The Phobic Thread- Page 2

[James885]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:51pm

I am scared to death of snakes.

Posted: 6/20/06 at 9:53pm

Confidended spaces
heights- I once had to get on an elevator at the TOYS R US in Times Square, I was so scarred to look down I crawled into a ball and sat on the floor starring downward, I almost had a panic attack.

drowning is also a big fear of mine.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:07pm

"Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words"

that made me laugh

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:32pm

small spaces

[Dirty Rotten Scoundrel]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:48pm

Elevators. Holy crap. I'd rather walk up 20 flights of stairs. I have, too.

Spiders. They're just. Gah.

[colleen_lee]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 10:57pm

Failure.

social situations in which small talk is expected.

Telephones.

Failure.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:31pm

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- that REALLY is fear of long words

[Silence = Death]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:34pm

Spiders
Really, really big cochroaches
Big insects
Needles
Other people or things touching my neck
Being picked up

[justagirl2]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:37pm

I've got some weird ones...

*Clowns - there's a long, detailed story to go along with that one...but jesters, minstrels, anything like that terrifies me. One of my friends has a clown room in his house, and took me in it last week without me knowing. I hadn't cried so hard in a long time.
*Amputees - I get made fun of so much for that one, but the thought of it just makes me want to vomit.
*Confined spaces - I've passed out 3 times in tanning beds before because of it...it's more my body's reaction to them that scares me.
*Ferris wheels - I almost jumped out of one when I was 2-ish...my dad, who was with me, is even more scared of them now than I am. Updated On: 6/20/06 at 11:37 PM

[picturetaker9211]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:38pm

birds
high heights
unusually large bugs/insects
needles used for shots
going down escalators- I fell off one when I was about 6
death
getting hurt/falling down

[soapguy17]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:39pm

Heights

Hasselhoff in a Musical

Reaching middle age and not being married

failure

[picturetaker9211]

Posted: 6/20/06 at 11:41pm

I forgot to mention rodents of any kind. They freak me out.

Posted: 6/21/06 at 12:22am

I forgot clowns. I kicked one in the nuts in Disney World as a kid.

[C is for Company]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:01am

*Appendicitis! Ugh I cringe when I think of them. The thought of a minor organ thing inside you enlarging and exploding to the possibility of death scares me a lot. I am always morbidly fascinated when I find out someone I know has had one though. I have to ask all sorts of questions in case I need to be prepared!

*Sharks. Oh my God. Jaws seriously messed me up big time years and years ago. I can just picture a dark moving object jetting swiftly towards the person and getting them when they can't see it in a big mass of black water. Just not being able to see what is there freaks me out.

*I don't like being high up on stairs where there are slats in between and they aren't covered up. Like at this waterpark near me, there was this 80 ft. bodyslide and to get up there you had to walk up this gigantic wooden staircase. There were spaces in between the stairs and the railings are not that high as I would feel safe with and they have wide spaces between them. I was incredibly thankful to actually get the hell down on the 80 ft. drop to get the hell off those scary stairs!

Updated On: 6/21/06 at 02:01 AM

[JustChillin8908]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:15am

Spiders

Bees

Deep bodies of water that you can't see to the bottom of

Certain heights if I don't feel safe (don't stay in the pyramid at the Luxor in Las Vegas if you have a fear of heights...)

[thirdrowcenter]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 10:55am

homicide bombers

[suNLily]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 1:38pm

I am scared of severe illnesses.

I am deathly afraid of tornadoes. The thought of them, the prospect of them, etc. They just scare the bajeebers out of me!

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 1:50pm

"*Appendicitis! Ugh I cringe when I think of them. The thought of a minor organ thing inside you enlarging and exploding to the possibility of death scares me a lot. I am always morbidly fascinated when I find out someone I know has had one though. I have to ask all sorts of questions in case I need to be prepared! "


I had appendicitis. Let me just say- NOT FUN!

My friend's exploded and he was in the hospital for 3 months- nearly died.

[peach]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 3:13pm

Scuba diving (stop laughing).
Confined spaces.
Unidentified creepy crawlies and great big bugs.

[Atrias]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 3:14pm

Museum mannequins (very long story)
Showering in an empty house (Psycho!)

[CrimsonFaerie]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 3:18pm

choking on pills (any size)
needles

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 3:18pm

Heights

The present administration

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 3:22pm

So my phobia has no name? Unless it falls under scoleciphobia.

[neddyfrank2]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 3:25pm

CAlvin- What is your phobia?

[Calvin]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 3:26pm

See Page 1 -- caterpillars.