Phobias

[Kevin]

well, i was just sitting here minding my own business, when i felt something on my arm, i brushed it, and then thought i must had just touched my arm in the first place, but i lifted it up and a spider fell off me :eek: i won't be getting much sleep tonight lol

spiders are ok, as long as they aren't on me, i dunno what it is, but they're disgusting little creatures.
for example, a huntsman, harmless, i've woken up on camps with them on the wall next to me and not batted an eyelid, but oh boy if one of them crawled on me he'd get thrown across the room.
there's something sinister about them

anyway, what creeps you out to no end?

[The Dying Start]

Cockroaches. I can't STAND them and i don't know why. It's completely irrational. They're just gross looking and they freak me out so bad.

Spiders i don't mind...i can deal with them. In fact there's one that lives in my room and sometimes i wake up with a (love)bite or two...so he obviously enjoys sleeping with me...until i roll on him or something.

[mel_bound]

PHONES!

I hate PHONES! I can't stand to use them. wahhh.

[Julian]

That's a newie

I dislike crowds, but I don't mind them at gigs.

[Kevin]

Spiders i don't mind...i can deal with them. In fact there's one that lives in my room and sometimes i wake up with a (love)bite or two...so he obviously enjoys sleeping with me...until i roll on him or something.

a spider has been biting you in your sleep? i'm definetely not sleeping now :p

[The Dying Start]

Sorry. I'm sure he doesn't mean to do it hard.

[Brad]

Clowns, they just freak me out.

[Julian]

You should see the movie It

[cammo]

Yeah me too for clowns. And snakes (especially sea snakes, they scare me more than sharks and Steve Irwin killing stingrays combined)

[Kevin]

ugh, open water... strangely enough that i mostly do water sports, but being alone, floating in a large body of water with no idea what is below me is freaky

[Brad]

You should see the movie It

The novel by King is actually one of my favourites. The movie did it no justice.

[Julian]

I always meant to read 'It' but it's the one Stephen King book I can't find in this house!

[cammo]

ugh, open water... strangely enough that i mostly do water sports, but being alone, floating in a large body of water with no idea what is below me is freaky

Thats funny I really love that feeling...

[Kylie eats dugong for tea]

I get freaked out by ear stretching things and large earrings because i split my ear open when I was younger.

Crowds annoy me, but mostly shopping centre style crowds where all you can see is a sea of people floating around. It makes me feel uneasy.

[Jake]

I get a bit freaked out by strangers touching me. Like in crowded trains, if someone needs to get past and puts their hand on my shoulder or something as they go past..hate that. Not a phobia really, just really don't like it.

[BeaglesRule]

Crowds, and also small spaces, I can't even sit in the driver's seat of a sports car. Oh, heights, too, I'm short so it I guess I'm not used to them:p .

[Neryssah]

Papercuts. In a big way, I feel sick even thinking about them. Gives my friends lots of amusement, they'll spend all day trying to papercut themselves [or me].

[*M!]

wow - this is a really cool thread!

one of my biggest fears is the dark -proviso's being:
1. when everything else is silent
2. only after i've seen a scary movie/tv show (or read a scary book)

because i have to wear glasses i always tend to see face shapes in the trees when i'm not wearing them and thus often freak out when i have to be near a window while it's dark...

Moths and butterflies also tend to freak me out

EDIT*: i also have an irrational fear of Bot Flies that i realised when i watched a docco on South America - *shudder* those things traumatise me!

*M!

[Aaron]

Spiders, swimming in open water, mines (the hole-in-the-ground type, not the explodey type), needles (injection type, not sewing or knitting type).

[The Dying Start]

I don't like confined spaces, and i'm a bit weird about heights...which is weird because I was always up trees as a kid...and that never bothered me.

[Neo]

Syringes/needles (sewing ones are ok though), telephones, escalators and elevators, and at times - swimming in the ocean.
Oh and touching other people or people touching me. Oh man thats a big phobia of mine. I can't even touch my best friends arm without freaking out :(

[hillaas]

I have no phobias. I'm invincible!

Althought i dont like being bound up or pinned when i have no control of the situation. Is there a phobia for that?

[cdejonge]

Phobia of bondage Andre?

I have a phobia of my Internet not working for longer than one day, and food running out.

[hillaas]

Thats the one.

[Erin]

i have a mild case of claustrophobia. if i'm in a small space and i cant move my head or raise it above my shoulders, i FREAK.

i'm also scared of drowning *shudders* baaaad experience

[cdejonge]

Thats the one.You do know I'm only joking don't you? I don't mean to sound like I'm taking the piss out of you.

[hillaas]

Yeah i know- dont worry.



I think i actually have a small phobia of thinking thee are people in rooms with me when it's dark. I always think that soeone is behind me. I don't think thats a phobuia but meh...

[CourTLErocks]

I hate spiders, sharks and NEEDLES..oh and hospitals..even the smell of it makes me sick..smells like death..i think im gonna hurl

[State_Of_Emergency]

... oooooh, i guess i dont like needles.. yr 10s gonna be fun (that dumb needle we have to get)

and.. spiders (when i dont know where they are)

... probably about all.. i used to be freaked of drowning.. when i couldn't swim well, now i can.. but still (mother natures pretty harsh sometimes)

[CourTLErocks]

i got my nose pierced and i passed out for a few seconds lol was friggin hilarious!! my friends said it looked like i was havin a seisure lol

[State_Of_Emergency]

oooooh, i used to hate them gates at the station where you put your card into.. i never knew why till about 12 when my mum told me when i was little i got stuck in one of them.. i love em now

[CourTLErocks]

i hate when cupboards or doors (sliding ones) are open when they dont need to be...especially if its open jus a bit...grrr...when im at my friends houses and the leave the room i shut their cupboards...i know..its weird

[Crystal]

ha that's an obsession...

[Erin]

i'm scared of dying. :(

[CourTLErocks]

i cant wait til im like 60 or somethin, cos then ya dont have to work and everything is done for ya...it will be great...and yeh i think i should see a psychiatrist bout my cupboard issue lol

[Crystal]

60? i think people will have to work for a bit longer than that now. considering people are living longer.

[mel_bound]

This generation is the first with a life expectancy less than their parents.

[Erin]

thats comforting :(

[State_Of_Emergency]

This generation is the first with a life expectancy less than their parents.

i didnt know that... now im startin 2 get worried... kinda

[CourTLErocks]

well where ever we go when we die cant be worse than earth right now

[Crystal]

that sounds really weird...but yeah probably right haha.
i was reading something and it said that as there is more advances in medicine and technology and such, this will increase life expectancies. like more people will make it to 100+... if that makes any sense :D if not, ignore my blabber. i've been writing a psychology essay all day. that my excuse

[Erin]

i've heard that people can live til 500 in the body of a 20 year old but our cells die off something like that.

still scared of dying.

[CourTLErocks]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i dont want to live to 100!!! damn it bring back euthanasia!!! if ur old and in pain and want to die i dont see whats the problem?

[Crystal]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i dont want to live to 100!!! damn it bring back euthanasia!!! if ur old and in pain and want to die i dont see whats the problem?

but the thing is, if medical technology and such advances so much you may not have to be in pain. euthansia can be kinda dangerous anyway, like im not against it. but someone could be persuaded by family members to end their lives, etc, especially if they aren;t mentally fit.
i think it would be weird to reach 100 though. i volunteer at an aged care home and the lady i see is 96.

[CourTLErocks]

my great nana lived to 97, i dont wanna live that long. ur brain starts to go funny. and they wont have anything to keep us from losing our minds while im alive, technology is gay and always stuffs up...damn u bill gates and ya bloody microsoft jargen

[Crystal]

not everyone's brain goes funny. hehe. keep your brain active and i'm sure it;ll be fine...

*edit: haha thought i should say that i didnt mean your brain is inactive... hehe. i just meant apparently as you get older if you keep it active you reduce the risk of getting dementia, etc
:) hehe

[Habibster]

Well when i was little i used to be scared of thunderstorms....a tree outside my house got struck by lightning when i was a toddler..that was probably why.

Heights, the ocean, touching cotton wool and whenever i see a syringe or spiders or something on the ground for some reason i get the feeling like i've been bitten or scratched by it when the closest i've gotten is 2 metres away....then it's panic attack mode. :(

I'm wierd,very very wierd....

[CourTLErocks]

not everyone's brain goes funny. hehe. keep your brain active and i'm sure it;ll be fine...

*edit: haha thought i should say that i didnt mean your brain is inactive... hehe. i just meant apparently as you get older if you keep it active you reduce the risk of getting dementia, etc
:) hehe

apparently ive hears that if u listen to music even when ur old ur brain stays more active than if u dont

[Crystal]

apparently ive hears that if u listen to music even when ur old ur brain stays more active than if u dont

that would be good... :p
as long as you weren't deaf, hehe...

[CourTLErocks]

haha...didnt think of that lol...damnit i bet ill go deaf then insane...

[Crystal]

yeah that's something i'm scared of actually... going deaf. coz at the rate i'm going, i will be :p

[CourTLErocks]

me too, at the living end concert on wednesday night i leant against the speaker cos i was buggered from jumpin around...still cant hear properly, plus my boyfriends band is pretty loud and car music gets pretty loud too..im definately goin deaf

[State_Of_Emergency]

yeah that's something i'm scared of actually... going deaf. coz at the rate i'm going, i will be :p

yeah, my friend says i have "dog hearing" because i listen to my mp3 so low :p

[Crystal]

thats better than having it sooo loud that everyone around you can hear what you're listening to.

[CourTLErocks]

lol i have speakers for my mp3 im that deaf lol

[Erin]

thats better than having it sooo loud that everyone around you can hear what you're listening to.

people have told me they think i have my mp3 player off when i play it. i just say i have it low enough so i still have my hearing by the time im 20.

[Crystal]

well you're sensible then :) hehe!

im 20 and i havent managed to deafen myself yet... thats something :)

[State_Of_Emergency]

people have told me they think i have my mp3 player off when i play it. i just say i have it low enough so i still have my hearing by the time im 20.

yeah.. one of my friends has it on the highest volume.. then when i try to talk to her, she can't hear me...im talking, and then she'll be like "what? sorry, didnt hear you for the past five minutes".. erin, at least you listen when im talking to you..

(nothings wrong with having it loud.. i just prefer it low)

well you're sensible then :) hehe!

im 20 and i havent managed to deafen myself yet... thats something :)

congrats! *claps*

[CourTLErocks]

im 18 and i may make it to 20 if im lucky lol

[Crystal]

im 18 and i may make it to 20 if im lucky lol

im sure you'll get there. :D

[CourTLErocks]

lol....fingers crossed

[Crystal]

congrats! *claps*
ha great achievement by me

[CourTLErocks]

hahahaha tis true... hey if u have cable (it will be faster but u can try dial up if u want) can u have a look at this, this is one of my bf's bands songs. only took us like 5 mins to record lol so it a bit dodgey but tell us wat ya think

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6HbM3eVVpg

[State_Of_Emergency]

lol....fingers crossed

comeon comeon... you can do it :p

i love mp3's.. carry your music with you.. so much better than 50 Cd's getting scratched because you drop them.. and you can have vids and pics on mine.. so even better :D

(wow, we were talking about fears... and now music and mp3's.... interesting how the subject changed)

[State_Of_Emergency]

apparently ive hears that if u listen to music even when ur old ur brain stays more active than if u dont

aha... i found who started us on music and mp3's.. lol.. first "fears" then life expectancy... and then MP3 PLAYERS?? humm.. go figure

[Crystal]

haha... yeah maybe we should get back on track.

i'm scared of conversations that go wayyyyy off track :p

[Erin]

swimming in general, i'm just scared of drowning. if i can't touch the floor of the pool (or the ocean) i freak out

[CourTLErocks]

im not lol i kinda create them

[State_Of_Emergency]

haha... yeah maybe we should get back on track.

i'm scared of conversations that go wayyyyy off track :p

lol :p i get worried toooooo easily... and i am scared that if i say something that i think is mean, then i get worried that i've hurt the persons feelings........ (its just me being strange..)

[Crystal]

i'm afraid that i'm too nice... :D ha

[CourTLErocks]

im afaid ill get bashed one day cos i say watever comes into my head

[Erin]

i'm too damn compationate. i hate my concience :(

[State_Of_Emergency]

i am worried that my friends dont like me....

(too much backstabbing in PS i guess)

[CourTLErocks]

my concience doesnt seem to work much...i swear i will get bashed

[Erin]

whenever i say something there's a part of my brain that says "you know....you shouldn't have said/done that....apologise"

damn my brain!!!

[CourTLErocks]

theres a part in my brain that says 'say it louder they didnt hear you' then later its like..ok i shouldnt have said that..oh well

[CourTLErocks]

my brain sucks.....

[Erin]

theres a part in my brain that says 'say it louder they didnt hear you':D

wish i had that!!

[Crystal]

it's kinda better if your brain thinks before you act :p

[Erin]

well, true. seriously, it really annoys the heck outa me 'cause i'm constantly apologising for speaking my mind about something

though me and my brian have some great convosations.....:D yes, i'm insane :p

[Crystal]

well, true. seriously, it really annoys the heck outa me 'cause i'm constantly apologising for speaking my mind about something



haha yeah, well sounds like you're just impulsive :p. But i suppose that can be a good thing. I mean ya dont wanna think through EVERYTHING hey

[Jodez]

Im afraid of thunder storms, cause im scared of lightning and i associate lightning with thunder so yeah, i get all shaky, cry and freak out, and even when im inside im on edge, this is because ive nearly been struck by lightning twice, i kid you not

[The Dying Start]

This isn't the "I'm afraid" thread. This is the phobias thread.

pho‧bi‧a [foh-bee-uh]

–noun a persistent, irrational fear of a specific object, activity, or situation that leads to a compelling desire to avoid it.

[_jimmy_]

im scared of spiders and heights, they give me the shits and scare the living crap outta me.

[Emily]

im also scared of spiders and heights...but my only "phobia" is never seeing certain people again...certain friends or family members dying etc. am i alone in this??

[_jimmy_]

i am, but ive never had anyone ive known die, im also scared of dying...
(that sounds emo)

[hillaas]

I found this in a trivia book:

Androphobia is a fear of men.
Caligynephobia is a fear of beautiful women.
Pentheraphobia is a fear of a mother in-law.
Scopophobia is a fear of being looked at.
Phobophobia is a fear of being phobias.
Mageiriophobia is intense fear of having to cook.
Papaphobia is a fear of popes.
Taphephobia is a fear of being buried alive.
Clinophobia is a fear of beds.

I think I have Taphephobia.

[Disease]

Scopophobia is a fear of being looked at.
Phobophobia is a fear of being looked at.

Were these two supposed to be the same?

[hillaas]

Typo. Ill edit it.

[Emily]

Go to this site for a full list of phobias...

:eek: http://phobialist.com/#A-

quite interesting (and good for a laugh)

[hillaas]

Bahhh...cant be bothered reading all that. I'll pick some good ones to read.

Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
Must be hard to live on earth then...

[Emily]

thats what i did...

like this one:
Ideophobia- Fear of ideas.
... i wonder who came up with that one

[hillaas]

All the names are obvious. Chuck a phobia at the end and you have a phobia.

EG. Forumphobia - the fear of forums

[Caity]

I'm scared of spiders and death and water that I can't reach the bottom or see the bottom.

[cdejonge]

All the names are obvious. Chuck a phobia at the end and you have a phobia.

EG. Forumphobia - the fear of forumsAndrepostingphobia :p

[Jodez]

... oooooh, i guess i dont like needles.. yr 10s gonna be fun (that dumb needle we have to get)

and.. spiders (when i dont know where they are)

... probably about all.. i used to be freaked of drowning.. when i couldn't swim well, now i can.. but still (mother natures pretty harsh sometimes)

All i can say about that needle is OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY ARM IS GONNA FALL OFF ARGGHHHHHH! lol

I tell you how i dont want to die. I dont want to be murdered, that would be horrible

[Bec]

These aren't really phobias, more things that make me nervous, but I'm scared of being trapped underwater. I'm fine if I'm just swimming normally but doing things like capsize drills with those stupid kayaking skirt things (we had to do them for in camp in year 9) scares me shitless.
Also I get really nervous talking to groups of people I don't know well and talking on the phone to people I don't know well, not too sure why.
I think that's about it.

[Erin]

but I'm scared of being trapped underwater

ooooooh HELL YES :(

[Emily]

anyone have this one??

"Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth."

:rolleyes:

[Jodez]

i was at the swimming pool once, and they had like this foam floaty thing on the water, so i thought id just swim under it, so i told my friend to wait before he jumped on it, but he didnt and so i was running out of air cause when he jumped it scared me and so i was trying to swim up and past the foam, but cause he had moved the water it was making the mat thing move further and further. i thought i was gonna drown. then i got stuck in a rip once, and that was scary and then i nearly drowned when i massive wave went over my head. I dont know which is worse, that or nearly getting hit by lightning, both bad...

[Kacky]

Spiders...

There always seems to be one in the bathroom...it's kind of like their hangout.
Anyways, if i see one in there, I wait until my mom comes home so she can defend me. :p

[Erin]

i was 6 and my friends and family were over at the deep end of the swimming pool. i tried swimming over to them but slowly started sinking. i tried screaming out to them but they ignored me. if it wasn't for a kid realising i was drowning and pulled me up and over to the ledge...well...yeah.

i've had lots of baaaad experiences with water and swimming :(

[Bec]

Wow, that's really freaky Erin and Jodez
I haven't really had anything too bad happen. The worst swimming related thing I've had happen to me was when I was about 10ish, at a swimming pool at some resort type place and there was a little concrete thing you had to swim under to get to the other part of the pool with a gap in the middle so you could get air if you needed it. It wasn't very long but I'd been underwater for a while so I went to get air from the gap in the middle, but the sun was shining at a funny angle and made it look like the whole was closer than it was, so I swam up and instead of getting air, I missed the hole and bashed my head on the concrete really hard instead. Pretty stupid of me really, I had a big lump for a few weeks and that was about it

[Erin]

there was a little concrete thing you had to swim under to get to the other part of the pool with a gap in the middle so you could get air if you needed it.

even if there WAS air, i would stay on the other side :D

i was on a waterslide in NSW once, it was covered up (it was'nt those ones that have the top half open is what i'm trying to say) i went in and slid down. i couldn't see a fuckin thing (well hey, it was called the 'black hole') i was ok with that. what i wasn't ok with was the water was getting into my nose and mouth and the lack of air i was breathing.

first and last time i went on it :(

[State_Of_Emergency]

i can swim better now, but i used to be freaked of the "treading water" thing we'd have to do in class. the teacher would be like, its ok, and id be like, hell no, i not going in there... now, i can tread with clothes on for half and hour non stop :D

(hey erin, at least you weren't freaked of stupid "yellow-gates-at-the-train-station" like i was.. what i was scared of..... well it wasn't normal.. :) )

i get freaked that i do too much for other people and not enough for me... right now im broke cuz i bought stuff for my friends.. but im happy.. of course :)

i tried getting rid of the habit of ALWAYS doing things for other people and making my life miserable, but it dont work

1. buy something for friends, i feel happy cuz i did something nice, but sad cuz i forgot to get a lil something for me
2. i buy stuff for me, happy for me, but sad cuz i forgot my friends

..... i guess i have a "phobia" of letting people down :(

[_jimmy_]

im a horrid swimmer, cant even freestyle well...

[Erin]

im a horrid swimmer, cant even freestyle well...

i used to freestyle well but now i only do "bobbing in the water checking if i can still touch the bottom" :D

[_jimmy_]

its fun to just muck around in the pool, and go on the water slides!

[Erin]

yeah, water slides are fun as!! i haven't been on one for a while, but oh well :D.

[_jimmy_]

i havent been to the beach in awhile, i want to go to stt.kilda beach never been there before

[Erin]

we went to st. kilda beach to take photos for school, it was cold, but it was nice.

[_jimmy_]

i want it to be summer now, i hate winter, makes me feel lazy

[Sofia]

Is this still the phobias thread? Ah well. I'm pathetic and get majorly creeped out by soggy tissues - ewww. Makes me gag.

[Madtwins]

We not know how to swim and scary open water.

But most of all cockroaches and spiders we hate drunkards and "rigalovka" - small post-Soviet "burp'snack-bar" where "serving" 100 gramme of vodka in plastic cup with wash down childrens sweet drinks right near the selling counter!
Do you have such stuff in AU?

[SMASH]

Im paranoid about zombies. but not scared. PARANOID. i KNOW theyre coming to get me. i have a million plans and they each have a million backup plans and i know that the best way to kill a zombie is by destroying the spinal cord and i have like 20 people sworn to help me when Z-Day gets here.

but im scared of heights.

[AnnaSeptic]

I have a massive phobia or fishing hooks. Specifically, getting stabbed in the eye with one. I can't go near one without freaking out. Even seeing a picture of one puts me on edge.
hahaha I know that's random.

also, I have a bit of an irrational fear of talking on the phone and even calling in prescriptions and such with the automated voice scares me a bit. obviously though, I've kind of forced myself to get over it.

and I'm also terrified of touching showerheads ever since I went to Guatemala, where the showerheads spouted sparks.

[Chovies]

Read the first two posts and thats pretty much me.

[Fritz]

i cant stand touching cotton wool or touching my pulse. eeww!!!

[worry_rock]

I thought I'd posted in this, but apparently not.

WAX PEOPLE. I am deathly afraid of wax people, I can't even describe the feeling I get when I'm near one.

Oh, and the fear is only when I'm near one. Not seeing them on tv or anything (eg. House of Wax).

[Mogle]

The sound of people blowing their nose. I can NOT stand that.

[The Dying Start]

Yeah, but are you scared of it? What happens when YOU blow your nose?

[mattheal]

he doesnt, he just lets it run all over town

[TheColonel]

he doesnt, he just lets it run all over town

http://wsilva.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/jesus-facepalm.jpg

[TaylorLovesChrisCheneyx]

I have a phobia of the dark......haha
Hate being in the dark.

[WakeUpToTheManipulation]

i have a fear of balloons, heights, forumers...

[TaylorLovesChrisCheneyx]

does that mean that you have a phobia of me? :p

[WakeUpToTheManipulation]

spiders are my biggest fear, i am terrified of them. even small ones scare me. and i know why too:
when i was 4 ish a neighbour decided it would be fun to show his pet huntsman, which jumped onto me and hissed at me.

and yes taylor i said ALL forumers.

[TaylorLovesChrisCheneyx]

nawwwww :(