Have any phobias?

[NNN0LHI]

Wasps and hornets is it for me. Don't like the way they fly or the way they walk with that stinger held out like a stiletto. Don't like anything about them. Just seeing one gives me chills down my spine. Never been stung by one. Probably because when I see one I go the other direction.

Intimidating little buggers, ain't they?

I notice my dogs don't want anything to do with them either. The will fight over who gets to eat the cicadas or June bugs when they spot one. But they both know the wasps and hornets are bad business. They have each both had a big swollen up nose from when they were younger and didn't know better and got stung sniffing around near one. They haven't forgot that.

Don

[kayakjohnny]

1. I'm not a huge fan of lightning.

Mainly when it's close by and I can't find shelter.

Other than that, I'm good to go.

[GoCubsGo]

33. I wouldn't call that "fear".

I'd call it common sense. Lightning should be taken seriously.

[HappyMe]

2. I'm really, really afraid of deep water.

:scared:

I don't know why.

[hifiguy]

3. Water more than six feet deep (I can't swim)

unless I am on a big, BIG boat.

Heights, if I am in the open. I can look straight down from the top of a 50 story building and it doesn't faze me. Put me on a ladder with my feet six feet off the ground and I am terrified out of my skull.

[S_E_Fudd]

4. Rodents...mice and rats....nt

[geardaddy]

5. Water in a lake or ocean if I'm in deep.

If I'm in a deep pool, that doesn't phase me.

Also heights.

[kick-ass-bob]

6. yes. GD.

:o

[Kali]

42. ...

:spray: :rofl:

:thumbsup:

[Arugula Latte]

7. Spiders

and anything involving broken bones -- :scared:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. I'm terribly afraid of clicking on links in the lounge, as you can see I've made some

good progress of late.

[EFerrari]

9. Heights, elevators, bridges, narrow steep roads

-- I have to drug myself to drive to Yosemite -- planes. I still do all those things but I usually need drugs.

[RebelOne]

10. Crabs. I will eat them, but I am terrified of live ones. n/t

[muffin1]

11. Driving

x(

[MorningGlow]

12. To be blunt? Poo.

Anything scatological. Can't even handle when a DUer makes a passing comment about a shit sandwich. Makes me nauseated. It's amazing I was able to change my kid's diapers.

[LynneSin]

13. Electricity

I mean in general I can be around things that are electric and even use them. But during electrical storms I have to unplug everything around me. I finally can use electrical products in the bathroom but they have to be unplugged when not in use.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Me, too. Electricity freaks me out.

I know about the physics part. I can even do the math relating to stuff like inductance and impedance and I can figure out circuits using Ohm's Law. I know the difference between DC power and single phase AC and three-phase AC. I know how voltage regulators and transformers and rectifiers work. But even so, that electricity shit scares me. There are all those electrons scurrying around and you can't fucking see them. So if I do anything electrical in my house, like replace a light fixture, I turn off ALL the electricity in the whole damn house first. That way the electrons can't do something evil like jump out of a wall outlet and get me.

[Kali]

41. I'm the opposite - I'm not scared of it (respect yes) but I don't "get" it

it is very magical to me and I just shut down mentally when people start using terms like volts and impedance and phase:rofl:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

14. Tall buildings.

Funny- I love to fly, and it doesn't bother me to look out the window at 35,000 ft., but I CANNOT walk to the edge at the top of a tall building and look over it.

[applegrove]

15. Heights. I had a summer job on a moutain and developed a fear of heights then. Bears too.

Bees or wasps because I got stung.

[jwhitesj]

16. Ants!

I know it sounds a little weird, I actually am not very found of bugs in general, but Ants are so gross and there is never just one of them. They are like the borg.

[Iggo]

17. Heights.

And it's weird. Intellectually, I've got no problem. But my body is scared to death of heights.

I can use my "spidey-sense" as an edge proximity meter.

The closer I get to the edge, the harder my body goes into panic mode. A couple steps closer, my chest tightens up and I get "that feeling." A couple steps back and it all recedes. Strange and interesting.

[LiberalEsto]

18. Republicans

they scare the daylights out of me

[Throd]

20. Scorpions

Spiders and snakes don't faze me at all, but scorpions give me the heebie jeebies like nothing else/

[femmocrat]

21. Heights, including bridges, open staircases, balconies, glass elevators, etc.

I'm not afraid of any creepy crawlers, but earth worms are just gross, IMO.

[Vanje]

22. Cowboys

No problem with spiders, snakes, even our local venomous snakes.

I'm not comfortable in lightning.

Cowboys, I just do not like!

[blueamy66]

30. Cowboys?

They are hot! What is not to like? :-)

[Vanje]

31. Cowboys are mean

[blueamy66]

32. Not all of them.

At least not the ones that I know here in AZ.

Especially the one with the Wrangler tattoo on his butt! :-)

[Brother Buzz]

23. Mud

Muddy beach bottoms, muddy rivers bottoms, muddy lake and pond bottoms. I fear them all. Phobias live in mud.

[Ohio Joe]

24. Guacamole

Shit creeps me out.

[Brickbat]

25. The older I get, the more I dread unprotected heights. I've always hated and feared Mac Tonight.

[cherokeeprogressive]

26. I will risk injury to get as far away from a spider as I can get. Just about any size or species.

[Odin2005]

27. Any stinging insect, If I see a bee I freak out like batshit.

[HopeHoops]

28. I have phobiaphobia.

I'm afraid of being afraid of things.

[blueamy66]

29. I'm with the "water" people

I have a HUGE respect for the ocean. I've run into a moray eel and jellyfish and do not want to run into either again. I've also been on a catamaran in Hawaii...which scared the hell outta me. I cannot look at Navy ships in any harbor.

I will go into the ocean up to my knees...and that is it. :-)

on edit: AND FLYING IN A PLANE! Which is not right, since my Dad worked for AA for over 40 years and we flew all the time. I need to pop a Xanax and have a drink before I can get on a plane these days. Sorry Dad!

[GoCubsGo]

34. Heights and confined spaces.

Actually, it's not so much the heights, but fear of falling. I don't have problems looking out an airplane window, or the window of the observation deck on a tall building. But, forget going up on the roof, over a high bridge, or high up in a tree, or in any high place that isn't enclosed.

I'm also a tad claustrophobic. I hope I never need an MRI or a CAT scan.

[opiate69]

35. Heights and spiders...

[Demoiselle]

36. Ticks. On my dogs. On me. Anywhere. nt

[Kceres]

37. Clowns. Ever see "It"?

Santa Clauses too.

Edited to include mimes.

[UndertheOcean]

38. Life and death are my two main phobias , otherwise nothing much. n/t

[alphafemale]

39. Wasps and similar stinging things were one of mine for a long time.

I got one (wasp) down my shirt when I was about 8 years old and it stung me several times before anyone could help me.

Over the next ten years I was petrified of any stinging insect and I was stung more times than I care to recount.

Then I decided - enough.

I decided to not be afraid anymore and came to realize that any indoor wasp/bee is terrified. I'm a catch and release/soothing talk type girl now. Haven't been stung since.

[Zephie]

40. coulrophobia

Clowns are the worst. You can't see what they're really feeling under all that greasepaint of eternal happiness... :scared:

[Kali]

43. larvae

especially caterpillars, but maggots and grubs are right up there too

I can levitate and scream loud enough to break glass - don't EVER threaten me with a caterpillar.


mildly phobic of heights too, much worse seeing some other person near a drop-off than even for me to get close, but panicky in both situations.

[susanr516]

44. I have several

Terrible fear of heights--I don't like bridges, flying, tall buildings, or glass elevators. I don't like deep water because I can barely swim. Insects scare me, especially stinging insects, grasshoppers, and cicadas. I can't stand tight spaces, crowded rooms, even putting a sheet over my head makes me panic.

But the most terrifying thing in the world is . . . a marionette. The Howdy Doody Show sent me screaming to my bedroom. I can watch marionettes on tv now, but seeing a real one still makes me shudder. Something about the strings and the freaky way it moves. :scared:

[emilyg]

45. Deep water.