Poll: What's your phobia/fear?
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Solifugids.
http://www.solpugid.com/Introduction.htm
and they are mean as hell. bugger all that BS about them being docile. a few species are, but most of them are not.
http://www.solpugid.com/Introduction.htm
and they are mean as hell. bugger all that BS about them being docile. a few species are, but most of them are not.
I'm certainly afraid of heights.
Whenever I am on a ledge or simply looking down from one I feel anxious and if it's is bad, my legs will shake a little.
Whenever I am on a ledge or simply looking down from one I feel anxious and if it's is bad, my legs will shake a little.
I have a fear of Moths at night. I can't sleep in case it flys on me. It's been 3am and I can't sleep because of a damn Moth.
Spiders. Definitely spiders. And I live in Australia. >< I'm fucked.
Huntsman spiders: nature's psychological warfare. Because what's the only thing scarier than looking up in the corner and seeing a giant huntsman spider there? Looking back five seconds later...and not seeing a giant huntsman spider. OO
Huntsman spiders: nature's psychological warfare. Because what's the only thing scarier than looking up in the corner and seeing a giant huntsman spider there? Looking back five seconds later...and not seeing a giant huntsman spider. OO
Merinthophobia
Def: an abnormal fear of being tied up or bound.
It's not like claustrophobia, oddly enough I like being in a little space, but the thought of being tied up, unable to move my arms and legs...
I think it started when I was seven and had a bike accident resulting in the brake handle piercing my left leg to the bone on my inner thigh.
I was rushed to the hospital, surprisingly it didn't really hurt, I remember looking down and actually picking out muscle tissue that had gushed onto my socks.
I understood I should try not to move or anything, and I did my best to stay still. But when they transfered me to the operating table, they put me in a kind of mummy restraint that completely held me in place with a hole so they could get to mt leg.
I freaked. I suddenly felt the horrible ache in my bone, the sharp tear of my muscles and the sting of the hole in my skin. I screamed and shook and did everything I could to try to writhe out.
I promised not to move if they took me out, and they told me they'd put me back in if I did start to move again. So they removed it and I was a rock for the whole operation. Every time I felt a pinch or cut I remembered the earlier pain and how much I didn't want it to start again.
From then on I have never been able to allow myself to be restrained.
Guess bondage is forever out of the question for my girlfriend. =/
Def: an abnormal fear of being tied up or bound.
It's not like claustrophobia, oddly enough I like being in a little space, but the thought of being tied up, unable to move my arms and legs...
I think it started when I was seven and had a bike accident resulting in the brake handle piercing my left leg to the bone on my inner thigh.
I was rushed to the hospital, surprisingly it didn't really hurt, I remember looking down and actually picking out muscle tissue that had gushed onto my socks.
I understood I should try not to move or anything, and I did my best to stay still. But when they transfered me to the operating table, they put me in a kind of mummy restraint that completely held me in place with a hole so they could get to mt leg.
I freaked. I suddenly felt the horrible ache in my bone, the sharp tear of my muscles and the sting of the hole in my skin. I screamed and shook and did everything I could to try to writhe out.
I promised not to move if they took me out, and they told me they'd put me back in if I did start to move again. So they removed it and I was a rock for the whole operation. Every time I felt a pinch or cut I remembered the earlier pain and how much I didn't want it to start again.
From then on I have never been able to allow myself to be restrained.
Guess bondage is forever out of the question for my girlfriend. =/
I have a phobia of slugs. They make me feel sick whenever I see one, which is annoying when my cat comes in with a load of baby slugs clinging to his fur.
I also have a phobia of public speaking, which is partly due to a slight stammer, but ruins my career prospects thanks to everyones insistance on group discussions for job interviews now. Stupid assessment centres.
I also have a phobia of public speaking, which is partly due to a slight stammer, but ruins my career prospects thanks to everyones insistance on group discussions for job interviews now. Stupid assessment centres.
"Once, when I was barefooted outdoors, enjoying a pleasantly moist day, I saw a banana slug on my foot, trying to eat my toe. Suddenly, I noticed more banana slugs coming my way. I ran, screaming, from the voracious horde as I still do to this day when I'm barefooted out doors and see a banana slug.Sociallyinept said:
In fact, I believe banana slugs to be the one of the most vicious and pathological predators of human beings on the planet. There are only two reasons we don't hear more horror stories of banana slug related deaths. First, they aren't very smart, they can't plan ahead, use tools, or lure their prey with subtle bait. Second, and this is the important thing to remember if you ever find yourself in a life threatening situation where a banana slug has the upper hand... they are very ver slow."
-from The Banana Slug Song by They Might Be Giants (I think. Everywhere I look this is what I get, but one place said 'lohar' but I'm gonna go with the majority.)
Syringes. I'm fine with them as long as they're not close by, but I'm nervous for days before vaccination and I usually don't use anesthetics (correct term?) at the dentist's even though stuff might hurt like hell. In other words: I can watch House.
Cave story?Noop said:
Yeah it's not on the list because that's called being shy with bad social skills. The cure? Alcohol and lots of it. Don't worry I'm guessing most of the people here can sympathize.RebellionXXI said:
My fears consist of drowning, being set on fire, and having nails driven through my feet. Being ripped apart by animals would also be unpleasant.
Claustrophobia. Tiny tunnels where I can't move. Of the two most common themes in my dreams, one is some/any kind of apocalypse, and the other is being in a tiny, horizontal space- usually with other people between me and the exit. I never get stuck, I just always panic. But never in an outward way... Outwardly I'm always calm, but freaking out mentally.
I didn't realise I was acrophobic until I went up the Empire State Building and nearly shat myself....
And I'm 19...
And I'm 19...
I'm scared of heights, but like doing stuff that involves being up high, just because I know I will be shitting it. Make sense?