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Phobias, what is yours?

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  • Psyb3r
    Psyb3r Posts: 176 Member
    Emetophobia---I am afraid of throwing up

    ^ THIS TOO!
    This too Yep... I have panic attacks when I get nauseous.
  • killingtheantagonist
    killingtheantagonist Posts: 178 Member
    I'm pretty good with most fears.
    I've conquered a lot of them.
    I use to be be deathly afraid of clowns and ventriloquist dummies.
    I'm not even kidding, it was ridiculous.
    Then one day I bought the scariest looking clown doll I could find and I hung it up in the middle of my room.
    I made myself face it everyday.
    It's actually still hanging in my room, just on the wall now.
    Though I'm still scared of ventriloquist dummies, it's not as bad.
    I just don't like them.

    Oh but I do have this fear of being burned alive and drowning.
    Though I'm not afraid of heights, I am afraid of falling.
  • jmelyan23
    jmelyan23 Posts: 1,648 Member
    Arachnophobia.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    spiders....

    and not being good enough.....EVER.
  • MidwestAngel
    MidwestAngel Posts: 1,897 Member
    Lilapsophobia
  • annielaurie88
    annielaurie88 Posts: 86 Member
    Mold! i know it weird, but it just seriously freaks me out!!! i hate it!!! LOL.

    and of course, spiders. the cliche choice
  • beekuzz
    beekuzz Posts: 428 Member
    Waking up in a coffin. :noway: I request when then bury me to give me a string with a bell outside so they can come get me out. Oh, yeah, and claustrophobia.
  • crw72209
    crw72209 Posts: 169 Member

    Great, thanks for that!!! :tongue:

    SO SORRY :flowerforyou:
  • lilawolf
    lilawolf Posts: 1,690 Member
    Popping a champagne cork. Seriously. I love snakes, spiders are ok as long as they aren't on me or in my room (in which case I calmly kill them), was never scared of the dark or storms or anything. The damn champagne cork gets me every time..... Even popping the refrigerator can of biscuits is awful..:ohwell:
  • marinebiologist_girl
    marinebiologist_girl Posts: 300
    Claustrophobia. Can be near-crippling.
  • IndyMario
    IndyMario Posts: 236
    Claustrophobia. Can be near-crippling.

    Nice one!
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I have a fear of being required to keep my desk super tidy...what's that one?

    I prefer chaos (totally serious).

    Same here!

    I also have a fear of bugs that move faster than I can squash them. And I have a fear of suddenly losing control of my vehicle and crashing over the side of a steep hill, but only when I drive past steep hills. Is that irrational?
  • Chipmaniac
    Chipmaniac Posts: 642 Member
    Tsunami...The Seattle area is supposed to be rocked by a huge earthquake in the near future when the off-shore Cascadia fault slips. When it does, there will likely be a massive tsunami striking our coast with only 5 minutes warning. I think about it whenever I visit the ocean.
  • andiechick
    andiechick Posts: 916 Member
    Spiders for me, give me the creeps. Don't know what I'd do if I ever got the chance to go to Australia
  • Wende3
    Wende3 Posts: 41
    Gephyrophobia - Fear of bridges.
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    Fear of not fitting in for lack of phobias.


    PLEASE tell me there's a phobia for that!
  • Dadgerben
    Dadgerben Posts: 27 Member
    Claustrophobia is a big one
    The feeling of being trapped (in places and situations)
    Agoraphobia. I've had dreams where I float weightless out of my house and into the sky, lost forever, since I was a little kid. This is in contrast to dreams where I fly and am lucid and in control.
  • Muscles_Curves
    Muscles_Curves Posts: 385 Member
    germaphobia, arachnaphobia, acrophobia, snake-aphobia, claustrophia.....

    Seems like I need a therapist. :wink: :ohwell:
  • Rubie81
    Rubie81 Posts: 720 Member
    Choking / Suffocating
    Insects
    Public Speaking
  • Dadgerben
    Dadgerben Posts: 27 Member
    Counterphobia is the fear of not having phobias.
  • B1gH0g
    B1gH0g Posts: 361
    The economy..
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    Counterphobia is the fear of not having phobias.

    Oh thank God!
  • allifantastical
    allifantastical Posts: 946 Member
    Claustrophobia & Acrophobia (fear of heights)
  • Ramsfan1975
    Ramsfan1975 Posts: 12
    Frogs,fireworks,and balloons eeeeeewwwwwy.
  • histogal99
    histogal99 Posts: 45 Member
    Spiders!

    <---zombies
  • topsykretes
    topsykretes Posts: 14
    Spiders. But I heard it is bad luck to actually kill them so I capture them by trapping them under a paper cup, sliding a piece of paper underneath and them setting them free. Yes, I'm having an anxiety attack the entire time doing this, but if I kill them, their entire spider family will find out and then come kill me in my sleep. I set free a spider one time that was so big it had a face and actually winked at me before it scampered away. Ugh. I'm also pretty creeped out by dolls and clowns.
  • lbetancourt
    lbetancourt Posts: 522 Member
    aichmophobia, fear of knives and other sharp objects
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    Scared to death of lightning...

    Me too! I sit on the stairs and whine and hyperventilate and swear and promise myself I'm packing up the car and moving somewhere storm free the very next day!
  • shammxo
    shammxo Posts: 1,432 Member
    Commitment.

    And sponges.
  • flannelbug
    flannelbug Posts: 23 Member
    Heights
    Public spaces
    Crowds
    Driving/traffic
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