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Post by Ebony on Nov 24, 2003 1:19:09 GMT -5
pho·bia
Pronunciation: 'fO-bE-&
Function: noun
Date: 1786
: an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation Mine are knives and needles! I have nightmares about being stabbed and could never ever stab anyone. To save my life I could shoot a person, but I'd probably die if I had to stab someone. And needles! OMG. I'm better than I used to be, because when I first joined the army they gave me like twelve shots in one day! The thought of a dentist placing a needle in my gums :shocked So I'm curious to know what yours are. 
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Post by Ivory Fair on Nov 24, 2003 1:41:49 GMT -5
I'm not super keen on flying insects. The crawling ones don't bother me so much, but give it some wings (Peach, I think we've discussed this before) and I can't handle it. I opened my door the other night and a moth flew at me and I wigged out. I've got all this hair and I'm paranoid they'll get stuck and I won't be able to get them out.
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Post by Ivory Fair on Nov 24, 2003 1:46:40 GMT -5
got another one ........... unsolved mysteries ......... missing people esp. ............. I could NEVER make it through an entire episode of the SHOW "Unsolved Mysteries" and what's his name off of 20/20 ........... hmm.......... anyway one of the guys on 20/20 specialized in unsolved crimes and that always freaked me out. But at the same time, it's like a train wreck, I can't make myself turn away.
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Post by Peach on Nov 24, 2003 8:50:28 GMT -5
I'm not super keen on flying insects. The crawling ones don't bother me so much, but give it some wings (Peach, I think we've discussed this before) and I can't handle it. I opened my door the other night and a moth flew at me and I wigged out. I've got all this hair and I'm paranoid they'll get stuck and I won't be able to get them out. Yes, we have!!! I still have it for moths, but being a parent actually helped me. (I have to stay sane for her, or we'd both be a wreck because she has the same phobia!) Anna has it for *all* flying insects, too... even flies, but she has turned into the warrior with flies. She swings a great swatter.  In the car, though, she has no rational thought....if there is a moth in the back window, she will scream bloody murder. A few times, she has unbuckled her seat belt and crawled into the front seat with me, while begging me to pull over and kill it. (Usually on a very busy interstate!) This is a girl who wouldn't think of unbuckling before the car is fully stopped in our driveway. Me.....besides moths, I guess you could say I have a phobia of heights....but nothing completely irrational. Also, I have a pretty big fear of going blind.... I have a lot of dreams about this one. Peach |
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Post by Tess on Nov 24, 2003 12:08:44 GMT -5
As a child had the needle phobia big time, then became a nurse, go figure? Bridges, especially narrow ones since the Silver Bridge collapsed near here in the 60's (see Mothman movie). Heights. SNAKES  big, little, dead, alive..... all of them. I am trying to overcome this just because I don't like to be controlled by anything, and if I have my girls out and we would come upon one :shocked . So far my plan for that is if the girl kills the snake she earns one badge and if she can convince the leader to come down from the tree she earns two ;D! Tess |
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Post by curet30 on Nov 24, 2003 12:36:29 GMT -5
I'm not super keen on flying insects. The crawling ones don't bother me so much, but give it some wings (Peach, I think we've discussed this before) and I can't handle it. I opened my door the other night and a moth flew at me and I wigged out. I've got all this hair and I'm paranoid they'll get stuck and I won't be able to get them out. Hey IVORY, We must have been separated at birth. I can't deal with FLYING bugs. I will leave you in the room all by yourself if I see one - (I ain't ashame to say it)  Another one is heights. I hate heights terribly |
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Post by Aba21 on Nov 24, 2003 12:51:33 GMT -5
Big A%# texas bugs
snakes...I was cleaning my pool out and a dead one was in the drain and I had to pull it out.
Dead Animals of any kind.......I hate moving them...like when my dog died.....i ain't scared just as Ivory says wigged out!
heights...yes heights, I said it!
slimy food..like ochra!
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Post by curet30 on Nov 24, 2003 12:56:19 GMT -5
Aba21: heights...yes heights, I said it! Uh Aba21.... An ABA a & NBA pro player afraid of heights  Isn't that somewhat an oxymoron ;D |
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Post by Aba21 on Nov 24, 2003 13:07:31 GMT -5
Aba21: heights...yes heights, I said it! Uh Aba21.... An ABA a & NBA pro player afraid of heights Isn't that somewhat an oxymoron ;D Yea I know....but I closed my eyes when I jumped........ ;D |
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Post by selfishreasons on Nov 24, 2003 13:46:26 GMT -5
Heights you say? I dig that it's actuall apart of one of the three inate fears.
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Post by earthangel on Nov 24, 2003 15:31:32 GMT -5
I have a SERIOUS FEAR of mold, mildew, and fungus. If you throw an old muffin at me that's growing blue mold, I will scream and run like crazy. I don't even like getting near any stuff that's growing...new stuff. Don't ask me to clean out the bottom of the refridgerator when there's creepy stuff like that in there The only thing worse is a shower FULL of black mildew....it's so gross. I WILL NOT take a shower if that's how I gotta do it. Cause then it'd feel surrounded and everything...and I know the stuff can't hurt you, but ewww It's a weird phobia, but I'm serious :faint: |
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Post by Peach on Nov 24, 2003 15:40:57 GMT -5
:comfort: Earthangel....but it *can* hurt you!! (In a way.) My daughter has a major mold allergy, like off the chart reaction....to alternaria mostly. It makes her have a huge attack.....so, she's afraid of it, too!  Peach |
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Post by c5temptsfan on Nov 24, 2003 16:03:54 GMT -5
DOGS!!!!!!............you can give me lizards, snakes ,spiders, ANYTHING.......but bring a dog near me and I freak....I don't understand why......but..... ME+DOGS= :shocked....... :faint:
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Post by AnnaKonda on Nov 24, 2003 17:59:59 GMT -5
I understand you too well, PG. Dogs scare the socks off my feet. Next worst thing: FIRE!
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Post by ThezeThreeWordz on Nov 24, 2003 19:01:31 GMT -5
crossing busy intersections dying being buried alive falling in a hole head first, cant move being stuck there..  driving.. well.. kinda  extremely large animales.. whales, elephants, giraffes.. etc.. won't get nowhere near them..  |
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