Your Phobias and fears

[Sharpen 'Em]

The dentist. I have to go on Friday and I dread that scraping stuff they do. Makes my skin crawl. I'm always paranoid that he's going to tell me that they have to drill my teeth.
Someone suggested I try that sedation dentistry but that scares me even more!

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Water (can't swim).

OK, I have to ask. How does somebody not learn how to swim? I've only ever met one other person who couldn't swim, and it turns out he's a 1st generation Canadian.

Myself, I don't even recall being taught how to swim. I know we used to go to the pool when I was in nursery school, and I was able to swim then.

Or is it just that you aren't a good swimmer? I know myself I am a classic dog paddler. When I got my scuba certification we had to prove we could swim 20 laps without stopping. My instructer got mad because I was taking so long.

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by Sharpen 'Em

The dentist. I have to go on Friday and I dread that scraping stuff they do. Makes my skin crawl. I'm always paranoid that he's going to tell me that they have to drill my teeth.
Someone suggested I try that sedation dentistry but that scares me even more!

I hear ya. I have a serious problem with the Dentist. Not an innocent "I don't like going to the dentist"...no...I get physically ill in the days leading up to an appointment because I get so worked up about it...even for just the usual cleaning.

I can't even explain why it freaks me out so much but it really does. I think sedation dentistry is an option I have to look into.

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by ken0042

OK, I have to ask. How does somebody not learn how to swim? I've only ever met one other person who couldn't swim, and it turns out he's a 1st generation Canadian.

Myself, I don't even recall being taught how to swim. I know we used to go to the pool when I was in nursery school, and I was able to swim then.

Or is it just that you aren't a good swimmer? I know myself I am a classic dog paddler. When I got my scuba certification we had to prove we could swim 20 laps without stopping. My instructer got mad because I was taking so long.

No you toss me in the water...I die.

Not sure why I never learned but I think a few incidences as a young kid didn't help. I almost drowned at a lake when I was very very young. And the first time I took lessons I was too short to stand up in the shallow end of the pool. They put down this weird table thing for me to stand on but even then the water was just below my mouth when I was standing on my tippy toes. Made learning tough and I couldn't get comfortable in the water.

When I was in my late teens I took one on one lessons in an effort to finally learn...but if you are an adult that doesn't know how its a very hard thing to do. Its like trying to tell someone to fly. It just seems totally unnatural.

[toonmaster]

Needles for me

I can get it done to me, but I can't watch. I have fainted twice, once while on a Junior High field trip to a hospital, they did a demo and I went all white, stumbled out of the room and fainted in the hall. Second time was taking blood in grade 10, I glanced over as it was going in and went ice cold and passed out in the chair.

All I have to do to get over it is look the other way and think of something else, say like how hot the nuses is, and I am fine.

[JiriHrdina]

Oh man needles for me too. Specially needles at the dentist.

Hmmmmm...it would seem I'm a bit of a coward consiering i'm scared of almost everything in this thread.

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Oh man needles for me too. Specially needles at the dentist.

Hmmmmm...it would seem I'm a bit of a coward consiering i'm scared of almost everything in this thread.

Not a coward at all... most of the things mentioned in this thread are regular fears or at least not things to be comfortable with.

Except I would try and get that swimming thing sorted out if I were you. You just never know when you'll need to keep your head above water. It reminds me of last weekend where my friends and I all went camping. My one friend doesn't know how to swim, and told us that. We were out in the lake and he seemed to be doing just fine. We swam to a dock in the middle of the lake and he made it just fine. Everyone started telling him "see? its not that hard you just doggypaddle". Then on the way back in, I was swimming right next to him, and his head kept getting lower... lower... lower... by the time I made it over there his mouth was just BARELY above water!

I'm not a fan of spiders. Too quick. And eight eyes? Ridiculous.

[Eastern Girl]

Hospitals. I got lost in one once and I couldn't find my way out, I ended up just running to a bathroom and throwing up. I just lost it. I was so panicked. A nurse had to lead me out by the arm. It was pathetic.

(Blood tests, You want to see a world class meltdown, tell me I have to have a blood test.)

Cats.

[Flashpoint]

Martin St Louis.

We were 1 goal away from a Stanley Cup.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee

Not a coward at all... most of the things mentioned in this thread are regular fears or at least not things to be comfortable with.

Except I would try and get that swimming thing sorted out if I were you. You just never know when you'll need to keep your head above water.

Agreed 100%. And for adults learning to swim, my buddy who I found out was 1st generation turned 50 this year, and he also learned how to swim. The final straw for him I think was last summer when we went to Kelowna, and he couldn't even bring himself to go into the water.

[Otto-matic]

Rollercoasters I just always have that fear of flying out of my seat.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

(Blood tests, You want to see a world class meltdown, tell me I have to have a blood test.)

Cats.

You're afraid of cats? That's interesting.

I give blood every few months. . . . . . those really are monster needles. Stings pretty good and I've been going often enough that its inevitable that they occasionally can't get it right the first time. Ouch. I turn my head away because I can't really watch the dirty deed but I keep going back. I've got a rare blood type.

And I swim like a fish . . . . swim team aluminus. Looking at booking Hawaii again this year. Surfs up!!!

Rollercoasters I just always have that fear of flying out of my seat.

I love rollercoasters, particularly the old wooden ones that seem to leave the rails occasionally (although they probably don't.) Those new ones that shoot you like a bullet aren't that much fun to tell you the truth.

Cowperson

[Sample00]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

I hear ya. I have a serious problem with the Dentist. Not an innocent "I don't like going to the dentist"...no...I get physically ill in the days leading up to an appointment because I get so worked up about it...even for just the usual cleaning.

I can't even explain why it freaks me out so much but it really does. I think sedation dentistry is an option I have to look into.

as a side note JH...getting sedation is a problem for dental work.
I, or I should say, my body doesnt accept the freezing for dental work. last time my dentist tried a root canal, she gave up after the,and this is no kidding, 15th injection. she sent me to a specialist in edmonton. only one guy there does the sedation thing. the cost was astronimical. about $2000.00 for a root canal and the sedation wasnt covered under my wife's teachers health care plan.

finding someone to do the sedation thing is extremely difficult. if thats what you need, start looking around now.

[Sample00]

has a fear of snakes. I dont like snakes..never have, never will

[Eastern Girl]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

You're afraid of cats? That's interesting.

I give blood every few months. . . . . . those really are monster needles. Stings pretty good and I've been going often enough that its inevitable that they occasionally can't get it right the first time. Ouch. I turn my head away because I can't really watch the dirty deed but I keep going back. I've got a rare blood type.

Cowperson

Yeah, well cats have those creepy snake-like eyes and they are so quiet, they just sneak up on you, I never hear them coming. I hate them.

As for blood tests, reading what you wrote about blood tests made me sick to my stomach. That's how bad I am with that.

[ken0042]

Originally Posted by Sample00

finding someone to do the sedation thing is extremely difficult. if thats what you need, start looking around now.

The why do the advertise non stop on the radio?

Here's my question, they say most people's first memory is waking up at home. How the heck do you get home? Sure somebody could drive you, but does somebody have to carry you into the house?

[Bobblehead]

Originally Posted by ken0042

The why do the advertise non stop on the radio?

Here's my question, they say most people's first memory is waking up at home. How the heck do you get home? Sure somebody could drive you, but does somebody have to carry you into the house?

Must have changed then. I was sedated to get some teeth removed when I was 18. I can definitely remembering waking up (I'll spare the 'anti-dentites' (isn't that what Kramer called them) the details).

[Sample00]

[quote=ken0042]The why do the advertise non stop on the radio?

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well maybe they advertise it nonstop on the radio in calgary and edmonton, but I live in the sticks sooooooooo..no advertising here.

[RedMan12]

my phobia is small spaces or getting squished. I would rather die any horrible death except getting trapped somewhere small and slowly die.

[JiriHrdina]

Originally Posted by Sample00

as a side note JH...getting sedation is a problem for dental work.
I, or I should say, my body doesnt accept the freezing for dental work. last time my dentist tried a root canal, she gave up after the,and this is no kidding, 15th injection. she sent me to a specialist in edmonton. only one guy there does the sedation thing. the cost was astronimical. about $2000.00 for a root canal and the sedation wasnt covered under my wife's teachers health care plan.

finding someone to do the sedation thing is extremely difficult. if thats what you need, start looking around now.

Good info. I had a similar bad experience at the dentist which certainly didn't help. My mouth wouldn't freeze after needle after countless needle including a bunch in the roof of my mouth. Horrible experience.