Your Phobias? Page 6

Started by Katnip August 7th, 2008 7:38 PM
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Mildly afraid of spiders, mildly afraid of heights, and mildly afraid of enclosed spaces, the latter being the strongest. Other than that, most things don't effect me too much.

My greatest phobia is outgrowing Pokemon XD.


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I've been afraid of bees since I was six. Video game bees didn't help the phobia either. If you have a hornet land right in front of you, it's kind of hard not to freak out at age six. I also have the standard among alot of people: A fear of heights.
If you have any Beedrills or Combee,Vespiquen I will be happy no pun intended to take them off your hands.

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I have istosarachnaphobia and a fear of my next door neighbor. I've never heard a smoker sound so deep before, especially a woman.
istosarachnaphobia is a fear of spiderwebs. I always wonder where I got it from.

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Having a phobia means you're afraid of something irrational, as in it cannot possibly harm you. Having a fear of sharks, for instance, has no phobia, because it can actually hurt you.
Hmm, so does that mean my fear of physical pain/torture is not a phobia? Maybe...

Some phobias I have:
- Claustrophobia: fear of tight spaces. For me, it has to be a very tight space, as in I'm hardly able to move, and I have to be lying down. For example, if someone put me in a coffin and sat on it so I couldn't escape, I would totally freak out. But squeezing into a vertical space between buildings doesn't bother me. This is also a reason why I don't like waterslides that are so narrow you have to lie down in.
- "Pestophobia": Fear of bugs, but specifically the ones that are pests, like wasps and cockroaches and moths. (Not butterflies, dragonflies, honeybees, etc.) The exception is flies for some reason--I guess I'm just used to them. ("I wouldn't hurt a fly, so a fly wouldn't hurt me.") But maggots scare me. Another possible exception is spiders, but I'll get into that later. I don't shriek or even cringe at the sight of one of these bugs, but I do shudder a tiny bit, and can't wait until the bug disappears.
- "Aquanasalophobia": Fear of getting water up my nose. Another reason why I don't like the aforementioned waterslides, and the reason why I always hold my nose when going underwater (though I might let go once I'm in the water).
- "Vocalophobia": Fear of talking to people. This especially happens when I want to ask someone for something, or carry on a conversation with someone I don't know too well.
- "Mesmerophobia": Fear of looking at people when talking to them, especially into their eyes. Perhaps I think they're trying to hypnotise me?
- "Adipophobia": Fear of fat, specifically animal fat. This also includes fat on my body, oddly enough--I just... really hate the feel of it. Note the distinction from Anorexia nervosa, which deals specifically with a fear of being fat to the point of not eating. This I don't have.
- "Observophobia": Fear of people watching me. For some reason I have a tendency to want to do things secretly and quietly... although this does not stop me from performing in public or getting undressed near a window.
- "Justophobia": Fear of cops, lawyers, anyone with a justice-related job. I don't think I'm gonna explain this...

I think it's natural for someone interested in the paranormal to have paranormal-related fears, as they would be more aware of the topic. But with me, despite my fond interest in anything paranormal, I have no such fears--in fact, I personally view such fears as rather silly. Nor do I have any indirectly-related fears, such as hemophobia (fear of blood) or necrophobia (fear of dead things).

And now for a couple fears I try desperately to conceal, and/or only have partially.
- Arachnophobia: Fear of spiders. I do show the same signs with any bug upon seeing a spider (see "Pestophobia", above) and still get nervous about touching one, but I quell this with the knowledge that spiders get rid of a lot of the real pesty bugs. I have saved a spider's life quite a few times, and I'm bothered when someone kills a spider.
- "Murkophobia": Fear of the dark. In most cases, I love darkness, especially when indoors--in fact, I get annoyed when someone turns on the lights. I also enjoy walking outside at night. But whenever I do that, I occasionally get a tad fearful, as if someone will mug me or something.
- Cynophobia: Fear of dogs. It doesn't mean I don't like dogs--it means that I usually shudder and/or jump slightly at the sight or sound of one, especially if it's otherwise quiet or if it's nighttime. (I'll note that this works only with domestic dogs. If I feared foxes, I wouldn't have picked Ninetales as a username!)
- "Pilphobia": Fear of theft. It gets to the point where I frequently look at my purse, and walk back to my car to make sure it's locked. Or, I frequently wonder, "Is anyone going to try to steal my laptop?" or "If I leave this here, what are the chances that someone will take it?". I think this may have also, oddly enough, led to me falling in love with a fictional character I created who's a thief, so maybe I figure if I keep him in mind, I can more easily prevent theft? Of course this also means that I don't necessarily hate thieves in general. I think falling in love with the aforementioned character may have led me to advocate them...
^^I think I developed this fear after having a jacket, a purse, two MP3 players, and a GBA (w/ Pokemon Ruby) stolen... and after my boyfriend's DS was stolen. Curiously, ever since I developed this fear and the aforementioned character, I've never had anything stolen from me. Hee hee--it works after all.



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I have only a couple of phobias, which are arachnophobia and Belonephobia, but both of them are very severe (I actually have a full blown asthma attack if I see a spider any bigger than my little fingernail *shudder*), and the belonephobia is not so handy seeing as my husband is a diabetic :S




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I like sharks and needles! And I knocked a huge hornet's nest off the side of my house while my mom was keeping her distance. XD I pick up spiders... they're almost cute. (except Black Widows and the like.)
Sorry to brag. XD

But I am emetophobic. My worst fear in the world is vomiting. I freak out, and I go in my room, pace all over the place, stay up all night, refuse to eat or drink... if someone so much as mentions someone got sick. T.T I'd rather die. And that's the truth, I do not fear death.

Another fear is being raped. O_o

Something that goes along with that is bearing children. I don't want to get married and I don't want to have kids. (unless it was with Itachi, but he doesn't exist so that's beside the point.)

Insanity might also be a fear for me, but it also enthralls me. I'm fascinated by it. And I think I'm going insane myself anyway, I hear voices. All the time.

Another horrid fear of mine already came true...
*SPOILER FOR NARUTO*
Spoiler:
Itachi DIED! T.T
I used to be TERRIFIED of throwing up. I would do the same thing, refuse to eat or drink anything, stay up all night, and pace around. and I would shake uncontrollably. But I got over that fear. Because I got a strange virus last year, and I would feel fine, then randomly start feeling sick and then throw up. and it would happen every few days for about 4 months. It sucked =(

anyway, besides my fears I put here earlier, another one is Erotophobia- Fear of sex. Probably because of something that happened when I was little, but still. just thinking about it scares me ><;

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Posted November 2nd, 2009
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I'm deathly scared of people breaking into my house... I had a dream about that once; I was sitting at my desk and it was dark out. I glanced up (my desk chair faces my window) and saw someone in my backyard.

... I know it was only a dream, but ever since then I've been really OCD about making sure the doors and windows are locked before I go to sleep. Better safe than sorry.
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