phobias

lauraukoctober2014 · December 2014

Has anybody got any phobias? Even the little ones your a bit embarrassed to admit to people?
I had a accident in my car in the summer - driving into a space decided to take some of the other car with me. Noise still goes through me. Since then I've had a big phobia of parking my car - panik attacks galore. People find that quite entertaining for some reason - perhaps it's quite a silly one I'm not sure but it's very real and scary for me

I'm bad to a degree that even if somebody else is driving I close my eyes or get a bit nervous! ! Particularly going into the space in the angel of the accident.
Good news today first time in like 6 months I drove into a space with a car either side of me (couldn't do that defo not before! !)
Celebrating with Starbucks! ... and fizz later!

novella1186 · December 2014

Embarrassing: I have a legit phobia of the dark. If I go to bed before FI, I leave a light on. If he's out of town overnight, every single light in the house stays on. I don't think there was a triggering event, as far as I know I've just always been scared of the dark.

I've had pet snakes, mice, tarantulas, etc so creepy crawly things don't bother me. I've gone zip-lining on the highest zip lines in the world (between mountain peaks, in Costa Rica). I've gone white water rafting on level 5 rapids (the biggest/worst rapids in existence). Normal stuff that a lot of people might find scary doesn't bother me at all. But the last time the power went out, I was in the shower alone and just immediately started crying and panicking. Go figure.

amelisha · December 2014

Mine is much more ridiculous...

Fish.

Like, I eat fish (as long as it's not served whole) and cook it as long as I purchase it already skinned and filleted, but the idea of a live or dead fish coming anywhere near me makes me panic, I can't look at the whole ones in grocery stores, and aquariums make me cry. I went houseboating every summer for years and refused to get in the water because there was probably fish in the lake. I lived in Spain and only got in the ocean once, and immediately went back out again. I am terrified. The idea of a fish touching me...I think I might just spontaneously combust.

I've never seen a doctor about it but I believe it's an actual phobia, not just a fear. It is so, so stupid but even typing about it right now is making my heart race.

I don't feel that way about most marine life (sharks are fine, squid or octopus, whales, etc.), only fish.

mikenberger · December 2014

I sleep topless and sleep in my underwear. Only because I'm scared of something crawling up inside of me. I mean, we eat spiders in our sleep. Who's to say they're not going to crawl up into you?Ugh. Nope.

pinkcow13 · December 2014

Roaches and waterbugs. I have a HUGE phobia against them. I cannot even kill a roach because I'm too scared of it and my anxiety level goes to 100.

I also have a slight phobia in elevators. I have to use them every single day, so I'm okay at home and work, but if the elevator goes a few floors above my regular floor I start getting anxious.

Oh, and I developed a phobia in elevated trains. I used to be fine, and as a kid I would get on my knees and look out the window on elevated trains, but now it makes me dizzy, especially if there is a turn. I sometimes have to look away or close my eyes. Luckily, I rarely have to go on elevated train lines.

So I guess, I have a phobia about all things NYC, haha.

KatWAG · December 2014

When I was in cooking class in middle school I was making apple crisp and cut my finger off. Not completely off, it was hanging. But it was bad and I needed surgery.

The finger was reattched and works almost perfectly but I am still terrified of knives and cutting things. Which makes cooking pretty hard.

I am getting better recently, but I still have never had an apple crisp.

ShesSoCold · December 2014

I have a legit phobia of feet. It's gotten better, but I used to sleep with my feet safety pinned into a pillowcase because I didn't want my feet to touch and contaminate my sheets or blanket.

lauraukoctober2014 · December 2014

Excuse my train geek here but a train with two floors? ? I need to ride this that's a excuse to visit America just there!!

blabla89 · December 2014

I am TERRIFIED of revolving doors. No good reason why, but I refuse to use them. My coworkers make fun of me for it.

ShesSoCold · December 2014

lauraukoctober2014 said:

Excuse my train geek here but a train with two floors? ? I need to ride this that's a excuse to visit America just there!!

We have both trains with two "floors" and trains were the tracks themselves are elevated off the ground, with streets underneath.

lauraukoctober2014 · December 2014

Now that sounds so exciting! ! *hides because who likes a train geek? Lol*

cupcait927 · December 2014

Bridges. Mainly when I have to drive over them. The bigger, taller, longer they are, the more scared I am. I'm generally okay over little short bridges but anything more than that I start to get anxious, even as a passenger. It was the worst when we drove home from NC last year. I didn't realize my leg of the driving had this huge bridge until it was too late. My heart started racing, I started sweating and was white-knuckle gripping the steering wheel. I even had to tell H to stop talking to me so I could concentrate. I almost started crying I was that scared. I'm just so afraid that the bridge will collapse underneath me or I'll get into an accident and the car will go over the edge. One of my roommates in college was killed in an accident involving a bridge (very gruesome) so I know that's partly where it comes from. The other part is I'm pretty damn afraid of heights.

novella1186 · December 2014

blabla89 said:

I am TERRIFIED of revolving doors. No good reason why, but I refuse to use them. My coworkers make fun of me for it.

I hate them too. If people are already going around in them, I stand there and wait cuz I can't figure out how/when to jump in, and then once it turns around to where I can get out, I literally jump out as fast as I can. FI always makes fun of me.

I also have a hard time stepping onto escalators and they scare the crap out of me. But my mom says I fell all the way down one when I was really little so maybe that's why they freak me out?

littlemushroom · December 2014

I have 2. One legit and one absolutely ridiculous.

Legit one is spiders. I remember what caused it too. I was maybe 5 or 6 and had long blonde hair down to my mid back or waist. When I was playing outside with the neighbor kids, all of a sudden everyone started backing away from me and pointing with wide eyes. No one would say anything and was just pointing. When I turned my head to look at my shoulder I saw a HUGE black spider with yellow spots sitting on my shoulder. I screamed frantically brushed it off and ran home crying. When I got home, I realized the spider was caught in my hair and I couldn't get it out. It was horrible.

Totally ridiculous one. As an older teen I read a book called Summer of Night. It is a horror story about monsters the burrow up from under the ground and kill people or kidnap them to take to the queen monster thing. It happens inside too. But! It only happens in the dark because light hurts them. Ever since then, I get really paranoid whenever it is too dark to see the floor/ground that I am walking on. I go really slow and when it is an extended period (like a haunted house) someone has to basically push me along because I get too scared to walk thinking the ground has opened up in front of me. Whether I am outside or in my own house, I absolutely HATE not being able to see the ground I am walking on.

climbingsingle · December 2014

Birds, man.

pinkcow13 · December 2014

OP, where are you from?

The pic below is an example of what I was talking about. I'm just afraid the train is going to somehow turn on it's side and fall onto the street. I have no idea why I all of a sudden started thinking that, though!

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lauraukoctober2014 · December 2014

I live in the UK, Nottingham, yes where Robin Hood came from ;-) please can I stay? The UK Forum for weddings etc is pooh :-(
That pic is cool! ! I'm sure iv seen similar to that in Europe somewhere but can't think where! !

princessleia22 · December 2014

BEES! Or wasps, hornets, etc.

I'm not allergic to them, but I swear, if there is a bee/wasp/hornet anywhere near me, it will sting me, so I panic (and usually run) if I see them. I only remember getting stung a few times in my life, but I was just minding my business and they attacked me out of nowhere! I remember stepping on one as a kid... I think that's where my phobia started. The last time was a few years ago and I was just walking down the street and a bee flew into my ear and stung me in my ear! Like, really?!? That one really sucked. In his defense, I afterward learned that they were fumigating the house across the street to get rid of a beehive in the walls.

ETA: Oh, and my H finds it hilarious... he starts cracking up when I freak out.

themuffinman16 · December 2014

RATS!

Triggering event: I was 6 years old and the babysitter asked me to set the table. Before she asked me to do that she had a long discussion with me how rats are poisonous, they carry diseases and they can sense fear. If they bite you, you will die a slow, painful death. I go to set the table, and grab the plates out of the cupboard (I am six so I needed a chair to do this.) She placed a rubber rat on top of the dishes.I didn't see it there, on top of the dishes, I only saw it fall out when I reached for the dishes. It fell face up, and looked so realistic, i thought it was real. I cried a single tear, but was afraid that the rat could sense my fear. I took off, dropping the dishes that were in my hand, looking behind me, every few seconds for the rat. I ran upstairs, and into my mom's office, grabbed the stapler on top of her desk, ran into my bedroom, and stapled my sheets around me, on my bed.

My mother came home and asked me wth happened. I told her. She took that baby sitter outside and knocked her lights out. Thank God, rats aren't something you have to worry about, too much. Every time I see one, I am paralyzed with fear. One time, I saw one, when I was pulling into my driveway. I couldn't get out of my car until 3 hours later when the rat was gone. When I was watching the movie Ladder 49, and the rats were running down the stairs, I brought my feet up on the chair and let out a blood curdling scream... EVERY SINGLE PERSON in that heater turned around and stared at me.

To this day, I have to sleep with my hands beneath the covers because imaginary rats will eat my fingers.If my fingers come out out of the sheets, I will wake up. This comment is long but... RATS!!!

Other fears: roaches, crunchy bugs (like beetles), cutting off my tongue (childhood accident), elevators, and BRIDGES.

pinkcow13 · December 2014

Haha, you can definitely stay! Nottingham, that's really cool! Going to the UK is on my list, hopefully we will make it out there at some point next year

levioosa · December 2014

I am terrified of getting a paper cut on my eye.

Inkdancer · December 2014

blabla89 said:

I am TERRIFIED of revolving doors. No good reason why, but I refuse to use them. My coworkers make fun of me for it.

Me too. But it's partially because I'm chubby and partially because I hate feeling enclosed.

I've mostly conquered a lot of my fears... spiders, bees, driving at night, etc. But I am extremely scared of ladders and open-backed stairs. Even if it's a tiny ladder with just a couple of steps, I get weirded out.

KatWAG · December 2014

ShesSoCold said:

lauraukoctober2014 said:

Excuse my train geek here but a train with two floors? ? I need to ride this that's a excuse to visit America just there!!
We have both trains with two "floors" and trains were the tracks themselves are elevated off the ground, with streets underneath.

@shesocold are you another chicagoan?

climbingsingle · December 2014

I just remembered another one. Balloons popping in my face. This did happen to me when I was little and it scarred me for life.

lyndausvi · December 2014

I do not.

I have a slight fear of falling. Not a fan of roller coasters, rock climbing, even walking on ice gets me a little tense. When I was in 9th grade I slipped and fell while ice skating and broke my wrist. The next year I went skiing and fell and was on crutches for 9 months, PT for over a year. But the fear is not debilitating. I still ski and stuff. I'm just really cautious. Oddly I love sky diving. There is not point of reference so it's doesn't feel the same as a roller coaster.

DH has a phobia over cotton balls. HATES them. He will spend an hour shaking pill bottles to make sure they are not stuffed with cotton. If one gets by, OMG. He closes it and then hands it to me to remove. I was OOT once when that happened and the boy stuffed the bottle in drawer in another room. When I returned I had to retrieve the bottle.

He even takes is as far as leaving the bottle open because he has a fear the cotton will reappear. There is a cotton-type tree here in CO that blows cotton like things around in the spring. It's like hell for him. I'm not allowed to keep q-tips on the counter. And god forbid the doctor uses a cotton ball, again it's like hell for him.

He eats cotton candy though. 0_o

DH also has a fear someone is hiding around the house. For example, the shower curtain can not be drawn. If it is he will open it up to make sure they boogie man isn't there. I may or may not tease him with that. I prefer the shower curtain closed. He will come in behind me to open it again.

ShesSoCold · December 2014

KatWAG said:

ShesSoCold said:

lauraukoctober2014 said:

Excuse my train geek here but a train with two floors? ? I need to ride this that's a excuse to visit America just there!!
We have both trains with two "floors" and trains were the tracks themselves are elevated off the ground, with streets underneath.
@shesocold are you another chicagoan?

Yes Ma'am! Well, kinda. I'm in the western suburbs. And I'm afraid of the El. Not because the El itself is scary, because of people. I'm like an old lady - I firmly believe every single person in the Chicago city limits is there to mug me.

KatWAG · December 2014

ShesSoCold said:

KatWAG said:

ShesSoCold said:

lauraukoctober2014 said:

Excuse my train geek here but a train with two floors? ? I need to ride this that's a excuse to visit America just there!!
We have both trains with two "floors" and trains were the tracks themselves are elevated off the ground, with streets underneath.
@shesocold are you another chicagoan?
Yes Ma'am! Well, kinda. I'm in the western suburbs. And I'm afraid of the El. Not because the El itself is scary, because of people. I'm like an old lady - I firmly believe every single person in the Chicago city limits is there to mug me.

Umm. Hi Neighbor!!!! Me too. Which one???

decembergrl2014 · December 2014

@ClimbingBrideNY‌ - me too because of the same experience. I'll still blow up a balloon, but I'm always very careful. I'm also terrified of bees. I've never been stung by one, and I hope to keep it that way.

novella1186 · December 2014

ShesSoCold said:

KatWAG said:

ShesSoCold said:

lauraukoctober2014 said:

Excuse my train geek here but a train with two floors? ? I need to ride this that's a excuse to visit America just there!!
We have both trains with two "floors" and trains were the tracks themselves are elevated off the ground, with streets underneath.
@shesocold are you another chicagoan?

Yes Ma'am! Well, kinda. I'm in the western suburbs. And I'm afraid of the El. Not because the El itself is scary, because of people. I'm like an old lady - I firmly believe every single person in the Chicago city limits is there to mug me.

Well my sister lives in the Chicago city limits, so I can understand your fear. She would never mug anyone but, ya know. Also I grew up really close to Chicago and have family in the Western suburbs so also, hi (kind of) neihbor!

ShesSoCold · December 2014

@KatWAG I live in West Chicago. Where are you?

KatWAG · December 2014

ShesSoCold said:

@KatWAG I live in West Chicago. Where are you?

I am in Hinsdale. Meet you at Yorktown?!?!?

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