What's your phobia? (If you feel comfortable sharing)

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Was just wondering what people's phobias were....(just in a curious way)

I have two phobias actually. My two phobias would be;

1) atychiphobia - This sometimes comes alive whenever I'm preparing for a a major test.
2) Hydrophobia - I'm very very very scared of large bodies of water. Especially murky water. My worst nightmare is falling of a bridge into the ocean tbh. Lol..
 

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Snakes....and fear of a heat illness/dehydration. You don't even want to see how much water i drink daily. Some of y'all don't use that much water during a water change!
 

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Cherophobia - the fear that having fun will always have consequences following it. If I enjoy myself then I fear I will have to pay a price.
 
I don't know if this counts but the sound of something scraping together especially metal.... I know it sounds silly but I really don't like it.
 
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I don't know if this counts but the sound of something scraping together especially metal.... I know it sounds silly but I really don't like it.
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Same here. Or metal scratching on a ceramic plate. I hate that sound so much.
 

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I have misophonia - triggered by the sound of people eating loudly.

if you are eating something crunchy, dont be upset when i leave the room and go hide somewhere!
 
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I have misophonia - triggered by the sound of people eating loudly.

if you are eating something crunchy, dont be upset when i leave the room and go hide somewhere!
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Dang. You're like my brother. He hates when people chew and covers his ears anytime I'm eating, and trust me, I don't chew with my mouth open.
 
Dang. You're like my brother. He hates when people chew and covers his ears anytime I'm eating, and trust me, I don't chew with my mouth open.
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Its an odd one to explain to people. Im quite good at controlling it now but ive read stories of people attacking complete strangers because they were eating loudly! I dont think ill let it get to that stage - prison doesnt appeal to me.
 
Its an odd one to explain to people. Im quite good at controlling it now but ive read stories of people attacking complete strangers because they were eating loudly! I dont think ill let it get to that stage - prison doesnt appeal to me.
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Just think of all the people that PURPOSEFULLY eat loud in prison...
 

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Was just wondering what people's phobias were....(just in a curious way)

I have two phobias actually. My two phobias would be;

1) atychiphobia - This sometimes comes alive whenever I'm preparing for a a major test.
2) Hydrophobia - I'm very very very scared of large bodies of water. Especially murky water. My worst nightmare is falling of a bridge into the ocean tbh. Lol..
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Wasps/hornets and their like. I was stung by an enormous number of wasps as a child. I was standing on a lawn when my leg went down a hole where they had a nest. I was at summer camp in upper New York State and we were all gathered on the lawn to salute the flag (we did this every morning) and I screamed so much that nearly everyone ran away. A couple of counselors pulled my leg out of the hole and it was covered in wasps. They also suffered some stings, but nothing like what happened to me. They coated my leg and other stung areas with wet mud and whisked me off to the infirmary. I know someone gave me treatments to counter the venom, but it was so long ago, I don't recall. It was extremely traumatic, like a horror film, as many of the wasps were still wriggling in my leg until the mud or the loss of their stingers killed them. It took a week before all the stingers could be removed. For several years after that, I always got stung by something, even when no one else near me was stung: wasps, hornets, deerfly (bitten) and a doctor told me that I most likely emitted some kind of scent that caused them to attack. A counselor nicknamed me "Bee Bite Baby". Anyway, it gave me a life-long fear of wasps. I'm more in control of the phobia now than I was in the past, but still...
 
Another thing that I fear and dislike is unprovoked hostile behaviour. I don’t understand what motivates people to simply be aggressive and antisocial towards people who haven’t done the same back before. I often get strange, often vivid nightmares where people are after me.

This is going to sound strange... last night I had a dream/nightmare where me and my family went on a holiday to Jamaica. We flew by plane (which took off in our back garden?) and landed at the resort. I could hear people fighting outside... strange?

I have no clue why this dream took place in Jamaica because I wasn’t thinking about the island country that day, and the storylines behind dreams are often influenced by thoughts. This is just an example of one of my fears in action that I wanted to share.
 
centipedes. big ones. the real big ones.

getting stuck in a cave head first, or falling headfirst down a deep hole and being wedged and trapped in it.
 
Bees freak me out. I run from them...lol Wasps are the worst with their stupid hanging legs.
My worst fear that makes me seriously pass out is needles. Even watching it on someone else.
 
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Except with those big centipedes. For real, they need to be feared, and everyone elses' phobia, including Betta'sAnonymous weird phobia of drying up.
 
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone, there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

Except with those big centipedes. For real, they need to be feared, and everyone elses' phobia, including Betta'sAnonymous weird phobia of drying up.
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I have seen too many heat casualties...ruin your day real quick!
 
I am absolutely terrified of heights. I’m not sure what the “phobia” name would be. Bridges are terrifying and I start shaking and sweating just thinking about being up high on a building. Watching spider-man was torture and in my favorite show (brooklyn 99) there were a couple scenes up high on a building that were SO scary for me, I almost had to leave the room. I can’t rock climb or climb trees, I was always the kid who didn’t climb trees when all my other friends were. I hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE heights!!!!
Snakes....and fear of a heat illness/dehydration. You don't even want to see how much water i drink daily. Some of y'all don't use that much water during a water change!
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You’d probably have a heart attack if you saw how much I drink in a day. Definitely not enough for living in a dry area :hilarious:
 
I am absolutely terrified of heights. I’m not sure what the “phobia” name would be. Bridges are terrifying and I start shaking and sweating just thinking about being up high on a building. Watching spider-man was torture and in my favorite show (brooklyn 99) there were a couple scenes up high on a building that were SO scary for me, I almost had to leave the room. I can’t rock climb or climb trees, I was always the kid who didn’t climb trees when all my other friends were. I hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE heights!!!!
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Total opposite here. I used to run across the tops of wet airplanes and hang out at the top of cranes in the wind :) but that is a common one, so you aren't alone.
 

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Total opposite here. I used to run across the tops of wet airplanes and hang out at the top of cranes in the wind :) but that is a common one, so you aren't alone.
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eeeeeek!!! That sounds so scary O_o
 
I am absolutely terrified of heights. I’m not sure what the “phobia” name would be. Bridges are terrifying and I start shaking and sweating just thinking about being up high on a building. Watching spider-man was torture and in my favorite show (brooklyn 99) there were a couple scenes up high on a building that were SO scary for me, I almost had to leave the room. I can’t rock climb or climb trees, I was always the kid who didn’t climb trees when all my other friends were. I hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE heights!!!!

You’d probably have a heart attack if you saw how much I drink in a day. Definitely not enough for living in a dry area :hilarious:
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Ditto on the heights. I was in Orlando last week and had to cross a mile high bridge that took approximately six hours to get over. No exaggeration, I counted EVERY second and EVERY inch. My hand were slick on the steering wheel and I think my heart might have stopped for a moment.
And Betta, drinking absolutely cures phobias, just not water :)
 
Ditto on the heights. I was in Orlando last week and had to cross a mile high bridge that took approximately six hours to get over. No exaggeration, I counted EVERY second and EVERY inch. My hand were slick on the steering wheel and I think my heart might have stopped for a moment.
And Betta, drinking absolutely cures phobias, just not water :)
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That sounds awful. The highest bridge in northern California is about an hour away from my house and my mom would take us to go hike near it about once a month (we would be near the bridge and usually hike under it, still really high above the river it was over) It was torture. Her solution to my fear of heights was “don’t look down” O_o
 
Heights too. I can't even bear to watch a scene on television where your looking down into a canyon or from a plane. It makes my knees weak. I went to a ballgame with my work and the seats were in the nosebleed section. I could not watch the game. I had to leave early and made my husband walk in front of me so I could look at the back of his head instead of down at the field!
I have misophonia - triggered by the sound of people eating loudly.

if you are eating something crunchy, dont be upset when i leave the room and go hide somewhere!
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That drives me crazy too...I thought I was being over critical! Makes me feel better somebody else reacts the same way I do.
 
Ever seen the texas chainsaw massacre with Jessica Biel? The early 2000s one?
Know that scene when dude is walking down the stairs and leather face slashes his Achilles tendon??? Yeah...that's my phobia right there.
 
I’m not sure if there’s a term for it but I cannot handle horror movies at all. I’m constantly on edge for like the next few days after watching one and I can feel my heart beating so hard the whole time I am watching one.
 
The only thing with me is heights and ladders. My legs don't work when I get on a ladder lol. I don't "like" spiders but I'm not freaked out by them like I used to be
 
Spider and tornados, I can't I absolutely can't with them. Strangely I live somewhere where this year we had 3 hurricanes this past season and I didn't flinch, but with tornados, even just a watch I can't (and I know hurricanes can cause tornados, but that doesn't really process for some reason I just get freaked out when I see the word tornado). And even the insty bitsy thumbnail spiders make me scream and run for backup
 
Mine is dying a horrible death like a car accident, house fire, or getting stabbed.
 

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I am terrified of fish! Lol jk. But I am ACTUALLY afraid of drowning (Specifically in a car driven into water, but not exclusively) and the fear of being burned alive. Those seem like the worst deaths to me, my last one is that no matter what I do I will never make a good home for my fish and that I'm a bad fish owner, this one is the worst, I think it every once and a while, do everything right and still fail. My other is fish tanks exploding, my 55 exploded a year and a couple months ago, that was terrifying, nerve-racking, and scary.
 
I am absolutely terrified of heights. I’m not sure what the “phobia” name would be. Bridges are terrifying and I start shaking and sweating just thinking about being up high on a building. Watching spider-man was torture
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Mission Impossible where he limbs a building, omg. I could not watch.

I can talk myself into somethings - 1 story ranch, I do my own gutters. Younger I could ride roller coasters ( My Dad would lecture me about centrifugal force so he wouldn't ride alone.)

I knew it was bad when I froze on a 3rd story parking garage and could not move. I had to talk myself into steeping back slowly. It's a garage ppl go to around Atlanta to see downtown skyline. It's amazing, but I froze.

There's a bridge in W VA, it's so high up, you cannot see the valley below. Terrifying. Thankfully, I never drove over it, so I could close my eyes.
 
I have the fear of being drowned in aquarium water once I am a ripe old age from wanting too many aquariums during my life... :hilarious:

In all seriousness though, my biggest fear is not performing well enough at demanding tasks such as my occupation or crafting a product. While I was the same way as a kid with grades and schooling, it is even worse now once I became an adult. My parents always told me that I am way harder on my self than they could ever be. :(
 
Arachnophobia. I’m working on it but it’s very hard.
 
Wasps/hornets and their like. I was stung by an enormous number of wasps as a child. I was standing on a lawn when my leg went down a hole where they had a nest.
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Ground wasps

I had some years ago.

I knew from the deaths in Texas from killer bee attacks to immediately mask your scent. I was mowing and ran over a nest. As soon as I realized what was going on, I had to get the pheromones off me to prevent a swarm. I ran for the outside water hose about 300 feet away & dosed myself and then ran into my shower fully clothed, stripped & lathered up with soap. I still had some in my hair at that time. I only got a few stings.



I had my brother comes over days later when I was gonna spray their ground nest at dusk when they are domant ( dawn or dusk) .

I warned him, but he came over no shirt, just shorts and flip flops, lol. He got attacked. same process - hose and then shower. Oh well.
 
I’m surprised it hasn’t been mentioned yet but I’ve got minor Trypophobia, aka the fear of small grouped together holes. The main thing that gets me is holes in the skin, ew! Ive also got Nyctophobia, aka the fear of the dark, it’s just too spooky!
 
Oh, this just occurred to me, and this is not really a phobia because I don't think that anyone else in the entire world has this fear. I don't know why, but when I eat at a crawfish boil, there's a legitimate fear in the back of my mind that one survived and is coming to get me. I used to play with crayfish as a kid, so I know what getting pinched is like, and it's a ridiculous fear, probably my only truly ridiculous one! I tell everyone this at boils and they all look at me with the exact "are you crazy?" look, I honestly deserve it, verrrryy silly fear
 
Oh, this just occurred to me, and this is not really a phobia because I don't think that anyone else in the entire world has this fear. I don't know why, but when I eat at a crawfish boil, there's a legitimate fear in the back of my mind that one survived and is coming to get me. I used to play with crayfish as a kid, so I know what getting pinched is like, and it's a ridiculous fear, probably my only truly ridiculous one! I tell everyone this at boils and they all look at me with the exact "are you crazy?" look, I honestly deserve it, verrrryy silly fear
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Most delicious phobia ever :D
 
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Wasps/hornets and their like. I was stung by an enormous number of wasps as a child. I was standing on a lawn when my leg went down a hole where they had a nest. I was at summer camp in upper New York State and we were all gathered on the lawn to salute the flag (we did this every morning) and I screamed so much that nearly everyone ran away. A couple of counselors pulled my leg out of the hole and it was covered in wasps. They also suffered some stings, but nothing like what happened to me. They coated my leg and other stung areas with wet mud and whisked me off to the infirmary. I know someone gave me treatments to counter the venom, but it was so long ago, I don't recall. It was extremely traumatic, like a horror film, as many of the wasps were still wriggling in my leg until the mud or the loss of their stingers killed them. It took a week before all the stingers could be removed. For several years after that, I always got stung by something, even when no one else near me was stung: wasps, hornets, deerfly (bitten) and a doctor told me that I most likely emitted some kind of scent that caused them to attack. A counselor nicknamed me "Bee Bite Baby". Anyway, it gave me a life-long fear of wasps. I'm more in control of the phobia now than I was in the past, but still...
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Oh Lord. That is very traumatic..
Hornets are basically the devils of bees.
At least you're better now.. :D
 
I’ve got a bad fear of heights. When I’m high up, I just shut down. My legs become unsteady, I start sweating, and I just can’t move. Watching scenes on tv doesn’t bother me, but actually being in these situations is awful. I can’t climb more than 3 rungs up a ladder, I can’t go up or down escalators, I have a near panic attack when I have to go to the mall, I can’t handle small balconies, etc. I don’t mind my own deck, oddly enough, even though it’s very high up.

I was also stung by a huge amount of wasps when I was very young. My entire leg went down the nest hole, and I couldn’t get it out for a solid minute. Not nearly as traumatic as the story Catappa told, but I would still never wish that many stings on anyone. I have an unusually high tolerance to bee and wasp venom; it shows very little effect compared to other people. It doesn’t much affect pain, though. So basically, I was barely swollen at all, but still in intense pain, so my mom didn’t know how many stings I actually had. It sucked.

Instead of causing a lifelong fear of vespids and similar insects, it had almost the opposite effect. For years afterward, I was still utterly terrified at the sight of even just a honeybee. I ended up researching wasps, hornets, and bees in order to figure out how to avoid attacks. This research caused me to become fascinated by them. I now keep different types of bees, wasps, and ants as pets, and they’re wonderful.

It was extremely hard to overcome that fear, but I’m so glad I was able to. I’ve now held wasps with my bare hands almost daily for 3 summers, and haven’t had a single sting in that time. I’m just glad that incident when I was young never developed into an actual phobia.

Anyway, this isn’t technically a phobia, but I’m a pretty bad hypochondriac. Everything remotely out of the ordinary seems like a deadly disease. Slight abdominal pain? Kidney failure, pancreatic cancer, or appendicitis. A sore muscle? tetanus or some type of blood cancer. Headache? Brain tumor, aneurysm, or stroke. I’ve had multiple panic attacks over a sore leg. I know it’s irrational, but even when I know these things are extremely unlikely for a healthy person of my age, I still know that even when something is rare, it isn’t impossible, and that fuels my fear. I usually calm down pretty quickly, but it’s just horrible.
 

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