much less be anywhere near them.

*shudder*

[Wired]

I have an irrational fear of something being shoved into my eye.

I strongly dislike driving on bridges, but it feels more like a serious discomfort than the sort of wild panic I feel when something is close to my eye.

[Rudy]

Deep, dark water... anything could be under there!

[fatkattykat]

I have an irrational fear of something being shoved into my eye.

I strongly dislike driving on bridges, but it feels more like a serious discomfort than the sort of wild panic I feel when something is close to my eye.

Don't ever go to Charleston, SC lol. The first time I drove there to see my BF, I was terrified of driving the bridges. A lot of them are very arched and very high, unlike the Brooklyn Bridge or Golden Gate Bridge, which are flat. But you get used to it once you do it a few times. The Cooper River bridge is not so bad...

[JohnnyElectric]

Swimming. Won't go in the water.

[Within]

Deep, dark water... anything could be under there!

Yeah true like a really big fucker of a shark, or a murane! That really freaks me out, give me azure blue water and a diving knife.

[runoverazebra]

I discovered today that I am terrified of snakes. I like them in the zoo when there is glass separating us. I am terrified when they are on me.

[Synapse]

I just figured out that I have some odd fear of drowning. Pretty minor, considering I can swim pretty well (not Olympiad, but pretty good). I just don't want to drown by others, as with myself I am capable of not drowning.

[eri]

Major issues with cockroaches. And my house has a lot of them which I'm trying to get rid of. Yes, I scream and run around. Then spray them, and then go out and buy more roach baits or seal some more cracks.

[Jouk]

Wolverines

[Anderson]

I'm mildly arachnophobic. I don't get panic attacks though, or anything of the sort.

[greenbiolady]

I fear waking up in a psychiatric hospital surrounded by personnel that insist I belong there and being sedated before I can escape.

[Arex]

Suffocating or breathing in noxious fumes. I often feel as though something is stuck in my throat or that I can't breathe, and that often triggers an anxiety attack. I had one while driving the other day, and it wasn't fun.

I'm also a little afraid of getting old. I guess that's normal, but I think about it way too much and when I do I just get really scared.

Other than that, I wouldn't say I have any phobias. I really, really, really don't like mannequins or wigs though. Or being distracted when I'm driving.

[lucyinthefknsky]

Allegrophobia - fear of being late
Atychiphobia - fear of failure
Fear of sleeplessness. (I am unsure of the specific term)
Fear of dimly lit rooms.

[noodles]

I am afraid of people :( I don't trust people. Is it normal?
I also don't like insects.





noodles added to this post, 1 minutes and 51 seconds later...

Oh, btw, I am scared of water. I can swim but if I know that I can't reach the bottom with my feet I get a panic attack and start drowning