Do you have any phobias or really bad fears

Original post by LizD

Jul 25, 2003 03:14 PM

I am so bad with heights, flying, crossing bridges (definite phobias)

Major fear of spiders, actually almost all bug type things ewwww.

mlp924 Posted: Jul 25, 2003 10:20 PM

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I am afraid of someone or something hurting my children.

Imagin916 Posted: Jul 25, 2003 10:34 PM

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I am DEATHLY afraid of bees, wasps, hornets, anything like that. If a spider was on me or right next to me I would freak out, but not as afraid of that as I am of the wasps. I would rather have a snake nest in my yard than a wasp nest!

DaniRN Posted: Jul 25, 2003 10:40 PM

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I am deathly afraid of crickets---I won't leave my house if there is a cricket by the door, i'm afraid he'll jump in and i'll never find him.

Nav023 Posted: Jul 25, 2003 11:02 PM

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I agree AliasPook... whenever there's a movie/show on and rape comes up, it really bothers me. I can't watch Oz for that reason. That is definitely another fear.

soon2bmrs2004 Posted: Jul 25, 2003 11:03 PM

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birds and snacks freak me out, but I hate go over bridges.

shamma Posted: Jul 26, 2003 09:37 AM

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If I have an interview in a company I will ask how the elevators are?? I will walk 20 flights of steps before I get in a little elevator. Claustrophobia is something else I tell you. I hate small close, crowded spaces.

JennRenee Posted: Jul 26, 2003 09:55 AM

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I am afraid of snakes, but my big fear is of the ocean at night. I can't figure that one out for the life of me, because I LOVE the ocean during the day.

kmcwed Posted: Jul 26, 2003 10:42 AM

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I'm deathly afraid of illness. Not germs or a cold or anything like that, but a serious illness that will effect my quality of life.

I'm also phobic of taking medication. I always think I'm going to have a serious side effect, or fatal allergic reaction. I guess it goes hand in hand with the fear of illness.

I'm also terrified of losing my mind or not being in control of my thoughts and emotions. I never had this fear until my grandmother got dementia and I helped take care of her for something like six years. During that time, I watched her slowly deteriorate mentally, to the point where she would hallucinate and have all these strange beliefs, like we were poisoning her, etc. Since then I've been utterly TERRIFIED of losing control of my mind.

It's to the point that if I have a day or two when I feel down or depressed, or when I get funky with PMS, I get SO frightened and think it's the beginning of clinical depression or any mental illness. It's terrible. I'm always analyzing my emotions to see if they are 'normal' or appropriate. I'm always kind of checking myself to see if I'm 'happy' and if I notice I don't feel 'happy' I start to worry. It's completely NEUROTIC!

Hopefully I'll learn to stop fearing this so much... Grandma passed away in 2000, and I'm getting a little better, but the fear is still very real to me.

I'm also afraid to fly.

I think all my fears really have one fear at their core. A fear of not being in control.

Karen

tracyg Posted: Jul 26, 2003 10:50 AM

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I'm afraid of death because i don't want to leave those i love also.. and its freaks me out how the world will go on without me, and i may never see the ones i love again!! so i guess its also a fear of the unknown. but its also a fear of not seeing my kids grow up (when i have them) of not fulfilling my goals and dreams, of missing out on life period!!