Phobias, who has 'em?

[Mr.Spandexpants]

Personally I find it an interesting topic, so whats yours?
Mine is Kinemortophobia, the fear of zombies. Yes, zombies, its a real phobia! Seriously!

[The Crappin' Elum]

Personally I find it an interesting topic, so whats yours?
Mine is Kinemortophobia, the fear of zombies. Yes, zombies, its a real phobia! Seriously!

No more L4D mr.spandex

on topic:
I'm kinda claustrophobic but only in dark,small places(does not include cleavages of women or vaggies)

[Daxter King]

Spiders freak me out.

[Mr.Spandexpants]

No more L4D mr.spandex

I don't play left for dead, i watched a zombie movie

[Nate]

Mould grosses me out more than is probably healthy. I've had to get over it somewhat since moving out of home, because I can't rely on anyone else to clean it for me now.

[Mr. Bungle]

I think my biggest Phobia is frogs, as strange as it sounds. Also Heights.

[Sekto Springs]

If we're going by the proper definition of phobia, ie a crippling irrational fear, then I have none I can think of.

I have alot of ticks and paranoias, such as having sharp things near my ears or having anything block my airways. The former stemming from an instance in my childhood where mom tried to cut my hair and ended up snipping a piece off of my ear, the latter from another instance where I was dog-piled under an exercise mat and couldn't breathe for nearly a minute.

[T-nex]

If we're going by the proper definition of phobia, ie a crippling irrational fear, then I have none I can think of.

I have alot of ticks and paranoias, such as having sharp things near my ears or having anything block my airways. The former stemming from an instance in my childhood where mom tried to cut my hair and ended up snipping a piece off of my ear, the latter from another instance where I was dog-piled under an exercise mat and couldn't breathe for nearly a minute.

When my sister wants to straighten my hair with the straightener, she always managed to burn my eye or my ear. I should stop letting her do it.



Anyway, of real phobias, I think I have an annoying case of social phobia. The doctor at least seemed to confirm this. But he's a shitty doctor too.
Anyway this is also why I might get weird sometimes. I get extremely paranoid, thinking that everyone hates me and is out to get me.
When I'm around many people I usually clamp up, and if nothing happened, i start to feel hyper ventilation and sweat coming up. But before anything happens, I usually go away or go to the bathroom. Just somewhere I can be alone.
I'm also really afraid of calling/messaging people I don't know. Even pizza. I usually order online because I hate the confrontation of the phone. But many times, I even skip that because I get nervous of the thought of having to interact with the pizza-man at the door.

The thing that's killing me the most is probably the paranoia. I know it's irrational, but sometimes it wins me over and makes me think everyone truly hates me and wants to hurt me. Or that they just pretend to be nice to my face and then conspire against me when I'm not looking.



Oh also I hate things that are too old. I always ask people how long time the milk has been open before drinking it, or how long they've been having that bread lie around. This usually brings frustration to people. But I don't see why it's a bad thing. I mean it even says on the carton not to drink it after 3 days.

[The Crappin' Elum]

When my sister wants to straighten my hair with the straightener, she always managed to burn my eye or my ear. I should stop letting her do it.



Anyway, of real phobias, I think I have an annoying case of social phobia. The doctor at least seemed to confirm this. But he's a shitty doctor too.
Anyway this is also why I might get weird sometimes. I get extremely paranoid, thinking that everyone hates me and is out to get me.
When I'm around many people I usually clamp up, and if nothing happened, i start to feel hyper ventilation and sweat coming up. But before anything happens, I usually go away or go to the bathroom. Just somewhere I can be alone.
I'm also really afraid of calling/messaging people I don't know. Even pizza. I usually order online because I hate the confrontation of the phone. But many times, I even skip that because I get nervous of the thought of having to interact with the pizza-man at the door.

The thing that's killing me the most is probably the paranoia. I know it's irrational, but sometimes it wins me over and makes me think everyone truly hates me and wants to hurt me. Or that they just pretend to be nice to my face and then conspire against me when I'm not looking.



Oh also I hate things that are too old. I always ask people how long time the milk has been open before drinking it, or how long they've been having that bread lie around. This usually brings frustration to people. But I don't see why it's a bad thing. I mean it even says on the carton not to drink it after 3 days.

[Mr.Spandexpants]

I also have a nervous disposition. Nearly EVERYTHING makes me nervous in some way.

[Scraby]

i hate needles,and when we go to take shots i start to feel nervous,and it happened that that nervous almost turned into crying,my dads cousin,when he was younger he used to chase me with thorns and scare the sh** out of me(i ussualy dont use rude words)and i think that the needle fear came from there

[STM]

I have some pretty bad phobias, stupid ones that make life living hell. I couldn't actually bring myself to tell even my family and now that I have, I near know end of it from my brother. It got slightly better as time went by so here it is. a phobia of buttons, even typing it is hard so please don't do anything stupid.

[T-nex]

I have some pretty bad phobias, stupid ones that make life living hell. I couldn't actually bring myself to tell even my family and now that I have, I near know end of it from my brother. It got slightly better as time went by so here it is. a phobia of buttons, even typing it is hard so please don't do anything stupid.

Well Im sorry to hear. It's always the phobias of little, meaningless everyday things that seem to be the worst. Are you getting help for it?

[Nate]

I'm also really afraid of calling/messaging people I don't know. Even pizza. I usually order online because I hate the confrontation of the phone. But many times, I even skip that because I get nervous of the thought of having to interact with the pizza-man at the door.

Oh, I'm like that too. I'm a lot better than I used to be, but I still avoid phone calls whenever I can. I used to be terrible; I'd put off and put off and put off important phone calls. Then I'd ring and hang up and almost hyperventilate with stress.

I'm also not particularly good socially with new people. I get paranoid and think that I've put my foot in my mouth or think that I've pissed them off somehow.

[T-nex]

Oh, I'm like that too. I'm a lot better than I used to be, but I still avoid phone calls whenever I can. I used to be terrible; I'd put off and put off and put off important phone calls. Then I'd ring and hang up and almost hyperventilate with stress.

I'm also not particularly good socially with new people. I get paranoid and think that I've put my foot in my mouth or think that I've pissed them off somehow.

I was actually going to go a phobia school for this, cos apparently it helped my sister's friend who has the exact same problem... But they dont have any classes Or at least they didnt when I had time. Now Chris is coming, so I wont have time for em at all.

But yea... My sister enjoys taking me to parties and out clubbing. But to be honest, I really dread them. Sometimes I end up all alone, amongst all these people, stressing out because I don't know what to do. Meanwhile my sister is having fun conversations with all of them. She sometimes forgets about me, but she doesnt mean to.

Anyway sometimes the occasional guy comes up to talk to me, and I often ask myself why it's only guys who do it and why and then I come to the conclusion that they just wanna screw me.

Also I cant talk to people at all. I don't know if it's me that's doing it wrong. I just often feel I'm talking "at" people. Like I try to engage in conversation and then they just come with brief answers and don't make the conversation progress. It's really annoying.
Either way I'm rambling. I don't even know what Im talking about anymore. I just wish I was a better socialite and stopped overthinking. I can think my friendships to death, to the point where I just wanna tell them to fuck off. Without them having done anything.

Hm..

[MA]

what the fuck is wrong with you?

anyway, i used to have an irrational fear of earwigs and harvester spiders, but i've gotten over that. my other fear is crowds and social gatherings. i get very anxious.

I think my biggest Phobia is frogs, as strange as it sounds. Also Heights.

a mate of mine that i volunteer with has a fear of frogs, too. it sometimes interferes with the work we do, like not digging near a patch of damp undergrowth in case a frog hops out.

[STM]

@ Tnex - No I don't get help I wouldn't be able to stand it. I've seen programmes where people would get help for things, I'd rather get over it myself.

[T-nex]

@ Tnex - No I don't get help I wouldn't be able to stand it. I've seen programmes where people would get help for things, I'd rather get over it myself.

Well it's your choice. But it's better to treat a beginning phobia, rather than wait years and have major difficulties getting rid of it.

Also I'm sure there are many types of phobia treatments. And no one can force you to do something you don't like.

[Munch's Master]

Anyway, of real phobias, I think I have an annoying case of social phobia. The doctor at least seemed to confirm this. But he's a shitty doctor too.
Anyway this is also why I might get weird sometimes. I get extremely paranoid, thinking that everyone hates me and is out to get me.
When I'm around many people I usually clamp up, and if nothing happened, i start to feel hyper ventilation and sweat coming up. But before anything happens, I usually go away or go to the bathroom. Just somewhere I can be alone.

The thing that's killing me the most is probably the paranoia. I know it's irrational, but sometimes it wins me over and makes me think everyone truly hates me and wants to hurt me. Or that they just pretend to be nice to my face and then conspire against me when I'm not looking.

This sounds remarkably like me. I dont hyperventilate or sweat though. I tend just to bugger off.

I'm slowly getting better under my own influence, but it rather fucked up my high school and college years.


Other than that I dont think I have any phobias. I hate needles but I don't have a full phobia of them or anything. I'd just really rather not be injected.

[MeechMunchie]

I don't like dogs, seawater or storms. That's about it.

[Dryadri]

I used to have a crippling phobia of needles when I was younger because I had a really bad experience with them when I was four, a bunch of nurses had to hold me down. It's kinda sorted itself out over the years as I've been forced to have injections and don't want to make a fool of myself. I still hyperventilate a little and shake/twitch, but it's not bad anymore.

I also have a phobia of wasps, which started a few years ago when I had a nest in the attic and they were getting in my bedroom. I lived and slept in fear of being stung in the night/when I was in my room and was stung five times in three days. I tend to freeze when they're around and breathe really fast and heavily. I can't concentrate if someone is trying to speak to me because I'm focused on the wasp(s), it sometimes gets as far as me whimpering a little. If I'm sat down I tuck my legs into my chest and try to hide my face and hands, or just bury my head in whoever's next to me. It's so embarrassing.

[ODDWORLDisTHEbest!]

i have a vashda nerada fear of the dark (no, not doctor who, its a real thing! its whats in the dark, but i'm not quite sure how to spell it), also, a fear of the sea, its horrible, i dont mean paddling at the beach, i dont mind that, i mean, well for example, if your in a plane crash and crash in the sea, your in the middle of nowhere, you have no idea of whats beneath you, and have a risk of hyperthermea (dont know how to spell that either), so thats basicly what it is, those three things.

[Scraby]

that happened to me,once 2 nurses holded me down and wanted to take some blood(i hated that wery mutch and i would mostly panic)

[Hazel-Rah]

I'm afraid of being buried alive

[Wings of Fire]

I have a vomit phobia, if I think I'm going to vomit then my mouth goes clammy and I gag and generally make it worse.

[Hazel-Rah]

That's weird, usually my mouth gets moist when I'm about to throw up.

[Josh]

You're back! Horray!


Anyways, I really don't like Spiders. Little death machines. And not so much of a phobia, but I hate Clowns.

[Crashpunk]

I have a fear of hights mostly but I don't like theme park rides or spiders

[Dryadri]

And not so much of a phobia, but I hate Clowns.

I never understood fears of clowns, purely because I think they're awesome. What is it you don't like about them? I'm curious.

[Wings of Fire]

That's weird, usually my mouth gets moist when I'm about to throw up.

That's the usual thing yeah, but my anxiety makes it less likely I'll actually throw up whilst making me feel worse about needing to.