Yes, it's the gentlemens way of getting rid of great leaders and great threats...I think the gentlemen like to put scary things in their liquor and drink them; Imagine swallowing a drunk spider;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Veho
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Yes, it's the gentlemens way of getting rid of great leaders and great threats...I think the gentlemen like to put scary things in their liquor and drink them; Imagine swallowing a drunk spider;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Veho
My biggest phobia is agoraphobia, which is the fear of large crowded areas. I never liked being closed in an elevator full of people, so I thought I had claustrophobia. I used to run cables for TV distribution, and in doing so I found myself in some very tight enclosed areas...and I was quite comfortable there. But one day I was in Walmart on a busy day...big open area, but with lots of people. It wasn't the small place that made me anxious in the elevator...it was the people.
Agoraphobia...not to be confused with Angoraphobia...the fear of wearing rabbit hair.
I think the only Phobia I have is Acrophobia- Fear of heights. I've always hated them and I can't see myself ever going on a plane again. Though I suppose I might have to someday.
You know what's weird...I have no fear of heights...but a fear of depths...like falling into a hole.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezakael
I can kind of get that. One thing that scares me is going down ladders, going up them doesn't bother me too much, but I shake like a leaf going down. The first step especially makes me nervous.Quote:
Originally Posted by BienvenuJDC
Water I can't see the bottom of bothers me too.
I wouldn't really call mine a phobia but I really do hate dry mud cracks, like in the picture below. If I was actually where they are, stood in them, I think I probably would go insane. I don't mind so much looking for them on Google for a minute, as long as I don't give them too much thought.
Ezakael I have a fear of flying also, but not a fear of heights. I've never flown and I never will. There's always sailing, you know.;)
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Well it's always harder getting on the ladder to go down; I freak when I get on the top of my roof and have to step off on that first step...my daughter holds the ladder but if i fall; I just fall on her....Quote:
Originally Posted by OrphanPip
I know what you mean: I like to swim; but I'm really afraid of deep water...but it's hard to swim when your belly touches the bottom:confused:
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Originally Posted by Veho
You're right sailing would be a good way to avoid flying :P. I've always been scared that the plane would crash for some reason.
Yeah, I'm always reminded of the saying "if God had wanted man to fly, he'd have given him wings". Aeroplanes just don't look natural up there, to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ezakael
I love to fly, whether commercially or in a little plane, and really enjoy being on the water as well. However, I have this weird thing about overnight ferries (and cruise ships) after reading about the Estonia disaster.Quote:
Ezakael I have a fear of flying also, but not a fear of heights. I've never flown and I never will. There's always sailing, you know.
It's not much a phobia as there being certain things I need to do whenever I'm on a boat like that, or even just a car ferry to Long Island. I always look for the life jackets and memorize the escape routes. I rarely sleep and have to sit on an upper, outer deck if it's an option.
I've never been, but I feel like Centrailia, PA, or any situation where the ground could open up and drop you into fire, would be creepy as anything.
Now that's a weird one. What puts you off about mud cracks?Quote:
Originally Posted by Veho
I guess it just is the imperfection of it all. If I was near the ones in the picture, I couldn't rest until I'd pulled off all the dry bits so that there were no cracks. I don't know, they just make me feel weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Mine's a pretty common one, I'm afraid ( ;) ). Needles. I hate, hate, hate, hate them. I seriously rethought getting married because, by state law, I had to have a blood test to get married. I wondered if marriage was worth it.
Flu shots? Hate them.
Quick story: When I had to get my childhood booster (immunization) shots, the nurses put me in a sort of straight jacket for kids because I would try to kick, scratch and bite them if I was otherwise unrestrained.
It's totally irrational too: I'm not scared of blood; I know shots don't hurt; I know all that stuff. . . but man. I don't do needles.
Toughen up.:p (I'm joking, of course). I'm sure needles can be scary. I guess we all have irrational fears. May I ask why you have to have a blood test to get married?:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Comedian
It's not irrational, particularly when you find out these vampires were practicing on grapefruit right before they put a huge needle in you:eek:; I've seen them come at people from a 45 degree angle; you're getting pure bone at that:mad: I even hate fingersticks...usually, I tell them to let me do it to myself; nothing hurts when you do it to yourself.:nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Comedian