Do you have any strange fears?

I have an aversion to wooden spoons and wool. It's a texture thing, touching them gives me the willies.

birds...flying demons i say

Wal-Mart

yep ^^^

Aliens. Ancient or otherwise.

I don't know that this is a strange fear as much as an actual anxiety disorder, but I'm afraid of large groups of people. Like being at a stadium, convention center, parade, etc. Whenever I'm in a large group, especially standing, but even sitting, all I can think about is something going wrong, everyone having to evacuate and me falling and being trampled to death. It sucks b/c I love live music. Local shows in small venues are okay but if I want to go to a big show, I have to get pretty sedated.

I'm also terrified of being carjacked but that's because I was attacked in a parking lot when I was 16. Attacked is a strong word, I guess. I guy came up behind me, put his hand over my mouth, shoved something into my back (said it was a gun) and told me to give him my keys and climb over to the passenger side. Lucky for me, mall security came driving up and the guy took off, but it totally took a toll on me. I'll drive around a parking lot for half an hour to get a spot up front, I don't walk out to my car alone at night EVER and I'm constantly checking to make sure my doors are locked while I'm in the car.

Fear of heights but only those that are man made structures like observation towers in state parks. However, I can and will climb ham radio towers with the right safety gear without issue.

I've got the pretty typical fear of clowns (brought on by it as a child)and spiders (they are just creepy). Strange would be my dad's fear, he hates dragon flies, one got into the car once, i had no idea a grown man could squeak that loud.

Pretty much all the elements.

WIND. I f****** hate high winds! Like when the wind picks up to the point where it's easily whipping trees left and right, and you can hear your house groan under the pressure and garbage cans are flying down the road. My heart leaps up to my throat, I stop breathing, and my whole body tenses up. I'm a small girl, so I have this ridiculous fear that the wind is just going to blow me away, or blow something into me. I think it stems from the one time my dad bought me a kite as a young child and took me out on a windy day to fly it. The feeling of the handles yanking up from the wind terrified me and till does to this day. This girl does not fly kites lol.

FIRE. It's an uncontrollable element, I can't breathe when I'm around it, it just makes me nervous! This one also stems from a childhood incident. It was Halloween and my mom had bought some freaky candles in the shape of an eyeball and a bloodied hand. The hand candle had five wicks. She lit them and went off to do other things. I just happened to be milling about when I noticed the wax was melting way too fast. In a matter of seconds, the five little flames had merged into one BIG flame while the whole candle seemed to disintegrate. I just remember screaming "MOMMY" over and over and crying until she came barreling down the stairs to put it out before something else caught fire. And not a single candle was lit in our house since.

WATER. I can swim fairly well. I forced myself to learn how, so I deal with it much better now. I just don't like to be fully submerged in it. But, I almost drowned, at a public pool, with LIFE GUARDS and TEACHERS watching. Someone decided to get out the giant floatation mat, they dropped it right on my head, and then jumped on! I'm surprised I managed to find my way out from under it. All I got from the teacher was "but you were swimming just fine!"

I like my solid earth, thanks. Never did anything to hurt me.

horses. if they weren't bad enough, some d*ck had to give them wings and a horn.

Two. Getting lost. Even with a GPS I get scared. And talking on the telephone with strangers.