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Title: Your Phobias!
Post by: Oedipus Rex on October 25, 2013, 03:55:04 AM
With Halloween right around the corner, let's talk about what scares us the most!
Everybody post what they're irrationally afraid of. Maybe we can all be irrationally afraid together!
Maybe...

For me, I have Parasitophobia, the fear of parasites. I developed this quite recently, actually. I got roundworms a few months ago and it just threw me into a nervous wreck. Just the feeling of little things inside me and the helplessness I had. It was dreadful. Now, anything majorly parasitic (I.E.  Lice, worms, fungi) just sends a shiver up my spine and gets me very nervous.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on October 25, 2013, 04:22:44 AM
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/1-458-bacteria-species-new-to-science-found-in-our-belly-buttons/266360/ (http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/1-458-bacteria-species-new-to-science-found-in-our-belly-buttons/266360/) (Sleep well my friend.)

I have acrophobia, well reasonably I have to think. I don't fancy rock climbing or roller coasters because of the height.

I also have arachnophobia, but I only fear the black widow spider. So many deadly close encounters that I have to say I've had my fill of it. There's probably other ones out there I don't want to touch either, but it's the closest one I've had to be around.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: anoni on October 25, 2013, 06:52:25 AM
I have a very significant fear of wasps and dangerous plants. Mainly things that could hurt me that I cannot easily track or identify (dangerous plants look like normal plants and wasps move around really quickly)
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Post by: Aang_Coyote on October 27, 2013, 05:06:23 PM
Melissophobia-Fear of bee's
Spheksophobia- Fear of wasp's
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Post by: Timmy Fox on October 27, 2013, 05:44:45 PM
I'm afraid I cannot answer this question as I really can't think of anything I'm actually scared of.
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Post by: HyenaKing on October 27, 2013, 11:34:14 PM
Used to be lighning.
...until i was 5 and saw a creepy lady in the mirorr.
now i am both afraid of paranormal stuff and mirrors.
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Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: White Wolf Guardian on October 28, 2013, 12:48:13 AM
^ This, well not entirely afraid, I just don't like being in a situation that is entirely out of my control like that.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: George on October 28, 2013, 06:43:27 AM
I'm horrendously afraid of insects and arachnids, mainly ones that I know are potentially dangerous, but I still don't want harmless ones like moths and bees anywhere near me. I think what scares me is how fragile they are, how you can just accidentally lay your hand on them and they'll be horrifically mutilated. Also, I'm quite afraid of disease of any sort, but I don't think that's "irrational".

0h, and I think I might have mild to severe trypophobia. Look it up...

...or don't.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: sigols on October 28, 2013, 06:20:11 PM
Kabourophobia, the fear of crabs... No idea why, but they scare me shitless. Just the tought of them makes me nervous, and I feel sick and dizzy just by the smell of cooked crab.
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Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Maine on October 30, 2013, 11:17:30 AM
Two phobias; I don't think there are terms for either of them.

1. The cardiovascular system. The thought makes me want to faint. Although, I can stand the sight of blood. I don't understand it, but I know affects me. XD

2. Impossibly large objects. Another strange one, but try and comprehend just how big the sun is for a second; try and squeeze the image into your brain. Makes me sick. >w<
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: George on October 31, 2013, 03:24:49 AM
Impossibly large objects. Makes me sick. >w<
This works for me too, for some reason. Mainly nautical things like ships, though. No idea why. @.@

In fact, I think I'm just creeped out by rusty, old, underwater things like old propellers (http://images.fineartamerica.com/images-medium-large/ship-hull-with-propeller-and-helm-underwater-sami-sarkis.jpg), anchors (http://www.ablogabouthistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/anchor.jpg), scuba divers (http://api.ning.com/files/bgkV4Kqp2xW2vTxHpH4A4UuaOy9087Z0m3UYwoKtT2DvbS861rihYH37mQe*CM23/olddivingpic.jpg) etc. It's weird.  XD
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Post by: Timmy Fox on October 31, 2013, 08:47:50 PM
2. Impossibly large objects.
*waves my ears at you*
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Post by: BakaFawkes on November 02, 2013, 12:32:22 AM
Goat eyes. Nuff said.  :o
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: George on November 03, 2013, 11:24:56 PM
Goat eyes.  :o

(http://hencam.com/static/uploads/2013/01/rectangular-eye.jpg)  (http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/bloodshot-eyes.gif)

This is what I always think of when I see Squidward's eyes.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Zeldoran (Former Frozt, FroztFox) on November 04, 2013, 05:53:25 AM
 XD


Anyways, i have to say insects, specially bees and wasps, but also spiders and ticks are high at the list...
And also needles..........  @.@
Common phobias  X3
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Toxic Konpeito on December 12, 2013, 08:34:08 PM
My only real phobia is Claustrophobia. But rather than being afraid of small spaces, I'm afraid of being trapped in a group of people.
Large needles also get me really nervous, due to the fact that I had to have an injection in my eyelid after an accident as a kid.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: nixon/monto on December 12, 2013, 08:45:09 PM
Is there a word for "fear of large costumes?" (Don't laugh it's not funny!) :(  when I was a kid I was afraid of large costumes...more then one might think. I've actually had a nightmare about them before. It wasn't fun. Giant fursuits were slowly surrounding me and I tried to climb a tree and when I did I slipped, then when I looked up they were surrounding me. I screamed and woke up almost crying....(man I got a tear on my homework.) it was just.....I don't want to continue. (But I'm not afraid any more..(much)
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: LuminescentTide on December 15, 2013, 05:46:59 PM
Spiders.....nuff said.  :|
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Post by: HyenaKing on December 15, 2013, 05:48:29 PM
Joes crab shack, i have had alot of axiety attacks there.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: LuminescentTide on December 15, 2013, 05:51:51 PM
 o.O That one needs some explaining
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Post by: HyenaKing on December 15, 2013, 05:54:05 PM
I closed myeyes and always saw a barfight ending up 8n decapitation,and the head still talking.
I get the chills just driving by it.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: LuminescentTide on December 15, 2013, 05:55:25 PM
At a crab shack?  :?  That's terrible!
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Post by: HyenaKing on December 15, 2013, 06:03:13 PM
Its too bad, but i just deal.

I also absolutley hate people bLasting musicin my vehicle.

I have to stop, and  just tune into quiet classical music.

Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Toxic Konpeito on December 18, 2013, 03:26:31 AM
I closed myeyes and always saw a barfight ending up 8n decapitation,and the head still talking.
I get the chills just driving by it.
M-may I ask what brought this fear along? o - o
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Tim Siguire on December 18, 2013, 04:06:21 AM
Anyways, i have to say insects, specially bees and wasps, but also spiders and ticks are high at the list...

Yeah, any spider bigger than a dime or nickel can scare me. If it's bigger than a half dollar I might freeze in fear
I used to say or think ''please don't jump out and bite me, stay off of me, get away!''

Ticks scare the cocaine (Metaphorically) out of me, It's not even a loud scream, it's a big, paranoid panic.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: MaskaTheOtter on December 18, 2013, 05:12:13 AM
Buried Alive... Or having my past be repeated  D: :'(  ...long story...
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: HyenaKing on December 19, 2013, 12:41:52 AM
I closed myeyes and always saw a barfight ending up 8n decapitation,and the head still talking.
I get the chills just driving by it.
M-may I ask what brought this fear along? o - o

I Dont know, i got it as a dream for a couple days straight.
Maybe that.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: George on December 19, 2013, 07:46:19 AM
I have a strange case of chronophobia, every time I think about the short amount of time I have I get all freaked out n' stuff.  :o I live in the moment, and this is part of the reason why. I can't stand thinking about the future.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Oedipus Rex on December 19, 2013, 05:26:40 PM
After looking at all the people who are afraid of insects, I'm not sure wether to be offended or proud o.O  (Kidding, kidding.)


There must be something wrong with me, I pick up spiders out of my bathtub and let wasps land on my hand, while people around me act as if an insect looks at them they'll explode.


I must have born without that part of the brain...
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Halopromise on December 19, 2013, 06:47:24 PM
Arachnophobia for sure.
My body acts all drunk around heights for what ever reason. XD
Intense disfigurement and twitching motion freaks me out thanks to Silent Hill. XD


Hmmm, that's about it.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: JollyGreenFox on December 19, 2013, 07:24:50 PM
Heights.....Heights are my only fear...i maybe tall but heights scare me and i think are my only phobia
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: HyenaKing on December 19, 2013, 11:29:04 PM
A tall person afraid of hights.

I've always did not want to be struck by lightening.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: nixon/monto on December 20, 2013, 12:22:24 AM
I'm not afraid of heights. But I am of falling (no they are not one the same.)
The drop zone at kings island scares the **censored** out of me (see what I did there?)
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: HyenaKing on December 20, 2013, 12:27:41 AM
I'm not afraid of heights. But I am of falling (no they are not one the same.)
The drop zone at kings island scares the **censored** out of me (see what I did there?)

Indeed, yes!

The fall starts to make my intestines feel like goop.
even they are kinda goop, so goopier.
I'm very scared of sudden unexpected death.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: nixon/monto on December 20, 2013, 01:09:41 AM
Ki is fun all the same! :)

Loud thunder. (Almost got hit bye lightning when I was young. Let's not go into details.)
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Post by: Bear Dox Zaxby on December 22, 2013, 04:38:36 PM
Everything that crawls and has more than 4 legs!
And heights, definatley heights!  :'(
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Post by: HyenaKing on December 22, 2013, 04:43:50 PM
Creepie crawlies.

A home invasion, like the movie The Purge.
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Post by: MomoHyena on December 22, 2013, 05:01:34 PM
Large spiders that aren't tarantulas. Like wolf spiders. I will respect them...from a distance.


People getting mad at me or getting accusatory or rude - for any reason, but especially over me being in love with more than one person.


Crowds.


Clusters of holes.


Accidentally hurting someone/something fragile. THIS IS THE WORST because I breed snakes and handling baby snakes always feels like I might accidentally hurt them. ;-;
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Jay-The-Wolf on December 22, 2013, 07:56:19 PM
I admit I can't stand decaying matter. This fear is called Seplophobia, by the way. I will flip out if I see anything rotting. It is just so gross and disturbing, that it makes me cringe thinking about it.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: HyenaKing on December 22, 2013, 08:00:12 PM
Wow

How about lucid dreams not being lucid?
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Kibari on December 22, 2013, 11:04:12 PM
Let's see, some are mild but I can panic from...
Acrophobia
Aeroacrophobia
Agoraphoba
Agraphobia
Aichmophobia
Altocelarophobia
Aquaphobia
Arachnophobia
Athazagoraphobia
Autophobia
Aviophobia


Bathophobia
Batophobia
Barophobia


Cacophobia
Casadastraphobia
Chronophobia
Cleithrophobia
Climacophobia
Cnidophobia
Coulrophobia
Cypridophobia


Dentophobia
Dishabiliophobia
Dystychiphobia


Emetophobia


Gelotophobia
Gerascophobia
Glossophobia


Hadephobia
Hamartophobia
Hoplophobia


Ipovlopsychophobia


Kenophobia
Kosmikophobia


Melissophobia
Metathesiophobia
Methyphobia
Mysophobia


Necrophobia
Neopharmaphobia
Nomophobia
Nosocomephobia
Nucleomituphobia
Nyctophobia


Onomatophobia


Panthophobia
Paraphobia
Pyrophobia


Radiophobia


Scelerophibia
Spacephobia
Spheksophobia


Taphophobia
Thalassophobia
Thanatophobia
Thermophobia
Traumatophobia
Tyrannophobia


Xyrophobia
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: HyenaKing on December 22, 2013, 11:46:21 PM
Oh my.
Thats alot.
of big words.

Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Kibari on December 23, 2013, 12:31:31 AM
A lot have gotten a bit better, fortunately.
Some are may be also caused by others.
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Post by: Fajita Jim on December 23, 2013, 04:45:18 AM
Spiders and crowds.

Spiders because of those legs...ugh. You know a spiders legs are hydraulically driven, right? I don't like most insects but only spiders creep me out.

Crowds because...well, crowds. Move. Seriously, I want by.

Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: MaskaTheOtter on December 23, 2013, 06:29:43 AM
reliving my past :'(
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Post by: Bear Dox Zaxby on December 23, 2013, 11:57:46 AM
reliving my past :'(


Aww, come here! *hugs* ;)
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 08:07:29 PM
Having an operation.  :S
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 08:25:00 PM
It's good that you dont/want one.
And, speaking of, i though i once had sugery, and once it was finished i thought it was not started yet becase i dont remember being sedated. I felf half-knumb, so i lifted up the covers and found out for myself. this surgery--was-- about a month ago.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 08:28:42 PM
I had some teeth removed(I will never eat rock cakes again). My main worry now is having an op on my achilles  tendons.  :S
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 08:49:49 PM
That seems scary.
The operation i had was a little, more, uh, high risk.
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Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 08:55:04 PM
Hope it went okay.  :) If I end up having an op I won't be walking without help for a while. (which would be very annoying as the elevators at my college are slow) That and I'm scared of them. :$
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 09:00:51 PM
It went fine.
There's a reason why colleges are so hard for doctors, so they don't mess up! XP
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Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 09:03:21 PM
I know but the operation involves cutting the tendons, and doing something to lengthen them. (I walk on my toes)  D:
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 09:05:56 PM
Mine involved my hips basically being split in half for 8 hours while they do thyre thing.
That's eally scary, thinking back about it.
I walk on my toes because its fun. Too bad you are stuck with it until otherwise.
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Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 09:11:52 PM
Fffffffffffffffffffffff- I couldn't imagine that!  :o I'm just glad my martial arts instructor pointed it out, otherwise I would have been tearing my tendons just by putting weight on them. It's not all bad though, I'm faster and better balanced on my toes (that and I feel a little taller! X3 )
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 09:13:43 PM
That moment when you realize that you jsut did something really scary.
REALLY SCARY
Hmm.
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Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 09:15:36 PM
Whenever I do that I freak out. Takes me a while to calm down too. o.O
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 10:38:11 PM
ecept for the part where you think it was worth it.
if you want the details, jsut pm me.
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Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 10:51:21 PM
Like the time I calmed one of the horses (at the farm I work on) by getting on its back and talking calmly into its ear, and then nearly shouted out loud some rather rude words when I realized what I did? Horses. Gotta love 'em! X3
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 04, 2014, 10:59:47 PM
Sounds like you guys had some interesting experiences.

As for phobias, I'm afraid of elevators
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 11:01:00 PM
im afriaid of gwtting squished in the doors of elevators.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 11:04:13 PM
I'm afraid of the rope snapping and it falling while I'm in it. I'd rather stick to stairs. It's healthier that way too! :)
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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 04, 2014, 11:09:34 PM
That's how I feel too, Grey

Also, another thing that's not really a phobia, but just a thing that always bothers me: I don't like turning my back to a mirror, because when you look at a mirror from different directions you see different things being reflected... So what's in the mirror when you're not looking at it?
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Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 11:11:55 PM
True. Mirrors have never really bothered me, but I can kinda see where your coming from. :)
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 11:23:33 PM
I'm afraid of mirrors because thats whe i saw a ghost.
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Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 11:28:14 PM
All I see is my brother doing rabbit ears behind my head!  X3 (there's a spider crawling up my pick "n" mix tube, I hate my arachnophobia (long words) :S )
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 04, 2014, 11:39:26 PM
flick the spider off into space
acachno space program
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Post by: Grey on January 04, 2014, 11:42:24 PM
But I don't want to hurt it. :/ Even if spiders terrify me I still find them cool and interesting. :)
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 05, 2014, 12:45:12 AM
Me too.
Say that space killed it in its cold, vanumous crelty.
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Post by: Grey on January 05, 2014, 12:49:17 AM
Space is mean with its dress codes! Why must it make us wear silly suits? :P

Good ol' cup and paper method did the trick! ;)
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 05, 2014, 12:50:24 AM
now you can eats some more of you om-noms
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Post by: Grey on January 05, 2014, 12:51:53 AM
Gimme all them nom-noms! I'm not gonna sleep tonight. o.O
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 05, 2014, 12:52:59 AM
it's alright because i didnt sleep all night a couple days ago.

im afraid of taking a nap for 100 years.
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Post by: Grey on January 05, 2014, 12:56:30 AM
Napping for 100 years= the most tired person ever. Might have too cut down on the sugar, my hands are shaking! o.O
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 05, 2014, 12:57:02 AM
nah
jsut have somemore tea.
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Post by: Grey on January 05, 2014, 01:00:09 AM
The funny thing is, I don't like tea! :) Give me some J2O anytime though!

Oh there's a thought what if J2O had never been invented. That's a scary thought! X3
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 05, 2014, 01:01:19 AM
i dont knwo what j20 is
i know what H20 is
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Post by: Grey on January 05, 2014, 01:03:34 AM
Don't they have those drinks where you live? :o They're the best drinks ever!
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 05, 2014, 01:04:26 AM
The Fear Of wat kind if drinks that are in that place.
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Post by: Grey on January 05, 2014, 01:09:42 AM
I know someone who has a cousin who eats wasps. o.O Google J2O.

Fear of someone not having an awesome drink.
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Post by: L4BY_ on January 06, 2014, 10:43:08 AM
Elevators, ever through I've still gone on Tower Of Terror at Disneyland Paris.
No, I'd hate it if I was in an elevator, and the whole thing just stopped moving (dat feeling, eww).
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 06, 2014, 04:29:05 PM
waking up not where you fell asleep...
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Post by: L4BY_ on January 06, 2014, 09:30:34 PM
I'm always sacred of coming back home after school and finding the whole flat on fire.
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Post by: George on January 07, 2014, 04:01:34 AM
I may have said this before, but disease. I hate the idea of being sick, and the last thing I want is to have something gross/painful/dangerous AND have it be contagious!
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: HyenaKing on January 07, 2014, 04:48:08 AM
I'm always sacred of coming back home after school and finding the whole flat on fire.

Why woud it catch fire?
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Post by: Srgntcuddles on January 07, 2014, 05:28:48 AM
Deep water, the unknown and...I think that's all.
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Post by: Ben on January 07, 2014, 07:57:49 AM
i am scared of cats....
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Post by: George on January 07, 2014, 09:03:50 AM
I thought you'd be afraid of swimming, BEN. (http://goo.gl/A3XXlW)
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Post by: juliet on January 07, 2014, 05:15:50 PM
I'm scared of the ocean, and heights. Or well I'm scared of falling. The ocean is because I do not like unconfined bodies of water. I just don't.


Pride. I should have none.
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Post by: Grey on January 07, 2014, 05:18:44 PM
Getting lost deep underground. :S
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Post by: juliet on January 07, 2014, 05:29:06 PM
Oh god I could never even go underground


Pride. I should have none.
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Post by: Grey on January 07, 2014, 05:34:03 PM
As long as I have some form of light and a way of leaving tracks, I might out of curiosity. :)

Seagulls also scare me, they can get quite nasty when you have food and often gang up on you too. Well the ones in Plymouth do. :/
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Post by: juliet on January 07, 2014, 05:42:28 PM
Oh god. Loud noises scare me so badly.


Pride. I should have none.
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Post by: charcoal.18 on January 08, 2014, 04:57:41 AM
Clowns shotguns don't ask and hights
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Post by: anoni on January 08, 2014, 08:17:05 AM
I'm afraid of the rope snapping and it falling while I'm in it. I'd rather stick to stairs. It's healthier that way too! :)

Fear not! For even if the rope snaps there is a special mechanism that instantly triggers known as a safety break that quickly stops the elevator from free falling. Elevators are the single safest way of travel (airplanes being the second) and out of all the service of elevators there's only been one injury due to an elevator free falling, this occured when a plane crashed into the Empire State building in 1945, the elevator freefell and injured, but did not kill, it's sole occupant. Every year 30 people die from elevators, a vast majority of these people are elevator maintenance that fall down the elevator shaft (rather than getting killed by the elevator). Compare this with the 24,000 people a year who die by lightning strikes!
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Grey on January 08, 2014, 09:27:15 AM
I'm afraid of the rope snapping and it falling while I'm in it. I'd rather stick to stairs. It's healthier that way too! :)

Fear not! For even if the rope snaps there is a special mechanism that instantly triggers known as a safety break that quickly stops the elevator from free falling. Elevators are the single safest way of travel (airplanes being the second) and out of all the service of elevators there's only been one injury due to an elevator free falling, this occured when a plane crashed into the Empire State building in 1945, the elevator freefell and injured, but did not kill, it's sole occupant. Every year 30 people die from elevators, a vast majority of these people are elevator maintenance that fall down the elevator shaft (rather than getting killed by the elevator). Compare this with the 24,000 people a year who die by lightning strikes!

That helps me knowing that, thanks Anoni!  ^_^
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: L4BY_ on January 08, 2014, 06:14:06 PM
I'm always scared of how people are gonna react on something I do or say, that's what makes me shy. In France, whoever is different gets treated like muck or teesed. I'm different from the way I speak sometimes. French teenagers think it's fun when someone struggles speaks with a funny canadian french accent like I do sometimes when I speak french. I'm not scared about how I look like, the clothes I wear.
Small anecdote: I'm the only person in the school that wears blue clothes, everyone is dressed in black or grey in my school 'cause they say it's "cool". I hate to be like everybody else, I prefer to be original, my own self.
What scares me (from bad experiences) is my way I express myself, how people are gonna see me if I talk about this or that.
I stress when I speak to strangers or menacing people, I hate it.
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Post by: MrRazot on January 09, 2014, 05:29:48 PM
a deficiency in any of my senses
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Post by: Ben on January 09, 2014, 08:28:34 PM
being stuck in a maze with cats  x_x
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Post by: nixon/monto on January 09, 2014, 11:08:35 PM
)I'll never be stuck in a maze. As long as I know where the end is.)

Being surrounded by non stop laughing clown statues. Oh the horror. (Gives me shivers.)
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Post by: Snow Kittie on January 10, 2014, 01:49:41 AM
I have a fear of being abandoned, left, or unloved.
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Post by: Grey on January 10, 2014, 01:55:31 AM
Falling out of bed. Again.  T_T
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Post by: Cifero Windtail on January 10, 2014, 02:35:59 AM
being stuck in a maze with cats  x_x
*tackles* Meow!


Spiders. o-o
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Post by: Ben on January 10, 2014, 03:07:43 AM
ahhhhhh *runs away*
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Post by: juliet on January 17, 2014, 05:02:56 PM
I'm scared of loud noises. It makes it hard to handle thunder and a vacuum. Uhhgg cleaning days.


Pride. I should have none.
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 17, 2014, 11:34:58 PM
My friends/family singing lyrics and blasting music.,
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Post by: MaskaTheOtter on January 19, 2014, 05:03:09 PM
Losing the once I love. Alex, Trixsie, Pease, Grey, I am talking about you!
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Post by: William Dynwood on January 19, 2014, 05:10:19 PM
Presentations in front of the class.. Brrrr... I don't like those...
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 19, 2014, 05:49:54 PM
 :|




I like em'
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Post by: MaskaTheOtter on January 19, 2014, 09:15:11 PM
^.^ I do to
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 19, 2014, 10:25:36 PM
I'm not a fan of jaguars.
 D:
AND NOW i'm ONE
dklfnasdjfhnladjsbfajksdkla
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Post by: Grey on January 19, 2014, 10:50:31 PM
Forgetting how to get home. :/
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Post by: MaskaTheOtter on January 19, 2014, 10:53:39 PM
Forgetting how to get home. :/
I have been there too
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 19, 2014, 10:57:21 PM
Forgetting how to swollow.

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Post by: AlmarRaccoon on January 19, 2014, 11:10:44 PM
Ever think about blinking and then blinking feels awkward? That's the worst
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Post by: LuminescentTide on January 19, 2014, 11:28:08 PM
GAH! Now I'm blinking weird!  @.@
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Post by: Grey on January 19, 2014, 11:30:35 PM
Other people making me feel awkward about myself. Tongues are weird. :S
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 20, 2014, 08:03:42 AM
I've had a crap-ton of awkward moments all the time and now i'm immune to noticing them.
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Post by: juliet on January 22, 2014, 04:36:13 AM
Not being accepted by people, when I get close to someone, I entirely shut them out and stop talking to them. When I don't, I get hurt. o-o Whooooo. *kills ads and hides in the corner of my computer.* ;-;
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Post by: William Dynwood on January 22, 2014, 08:17:44 PM
Knowing that nobody cares about me. Which i got used to since REALLY nobody cares about me. Wherever i go, whatever i say.

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Post by: Grey on January 22, 2014, 08:18:45 PM
^ I care about you! D:
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Post by: William Dynwood on January 22, 2014, 08:20:51 PM
How could one care if one does not really know me?
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Post by: Grey on January 22, 2014, 09:25:09 PM
I don't need to know you. If I saw you walking down the street one day, and saw you were hurt, I would help because I care. If I see you are upset, even on the internet, I would ask you if I can help. So, would you like help? Even if it's just a chat?

I have a phobia of people feeling that no one cares about them.
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Post by: Cifero Windtail on January 24, 2014, 08:42:09 PM
Dismemberment. (Of course, who wouldn't be afraid of that?)
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Post by: William Dynwood on January 25, 2014, 12:11:42 AM
I don't need to know you. If I saw you walking down the street one day, and saw you were hurt, I would help because I care. If I see you are upset, even on the internet, I would ask you if I can help. So, would you like help? Even if it's just a chat?

I have a phobia of people feeling that no one cares about them.

Nice to hear that :) . But no i do not really need help; I'm more like the guy who always wants to help people, even if they don't appreciate it. I'm always there for my friends, and I will always be there for them, it doesn't matter if they're offline friends or online friends.
But still, knowing that there's almost nobody who really cares about me, i could be sad about it, or i could just accept it. I've been trough a lot in the past, and I'm still alive, and every thing is fine.. altough sometimes there are just some minor downsides. :s but yeah... I just deal with them. By the way, PM me if you want, I will always respond, wether its directly after receiving a message, or 2 days later.

Thats just how I do stuff.
-Zehn OUT
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Post by: NekoPrincessAmaya on January 25, 2014, 08:08:26 PM
mine would be c..... l...owns and straigh....t jackets
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 26, 2014, 04:35:34 AM
The scary part is i want one.
Because i think people might call the mental police cops on me. Literally.
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Post by: nixon/monto on January 26, 2014, 02:20:10 PM
Nah you'll be fine Canis

The fear of the end of the world happening in my life time. (To much!)   


Live and let live
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Post by: HyenaKing on January 26, 2014, 03:28:24 PM
I can't stop twitching.
and its scaring the crap outta me
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Post by: MrRazot on February 09, 2014, 08:02:30 AM
I have a fear of being watched online
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Post by: Midnight Madness on February 10, 2014, 08:06:45 AM
Acrophobia and Claustrophobia. I'm also horrified by the idea of innocent people, especially those who can't defend themselves, being hurt or killed.
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Post by: George on February 10, 2014, 08:13:07 AM
I have a fear of being watched online
If you're in the US, NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA NSA


0n subject, crushing small creatures.
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Post by: BakaFawkes on March 19, 2014, 05:11:57 PM
Sabresmittenophobia, says Wikipedia. If it's fake, I mean the fear of getting stabbed.
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Twilight Rose on March 21, 2014, 03:47:26 AM
I dislike the traditional definition of phobias, personally. Considering they are classified as a subset of panic disorder, yet are defined as an "irrational fear," it doesn't really make sense to me. I love bats, but they make me extremely anxious in anything but a controlled environment. There are dozens of things that cause me an irrational amount of anxiety, but not many I will call a phobia, because I don't actually fear them. However...


Acute Claustrophobia- Small spaces I can't get out of(i.e. locked in a small closet, but fine being in an unlocked one) and crowds. The worst part of this is that I often can't judge the space-crowd ratio well enough to dodge it. Being in either situation over the acceptable level makes me hyperventilate and have a panic attack of the cry-in-a-corner level.


Agoraphopia- Crowds again, but also wide-open spaces. I think it might be a genetic throwback to warrior ancestors, because the form of situation makes sense: Nowhere to hide, nothing to hide behind, nothing to obscure an enemy's vision of me. Even a large empty room, like a big school gym, I cling to the walls. I can't make myself walk through the middle.


Spectrophobia- Awesomely enough, there are two phobias for "fear of mirrors." This one is specifically related to the paranormal side of them. Someone else mentioned this; I once saw a Shade in a mirror. On top of that, I've long been afraid of seeing something appear behind me while looking in a mirror. I also refuse to turn my back on a mirror, as someone mentioned previously. What's there when you aren't looking? Though weirdly enough, I want to try going into a mirror box.


Thalassophobia- Fear of the ocean; more often so fear of what lies beneath it. This one's a new one for me. Recently, I've read a lot of stuff about weird fish and other such things, and I've gotten to the point that I don't ever want to go in the ocean in any spot more than a few miles from shore, or more than a thousand or so feet deep. The thought of the creatures directly below me unnerves me to no end. And while I love scuba diving, I'll stick to lakes; way too many fish and bigger things that I can't keep track of moving closer than I'm comfortable with. Plus, a panic attack while swimming is just NO.
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Post by: AuburnTehDragon on March 21, 2014, 04:32:26 AM
Necrophobia; fear of death and all things related to it.


People make fun of me because I'm so scared of death. It's sad.
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Post by: Twilight Rose on March 21, 2014, 05:29:48 AM
Necrophobia; fear of death and all things related to it.



See, my first few years of conscious life were spent in a funeral home. I've been unphased by death my whole life, even rather morbidly amused by others' fear of it.


Apparently one time when I was like five, my dad took me into the casket room and I spent half the time petting the velvet on a casket... an OCCUPIED one.
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Post by: Shiothefox on March 23, 2014, 07:45:21 AM
Emetophobia; The fear of vomiting. It literally runs my life.
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Post by: The Past on March 23, 2014, 09:56:32 AM
Oh, vomiting. I have to be very sick to vomit (it's only happened to me twice), so I've associated it with extreme illness, and when people tell me they threw up, I get scared and awfully concerned about them.

Bees and wasps. Oh lord, I can't stand being near those things. People keep scolding me for disliking bees, but I'm sorry, but they look similar to wasps and they sting, so they still freak me out. And just... the way they fly looks so abnormal to me. It's like they're hanging on strings, like a puppet or something. Just thinking about it makes me shiver. I admit that they look cool, though. In photos...

I also have claustrophobia (fear of small spaces). Even putting on tight clothing that's hard to take off makes me panic. Like, if I try on a pair of old pants and can't pull them up past my thighs, I have a quick second of panic and quickly take them off. I will actually start crying if I can't get the tight clothing off soon enough. :I
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 09:31:06 PM
@Bees and wasps.

0H G0D 0H G0D 0H G0D

The only time I've successfully flown unassisted was when there were wasps in front of the door to escape the house.

Adrenalin's wacky stuff, ma'am...
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Post by: Grey on March 23, 2014, 09:34:51 PM
Women.
They scare me. XP
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Post by: George on March 23, 2014, 09:39:22 PM
@Grey: That's not a phobia, it's not irrational!
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Post by: AuburnTehDragon on March 23, 2014, 11:07:31 PM
Necrophobia; fear of death and all things related to it.



See, my first few years of conscious life were spent in a funeral home. I've been unphased by death my whole life, even rather morbidly amused by others' fear of it.


Apparently one time when I was like five, my dad took me into the casket room and I spent half the time petting the velvet on a casket... an OCCUPIED one.


CRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINGE e_e


To be honest, I don't understand why people are so obsessed with it. I understand to embrace it as a "yolo/carpe diem" thing but if someone fantasizes about being dead I think the best bet would be therapy.




MOVING ON before I get nightmares, I'm also terrified of needles and water. HOLY HELL
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Post by: TaoBun on March 24, 2014, 03:08:05 AM
 Mirrors where I can see my own reflection for some reason, really freak me out. Not just any reflective surface, mirrors specifically. I refuse to look into my own bathroom mirror as, when I do, I tend to disassociate and not move for like five minutes as the reflection kinda enraptures me.  @.@ And when I'm done staring off into space, I tend to be get into the "I have to leave the house or my reflection will kill me" mode.
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Post by: HankTOBA on March 24, 2014, 03:25:00 AM
Not much bothers me, except, just wait.....
PLANT ROOTS excluding grass roots, they just don't bother me.
When I have to touch or be close to an abundance of visible plant roots I have kinda sorta small panic attacks.
I guess I feel that the roots are going to grow into me or tie me up or something.
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Post by: George on March 24, 2014, 03:26:42 AM
(http://www.bakewell-trees.org/pictures/roots/(3).jpg)

Any smooth, waspy creature.
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Post by: HankTOBA on March 24, 2014, 03:34:49 AM
*swallows hard* NO! NO! I feel them digging into my flesh!

No seriously just the thought makes my skin crawl, what's this? OH SHI.....
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Post by: AuburnTehDragon on March 24, 2014, 04:52:14 AM
Not much bothers me, except, just wait.....
PLANT ROOTS excluding grass roots, they just don't bother me.
When I have to touch or be close to an abundance of visible plant roots I have kinda sorta small panic attacks.
I guess I feel that the roots are going to grow into me or tie me up or something.


NOTE: Let it be known throughout the Furry Forums and the internet that this is possibly one of the most specific fears out there.


I have a similar feel. I'm scared of really creepy looking plants; especially these dandelions that aren't really dandelions. They're these mother f***ers that are abundant in my state of California and ESPECIALLY IN MY AREA called SOW THISTLES.


THESE THINGS SCARE THE S*** OUT OF ME

I MEAN JUST LOOK AT THEM


(http://www.thetortoisetable.org.uk/common/files/catalogue/209/main_Sowthistle%202011-10-06%20at%2011-18-54.jpg)


(http://www.toronto-wildlife.com/Plants/Aster_family/thistle/thistle_sow_spiny_5sh25_072210_640x480.jpg)


(http://www.seasonalwildflowers.com/uploads/images/March/Prickly%20sow%3Dthistle/web%2011.jpg)


JESUS SLURPEE DRINKING CHRIST WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS THAT THING


(http://www.tickld.com/cdn_image_content/145520.jpg)


I have NIGHTMARES about these things. Ever since I was little. If one touched me I would scream and kill it by any means necessary. I remember when I was younger I had a dream that THESE F***ING THINGS GREW ALL OVER MY HOUSE AND MY BODY AND WHEN I WOKE UP I SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER AND IT WAS AT THREE IN THE MORNING. I don't know how my dad can touch these a**holes without feeling uneasy, since he does a lot of yardwork, including pulling up weeds.


These things aren't thistles to me. No.  THIS IS A GODDAMN THISTLE (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Thistle_20050725_001.jpg)

Sow Thistles AREN'T. They're the national flower of HELL.


-end of mini rant-
Title: Re: Your Phobias!
Post by: Naali Vekkinei on March 24, 2014, 07:05:49 AM
I have antropophobia. I very afraid peoples :(  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropophobia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropophobia)
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Post by: MaskaTheOtter on March 24, 2014, 04:50:39 PM
I just over came one of mine. My father is no longer a threat to me
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Post by: Grey on March 24, 2014, 04:56:41 PM
^WOHHOOOOO!

Having to eat sandwiches around my brother. >.>
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Post by: Drakos on March 25, 2014, 03:12:25 AM
I'm afraid of spiders....big ones.... >.> <.< x_x
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Post by: MaskaTheOtter on March 25, 2014, 06:26:15 AM
^I know how to fix that^
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Post by: Nicklaus Morgan on March 25, 2014, 08:50:26 AM
Umm Where to start XD
I'm afraid of falling, dying, insects, snakes, dark, heights, being alone, etc... I'm afraid of almost everything XD
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Post by: AuburnTehDragon on March 25, 2014, 06:04:42 PM
Umm Where to start XD
I'm afraid of falling, dying, insects, snakes, dark, heights, being alone, etc... I'm afraid of almost everything XD


I'M NOT ALONE ANYMORE


(http://media.tumblr.com/3fdf242841c30bc220fb32945935daf7/tumblr_inline_mwxqdg8lYX1qfd21g.jpg)
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Post by: MaskaTheOtter on March 25, 2014, 06:05:47 PM
That is awesome
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Post by: William Dynwood on March 25, 2014, 06:52:06 PM
I Fear presentations in front of large groups of people...

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Post by: Drakos on March 25, 2014, 10:21:53 PM
I'm also afraid of enclosed spaces, heights,  and clowns. Like old-style clown faces...they freak me out ._.



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Post by: George on March 25, 2014, 10:25:08 PM
0ld-school clowns are kinda creepy...
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5HSSckawGE/UUsCVk4SfjI/AAAAAAAABoI/LPyO-1yt80o/s1600/creepy_clown_1.jpg)
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Post by: Drakos on March 25, 2014, 10:26:35 PM
.....I wasn't planning on sleeping anyways >>;
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Post by: nixon/monto on March 28, 2014, 10:49:09 AM
I WAS! D: :( :(


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Post by: Magical Machine on March 31, 2014, 02:24:30 AM
Aichmophobia: The fear of sharp things.


Yet I still play Chivalry: Medieval warfare...
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Post by: L4BY_ on April 02, 2014, 09:36:15 AM
I'm socially phobic.
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Post by: Thalion on April 06, 2014, 08:20:40 PM
Heights!! OMG i get vertigo if i watch youtube clips of people pointing the camera down a sky scraper!
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Post by: Grey on April 06, 2014, 08:21:52 PM
^I do parkour over buildings

Spiders. They scare me.
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Post by: George on April 06, 2014, 08:23:51 PM
I have like zero fear of heights, which is pretty handy cause freaking out can make you do stupid stuff.



0n the other hand, spiders are scary.
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Post by: Thalion on April 06, 2014, 08:28:36 PM
*squishes spider*
>.>
<.<


They dont bother me XD Oh i just remembered im also afraid of swimming out to deep water.
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Post by: George on April 06, 2014, 08:36:46 PM
AHA that's one I almost forgot about, nautical, underwater rusty stuff like anchors and propellers. Propellers more.

I think I'm afraid of getting trapped with them or something.

I perfected the Spyro paddle, so I'm not really afraid of deep water itself, just getting trapped by something in it.
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Post by: Grey on April 06, 2014, 08:38:52 PM
Water. I can't swim.
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Post by: George on April 06, 2014, 08:42:59 PM
I can teach you!
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Post by: hdrgn on April 10, 2014, 08:20:03 AM
Hmmm......... Talking to girls
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Post by: HyenaKing on May 08, 2014, 08:59:29 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGlo_YM5XJg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGlo_YM5XJg)
Heh, jsut playing a joke.

Anyways.
ITS HAILING OUTSODE D:
AND THUNDER
Im afraid of being stuck by large amounts of electricity caused by clouds.
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Post by: George on May 08, 2014, 11:26:30 PM
Being caught in machinery. :o
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Post by: novafolfsky on May 09, 2014, 08:32:33 PM
Ticks, leeches, chiggers, sharks, airplanes, and Miley cyrus... These all scare me.
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Post by: Cheza on May 09, 2014, 09:25:01 PM
Omphalophobia and most likely also tryphophobia... x-x
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Post by: Tim Siguire on May 10, 2014, 02:10:09 PM
I am ridiculously scared of Balloons popping in my face.
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Post by: Grey on May 10, 2014, 02:16:32 PM
Being alone. That really scares me.
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Post by: HankTOBA on May 11, 2014, 01:26:25 AM
Rottweilers.
Almost got attacked by one.
My dog saved me, he turned out to be fine but I was so scared for him...
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Post by: George on May 11, 2014, 01:55:07 AM
I am ridiculously scared of Balloons popping in my face.
I used to have this fear of popping balloons until one day, I was inflating a balloon with my breath and it popped in my face harmlessly. I just laughed it off, and I've been fine about balloons since. :)
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Post by: TyVulpintaur on May 11, 2014, 02:32:55 AM
Heights
Death
Life
Loud noises
Bees/wasps/hornets
deep water
flying

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Post by: seltzervi on May 21, 2014, 02:12:04 AM
Trypophobia..... *cowers in corner*  Eewwww uggghhh I can't even begin to explain this 0.o
And this one may seem weird to you guys. My other phobia is Coccinellidaephobia.. which is the fear of ladybugs 0.o
They freak me out so much like I can't even oh my god. It started when I got bit on the neck by what I thought was a harmless little ladybug. I was playing with it, then BOOM. It's little ladybug teeth sunk into my flesh. I must admit it really stung though.
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Post by: ENOJI Kengura on May 21, 2014, 06:22:44 PM
^aww, well don't worry, I will protect you!  :)
 
I have severe arachnophobia. YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME IN THE SAME ROOM AS A SPIDER! (sorry for flaming)
Acarophobia- Fear of itching or of the insects that cause itching.
Apiphobia- Fear of bees.