What phobia do you have?

1. Spheksophobia- fear of wasps & yellow jackets. I'm TERRIFIED. I'm 31 and never been stung but both parents are severely allergic.. and seeing a reaction as a kid was enough to spawn this fear! I've had several anxiety attacks over these lil creatures! I don't let this keep from spending ALOT of time outside, but I will run & scream like a banshee if confronted with one ;P

2. Ichthyophobia- Fear of fish (it's not so much of a OMG I think they're gonna hurt me phobia.. but they gross/creep me out THAT bad.) AND it's worse when it's fresh water fish. *gag*

3. Cockroaches- no idea of any technical term. (this is also like the fish phobia)

I hate birds.....when I was 12 I babysat some kids ,..their parents let this big 'ol bird free in the house,they said it was friendly,..(..still have scars on my wrist from bites,....) i punched in the head,and ran....so,yeah, i pretty much hate birds.

Okay, these are my main fears!

Emetophobia -- The fear of vomiting. For me, I freak out when I see anyone else vomit. If I throw up, it's not a big deal. But, I have to have an escape, and I will usually close my eyes and cover my ears and find the nearest exit. I have severe panic attacks, my blood pressure goes up, and I can't breathe until I get away from it. That is the result of a traumatic experience in 2nd grade. lol Long story, but it legit freaks me out! Definitely my most severe fear!!

I also have a fear of seeing blood come out of my body, like during blood work. I literally have to look away and if I see it, I get all dizzy and feel like I'm going to faint.

I can't sleep with my bedroom door open. It has to be closed, and if it's locked, even better. There is something about looking through the door opening in the dark and seeing the dark abyss of the hallway that freaks me out, and I have to close my door. I don't feel safe unless it's closed.

Now, I feel like i have trypophobia, but it's only if its weird holes in the human body. That seems to be the only one that REALLY bothers me.

I also HATE HATE HATE porcelain dolls!! I went to visit an all girl, private college once to take a tour, and they took us down this corridor that had red carpet and red walls, and down the corridor was tons of porcelain dolls! They each had a year displayed in front of them, and already freaked out, I asked about the years, and the tour guide said that each year, the seniors of the fashion design program would get together and design an outfit for the doll, and they would then display the doll in the cases. There were dolls from the late 1800's, and every single one of them was staring at me! FREAKY! I'm jussayin.

I don't have phobias so much as I have irrational fears. My latest is that I am freaked out about having my mouth taped shut by a kidnapper or someone violating me while I have a stuffy nose and accidentally dying. Have you ever tried breathing through your nose when it's stuffed up, it's impossible. How crappy would that be for someone who had no intentions of killing you to unwittingly suffocate you. I know it's demented. But I did finally get over my irrational fear of getting locked in a car trunk. I'm also freaked out about slipping in the shower and choking (I live alone so those are valid concerns LOL) These fears don't by any means consume my life but I think about them ...

Happy Friday!!

OMG! I thought I was the only one, lol! I have HORRIBLE sinus problems, have all my life, am totally nose-spray dependent and I always freak myself out by thinking of this. I would completely suffocate if I was ever kidnapped.

I don't have any fears that are irrational. All the things I'm afraid of (muddy water, scary creatures, failure, loneliness) are very normal fears.

Now, on the other hand, I have a quirk that stands out. If I'm walking down a sidewalk and I have to pass an awning, I either have to go completely underneath it or completely around it. Somewhere in my childhood imagination, I got the idea that if an awning fell on me and I was halfway under, the edge of it would slice me right down the middle. Now it makes my skin crawl to walk with my head lined up with the edge of the awning.

Scoptophobia - the fear of being stared at.

And crickets. Omfg. Crickets. :noway:
Ugh.

I'm sorry, but this made me laugh because I used to be freaked out by them too! But I work at a pet store, and I have to catch crickets on a daily basis because we feed them to reptiles and we sell them as food. One less cricket in the world! YAY! LOL

Coulrophobia


:frown: :frown: help!!

I know SOOOO many people with this phobia. One woman I know will actually cry when she sees a clown and she is 31.

I've got anxiety issues mixed with horrible O.C.D, which isn't so much phobias (although the anxiety can be at times).

I've luckily never had a phobia phobia. Everyone in my family faints even at the sight of needles, but I've always been fine with them. And my sister will scream and cry when she sees clowns.

Ughhh... Rodents yukkkkkkkkk !!!!!

Ohhh... And a very odd one .. chewing gum !

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My grandmother absolutely cannot look at a piece of chewed gum. She will throw up. It is the strangest thing. I am always careful to never chew gum when I am at her house.

I'm somewhat afraid of speaking in public. My main irrational everyday "phobia" that is likely to impact anything significant is myxophobia, though. It's pretty limited to human/animal stuff though, I don't mind okra or similar stuff at all.