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    Stemming from Kaiyla's thread....

    What kind of phobias do you guys have?

    I have an extreme fear of loud noises, like balloons popping and fireworks, it's absolutely paralyzing and I feel soooo stupid.

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    aracnophobia (sp?) I fear spiders..

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    Cockroaches. I feel ridiculous because they won't hurt you, they're just gross, but I am positively terrified of them. Snakes and spiders don't bother me; I used to catch water mocassins when I was a kid. And I don't mind other bugs either. But one cockroach and I will run away shrieking like an axe-rapist is after me.

    Remember that pest-control commercial that started out looking like a shampoo ad and then had that incredibly realistic, enormous, life-sized roach running around on the screen? I am embarrassed to admit this but...

    I smashed my TV. Yelling like Rocky Balboa. Not my finest hour.

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    LOL Yekh, I fear insects, so I sympathize.

    I guess my fear is called Ligyrophobia. It makes me so embarrased because other people look at me like Im nuts because I'll get so freaked out I'll cry. :[

    I also have such an extreme fear a bees that I crashed the side of my car because one flew in the car. Now I'm afraid to leave my windows down during the day.

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    Crashed your car? Now I feel better about the TV.

    I dunno if it counts as a phobia because I'm not completely incapacitated by it, but I also get very fearful and nervous in large warehouse-type stores. You know, like Home Depot and Sam's Club, where they have the concrete floors and the huge, three-story ceilings piled high with stuff? I don't know what about them makes me so uncomfortable, but I won't go in there by myself if I can help it, and I'm always nervous and queasy until I get out. Dumb, I know.

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    Yeah, not really crashed, but ran off the road scraping across the barbed wire fence.....

    Here's pictures of it...

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    I fear what i cannot see. For example, I have to sleep with the door shut so I can see the whole room. Since I cannot see down the hallway, I cant leave the bedroom door open. I cant go in tanning beds, not cause Im claustrophobic, but becaue you have to keep your eyes closed, and can't see out.
    I could never sleep on like, a living room couch, becaue that is just way to open, and you cant see the whole house from there, and theres no door to shut you in. Wide open spaces don't bother me, as long as I can see everything, but I perfer smaller areas. I woudl be perfectly happy sleeping in a closet with the door shut, since that is so small, you would be able to see everything around you.

    Ever since i wrecked my car in the snow(flipped over a hill), I am deathly afraid of driving in snow. I wont do it. Thank god I live in vegas now. Back in PA, if it snowed, I called off work, or took a taxi. Snow on a hill? forget it. I would get out and walk down the hill, and make the person driving pick me up at the bottom.

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    I have pantophobia. My kids think I have pantaphobia, but I have them fooled.

    (No, it's not a fear of pants.)

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    Hypodermic needles (I'm perfectly fine with tattoo needles, piercing needles, etc)

    Bridges and other man-made heights (except most tall buildings... but I hate being near floor-to-ceiling windows in one)

    forgetting and being forgotten

    hot metal (this is why I dunno how to use a curling iron)

    And spiders... kinda. I'm not so much afraid of them as I dont trust them. Especially after my run in with a recluse a few years back.

    I used to have a horrid fear of doctors and authority figures (thank you, Devereaux) but thats mostly gone.
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    Fear of vomiting! I don't know what it would be called, but I ABSOLUTELY HATE throwing up!

    I also dislike spiders. Bleeeeeeecccchhhhhhh.

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    the sound of silverware scraping against my plate or my teeth when I'm eating!

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    Puke/puking and heights. And big crowds...



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    Trains. Don't know exactly why, I've just always been scared of trains. Not quite fobic I guess, just terrifying

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    just spiders. i don't even fear death, yet i fear anything with 8 legs. it's just the way they walk and how they spin webs with their scary pointy legs.

    aaaaaaaaargh.

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    ladybugs. *shivers* just thinking about them freaks me out. and when i see one, i either go out of my way to avoid it, or stand there shreaking til someone comes to kill it.
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    I don't like really sharp objects. Things like knives, broken glass, box cutters ect. I once had a bad panic attack in a kitchen supply store. All the lights bouncing off this wall of knives freaked me out so bad!

    Until recently I had been buying already chopped or diced veggies from the grocery. It is a real waste of money though... unless you are like me and working with knives isn't the most pleasant experience .

    Now I have one of those chop wizard things & it's fabulous. I'm feeling very free in the kitchen these days
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    monkeys.....monkeys that wear little red hats....that eat cheese....really stinky cheese....especially if the monkey is french....YIKES
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    Cockroaches. I feel ridiculous because they won't hurt you, they're just gross, but I am positively terrified of them. Snakes and spiders don't bother me; I used to catch water mocassins when I was a kid. And I don't mind other bugs either. But one cockroach and I will run away shrieking like an axe-rapist is after me.
    It's ok, I'm the exact same way. I dont mind spiders or other insects but please do not bring me around roaches. OMG I even saw one of those Palmetto bugs when I was in Florida.. I lost it!!!

    I also do not like heights. I dont get on rollercoasters because I dont liek the heights, and I dont' like the fast speed *feels like I'm being smothered* and it makes my heart feel funny. Oh, and Like I seriously cannot stand on top of a chair and jump off. It scares the crap out of me.







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    Quote Originally Posted by cinammonkisses View Post
    It's ok, I'm the exact same way. I dont mind spiders or other insects but please do not bring me around roaches. OMG I even saw one of those Palmetto bugs when I was in Florida.. I lost it!!!
    btw, if anyone doesn't know what a Palmetto bugs is it's basicaly a big giant flying roach. They are pretty much everywhere in FL too.
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    Lice. And being surrounded by people. No holiday rush shopping, no concerts, etc. There's a reason I'm dayshift. Crowds are bad for me, what with the hyperventilating and shrieking.

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    My mom has a phobia of rats. And when I say phobia I don't mean it like a lot of people who use it to mean they're very afraid of something. I mean my mother has an intense, irrational fear of rats and anything rat like. This includes mice, guinea pigs, hamsters, gerbils, ferrets and, to some extent, rabbits and squirrels. She cannot watch any rat-like creature on TV including cartoon rats if they are too realistic like Templeton in Charlotte's Web. When we had cats we could not get them catnip mice.

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    My wife has a fear of clowns (Coulrophobia). No matter what they look like...she sees them all like this:


    So....I bought her a mug from http://www.ihateclowns.com/
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    don't laugh: buttons i wonder if that has a name... buttonobia

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    The Palmetto Bug is really called the American Cockroach, one of the two most common types of roaches... the other being the German. Germans are the most common household roach, the kinds you usually only see when there is an infestation, whereas the American is an outdoor roach, which is very commonly seen in public without being a sign of large numbers.
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    Fans..they scare me..i always think they are gonna fly off and hit me lol..i know weird. My huge phobia is snakes though...im deathly afraid of them. ahh now im all freaked out

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