Do you have any strange fears?
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I don't like calling people on the telephone. I can handle if they call me first, but I can't handle dialing the number and waiting for them to pick up and then talking to them. And I HAVE to call potential clients with my job, so the anxiety of the task makes me want to physically vomit. I usually have a scolding hot shower afterward. :<
I am the same way.
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Ok, I am phobic of fish....not just large fish, but goldfish....any fish, but not Mammals...love dolphins, my favorite! However, if I see a fish,( minnow, bass...fresh water or salt water) I have the ability to walk on water!
SIGH!
My phobia twin!!0 -
I used to have a full on phobia of knives. Not someone with a knife, just the knife itself. Even butter knives scared me. I couldn't touch them or wash them I would breathe heavily just looking at one. My abnormal psych professor used me as a guinea pig to teach the class how to treat phobias and it worked. I still don't like knives, but in normal use they don't bug me much and butter knives don't bug me at all.
I'm not afraid of knives, BUT I don't like sharp objects (knives, scissors, screwdrivers, pencils, etc) pointing towards me, even if it just laying on a table with no one near it. I will turn it to point elsewhere.0 -
I'm scared of chickens, yes I realize I am way bigger than they are but they are uber creepy! I hate touching cardboard, it makes me feel a little nauseous , lol. I hate roller coasters, the feeling of falling down makes me panicky.0
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I dont think its a fear, I just have a phobia of pictures of people. I cant hang pictures of people in my house. I even have to cover boxes and magazines if there is a picture of a person on them. Weird I know.
A phobia is a fear by definition :flowerforyou:0 -
I don't like lint balls0
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I am deathly afraid of roaches.
all other creepy crawlies i am good with. I have a pet tarantula and scorpion lol0 -
Quoting... because.Trypophobia....
Also: this. *vomits*
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Silverfish. And pop-tarts.
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After seeing my mom crack open an egg that came out red and bloody looking, I now wonder if that's going to happen every time I open an egg. Not really a fear. More a weird though process. "Should I really crack this in with the other ones I've already done? How will I separate it if it comes out all bloody?"Cracking an egg open on the side of a frying pan and a little chick falling into the hot pan.
I always crack each egg into a small bowl before adding one at a time to the batter (or whatever). When I was a kid, watching my Mom bake, she cracked a bloody egg directly into a batter with the mixer running and had to throw the whole thing out and start over. So I guess I have a fear of every egg I crack being bloody.....in spite of the thousands of eggs I've cracked over the years, only one egg had a tiny spot of blood. Pretty irrational.0 -
Bleeding to death / veins in general. Had a dream once where a slipped and fell and tore up my wrists and instead of just bleeding my veins slithered out of the wound and long story short I choked on my own veins. Couldn't rips them off of me 'cause then I'd die of blood loss.
CRAZY DAYS.
That is horrifying.0 -
Coat Hangers....not so much a fear but they stress me out!!!
It's not a phobia, but I do hate the wire hangers. (just call me Mommy Dearest). They ruin the shoulders in most clothing, they are always getting bent up and make the closet look messy. I don't like messy.0 -
Cotton balls (the texture bugs me so bad I can't touch them) butterflies, moths and spiders (though I hate all bugs, those are the worst) clowns, crowds of people, deep water( I've almost drowned 3 times in my life), feet, babies and small children, small spaces (like elevators or closets), fish, things touching my eyeball, the dark if I'm outside, or in a forest or something...I don't like not knowing what is around me..I think that's it? There's probably more though.0
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All people should hate and fear silverfish.0 -
Snakes. Are so many people afraid of snakes that it is not considered strange? They terrify me. Any size, any color. I don't even want to think about them.
Crowds of people. Can't handle it so I avoid it. I've thought about it and believe the real fear is of being trapped, or unable to move.
Having my feet touched used to be a panic situation, but I've gotten over it by having a massage therapist gradually get me conditioned to allow it.
The closet door has to be closed when I go to bed at night. Normal child's fear of boogie men in the closet evolved into needing the door shut.0 -
I have a phobia of cotton!! It freaks me out!!
Oh, thank you!!! I'm not the only one!0 -
Pigeons - it is the way they move all jerky and spastic. I have and will cross the street/turn around and go another way if they are in the area. My old office used to have pigeons that would perch on the window sill...I requested to be moved back to a cubicle because I couldn't handle it. I'm totally find with other birds though.
I have recurring anxiety/fears that my youngest will fall to his death - window panes will shatter and he goes down, amusement rides. It makes my heart beat incredibly fast, I get short of breath and all tingly and honestly feel like I should be sedated. I do not have this fear with my oldest.
This one isn't a fear, but I can not even be in the same room as someone who bites popsicles/ice cream. It makes my teeth hurt and hair stand on end just thinking about it. Chewing/crunching ice cubes is fine, I do that too. But popsicles/freezies etc. are meant to be sucked.
I am a nervous passenger, and 100 times worse if I am the passenger and my kids are also in the car....I couldn't live with myself if something happened to them and I wasn't able to control the situation as best as I could.
I have recurring nightmares about the home I live in burning down....I feel nauseous just thinking about it.
Bottom of pools/hot tubs - I don't like to touch the bottom. It just about kills me to go to hotel pools with my kids....*shudder*
I'm afraid of the 2 rivers in our city - they are muddy red coloured and I am convinced that there are a lot of dead bodies in it.0 -
Internet banking. Bleh! Just thinking about it now makes me hyperventilate. Actually doing it is a real test of courage for me!0
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Strange fear or not . . . Snakes I can not stand. Big, little I don't care. Even large worms scare me.0
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none. is that weird? starting to think it might be. not scared of "normal" stuff either heights, death, spiders. whatnot.0
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Short version:
Former fears/phobias:
Heights, thunder, exotic venomous animals, military draft, and being taken hostage.
Current fears/phobias:
Tall rollercoasters and serious loss of mental/physical ability
Details:
Former fears/phobias:
1) Heights: anything over about 20 feet. If I was on the 3rd story of a building and near a window, I felt like it was leaning. Totally disappeared before middle school and I have no idea how. Have been in (former) Sears Tower (7th grade) and in the (no longer here) World Trade Center (10th grade) with no issues whatsoever.
2) Thunder: Lightning was never an issue, even though I knew that was the part that could kill you. And I grew up in a bad neighborhood, so it wasn't just any loud booming noise cuz hearing gunfire was almost a weekly thing and that did nothing to me. I used to have the ability to "will" myself to take a nap and awake when the storm was over! No idea how it started, but I know exactly when I got over that fear. We had 2 sheds in the backyard and the smaller, metal one blew down during a violent night storm. My dad had a "brain surgeon" moment and decided that the time to prop up a METAL shed was during a violent lightning storm, at night, carrying a huge 6 D-cell Mag-Lite! :noway: Anything on real value was in the other shed, the metal one only had overflow crap that wasn't of much value. Anyway, he made me watch him from a window in case anything happened to him. Fortunately all went AOK, but being forced to watch him in that storm for over an hour instantly cured me!
3) Exotic venomous animals: Rattlesnakes, scorpions, gila monsters, etc. None of these animals were indigenous to my area. Probably came from watching so many animals documentaries as a child. Disappeared overnight; no idea how/why.
4) Being drafted into the military: I dunno! Dad was retired Army when I was born. One sister was in Air Force right after I was born and my brother and several cousins also served. No idea where that came from, maybe I watched a 'Nam movie when I was really young. Anyway, all someone had to do was explain to me that the draft was no longer in effect and that went away.
5) Being taken hostage: I know for a fact this came from the Iranian hostage situation when I was a kid. Again, it only took someone explaining the situation to me and I was all good. I could've save a 'year of fear' if I simply asked questions from the beginning, but hey, I was only 6-7 and didn't know any better.
Current fears/phobias; I have no idea how/when they started but fortunately they don't affect my everyday life:
1) Rollercoasters: Can watch them all day long, but won't ride the big ones. I remember a 7th grade trip where I was ashamed to tell anyone and stood in line for 90 min with my group (3 other kids). When it got to our turn to strap in, I had an actual panic attack and they had to get me out of there. I wasn't teased, but my group gave my funny glares the rest of the trip. I love amusement parks but I usually get out of rollercoasters by claiming that I won't fit in the seat safely. That excuse doesn't work so well for stand-up or suspended versions, but sit-downs are a genuine issue because they tend not to provide legroom for a 6'4" person. I'll ride smaller coasters, but once they get over probably 50-60' drop, no thanks. I'm confident that 1-2 rides in a tall coaster would probably cure me instantly, but good luck getting me in one! :noway: I found out a couple of years ago that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has the same phobia, so I don't feel so bad admitting it now. Until then, only about 3-4 people knew and I was deeply ashamed.
2) Serious loss of mental/physical ability: Stroke, coma, paralysis, incontinence, MS, etc. I've seen people slowly wither away because of stroke, Alzheimer's, emphysema, etc. I don't want to go out like that. Give me enough time to say goodbye and wraps things up, but not months/years being slowly chipped away, especially if I'm aware of it. I remember twice in life I thought I suffered a mild neuro incident and I mentally did complex math problems to reassure myself that I hadn't lost mental capability. Not a day-to-day thing, but I was a fan of Dr. Kevorkian and a person's right to choose. I was also HIGHLY upset during that whole incident where Congress decided to intervene in a right-to-die medical case (forget her name); I was fuming daily when that went down.0 -
I fear being stripped of my second amendment rights.
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Nuns. I went to Catholic school and there was this nun, Sister Barbara, who terrified me. She made me stand in front of the whole cafeteria because I told someone to shut up. Another nun told my class that she wished they could still use the ruler on kids. I think they have passed away by now, but the idea of them still scares the *kitten* out of me.0
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Cracking an egg open on the side of a frying pan and a little chick falling into the hot pan.
This has actually happened to me! It wasn't completely a chic yet, it looked more like a vieny mess with a heat and some eyes, but the heat was beating!!!0 -
I won't have baths... Haven't had one since I was about six... And yes it because I believe an anaconda and/or shark will come up through the drain and eat me.0
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I'm afraid of the colour yellow.0
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Amazing what the brain can make you feel or do! All your fears/phobias are so strange to me!
I have no phobias or extreme fears that will prevent me from enjoying life to the fullest. Yet, I am scared of dying. I don't wanna die. Thinking that one day, I'm gonna close my eyes, and never ever see life... gives me goosebumps! Brrrr!
But yeah... I don't like bugs and spiders, the classic...FEET!!!! I HATE FEET!
Someone gets there feet near me I tense up, If they don't have socks on I go into panic mode... The feel touch me I FREAK. I am talking scream, cry and move the farthest I can away from them. Family thinks it is funny to put their feet on me while in the car... I am trying to wedge myself against the dashboard and crawl in the area between the windsheild and dashboard. .
I have to ask...
If they creeps you out that much... what do you do with your own feet!?
I am ok with my own... Just can't handle someone else's!0
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