Specific Fears and Phobias

[Zeostar]

What are some specific fears and phobias you carry? Almost everybody likely has something.

Subnautica released on PS4 for free the other day, and I was excited to play it. I'm mostly stoic towards horror related stuff, nothing seems to bother me and I never even get a thrill from it. Subnautica targets a specific phobia of mine, which is deep ocean water. I was excited to play it.

20 minutes later, I was thinking "nope, nope, nope, forget this". I had my button on the home button the entire time ready to exit the game. I still plan on playing again, but it'll probably have to be in short sessions.

 

[Megan]

I have this massive uneasiness in regards to feeling my own blood pulse. This is especially frustrating during medical examinations when they actively trying to measure it.

And of course the usual fear of having to spend my entire life alone and isolated, without ever being able to experience an emotional bond with anybody.

 

[StCooler]

I have no specific phobia, but I have a few fears.
I have this persistent fear of being injured to the point that I'm disabled, particularly when I work out with heavy weights (deadlifts/squats VS my lumbar spine lol). Being injured to the point that I die doesn't bother me though ^^"

 

[Nah]

I have this persistent fear of being injured to the point that I'm disabled, particularly when I work out with heavy weights (deadlifts/squats VS my lumbar spine lol). Being injured to the point that I die doesn't bother me though ^^"

I feel the same way. If an injury kills me, that's fine. But if an injury blinds me in both eyes, makes me paralyzed, etc, please put a couple of 9mms into my skull ASAP.

 

[Corrin]

I fear being alone, having no one.
I can neither make nor keep friends, so it's a fear that will be realized soon enough.

 

[Fairy]

I have this massive uneasiness in regards to feeling my own blood pulse. This is especially frustrating during medical examinations when they actively trying to measure it.

This. I can't even wear earphones often because I become hyper focused on my own pulse. Eventually, I'll lather myself up into a panic attack because I get somatic symptoms of cardiac arrest. Anytime I hear my own heart beat it translates in my brain like a ticking clock that will fail at any moment. My chest hurts, my heart rate increases, I feel nauseous, all normal signs of panic that coincidentally play on that panic to convince my broken brain that I'm having a heart attack.

My phobia encompasses heart, blood, and brain disease that, before medication, I'd insist on going to the hospital for because I believed so firmly this delusion that I'm dying. I know now it's a trauma response and have been able to manage the symptoms a little better with therapy.

I also have a phobia of heights, which includes planes. The very concept of being on a tall building gives me vertigo and makes me dizzy. I always feel like I'll have an unstoppable compulsion to jump off if I ever find myself in that situation.

All that said, I have recovered from my phobia of spiders, so that's something I guess.

 

[pkmin3033]

Hospitals. Having your appendix removed when you're six and have no idea what's happening - and having nobody explain it to you - will do that to you. I lived in fear for years that I was going to end up back in there, to the point that every time I was even slightly ill I'd break down into hysterics. Something I still deal with, as nausea gives me intense panic attacks, despite my adult brain knowing that is not a likely outcome. I suppose what I'm really afraid of is debilitating illness, but I'd sooner kill myself (and almost have) than be confined in a hospital, be it a general one or a specialised institution...which almost happened when I was nearly sectioned in 2014. Or they thought about it, anyway. If I'm ever ill enough that I need treatment in a hospital, it's not going to go well...

 

[Corrin]

Hospitals. Having your appendix removed when you're six and have no idea what's happening - and having nobody explain it to you - will do that to you. I lived in fear for years that I was going to end up back in there, to the point that every time I was even slightly ill I'd break down into hysterics. Something I still deal with, as nausea gives me intense panic attacks, despite my adult brain knowing that is not a likely outcome. I suppose what I'm really afraid of is debilitating illness, but I'd sooner kill myself (and almost have) than be confined in a hospital, be it a general one or a specialised institution...which almost happened when I was nearly sectioned in 2014. Or they thought about it, anyway. If I'm ever ill enough that I need treatment in a hospital, it's not going to go well...

This is shocking, most pediatric hospitals are super good. I'm so sorry that happened.

But the adult ones here are bad, I'm afraid as well.

 

[Aslan]

I used to be fearful of being aware of any sensations in my body - the idea that if I thought about involuntary processes (e.g. swallowing, walking etc.) that I would somehow forget how to do them. Learnt anxiety cannot hurt me and that even if I have anxious thoughts I'll be OK whereas before I would have a full blown panic attack if I even became aware of any of those sensations. I still have a very specific phobia of choking which sucks because we eat three times a day but I've been managing it for the past 10 years with occasional relapses - sometimes that leads to me getting scared to eat but I try to rationally push myself through the anxiety and I have supportive family/friends who have been there when its been particularly hard. Thankfully have only had a major relapse in my life where I could not eat only once though.

 

[Ivysaur]

This. I can't even wear earphones often because I become hyper focused on my own pulse. Eventually, I'll lather myself up into a panic attack because I get somatic symptoms of cardiac arrest. Anytime I hear my own heart beat it translates in my brain like a ticking clock that will fail at any moment. My chest hurts, my heart rate increases, I feel nauseous, all normal signs of panic that coincidentally play on that panic to convince my broken brain that I'm having a heart attack.

I'm going to say that, on a bit less awful way, I have a very similar problem problem. I struggle to use earplugs in bed precisely because of it.

 

[Corrin]

I'll be honest, I feel similar because if I hear my heartbeat I get afraid It'll stop, same as when I'm hooked up to a heart machine.

 

[ElBurrito]

Heights. If humans were meant to leave the ground then we would have wings. My fear is slightly irrational as I love roller coasters and planes don't bother me. However I have yet to scale a ladder without clinging to it for dear life and looking over an edge with a steep drop or even a ridiculously tall stair case then I start to feel the "dizziness" set in.

One time I attempted to do some rock climbing and my body locked up about 7ft off the ground. I could move my limbs downward to climb but my body wouldn't allow itself to move any higher. Another time I tried to overcome my fear by reaching the peak off a mountain. I did, and pulled a rock from the top as a souvenir, but slipped and almost fell off a cliff on the way down. Nothing like fearing heights and having your legs dangle hundreds of feet in the air 🤣.

Other than that not much really frightens me. I'll dive in deep dark waters, crawl through tight caves, even go head to head with dangerous animals, but there's no way in hell you're taking me more than six inches off the ground.

 

[Devalue]

Points to bees and wasps as a pronounced phobia. Cannot identify the origin with certainty. Suspects an incident with a sibling getting stung several times near a bee's nest. May have overstated the potential danger. Worries more about getting stung somewhere sensitive (such as in the eyes) now.

 

[Dave]

Plz do not laugh, I am arachnophobic or In local language I am afraid of Spiders, They are a Nightmare to Me! Even though my one of the favourite super hero is Spider Man.

 

[Hisuitake]

I fear being alone, having no one.
I can neither make nor keep friends, so it's a fear that will be realized soon enough.

I have no friends nor know what friendship really is to be honest. I know what I'd like from a friendship and don't want though. People never tend to stay long in my life and leave me due to my past and who I am as a person. Because of my interests, likes, beliefs, values, opinions and views on things. I'm perhaps too weird or too much for someone so in the end no one likes me.

My fear is only not being able to be myself with others and having someone to talk to that cares for me. Being alone the rest of my life with no friends and ever having a chance to maybe experience love I don't fear anymore I accepted it. If you knew what people done to me all my life you'd understand why I would mind being alone and only having my family and pets. I don't trust and be friend how society's dose it still. I'm not like anyone else nor do what society says is cool, normal or to be popular with people and have friends or relationships. If people don't like taking it slow with me then there not the ones then. Read my AMA thread speaks more about myself.

I think its more fear of never being heard maybe by people the being alone. True I could get lonely and maybe are though not really sure either how best describe my fear or feelings on being alone.

Points to bees and wasps as a pronounced phobia. Cannot identify the origin with certainty. Suspects an incident with a sibling getting stung several times near a bee's nest. May have overstated the potential danger. Worries more about getting stung somewhere sensitive (such as in the eyes) now.

I'm afraid of bees myself as well. I got stung in the forehead at age 5 been extremely terrified of them since then. A wasp stung me and I more strongly dislike afraid of them then bees. Since bees help out earth and more harmless and don't mean no harm really than there cousin wasps and etc name they go by.


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I'm also afraid of leaving the house, people online and in real life, being touched by people and severe weather phobias I have.

 

[Nah]

Plz do not laugh, I am arachnophobic or In local language I am afraid of Spiders, They are a Nightmare to Me! Even though my one of the favourite super hero is Spider Man.

That's a pretty common one, so idk why anyone would laugh. I hate the fuckin things too. One decided it should come into my room last week, and that was the last decision it ever made.

I don't like many insects either (though my sister has it worse)

 

[StCooler]

Plz do not laugh, I am arachnophobic or In local language I am afraid of Spiders, They are a Nightmare to Me! Even though my one of the favourite super hero is Spider Man.

That's a pretty common one, so idk why anyone would laugh.

I think he didn't want us to laugh at the irony of being arachnophobic and yet loving Spiderman ^^"

I don't have dangerous spiders in my country, and thus I don't fear them, but I think I would instantly die if I saw some of the monstruous spiders from Australia or South America ^^"
(Although I saw snakes in India and it didn't bother me).

 

[gimmepie]

Heights terrify me. I don't do well with feeling a total lack of control either.

 

[Allen303]

Aliens
But lol i keep studying them and get nightmares

 

[Hibiscus]

I'm afraid of rats.