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 spiderOriginally Posted by Veho
Ahh, I didn't know they weren't supposed to survive. I hope no one would seriosuly touch that big spider
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.
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
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.
Les Miserables,
Volume 1, Fifth Book, Chapter 3
Remember this, my friends: there are no such things as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.
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.
Water I can't see the bottom of bothers me too.
"If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia."
- Margaret Atwood
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.
"...You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?..." E. A. Poe
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....
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
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.
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.
"...You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?..." E. A. Poe
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.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.
Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better, it's not.
Now that's a weird one. What puts you off about mud cracks?
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"Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. At first the brightness was overwhelming, but I had seen that before. I kept looking, forcing myself not to blink, and then the brightness began to dissolve. My pupils shrunk to pinholes and everything came into focus and for a moment I understood. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal."
-Pi
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.
"...You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?..." E. A. Poe
Mine's a pretty common one, I'm afraid (
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.
“Oh crap”
-- Hellboy
Toughen up.Mine's a pretty common one, I'm afraid (
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.(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?
"...You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?..." E. A. Poe
It's not irrational, particularly when you find out these vampires were practicing on grapefruit right before they put a huge needle in youMine's a pretty common one, I'm afraid (
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.; I've seen them come at people from a 45 degree angle; you're getting pure bone at that
I even hate fingersticks...usually, I tell them to let me do it to myself; nothing hurts when you do it to yourself.
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