Fears/Phobias? - Page 2

cinnamongrrl · 05-03-2013, 11:46 AM

I have a phobia about SPECIFIC bugs...generally speaking, anything with more than 8 legs..and I'm none too partial to those wood louse bugs... but centipedes are prolly the only thing that will send me running and squealing like a girl....

I've come to realize I am NOT afraid of heights like I thought. I'm scared of falling. Big difference. If I feel secure, heights don't bother me at all...this is great since I have always wanted to learn to rock climb

femm_cb · 05-03-2013, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AscotButch

I'm with Daktari re. big things in the sea. When something unseen bumps my leg it freaks me the hell out. Having said that, it doesn't keep me out of the water; it just propels me quickly out should an encounter occur.

I'm the same way. I will Jesus across the water.

Apocalipstic · 05-03-2013, 12:25 PM

Teeth
Worms
Dating

Happyfemme · 05-03-2013, 01:25 PM

I am very afraid of spiders. I think they scare me the most when they are somewhere above me, like on the ceiling in my bedroom.

JustBeingMe · 05-03-2013, 01:46 PM

In addition to my first post I will that I now cannot stand crowds, like when you go grocery shopping.....I have to take ativan just to go into a crowded store. My ptsd and anxiety are much worse than it's been in last few years, and they upped my ativan to 3xday now, just to help curtail my anxiety. UGH... I also have a fear of falling.....I often have dreams of falling from great heights like a skyscraper and falling in mid air just wakes me up before I hit the ground and I'm balling like a big ass scared kid. I wonder what would happen if I hit the bottom and didn't wake up? I often think I would die in my sleep if I actually saw myself hit the bottom. IS that even possible?
I don 't know, but I dunt wanna find out. I am also afraid of pitbulls that have been fought before. I just don't trust them at all. But on the other hand, if it's a pitbull someone raised from a pup and wasnt' abusive to them, I'm not afraid of them then. Make sense? I dunnno, just is what it is.
OH and going into the ocean and learning to surf, I"m deathly afraid of sharks attacking. It's on reason I never learned how to surf, I don't want any missing body parts.........just sayin.

Girl_On_Fire · 05-03-2013, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Apocalipstic

Teeth
Worms
Dating

So you could never date a worm with teeth.

*laughs* Sorry, couldn't resist.

VintageFemme · 05-03-2013, 11:58 PM

Phobia: Cats - I've gotten better about it as I've gotten older [it used to be full on frozen fear and anxiety ridden] but I still cringe for the most part when one comes near me.

Fears: I'm afraid of the dark. I always have been and I probably always will be. And any kind of rodent. Including ferrets. I'm dying just thinking about them!

Gemme · 05-04-2013, 04:19 AM

I'm not particuarly fond of heights and especially not fond of the fall.

MysticOceansFL · 05-04-2013, 04:32 AM

I normal don't talk about my fears but I have one its spiders and when I see one I usually don't say anything I just kill it.

dixie · 05-04-2013, 05:46 AM

deathly afraid of heights
sometimes have a fear of being in a car/driving (comes from a past wreck, I suppose)
fear of rejection (which keeps me from some romances, employment, group events, and even friendships, etc)
slightly agoraphobic - I prefer not to be put in situations where social interaction will take place and will avoid it at all costs. Anyplace where people will look at me, talk to me, or even know I exist....I don't wanna be. (Even at work I will get very uncomfortable if people stand or talk too long, and will excuse myself even if it's just to go stand in the records room and regroup for a bit. Getting over this shit has been a work in progress for years...without much progress. I'm just better at hiding it these days.)
fear of big nasty hairy spiders *shudder*

I seem to be developing a lot more weird and unusual phobias as I age, most of which I won't bother naming since even to myself they sound/seem ridiculous.

tantalizingfemme · 05-04-2013, 06:15 AM

I am also deathly afraid of heights.... will start tearing up at the thought of being near the edge of something tall.

I also have a fear of bridges.... I dream of driving off bridges and have this fear that something with force me off a bridge or there will be a hole in the road and my car will fall through.

The JD · 05-04-2013, 06:55 AM

Spiders (though my reactions to spiders have great entertainment value, I'm told)

Those creepy flat slow-moving bugs- shield bugs, I think they're called. I call them stink bugs, even though they don't all stink.

Sunflowers.

Cailin · 05-04-2013, 07:09 AM

i have quite a few fears, but the ones that will absolutely petrify me:

Spiders. I dont mean, i just scream and say "kill it". My heart races, i sweat, I can almost not breathe and yes- I may cry and hyper ventilate based on how close and big it is. I will kill the small ones and I'm fine. but ones that are the size of a penny or larger, and they hop? I will start crying and hurt myself to try and get away from it.-- oddly, i LOVE snakes.

Not being able to save myself. Alot of people think I have a fear of planes/flying. Its not that, essentially. Its the fact that when I'm in an aluminum can, 50 million feet in the air, if anything goes wrong I am absolutely helpless to save myself. All I can do is sit there and wait to die. I can't flap my wings etc. However, I am fine with getting in a helicopter. You can jump out of them, if need be. I avoid any situation where I think I cannot save myself.

Living a life without cause. (self explanatory)

Cid · 05-04-2013, 09:26 AM

I could say that I have a fear of heights, but that's not exactly true. The fear that I have is falling from them.
Or more exact...the fear of landing after falling from them.

Ascot · 05-04-2013, 11:13 AM

Maggots. Yeah, no. I don't that it is truly a fear as much as it is soul crushing revulsion. Were I ever faced with a medical situation that could best be treated with maggot therapy I would have to be rendered unconscious and never told about it. Ever. Knowledge would lead to immediate institutionalization.

puddin' · 05-05-2013, 01:59 PM

ticks
leeches
extreme heights (vertigo)
australian spiders (they jump fo' gawds sake!)

Gemme · 05-05-2013, 04:22 PM

I heard a DJ on the radio talking about phobias while on the drive home today and a top 5 list that someone compiled. Number one: heights. Number two: dentist. Number five: spiders.

Numbers three and four got lost in me fussing at the other drivers.

girllikeu2 · 05-05-2013, 05:00 PM

Gotta say my fear of bridges has abated a bit since I now cross several dozen (including the thrilling 7 mile bridge) every few weeks. The first few crossings of said uber long bridge sent me into full blown black out, hyperventilating spasms, which were a boat load of fun with my kid in the back seat.

Good good times.

05-14-2013, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Gemme

I'm not particuarly fond of heights and especially not fond of the fall.

It doesn't hurt when ya fall...only when you land!

<<< Mr.Obvious face

candy_coated_bitch · 05-14-2013, 12:16 PM

Caterpillars. I am not afraid of bugs in general at ALL, just caterpillars. I had a very traumatizing childhood incident when I was about three.

My Dad decided it would be a good idea to burn down all the tent caterpillars out of the tree in the front yard. (He's not too bright sometimes.) Result being--a literal carpet of both burned and alive caterpillars all over the front lawn.

My three yeard old oblivious self ran outside to play the next day. With bare feet. Standing in inches of squishy caterpillars and alive ones that were crawling up my legs. I was fucking paralyzed and SCREAMING my head off. I will NEVER forget it.

If I so much as SEE a caterpillar. OMG. It's not pretty.

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05-03-2013, 11:58 PM	#27
VintageFemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Outside Posts: 2,299 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,828 Thanked 7,640 Times in 1,657 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Phobia: Cats - I've gotten better about it as I've gotten older [it used to be full on frozen fear and anxiety ridden] but I still cringe for the most part when one comes near me. Fears: I'm afraid of the dark. I always have been and I probably always will be. And any kind of rodent. Including ferrets. I'm dying just thinking about them! __________________ Unfinished Business & Open to Serendipity

05-04-2013, 04:19 AM	#28
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05-04-2013, 04:32 AM	#29
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05-03-2013, 01:25 PM	#24
Happyfemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Engaged Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: United States Posts: 1,666 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,303 Thanked 5,011 Times in 1,508 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	I am very afraid of spiders. I think they scare me the most when they are somewhere above me, like on the ceiling in my bedroom.

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05-04-2013, 06:15 AM	#31
tantalizingfemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Me Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: * Posts: 4,184 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,957 Thanked 4,010 Times in 823 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I am also deathly afraid of heights.... will start tearing up at the thought of being near the edge of something tall. I also have a fear of bridges.... I dream of driving off bridges and have this fear that something with force me off a bridge or there will be a hole in the road and my car will fall through.

05-04-2013, 06:55 AM	#32
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05-04-2013, 07:09 AM	#33
Cailin Member How Do You Identify?: Female.. and it's pronounced "cah-leen", not cay-lin Preferred Pronoun?: You Relationship Status: In one Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 872 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 979 Thanked 2,630 Times in 739 Posts Rep Power: 15791748	i have quite a few fears, but the ones that will absolutely petrify me: Spiders. I dont mean, i just scream and say "kill it". My heart races, i sweat, I can almost not breathe and yes- I may cry and hyper ventilate based on how close and big it is. I will kill the small ones and I'm fine. but ones that are the size of a penny or larger, and they hop? I will start crying and hurt myself to try and get away from it.-- oddly, i LOVE snakes. Not being able to save myself. Alot of people think I have a fear of planes/flying. Its not that, essentially. Its the fact that when I'm in an aluminum can, 50 million feet in the air, if anything goes wrong I am absolutely helpless to save myself. All I can do is sit there and wait to die. I can't flap my wings etc. However, I am fine with getting in a helicopter. You can jump out of them, if need be. I avoid any situation where I think I cannot save myself. Living a life without cause. (self explanatory) __________________ De reir a cheile a thogtar na caisleain

05-04-2013, 09:26 AM	#34
Cid Member How Do You Identify?: ultra femme princess Preferred Pronoun?: she, lady..whichever Relationship Status: waiting for the right one Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Don't follow me, I'm lost. Posts: 807 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,627 Thanked 2,731 Times in 632 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	I could say that I have a fear of heights, but that's not exactly true. The fear that I have is falling from them. Or more exact...the fear of landing after falling from them. __________________ Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.

05-04-2013, 11:13 AM	#35
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05-05-2013, 01:59 PM	#36
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05-05-2013, 04:22 PM	#37
Gemme Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety Preferred Pronoun?: She, as in 'She's a GEM' Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The roads are narrow here Posts: 36,585 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 182,168 Thanked 108,771 Times in 25,657 Posts Rep Power: 21474887	I heard a DJ on the radio talking about phobias while on the drive home today and a top 5 list that someone compiled. Number one: heights. Number two: dentist. Number five: spiders. Numbers three and four got lost in me fussing at the other drivers. __________________ Gemme's Journal I'm misunderestimated.

05-05-2013, 05:00 PM	#38
girllikeu2 Member How Do You Identify?: Dingbat Relationship Status: Facebook Official Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: *** Posts: 699 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 720 Thanked 1,100 Times in 288 Posts Rep Power**: 15433227	Gotta say my fear of bridges has abated a bit since I now cross several dozen (including the thrilling 7 mile bridge) every few weeks. The first few crossings of said uber long bridge sent me into full blown black out, hyperventilating spasms, which were a boat load of fun with my kid in the back seat. Good good times.

05-14-2013, 12:16 PM	#40
candy_coated_bitch Pixie Stick How Do You Identify?: The arteest formerly known as musicfemme. Preferred Pronoun?: She. Relationship Status: Happily taken. Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Northampton, MA Posts: 11,293 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 31,723 Thanked 32,098 Times in 6,125 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	Caterpillars. I am not afraid of bugs in general at ALL, just caterpillars. I had a very traumatizing childhood incident when I was about three. My Dad decided it would be a good idea to burn down all the tent caterpillars out of the tree in the front yard. (He's not too bright sometimes.) Result being--a literal carpet of both burned and alive caterpillars all over the front lawn. My three yeard old oblivious self ran outside to play the next day. With bare feet. Standing in inches of squishy caterpillars and alive ones that were crawling up my legs. I was fucking paralyzed and SCREAMING my head off. I will NEVER forget it. If I so much as SEE a caterpillar. OMG. It's not pretty.