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re: Lets Talk Phobias.

Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:29 pm to
Posted by JumpingTheShark
America
Member since Nov 2012
24239 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:29 pm to
Submechanophobia
Posted by Slagathor
Makin' jokes about your teeny tiny
Member since Jul 2007
38754 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:33 pm to
Men in henley-style shirts

Aversion, not fear obviously... but

Posted by theantiquetiger
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Member since Feb 2005
19916 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:42 pm to
All serious now (on page 2),
I have a fear of choking or my kids choking.

I also have a fear of heights if I’m not in control, such as a manlift. I’ve been in 120ft manlifts that never bothered me because I was operating it. I will not get in a 39ft manlift with someone unless I can operate it. Flying doesn’t bother me.
I once had a mild panic attack in an elevator in Oklahoma City. It was a government building downtown OK City, five years after the bombing. I was going to the 10th floor or so.
Other than that one time, tall buildings and elevators don’t bother me.
This post was edited on 9/21/20 at 11:43 pm
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
282521 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:42 pm to
Bugs
Elevators
Dark waters
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
102463 posts
Posted on 9/21/20 at 11:44 pm to
Snakes, heights, needles
Posted by PhilipMarlowe
Member since Mar 2013
21122 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 3:16 am to
Possums & snakes
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
39943 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 5:18 am to
Spiders
Posted by 0351dawg
West Georgia
Member since Jan 2018
88 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 5:42 am to
Cotton balls and flying
Posted by Jor Jor The Dinosaur
Chicago, IL
Member since Nov 2014
7060 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 8:37 am to
Seaweed. The lake I swam at as a kid had a diving raft, occasionally I would dive off and go face first into that crap, or be treading water and feel it brush my foot.

I don't care about it washed up on shore, and I love eating seaweed salad, but the stuff under the surface? Not for me.

Posted by PawnMaster
Down Yonder
Member since Nov 2014
1652 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 8:51 am to
Big water. I'll still go out, but when I start to think about it, it gives me the hibbie jibbies
Posted by lovethetigers7
Member since Jul 2019
558 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:05 am to
Carnies. Circus folk. Nomads, you know. Smell like cabbage. Small hands.
Posted by Higgysmalls
Ft Lauderdale
Member since Jun 2016
7102 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:07 am to
Check out the guy's head knocking windshield out in the blue bug
Posted by AUriptide
Member since Aug 2009
7448 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:09 am to
I have a foot phobia. Feet are the nastiest part of the human body and someone with jacked up toes makes me gag.

Posted by Pettifogger
I don't really care, Margaret
Member since Feb 2012
83647 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:10 am to
Used to be snakes, but increased exposure is helping

I had a spider walk across my dash on the interstate this morning and I almost wrecked
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51784 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:18 am to
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Used to be snakes, but increased exposure is helping

I don't like being surprised by one but I'm fine if I see them first.

I'm not extremely claustrophobic but reading about the Nutty Putty Cave incident gave me nightmares.
This post was edited on 9/22/20 at 9:20 am
Posted by StringedInstruments
Member since Oct 2013
19844 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:21 am to
I have an irrational fear of roaches. The big ones.

It’s not an “eww icky!” kind of thing. I damn near start hyperventilating when there’s one in the house. Even if it’s right there easy to stomp on, I can’t do it. And if I do see one, and even if my wife kills it, I’m on edge every time I return to that room and constantly look around to see if another one is there.

It’s silly, really.

And it’s why I tell my pest control guy to turn the spray to 11.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85118 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:24 am to
deep water

the thought of slowly sinking in the abyss, watching the light slowly fade to darkness, is my biggest nightmare

I was kayaking with a friend one time near Seattle and my friend just casually told me that we were in like 800 ft of water and I completely froze up and had to paddle back to shore
Posted by texasmason
Dallas
Member since Apr 2019
1300 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:26 am to
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
70402 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:29 am to
quote:

Salmon
quote:

deep water
Posted by Eyebesmacinhose
Enterprise, Louisiana
Member since Apr 2017
1734 posts
Posted on 9/22/20 at 9:30 am to
Squib rounds
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