What are you afraid of?

[heyjupiter678]

I started to head out the front door tonight, when I noticed a huge spider hanging on the porch. I couldn't even step outside until my boyfriend killed it. I was SO freaked out.

I'd never really been afraid of them before, but lately the sight of even the smallest spider makes my skin crawl. I think it has something to do with what I found a few weeks ago on the curtain behind my bed - about a foot above my pillow:

<center>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/heyjupiter678/spider2_sm.jpg</center>

It's leg-span was well over two inches - probably closer to three. :eek: Ugh, it's still creeping me out . . .

So, do any of you have phobias?

[Lisa1769]

That thing would give anybody the shivers, especially right above the bed.

Years ago when I was pregnant with my son, we lived on a farm. I use to put together jig saw puzzles. I had my puzzle pieces on a card table, with the legs folded up underneath it. I bent down and picked it up, as I was walking with it, I knew something felt different. I set it down on the footstool and I had my fingernails in a huge black snake. I'm surprised I didn't go into labor right there. That will make you do a dance!!

But my phobia is water. I am petrified of it. I wish I could overcome the fear but I can't. My husband and I love to fish and I like being on the water but not in it. I am 35 years old and my husband made me take swim lessons. Imagine a 35 year old woman with 5 & 6 year old kids and I'm the one blubbering I can't do it. She actually wanted me to put my face in the water....lol.

Thats a few of my stories.

[GypsySorcerer]

I hate all insects (except butterflies). Spiders don't creep me out as much as flying, stinging ones do.

I also hate the sight of blood, and I have an odd phobia about veins. I cannot stand to have blood drawn. It just freaks me out.

[Violet]

I started to head out the front door tonight, when I noticed a huge spider hanging on the porch. I couldn't even step outside until my boyfriend killed it. I was SO freaked out.

I'd never really been afraid of them before, but lately the sight of even the smallest spider makes my skin crawl. I think it has something to do with what I found a few weeks ago on the curtain behind my bed - about a foot above my pillow:
It's leg-span was well over two inches - probably closer to three. :eek: Ugh, it's still creeping me out . . .

So, do any of you have phobias?

OMG, I can't believe you took a picture of that nasty thing! Did you kill it after you snapped the pic? Spiders would be at the top of my list. While living in FL I had a panic attack when a big, hairy wolf spider crawled out from behind my desk. I went outside and coaxed some stranger inside to kill it (after I chased it around with a broom for a while). Gives me the willies just looking at that pictures. UGH!

Carol

[amber]

I started to head out the front door tonight, when I noticed a huge spider hanging on the porch. I couldn't even step outside until my boyfriend killed it. I was SO freaked out.

I'd never really been afraid of them before, but lately the sight of even the smallest spider makes my skin crawl. I think it has something to do with what I found a few weeks ago on the curtain behind my bed - about a foot above my pillow:

<center>http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v490/heyjupiter678/spider2_sm.jpg</center>

It's leg-span was well over two inches - probably closer to three. :eek: Ugh, it's still creeping me out . . .

So, do any of you have phobias?
great, now YOUR spider is creeping me out! Thanks for the GIANT PICTURE :D I was held captive in my house by wasps a couple weeks ago - thats the main bug i'm scared of. I'm afraid of getting older...I'm afraid of being murdered....

[DeeGeMe]

Spiders don't bother me. We once had a "pet" spider take up residence on our back porch. Every night he'd weave the most amazingly intricate webs. We'd ooh and ah over the every morning. I also enjoy watching the bats fly around as the sun begins to set. I don't like other kinds of bugs though.

The thing that scares me is heights. I'm okay in a skyscraper but put me up on top of a mountain or something similar--and I'm scared to death.
As high as I ever want to get off the ground is when I'm on horseback.

Oh--and one more thing--the thought of another four years of Shrub in office really scares me to death.

[amber]

Just for future reference, I would advise that you don't ever move to Australia. This is the common huntsman which can always be found sticking its nose into your household business. I've spent hours chasing one out of my bedroom on occasion. You get used to it a bit, but when they're the size of your extended hand you still tend to yelp. These aren't venomous though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/Lux_Adams/Huntsman.jpg

The female Redbacks are the ones around here which do the damage. I would say it's a myth that they actually bite and do damage but then the family came over from New Zealand and just as we were telling them they were being paranoid, a redback bit a few of them. Lovely way to send the tourists away.

But then you have the most venomous spider in the world. The male Funnel Web is found in Sydney and every year a few more Sydney-siders drop off in the annual cull.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/Lux_Adams/FunnelWeb.jpg

We do of course also have something like 9 of the 10 deadliest snakes aswell but you don't see them. Some are alledgedly found where I live but basically they live out west (which is Australian for in the middle of nowhere or central Australia). You do see the spiders though, so yeah the point was, the whole myth about Australians living amongst deadly creatures is just that, a myth........well except for the spiders. Well that last sentence didn't make any sense and what better way to conclude than on incompetency.

I watched an Australian nature show a couple of weeks ago, and that really creeped me out! They have one-third of the entire world's deadliest snakes - they have about 180 species of snake and 130 are super poisonous. Also, they showed the funnel web, and several other deadly spiders. I forgot which one, but they showed one that was deadly dropping into a pool where kids were splashing and playing, and they were like "this spider can stay under water for up to 30 minutes :eek: " Then they showed sharks, then they showed the huge jellyfish problem, they're all poisonous and they get so many that they have to sort of, put netting out to try to keep the shallows a bit clear...then they showed a crocodile attacking a woman's boat...
It totally freaked me out - I used to think, oh, it will be so fun to vacation in Australia, sun, beach, etc. ...Now i realize that if I ever go there i'm gonna wear a fu****g HASMAT suit!

[amber]

Spiders don't bother me. We once had a "pet" spider take up residence on our back porch. Every night he'd weave the most amazingly intricate webs. We'd ooh and ah over the every morning. I also enjoy watching the bats fly around as the sun begins to set. I don't like other kinds of bugs though.
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see, i'm not to scared of them either, and here's the thing about spiders...they eat other bugs!!! that's why when there was a huge one outside with a giant web, i didn't do anything...I was like, "hey, spidey, why'nt you try to get some wasps in that web?"
Amber

[Nixxxed]

I love spiders! My friend Alex has a tarantula that we used to let crawl all over us when we were ... ummm ... getting high. (Please don't ban me! :xoxo: ) It's like a miniature massage, the way she moves her legs, although the hairs on her belly start to tickle after a while. Her favorite place to be is at the base of your neck, hiding her head in your hair. But you had to watch her, or she'd crawl inside your clothes and seek the warmest, dampest place to play house. Yes, I mean there...

What I don't like -- spiderwebs. ICK!!! Love to look at them and watch them being spun, but immediately have to take a shower when I walk into one. And then for the next day or so, I still feel like I have strands of it stuck to my skin, especially when I get a face full of them.

Also, going into hospitals makes me nauseous. I spent a good part of my childhood being operated on to correct a congenital esophagus defect. I stayed in the hospital about a week every few months for a few years until they decided I was old enough to just slice open from bellybutton to sternum and be done with it. To this day, I want to vomit when I smell or see jello or chicken broth. Thankfully (or not, considering my current waistline), I never developed an aversion to ice cream, as those were the only three things I was able to swallow without choking.

[amber]

I love spiders! My friend Alex has a tarantula that we used to let crawl all over us when we were ... ummm ... getting high. (Please don't ban me! :xoxo: ) It's like a miniature massage, the way she moves her legs, although the hairs on her belly start to tickle after a while. Her favorite place to be is at the base of your neck, hiding her head in your hair. But you had to watch her, or she'd crawl inside your clothes and seek the warmest, dampest place to play house. Yes, I mean there...

What I don't like -- spiderwebs. ICK!!! Love to look at them and watch them being spun, but immediately have to take a shower when I walk into one. And then for the next day or so, I still feel like I have strands of it stuck to my skin, especially when I get a face full of them.

Also, going into hospitals makes me nauseous. I spent a good part of my childhood being operated on to correct a congenital esophagus defect. I stayed in the hospital about a week every few months for a few years until they decided I was old enough to just slice open from bellybutton to sternum and be done with it. To this day, I want to vomit when I smell or see jello or chicken broth. Thankfully (or not, considering my current waistline), I never developed an aversion to ice cream, as those were the only three things I was able to swallow without choking.
I totally agree with your web feelings. And what i remember as my favorite part about hospitals? (tonsils out age 3, appendix out ON CHRISTMAS, age 9)
UNLIMITED POPSICLES!!!!I was ringing that nurses bell every five min. :D
AMber

[EnchantedSLN]

I'm fine with snakes, mice, bats, etc... but spiders do creep me out. I'm a baby when it comes to bugs. And I once found an abnormally large scorpion under my bed when we lived in AZ, so I was afraid of those for awhile. I'm also terrified of public speaking. That's about it.

[amber]

So, it would appear that almost everyone is scared of bugs...some type...but, i bet none of you are really scared of ants. sure, they're gross, but...I grew up where you expect periodic ant infestations, but we hardly have those giant, stingy ants...a few, we call them "big red" but nothing too bad..
Anyone scared of Ants? :laugh:

[estranged4life]

but I am afraid of only 1 thing, And that would be to lose my hearing.

If my hearing ever goes I will bring to life the lyrics of a classic Pat Travers song:

"Boom, Boom, Out Goes The Lights"

:lol:

Brian "Bang...bang..." j.

ps-Our house is full of spiders, But mainly "Daddy Longlegs"...Which are cool, But outside we have the occasional "Banana Spider" which build the most beautiful webs of any spiders I have ever seen.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

I don't like any bugs really. And I hate spiders. But I've had to become a little braver as my kids make me get rid of any that are in the house. One of us has to be brave! Before kids I would put a cup over the little blighter and leave it there until my hubby got home from work! heh

Pip

[amber]

I don't like any bugs really. And I hate spiders. But I've had to become a little braver as my kids make me get rid of any that are in the house. One of us has to be brave! Before kids I would put a cup over the little blighter and leave it there until my hubby got home from work! heh

Pip
:laugh: :laugh: LOL, I call that "my dad's method" and I call me and my Mom's method the "flee from the house screaming" method. :laugh: Although, now that i don't live with a boyfriend or a dad, it's been newly renamed "Spanky (my super cat) Just Eat The Bug!!!!! Don't play with it forevah!" method. .. And yes, my supercat has many of the qualities i would like my boyfriend to have, LOL :laugh: Sometimes I call him Buddha... :laugh:
Seriously, i'm too scared of most bugs to get close enough to clap a jar over them...although i've recently realized spraying them to death isn't the most humane method... :( but you know, you can be more farther away if you spray them...but watching bugs die from spray is kinda more than my humanitarian soul can take... you know, my tree-hugging, Humbolt county, Northern California soul is very sensitive... :D

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

:laugh: :laugh: LOL, I call that "my dad's method" and I call me and my Mom's method the "flee from the house screaming" method. :laugh: Although, now that i don't live with a boyfriend or a dad, it's been newly renamed "Spanky (my super cat) Just Eat The Bug!!!!! Don't play with it forevah!" method. .. And yes, my supercat has many of the qualities i would like my boyfriend to have, LOL :laugh: Sometimes I call him Buddha... :laugh:
:D
Hah! My former cat used to eat bugs. I used to hate it when he would sit there with a spiders leg protruding from his mouth....

[sparky]

Spiders only creep me out if they are REALLY large. Other than them I only fear trashy neighbors and cancer.

[DeeGeMe]

So, it would appear that almost everyone is scared of bugs...some type...but, i bet none of you are really scared of ants. sure, they're gross, but...I grew up where you expect periodic ant infestations, but we hardly have those giant, stingy ants...a few, we call them "big red" but nothing too bad..
Anyone scared of Ants? :laugh:

How about being deathly allergic to them? No kidding! We've got fire ants here in the South and I'm allergic to them. I have to get allergy shots and I have to carry around an epi-pen on me at all times because the damned little critters are everywhere. I used to enjoy gardening but now it's too dangerous for me. It's really theraputic digging in the dirt but I can't do that anymore. &^%$% Ants!

And Bats also eat bugs. So more reason not to fear them but to admire them for their public service to mankind!

[GateandGarden]

But you had to watch her, or she'd crawl inside your clothes and seek the warmest, dampest place to play house. Yes, I mean there....See, I used to really like spiders, but then you told us that part, so now I don't know.
:shocked:

I understand that most people don't care for bugs at all, but I happen to absolutely adore the vast majority of insects. I really love cicadas and praying mantises, and I have to play with them when I find them. I'll walk up to someone and I'll have some huge bug on my arm and I'll be all awestruck. And they'll be inching away from me. Typical scenario. But there are a few exceptions to this. I hate, hate, hate walking sticks. First off, I don't know if anyone notices, but they're always having sex. And I'm never getting any, though I imagine they don't particularly enjoy it, anyway. But the thing is, they spray this acidic liquid at you if you bother them; I found out the hard way by getting it in my eyes. After them, I can't take horse flies and wasps. I've never been bitten by a horse fly, but they're just incredibly scary looking to me. Their size just seems unnatural to me for a fly. They're like house flies on steroids. And wasps are just evil. I run away screaming when one comes around.

And I'm afraid of heights. I can't stand on the second floor of like, Barnes and Noble without feeling queasy. And murder, violent death, and death in general freak me out. I used to be really afraid of rape, particularly when I first moved into a dorm room in college, but I overcame that and I'm not even sure how.

And was it Krista who said she has a thing about veins and giving blood and all? I'm seriously afraid of needles. I can't watch needles being used on TV. I've never given blood because I think I would just pass out.

Hillary

[sara1998]

I get lots of spiders around the house, and I hate them. I'm the one who either has to live with it or kill it. My lil' one and I found a spider in between the glass in the door of our microwave the other morning. It freaked me out, because I couldn't get to him to kill him! My other big fears are cancer, tornados, and house fires in the middle of the night.

Maria

[heyjupiter678]

Years ago when I was pregnant with my son, we lived on a farm. I use to put together jig saw puzzles. I had my puzzle pieces on a card table, with the legs folded up underneath it. I bent down and picked it up, as I was walking with it, I knew something felt different. I set it down on the footstool and I had my fingernails in a huge black snake. I'm surprised I didn't go into labor right there. That will make you do a dance!!
Yikes!!!! What happened with the snake?!

But my phobia is water. I am petrified of it.I'm <i>really</i> afraid of the ocean, but pools and stuff don't bother me.

[Violet]

Other than them I only fear trashy neighbors and cancer.

After spiders, cancer would be my next biggest fear. I've been going for a yearly mammogram since I was 25.

And to whoever mentioned ants (Amber?), they only gross me out when there's an over-abundance of them. Totally makes my skin crawl to see hundreds or thousands of them crawling around...Eww...

Carol

[heyjupiter678]

OMG, I can't believe you took a picture of that nasty thing! Did you kill it after you snapped the pic?
Believe me, I couldn't get within 10 feet of that thing -- that's what the zoom on my camera is for. :laugh: My boyfriend captured it in a glass, took it outside and smashed it.

Spiders would be at the top of my list. While living in FL I had a panic attack when a big, hairy wolf spider crawled out from behind my desk. I went outside and coaxed some stranger inside to kill it (after I chased it around with a broom for a while).
LOL! Good call! I probably would've done the same had I been home alone. :nod:

[Violet]

I love spiders! My friend Alex has a tarantula that we used to let crawl all over us .

Wow...you're braver than I am!

Carol

[Violet]

Believe me, I couldn't get within 10 feet of that thing -- that's what the zoom on my camera is for. :laugh:

But did you have to leave the room to get the camera? I wouldn't let it out of my sight...'cause then if it's not there when I came back, you can bet I wouldn't be sleeping in there that night! :eek:

Carol

[heyjupiter678]

Oh--and one more thing--the thought of another four years of Shrub in office really scares me to death.
Me, too. Seriously. :shocked:

[heyjupiter678]

But did you have to leave the room to get the camera? I wouldn't let it out of my sight...'cause then if it's not there when I came back, you can bet I wouldn't be sleeping in there that night! :eek:
No, luckily my camera was on the dresser across from the bed. I definitely wouldn't have been able to sleep in there if the spider had gotten away from us. Ugh... I don't even want to think about that. ::shudders::

[heyjupiter678]

Hah! My former cat used to eat bugs. I used to hate it when he would sit there with a spiders leg protruding from his mouth....
My cat won't touch the spiders. She prefers torturing and killing poor little crickets.

[heyjupiter678]

My other big fears are cancer, tornados, and house fires in the middle of the night.
I'm with you on the house fires thing. My parents' house burned down back in 2000, and my mom, my brother, and I were lucky to get out in time. It was terrifying. And since then I've been so worried about fires. It's crazy.

[DeadliestPoison]

I think it has something to do with what I found a few weeks ago on the curtain behind my bed - about a foot above my pillow:

(INSERT SCARY PICTURE HURRRR)

It's leg-span was well over two inches - probably closer to three. :eek: Ugh, it's still creeping me out . . .
OMFGTHNX4POSTINGTHATPICTURE. -_-

I? Hate spiders. Seriously. If I'm at a website? And there's a picture of a spider? My legs are off the floor and on my chair. I get huge spiders in my room (where the HELL do they all come from?!) and they like to taunt me by staying in one place. After the initial screaming and running across the room, I bust out the shoe. And THEN they decide to move. Bastards.

Also? Heights suck.

[Merf]

My greatest fear is driving my car over a bridge and being trapped in my car and drowning. I'm terrified of water when I can't see the bottom. I don't get in the ocean much.

[DeadliestPoison]

ELAKHDskahda

Can we stop posting pictures of spiders please?! :laugh: :laugh:

[Merf]

ELAKHDskahda

Can we stop posting pictures of spiders please?! :laugh: :laugh:


http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304015127.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

:xoxo:

[DeadliestPoison]

-_-

~*~*~*~*~MaMaNaTuRe~*~*~*~*~'s gonna GITCHOO, MERF!!*)@(!&#

[Merf]

-_-

~*~*~*~*~MaMaNaTuRe~*~*~*~*~'s gonna GITCHOO, MERF!!*)@(!&#

*shakes in my Margi Kent boots*

:rolleyes:

[DeadliestPoison]

*shakes in my Margi Kent boots*

:rolleyes:
Are they stylish, yet afforable? ;)

Yay for obscure Buffy references!

[skcin]

Very scared of fire & deep water - burning or drowning NOT the way I want to die, it's the whole idea of not being able to get air & KNOWING you're gonna die.

I'm fine with flying until about a week before I'm scheduled to leave (like right now - I leave for AZ next week, getting a bit antsy) then I start thinking about it too much & getting nervous, so I have to calm myself down. Once I'm on the plane I'm OK.

Bugs are iffy - I don't really mind the spiders in my house, they're not that big. I HATE those millipede things that show up in the spring & early summer around here - they run too damn fast. Those I get someone to kill right away, since as mentioned by someone else - if it gets away, I can't sleep. Oh, and my work is infested with cockroaches - GROSS! I won't go near them, and I hate that they crunch when you kill them (one girl went to step on one - I thought everyone knew if you did that their eggs will be on your shoe & you'll take them home with you. Apparently not.)

Most bugs don't bother me - as long as they're not ON my body. If that happens I will scream & run & shake all of my limbs in a freak-out dance. ICK.

Paula

[Dreammms]

I have a fear of flying. It scares the crap out of me. I picture all this crazy stuff in my head. The plane going down as I look at all the other passengers faces knowing not one of us could do anything to stop it. Very scary.

[Violet]

My greatest fear is driving my car over a bridge and being trapped in my car and drowning. I'm terrified of water when I can't see the bottom. I don't get in the ocean much.

I have a friend with that fear. She has in her glove compartment a window punch and a seat belt cutter. One time her seat belt was getting stuck, where she couldn't get it unlatched, and she had to go across a big bridge. She drove across the bridge with the seat belt cutter in her hand, just in case! :confused: She's a bit of a safety freak in other ways, too....

Carol

[mondaymornin1]

I'm terrified of.....the Wicked Witch of the West. I HATE her. She's green, c'mon!! And she has a terrible laugh! :shocked: I can't watch the Wizard of Oz without turning my head whenever SHE appears. I fault my mom for this. She should've never let me watch it when I was a mere 3 years old.....

My husband and step-son have lots of fun with this.


And snakes...rattlesnakes, copperheads, black racer, poisonous, non-poisonous, green, whatever. I hate them too. That's why I have cats. They keep them away.

[Claudia]

I don't fear spiders much... Well, maybe if they're big I do, but the ones I normally see I don't. That one on Mikki's photo does look creepy. :shocked:

Fears I have:

- death - not necessarily mine, but from loved ones;
- public speaking - I can't do it, I'm too shy and anxious... :o
- closed spaces;

And I'm sure I have more I can't remember right now.

[Claudia]

Very scared of fire & deep water - burning or drowning NOT the way I want to die, it's the whole idea of not being able to get air & KNOWING you're gonna die.

Oh, I know what you mean, that freaks me out... :( Especially burning...

[skcin]

Almost forgot - the animated wire guy in the Tool video for the song "Prison Sex" is evil & scares the sh*t out of me, I don't know why. :shrug:

Paula

[amber]

Almost forgot - the animated wire guy in the Tool video for the song "Prison Sex" is evil & scares the sh*t out of me, I don't know why. :shrug:

Paula
:laugh: :lol: :laugh: OMigod, i hated that video!!! Bleah! But, I don't really like ugly things anyway...
Amber

[DrummerDeanna]

I have an unhealthy fear of flying stinging things (ie: bees, wasps, evil looking stinging bugs...) and roaches (they FREAK me out)

Those, I think, are the only bugs I"m totally scared of...

In other fears:

Heights -not a fan
house fire (seems like a popular one)
dying alone
being mugged or attacked
car accidents

[amber]

That's weird, i never even think about fire. I took down my smoke detector about, oh, 40 seconds after I moved in :laugh: . But i often have dreams about hearing someone trying to get in my house, and I can't wake up to check, I keep dreaming that i woke up, but i haven't. So i think I'm pretty scared of being murdered...Also i have nightmares about Tsunamis, so i guess i'm scared of that, but what's the likelihood? Even with me living in Earthquakeville, i really doubt i'm ever gonna see a Tsunami... :rolleyes: a bit scared of the Ocean, but not too bad...

[DrummerDeanna]

That's weird, i never even think about fire. I took down my smoke detector about, oh, 40 seconds after I moved in :laugh: . But i often have dreams about hearing someone trying to get in my house, and I can't wake up to check, I keep dreaming that i woke up, but i haven't. So i think I'm pretty scared of being murdered...Also i have nightmares about Tsunamis, so i guess i'm scared of that, but what's the likelihood? Even with me living in Earthquakeville, i really doubt i'm ever gonna see a Tsunami... :rolleyes: a bit scared of the Ocean, but not too bad...


My feeling about the Ocean is interesting - it does scare me - mostly because of the vastness and restlessness of it...I think it's beautiful but just amazing - so it's a respectful sort of fear I guess...

[Moony]

Man, thanks so much for those pics of the spiders! eeep :shocked:

I am deathly afraid of spiders. I see one - I freak out. However, I'm not too afraid of them to abstain from breaking out the flyswater and smashing them to bits. :woohoo:

Flying bugs - my mom and sisters and I all have a phobia. I run away like a girl. My dad just laughs.

Other than bugs, I'm really creeped out by heights. And, I used to be really afraid of dolls. My grandmother used to have a whole room full of these porcelain dolls, and we had to sleep in there - *shudder* I always felt like they were watching me, and then going to come alive when I was asleep.
:shocked: :shocked:

[DrummerDeanna]

clowns. I forgot clown. *shudder*

[heyjupiter678]

clowns. I forgot clown. *shudder*
omg, yes. Clowns are evil. :shocked:

[amber]

omg, yes. Clowns are evil. :shocked:
THe thing that scares me most about clowns is that they're so not funny at all, yet, somehow, there are still clowns... :confused: I'm like, "AAAAaaahhhh, nooooo, don't make me watch something so laaame!!" :laugh:

[skcin]

omg, yes. Clowns are evil. :shocked:


Yes, clowns ARE evil! :shocked:

Paula

[Mad4stevie]

BIG fear of heights, but I force myself to go on things like roller coasters to try to overcome it. I think this is a result of seeing someone commit suicide by jumping off a high building when I was 14. I had alot of serious flashbacks when the people were jumping out of the WTC on 9/11.

SUPER BIG fear of flying, but I still go. My doctor actually prescribes meds for me - LOL! The idea of what happened to the passengers on TWA 800 is my idea of a terrifying death. Is it really that crazy to be afraid of being 30,000 feet inside a hollow metal tube with your life in the hands of someone that you have never met? I DON'T THINK SO!!! And as for those damn oxygen masks . . . no thanks I would rather pass out before we hit the ground.

Also don't like rodents of any sort. I do not like mice and will scream like a 5 year old if there is one running across the floor. I am already preparing myself for this winter and the old farmhouse that I just moved into . . . the previous owners had mice and rat poison everywhere when I moved in . . ugh. Not a good sign!

[GODDESS6]

let's c the only bugs that DON'T freak me out r: ladybugs & those boxelder bugs~ i am DEATHLY afraid of snakes i feel so afraid of even just a tiny gardner *(sp) snake that i could pass-out~ i also very afraid of being in a serious/fatal car accident & being murdered~ i had a freaky stalker in high-school, who threatened 2 murder me, i have been outa high-school 18 yrs & he was caught but i still look over my shoulder~

brightest stevie blessings~
jill

[Dreammms]

[QUOTE=amber. But i often have dreams about hearing someone trying to get in my house, and I can't wake up to check, I keep dreaming that i woke up, but i haven't. ...[/QUOTE]

i keep having a dream about a bug flying above my ear as i am sleeping and it's trying to get in my ear and all i hear is buzzing but i have no strength to move...it's very strange :shocked:

[sara1998]

I have a fear of flying. It scares the crap out of me. I picture all this crazy stuff in my head. The plane going down as I look at all the other passengers faces knowing not one of us could do anything to stop it. Very scary.

I've been on numerous flights for over 15 years now, but my fear of flying didn't come up until recently. I won't fly without my daughter. I wouldn't want to leave her motherless, so if I fly, she goes to. Almost sounds selfish, but I couldn't stand the thought of her being parentless.

Maria

[sara1998]

My feeling about the Ocean is interesting - it does scare me - mostly because of the vastness and restlessness of it...I think it's beautiful but just amazing - so it's a respectful sort of fear I guess...

I almost forgot! When I returned home from our trip to the Grand Canyon, I had nightmares that Sara was falling from the rim, and I would just dive in after her. I had nightmares for a week. And, if I sit and think about it long enough, it makes my skin crawl. It's just that big and humbling. So, I can agree with Deanna and her fear of the ocean statement... I have a BIG respectful fear of the Grand Canyon, but it's so beautiful, I can't wait to go back. I read a book about death in the Grand Canyon after I came home from my trip, and that really freaked me out, but it was interesting, and if anything, it teaches you what NOT to do while you're there so you don't get yourself killed...

Maria

[amber]

I almost forgot! When I returned home from our trip to the Grand Canyon, I had nightmares that Sara was falling from the rim, and I would just dive in after her. I had nightmares for a week. And, if I sit and think about it long enough, it makes my skin crawl. It's just that big and humbling.

Maria
Ok, don't tell your daughter about this. I think a bunch of my fears are risidual from my mom telling me about them and such. Like, when we used to have our once a month treat eat out, mom would read the paper, and then tell me about some murder, then we had this complex system of signals in case someone tried to kidnap me(the signal part is good, but) and then my fear of Tsunamis i think came from her telling me how she always had dreams that there was a giant ocean wave coming, and only she could see it, and she had to try to save me...etc. So then I've had dreams like that... :mad:

[DrummerDeanna]

Yes, clowns ARE evil! :shocked:

Paula

Here's an amusing anecdote:

So I was driving home one day and I was at a red light. I just glanced in my rearview mirror and there was a clown - full makeup/wig the whole nine yards - driving the car behing me....it FREAKED ME OUT!!!

I guess there was a birthday party in my neighborhood because it followed me almost all the way to my house - I was shaken but laughing because of how ridiculous the whole thing was - and how ridiculous this clown looked driving..

[estranged4life]

afraid is being around people (!!!), I tend to be a loner, Was that way through all of my high school/college years (I was approachable & friendly, But rather more reserved and I never initiated a conversation)...

Kinda funny though, But as I have grown older going to concerts is about as sociable as I will ever get, Otherwise I am a grouchy, pissed off M.F. who would rather be left the hell alone!!!

Brian j.

[sara1998]

Here's an amusing anecdote:

So I was driving home one day and I was at a red light. I just glanced in my rearview mirror and there was a clown - full makeup/wig the whole nine yards - driving the car behing me....it FREAKED ME OUT!!!

I guess there was a birthday party in my neighborhood because it followed me almost all the way to my house - I was shaken but laughing because of how ridiculous the whole thing was - and how ridiculous this clown looked driving..

I'm laughing out loud, and I'm at work! So, thanks for the morning laugh! :lol:

Maria

[hayley]

I am mortally afraid of birds. I have been since I was a kid. They freak me out with their beady eyes and scary beaks and devil claws.

I've gone through phases where I've gotten better about it. A few years ago I was starting to do well, and then went to the zoo and just as I was walking out of the Amazon exhibit, I think, a bird swooped for my head and knocked my sunglasses off my head (I had them up, headband style) and I screamed and wanted to bawl.

Something's in the air lately. Yesterday was awful with the birds. The geese at work were out in force- when I came out for lunch, they were gathered around by my car. Ugghhh. Then I went to Meijer and there were a random HUGE pack of seagulls in the parking lot. I parked as far away from them as I could, but when I left the store, they'd gravitated all the way over to my car. I sped into my car, but then when I pulled out they literally started to SWOOP around my car- it was awful. I started to cry. Then, when I got home, my apartment complex's geese were blocking the building's door. UGHGHGHGGHHH.

Brian- I'm also in total fear of losing my hearing. Tinnitus is my biggest nightmare (aside from birds clawing my eyes out, that is).

[cliffdweller]

I just saw that Japanese horror movie "Ju-On" (The Grudge) and it scared the piss out of me!! I love horror movies so normally it takes a lot to really frighten me, but I was absolutely petrified after seeing that movie and it stayed with me for DAYS... :eek:

[DrummerDeanna]

I am mortally afraid of birds. I have been since I was a kid. They freak me out with their beady eyes and scary beaks and devil claws.

I've gone through phases where I've gotten better about it. A few years ago I was starting to do well, and then went to the zoo and just as I was walking out of the Amazon exhibit, I think, a bird swooped for my head and knocked my sunglasses off my head (I had them up, headband style) and I screamed and wanted to bawl.

Something's in the air lately. Yesterday was awful with the birds. The geese at work were out in force- when I came out for lunch, they were gathered around by my car. Ugghhh. Then I went to Meijer and there were a random HUGE pack of seagulls in the parking lot. I parked as far away from them as I could, but when I left the store, they'd gravitated all the way over to my car. I sped into my car, but then when I pulled out they literally started to SWOOP around my car- it was awful. I started to cry. Then, when I got home, my apartment complex's geese were blocking the building's door. UGHGHGHGGHHH.

Brian- I'm also in total fear of losing my hearing. Tinnitus is my biggest nightmare (aside from birds clawing my eyes out, that is).


wow - this sounds like me and bees....and I don't care what people say - they DO bother you even if you don't bother them lol....just the other day I came out of the store and there was a bee just flying around my car's driver side door....it flew away and ran into my car....but seriously...the bee came back and kept flying into the window...it freaked me out!!

My sister has a friend who feels birds should not be allowed to just fly around freely as they do lol....she hates them...

Your bird thing, for some reason, reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where the guy calls Elaine "Big Head" and then later in the park a bird actually flies right into her head.....

[amber]

Here's an amusing anecdote:

So I was driving home one day and I was at a red light. I just glanced in my rearview mirror and there was a clown - full makeup/wig the whole nine yards - driving the car behing me....it FREAKED ME OUT!!!

I guess there was a birthday party in my neighborhood because it followed me almost all the way to my house - I was shaken but laughing because of how ridiculous the whole thing was - and how ridiculous this clown looked driving..
:laugh: :lol: :laugh: :lol: I'm sorry, this had me rolling...I think it reminded me of a farside or something...chased by a clown...driving a car

[amber]

I am mortally afraid of birds. I have been since I was a kid. They freak me out with their beady eyes and scary beaks and devil claws.
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pffffffbwahahahaha :laugh: I'm sorry...devil claws? :laugh: and you do seem to have A LOT of contact with birds for someone who is scared of them (or for anyone, really)

[DrummerDeanna]

pffffffbwahahahaha :laugh: I'm sorry...devil claws? :laugh: and you do seem to have A LOT of contact with birds for someone who is scared of them (or for anyone, really)

I tell ya - when you're afraid of something like that it's like the species harasses you on purpose....they find it amusing...:laugh: I always joke with my friends that bees spot me and then say to their bee friends, "oh there's Deanna...let's go..." then they mercilessly hover around me....

ANyway - glad the clown story got some laughs - I can totally see the humor in it....it was just so random....but I guess clowns gotta get around somehow...

[amber]

ANyway - glad the clown story got some laughs - I can totally see the humor in it....it was just so random....but I guess clowns gotta get around somehow...
:laugh: are you sure it wasn't a TINY car? With a bunch of clowns? :laugh:

[hayley]

pffffffbwahahahaha :laugh: I'm sorry...devil claws? :laugh: and you do seem to have A LOT of contact with birds for someone who is scared of them (or for anyone, really)

I'm saying "devil claws" in my Lorelai Gilmore tone, not a real one! I just hate them. They're just so gross.

I don't have that much contact with them, although moving to downtown Chicago with all the f-ing pigeons was scary for me for awhile. But I'm telling you- seeing them everywhere in the last couple of days is trippy and very unusual. They're planning something, I'm telling you.

Being scared of birds isn't a terribly uncommon fear- I've met several people who share it. My best friend is scared/disturbed by maps. THAT'S weird. Birds are pretty normal in comparison.

[DrummerDeanna]

:laugh: are you sure it wasn't a TINY car? With a bunch of clowns? :laugh:

I get asked that everytime I tell this story lol....no it was a normal car ...which to me made it all the wierder...

[heyjupiter678]

My best friend is scared/disturbed by maps. THAT'S weird.
I've never heard of that before - that <i>is</i> pretty weird.

I have a friend who is completely horrified by ventriloquist's dummies. I'm not sure how odd that is, but it seemed strange to me when she first mentioned it. If you really think about it, though, they are a bit creepy. :shrug:

[mondaymornin1]

I've never heard of that before - that <i>is</i> pretty weird.

I have a friend who is completely horrified by ventriloquist's dummies. I'm not sure how odd that is, but it seemed strange to me when she first mentioned it. If you really think about it, though, they are a bit creepy. :shrug:

:eek:

Here's another weird one. My daughter's kindergarden teacher is deathly afraid of midgets. She had to get off an elevator at a hospital when a midget got on with her!! :shrug:

[Claudia]

I have a friend who is completely horrified by ventriloquist's dummies. I'm not sure how odd that is, but it seemed strange to me when she first mentioned it. If you really think about it, though, they are a bit creepy. :shrug:

Ventriloquist's dummies do creep me out... I can't stand them. :( I think it's the eyes and their mouth... that seems to be always smiling...

[Violet]

Ventriloquist's dummies do creep me out... I can't stand them. :( I think it's the eyes and their mouth... that seems to be always smiling...

My sister had a Charlie McCarthey doll when we were little. I HATED that thing.

Carol

[Claudia]

My sister had a Charlie McCarthey doll when we were little. I HATED that thing.

Carol

A friend of mine had one too, I used to get goosebumps around that thing. :shocked:

[DrummerDeanna]

I find ventriliquist's dummies amusing, I actually used to want one..but then I saw that creepy Twilight Zone episode with the dummy that could actually talk on his own...creeped me out...I've never looked at them the same...

[Dreammms]

SUPER BIG fear of flying, but I still go. My doctor actually prescribes meds for me - LOL! The idea of what happened to the passengers on TWA 800 is my idea of a terrifying death. Is it really that crazy to be afraid of being 30,000 feet inside a hollow metal tube with your life in the hands of someone that you have never met? I DON'T THINK SO!!! And as for those damn oxygen masks . . . no thanks I would rather pass out before we hit the ground.



i am totally the same way. the only thing is medication doesnt even work for me. :shrug:

[Mad4stevie]

i am totally the same way. the only thing is medication doesnt even work for me. :shrug:

My best friend told me to take Dramamine, but that doesn't work for me. Ativan all the way, baby! Knocks me right out :)

[jadegypsy]

Rats: that's what makes my skin crawl, not pet ones mind you, but the feral ones, mostly b/c unlike spiders I can't just take a shoe to them and squash them.

Oh and I have a fear of open air roller coasters, esp. upsidedown, I keep thinking I'll fall out of them, even after taking physics and learning about gravity etc.

[skcin]

I'm saying "devil claws" in my Lorelai Gilmore tone, not a real one! I just hate them. They're just so gross.



Gilmore Girls is one of the best shows on TV right now, IMO! :nod:

Paula

[hayley]

Gilmore Girls is one of the best shows on TV right now, IMO! :nod:

A big WORD on that one. I'm a nutty GG fan, I think it's one of the funniest, sweetest, most intelligent shows to ever hit TV. And this season? I'm dying. I'm such a Luke & Lorelai shipper that I couldn't be happier. Glad to see a fellow GG fan. There aren't enough!

[skcin]

A big WORD on that one. I'm a nutty GG fan, I think it's one of the funniest, sweetest, most intelligent shows to ever hit TV. And this season? I'm dying. I'm such a Luke & Lorelai shipper that I couldn't be happier. Glad to see a fellow GG fan. There aren't enough!


I know! I knew about it when it first started airing, but didn't start watching until last season. The writing and acting are so good! Boyfriend won't watch it, though - says it's "that fast-talker" show & can't stand it.

Paula

[wondergirl9847]

I despise roaches. I had to pick one up last night, I got a newspaper, and picked up a box and swooshed it onto the paper and I'm all "You touch my hand and I'll kill you AGAIN." :laugh:

I'm not really afraid of bugs, but I don't want 'em crawlin' on me. I've seen people on Maury who were deathly afraid of puppies, birds, puppets, stuff that you wouldn't think to be scared of...weird. This guy helped them get over their phobias.

I don't like clowns either and I dressed up as one for Halloween when I was like 11 or 12. :rolleyes: LOL

I am afraid of fire, have been since I was a kid. Seeing people on TV who've been burned makes my heart break. :(

I'm afraid of losing my loved ones too, but everyone is.

[seeker007nmss]

I fear most is answering posts about fears...... :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: