Is there a fear of getting trapped, with no forseeable way out? Where the space doesn't matter? And an indefinite amount of time? This is such a weird fear....fear of entrapment of abandonment, maybe???
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Is there a fear of getting trapped, with no forseeable way out? Where the space doesn't matter? And an indefinite amount of time? This is such a weird fear....fear of entrapment of abandonment, maybe???
I'm lactophobic.
Phobophobia - fear of phobias
Oh god, yes: I hate elevators; and South Florida is full of little old people who live in apartments with itsy bitsy elevators: the kind that wait after the door closes on you:( then it starts to move suddenly; but stops in between floors :cold: and you look into the box that says phone; but there isn't one:eek2: or it has a button alarm that none of the hard of hearing old people would hear:confused: and maybe you'll be in there, locked for days because they have 2 elevators:bawling: and your cell phone doesn't work in most elevators:flare:and they keep their bottom stairs locked for security:crash:
Well, a long-continuing arachnophobia, thus far.
I have a severe phobia of people... Or crowds actually. All those faces, in my face... Argh! Cannot handle it.
In my 30's I developed PTSD, because I was a victim of an aggravated assault, and though it is usually curable, I never managed to get back to 100 percent, because some of my attendants over the past ten years have made me fearful, and the system takes its toll on one, so it is hard for me to partition off my general anxiety in situation X from a particular phobia, but city rodents I think count as one. I am not sure about my fear of travel. I used to be fine in relation to that, but as a quad doing field work in not safe places, my internal confidence eroded, and being alone with a driver at night tends to make me hyperventilate, even if I know the majority just want to finish their tours and clock out, though on buses I still usually manage.
So, how do you all handle your phobias. In some cases, a person can avoid them; I used to tell my work not to send me to places with elevators...until most places had elevators. I know that you, Mary, must have to get out to shop and such...What do you do?
Joz, it sounds to me as if your phobias are practical issues. Even with all extremities I do not like going on public transportation at night and particularly into dangerous areas.
Has anyone got Sapienophobophobia? The fear of people with phobias. If you have, you'd better log off quick.
I have this stupid arachnophobia, because of my mom. Everytime there was a spider in the house, she'd flip out like it was going to kill her. Now my brother and I are the same. It's really inconvenient, especially since I'm so outdoorsy. So this spring, I'm going to go outside and collect as many species of spiders as I can in glass jars, and I'll slowly try to overcome my phobia by first holding the jar of the least scary, then opening it, then letting it crawl on the floor, then letting it crawl on me, then moving on to the next spider until I'm not afraid anymore.
Any venomous ones?Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Bears (Melissophobia). Every time I go hiking or backpacking, I'm always freaked out the first couple of nights if I'm in bear country. I saw a bear in the wild this past summer though, and that helped a lot (surprisingly enough). Watching "Grizzly Man" did not help.
Oh I loved watching grizzly man....
I think my biggest fear is if people find me ignorant, that is the one thing I don't want people saying about me... but I hate public speaking, as a kid I loved being in the spotlight but when I was 11 a girl in my class told me 5 minuets before I had to speak on stage in front of 50 kids and teachers that I get red dots in my face when I talk in front of people. I knew she only said it to be mean but after that, NO public speaking for me, I even dropped out of school the week I was supposed to show my projects in 3 classes, I just couldn't handle that on top of everything else....
I'm afraid of insects but wouldn't call it a phobia...
I'm very scared of being alone. that's why I love having dogs, they protect me and keep me company.
probably a few more fears but nothing comes to mind so they can't be that bad...
I don't think I'd put spiders in glass jars; they really don't like that...they can't breath and they are going to be really pi.... when you let them out and jump on you. Why don't you just look up spiders on the web, find out which are poisonous and find out which are in your area. We have daddy long legs in ours; they are really messy, but I hate to kill them because they eat ants and really seem to love their babies...they get so traumatized when I was one down the drain:eek2:Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
I don't think the little girl was being mean; you may get hives when you're nervous, alot of people do...you just take benadryl and no hives. You are obviously very bright because you are on the forum with all of us great minds:idea:Quote:
Originally Posted by Helga
Andimals are a great comfort; sometimes I've thought of trading in my cat for a good looking man with a gun or baseball bat...I wouldn't have to bath him, he would probably eat less, I wouldn't have to change his litter...I'm not sure the conversation would be any better:lol:
The only venomous ones around here are harvestmen spiders, but their fangs are too small to get through human skin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulclem
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The wolf spiders are friggin' scary. They're the worst ones.
http://www.petbugs.com/caresheets/ga...rolinensis.jpg
When they have babies, they carry them around on their backs and oh my god, I REALLY freak out. Millions of little tiny spiders crawling around on one huge effin' furry monster spider, I feel like they're in my hair as I type this. I hate you, mom.
http://www.childcarriers.com/assets/...wolfspider.jpg
Maybe I'll keep them in little spider tanks (like the ones you get from the pet store) and name them and try to love them, then slowly get closer and closer to them physically. Yeah, that actually sounds like a better plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by soundofmusic