Phobias

[Canyon]

Is there anyone else here who has a phobia?

For me its spiders and as far back as I can remember I have always had a phobia of these eight-legged creatures. :(

How about you?

[Indy Canuck]

Thanks to a traumatic experience as a kid, I have shaking fear of bees and wasps. I've slowly gotten better at it, but I still rue the day I have to encounter a swarm.

It kinda helped, I guess, that a friend of mine is a beekeeper.

[Canyon]

I have been stung three times on three separate occasions but don't really have a phobia of them as such.

[Indy Canuck]

My parents told me I used to pet bumblebees. I think the entire thing was sort of a feeling of betrayal.

But I guess that's what you get.

[Indy_Jones88]

"Snakes, why'd it have to be snakes"

"I hate snakes Joch, I hate em."

I have a phobia of snakes. I know, I know, You all think im just sayin that but I really hate the big ones. I can handle garter snakes, but not much else. I also dont like spiders, they are freakin freaky.

[the hammer42]

This might sound cocky but I cant say I'm afraid of anything.
I dont see a reason for it.
If you are carefull you dont have to be afraid.
For example.
You know snakes can be dangerous. So handle them with care.
If you see everything as a new, interesting and exiting experience there is no reason to be afraid.

[the hammer42]

I forgot to say that when I was on a two week jungle trip in Vietnam I got a snake bite.
We were in the jungle for ten days and I lost my focus and didnt see the snake at my feet.
They had to carry me out of the jungle.
It was a close call, but I'm still not afraid of snakes.
I just learned from it.

[Lon]

I have coulrophobia, the fear of clowns.

Clowns. Why'd it have to be clowns?

[Onya]

I used not to not like having people touch me, couldn't even bear hugging them or shaking their hand--which can be the weirdest thing when you're with a guy.

[Indyz Azn Gurl]

Heights. 0_0

[Indyz Azn Gurl]

ô_0
Um...there there??

**pats back gently**

[Aaron H]

Large bodies of Water; oceans, lakes, and really large swimming pools.
Almost drowned as a kid, and later when I tried facing my fear by swimming in the ocean, I got caught in a rip tide and was swept down beach about two miles...that ruined it for me.

<small>I'm sure half of the Raven wishes I had drowned</small>:rolleyes:

[Finn]

Originally posted by Aaron H
<small>I'm sure half of the Raven wishes I had drowned</small>:rolleyes:

_0/

<small>(J/K, compadre.)</small>

[Indyz Azn Gurl]

Originally posted by Aaron H
Large bodies of Water; oceans, lakes, and really large swimming pools.
Almost drowned as a kid, and later when I tried facing my fear by swimming in the ocean, I got caught in a rip tide and was swept down beach about two miles...that ruined it for me.

<small>I'm sure half of the Raven wishes I had drowned</small>:rolleyes:

Ooh yes!!
I have numerous drowning experiences trying to learn how to swim. -_-

[Webley]

Horses, man do I hate horses. I hate horses so much that it makes me happy to know that some horses get made in to dog food.

[Webley]

Originally posted by Renderking Fisk
How can you be afraid of one of the most beautiful creatures on the planet? When I was a kid I got bit by a horse

[Aaron H]

Yes, horses...I'm afraid of them too. Yet another tragic story.
In short, I was almost killed by one. Escaped with a busted scalp and a severe concusion.

My personal hell would be having to ride horses along the sea shore with 30ft waves crashing in around me.

[whipem]

I have acrophobia (fear of heights), but that doesn't stop me from going on roller-coasters and airplanes. I also have a minor phobia of spiders. My traumatizing experience with acrophobia was on a ferris wheel when I was about ten. It was VERY tall, and with my luck, I was stuck on the top.

[IAdventurer01]

I have...

HOMEWORKPHOBIA

Seriously though, I have a fear of large insects. Small ones are okay, but the big ones creep me a lot.

[Luckylighter]

Spiders are the only things that really do me in, so to speak. I just hate the whole idea of them. For awhile it was sharks, and for all intents and purposes, I still have a fear of sharks, but not like I used to. Now it is more of a reverential respect bordering on fear, but since the "Summer of the Shark" three years ago, I've actually learned to dig them in a weird way. There were a lot of magazine articles that summer explaining sharks and their behavior, and I can honestly say I'm not as afraid of them as I used to be. They're actually pretty cool.

OK, here comes my big opening up to the Indy community moment--takes a deep breath--that summer, I went to St. Thomas for a family reunion. The plane flight home was bad--REAL bad, lots of turbulance. I don't mind take offs, I don't mind landings, it's the whole staying up there part that bothers me.

Well, like I said, there was a lot of turbulance. So much so, that I was extremely tense the whole flight.

That was stupid on my part, because when I got home, I ended up with an anxiety disorder. I was so tense for so long, that I disrupted my Serotonin levels in my brain. Serotonin is the chemical that keeps you stable and happy. When it doesn't flow freely, you get paranoid and anxious. I spent my days after that flight--whole days--having one long anxiety attack.

I would take walks in the area parks to get over it, to keep my mind distracted. Walks turned into jogs. I started taking Paxil to get the Serotonin levels back to normal, and I jogged to stay active and to clear my head of paranoid thoughts.

They say that sharks have to keep moving to stay alive--if they stop moving they die. So I adopted the shark as my "spiritual mascot", if you will. I felt that I had to keep moving to stay alive, to get better. And I did. I fought my way back to the state of well being I was in before everything got weird for me. And I haven't had an anxiety attack since.

I guess the point is that sometimes phobias can be overcome, if you look at them from a different point of view.

[Ayrun]

Originally posted by Luckylighter
I guess the point is that sometimes phobias can be overcome, if you look at them from a different point of view.

Yeah, sure they can be overcome.
It's just something that’s inside of your head.
You just have to 'want' stop being afraid of things… but then again; easier said then done. ;)

Anyways.. getting back on topic… I'm not that fond of heights.

[the hammer42]

He lucklighter.
You said that sharks need to keep moving to stay alive.
This is a common misconseption.
It's been known for a while that sharks sometimes lay on the bottem of the ocean and rest. As long as they keep water running trough there gills they can lay there for hours.

[Tennessee R]

Originally posted by Canyon

For me its spiders and as far back as I can remember I have always had a phobia of these eight-legged creatures. :(


a·rach·no·pho·bi·a n. 1. An abnormal fear of spiders. [ arachn(id) -phobia ]

Originally posted by Indyz Azn Gurl
Heights. 0_0

ac·ro·pho·bi·a n. 1. An abnormal fear of high places.

Originally posted by Aaron H
Large bodies of Water; oceans, lakes, and really large swimming pools.
Almost drowned as a kid, and later when I tried facing my fear by swimming in the ocean, I got caught in a rip tide and was swept down beach about two miles...that ruined it for me.

hy·dro·pho·bi·a n. 1. An abnormal fear of water.

Originally posted by Webley
Horses, man do I hate horses. I hate horses so much that it makes me happy to know that some horses get made in to dog food.

zo·o·pho·bi·a n. 1. An abnormal fear of animals. zo “o·phobe” n.

[Indyz Azn Gurl]

Yo Ten. R...
Got a scientific name for...

Fear of Band-Nazi Director?? XP

[Tennessee R]

Not that I can find. Sorry. ;)

[Pale Horse]

All phobias, real and otherwise, can be found HERE (http://www.phobialist.com/#A-).

Like "Teutophobia-Fear of German or German things"

[the hammer42]

Thanks for the link Pale horse.

[Ayrun]

Yeah.. nice find, Pale Horse.

In that case.. I have.. ehm.. Bathophobia. (fear of depth)

(I usually say I have fear of heights, because most people don't understand what fear of depth means... and I don't like explaining it al the time… ;) )

[Finn]

Anybody around here have <i>fennophobia</i>?

Heh. I don't seem to have any phobias, I think. At least none that I've discovered yet.

[Raffey]

I hate spiders but its not a true phobia.

Its just common sense not poke at the black spider with the purdy red hourglass on its back. :p :D

[vaxer]

I have Claustrophobia. Being locked in a car's trunc would drive me out of my mind. But I have no problem taking the elevator.

[Aaron H]

Originally posted by Pale Horse
Like "Teutophobia-Fear of German or German things"
Also, Germanophobia- Fear of Germany or German culture.


My personal favorite:
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia- Fear of long words.

[Canyon]

Originally posted by Aaron H
<small>I'm sure half of the Raven wishes I had drowned</small>:rolleyes:

Aaron, don't you DARE say that!

Besides, you are the most popular (http://raven.theraider.net/showthread.php?threadid=6302&highlight=moderator) moderator here. ;)

[Aaron H]

Originally posted by Canyon
Aaron, don't you DARE say that!

Besides, you are the most popular (http://raven.theraider.net/showthread.php?threadid=6302&highlight=moderator) moderator here. ;)
Well at least somebody cares! You're my new favorite member, Canyon.:D

[matthiassatlure]

I've learned to appreciate mine...

Nazi Band Directors, I've found, are the ones that try hardest and get the best results. (Unless they're really Nazis, of course. That's a different situation)

But, of course, it's easy to find them irritating after two hours marching in the rain for a parade.

[n3ssy123]

see ever since i was little ive been horribly horified but turkeys.. ino weird..:confused: my parents told me that its becasue i was bitten by one when i was little.. oo and also im horrified of public pools.. they just freak me out!!!

[Johan]

I have a phobia of Finn and Clowns...You can figure out if there is a relation or not.

[Chris Jones]

Im afraid of heights, hate flying in airplanes and such.... Freaky.

[Canyon]

Just wanted to bump this thread up. ;)

Is there anyone here who has ever managed to get rid of their phobia as I am considering ways to get rid of mine. I was also wondering if anyone here has ever heard of Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

[|ZiR|]

Water. Fresh or salt, it doesn't matter. I am absolutely terrified of swimming in murky water, especially if my feet can't touch the ground. Nor I can go in rowboats, canoes or anything that might tip over.

Heck, I can't even walk next to the edge of a pond. 'Cause I just know that a alligator or crocodile is going to burst out and grab me. I blame all the nature programs I watched as a child. I always empathized with the wildebeest. D:

I was also wondering if anyone here has ever heard of Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

Neuro-what-now? Isn't that where they, like, reprogram your brain?

[The Man]

There are some obscure phobias out there. Arachibutyrophobia? That's the fear of getting peanut-butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.

[deckard24]

I have both a combination of fascination and fear of sharks! A great deal of it I can thank Mr. Spielberg for!

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[eazybox]

Just wanted to bump this thread up. ;)

Is there anyone here who has ever managed to get rid of their phobia as I am considering ways to get rid of mine. I was also wondering if anyone here has ever heard of Neuro-Linguistic Programming?

Neuro-Linguistic Programming is a kind of therapy which uses movement, thought and speech to create rapid change in a person's emotional state and sense of overall confidence and well-being.

Proponents claim that lifelong phobias, depression and other negative states can be mastered in minutes using these techniques, although, as is the case with all other types of therapies, they may not work for everyone.

The subject is too involved to explain in detail here, but if you are interested one highly popular program that uses NLP is Anthony Robbins' "Unleash The Power Within," as well as his first book, "Unlimited Power." Robbins went on to adapt the techniques of NLP and other "peak performance" strategies into his super-successful "Personal Power" courses and seminars.

Jack

[herr gruber]

Anyone heard of phobiphobia? If so, do you know what it is a fear of?

[eazybox]

Anyone heard of phobiphobia? If so, do you know what it is a fear of?

The only thing a phobiphobic has to fear is fear itself. ;)

Jack

[The_Raiders]

Sharks, why'd it have to be sharks? Seriously, I'm terrified of them, the thoguht of happily enjoying a summer day swimming in the water, then all of a sudden this massive shap somes at you from the murky bue, with it's jaws open. Then spiders *shudders*, besides that I'm not really scared of anything else... well mabe hobos :p

[Yure]

I used to have two phobias. First of all, spiders. I got a spider bite when I was a kid (around 6-7) and I still remember that hurt like hell. Now I am just moderatly annoyed by their precesence. They simply are ugly and repulsive.

The other one was to fly. The first time I got on a plane, I was flying to Germany, I went through a bomb alert before takeoff. They made all us passenger open their baggage in front of the police one after one. Afterwards nothing was found and we could leave some hours later. Many passengers didn't board as they were afraid to get on that plane, but I did. Being my first flight, every strange noise was of course... irritating.

I could fly just with a little bit of anxiety before flight, in the worst cases, throwing up before long flights, like coming to USA.
Curious enough, 9/11 made this phobia completely disappear. On the morning of 9/11 I was supposed to take a plane from Boston (an AA coast to coast flight), and that plane was just like half an hour later than the ones who went into the Towers. Kinda like dodging the bullet (also considering that the morning before I was in NY on the observation deck of WTC).

After that, I simply considered that one bomb alarm and skimming 9/11 make statisticly impossible to go through anything else regarding planes. This little bit of rationality made my phobia completely disappear and now I don't have anything left of my fear of flying.

[Indy fan 235]

When I was younger I had none, but as I get older: a slight fear of heights if I am looking off a balcony, of drowning (though I still love to go in water) and any kind of creepy crawly or snake. I don't mind seeing one so long as they are not touching me in any way, shape or form.

[Kooshmeister]

Deep water and heights for me, sometimes the dark. Like when the power goes out in the middle of the night during a storm, I don't go near the windows for primal fear of the lightning outside illuminating something absolutely terrifying. I guess the idea of it being just you inside your dark home with nothing but endless blackness outside really gets to me....especially since I live out in the country.

I blame the Stephen King book Cycle of the Werewolf for this (and Watchers by Dean R. Koontz to a lesser extent) which I've read since I was a kid; the part where the farmer and his wife hear the werewolf killing their pigs in the middle of the night and the husband goes to the window and sees "something, he cannot tell what" go running off back into the woods.

[The_Raiders]

This isn't really a phobia, but I think corn feilds are scary, they're just creepy (no I'm not refering to any alien stuff).

Ugh, any bug pretty much, nast gross creepy :eek: .

Anything with sharp teath that can swim, except reptiles. ;)

[Dr. Indy Jones]

I hate bees, it was during grade school when I starting having this fear. I really haven't gotten any better with it. So, I love/hate when spring comes, cause I know bees will be here soon. :dead:

[Indy fan 235]

Deep water and heights for me, sometimes the dark. Like when the power goes out in the middle of the night during a storm, I don't go near the windows for primal fear of the lightning outside illuminating something absolutely terrifying. I guess the idea of it being just you inside your dark home with nothing but endless blackness outside really gets to me....especially since I live out in the country.

I blame the Stephen King book Cycle of the Werewolf for this (and Watchers by Dean R. Koontz to a lesser extent) which I've read since I was a kid; the part where the farmer and his wife hear the werewolf killing their pigs in the middle of the night and the husband goes to the window and sees "something, he cannot tell what" go running off back into the woods.

I can completely understand this. My mind would certianly see things even though nothing would be there. Damn horror movies!

[bonoferox]

Open water (like being abandoned in the ocean)

Spiders

[Agent Z]

Ever since I was little, I've had a fear of knives stabbing me, guns shooting me, and bombs blowing me up. :(

[IndySeven]

I have a crippling, ridiculous, and extreme case of Lepidopteraphobia. For those of you that don't know, this is the fear of butterflies. I'm scared of butterfiles, especially Tiger Swallowtails! Whenever I see one, my heart starts to go crazy, I break out into a cold sweat, and feel like I'm going to faint! Those Swallowtails are soooo scary, I'm getting goosebumps just writing about this!:eek:

I also have a fear of heights. Whenever I'm high up someplace and look down, I get so scared and feel like I'm gonna faint!:eek:

[eroc]

I suffer from Coulrophobia. Thank you Steven Spielberg!

[The_Raiders]

I can't sat I'm scared of butterflys, but almost any insect scares me, except like lady bugs or grasshoppers :p , but besides that, bugs... ugh :dead:

[Indy Black]

Ants, I can't stand them. Several years ago I was bitten by fire ants and had to go to the ER due to an allergic reaction that was more like an out of body expierence. Not fun and who knew such tiny ants could hurt so damn much.:dead:

[EvilDevo]

Nothing.

There are things that can make me uncomfortable... or even worried, but nothing scares me.

(To the point of phobia)

[Indy fan 235]

Though I do not have this, I find the fear of clowns very interesting.

[eroc]

Though I do not have this, I find the fear of clowns very interesting.


Coulrophobia.

clowns are gross.:sick:

[The Man]

Muttthefifthaphobia.

[EvilDevo]

I take it back, I am TERRIFIED :eek: at the prospect of this ^

[Indy fan 235]

Coulrophobia.

clowns are gross.:sick:


Is that what it is called? Thank you, I never knew that.

LOL Yeah, clowns are weird.

[tupogirl]

Bridges. When I was little, we would walk over a little wooden bridge and dad told me the crocs would get me:P. Apparently his dad gave him a fear of chain saws, lol. I was doing much better with bridges until last summer, when the bridge we crossed 4 times a day collapsed (I-35). I'm having to take deep breaths and pray to cross them again.

Underwater large creatures. Sharks, dolphins, squid, whales *shudders*. It's gotten better, because they *are* so fascinating. I've made myself look at the aquarium part of the zoo. Whales scare me almost more then sharks actually. I think Pinocchio and Fantasia (flying whales!) did me in.

And of course, mummies. This one cleared up suddenly a few years ago, but I used to get horrible nightmares if I saw a picture of one or one on tv. The first young Indy episode in Egypt gave me a doozy of a nightmare. When I was about 6, we were in a museum in Virginia and looking at the display. For some reason, I thought it was going to come up and chase me, so I took off running, screaming my fool head off;). Once I found out I didn't have nightmares anymore, I started taking out books on them!

[Indy fan 235]

I can understand a fear of sharks. Any time I go in the ocean that is always at the back of my mind. I blame Spielberg for that.

[Lonsome_Drifter]

I will cry like a hungry baby if I am but 6 feet off the ground.

[tupogirl]

I can understand a fear of sharks. Any time I go in the ocean that is always at the back of my mind. I blame Spielberg for that.


I can't bring myself to watch Jaws. And I am a huge movie buff in general. But yet, I like to read about great whites and freak myself out sometimes.

[eroc]

Raidernetiraveiphobia~ the fear of logging in to The Raven and discovering too much information.

Symptoms include wanting to know it all, but hating yourself when you do.

[the hammer42]

I still don't understand the fear of sharks because of the movie JAWS.
I got realy interested in sharks because of the movie.
They are beautiful creatures.
Pure primal power.

[tupogirl]

I still don't understand the fear of sharks because of the movie JAWS.
I got realy interested in sharks because of the movie.
They are beautiful creatures.
Pure primal power.

If you're talking about me, I'm more afraid of whales than sharks! I have never seen Jaws though I'd like to.

[Indy fan 235]

I still don't understand the fear of sharks because of the movie JAWS.
I got realy interested in sharks because of the movie.
They are beautiful creatures.
Pure primal power.

I agree, sharks are beautiful creatures. I love to read about them and watch Shark Week and learn about them. But I still think of them while in the ocean.

Jaws is a great movie, the rest of the Jaws films I can do without, but the first is a great film.

[Nurhachi1991]

Bees are my worst fear....................



Bees why did it have to be bees.......

[indyman78]

Im Scared to death of crayfish:eek:

[mikeyfridgebuzz]

Big Snakes, Sharks and Clowns.

I came across a woman in full clown makeup at a supermarket and I did all I could to avoid her. I don't know why but it made me so uneasy my stomach was turning.

I think it's the creepy painted on smile...it's like "what are they hiding that they have to paint a smile on there face?"

[Agent Crab]

I fear water.

[Indy Pendant]

I'm afraid of fire alarms. I have problems with loud noises and bright lights, and when I was seven, I had to lead a group out of the local public library when the alarm rang. I've been in multiple hotels where the alarm has gone off. One of them was a hotel which, when it had been under different management, had suffered from a famous fire. I don't think I've ever been more scared of nothing than that day - the alarm went off due to smoke from a pot in the kitchen.

[Lonsome Indy]

heights. or more exact i guess it would be of a fear of falling from heights.

thats why im not much a fan of roller coasters, i wish i was and im trying to get over it but theres something about it that makes me nervous. same thing when climbing a ladder, it gets in my head. its weird though. i really dont have any history from falling off something. nothing traumatic at least.

im starting to get over it though, which is a good sign but im still trying to place it safe too.

a rather more terrifying thing would be kidnapping. i was in middle school, 6th grade, and middle school is a strange stage. so it comes around feb. (my birth month) and this girl Carlie Brucia is missing. now i didnt know this girl but she went to my school and she was in the same grade as me. after a while this case started to progress. especially when there was actual video of the man holding a gun to her and dragging her down the street by the wrist.

a week later shes found dead by a church. me being such an emotional person tried to comfort others the next day of school, but come along lunch i just loose it. the whole thing caught up to me that this girl, my age, was murdered. and that scared me for a bit. i actually hade nightmares of it, only happening to me.

i still look back at that even though its been 5 years now. i never knew something like that could happen so close to home, you know?

[***hayleyrox***]

im scared of a lot of things!
mummies, moths, the dark, drains, fans , falling from heights, deep dark water, there'll be a lot more but im too tired to think :whip:

basically i'm scared of stupid everyday things and not what everyone else is scared of :up:

hahah has anyone got any funny stories involving their phobias???
for instance i once ran into a member of staff from b & q because i ran out the toilets so fast, looking at the ground screaming because there was a big fan above the sinks hahahaha

iv got loads actually :p
xxxx

[Rayder]

Fish heads, they just creep me out. I hate going to the lake and finding dead fish on the shore, or floating in the water. Live ones bother me a little, but the cold dead eyes (if they have any eyes left) really bug me. Funny thing is, I like to eat fish.

[Lonsome Indy]

Fish heads, they just creep me out. I hate going to the lake and finding dead fish on the shore, or floating in the water. Live ones bother me a little, but the cold dead eyes (if they have any eyes left) really bug me. Funny thing is, I like to eat fish.

i know what you mean, its such a blank and creepy stare.

[Sharlow]

A healthy respect for spiders and snakes, lived on a farm for the last 10 years so that sort came naturally.

Sharks and deep water, they sort of go hand in hand, but where I live is where the white pointer sharks roam, and we had a shark attack at a beach where we swim in summer a couple of years back which kinda sealed it for me. I haven't been out over my waist since then and I'm always looking for that dark shape in the water lol.

Heights, had this one since I was about 12 and finally figured out how far down it was lol. I have a tendency to push this one to the limit tho and have been absailing and climbed all the tall tourist stuff, and I'm dying to try a real roller coaster.

Flying, or rather take off and landing, I'm convinced we are going to crash in a fireball, no matter how good or bad the take off or landing is, and any turbulance of any kind just sends me totally rigid. Flying to Tokyo on my own a few years back was an exercise in panic management.

[Coronado]

When I was four, a donkey tried to bite me. My mum told me it thought I was an apple because I was wearing a red coat, and me, being a very naive and gullible four year old, I believed her. Now, I may have been stupid, but I'm not afraid of donkeys.

I am, however, terrified of sharks. Curse you, Spielberg - Jaws should not have been a PG!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

-Coronado

[mutt willams]

i absolutley hate spiders!

[Ska]

Last week, our newspaper had an article about strange phobias. The one that caught me off guard was Arachibutyrophobia, fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of you're mouth.

I'm petrified of spiders.

[The Man]

Pteronophobia
Pteronophobia is the irrational fear of being tickled by feathers. Certain childhood events, such as tickling a baby, can lead to this fear as the child may feel trapped. It is related to the fear of tickling.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Mrs_Fedora]

Last week, our newspaper had an article about strange phobias. The one that caught me off guard was Arachibutyrophobia, fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of you're mouth.

I'm petrified of spiders.

There are indeed some weird phobias. No so long ago there was something in the newspaper about a girl who had a 'button phobia'... yes, she's afraid of buttons.
And i found this one: Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. Fear of long words.
wouldn't be fun though..

[AngieAki]

I have...
Achluophobia- Fear of darkness.
Acrophobia- Fear of heights
Agraphobia- Fear of sexual abuse. (aren't we all?)
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders
Bathmophobia- Fear of stairs or steep slopes.
Ecclesiophobia- Fear of church.
Homilophobia- Fear of sermons
Illyngophobia- Fear of vertigo or feeling dizzy when looking down.
Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat
Verminophobia- Fear of germs.
Virginitiphobia- Fear of rape. (again, aren't we all? I think that it just might be that it controlls my life more)

http://phobialist.com/

[Mrs_Fedora]

Alektorophobia- Fear of chickens.
Consecotaleophobia- Fear of chopsticks.
Coulrophobia- Fear of clowns
Dendrophobia- Fear of trees
Dutchphobia- Fear of the Dutch (excuse me?!);)
Germanophobia- Fear of Germany or German culture

[NYCGoldenIdol]

I'm definitely afraid of heights.

[Benraianajones]

Though I am not scared of heights, peering from a very high place (generally sky scrapers) or envisioning doing so (if viewing one on tv/seeing in a book) I tend to go very light headed , jellified and suddenly feel very humble. Again they don't scare me, but make my body and mind react oddly!

[British Indy]

Deep water, the dark, being alone, small children and spiders.

[Indy&HanFan]

i'm afraid of heights. i'm also afriad of something i don't even know if it exsists, ghosts.

[agent_dork]

needles why it had to be needles?


i hate going to the doctor and getting shots i have a mental break down at the sight of a needle.


i used to be afraid of snakes and then i held one.