What's your irrational fear?

[bicentennial_baby]

For example, Sniffa is physically incapable of removing food from the sink. Y'know, like pieces of spaghetti that got waterlogged and icky...but really, any and all food that ends up in the sink. It totally grosses him out and gives him the heebie jeebies, and I have to deal with it.

:rofl:

So what's yours?

[taterguy]

1. Being married to someone that refuses to clean the damn sink

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Being forced to lick Rush Limbaugh's underwear clean while a naked Maggie Thatcher dances erotically

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Sounds like a Bill Hicks bit

:D

[rug]

19. One man's phobia is another man's fetish.

Prude.

[LeftyMom]

3. I'm scared to death of heights. Absolutely terrified.

I had to have a friend hold my hand just going up a particularly long, steep escalator at a metro station in DC. If I'd had to do it myself I'd have probably cried.

[wartrace]

44. I am only leery of heights if I am on the ground.

If I am flying the height fascinates me. I used to do some flying as a hobby, I LOVED it. I used to love going up to as high as the plane could go. You will NEVER see me standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon though......

[tismyself]

46. oh wow

I don't mind being in an airplane either, but what gets me is buildings or anything built. I can and will climb a mountain, even cliffs... it's just something about man made things that freak me completely out. What's really bizarre is my background is architecture.

[LeftyMom]

54. Flying doesn't bother me.

Standing too close to the windows at the airport, or walking down the connector thing? :scared: but I'm okay inside cars, planes, etc. I think it's because I locate myself in relationship to the structure and not the ground below. The same with high buildings provided I'm not near the window, or something.

[JVS]

5. That someone is going to scrape out my scrotum with a knife as though they were gutting a pumpkin.

I really don't like to think about that.

[johnnie]

6. Pussies that are afraid of food in the sink

LOL, kidding sniffa (ya pussy) ..

Heights suck, especially if I am looking up at them. Other than that, I'm not ascared of anything.

[DarkTirade]

7. Roaches.

I don't know why. I just am.

[Shell Beau]

78. Becuase there is nothing more vile.

:puke:

[fizzgig]

8. wind/tornadoes

i am absolutely terrified of high winds and tornadoes. we can get hellacious winds here, but tornadoes are pretty rare because we're so close to the mountains. however, a town just southeast of here got hit pretty badly by a huge tornado this summer. i was in denver, but i got a call from my mother to see if i was ok and a bunch of calls from my friends telling me hang out for a bit until things calmed down.

the weird thing is that i've been dreaming a lot about tornadoes lately and i'm getting progressively calmer in each dream. but that doesn't mean they still don't freak me out.

[laylah]

16. and i always thought

i was making the "let's head to the hidey hole" an adventure. sorry honey. i, too, am terrified of the wind and tornadoes, as you know. sorry i passed it on.

[flvegan]

9. Heights, sharks and spiders.

Heights is the worst. For example, I clicked on that Castaway movie with Tom Hanks the other night. There's a scene where he's on top of this cliff and the camera was looking over his shoulder. My stomach sank and I had to change the channel. It's a movie. THAT's how scared of heights I am.

[LeftyMom]

22. I can't watch movies with scenes in high places, either.

I have the same physical reaction as I do IRL, and I have to look away/close my eyes/change the channel, etc because, even though I'm perfectly aware that I'm safe and sound on my sofa, and not anyplace high at all, it'll instantly put me halfway to a panic attack.

[Lincolngirl]

29. You've just described my movie experience

with anything involving heights. Lord of the Rings, the flying up and down, all of them
I was standing on a landing today, with my back to a barrier, and even though I was just one story up, I felt a pull like I was going to go backwards.
Hate heights.

[cwydro]

32. Geez.

And you live in Florida! (Which is good from the height standpoint)...but we have spiders down here that make some sharks look friendly, lol!

edit: typo

[flvegan]

42. Yeah, I know.

I'm also about 30 miles from Clearwater Beach, common shark sighting area. Don't get me started on those giant wolf spiders or the nasty banana spiders.

[Lyric]

88. I didn't see any sharks at Clearwater Beach, but we DID

see a dolphin! It was so cute--it came right up by the pier to say hello, within 6 feet of where our friend Ron was swimming. He freaked out thinking that it was a shark, until he got a better look at it, lol.

:hi:

[Danger Mouse]

Wasps. I am deathly deathly deathly afraid of them.

[AlCzervik]

10. i can't think of any that are irrational.

i do have some fears though.

[quakerboy]

11. Utah. Cooked Pineapple. Meg Ryan

Scorpions and lionfish, but those are not irrational.

[kwassa]

59. I share the phobia of Meg.

Perky. Perky frightens me.

[quakerboy]

69. its her lips.

I am reminded of a hunting snake. I am afraid she will attempt to swallow me whole if ever we meet. It creeps me out. I refuse to watch her movies. Rachel Ray is a close second.

[bettyellen]

12. tripping and falling and smashing my teeth or getting impaled or cut up or something

i'm a spaz, and saw my two brother covered in blood from breaking glass and it stuck with me.

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

14. Ha! That's why the sight of blood makes me vomit!

It's weird, I don't mind blood in horror movies, but IRL... :puke:

All because my brother ran through a glass door when he was about 8, and then I had to watch him get stitched up. :scared:

:hi:

[skygazer]

13. My fear of water is completely rational

But I can sympathize with Sniffa because food in the sink does gross me out mightily. I can clean it, but I'm not liking it!

[mcctatas]

15. I have conquered it for the most part...

but for years it was that a snake would crawl up the hole and bite me in the butt while I was peeing.

[laylah]

17. Wind and tornadoes.

But the wind only in the spring and summer.

As for tornadoes, I moved to Colorado in 1975 because "Colorado doesn't have tornadoes". That summer one wiped out the Manitou City Park which sits/sat at the foot of Pikes Peak.

Then, when my Kaghime was born in May of '81, we had daily warnings so she grew up thinking she was a mole because we spent the first 4 months of her life mostly in the basement. I tried very hard not to let my fear rub off onto her but I don't think I succeeded in that.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

18. Bees.

I went of the diving board at our swim club with 3 of them attached to my hand.

Get 'em away plz :scared:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. circular saws hypnotize me and I am afraid of them although I have

used several types of them for various jobs. I don't think that is irrational though...:shrug:

[bicentennial_baby]

23. Definitely not irrational! Story: My Grandpa ran a sawmill on his farm,

back in the 1930s-40s. Probably longer. Anyway, one day in the late 1940s, he's out cutting logs in the sawmill, and he looks down and sees his thumb lying in the sawdust. Cut off so quick he didn't feel it. He picks it up, walks into the farmhouse, and has my grandmother sew it back on, after cleaning it. Worked fine after that, a little crooked though.

They lived on a mountain many miles from a medical facility, and Grandma was a nurse by training.

True story. Verified by many family members. :D

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. how cool is that !! You come from hardy stock....

you think you could do the same for Sniffa if need be.? :wow:

[zanne]

21. Stuck elevators.

I'll go up three or four flights of stairs to avoid getting in an elevator. People think I have a phobia of elevators. I don't mind them at all when they're moving--it's when they get stuck, the light goes out and you're stuck in there for an hour that terrifies me.

[tigereye]

39. that was me when I was younger - I grew out of it though

claustrophobia is a strange thing.

[zanne]

58. The only other thing I'm claustrophobic about is MRI's. nt

[Godhumor]

55. I still shudder every time I see the time lapsed video of the guy who was inside one for 41 hours

Poor guy.

[Shakespeare]

25. spiders, and any sensation that makes me feel like I can't breathe.

The first I've had since before I could remember, the second is the (psychological) result of a bad car wreck I was in 13 years ago, and sends me into a full-on blind panic.

[underpants]

26. Jewelry

I have looked it up. There is no name for it.

I can't stand touching it. YUCK!

I do wear a wedding band but that took some serious contemplation to even start doing

[TroglodyteScholar]

28. kosmimaphobia? n/t

[underpants]

31. WOW it does have a name

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080429104657AAcjPlu

thanks

[femmocrat]

27. Heights and squished bugs.

[oedura]

30. Social interaction...

I hate it sooooooooooooooooooooooo much.

[redqueen]

63. Aw...

you enjoy it online, though, right?

[oedura]

72. I don't mind it...

...at least when nobody's going out of their way to argue with me or calling me an idiot.

[redqueen]

77. I have a very dear friend

who shares that fear. It's not easy, I know.

Best of luck to you. :hug:

[lightningandsnow]

33. Making people dislike me.

That, and needles.

[meow2u3]

34. Bees, wasps, and other stinging insects

They scare the living crap out of me. I'm so scared that I can't even go outside during the summer :scared:

When I was a kid, I was repeatedly stung by bees and wasps. That's where I got this phobia.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

35. That I will somehow heave myself over a cliff or down a flight of stairs unintentionally

I know that sounds strange. Sometimes when I know there's potential to fall down I feel my body will subconsciously/unconsciously throw itself down and I'll hurt myself. It's hard to explain. For instance, I'll be on an escalator and feel that I'm going to fall all the way down it. When we were at the Grand Canyon, I felt the wind would just blow me over the edge. Is it a depth perception thing?

Mr. DTBK is deathly afraid of cleaning the Litter-Robot and will only do so with extreme distaste and under great duress.

[DS1]

36. stepping out of an elevator the moment the cable snaps

and having it cut me in two

[Odin2005]

37. Bitting and stinging bugs, especially bees, wasps, and hornets.

I'm not allergic to stings, but I've been extremely phobic about bee-type insects ever since I was stung by a wasp when I was 4.

I am also a severe social phobic because of my Asperger's Syndrome.

[SOteric]

38. Moths.

And cockroaches really creep me out, too.

[NJCher]

40. slugs

For you non-gardeners, a slug is a slimy mollusk about an inch long in the northeast and about 8 inches long in the Pacific Northwest!

So go out to your beautiful garden and pluck a bright red tomato and yeeeeeeeesh, there's a slug on it. It's slimy. It makes your fingers sticky and yellow. They are creepy, horrible.

I shudder.



Cher

[SallyMander]

41. Fireworks

No seriously :blush:


Hi honey! :loveya:

[wartrace]

43. Lightning.

I was struck by lightning as a kid, now every time there is an electrical storm I "pucker up" a little bit. I'm Ok as long as I'm inside a vehicle or a house. If I am stuck outside I get a little worried. I know the odds of getting struck again are slim but it was something I didn't enjoy.

[soleiri]

45. Snails and slugs

Stemming from a childhood trauma,
snails and slugs would slime their way under the kitchen door, I stepped on quite a few of them in the kitchen at night.
crunch, squish, ooze between my toes.
yes, probably more traumatic for them than me.

But I still make my sons remove snails for me in the garden...:scared:

[143tbone]

47. Boredom. Afraid of the resulting depression. n/t

[mainegreen]

48. Madness.

[Zavulon]

49. Spoiled milk. I'm absolutely TERRIFIED of it.

If the "sell by" date is the tenth of the month, for instance, I won't use it past the 6th or 7th. I buy 14-oz. bottles instead of more sensible quantities because otherwise I'll throw half of it away.

I do not trust milk at all, and use it only when a recipe calls for it and when there's at least a half a week left before the "sell by" date.

[dropkickpa]

60. Holy carp, me too!

Milk is always suspect in my world, I dump tons of the stuff the minute it smells off to me. Thing is, it ALWAYS smells off to me.

[astral]

50. Spiders.

Lightening -- but I rarely see it. Heights.

I suppose tornadoes would scare me too if I ever seen one in real life! Same with sharks.

[grannylib]

51. Anything with eight legs that is not seafood drenched in butter on my plate.

You know, the icky things that leave webbies and all that...:scared:

[peruban]

52. I get terrified swimming in the open ocean.

Maybe it's because I saw Jaws at such an early age. I any case if I can't feel the ocean floor under my feet I start to freak out. I thought going on a snorkeling trip in Key West would cure me of that but it didn't. I had a great time, though, and would do it again.

[JohnnieGordon]

53. I'm very tall and my feet stick out over the end of the bed...

I worry some ghost or demon or whatever will grab my feet while I'm sleeping, and if that thought occurs to me I have to pull my feet under the covers. The reason I think it's so irrational is I'm not a theist, so why should I believe in spooks and all of that? On some level I must or it wouldn't ever bother me enough that I have to pull my feet under the covers.

[redqueen]

64. I do the same thing. (nt)

[Godhumor]

56. I hate ladders

I rock-climb, so it's not a height issue. I think it has a lot more to do with stability concerns.

[boilerbabe]

57. I would hate to go to my job...

That I am totally sick of and find out that I was fired from it. Hard to explain, but after years of having no job stability, I cling to this one. Gotta bad attitude lately. Am sick and tired.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

61. Cancer or some other serious or terminal illness.

Even though I've always been pretty healthy.

[RadiationTherapy]

62. Whales.

Whales are scary as fuck.

[SarahB]

65. I fear posting my fear on the internets

Like maybe someone will use it for evil purposes. :scared:

[redqueen]

66. Hornets, wasps, bees, large flies ... pretty much any buzzing insect.

I can keep it together with flies and most other non-stinging instects for the most part... but the big ones still get me wigged out. I can usually remain calm (though still wary) around bees, but around wasps and hornets, forget it. I can stand being around them sometimes for short periods, but I'm silently freaking out the whole time.

[Mad_Dem_X]

67. Deep water. And heights.

I will never, EVER jump off a diving board.

[DS1]

68. You're missing out

There used to be a 22 foot ledge at a waterpark in NJ, that was FUN!

[Evoman]

70. Vomit.....oh god, vomit.

I'm scared of being around little kids, especially if they are sick, because they always fucking puke. They'll be running around, smiling.....then BLEEEECHHHH all over.

I also, for the most part, stay away from people who are drunk for the same reason. I will not climb in a car with a drunk person.

I will run from a room if someone is puking.

I will turn the volume up on the computer or tv if I hear someone puking in the bathroom.

I almost lost a job once because I refused to clean up a little puke, and refused to go back to that room until it was cleaned up.

I've thrown up ONCE in the past 17 or so years....and that was because I got sick from the morphine that was administered to me while I was having a kidney stone.

Completely irrational, but there you go.

I also hate other body fluids....snot, blood, crap, piss.....but I don't react as strongly as I do to puke.

[BarenakedLady]

75. I used to have that fear

And I did all those things you mentioned. Then I became a Mom. I got over it. But it still isn't one of my favorite things.

[MissHoneychurch]

71. My total irrational fear?

that a elevator keeps going through the roof. Don't ask me why, but since my childhood I have dreams about that. I know it is technically impossible. Still, it scares me.

[dawgmom]

96. Sounds like you were traumatized by "Willy Wonka"

Remember the end of the movie, when the elevator crashes through the glass ceiling and they fly over the city?

[Pierre.Suave]

73. I dont have any fears...

is that weird? I really dont...

[TK421]

74. Pretty much anything made of glass

I was cut pretty badly as a kid by a broken piece of it..I don't even like to wash dishes with glasses in there

[BarenakedLady]

76. Clowns

chit-chat
making phone calls
being the center of attention
never feeling passion again

[JackBeck]

79. Getting pushed in front of a train.

It rarely happens in the City, but when I see it on the news I automatically think I'm the next one.

[billyskank]

80. I am convinced that every plane I fly in is going to crash.

You can tell me about safety records all you like, my intelligence agrees with you, but as soon as I get in that plane and we start accelerating, my mind says fuck this shit! I want out!

[old mark]

82. One day you will be right.

You can say,"There! You see? I told you so!" as the others are screaming
on the long flaming drop theough miles of freezing space to the ground.
And they will say," Dang, Billy, you were right again!"


I take busses.

mark

[jonnyblitz]

81. people with cameras at DU meetups.

:hi:

[Fire Walk With Me]

83. Okay, I'll say it.

The Recommend Fairy.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

84. I'm In The Same Boat As Sniffa. Blech!

I also can't stomach the thought of eating cooked broccoli or asparagus.

[mvd]

85. Health concerns - probably irrational

Ever since I was diagnosed with apnea, I've had this health anxiety. Doesn't seem rational. My doctor says it's just some leftover apnea effects and anxiety, and she has done multiple tests (CAT scan, blood tests (she's not concerned about the mildly elevated liver function), urine tests, monitors during the sleep studies, and typical exam stuff,) but sometimes I feel she doesn't listen enough - and that keeps the anxiety going. She likes me, but sometimes I wonder about her.

I am fortunately doing better than I was doing. Still have some symptoms that bother me.

[PassingFair]

86. I'm afraid that I will lose my job, then my house, then someone will get sick...

oh, sorry, you said IRRATIONAL.

I have enough rational worries to
think about irrational ones....

:hi:

[Forkboy]

87. Moths creep me the fuck out.

Which is odd, seeing as though Mothra is so cute. :shrug:

[bicentennial_baby]

90. OMG! Me too! On both counts!

There was a moth in the car on Saturday...I had a fit. :scared:

But I adore Mothra... :D

:hi:

[Forkboy]

95. I don't know what the hell it is.

I mean, the tiny ones just annoy me, but the ones big enough to show in-flight movies and shit freak me right out.

And that powder on the wings reminds me of eye shadow, which I hate. :)

[graywarrior]

89. Lumps

[bicentennial_baby]

91. That's not irrational, you're obviously dying

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

92. And I don't even have one yet.....

....but they're lurking.

[foxfeet]

93. Driving on the freeway. I get panic attacks.

Drove on freeways for years with no problem, but once the panic attacks kicked it, no more. No problem on city streets, bridges, or two-lane blacktops, though. But it would take me a hell of a long time to drive cross-country.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

94. Getting trapped in a car underwater

So much so that I shudder when we are driving over a bridge and have nightmares about it

[dawgmom]

97. Yup. That's mine too.

So much so, that I bought one of those "life hammer" things for every vehicle we have. You use it to break the windows.
http://www.lifehammer.com/

[leeroysphitz]

98. I'm terrified of being caught in the middle of a prison riot.

I don't know why. I've never been to prison. I do not plan to be sent to prison (who does?)

[justabob]

99. high overpasses/bridges

There are a few new highway interchanges in Dallas that are obscenely high... the "High Five" and others.... I won't go near them.... *shudder*