Confess!!! What phobias do you have

[LynneSin]

Come on, we all have things that either we're afraid of or that creeps the hell out of us. Even me and heck, I'm a gal who doesn't even blink an eye if she sees a spider, bug or snake.

However, I do suffer from a few phobias like

Electrophobia: I get really really weird during electrical storms to the point that I have to unplug everything I can in my house when bad ones come through. Even then, until the storm is overwith I'm pretty much a nug job

Claustrophobia: I have some Claustrophobia but only in certain aspects mainly in elevators especially when they are crowded.

Demophobia: Yes, I have a fear that has demo in and no, it isn't a fear of democracy or democrats (both which I love). Demophobia is just a fear of crowds and sort of an off shoot of the Claustrophobia. If I'm in a really crowded room, I start to get paranoid about silly things like how the hell will I get out if a fire starts. Oddly enough, alcohol seems to help solve this problem.

None of my fears are debilitating - just a sense of urgency when in a situation where I feel somewhat hopeless.

What are your fears? Not sure of the name - check out the list:
http://www.phobialist.com

[purr]

1. Feet.

I am scared to death of feet. No one has seen my feet unless they take my socks off while holding me down. I cant stand other peoples feet either.. they're all ugly and scary. I get teased CONSTANTLY about how I cant stand feet. If hubby catches me getting out of the shower before I can get my socks on he'll point at my feet and go FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! I SEE YOUR FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET! Which sends me into a frenzy and I find the closest thing to cover my feet with.

I'm also scared of spiders.. I will run around like mad if I see one. Last week my son found one crawling on the ceiling and I took out my central vac hose and sucked it up from a good 6' away. I even have a bleach stain going down my basement stairs because I saw one and whipped out the Clorox clean up and sprayed it down.

[stellanoir]

2. styrofoam-phobia

That stuff truly grosses me out. The sound it makes when it's touched makes me cringe and run.

Hows that for a weird one?

[LynneSin]

4. I'm like that with Wooden Sticks they use for Popsicles or Water Ice

Eeew...I'm getting the creeps just thinking about it.

Fortunately for my favorite Japanese Restaurant they give you real chopsticks that can be washed and reused

[Jamastiene]

8. Hmm...

I don't like that sound either. I have always hated how that popcorn version of it sticks to you any way it can. It's like it's charged up and ready to annoy. I wouldn't say it's a fear for me, just annoying.

[Shell Beau]

45. I'd rather hear nails on a chalkboard than styrofoam squeak.

It makes me cringe.

[Jamastiene]

3. People and

spiders. I fear people because I never know what to expect. With most animals, I can pretty much make friends a lot easier. People are hard to gauge for me. I tend to have to talk myself into leaving the house often times, honestly. I wish I was one of those extroverted people who could make friends with anyone any time. I'd go with it.

For now, I look over my shoulders and try not to put off any scent (like I try not to allow anyone to smell fear on me) that will cause people to encircle me. I know this sounds crazy, but I'm in a red state. So you can figure out that I'm surrounded by people who tend to agree with Bush & Co. They are truly scary people. :scared:

[progmom]

5. arachnophobia

big time.

:scared:

[Jamastiene]

9. Yep, especially spiders,

ticks, and other bloodsuckers.

[tjwmason]

13. I removed spiders at a rate of about 2-3 per night from my sister's room

Her room was next to mine, and every night between the ages of about 14 and 18 just as I was falling asleep she would knock on my door....

I'm sure that my brother-in-law suffers from a similar problem now.

[progmom]

26. that's the fate of my husband as well

though now that i am a mom, i have found myself able to calmly squash the smaller ones without progspawn even noticing. i'm quite proud of myself for this. it was previously inconceivable.

[LDS Jock]

63. I hate spiders, but I am oddly attracted to Spiderman

does that make sense?

[ps1074]

6. Acrophobia

I am scared to death of heights. Even 40 feet height is too high for me and I start shaking and feel sick.

[Jamastiene]

11. Why wait until it's 40 feet up.

I get extremely nervous on the roof of an average house. What is that, like maybe 12 to 16 feet? I'm with ya on these two.

[Bronco69]

7. Snakes and a fear of heights.

Snakes creep me out, even baby ones.

I'm ok when I'm high up like in an airplane or the top floor of a building, but if there's only a railing or no enclosure I get absolutely freaked out! Even if I watch a movie and someone is standing on a rooftop my stomach just rolls until they get down.

[GOPisEvil]

10. Elevated overpasses with a curve.

Every once in a while I get visions of flying off one of those damned things at high speed. :scared: I still get over them, and use them all the time, but every once in a while, I get the heebie jeebies.

[yvr girl]

14. I have a friend who was almost killed when a car flew off an overpass

and landed on his car. His fiancee was killed.

[GOPisEvil]

15. Oh crap...I never thought about that part.

:scared:

Edit - forgot to mention how sad that story is. :(

[yvr girl]

22. The weird thing. He'd had a premonition

about something bad happening in a (I think) brown car. Neither he or his fiancee had a brown car.

The car was a rental and it was brown. He had major survivor's guilt.

[GOPisEvil]

28. Oh, I can imagine the guilt.

How incredibly sad.

[Red State Rebel]

76. That happened to us - we were lucky!

The guy came off the overpass and hit us at more of an angle. It was me and my 3 daughters and none of us were seriously hurt. The driver of the other car was hurt pretty badly tho.

Very freaky not seeing a car around you and then all of a sudden WHAM!

[LynneSin]

19. I get the same kind of visions in construction zones....

...especially when I'm going through those narrow bypasses around construction that are walled off with those temp concrete walls. I get these visions that I'm going to scrap up against one of them because the road seems too narrow

[GOPisEvil]

29. Oh yeah...concrete wall on one side, semi on the other...

:scared:

[NorthernSpy]

12. radioactivity, lightning, fire, dogs,

And dread diseases.

Other stuff, too. I'm a weak-nerved person.

[Spinzonner]

16. This is interesting

Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens

Is there a 'fear of Chickenhawks' ?

Maybe Neoconophobia ...

[yvr girl]

17. I have a fear of snakes hiding under lampshades

I always check for snakes before I turn off a lamp. Strange but true.

[Jamastiene]

18. If you find one, I'll take it

outside for you. I actually like snakes. Spiders are my thing.

[yvr girl]

23. I've never found one, or known anyone to find one

But I KNOW snakes hide out to get you. Never let your 10 year old see a full-length animated feature that features a vindictive snake.

[Misunderestimator]

20. I have molephobia

:D

[progmom]

27. what kind of mole?

the animal?
the mexican sauce?
the potentially cancerous skin spots?

[Misunderestimator]

30. None of the above...

:hi:

[hippiechick]

21. Being under water

:scared: I think it's a past-life thing.

[luvLLB]

78. me too....I love swimming, but will not go underwater...

nobody dies from being on the water, they all die UNDER water...

[blindpig]

24. heights

a 40' drop gives me the willies, bad vertigo. Driving narrow mountain roads is very unpleasant. A visit to a rainforest canopy walk was very challenging, 157' up in the trees on cables and ladders! But I had not traveled all that way to miss such a thing and the Spangled Cotinga in the treetops was worth it despite the gangs of biting wasps/flies and a hyper-extended knee!

[sundog]

25. snakes... i fucking hate snakes

[kick-ass-bob]

31. The Philadelphia Eagles winning the

Super Bowl.
:scared:

[LynneSin]

65. Hey! Don't make me kick your ass

:grr:

Or you'll have "LynneSinfootupyourassaphobia"

[amandae]

32. Stupid people

they appear to be more dangerous than I had previously thought.

[NoSheep]

33. Foot bridges. Hell, all bridges.

[rhino47]

34. I am deathly afraid of snakes

If I see a snake I stay inside for a few days.It takes a long time for me to go near the place where I spotted a snake.

[Parrcrow]

55. A snake is just a face, a neck and an asshole.

:evilgrin:

[Az]

35. Needles, Dentists, and my belly button

Its just a knot! I could come unraveled and then I would fall out! Really!!!! :scared:

[skypilot]

36. Thalassaphobia.

Fear of the ocean. I can swim but I will never, EVER swim in the ocean. Just walking along the beach is a very unsettling experience for me.

[Shell Beau]

37. The phobia where I am deathly afraid of roaches. They are the

most disgusting, vile creatures on the earth. Yuck!!!!

[BreweryYardRat]

49. Oh yeah...

Same here.

And I'm in Florida. :(

[Shell Beau]

50. Mississippi has some pretty big ones too. And when they start

flying, you might as well call 911 for me because I'll have a heart attack.

[Zuni]

38. I have a prison rape phobia

[bertha katzenengel]

39. There isn't a name for it. I just DETEST having to use

public toilets. :scared: :puke:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

40. I have a phobia of moths

I really do.

[TBreeze]

41. more than a few

heights, insects, elevators (I can ride in them, but I get nervous), deep water, bridges (especially that one going between Ohio and Kentucky. I can't drive it, so if I'm with someone else I have to squeeze my eyes shut and pretend I'm somewhere else), and interstates. I can't drive on the interstate at all anymore. (I almost got smooshed by a semi 10 years ago). Geez, I'm starting to think I need therapy or something. :think:

[TheProphetess]

42. I've got two phobias

1. Acrophobia, or fear of heights. I get this strange tingling sensation and some dizziness when I'm too close to the edge of a very high place.

2. A variation on the needle phobia. I'm not afraid of needles per se, but I am afraid of having to give blood. This stems from having very thin veins which makes it difficult for medical professionals to take a blood sample from me. This usually leads to them poking both arms several times, then the backs of both hands (which HURTS like you wouldn't believe), and sometimes even the tops of my feet to try to get a good vein. I'm getting jittery just thinking about it!
:scared:


But my favorite phobia from the link is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, or the fear of long words. :7

[AlCzervik]

43. Clowns, i can't be near them ever

my Dad thinks it goes back to going to the circus when i was five, he said the noises and the smells were freaking me out and when the clowns came out i his underneath my seat.

[sundog]

48. I'm not your co-pilot today, so I really can't respond to this

:P

ps - thanks for the good work :toast:

[qnr]

44. Well, officially, I have a "social phobia" if that counts n/t

[Shopaholic]

46. Heights

I'm fine in a skyscraper-just don't try to put me on the roof of anything or on a mountaintop.

[scarlet_owl]

47. I am horribly afraid of spiders. They are the only animal I fear.

[Debi]

51. BIGFOOT!

And the clown from Stephen King's It (Pennywise)

Otherwise I'm good :)

[jonnyblitz]

52. the heights one...i forget which it is..but i have that one bad. nt

[sniffa]

53. paddyphobia

a fear of cuban LiberaLs.

[redqueen]

54. Claustrophobia

I get weirded out in cramped spaces. I don't panic or anything, I just want to get out as fast as possible. And if there's four people on an elevator, I'll wait for the next one. I've even taken the stairs when I worked in busier buildings. This one's pretty calm so I don't usually have to do that.

[Parrcrow]

56. I hate bugs!

anything that has more limbs than I have is pure evil!

There must be a reason that aliens usually look like bugs.

blech!


:scared: :scared: :scared:

[hyphenate]

57. Interesting list

I have a major case of entomophobia--fear of insects. Long time fear that can incapacitate me if the circumstances are such that I'm surrounded by insects. On the obverse side of that, I like dragonflies and butterflies.

I suffer from an unreasonable fear of being buried alive. Evidently it's an established fear called Taphophobia. I don't think this could incapacitate me, simply because it's unlikely to ever occur.

Mild claustrophobia, and some healthy acrophobia (heights) which doesn't prevent me from enjoying life for the most part, but to be cautious when necessary.

The fear of bugs, though, is the worst. If someone had a bug close by and was threatening (joking) to throw it on me, I would freak like crazy. I shiver just thinking about it.

[LynneSin]

66. I have Taphophobia too!!

And if I watch a movie where someone is buried alive I'll get all freaked out. What if they bury me and I'm not really dead

:scared:

[hyphenate]

71. Yeah

that's me. I think part of it is the claustrophobia, because when I've seen movies with people getting buried alive, I get really nauseous and start thinking it could be me. *shivers*

This is an interesting note, though; in the past, before they started to prepare a corpse for burial with removal of blood and embalming, they used to bury people without an autopsy, and on some occasions, the people were in deep comas, and not dead. They'd wake up in the coffins and find they were buried alive. After a few of these incidents, the cemeteries used to put a bell on the graves that could be activated from inside the coffins. So if they buried someone who had been still alive, they could ring the bell and be dug up.

Another interesting one is that in Haiti, which has a lot of people who practice voodoo (which is a recognized religion as well), they supposedly have a drug which can induce a death-like state, and thus someone appears dead, in full rigor mortis. When a person is poisoned with that drug, they are often buried alive as well, and will find themselves in the same predicament as those in times past. However, this is where the belief in zombies came about--someone who was supposedly dead, rising from the grave.

[RebelOne]

58. Crabs, live crabs. There doesn't seem to be a name for it.

I will eat dead crabs. But I totally freak out when I see a live crab. That's the only fear that I have, which I know of. I'm not afraid of snakes, since I had boas for pets. I'm not afraid of heights because I did a short stint of sky-diving.

[luvLLB]

79. Kyphophobia, Fear of crabs ..big guy has it , too.

[rbnyc]

59. Balloons.

I'm serious. Their potential to pop just FREAKS ME OUT!!

I'm also afraid of cars. :scared:

[GOPBasher]

60. Height and snakes. n/t

[_testify_]

61. zombies, the undead, the living dead, anything that won't stay down...

[ScreamingMeemie]

62. I am scared to death of heights, I'm a tad claustiphobic, and totally

pyrophobic. I must check and recheck the stove, the electrical cords...the whole gambit every night before bed.


I ain't afraid of no Eagles though. :)

[Left Is Write]

64. Demophobia.

Nice to know it has a name.

I'm not afraid of crowds per se, but I'm afraid of being in rooms that are TOO CROWDED for the size of the room. I get very panicky, especially if I am far away from an exit.

I also hate flying. I wouldn't say I have a flying phobia, but I will avoid flying if there's another way to get where I want to be.

[LynneSin]

67. I get the same exact way...

...I was at a Dean Rally about a month ago at this restaurant and I was starting to feel a little freaky because not only was the room overcrowded (Hey, it was Howard Dean) but there was like this massive jam to get out because of how the bar was set narrowing the way out.

I stand there and all I can think is "Where's my closest fire exit when this place goes up in smoke"

[Terran]

68. dismemberment

is really horrifying to me. I assume there's a phobia name for that but don't know what it is. Unlike most phobias, I think there's a pretty good reason to fear that, i.e., it's not an 'irrational' fear, so maybe it isn't actual a phobia.

[Purrfessor]

69. Buffophobia

I fear becoming buff, so I sit in front of the computer most of the day and eat ice cream.

[Robeson]

70. Snakes

[Tom Kitten]

72. Heights and tornadoes

Heights because I can imagine falling (I fell off a cliff once)and hate thought of hitting the pavement.

For some reason tornadoes flip me out, I wouldn't live in the Midwest for pretty much that reason alone.

[ahem]

73. Bridges and cockroaches ...

Otherwise know as: Gephyrophobia and, uh, cockroach-aphobia.

:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:

[Hell Hath No Fury]

74. I have agoraphobia...

and have had it for over 15 years now. Within the agoraphobia I have fears around circumstances in which I am unable to leave prompty. As in being stuck in an elevator or on a train, stuck in freeway traffic that is at a dead stop, stuck in traffic on a bridge -- any situation in which I cannot say, "I'm outta here right now!"

I also have problems being away from my "safe" areas. I have ever been homebound like some, but I am very nervous about being in places away from the greater Bay Area/Lake Tahoe.

I do have one full on phobia that no amount of cognitive behavorial therapy has been able to fix -- planes. I cannot stand flying because it is the ultimate you're-not-going-anywhere-for-the-whole-flight experience. It takes 3 mgs of Xanax to get me onboard. The stuff makes me so happy I don't mind if we end up a fireball in the sky. :)

[donheld]

75. Fearing going through that whole list and not finding

Fear of rejection :shrug:

[leftofthedial]

77. I'm afreaid of my fears--phobiaphobia

It's awful