phobias

KnightsNurse · December 2014

@lyndausvi, I have the same problem with cotton balls!!! I can't stand them. Opening pill bottles is torture for me. The squeaky sound that cotton makes is like nails on a chalkboard and the texture is so unpleasant--it gives me goosebumps!! I've never met someone with the same feelings towards cotton balls; I'm glad to know I'm not alone haha. I also need to show this thread to FI because he likes to tease me about it and says one day while I'm sleeping he is going to surround me in bed with cotton balls. Occsssionally he'll plant one in my purse or shoes. I do have to admit that my reaction and get-it-away dance is probably pretty comical though.

lyndausvi · December 2014

KnightsNurse said:

@lyndausvi, I have the same problem with cotton balls!!! I can't stand them. Opening pill bottles is torture for me. The squeaky sound that cotton makes is like nails on a chalkboard and the texture is so unpleasant--it gives me goosebumps!! I've never met someone with the same feelings towards cotton balls; I'm glad to know I'm not alone haha. I also need to show this thread to FI because he likes to tease me about it and says one day while I'm sleeping he is going to surround me in bed with cotton balls. Occsssionally he'll plant one in my purse or shoes. I do have to admit that my reaction and get-it-away dance is probably pretty comical though.

DH's is pretty comical too. I was "warned" early in our relationship from his roommates. Sure enough one day he hands me a bottle of pills while turning away. I'm like "umm, what is going on?" He likes "COTTON BALLS, get them away, get them away" and went into another room.

When he got his wisdom teeth out they stuffed his mouth with cotton balls. The fear in his face as the balls came too him was so sad, but funny too. He was more traumtized over those cotton balls then just having his teeth removed.

FiancB · December 2014

I used to be really bad with needles. The first time I had a cavity filled when I was in middle school, something went wrong and the novocaine shot hurt unbelievably bad and didn't even work. Must've hit a nerve or something. It was a long time before I could have it done again without crying. I still feel faint more often that not after a shot. I just had a flu shot and I had to lay down for a minute.

Used to be pretty bad with vomit. I would get really anxious if I felt sick or if someone else did, and if someone else was throwing up I could not be in the same building as them. I think this stems back to a lot of road trips through the redwoods when I was young and someone would always get sick and my dad would get super pissed.

kittychik1318 · December 2014

Spiders and escalators. Both because of crap that happened growing up. Fi, FBIL, and Fi's cousin love torturing me about the spiders (which is Fi's favorite animal!)

ShesSoCold · December 2014

KatWAG said:

ShesSoCold said:

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

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

Oh wow! Close! Not until after the holidays!

mrsk616 · December 2014

i cant go under ground...... no parking garages under ground nothing. i did do caves once but honestly i dont think i would do it again. to freaked out

I am afraid of thunderstorms (have gotten better with it), going across lake erie to the islands (water freaks me out fear of the boat sinking and i cant swim)

tight spaces also goes with the first fear. i cant even work on a car because i also have a fear of the car falling on top of me.

my FI wants me to clean the basement of all the construction debris but there is mold down there and i have a fear of that.

fear of looking out the window at night and finding someone staring right back in.

ARGH i am such a mess

plainjane0415 · December 2014

Deep Water. I'm always afraid that if I jump into deep water then I won't be able to reach the surface again. So if I jump in, I always swim as fast as I can to get to the top again. I just don't like a lot of water over my head.

jenna8984 · December 2014

@themuffinman16 aaaah your rat story is terrifying. Fuck that babysitter!!

@plainjane0415 dude me too. I grew up on a lake and my parents would tell me don't swim over there in that swampy section because if a vine gets caught around your foot you will drown. So I was always scared even when we were way out in the middle of the lake where it was the deepest, I would always try to keep my feet up (like floating on my back).

I'm terrified of 2 things- 1. fire- I watched my neighbors house burn down when I was 5 and I had nightmares daily about my house burning down. 2. driving in snow- I spun out on the highway trying to get to a college exam one winter and it was scariest thing in my life. It now paralyzes me with fear to a point that I call in or work from home even if there's a forecast of snow but it's not snowing yet. I don't care if that makes me a big baby- I'm not saving lives so I don't need to be there.

novella1186 · December 2014

plainjane0415 said:

Deep Water. I'm always afraid that if I jump into deep water then I won't be able to reach the surface again. So if I jump in, I always swim as fast as I can to get to the top again. I just don't like a lot of water over my head.

water freaks me out so bad for some reason. Whenever I'm out in a boat (which is often) I always stare down into the water and expect some type of crazy sea monster to spring up and grab me. Or hit the end of the boat so that it flies up and flips us into the water, like in Lake Placid. I never tell anyone I'm thinking this, because I know how stupid it would sound, but I get a little nervous every single time.

lurkergirl · December 2014

Heights and drowning. I guess I like to stay grounded, haha. My favorite hotel in Atlanta has floor to ceiling windows in its rooms. I love staring out at the city, but only from like 10 feet away. There is even a safety bar in front of the window and I still can't get too close. It's made flying a bitch too.

I'm a good swimmer, but like others, I get scared of deep water. FI wanted to show me the dam on the jet ski one day, and I was like hyperventilating and near tears...even though I was on a craft, wearing a life vest, and know how to swim. ETA: The water near the dam is like 600 feet deep and there are no other people around; the rest of the lake where I can always see the shore doesn't bother me.

FI is scared of blood to the point that it makes him light-headed and almost pass out. He also hates needles and is a sympathetic puker. Parenting should be fun for him.

lovegood90 · December 2014

Needles! Ugh.

I will literally pass out after I get one. I can't help it at this point, I should really go to therapy for it. If I ever need major surgery with IVs and stuff, I'm so screwed. Getting my wisdom teeth out was bad enough. I've also never had a blood test in my life...

Even if people are talking about needles/IVs/giving blood/etc I start to feel faint and have to leave the room.

mrsdee15 · December 2014

Vomit. Both seeing it and doing it. When I was in kindergarten we were rehearsing a class song in the auditorium and then all of the sudden I felt weird and didn't know what that feeling meant. Next thing I know, I'm vomiting all over (including on the poor kid in front of me). I was so embarrassed, and felt so horrible, that it scarred me for life. For years after that, every night I would pray that I would never throw up again. Not too long after that, I saw another kid throw up at school, so after that I just couldn't take watching vomiting. If it happened in a movie, it would ruin it for me. I am still trying to get over some portions of Pitch Perfect.

My other big one is heights, especially flying. Taking off and landing are the worst. It used to be so bad I'd cry during takeoff and landing, and get super nauseated, but since being with FI, he is super supportive and distracts me during that time, that has helped a lot. One time I was flying from Dulles back home (it was the year Heathrow got shut down from snow so I couldn't continue on there from Dulles), and we were flying through a major storm. I was one of the few awake passengers (can't sleep on planes) and I overheard the stewards talking about how we were about to get some "jolts" - meaning the plane would be hit with lightning. They noticed I was staring at them, probably with a very distinct "are we dying?" look, and just said "Oh... hey.. so, how are you doing?" I ordered a glass of wine. My dad is a pilot, though, so when he would fly his little planes, that never scared me. I guess it's a control issue.

Cockroaches and those mosquito hawks with their crazy wings and dangly legs make me cry.

ETA: OOOH and sea creatures. I eat them, I just can't deal with them in their whole form. Especially crabs, lobster, and shrimp. I love them when the appropriate edible portions are separated, but if they're whole, that's just a nope. They too have crazy dangly legs. Same goes for squid or octopus.

lurkergirl · December 2014

lovegood90 said:

Needles! Ugh.

I will literally pass out after I get one. I can't help it at this point, I should really go to therapy for it. If I ever need major surgery with IVs and stuff, I'm so screwed. Getting my wisdom teeth out was bad enough. I've also never had a blood test in my life...

Even if people are talking about needles/IVs/giving blood/etc I start to feel faint and have to leave the room.

My FI (who I mentioned above hates blood, needles, and really all things medical, including hospitals) recently had surgery. It was extremely traumatic for him, and he's still really sensitive about it.

@mrsdee15 a few months ago my dog threw up after dinner. Totally random and not sick, but just walked in and yakked in the middle of the living room floor. FI immediately ran to the bathroom and began gagging and dry-heaving.

jdluvr06 · December 2014

Clowns. I'm seriously terrified of clowns. I really have no idea why.

maeday2 · December 2014

Has no one said snakes yet? Call me cliche but I am terrified of snakes.

It started on a trip to the New Orleans zoo in 2nd grade. That anaconda put the fear in me. My mom had to convince me daily that they aren't native to our area, or even continent. I slept in one of those blankets that you slide over a mat to prevent snakes from eating me in my sleep. I would smooth out the wrinkles in the comforter as I thought those were snakes, as well.

I'm better now, but I still don't like them.

lurkergirl · December 2014

maeday2 said:

Has no one said snakes yet? Call me cliche but I am terrified of snakes.

It started on a trip to the New Orleans zoo in 2nd grade. That anaconda put the fear in me. My mom had to convince me daily that they aren't native to our area, or even continent. I slept in one of those blankets that you slide over a mat to prevent snakes from eating me in my sleep. I would smooth out the wrinkles in the comforter as I thought those were snakes, as well.

I'm better now, but I still don't like them.

Non poisonous ones don't scare me, but I've seen 2 water moccasins, and we also have copperheads and rattlesnakes here, so I'm always on guard in the woods. Also, if I see any type of snake, poisonous or not and even if it's just on TV, I usually have nightmares about them that night (like, I need to cross a creek, but the creek bed is full of snakes and there are more falling from trees)

arrippa · December 2014

I have a phobia of eyeballs. No contacts for me. It took months for me to get my eyebrows waxed calmly. I use to freak out when the waxer went anywhere near my eyes.

I am ashamed to say this but I am scared of shrimp. I cannot eat it. I cannot even look at pictures of it. It freaks me out.

maeday2 · December 2014

lurkergirl said:
Non poisonous ones don't scare me, but I've seen 2 water moccasins, and we also have copperheads and rattlesnakes here, so I'm always on guard in the woods. Also, if I see any type of snake, poisonous or not and even if it's just on TV, I usually have nightmares about them that night (like, I need to cross a creek, but the creek bed is full of snakes and there are more falling from trees)

Ditto the dreams! Even on TV I still put my feet in my seat.

I live in a really wooded area on a river so I have gotten better since I'm exposed more. The road I run my dog on in the summer is scattered with (mostly dead) snakes. It gives me the wings to run faster. I also learned that copperheads can swim, so there's that. I did not know that and assumed the always 48 degree river water is too cold for them. Wrong.

lurkergirl · December 2014

maeday2 said:

lurkergirl said:
Non poisonous ones don't scare me, but I've seen 2 water moccasins, and we also have copperheads and rattlesnakes here, so I'm always on guard in the woods. Also, if I see any type of snake, poisonous or not and even if it's just on TV, I usually have nightmares about them that night (like, I need to cross a creek, but the creek bed is full of snakes and there are more falling from trees)

Ditto the dreams! Even on TV I still put my feet in my seat.

I live in a really wooded area on a river so I have gotten better since I'm exposed more. The road I run my dog on in the summer is scattered with (mostly dead) snakes. It gives me the wings to run faster. I also learned that copperheads can swim, so there's that. I did not know that and assumed the always 48 degree river water is too cold for them. Wrong.

NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've been seriously chased by a water moccasin. Those fuckers are mean and want to attack you.

porkchops926 · December 2014

levioosa said:

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

That actually happened to me in middle school!

levioosa · December 2014

porkchops926 said:

levioosa said:

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

That actually happened to me in middle school!

OMG. NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

porkchops926 · December 2014

I'm terrified of needles and anything medical too, I can't get blood taken or a shot or even talk about surgery without fainting. I've recently found out that it's actually a nervous system response that some people (me) just can't control called vasovagal syncope.

The worst was when I was 22, I had to have blood work done. It had been a while and I said to myself "I'm an adult now, it's all good, just talk yourself through it, ask for the toddler needle, you'll be fine."

So the nurse was trying to distract me, ask me what I did for work, next thing BAM, I'm on the floor with people buzzing around me and the nurse trying to give me a soda. They sit me up and get me back in the chair and BAM, I'm on the floor again. This time they said they couldn't wake me up right away and had whipped out the smelling salts. When they tried to get me up again and I passed out the THIRD time, they brought in the EKG machine.

As if this whole thing wasn't embarrassing enough, (because I'm at a public clinic and at this point I've been on the floor for 15 minutes with other people, including small children, who need to get their blood taken stepping over me with my shirt pulled up ) they told me they didn't want me to drive myself home in this state, and I had to call my mom to come pick me up.

MadHops21 · December 2014

ShesSoCold said:

KatWAG said:

ShesSoCold said:

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

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

Oh wow! Close! Not until after the holidays!

Wait, I work right by Yorktown and live in Carol Stream. TK meet up?!

lc07 · December 2014

I'm on mobile, sorry for not quoting but I'm pretty sure spiders can't climb in our vaginas. I don't think mine hangs open like my mouth does?
I am afraid of heights. I've sky dived and bungee jumped multiple times. But I don't like being up high when the purpose isn't to fall or jump. I also cannot stand worms. Snakes are fine but worms squick me ouuuutttt.

JoanE2012 · December 2014

I have "normal" fears......an extreme fear of flying that's only developed over the past 10 years or so (I refuse to let it stop me from traveling though and recently discovered Xanax which has been life changing!) and a fear of closed spaces and/or being trapped.

ashley8918 · December 2014

lc07 said:

I'm on mobile, sorry for not quoting but I'm pretty sure spiders can't climb in our vaginas. I don't think mine hangs open like my mouth does?

I am afraid of heights. I've sky dived and bungee jumped multiple times. But I don't like being up high when the purpose isn't to fall or jump. I also cannot stand worms. Snakes are fine but worms squick me ouuuutttt.

I have not read a single other comment in this post yet, so UM:

And thank you for the visual of a hangy-open vagina.

Inkdancer · December 2014

porkchops926 said:

I'm terrified of needles and anything medical too, I can't get blood taken or a shot or even talk about surgery without fainting. I've recently found out that it's actually a nervous system response that some people (me) just can't control called vasovagal syncope.

The worst was when I was 22, I had to have blood work done. It had been a while and I said to myself "I'm an adult now, it's all good, just talk yourself through it, ask for the toddler needle, you'll be fine."

So the nurse was trying to distract me, ask me what I did for work, next thing BAM, I'm on the floor with people buzzing around me and the nurse trying to give me a soda. They sit me up and get me back in the chair and BAM, I'm on the floor again. This time they said they couldn't wake me up right away and had whipped out the smelling salts. When they tried to get me up again and I passed out the THIRD time, they brought in the EKG machine.

As if this whole thing wasn't embarrassing enough, (because I'm at a public clinic and at this point I've been on the floor for 15 minutes with other people, including small children, who need to get their blood taken stepping over me with my shirt pulled up ) they told me they didn't want me to drive myself home in this state, and I had to call my mom to come pick me up.

When I went in to get my shots for college, one moment I was fine, the next moment I was on the floor with an enormous headache. Turns out I'd passed out and fallen out of the chair, but the nurse tried to catch me. I was too heavy for her, and she ended up dropping my head on a counter before I hit the floor.

When I woke up, my mom was standing there too, because she'd heard the thud of something falling all the way from the waiting room and knew it was me.

You are not alone.

lc07 · December 2014

mikenberger said:

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.

This. I love you, @mikenberger but God help us all if we have dead spiders in our vaginas.

Sidenote: I certainly wouldn't call it a phobia, but I have a very healthy fear of the ocean. I spend a lot of time in it. And the ocean is one crazy bitch.

lc07 · December 2014

ashley8918 said:

lc07 said:

I'm on mobile, sorry for not quoting but I'm pretty sure spiders can't climb in our vaginas. I don't think mine hangs open like my mouth does?

I am afraid of heights. I've sky dived and bungee jumped multiple times. But I don't like being up high when the purpose isn't to fall or jump. I also cannot stand worms. Snakes are fine but worms squick me ouuuutttt.

I have not read a single other comment in this post yet, so UM:

And thank you for the visual of a hangy-open vagina.

You're welcome. I hope you don't need to add hangy-open vaginas to your phobia list, though.

arrippa · December 2014

Inkdancer said:

porkchops926 said:

I'm terrified of needles and anything medical too, I can't get blood taken or a shot or even talk about surgery without fainting. I've recently found out that it's actually a nervous system response that some people (me) just can't control called vasovagal syncope.

The worst was when I was 22, I had to have blood work done. It had been a while and I said to myself "I'm an adult now, it's all good, just talk yourself through it, ask for the toddler needle, you'll be fine."

So the nurse was trying to distract me, ask me what I did for work, next thing BAM, I'm on the floor with people buzzing around me and the nurse trying to give me a soda. They sit me up and get me back in the chair and BAM, I'm on the floor again. This time they said they couldn't wake me up right away and had whipped out the smelling salts. When they tried to get me up again and I passed out the THIRD time, they brought in the EKG machine.

As if this whole thing wasn't embarrassing enough, (because I'm at a public clinic and at this point I've been on the floor for 15 minutes with other people, including small children, who need to get their blood taken stepping over me with my shirt pulled up ) they told me they didn't want me to drive myself home in this state, and I had to call my mom to come pick me up.

When I went in to get my shots for college, one moment I was fine, the next moment I was on the floor with an enormous headache. Turns out I'd passed out and fallen out of the chair, but the nurse tried to catch me. I was too heavy for her, and she ended up dropping my head on a counter before I hit the floor.

When I woke up, my mom was standing there too, because she'd heard the thud of something falling all the way from the waiting room and knew it was me.

You are not alone.

I trained in Phlebotomy and in class we had to give each other "shots"" to practice. After that, no more needle phobia. I still have scars from that class.

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