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Phobias

Postby Porserpina » 28 Jul 2010, 05:37

Ok, after so many people commenting on "telephobia" (fear of phones) due to an offhand comment I made about disliking them - what are your phobias? Spiders? Snakes? Scared of the dark? And what are the weirdest phobias you've heard of? (For example, "triskaidekaphobia" - fear of the number 13.)
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Re: Phobias

Postby Drinnik » 28 Jul 2010, 05:40

I have Trypanophobia, fear of injections. I freak out. When my sister had to go for a blood test, the nurses made me stand outside because I was panicking.

Weirdest phobia I've heard of is Arachibutyrophobia, or the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
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Re: Phobias

Postby cathou » 28 Jul 2010, 05:45

i really like this one :

Arachibutyrophobia- Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of the mouth.


but personally, i'm affraid of heights
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Re: Phobias

Postby theDreamer » 28 Jul 2010, 05:59

I'm afraid of narrow, tight, spiraling staircases.

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Re: Phobias

Postby auberginequeen » 28 Jul 2010, 06:02

I have xenophobia. (the fear-of-strangers variety, not fear-of-foreigners)

I find it really difficult to talk to anyone I haven't been introduced to. I have a tendency to shrink away from store employees who are trying to help me or waiters who want to take my order. I hate when people just talk to me out of the blue, and I could never approach someone at a social event etc whom I didn't already know.

I'm a really outgoing person, but around strangers I just get very shy and timid. I usually manage to talk to them, but only after an intense inner struggle.

I'm also a bit claustrophobic (especially in cars) and afraid of heights.
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Postby Arius » 28 Jul 2010, 06:03

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Re: Phobias

Postby goat » 28 Jul 2010, 06:24

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Re: Phobias

Postby Mad Madam Mimm » 28 Jul 2010, 06:26

Sharks. Sharks can fuck the hell off and die in volcanoes. I can barely wath them on TV. No other "phobias" as such, but feet really gross me out, and I sometimes get bouts of paranoia.
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Postby aeric90 » 28 Jul 2010, 06:29

Drinnik wrote:I have Trypanophobia, fear of injections. I freak out. When my sister had to go for a blood test, the nurses made me stand outside because I was panicking.


Strange thing for me, I'm fine with injections for the most part but I have a problem with blood tests. It stems from never having been told that blood vials contain a vacume. On my first blood test I was under the impression that that was my blood preasure and almost passed out. Ever since I have a problem with only blood test.

I'm also claustrophobic. The scene in 'The Descent' where one woman is traped in a narrow passage way had me hyperventilating.
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Re: Phobias

Postby Whitmore » 28 Jul 2010, 06:30

I'm afraid of being restricted.

No cuffed or tied up sex for me.


Cos that scares the holy shit-fuck out of me.
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Re: Phobias

Postby Arius » 28 Jul 2010, 06:30

Mad Madam Mimm wrote:Sharks. Sharks can fuck the hell off and die in volcanoes. I can barely wath them on TV. No other "phobias" as such, but feet really gross me out, and I sometimes get bouts of paranoia.

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Re: Phobias

Postby Mister Fiend » 28 Jul 2010, 06:32

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Postby Mad Madam Mimm » 28 Jul 2010, 06:35

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Re: Phobias

Postby Vigafre » 28 Jul 2010, 06:47

I used to be scared of getting shots, but I got over it.

I'm sort of afraid of heights, but only if there's a chance of me falling, restrained or no. I was currently on a ropes (ROPES?) course that was 60ft. high. Scared me half to death when I almost slipped. I also had to close my eyes on the zip-line initially.
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Re: Phobias

Postby Metcarfre » 28 Jul 2010, 07:02

You know I don't think I have a real 'phobia' - a crippling fear of something. I'm unreasonably uncomfortable about phoning strangers, but that's about it. I used to be afraid of heights, but after a summer of working on 45-degree roofs, scissor lifts (that other guys would jack up to the full 70-foot height and lock out, leaving you stranded, swaying in the wind), and various mountain climbs that include some pretty crazy unprotected exposure, I'd say I have more of a 'healthy respect' of heights.
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Re: Phobias

Postby The Jester » 28 Jul 2010, 07:08

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But really, I don't actually have any phobias.
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Re: Phobias

Postby StoneageRocker » 28 Jul 2010, 07:11

You can't have a phobia of sharks, a phobia is an irrational fear, and a fear of great toothy killing machines is perfectly rational!
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Re: Phobias

Postby Arius » 28 Jul 2010, 07:15

I read that as:

You can't have a phobia of sharks, a phobia is an irrational fear, and a fear of great toothy killing machines is perfectly rational!

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Re: Phobias

Postby King Kool » 28 Jul 2010, 07:19

I'm phobic of, in order of anxiety caused:

Needles
Enclosed Spaces (only when I feel I can't get out)
Crowds (pretty much the same as above)
Hospitals
Sudden Loud Noises
People Messing With Balloons (because they might pop)

Oddly enough, with all this, I have NO stage fright. Being on stage is no harder for me than asking a stranger for the time.
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Re: Phobias

Postby Master Gunner » 28 Jul 2010, 07:30

While not "phobias", as exposure to such does not entirely incapacitate me, I do have a...rather strong dislike of phones and bugs/insects/arachnids and the like. Also I have difficulty using urinals.
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Re: Phobias

Postby Evil Jim » 28 Jul 2010, 07:38

Chronic sufferer here.

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"Luposlipaphobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor."


Chronic.
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Re: Phobias

Postby thatlaurachick » 28 Jul 2010, 07:40

Like Gunner, I don't have true phobias but I do not like being dark places (except when I work backstage) don't like heights (unless I have proper safety gear) and yeah, I only talk on the phone when I have to (with a small list of exceptions).
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Re: Phobias

Postby Bananafish » 28 Jul 2010, 07:41

Evil Jim wrote:Chronic sufferer here.

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"Luposlipaphobia: The fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor."


Chronic.


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Re: Phobias

Postby falconknight06 » 28 Jul 2010, 08:24

I have two really big fears

Zombies and Heights where I'm not restrained or my feet are dangling
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Re: Phobias

Postby Keab42 » 28 Jul 2010, 08:52

Fear of snakes.
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