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By *SAchick OP Woman
over a year ago
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So I saw a thread earlier about clowns and how scary they were. I went to the circus and I thought the l the clown was hilarious, I love those guys. But I'm scared of butterflies, and one of my friends is scared of balloons 
What are your irrational fears? |
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By *SAchick OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Needles. "
Is it the fear of pain from the needles, or just the thought of them in general? And is it only needles that are generally jabbed into you for blood tests etc or does it include sewing needles too? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Needles.
Couldn't agree more lol as a 6"3 big bloke as well, it doesn't do much for my macho image 
I need regular blood tests. It's not good! "
That's not good! I'm lucky as I very rarely have to deal with needles. Even seeing it on TV makes my sphincter clench shut lol |
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"Moths so similar to you OP
See I don't mind moths terribly, they're more predictable, they go towards the light generally, but butterflies are just too erratic  "
The always seem to go for my face. |
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"Needles.
Is it the fear of pain from the needles, or just the thought of them in general? And is it only needles that are generally jabbed into you for blood tests etc or does it include sewing needles too? "
 the questions are icky.
It's the irregular intrusion into my skin. Splinters are the same. Rusty nails etc worse. |
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"Needles.
Couldn't agree more lol as a 6"3 big bloke as well, it doesn't do much for my macho image
I need regular blood tests. It's not good!
That's not good! I'm lucky as I very rarely have to deal with needles. Even seeing it on TV makes my sphincter clench shut lol"
It's taught me to be less scared than I was, but it's still pretty awful. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Needles.
Couldn't agree more lol as a 6"3 big bloke as well, it doesn't do much for my macho image
I need regular blood tests. It's not good!
That's not good! I'm lucky as I very rarely have to deal with needles. Even seeing it on TV makes my sphincter clench shut lol
It's taught me to be less scared than I was, but it's still pretty awful. "
I guess that's a slight upside to it, but still not nice. I think the last time I had to have one was when was about 9 and I stood on a rusty nail that went into my foot. The needle was worse than the nail! |
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By *eliWoman
over a year ago
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Canals. It's not that irrational really but yes. We've got a beautiful canal path walk about ten minutes walk from the house but I'm too afraid to do it. It looks daft when I type it out! |
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"Whales
Weirdo  
I wonder if he meant Wales because tbf that's a pretty scary place. "
I didn't. I meant whales. However whales IN Wales might be even more scary
(it's actually a scale thing. My brain struggles to process how something that size can be alive and it properly creeps me out if I think about it) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Here is mine, i have had the piss taken out of me for it for as long as i can remember. Please be gentle with your ribbing
Candyfloss
A friend of mine is also scared of candyfloss "
I thought i was alone. Pass on my details we could start a support group lol x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Traffic cones
Oh that's a new one, do you get scared just seeing them? Is it the thought of touching them? I find this very interesting  "
I get in a bit of a sweat if I have to drive through a long labe of them and I 100% could not sleep if there was one in my bedroom
Don't ask me why as I do not have an answer lol |
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"For me it is rejection, just in some cases but I can feel the fear creep over me and there is nothing I can do about it even if there is nothing wrong...
I have never figured out why??"
I've been there. I hear you. |
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By *hunky GentMan
over a year ago
Maldon and Peterborough |
"For me it is rejection, just in some cases but I can feel the fear creep over me and there is nothing I can do about it even if there is nothing wrong...
I have never figured out why??"
It not a nice feeling, but after a while you get used to it. Lol |
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By *SAchick OP Woman
over a year ago
Hillside desolate |
"For me it is rejection, just in some cases but I can feel the fear creep over me and there is nothing I can do about it even if there is nothing wrong...
I have never figured out why??
I've been there. I hear you. "
Yep, I totally get that one. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Snakes scare the crap out of me
They don't you love them
Eh I beg to differ. Cant even go near them if they're in a tank at the zoo
I will hold your hand x"
My hand would be too sweaty and shaky  |
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"For me it is rejection, just in some cases but I can feel the fear creep over me and there is nothing I can do about it even if there is nothing wrong...
I have never figured out why??
I've been there. I hear you. "
Thanks  it is nice to know I am not alone out there.. |
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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Snakes scare the crap out of me
They don't you love them
Eh I beg to differ. Cant even go near them if they're in a tank at the zoo
I will hold your hand x
My hand would be too sweaty and shaky "
You will be fine x |
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"For me it is rejection, just in some cases but I can feel the fear creep over me and there is nothing I can do about it even if there is nothing wrong...
I have never figured out why??
I've been there. I hear you.
Yep, I totally get that one. "
Thanks |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Snakes scare the crap out of me
They don't you love them
Eh I beg to differ. Cant even go near them if they're in a tank at the zoo
I will hold your hand x
My hand would be too sweaty and shaky
You will be fine x"
Maybe should try and conquer my fear then |
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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago
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"Snakes scare the crap out of me
They don't you love them
Eh I beg to differ. Cant even go near them if they're in a tank at the zoo
I will hold your hand x
My hand would be too sweaty and shaky
You will be fine x
Maybe should try and conquer my fear then "
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I wouldn't say it was a fear as such but I really can't cope with face paint or people in fancy dress. It makes me really uneasy and feel physically sick. I work with kids so it isn't ideal! |
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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago
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"Needles. "
Same here until back in 1998 and 2015 when in each case, I'd Eye Surgery, done under Local Anesthesic, so I was awake throughout. Needles were inserted through the side of the eye.
The thought of it was scary to be honest but reality is it's totally painless.
Cured me of needle phobia. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Hospitals.
I feel sick just driving past .
If I have to go in for an appointment or to visit I don't breathe through my nose.
I start to itch and feel trapped.
Once I'm done even just visiting I need to rush home, clothes straight in the washing machine and scrub in the shower.
Even when my mum was very ill I struggled if someone came to see me after they had been in . If they wanted to hug me or sit down on the sofa. When they left I sprayed the sofa and went for a shower.
When I had my son's I had a 4 hour discharge on my birthing plans. With my 2nd we left the hospital at midnight as I refused to stay over.
When I was ill a few years back I kept self discharging and agreeing to go back as a day patient the next day.
It's now on my notes that I have this fear.
The GP is trying to find ways to help but last time I tried to go to work straight from an appointment I just sobbed in the car at the thought and ended up going home first
It's quite extreme
I coped when my son broke his arm we were there for hours my protective maternal instincts took over. However as soon as he was settled at home I retreated to my usual habits of all the clothes in the wash and straight into the shower.
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By *SAchick OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Rats. I’ve been known to have panic attacks when I see one
I was just going to say this.
Rats  "
Is it just wild rats, or do the cute wee white pet rats give you the heebies as well? |
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By *SAchick OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Escalators. They terrify me. I'll find a lift half a mile away before I take a moving staircase from hell."
Is it the thought of getting sucked into it? I get that occasionally but with lifts I have another fear. Which I won't mention in case I pass it on to you |
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"Escalators. They terrify me. I'll find a lift half a mile away before I take a moving staircase from hell.
Is it the thought of getting sucked into it? I get that occasionally but with lifts I have another fear. Which I won't mention in case I pass it on to you "
I fell down our basement stairs when I was 7.
It is strange that stairs don't frighten me but escalators do.
Lifts, Cables snapping. Falling at a high rate of speed.  |
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"Birds flapping near me...i'm convinced they're going to get stuck in my hair and rip it out
Touching sandpaper, especially two sheets together
And pulling a strip of staples out of the box "
Did you see that film the birds..back in the day it was just horrible |
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"Birds flapping near me...i'm convinced they're going to get stuck in my hair and rip it out
Touching sandpaper, especially two sheets together
And pulling a strip of staples out of the box
Did you see that film the birds..back in the day it was just horrible "
I saw it when I was a kid...that may be where it stems from |
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By *SAchick OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Up dislike touching slugs. I could deal with it but it doesn't have a major affect on meand is slightly rational, due to their slimy residue. "
I touched one last night, we keep a crate of beer on the back step to keep it cold, I came home d*unk and went out in the dark to fetch a beer, there was a big ol' slug on the top of the box that I didn't see. I was thinking "what's this slimy feeling thing.... oh!"
Weirdly it didn't bother me, I just washed my hands, sober I'd have been screaming! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Wife and both daughters scared of spiders so I had to deal with them for years. Wife is also scared of large ships we went to Chatham docks a museum mostly with boats and ships it freaked her out. She can’t see how something so big and heavy can float |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Heights
It's getting worse as I get older - the escalators on the tube make me really nervous - I just cant get the vision of one person losing their footing and knocking everyone over like dominoes |
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It's not a fear but I am ultra careful and take things ever so slowly on any ladders and have to make sure I keep my contact at all times... This said,god forbid if I ever have to use a rope ladder. I would certainly freeze with fear then! |
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"So I saw a thread earlier about clowns and how scary they were. I went to the circus and I thought the l the clown was hilarious, I love those guys. But I'm scared of butterflies, and one of my friends is scared of balloons
What are your irrational fears? "
Balloon, yes, me too and
Very loud sounds (eg musics on speakers). |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Spiders defintely!
Raw meat, rotten fruit I can't have any thing to do with either and vegetables ... it's related to corpses although never seen a corpse that is why it's irrational
Also holes! In any thing, just how it looks can make me want to throw up! It's visual though, so I think it's not so much a fear but a general disgust of anything with holes in. I found out it's an actual thing though, called trypophobia.
Please don't think I'm weird! |
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By *SAchick OP Woman
over a year ago
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"Spiders defintely!
Raw meat, rotten fruit I can't have any thing to do with either and vegetables ... it's related to corpses although never seen a corpse that is why it's irrational
Also holes! In any thing, just how it looks can make me want to throw up! It's visual though, so I think it's not so much a fear but a general disgust of anything with holes in. I found out it's an actual thing though, called trypophobia.
Please don't think I'm weird!"
I've heard of Trypophobia before, I learned about it after seeing it on American Horror Story:Cult. You probably shouldn't watch that |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Spiders defintely!
Raw meat, rotten fruit I can't have any thing to do with either and vegetables ... it's related to corpses although never seen a corpse that is why it's irrational
Also holes! In any thing, just how it looks can make me want to throw up! It's visual though, so I think it's not so much a fear but a general disgust of anything with holes in. I found out it's an actual thing though, called trypophobia.
Please don't think I'm weird!
I've heard of Trypophobia before, I learned about it after seeing it on American Horror Story:Cult. You probably shouldn't watch that "
Thanks for the warning, will steer clear |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Whales
Weirdo
I wonder if he meant Wales because tbf that's a pretty scary place.
I didn't. I meant whales. However whales IN Wales might be even more scary
(it's actually a scale thing. My brain struggles to process how something that size can be alive and it properly creeps me out if I think about it) "
I get you, I want to go whale watching,in a big boat, but the thought of maybe being in the water with one around can make me hyperventilate. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Whales
Weirdo
I wonder if he meant Wales because tbf that's a pretty scary place.
I didn't. I meant whales. However whales IN Wales might be even more scary
(it's actually a scale thing. My brain struggles to process how something that size can be alive and it properly creeps me out if I think about it) "
I get you, I want to go whale watching,in a big boat, but the thought of maybe being in the water with one around can make me hyperventilate. |
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