Your phobias.

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**Cheese Elemental**

Everyone is scared of something. This is a subject we can all relate to each other about... no going off-topic here!

As I have explained before, I am really, really scared of immunisation needles. But a far worse phobia is that of knives. My hands tremble whenever I pick up a knife. It probably has something to do with my dad dying from being stabbed.

**Orkeosaurus**

Leeches.

**Hordini**

I'm scared of poor gun control laws, and wildlife that rips people to pieces and eats their children.

**LunaHound**

Spiders , or anything from arachnid family.

Or anything with more than 4 legs.

**Orkeosaurus**

No love for starfish then?

**Nofasse 'Eadhunta**

GHOSTS HWAAHHHH THEYRE EVERYWHERES

**Cheese Elemental**

Hordini wrote:I'm scared of poor gun control laws, and wildlife that rips people to pieces and eats their children.

There's no need to try and slide that in, thank you.

Ahh, leeches. I had awful experiences with leeches when I was camping as a child. Five of them on my face.

**Corpsesarefun**

As i believe i posted in a previous thread until i was around 14 i had a phobia of kites

**Chrysaor686**

I seriously don't have any phobias to speak of.

Needles don't bother me at all. Surprisingly, I'm not afraid of spiders (despite being bit on the face by a brown recluse and spending a good few weeks in the hospital getting antibiotics injected into my cheek). Leeches are really interesting.

If I had to pick one, I'd probably say heights. I don't have an inherent fear of them, per se (Like in enclosed spaces, such as a plane or the inside of a building), but standing on the edge of something very high up in the air tends to give me vertigo.

**Jimi Nemesis**

I don't so much have a phobia. I am a little nervous with heights, but nothing that will stop me doing what I want to for more than a second or two

**whatwhat**

I would say heights but the only time I get scared is when I don't feel safe. For example I ventured to the top of a hotel I was staying in in mexico once and found no railings stopping you from falling to your death. So considering that's more a rational fear than an irational one I don't think it's a phobia.

**George Spiggott**

I fear that gravity will fail and I will be flung off into space.

**Waaagh_Gonads**

Sharks.

Having my house broken into or burnt down...

**George Spiggott**

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:Sharks.

Having my house broken into or burnt down...

..by sharks? Awsome phobia.

**Jimi Nemesis**

Heh. In Oz, sharks scare most people. And Crocs. And Snakes. As well as just about everything else...

**mcfly**

Spiders, heights a little bit(only scared if its like 5-30 ft, nothing higher) and really tight spaces, like crawlspaces in a cave. The worst is spiders though.

**Lord Castellan Mik**

My phobia is that I don't have a phobia

Mik

**JD21290**

spiders can be crushed, and most will keep out your way

nothing really bothers me too much, allthough i do have a phobia of going back to iraq soon.

**OverbossGhurzubMoga**

My phobia is of greedy, power-hungry politicians that will drain the country of resources and screw the people over and then force the people to accept a new government where all the positions are appointed by other politicians who are in what's called an "Electoral College" but the people still get to vote on who goes where even though it doesn't matter.

**MeanGreenStompa**

Orkeosaurus wrote:Leeches.

also.

Irrational terror of them.

**sexiest_hero**

The Klan,I always fear that I'll have a break down in Mississipi, Tennesse, or Kentucky, and just vanish. Also I'm afraid of dead fish, Looking an me with thoses upside down cold eyes, damning me, like it's my fault they died.(No lie)

**Deff Dread red Edition**

I fear like most people from SA,going to sleep at night.Why you might ask well while on holiday in shelly beach(not really sure where it is located I slept most of the car journey)me and my family got there late and directly after supper went to bed,then at about 2 am some armed guys broke into our house almost stabbed my grandad and held us up for 4 to 5 hours,so now I stay awake almost everynight reading in a various books and such.

I also fear hights,spiders and for some reason monkeys bit not apes.

**malfred**

I fear going to visit the home country. I don't know why, but I do (fear it, that is).

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Chalk another one up for Spiders. Why do they need so many legs and eyes? What in the name of Satan's portion are the gribbly little buggers up to?

**barlio**

Heights. If I am on a ladder or anything above 6 feet I get weak-knees. It's funny because I'm 6'4". People I know say that I ought to be used to it.

I went on a roller coaster last summer. By the time we got to the top I was on the verge of throwing up. About 3/4 of the way up I seriously thought about finding a way to stop the coaster, but then I realized the way down was going to be a lot worse then just finishing the ride.

I wouldn't say it's a phobia, but I get a really weird feeling when my dog is anywhere near my neck. It's a seven pound dachsund so I'm not too worried. Maybe it means that I have some sort of premonition about how I will die?

**Belphegor**

Heights over water.
Tall buildings, overpasses whatever. As long as it dry below me, I'm fine.
But once there is water below, I get nervous.
If any knows the little grate-plated bridge that connects NJ to PA in Washington Crossing park *cringe*.

**thekingofdinner**

I have a phobia of maggots. Theyre just scary

**Rangerrob**

Sharks...Saw Jaws at too young of an age.

**barlio**

Creepshow 2 (the part with the blob like thing in the water)when I was probably 7 or 8. I didn't even want to get into a swimming pool for like 2 years.

The last time I saw that movie was during a make-out session. Not quite as scary when your older and you have a girl on top of you.

**malfred**

thekingofdinner wrote:I have a phobia of maggots. Theyre just scary

Ever read the Richard Sharpe series? They use maggots to clean wounds.