I'm scared of only 2 things in the world.
Needles and spiders.
What irrational fears do you guys/gals have?
Needles and spiders.
What irrational fears do you guys/gals have?
Irrational fears.
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I used to be afraid of insects, but then I decided it was silly, and started squishing them with my bare hands. Since then, only large numbers of ants give me the heebeejeebees... but that's cuz there's so many more than I could kill.
I hate ants... alot...
I hate ants... alot...
the dark, and monsters in the closet.
for real? spiders, and other cars on the road (im terrified in heavy traffic)
for real? spiders, and other cars on the road (im terrified in heavy traffic)
Few things scare me. Most of the ones that do are well justified and not irrational.
Heights was one, I used to be TERRIFIED of heights, I climbed telephone poles doing cable work until it was manageable. When I feel from the top of one and landed on my back in the middle of the street (and it didn't kill me) I got over it.
Water was another. I grew up, literally a couple of hundred feet from the ocean. By the time I was 8-10 years old, my mother (trying to protect me, "Don't go near the ocean, you'll get pulled under and you will drown!") had gotten me to the point where I was terrified of water. To the point I wouldn't let go of the side on a 4' deep pool.
When I was about 11, a family friend who was professional lifeguard took me out on a lake in a canoe, and threw my ass into the water. I learned to swim. Quickly. Haven't been afraid since.
The craziest one is probably my irrational recurring dreams of a zombie outbreak... That's probably the only crazy one I have, and probably the only irrational fear I have left.
Heights was one, I used to be TERRIFIED of heights, I climbed telephone poles doing cable work until it was manageable. When I feel from the top of one and landed on my back in the middle of the street (and it didn't kill me) I got over it.
Water was another. I grew up, literally a couple of hundred feet from the ocean. By the time I was 8-10 years old, my mother (trying to protect me, "Don't go near the ocean, you'll get pulled under and you will drown!") had gotten me to the point where I was terrified of water. To the point I wouldn't let go of the side on a 4' deep pool.
When I was about 11, a family friend who was professional lifeguard took me out on a lake in a canoe, and threw my ass into the water. I learned to swim. Quickly. Haven't been afraid since.
The craziest one is probably my irrational recurring dreams of a zombie outbreak... That's probably the only crazy one I have, and probably the only irrational fear I have left.
I never used to like needles until I was in the hospital for a while and got blood sucked out every hour. After that I had to inject myself in the stomach for a few weeks. Got over the needle thing now its no big deal.
I cant sleep on my back, Im afraid Ill wake up with someone standing over me ready to kill me.
I cant sleep on my back, Im afraid Ill wake up with someone standing over me ready to kill me.
i forgot to add centipedes 
especially the giant ones
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RoXfYvoUsxg
ughh i want to puke when i see that vid
especially the giant ones http://youtube.com/watch?v=RoXfYvoUsxg
ughh i want to puke when i see that vid
Needles.
I spent 6 months in hospital when i was 7 years old thanks to being ploughed into by a hit and run driver. They drew blood every other day, and injected me with laxatives and all sorts of wierd concoctions to keep me working normally whilst bedridden.
In 2004 i had a lumbar puncture without anaesthetic - that reinforced my hatred and fear of needles even further. As a result i tend to avoid medical practitioners and even seeing them on TV makes me queasy
I spent 6 months in hospital when i was 7 years old thanks to being ploughed into by a hit and run driver. They drew blood every other day, and injected me with laxatives and all sorts of wierd concoctions to keep me working normally whilst bedridden.
In 2004 i had a lumbar puncture without anaesthetic - that reinforced my hatred and fear of needles even further. As a result i tend to avoid medical practitioners and even seeing them on TV makes me queasy
LOL! They're good eatin' I hear (grubs)
I actually donated blood, and gave plasma for 3 months to try to break my fear of needles. It didn't work.
I actually donated blood, and gave plasma for 3 months to try to break my fear of needles. It didn't work.
Meh, nothing so interesting here. Memory loss - I used to have nightmares about forgetting where I am supposed to be, or what I am supposed to be doing - or remembering what I need to do, but not how to do it.
I was afraid of the dark when I was a kid.
I was afraid of the dark when I was a kid.
Heights. Big time. I even went to this leadership camp when I was in late middle school, and one of the "activities" was to climb a telephone pole, walk across another telephone pole strung between two, and climb down the second one....I did it, and if anything, was even more scared of heights after I had done it than before.
Not much else, really.
Not much else, really.
Man no herion users here..lol..
Falling, heights don't get me it is the fear of falling
Spiders i guess too, I mash them as fast as i can if i see it..lol
Falling, heights don't get me it is the fear of falling
Spiders i guess too, I mash them as fast as i can if i see it..lol
Spiders, grub, centipedes, snakes(but I wasn't afraid of them when I was little...??), police cars behind me...
Fear of falling
any body of water that I'm unable to see the bottom of
asking girls whom I like out
any body of water that I'm unable to see the bottom of
asking girls whom I like out
the fear of falling from heights...large crowds and small places don't scared me I just get really pissed off. Also catheters. I had one used on me a few weeks ago. I really wake up at night from dreams I can't remember...probably has to do with the catheter.
^ haha @ the girls one.
No fear of needles, i donate plasma from time to time and they've fucked it up a couple times and i just watched as blood squirted out without a flinch. "meh"
i dont have a real fear of spiders and insects so much as i fear them crawling into my ear or nose. I can hold a spider or centipede no problem, even snakes. Was in mexico for a month with the mosquito nets and no matter how tight i shut the thing there was ALWAYS one mosquito that made it in and i could hear the buzz go from really faint to right in my fucking ear.
besides that, black ice on roads and oil starvation. Its rediculous.
No fear of needles, i donate plasma from time to time and they've fucked it up a couple times and i just watched as blood squirted out without a flinch. "meh"
i dont have a real fear of spiders and insects so much as i fear them crawling into my ear or nose. I can hold a spider or centipede no problem, even snakes. Was in mexico for a month with the mosquito nets and no matter how tight i shut the thing there was ALWAYS one mosquito that made it in and i could hear the buzz go from really faint to right in my fucking ear.
besides that, black ice on roads and oil starvation. Its rediculous.