Do you have a crazy....

comogirl

Do you have a crazy phobia, or irrational fear? I am so afraid of worms. It is a full phobia. They scare me to death. I hate it when it rains and they all seem to come up out of the ground to torment me. My husband and family think that my phobia is nuts, and it is, but I think there are lots of people with them. Mine stems from a childhood "trauma" in which another little girl dumped a whole bucket of worms on me in my new dress.
So now that I have exposed mine, what is yours?

kzivic

I have a phobia of anticipated noise. I can't really explain it, it's like a noise you know is coming, but not sure when? Some examples are a Jack-In-The-box toy, popping a balloon, popping the cork on a champagne bottle. You know there's going to be a noise, but when...? They all freak me out.

The funny thing is I work part time at a wine bar and annoy the heck out of my co-workers when I have to ask them to open champagne for me.

lilmzzgreeneyez

kinda. i have a phobia of being dying slowly by being cut up while still alive. idk the best way to explain it but i cant watch movies like hostel and saw without looking away most of the movie. (yet i love horror movies)

montana_girl

When I was a teenager, I was convinced I would die in a car crash... I had a really hard time riding in car with my friends and I was not thrilled about learning how to drive.

I don't have that fear anymore, but it was really bad through my teens and early twenties...

ChanniVincent

I am terrified of tornadoes. When there are warnings I move everything & everyone to the basement just in case.

MaraDiaz

Thunderstorms. Comes of living in areas where they are very common and one of the reasons I want to move is to live somewhere they aren't common!

cubizzle

Bridges! I've always known this about myself, but this past summer we took a family vacation driving an RV from Wisconsin to California. I was driving through Minnesota in the wee hours of the morning when we started crossing a pretty decent sized bridge. My wife was sitting in the passenger seat and was startled by my shaking and lack of breathing. We had to pull over afterward so I could calm down and continue driving. Rather scary moment.

beach_please

Mine is fairly common. I'm claustrophobic. I just avoid tight spaces or really, really crowded areas. I went to a haunted house in Wildwood, NJ when I was around 12 and the walls closed it. I full-on freaked out but everyone was screaming anyway so nobody heard me. I haven't gone in a haunted house since and, every so often, I STILL have nightmares about that place. *shudders*

Pollywog39

I am a relatively new driver (got my license at 45 yrs old.)

I still have an intense dislike (I wouldn't call it a phobia, per se) of driving into parking ramps...............that dark, tunnel effect, the twists and turns, the low ceiling. I will park quite a ways away, on the street, if I have to, to avoid a ramp.

comogirl

I am terrified of tornadoes. When there are warnings I move everything & everyone to the basement just in case.

Are you living in the mid-west?

schume89

Bridges and stairwells. I start shaking..not fun

comogirl

Bridges seems to be a common one that I wouldn't have expected. Is it the height? Or just the drop off? Or the fact that they are usually over water? Not that there has to be a reason just wondering (there certainly isnt a reason behind mine, or at least not a good one).

comogirl

I have a phobia of anticipated noise. I can't really explain it, it's like a noise you know is coming, but not sure when? Some examples are a Jack-In-The-box toy, popping a balloon, popping the cork on a champagne bottle. You know there's going to be a noise, but when...? They all freak me out.

The funny thing is I work part time at a wine bar and annoy the heck out of my co-workers when I have to ask them to open champagne for me.

This one would be hard to avoid. Sorry!:frown:

cubizzle

Bridges seems to be a common one that I wouldn't have expected. Is it the height? Or just the drop off? Or the fact that they are usually over water? Not that there has to be a reason just wondering (there certainly isnt a reason behind mine, or at least not a good one).

Speaking for myself....I think there are just so many variables when it comes to bridges: Width, height, structural integrity, and general lack of immediate ground beneath you. I'm sure it's more base than that though, and that's just my over analysis of my personal neurosis.

boldtsmith

I fear nothing :smokin:
But I do have a favorite phobia:
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Fear of long words.

SpydrMnky27

I have many but my most irrational is my fear of masks, mascots, scary halloween costumes and people dressed up as characters at theme parks. I'm getting a little better about it.

Brazilll

My hubby gets all paranoid around balloons. Apparently he's been terrified of them since childhood.

YaBoiMUGS

I've taken a bullet when I was in the military, but nothing scares me more than a friggin spider! I'm helpless in their presence.

tweakz20

I don't have irrational fears. I do like bringing the subject up so I know how to scare someone later.

mommy2AR

Heights... to the point of passing out

runnerjenn0708

sharks .... I hate'em!!! Nature will find a way to eat me!!!

coachblt

Absolutely: I have a fear of stunningly beautiful women. I love looking at them, I just can't bring myself to talk and flirt with them. I know, I should, but I can't.

monipie

i have a stupid phobia of static shock. i can't stand it. i look like a crazy person because i always have to touch something with my elbow, knuckle, or foot (i will kick car doors etc) before i touch them with my fingers. i don't like getting shocked anywhere but i can deal with it just not on my hands or fingers. i was so scared to get shocked when i lived in Rhode Island that i hardly left the house. okay, now i am embarrassed.

coachblt

i have a stupid phobia of static shock. i can't stand it. i look like a crazy person because i always have to touch something with my elbow, knuckle, or foot (i will kick car doors etc) before i touch them with my fingers. i don't like getting shocked anywhere but i can deal with it just not on my hands or fingers. i was so scared to get shocked when i lived in Rhode Island that i hardly left the house. okay, now i am embarrassed.

That's SHOCKING! :laugh:

dragonbait0126

Bridges seems to be a common one that I wouldn't have expected. Is it the height? Or just the drop off? Or the fact that they are usually over water? Not that there has to be a reason just wondering (there certainly isnt a reason behind mine, or at least not a good one).

I hate them because I'm afraid they will collapse. I can't stand being on them or under them. I'm the same way with highway tunnels. If I have to drive across or under one I start driving like I'm in Nascar. My husband always tried to convince me that the bridge wasn't going to collapse until the one that did a few years ago and made national news (I can't remember which state it was). I called my husband and told him to turn on the news and then screamed in the phone "NOW do you understand?!" LOL.

I'm also afraid of closet monsters (yes, you read that correctly). I can't sleep with my closet door open. I'm convinced that if the door is open and something is hiding in there I can't see or hear them come out. But if the door is closed then I will hear it open and be able to defend myself. I've been this way for as long as I can remember. My husband thinks I'm bonkers.

My only other irrational fear is that of darkness behind me but it really depends on where I am. In my old house, I couldn't stand turning out all the lights and then walking to the back of the house to go to bed. I would practically run to the bedroom where the light was on because it felt like something was going to jump out of the darkness behind me. When we moved from that house though, I no longer had that feeling and I don't get that feeling in my current place either.

Britt2Fitjrny

I have a friend who is afraid of spiders being under the toilet seat so every time she goes to the bathroom she always has to check it out before she sits down. That same friend is also afraid of someone hiding behind the shower curtain so she always has to looks behind that before she uses the bathroom. She's a mess.... hahaha

ABetterBalance

Feet- although it's not really that I am afraid of them. I just hate them. To the point that I have avoided ER trips because I didn't want a doctor to touch mine.

I guess my biggest one is self harm. People talking about it, seeing it in movies, hearing about it in songs (the Johnny Cash cover of hurt?? Literally makes me nauseous!) It's an irrational one that I have to confront almost daily, since I work with an admissions team at a psychiatric hospital- so the topic comes up a lot. It sends me into a state of near panic though, I have a hard time breathing, I feel clammy, and I have to start singing to myself (in my head) to try and block out what is being said.

comogirl

Absolutely: I have a fear of stunningly beautiful women. I love looking at them, I just can't bring myself to talk and flirt with them. I know, I should, but I can't.

Aw. You totally should though! Nothing ventured nothing gained!

comogirl

Feet- although it's not really that I am afraid of them. I just hate them. To the point that I have avoided ER trips because I didn't want a doctor to touch mine.

I guess my biggest one is self harm. People talking about it, seeing it in movies, hearing about it in songs (the Johnny Cash cover of hurt?? Literally makes me nauseous!) It's an irrational one that I have to confront almost daily, since I work with an admissions team at a psychiatric hospital- so the topic comes up a lot. It sends me into a state of near panic though, I have a hard time breathing, I feel clammy, and I have to start singing to myself (in my head) to try and block out what is being said.

I cant say I am fond of either one of these either. Feet in particular gross me out!

PicNic00

i have a stupid phobia of static shock. i can't stand it. i look like a crazy person because i always have to touch something with my elbow, knuckle, or foot (i will kick car doors etc) before i touch them with my fingers. i don't like getting shocked anywhere but i can deal with it just not on my hands or fingers. i was so scared to get shocked when i lived in Rhode Island that i hardly left the house. okay, now i am embarrassed.

me too!!!!

ImKindOfABigDeal40

I detest any and all spiders. I don't run from them like a little girl or anything but I will kill them as soon as I see them. I guess its a phobia.