Your most irrational phobias

katana1200 said:
You know I forgot about the crowds and enclosed areas. I don't do rock concerts or haunted houses. Too many people, to tight of an area. If I get stuck in a narrow haunted house hallway I break out in cold sweats.
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oddly enough my claustrophobia does not pertain to these situations. i don't know why. i have pushed my way through haunted houses, mosh pits and even a riot once (philadelphias mardi gras). i guess i feel confident that if i'm not "trapped" between walls i can force my way through. heck i didn't even know i was in the middle of a riot until the next day when it was on the news. i do know i was as drunk as can be and knocking people over left and right with elbows. :grinyes: i had to, there was almost a dozen people depending on me to get them out of there.

now that i think about it i guess it was pretty obvious rioting was going on. :y220d:

the funny part is i have no idea why walls make a difference since i demo'd buildings for a living and know how VERY EASY they normally are to knock in or down. :dance2:
 
Special post for the bug phobics.

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These live in my back garden, harmless but they can bite. About 3 secs after the pick it grabbed the soft skin between my thumb and hand and had a good chew.

Thats a common tree Wete, the Giant Weta are about twice that size, but they are very rare.

Now..... No nightmares... OK?

Ian
 
Nue said:
Airplains! If i can't drive there, i don't go there.
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I have horrible anxiety associated with flying, and yet I have little choice but to fly fairly often. I wish I could insist on driving, but it's a long road from Honolulu to the mainland....

It's interesting that several people on this thread mentioned airplanes or flying--I understand that, statistically, this affects a lot of people.
Although when someone who is not afraid of flying tries to talk you out of your fear, they sure do make you feel like you're the only irrational weirdo in the world who'd ever have such a crazy thought. :mad:
 
Short heights (stepladders, porches, things people normally jump off) really bother me. Planes, roller coasters, standing on a balcony 100 stories up..that's all fine. Also...reaching into dark places. Not the dark, that's a-ok (especially for sleeping, it has to be pitch black for me to get there). But having to physically reach somewhere I cant see into, like under a porch or into a hole in a wall or under my bed...My arm's going to get ripped off, spiders will crawl on me, I'm going to pull out a dead animal (actually happened!). No sir, I don't like it!
 
not afraid of heights but of being in something up high that i cannot control(airplanes,glass walled elevators,elevators in general,etc.)
spiders,roaches,and someone breaking into my house again.(i think the last one is perfectly rational though)
 
Well, goody! Now I know never to invite an AC member to join me for a showing of my bug collection at the top of a ladder perched on top of an airplane as I lean back and put my gruesome, smelly feet in their face. Quite a useful thread! ;)
 
Stargazer53 said:
For me, snakes. I don't mind looking at them through a glass but if I ever had an encounter with one in the wild (non-poisonous or poisonous), I'm pretty sure I would freak out. Another fear I have is clowns. I know it's silly but the makeup used on clowns really scare me. To this day, I still cannot eat at Mc Donalds. Burrrrger King. ;)
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If you can't tell a venomous from a non-venomous snake your fear is not a phobia at all. It's a rational reaction to a potential danger. If you're afraid of them in cages that's a phobia.
 
NorthcoastGirl said:
Luposlipaphobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor

That was a Gary Larson cartoon. =)
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Luposlipaphobia: the rational fear that Luppy in pink tights will slide across your kitchen floor and slap you with wet goldfishies.....
 
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