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by anonymous on December 27th, 2006
Spiders and moths. They're too unpredictable, it freaks me out.
by browneyedbeauty on December 27th, 2006
I cannot stand spiders in the least bit.
Its weird because I am not the stereotypical girly girl scared of bugs...in fact Im pretty tough, but for some reason spiders make me scream and run. It doesnt matter how big..its the look of them, and the way the crawl...
UUUUgghh..
its DISGUSTING!!!
by va_freaking_nessa on December 27th, 2006
I have Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.
I am constantly trying to remain positive so I don't even THINK about faliure. The mere thought of faliure frightens me, makes me break out into a sweat, even. I don't really like talking about it as it makes me stressed, & I tend to get snappy.
I remember back when I was about 14 I lost a race at school; I cried for days & days, uncontrollably. Not to mention I got angry, I admit I may have even broken afew things with the anger! I just hate losing.
It seems pretty stupid, but it has affected my life in quite a huge way.
by EarthAngel on December 29th, 2006
I am seriously afraid of heights.I can't even stand on a chair without shaking and sweating.
by glamorgirli on December 27th, 2006
moths since I was 5 and in the bathtub and a giant moth ended up flying around me. And Ordering Pizza over the phone...I get all nervous and just can't do it, so I have to pass the phone over to something else. Or else I'll have a panic attack.
by staffie on December 27th, 2006
i have clausrophobia really bad and phobia of being ill aswell
by Brew Guy wishes he was icefishing... on February 19th, 2007
Odontophobia- Fear of teeth or dental surgery
*shudder*
by Amber757 on December 31st, 2006
I am deadly afraid of:
1. Deep, dark waters
2. Open closets
3. SPIDERS
4. The grudge
5. Oh, and my friend's mom's house. It is SO filthy, I can't stand it. I was once in her kitchen and I saw a cockroach crawl out from underneath her cabinet and into some food they had left open. I was just staring with my mouth open in disgust. I almost threw up, I ran out of the house and waited for my friend to come out.
by Valparaiso on December 28th, 2006
I'm Ichthyophobic. That is I'm afraid of fish.
I could also be accused of being cynophobia because I'm afraid of those godless killing machines known commonly as dogs.
But I'm more afraid of fish then dogs. Oddly enough I'm not afraid of sea mammels like dolphins. I love dolphins but fish freak me out.
by Midnighttoker on December 28th, 2006
snakeaphobia!
by anonymous on December 28th, 2006
Coulrophobia- fear of clowns. They really, really scare me
Contreltophobia- fear of being abused sexually. But I think that would scare anyone
Staurophobia- fear of crucifixes not really, but it made me laugh when I saw it
Aphenphosmphobia, Haphephobia or Haptephobia or Chiraptophobia- fear of being touched. It's not REALLY severe, but I do hate it
by Anonymous on December 16th, 2007
Failure and rejection. My dad and minister always reinforced the notion that I shouldn't stress even though everyone was watching and judging all the time so I should get everything right the first time, and that trying was failing. Rejection stemmed naturally from failure.
by asweetguy4u2know saya R.I.P Nelson on December 16th, 2007
Yes I have a severe fear of rejection. It is so bad that I usually don't even try to make any attempt to approach any woman I have an interest in unless I know for certain that y feelings will be returned.
by Midnighttoker on February 23rd, 2007
snakes. it's very bad,i'll hurt my-self and anything/any-one in my way.
by travis bickle on December 31st, 2006
People. Those things freak me out!
by timetogetserious on December 31st, 2006
Heights, i am scared of heights. Quite funny considering i am about 6ft4 tall.
by Copperhead on December 31st, 2006
Mice, rats and then the older I get the more I have problems with being being in very confined spaces like when getting an MRI.
by Bollocks on December 29th, 2006
I have agoraphobia at the moment. I have had it for 12 months now. That's why I'm on the computer most of the time.
by lady fuschia on December 28th, 2006
Birds. Any birds, but particularly seagulls and pigeons for some reason. I have actually risked getting run over, walking in the road to avoid a pigeon. The fear does extend to pretty much anything with flapping wings- I was scolded heavily by my Brownie pack leader for having a screaming and crying fit after she forced me to go into a butterfly farm when I was about nine and one of them landed on me.
This phobia is entirely my mother's fault and she knows it- she has a phobia of birds herself and because I saw her express fear of them when I was little I've ended up with this irrational belief that there's something to be frightened of. Both my sisters are also terrified of birds. We used to be pathetic when we all lived together and the cat dragged one in still alive. I have memories of us shutting the dining room door to let the cat kill a baby sparrow just because we couldn't bear to do anything about it - we stood there whimpering and shouting "I'm really sorry!" at the bird through the keyhole.
by AntigoneRising on December 27th, 2006
Well, I've been previously diagnosed with claustrophobia, but I also strongly believe I suffer from idiotophobia.
by Smile loves California on October 2nd, 2009
I don't have many fears, but one I do have is of cave diving, where it would be too tight to turn around or the possibility of getting lost.
by MusicalChef on October 2nd, 2009
I really don't like heights.
by mrbuddhafreak on October 2nd, 2009
I am paralytically terrified of injections. My doctor gives free flu shots and every year my wife drags me down so that she and the doc can have a giggle at my expense.
Oddly enough, I have no problem having blood taken for tests and have given blood over 25 times (28?). So it's injections and not needles. And flu season is coming and there's two shots to get this year. :-{(
by j ninja... on October 2nd, 2009
Gora
by Ailsa on June 21st, 2009
Clowns
by Cryxellis on December 17th, 2007
When I was a kid yes I do have, I'm scared of Cockroach, just the word cockroach made me cry and my heart beats faster than the normal.. but thanks to my ever loving brother *the bastard* he helped me <if you can really called that help> he throw me that creepy thing when I was in a bathroom and guess what? I screamed and cry that I felt my lungs will go out from my mouth! goodness.. after that memorable incident I noticed that when I saw a cockroach I never get scared nor cry.. sometimes being harsh is not bad eh.. =P
by albert nonymous "A" nonymous for short. on December 16th, 2007
I am absolutely terrified of flying in commercial jets.
My chest even gets tight watching video of them taking off.
I will not fly in one period.
Oddly I am not as afraid of small planes like single engine cessna's.
by Leorog on December 16th, 2007
arachnophobia and I dont have a clue how I developed it.....
by Egico is now Egioz on December 16th, 2007
Snakes!!! When I was 8 years old my older cousins snuck me into a movie that was not meant for kids (they were baby sitting. In the movie a kid got bitten in the eye by a snake and then his whoe face came up in big pus filled lumps and then it split open! I had nightmares about snakes for quite a while. then, as if that wasn't enough, we went to a circus and th esnale handler wrapped a bloody great boa across my shoulders - totally freaked me out. A year or so later we went to Morrocco and there was a snake charmer who thought it was funny to suddenly jump up and scream and throw a black belt at you (so you thought it was a snake). I was so terrified of snakes that I couldn't even look at a picture in a book or on TV. I would become totally hysterical.
I spent an entire day sitting in the hot sun waiting for a huge snake to move off a path in the Amazon one time. That was when I decided I had to get over it. Now, I can be around snakes, I'm even OK with the fact that my kids want to get a snake (my husband isn't though!)
by Melissa on December 16th, 2007
Needles. I have bad veins and anytime I need a blood draw or an IV (like when I was hospitalized for a week) it always takes AT LEAST two pokes to get it, sometimes more than that. I just never know how many times they will need to stick that needle in me, and sometimes the person will get it in, but not quite in the right place, so they'll wiggle it around for a bit before deciding to pull out and try again. I guess it's not the needles that scare me, it's the not knowing how long the hurt will last.
by MrsGeorge on December 16th, 2007
Spiders!! Do you remember that show Rescue 911? On that show there was a lady that got bitten by a black spider while she was sleeping. I was little girl and it freaked me out! I can't sleep with my feet uncovered for fear of spiders....and last time one was within a foot of me I about had a heat attack!
by Anonymous on November 20th, 2007
Yes. Lepidopterophobia, which is an irrational fear of butterflies (and sometimes moths). I'm not so terrified of moths and other flying insects as I am repulsed by them, but butterflies send me into a sheer panic.
It makes no sense. There is nothing frightening about a butterfly, but even a glimpse of something flapping out of the corner of my eye and I'll be off and running, screaming like a crazy person.
by PrettyPirate on August 12th, 2007
Bacteria, germs, dirt, disorder, odd numbers.
by Whatever on May 14th, 2007
I have a phobia of drowning. Drives me crazy when I am too close to the water.
by MrBLT needs to be contained on February 25th, 2007
California, I am afraid it will snap off like a grahamcracker into the ocean if I ever set foot there.
by Amy on February 23rd, 2007
I am claustrophic, as a result of being stuck in a lift as a child, it has got a bit better as i have gotten older but is still quite bad
by JulieW on February 19th, 2007
Driving on slick roads or with a lack of visability....ever since I was the aide on a school bus that took handicap children to school and we MANY TIMES had to cross busy highways with me standing by the door "listening" for traffic because we couldn't SEE far enough to know we'd safely cross...the driver and I literally prayed each time outloud for the lord to keep us safe...and we were...but I have a lasting phobia from it, to the point where I've become nearly housebound in the winter.
by Abberz on February 19th, 2007
I'm scared of june bugs.
by DavidHume on February 19th, 2007
Money. I hate dealing with it, I wish it didn't exist.
by Eagle2 on January 31st, 2007
i fear flying - because two days before the 911 attacks i flew over new york and an engine failed and we had to land at atlanta airport to get it fixed before we flew back to the ice cold uk
by Universe Of Life on January 7th, 2007
No fuel for my motorcycle. Oh! and heights, I love sea level.
by RFlagg on January 1st, 2007
I'm agoraphobic, and antisocial, and deathly afraid of happy people.
Makes it very hard to find anywhere I can be comfortable, everywhere seems to either be too big, or too crowded, of too full of happiness, so I end up curled under a heavey quilt listening to R.E.M. and slipping in and out of consiousness.
by Wendora on January 1st, 2007
I don't like driving or riding over bridges. This is probably because I can't swim. I really do not like elevators either, partly due to some bad prior experiences.
I can't avoid bridges or elevators so I just try to subdue the anxiety and deal with it.
by Hyper on December 31st, 2006
I have a fear of heights and an odd fear of lightning which only affects me sometimes.
Im also scared of a few of my school teachers . Like the science teacher. I dont do science bt i am afraid because hes very weird and he might blow me up with chemicals.
by ... on December 31st, 2006
You bet I do and it is Clostaphobia or fear of small, tight places. I'm not so bad about the small or tight places as I am about knowing I cannot get out when I want. If not, I can freak out. My daughter is even worst and she has problems with even getting on an elevator which I'm not bad about that. Elevators in Europe however are normally really small and one in Rome was so small that we could only get three people in it. My daughter and I took the stairs !
by wefted_wombat on December 31st, 2006
My phobia is of needles/having my blood drawn. The sight of the needle, the tightening of the tourniquet, the anticipation of the needle piercing my skin and hearing that sickening *splash* as the blood fills the vial, it drives me into a hyperventilating frenzy. This problem only extends to my own blood. I've drawn blood hundreds of times, I've assisted in surgeries and yet, I still pale at the sight of my own blood. It only seems to get worse as I get older. I think it started when I was six. I was bitten by a rabid dog. I had to have a series of injections in my stomach. I have a vague memory of being chased down a hospital corridor by several female nurses and male attendants/doctors. They cornered me, caught me and held me down while one of them did the injections but not before I sunk my fangs into a few of them.
MORTAL WOMBAT!!!
by Anonymous on December 31st, 2006
I've recently realized that I have a phobia about broken glass. It greatly upsets and disturbs me to see pieces of broken glass on the ground or floor.
Realizing that this is a phobia (in other words, an irrational fear or aversion) is the tricky part. Broken glass is dangerous, and therefore, it is entirely rational to fear it to some degree. It's only recently that I have realized that my aversion to broken glass is greater than is called-for by the degree of actual danger that it poses.
by Vincent on December 30th, 2006
1 -("Wierd") People, people I can't place, but recognize, and I don't think they have good intentions. (Unusual, strange, and suspcious people)
2 - Wild Animals.
3 - Heights, when I don't have control and a feeling of logical safety.
by FineBalance . on December 30th, 2006
Closed places, lizard, snakes, rats and mouse, spiders, fire, electricity to name few.
I am fine with dead bodies, cockroaches, earth worms.
by DUNNO on December 30th, 2006
My phobia is being stuck in really small spaces, being under water and spiders.
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Comments
moths are evil demons.
by lady fuschia on December 28th, 2006
With furry backs!! Eeek!
by anonymous on December 28th, 2006
Arachniphobia
by TheAnswerer on December 28th, 2006
Ditto!
by DebsSweet on January 2nd, 2007
moths are not evil demons, but lost souls, you should be nice to them.
by germaster on January 3rd, 2007
I never kill moths -- never - but I am afraid of them -- spiders are the worst tho!
by DebsSweet on January 3rd, 2007
I would never kill anything either, I couldn't get close enough to one for a start, but even if I could I wouldn't. I don't allow other people to kill them either.
by anonymous on January 4th, 2007
LOL I'm with you on the never ' get close enough to one ' -- LOL
by DebsSweet on January 8th, 2007
Thankyou:)
by Firebrand on May 13th, 2007