What is your phobia?

[Mr. Ected]

ACROPHOBIA is mine.

[UndertheOcean]

1. Death, if it preceded by difficult breathing ... even painful death does not faze me much..

but when I envision being out of breath, feeling suffocated , and gulping for air , shivers go through my spine.

[backwoodsbob]

2. arachnaphobia

BAD

I'll wake the wife in the middle of the night to kill a spider if I see it

[redwitch]

5. me too.

And my youngest son is the same way.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. I would risk injury in order to escape a spider.

A long time ago I watched a documentary about spiders with the Ex and had to pick my feet up off of the floor.

I never fail to look under a toilet seat for a spider.

[Arkansas Granny]

28. I have hurt myself in order to escape a spider.

I once called a co-worker in to kill a spider that was hiding under my desk. It turned out to be a wadded up rubber band. It sure looked like a spider in the shadows.

[marzipanni]

31. Phobiaphobia

There's nothing to fear but fear itself.-FDR

Have you seen the pop-up book of phobias?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLTCbzasLuE&feature=related

[underpants]

3. Jewelry and balloons

the balloons thing is just that I am scared of them popping and getting in my eye... same with rubberbands

I just hate jewelry. Can't stand being around it.

[redwitch]

6. How unusual!

I LOVE jewelry!

[Kali]

4. well from that picture

me too!:scared:

also caterpillars and other wormy larvae:scared::scared::scared:

[femmocrat]

7. Heights. Can't even look at that picture!

Also squished bugs. ewwww

[applegrove]

8. When I was working at a tennis club as a groundskeeper I was suffering the

effects of multiple trauma. All of a sudden I became afraid that is I stepped on some rough lawn I could sprain or break my ankle and I wouldn't be able to get help. I was always conscious of where I stepped the whole time I worked there. I couldn't get it off my mind. Then my phobia just stopped.

[seabeyond]

9. heights, lol. see, that picture, hit the pit of my stomach. driving with family on country road i

have to sit on floor of car. only time i totally humiliate myself in front of children and cant help it. they laugh....

[rurallib]

10. Heights and bridges and especially high bridges

especially those bridges that are tight and have no side lane to pull off into. And if the bridge has open siderails so I can get the full extent of the view --- ooooooooooo
Since I am the only driver in my family I have from time to time had to deal with these situations - going about 40 (maybe less) on a high interstate bridge white knuckling the steering wheel.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Heights, 'cold calls,' crowded rooms.

I have qualifiers mitigating all three but those are my main ones.

[HEyHEY]

12. where is that photo? BC?

[HEyHEY]

13. bears, ursusphobia?

[petronius]

14. Any form of death, except for the totally sudden and unexpected painless kind

Although I'm not a huge fan of heights unless I'm roped to something solid (rock-climbing is fine, airplanes and observation decks are a little less fine)...

[renegade000]

15. Acrophobia, or a natural self-preservation instinct?

I'm pretty sure humans without a healthy sense of caution around precarious heights were weeded out of the gene-pool by gravity :P.

[blue_roses_lib]

16. Buzzing insects

Espcially around my neck. GEEEEE-----ZUZ keeeeee-rryst, makes me scream in terror every time. I'm not talking some little squeal either. Think Marv in Home Alone with the Tarantula on his face and bump the pitch an octave or two, and you've got it. UGGGHHHHH.

I'm not so much afraid of heights as I'm aware I have vertigo, and issues with motion sickness. I worry that I'll get car sick on a date or something - actually had to use the airsick bag flying into Flagstaff AZ, it had been 20 odd years or so.

What I am afraid of, and never really was able to put it into words, is being lost or seperated in crowded places. I get disoriented and slip right into a panic attack and start crying. I went into WalMart (yeah I know) around Christmas once with my best friend, and it was packed. We got seperated and I couldn't find him. I ended up calling his cell phone, and he was maybe 5 feet behind me, but I couldn't see him. I was almost hysterical with fear; felt like a little kid, and I was 24 at the time. I pretty much latched onto his jacket for the rest of the trip. He was really nice about it. I'm not sure why I get that scared. Dissoriented is understandable, but the actual panic... no clue where that comes from. At least I'm aware of it and can work around it.

[MicaelS]

17. Me too on the buzzing insects..

Buzzing insects start flying about my head and I freak.

[WildEyedLiberal]

45. I got a bee stuck in my ponytail when I was about 12

It was a psychotic death bee, too - I was outside playing basketball and I realized this bee was following me around. It didn't matter where I went - it followed me. So I went into the house to complain about this psycho bee, and my mom of course pooh-poohed me - "oh, you're just being dramatic as usual!" - when all of a sudden I heard a loud BZZZZZZZZZZ coming from right behind my head. My mom screamed and started smacking me on the back of the head where my ponytail was until she'd shooed the bee out the door, and then when we left later that day we had to make a run for the car because the psycho bee was STILL lingering around and STILL following me.

So needless to say I haven't been a huge fan of stinging insects near me ever since. (And no, miraculously, the bee somehow did not sting me. But having a bee wedged in my hair is as close as I'd prefer to come.)

[MilesColtrane]

19. heights, enclosed places, crowds, polka music, the usual...

[OhioChick]

20. Snakes

:scared:

[kentauros]

21. Anything metal or binding on my fingers.

Like rings. Or getting my finger(s) stuck in something like a bottle or pipe. And I can trace it back to being about five or six when a friend of my next-oldest brother got his finger stuck in a piece of pipe. My brother, being the "sensitive" brother he was back then said me that they'd have to cut his finger off if they couldn't get it out of the pipe. Thanks, Jeff! ;)

[PJPhreak]

22. Big outta Control Fires...

The Kind that make escape Impossible,Ya Know Big Housefires,Wind Wipped Forest Fires and Range Fires.

All ya'll that like in the Berkeley/Oakland Hills Understand exactly what I'm talking about.

[Rhiannon12866]

23. I share yours. Bridges get to me...

Years ago, when I was riding with my father crossing the interminable Chesapeake Bay Bridge, I spent the entire time in the backseat on the floor... :scared: x( :hide:

[Mad_Dem_X]

24. Heights and deep water

My greatest fear is falling from a great height into deep water and drowning.

[hobbit709]

25. i prefer terra firma under my feet.

[sinkingfeeling]

26. Ophidiophobia - fear of snakes.

[Arkansas Granny]

27. Spiders.

If they are outside of the house, I tend to just avoid them. I have couple of resident spiders that build webs on the front porch every evening and I don't disturb them. I know there are spiders in my house, but they stay out of my immediate living area. However, if one of those spiders gets on me or my clothing, I will beat myself and it half to death slapping at it to get it off and then I shudder for several minutes.

And if that big, long legged, stripey spider ever appears in my bathroom again, I hope I have something in my hands to kill him before he gets away again. I'm tired of doing inspections to see if he has returned every time I want to pee.

[bif]

29. Heights. Only when I'm out in the open.

I don't mind being in a tall building. But I can't go out on a balcony high up.

[Cant trust em]

38. This is me on Half Dome in Yosemite.

[Ilsa]

47. That describes my phobia pretty well. I can go out on the balcony, but only if it is huge.

And don't ask me to move to the edge. Julia Roberts sitting on the edge of the balcony in Pretty Woman made me want to leave the theater. That and the crappy movie it was.

[Brother Buzz]

30. Mud

Muddy lake bottoms, muddy river bottoms, tidal mudflats. I fear mud. I have no problem with sandy or rocky bottoms, but mud is to be avoided at all costs. Phobias live in mud.

[Amaril]

32. Snakes, dark water, tunnels

Those are the big three.

Snakes -- 'cause they give you "that" look and you just KNOW they're thinking "hmmmmm, can I unhinge my jaw far enough to......?"

Dark water -- I actually love being in, on or around water, but I absolutly will not wade or swim in water that is too dark for me to be able to see what else might be in there with me. (I blame Jaws)

Tunnels -- not claustrophobic anywhere else except in tunnels. I was in a full blown panic attack by the time we got thru the Chesapeake Bay tunnel (the one -- AND ONLY -- time I've even driven thru it).

[Call Me Wesley]

33. Right there, in your picture.

Ewwww. Want the ultimate kick, then watch this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzga6qAaBA

[dropkickpa]

34. silverfish

ugh, I hate those little fuckers. Any other bug I'm fine with but them, they wig me out.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

35. You didn't just do that to me oh no you didn't. Now I have to change

myself. Damn it.

[Minimus]

36. Clowns... motherfucking clowns!

I hate them... I have panic attacks if they get close.

[darkstar3]

37. Ladders. Not heights, just ladders. Oh, and standing on chairs.

I can jump off a high dive. I can fly in a plane. I can stand on a balcony overlooking a massive drop. The picture in the OP? Gorgeous. Peaceful, even.

But getting there...I cannot climb a ladder without getting an incredible case of the shakes, and the same goes for standing on chairs. Accidents as a child that leave gaping wounds in your face will screw you up for life, people.

[Xipe Totec]

39. My biggest fear is not being paranoid enough! nt

[rrneck]

40. Wimmin and the poleese.

:P

[GoCubsGo]

41. Falling

It's not the heights that scare me. It's falling from those heights. If I'm in a high spot, but am in a safe spot, I have no problem.

[pink-o]

42. Rats. Hate 'em

But I'm not phobic about them, I just think they're vile, plague-carrying vermin and where there's one there are usually a hundred. As for snakes, spiders, heights, small spaces, and the like, I don't mind them at all. I'd rather have a spider in my bedroom than a mosquito! Better a snake in my kitchen than a disgusting, dirty rodent.

But of all things scary in life, this is what I fear the most: Loss of independence. If I became quadriplegic, I would find a way to kill myself because I couldn't live like that. A lot of people do, and they are stronger, braver and better than I am. As I grow closer to old age, I know I'll have to learn to accept help, but it's a real neurosis of mine to be self-sufficient. I'm scared of helplessness far more than any critter or altitude.

[Roon]

43. Belly Dancers..

because they can always sense your fear and make you dance with them.

[JonLP24]

44. Scary looking insects

and spiders.

Small rooms where I have no freedom to leave. (I wouldn't survive a month in jail without going crazy).

Very tall heights. I'm talking Space Needle and Stratosphere kind of heights.

I'm sure there is more as I'm a coward in general. Sometimes I can work up enough courage and bravery that surprises myself but most of the time I'm a coward.

[KamaAina]

46. Repukophobia.

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[AsahinaKimi]

48. I don't mind traveling in Airplanes..

But you can't get me to go up and come down a tall ladder. But my biggest fear of all are
Giant Tsunami..