What are yours? I was reading the thread on weird snake behaviour and it gave me a bit of the creeps when researching the type of snake mentioned. It got me wondering as to what other people have fears of. For me heights and small spaces seem to be my worst with snakes, needles and spiders are at some degree or another: can cope with small spiders and tattoo needles not any big spiders but getting better on needle front.

Spiders. Words cannot express the hate and loathing I feel towards the hairy little fethers.

Open doors. Once again, words cannot express how much I abhor the sight of an open door. Terrifying.

Not sure if it's a genuine phobia, but I sometimes panic if I can't freely move my limbs. The thought of it makes me uncomfortable.

susejo239 wrote:Open doors. Once again, words cannot express how much I abhor the sight of an open door. Terrifying.

That is certainly an unusual one, currently in my flat all the doors except bedroom and front are open, and normally stay like that for the most part.

Not a phobia, but I intensely dislike the texture of sponge. Touching a sponge makes my skin crawl and I will physically shudder.

Heights mainly

I'm not really clostrophobic but if I can't move my arms and legs I freak out.


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Howard A Treesong wrote:Not a phobia, but I intensely dislike the texture of sponge. Touching a sponge makes my skin crawl and I will physically shudder.

Fine with sponges, but chalk... can't even think about even picking up a piece of chalk without shuddering.

Reading my threads? lol, but Green Tree Vine Snakes are harmless!

Ogryn wrote:Reading my threads? lol, but Green Tree Vine Snakes are harmless!

Until they bite you.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Howard A Treesong wrote:Not a phobia, but I intensely dislike the texture of sponge. Touching a sponge makes my skin crawl and I will physically shudder.

Fine with sponges, but chalk... can't even think about even picking up a piece of chalk without shuddering.

cotton balls.....*cringe.* no phobias really...for a little i feared driving like the plague.

I don't know about phobias, but I'm terrified of heights, don't like spiders (though it's not a debilitating fear) and (and this one is weird) large sea creatures that aren't whales, and I can actually trace the origin of that one; the natural science museum where I grew up has some kind of giant model of an ancient crustacean. It's actually only about three feet long, if that, but when I was five or six it looked more like 100 feet.

Ever since I saw that, I've felt very uncomfortable around large sea animals; even the giant eel in Mario 64 disturbed me a bit. Fortunately.... well, when the hell am I ever going to be around giant sea animals? (famous last words...)

Coolyo294 wrote:Spiders. Words cannot express the hate and loathing I feel towards the hairy little fethers.

Spiders I have found are eternal optimists and for this reason I like them, making their little webs in out of the way corners and behind the hot water heater.

They will never catch a darn thing back there, and the many many skeletons of spiders past attest to this fact.

But they still spin their webs there and slowly starve to death, and once a year I clear whats left of them out with a broom.


Actually maybe they arn't optimists, maybe they're just stupid.

Scared of spiders, height, and accidentally rolled up in my blanket when asleep.

I hate spiders and foam.

Got to be heights for me. I've been 40' plus in the air on boom lifts and thought i would literally freeze up.
Heart stopping at times.

worms and slugs and caterpillars. I've gotten used to them, and I can come close to a caterpillar, and it will make my hairs rise to needlepoints and try to kill the catterpillar, but I can come near it and be fine. I can't stand discovering a worm when I'm digging, and I have a special loathing for slugs. I will try to kill them if I can, but then I usually spend two minutes scraping my shoe against concrete to make sure I got all of it off.

Spiders - 'nuff said.

I'm not sure if i'm arachnaphobic or not, because tiny ones I can ignore, medium sized start to make me feel very uncomfortable, and big ones just freak me out.
I'm honestly glad I don't live in a country that has 'effing huge tarantulas & similar, because in all honesty, if I came across one of those - I really have no idea what I would do.

It isn't a phobia but I have a healthy respect for angry bees.

Middle Eastern men in man robes. There's some good ones....but the bad ones can come out of no where.

I'm alright with heights until I look up then its cold sweat time... (looking down has never bothered me)

Scorpions is another which I blame on watching 'The Black Scorpion' all on my own at night when I was about six...

Then theres needles that people stick in you and razor blades.

Mick

Jihadin wrote:Middle Eastern men in man robes. There's some good ones....but the bad ones can come out of no where.

That's probably a rational fear, given your line of work....

Mice I cant stand fething mice.

I am ok with spiders and snakes and any other animal but I fething freak out about mice.

Darn...your right...well...give me a bit more time to think of a creepy one

Heights, drowning (did once, got the image of it burnt into my mind and took a little while to actually willingly swim again as it would haunt me anytime I got near a pool or such, but did anyway (was 8 and my Mum had already paid for the swimming lessons (she didn't know it had happened) so I had no choice but to as there was no refunds )) and crowds. All of which I deal with by concentrating elsewhere to the point they're not really there at all. Though height is the harder one for me.

As for stuff like spiders and snakes, like anyone else should be, cautious around them and maintain distance from the rather poisonous ones. The poisonous ones do mess with me though, if I spot one I need to remove it or know where it is.

Sharks...knowing how close sharks come to the shoreline. Doing flight training over seashores and seeing the sharks near beach goers in the water...

Chickens.....they are Satans lapdogs sent too terrify and freak me out... The way they move, that 'bob bob bob' motion, the way they peck at anything without seeming too pick anything up and those eyes *shudders*....

The eyes are the windows to the soul, a Chickens eyes are gloss black holes that suck in light and time within a certain distance..

What about pigeons, they seem to have the chicken movement down well?

Pigeons? Nah...they are just flying rats. Chickens are malevolent, evil creatures. They should all be roasted, fried, BBQ'd and poached until none remain. A world wide culling is the only way...

Used to be sharks.

Whe I would do triathalons it didn't matter how fat or slow I had to swim, but I had to be between 2 other competitors.

That fear of being eating alive by a fish...

Moths, the bigger they are the more terrifying they are

Horrible fuzzy fat-bodied fluttery things, with eyes of pure malice and those feathery antennae....

Can't even be in the same room as a moth, even if it is stationary....

Roller Coasters

Thought Godzilla crisped the scarey one? Mothra...

roller coasters?

seriously?

The problems I have with roller coasters are the height factor. Thats why I don't go on many.

gotcha.

Childhood trauma.

Edit: oh, and being a pansy.

Height I'm scared of. Everytime I go on a airborne operation I get scared. It's like this.

One Miiinuutteeee- Thinking why I volunteer to do this.

OUT BOARD PERSONNEL STAND UP! INBOARD PERSONNEL STAND UP! knees a bit weak..maybe from all the equipment in my rucksack thats making me tired...I know I didn't go over 45 lbs.

HHHOOOOKKKKK UUUPPPP!! Holy Mother of all Gawd am I'm really going to do this?

CCHHHEECCKKKKK EEQQUUIIPPPMMEENNNTTTT! Check leg straps make sure not one of my boys is under a strap....and damn...I have to pee....

SSOOUUUNNNDDDD OFF FOR EQUIPMENT CHECK!! Ass clinch tight cause the guy behind me going to show how brave he is when he smacks your ass like a porn star....you do the same to the guy in front of you....I'm really doing this for how much again?

Last guy slapped says "ALL OKAY JUMPMASTER!" No backing down now. Oh....My....Good...get me off this plane...I have to pee so bad...and the shoulder straps are really digging in.

Old way "STAND IN THE DOOR!" Did one of my boys slide back under the strap?

GREEN LIGHT GO!! Stumbling to the door mind almost blank. The thought of "I don't want to" is there. Reality is go out the door yourself or the guy behind you going push you out.

think I OT here

I fear nothing, my nightmares are scared of me.

All hail Mattyrm, the new Chuck Norris

Heights. 1/4" steel-mesh catwalk separating me from a 90' plunge to the concrete below sucks. I hate walking around the plant sometimes.

But at least no one is shooting at me.

1. Needles because when i was young i had 4 in a row.
2. Heights I find it hard to look over banisters.
3 Small spaces went to on a trip with my school to a army base and went into a small dark tunnel then couldnt find a way out (I was crawling through) it took me a hour to get out.

But at least no one is shooting at me.

Not really fear thats getting pissed off after the "Holy Feth....I'm being shot at" and seek cover...you know your going to peek over whatever cover you have to possibly expose yourself to more fire to see whats going on....curiousity a mofo

Azza007 wrote:

susejo239 wrote:Open doors. Once again, words cannot express how much I abhor the sight of an open door. Terrifying.

That is certainly an unusual one, currently in my flat all the doors except bedroom and front are open, and normally stay like that for the most part.

Then I would not like your room. I'd be thinking, CLOSE THE FETHIN DOORS!

I always get made fun of for this but... missing limbs. Not sure what it is but anyone with a missing finger, arm, leg and so on.

Its gotten so bad that at one point while my wife and i were leaving a department store the greeter at the door was missing her arm from just below her elbow, I couldnt go anywhere near her we had to stay there for almost two hours casue I would freeze up in panic if i got to close. We finally left when some one asked the greeter for help and she moved far enough away from the door so i could hurry and run out.

I really hate this fear too. Mainly cause i feel bad for the way i act around these people by hurrying and moving as far away as i can because i know its not their fault that they lost the limb and there is nothing they can do about it now.

Spiders, heights, and I'm kinda clastrophobic :/

Howard A Treesong wrote:Not a phobia, but I intensely dislike the texture of sponge. Touching a sponge makes my skin crawl and I will physically shudder.

This but with solid foams and velvet.

Insects and arachnids in general creep me out but I'm not really scared of them, other than moths that is. If a moth flies towards me I will flail like a little girl.

Depending on other people...not sure if that really counts as a "phobia" though.

No phobias, but open doors and large open places make me nervous.

I dont have any phonias I know of, an I'd like it to stay that way. My sister on the other hand is VEEERY afraid of spiders. There was a time when she made me check her shoes for the 8-leggers before she would put them on. Sheesh!

I'm not afraid of being at heights, jumping on the other hand...

Also natural things being in me, so splinters, parasites, blackheads all freak me out.

I will vault over furniture to avoid someone touching my stomach or sides. It freaks me the feth out. Along with anything sticky and receiving compliments. They're both a no-go.

Spiders and Chalk..

I really despise Chalk.

Nerivant wrote:Ireceiving compliments.

Your spelling is wonderful.

Any flying insect and drowning.

kronk wrote:

Nerivant wrote:Ireceiving compliments.

Your spelling is wonderful.

I have problems with compliments, not sarcasm.

Ha! I actually missed the spelling error.

How ironic!

Escalators...

Also had a friend scared of blu-tack. So one day when he wasn't paying attention got some and put it over his bag buckles so he would have to touch it in order to open his bag to get out his books. Funny as hell watching his reaction, though cruel. Best part was he blamed someone else who does it all the time. He still doesn't know that it was me.

I fear having my stuff stolen. I carry a knife with me when I walk across the campus at night. When I was in Paris, I safety-pinned all my pockets shut.

Although I fear open water, I was cool with scuba diving. When my guide pointed out a moray eel, I got pretty close to it.

I used to be Auto-phobic (fear of oneself), now i just get creeped out by things. I hate velvet, it gives me shivers up my spine and I feel weird for awhile afterwards. And I hate roaches. I'm not scared of them, I know they're harmless, and in fact very clean. But I've woken up to them crawling all over me too many times and I really don't like them now.
Also needles. Or rather, I don't like losing a part of myself. So I'm a little bit 'meh' about getting an injection (still dont' like it though) but if you need to remove a tooth, or take blood I'd really rather not.
I have the opposite of a fear of hieghts. I fell out of a tree when I was a kid, didn't get damaged and loved it ever since. I actually have to stay away from ledges that are too high due to my tendency to get -way- too close.

CuddlySquig wrote:I carry a knife with me when I walk across the campus at night.

What's weird about that? I did (and will do) that every time I had a night class or had to go meet somebody.

Nerivant wrote:

CuddlySquig wrote:I carry a knife with me when I walk across the campus at night.

What's weird about that? I did (and will do) that every time I had a night class or had to go meet somebody.

Depends what kind of knife we're talking about here. A Swiss Army? Fine. A Small Climbing (>3 Inches)? Fine! A K-Bar? A bit excessive.

That being said, I do carry around a Gerber Multi-tool. 1.5 inch knife, screwdrivers, pliers, everything I need for sailing/work around the house.

i have a knife under my pillow....

I am terrified by glitter and salad dressing. Also, I have an awful dread of not doing the best at everything.

I don't really have any phobias. Not particularly keen on spiders (or bugs/incests in general) but if I see one I don't scream and run away....
And I love heights which is a common phobia, I also like walking at night/in the dark, it can be a little creepy/scary but something about the dark is fascinating...

lord commissar klimino wrote:i have a knife under my pillow....

I get the feeling that that wouldn't go well under my pillow....

I hate heights but I love falling.

Although i dont believe its a recognised phobia i have a severe fear of amusment park rides. Wont go near them, WILL NOT get on one. Even "harmless" ones like Ferris wheels or Dodgem cars get the better of me.
And while not a phobia by any stretch, i get the overwhelming and unrelenting urge to punch the crap out of things like sports team mascots and those guys at theme parks who walk around in oversized novelty animal/"thing" suits. Emperor help any fool in a MickyMouse costume because i will lay him out before he can do one of his rediculous laughs.

n0t_u wrote:As for stuff like spiders and snakes, like anyone else should be, cautious around them and maintain distance from the rather poisonous ones. The poisonous ones do mess with me though, if I spot one I need to remove it or know where it is.

Im like this too. While im not afraid of spiders if i see a Whitetail or something poisonous i have to know where it is at all times until i spray him. Huntsmans and stuff like that are fine though.

Deathly afraid of heights.

And here I am training to be a pilot. Love flying though, can't stand heights. Put me on a ladder and I'll wet myself, but at 3000 feet, I'm happy as a clam.

Still also a little afraid of the dark, never quite got over that one.

Blacksails wrote:Deathly afraid of heights.

And here I am training to be a pilot. Love flying though, can't stand heights. Put me on a ladder and I'll wet myself, but at 3000 feet, I'm happy as a clam.

Still also a little afraid of the dark, never quite got over that one.

Just remember: It's not the dark you should fear, but what's in it!!!

Snrub wrote:Although i dont believe its a recognised phobia i have a severe fear of amusment park rides. Wont go near them, WILL NOT get on one. Even "harmless" ones like Ferris wheels or Dodgem cars get the better of me.
And while not a phobia by any stretch, i get the overwhelming and unrelenting urge to punch the crap out of things like sports team mascots and those guys at theme parks who walk around in oversized novelty animal/"thing" suits. Emperor help any fool in a MickyMouse costume because i will lay him out before he can do one of his rediculous laughs.

I totally agree with that!

alarmingrick wrote:

Blacksails wrote:Deathly afraid of heights.

And here I am training to be a pilot. Love flying though, can't stand heights. Put me on a ladder and I'll wet myself, but at 3000 feet, I'm happy as a clam.

Still also a little afraid of the dark, never quite got over that one.

Just remember: It's not the dark you should fear, but what's in it!!!

...Exactly, don't be scared of the dark...be scared when I..um..I mean...be scared when you feel that hand clamp around your foot from under the bed.

FITZZ wrote:

alarmingrick wrote:

Blacksails wrote:Deathly afraid of heights.

And here I am training to be a pilot. Love flying though, can't stand heights. Put me on a ladder and I'll wet myself, but at 3000 feet, I'm happy as a clam.

Still also a little afraid of the dark, never quite got over that one.

Just remember: It's not the dark you should fear, but what's in it!!!

...Exactly, don't be scared of the dark...be scared when I..um..I mean...be scared when you feel that hand clamp around your foot from under the bed.

None of you are helping . Before I go to sleep I have close all the doors and arrange furniture so it doesn't look like the silhouette of a person/creature.

I hate little rodents when they are in my room.
Hasnt happened in a few years, but the sounds of them running around freaks me out
I used to keep a high powered pump pistol (shot those shaped metal pellet things) by my bed in case one got in so I could waste it

Also trash/trash juice. I wear gloves when I take out the trash and recycling, its so disgusting

Aussies don't have phobias about snakes or spiders.

Phobias are IRRATIONAL fears. Given how many of each can kill you here, our fears are entirely RATIONAL, and hence, NOT a phobia.

Clowns creep me out though.

chromedog wrote:Aussies don't have phobias about snakes or spiders.

Phobias are IRRATIONAL fears. Given how many of each can kill you here, our fears are entirely RATIONAL, and hence, NOT a phobia.

Clowns creep me out though.

...Honestly...this irrational prejudice against clowns that people tend to display has gotten way out of hand..

I don't really have problems with clowns, never had a reason to be scared of them.

Power outs ._.

I had a rather bad experience, I was watching the exorcist with a friend and we were pretty much alone. When the spirit was coming out of the girl...the power went out...I have never lit a candle faster in my entire life.

FITZZ wrote:

...Honestly...this irrational prejudice against clowns that people tend to display has gotten way out of hand..

When life gives you lemons... go murder a clown.

Seriously though, they radiate evil. They're like walking malevolence batteries.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:

Coolyo294 wrote:Spiders. Words cannot express the hate and loathing I feel towards the hairy little fethers.

Spiders I have found are eternal optimists and for this reason I like them, making their little webs in out of the way corners and behind the hot water heater.

They will never catch a darn thing back there, and the many many skeletons of spiders past attest to this fact.

But they still spin their webs there and slowly starve to death, and once a year I clear whats left of them out with a broom.


Actually maybe they arn't optimists, maybe they're just stupid.

Erm...they find heat sources in order to shed their exoskeleton so they can grow. Those 'skeletons' you brush out are just shrivelled husks, the spider would be twice the size and probably looking for a safe place to hide until the new skin hardens :3

StasisNid95 wrote:
Erm...they find heat sources in order to shed their exoskeleton so they can grow. Those 'skeletons' you brush out are just shrivelled husks, the spider would be twice the size and probably looking for a safe place to hide until the new skin hardens :3

Why does that sound so much like a xenomorph?

I need to find and kill some spiders now. To keep them from becoming more powerful.

Nerivant wrote:

StasisNid95 wrote:
Erm...they find heat sources in order to shed their exoskeleton so they can grow. Those 'skeletons' you brush out are just shrivelled husks, the spider would be twice the size and probably looking for a safe place to hide until the new skin hardens :3

Why does that sound so much like a xenomorph?

I need to find and kill some spiders now. To keep them from becoming more powerful.

Please don't, I have 4 beautiful tarantulas and a breeding pair of emperor scorpions. I can't see why people can't appreaciate their beauty...

I fear nothing!

StasisNid95 wrote:
Please don't, I have 4 beautiful tarantulas and a breeding pair of emperor scorpions. I can't see why people can't appreaciate their beauty...

I have a tarantula called Beatrice, Beatie for short.

I dislike scorpions and millipedes but I don't fear them, I think its just the exo skeleton that weirds me out.

I'm rather afraid of the stove burning the house down so that I have to check to make sure its off even when it hasn't been used in days.

StasisNid95 wrote:

Please don't, I have 4 beautiful tarantulas and a breeding pair of emperor scorpions. I can't see why people can't appreaciate their beauty...

The way spiders walk freaks me out. They also have a horrible habit of popping out of nowhere when I least expect them.

I dislike swimming and I really hate having my head under water. WE ARE NOT DOLPHINS DAMMIT!

Coolyo294 wrote:

StasisNid95 wrote:

Please don't, I have 4 beautiful tarantulas and a breeding pair of emperor scorpions. I can't see why people can't appreaciate their beauty...

The way spiders walk freaks me out. They also have a horrible habit of popping out of nowhere when I least expect them.

I had one start going up my leg while on the toilet the other day, scared the hell out of me. Good job was already there otherwise...

I hate heights with a passion, probably coz I feel 15ft out of a tree when I was younger, missed breaking myself on a wooden plank below the tree by inches. (surprisingly nothing more than bruises!)

I love water though, despite almost drowning twice. Once when I was younger in a swimming pool when they turned on the waves in the deep end, and I kept going under, and once when I was sailing a small boat after about 4 weeks of learning (about 15 hours of experience) and this storm came out of nowhere and flipped the boat. That was actually surprisingly fun. But then I'm strange like that.

Space Crusader wrote:I dislike swimming and I really hate having my head under water. WE ARE NOT DOLPHINS DAMMIT!

This too.

If my feet can't touch, I'm not going in.

...I love boating/fishing though...

mega_bassist wrote:

Space Crusader wrote:I dislike swimming and I really hate having my head under water. WE ARE NOT DOLPHINS DAMMIT!

This too.

If my feet can't touch, I'm not going in.

...I love boating/fishing though...

Pah. Swimming is as awesome as boating.

Chowderhead wrote:

mega_bassist wrote:

Space Crusader wrote:I dislike swimming and I really hate having my head under water. WE ARE NOT DOLPHINS DAMMIT!

This too.

If my feet can't touch, I'm not going in.

...I love boating/fishing though...

Pah. Swimming is as awesome as boating.

QFT, love swimming. And we're related to dolphins, so swimming should be natural!

I actually sleep well at night. Its not because I have a 9mm in the night stand drawer nor the M4 leaning against the wall nearby within reach. Nothing more reassuring then chambering a round in both weapons when my wife think its someone in the house.

How often does your wife think people are in the house??

Snrub wrote:How often does your wife think people are in the house??

I pity the fool if he ever catches someone! (the intruder, not Jman!)

My Phobia is Driving, honestly. But only because I was in an incident :x.

Also, Arachniphobia + Insecophobia ((Ironic, as I play Nids))

Balloons, (the plastic ones).

Takeshishin wrote:My Phobia is Driving, honestly. But only because I was in an incident :x.

almost this....its just so.....*cringe*

Jihadin wrote:I actually sleep well at night. Its not because I have a 9mm in the night stand drawer nor the M4 leaning against the wall nearby within reach. Nothing more reassuring then chambering a round in both weapons when my wife think its someone in the house.

Snrub wrote:How often does your wife think people are in the house??

More importantly, where are these burglars that require two firearms to stop coming from?

Mine is pitch darkness. I actually can't walk around in my house at night without flipping on damn near every light switch between my room and wherever I'm walking to (usually the kitchen). I can only fall asleep if I leave the TV on since I know it's glowing on the room.

Looking over tall balconies. ESPECIALLY if I have to even slightly raise my heels.

I am a fearful person. I dislike heights but I did manage to do an 18.5metre free fall drop thing. Twice.

I do avoid bees but I do not fear them as such.
Other fears are small spaces, spiders and chaos daemons.

Bicycles, but only when I can hear them behind me but cant see them..... I feel they have the potential to do so much damage. Oh and when people watch me walk it gives me the creeps... Like they're predators trying to assess wether I'm a weak member of the pack. Love spiders though, or at least displaying them to those that cant stand them.

I fear nothing...
My girlfriend on the other hand? Spiders, Water, Insects of any kind...

Mottophobic.

(Not a fear of mottos!)

Idk what it is, but I can't get near bugs or even kill them. The very sound of a bug being crunched underfoot makes me cringe...

Not a phobia, but certainly an irrational hatred. I enjoy studying marine biology, all phylums. I LOVED scuba diving, every second, including the sharksucker that was very interested in me (it was a little freaky under water, but cool to look back on). But once while snorkeling, jellyfish appeared in the water. Nothing bad, just some variety of Cassiopea. I now fething. Hate. Jellyfish. They're cool to study, but when you're in the water, you can look around and mentally note where all local jellies are, go down, resurface 3 feet away, turn around, and BOOM! 1 inch form your face. I enjoy studying them, but I hate swimming with them.

Comb Jellies are awesome, though. Like little "Phi Phenomenon" lights, in the water.