Your Phobias and fears

[chuckles19]

Apparently unlike lots of you im TERRIFIED of death. I grew up on a farm so im pretty good with the rest of stuff like bugs and heights (climbing grain bins for so long helps with that) and blood from certain experiences, but man how can you not be scared of whats gonna happen after. Even if your religious you gotta wonder what the hecks gonna happen. Is it just over!? or is there something more!? someone help! lol

[Cheese]

Phobias....I think I was a little more phobic when I was younger...but for some reason I either outgrew them or just dont care anymore...LOL.

I used to freak at Spiders....and I didnt like public speaking much either, but Im cool with both now.

Snakes are fun...I remember surveying a property once and while walking in a field my foot dropped into a pit a few feet deep. Looking down I noticed about 150-200 snakes writhing around my toes.
Thankfully they were Garter Snakes so nothing came of it except a momentary bout of panic wondering if I was going to get multiple strikes by angry rattlers.
My buddy was walking slower behind me....and as he was catching up I feigned bending down to tie my shoe....I grabbed a handful of the Snakes and just as he caught up I tossed them. The smell of urine hung around for days! LOL

It was just like this picture...

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by chuckles19

Apparently unlike lots of you im TERRIFIED of death. I grew up on a farm so im pretty good with the rest of stuff like bugs and heights (climbing grain bins for so long helps with that) and blood from certain experiences, but man how can you not be scared of whats gonna happen after. Even if your religious you gotta wonder what the hecks gonna happen. Is it just over!? or is there something more!? someone help! lol

Time for you to get religion boy. If you're afraid of death, that's the answer.

Thankfully they were Garter Snakes so nothing came of it except a momentary bout of panic wondering if I was going to get multiple strikes by angry rattlers.
My buddy was walking slower behind me....and as he was catching up I feigned bending down to tie my shoe....I grabbed a handful of the Snakes and just as he caught up I tossed them. The smell of urine hung around for days! LOL

Oh, I love guys like you . . . . . .

Cowperson

[troutman]

Originally Posted by troutman

Off-topic: I see "here here"a lot on message boards. Is that right, or it is "hear hear"? I always thought it was the latter.

Found my answer:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mhear.html

The correct term is, "hear, hear!" It is an abbreviation for "hear, all ye good people, hear what this brilliant and eloquent speaker has to say!"

[Antithesis]

It's the dentist for me. The thought of going to one makes me physically ill. When I'm in the waiting room, even if it's just for a cleaning, my heart is racing, I'm sweating, freaking out, all that. The waiting room is the second worst part of the trip. The absolute worst is the time from when I sit/lay down in the chair to when they swing the light over you and clip the "bib" on.

When I was younger, I had to start wearing dental appliances in grade 2. My braces went on in grade 7 and off in grade 9. I have thought back and I think I could count on less than one hand the number of teeth I had fall out on their own, without the aid of the dentist. I had 3 sets of the incisors. One "baby" set like normal, then an adult set, and I actually started growing another adult set, so had to get the first ones taken out as well.

I haven't been in many years - mostly because I couldn't afford it in University and well, I'm terrified, but I am seriously considering going in for sedation dentistry at least for my first cleaning.

My wife's cousin's fiancee is a dental hygenist and told me that I should expect a cost of ~$500 on top of the normal cost of the procedure, which likely wouldn't be covered by my health plan ... though I think I might be able to if I can convince a shrink that its necessary. Pure conjecture though.

That $500 sounds like it could be money well-spent. God, I hate the dentist.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Antithesis

It's the dentist for me. The thought of going to one makes me physically ill. When I'm in the waiting room, even if it's just for a cleaning, my heart is racing, I'm sweating, freaking out, all that. The waiting room is the second worst part of the trip. The absolute worst is the time from when I sit/lay down in the chair to when they swing the light over you and clip the "bib" on.

When I was younger, I had to start wearing dental appliances in grade 2. My braces went on in grade 7 and off in grade 9. I have thought back and I think I could count on less than one hand the number of teeth I had fall out on their own, without the aid of the dentist. I had 3 sets of the incisors. One "baby" set like normal, then an adult set, and I actually started growing another adult set, so had to get the first ones taken out as well.

I haven't been in many years - mostly because I couldn't afford it in University and well, I'm terrified, but I am seriously considering going in for sedation dentistry at least for my first cleaning.

My wife's cousin's fiancee is a dental hygenist and told me that I should expect a cost of ~$500 on top of the normal cost of the procedure, which likely wouldn't be covered by my health plan ... though I think I might be able to if I can convince a shrink that its necessary. Pure conjecture though.

That $500 sounds like it could be money well-spent. God, I hate the dentist.

Well, going to the dentist DOES hurt . . . . . don't kid yourself.

My strategy these days is to immediately secure the television remote, go channel surfing or hanging out on the Turner Classic Movie station and make gurgling sounds and point at the screen if something funny or interesting is on . . . . or otherwise ignore the hygenist or dentist while they stab me with occasional pain.

Cowperson

[hockeygrl44]

My biggest fear is having a loved one or friend die right in front of me. That terrifies me to no end! I've grown up camping so I'm used to bugs and stuff, but last summer there was some sort of black bug with really long antennaes (sp?) invading my tent. It seemed everytime I went back to it there would be at least 15 of them. So I'd grab one by it's antennae and throw it on the ground and quickly step on it, but then the next thing I know I'm being dive bombed by all the other ones. There I am running out of my campsite freaking out and yelling and swatting the air. Every time I see one of them now I get so digusted I could throw up.

[Antithesis]

Originally Posted by Cowperson

Well, going to the dentist DOES hurt . . . . . don't kid yourself.

My strategy these days is to immediately secure the television remote, go channel surfing or hanging out on the Turner Classic Movie station and make gurgling sounds and point at the screen if something funny or interesting is on . . . . or otherwise ignore the hygenist or dentist while they stab me with occasional pain.

Cowperson

I really honestly wish it was just the pain ... for me its the whole experience. The smells, the sounds of the scraping (!!), the chair, everything. Then again, I've never been to a dentist that had anything at all to distract you from what was being done.

[Mango]

Crowds and enclosed spaces. I guess these two go hand in hand for me. I don't like when someone is walking directly behind me in close vicinity. I'm terrified there will be an emergency and I won't be able to get out. Perhaps I'm worried I'll fall and get trampled on the ground. This is one of the main reasons I like to get to hockey games early and leave a bit later, once the crowds have subsided.

[FacePaint]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Birds.

That's the one that gets me, super irrational to be scared of them but a bird landed on my head when I was a kid and I haven't been able to conquer the fear.

[RedMan12]

I thought of another phobia. Dropping the duece in outhouses or port o potties. They are straight too nasty for these butt cheeks.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by FacePaint

That's the one that gets me, super irrational to be scared of them but a bird landed on my head when I was a kid and I haven't been able to conquer the fear.

You should go riding your bicycle right about now down some lonely country roads, especially near a slough or pond . . . . . you're almost guaranteed to be attacked if you even remotely think about slowing down or God forbid, want to stop to admire the view.

Orioles, I think, and Kingfishers are the primary villians.

It's rather spooky as well since they come at you from above and behind . . . . like they were trained by Baron Von Richtoffen.

Cowperson

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

I think sedation dentistry is an option I have to look into.

Ever seen the Seinfeld episode where he wakes up from his sedation in the dentist's chair with his shirt un-tucked?

[Jiggy_12]

I hate the feeling of falling. Rides at stampede, I just can't do it.

I hate swimming in oceans. How many undiscovered species are there supposed to be? About 10000? No thanks.

I hate eyes. Touching eyes, eye injuries...almost everything to do with eyes grosses me out. Its not really a fear I guess though.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by FireFly

12 woodies in 9 days

I can imagine that fotze was shaking uncontrollably when he read this part of your post.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

I hate swimming in oceans. How many undiscovered species are there supposed to be? About 10000? No thanks.

I had to head to the airport and leave Maui within the hour but I went for one last snorkel at a place where you just pull off the road and dive in . . . . . . I'm toodling along by myself when something bites me and leaves some very impressive teeth marks in my neck, taking a chunk of flesh with him.

Ouch!!

Meanwhile, I'm wondering if I'm going to keel over dead any second, if I'll keel over dead on the plane or if its a nothing deal. Turns out I'm still alive.

Another time, I was wading through some thigh deep shallows off Cancun when my legs would be periodically SLAPPED by some kind of decent sized fish, apparently testing to see if I was dead or alive. I'd look down and couldn't see a thing . . . . then SLAP right around the ankles!! If I was swimming, they didn't bother me.

Ah, the ocean. Peculiar place.

I love this phobia thread. Except for Cheese. I'm now afraid of Cheese.

Cowperson

[RedMan12]

I remember snorkling in the ocean in Florida and I came up to a reef. I was swimming around and came upon come barracudas. At first they are hard to see from the front but then I saw them from the side. They didnt bother me, but I didnt stick around long.

They also have lots Man of Wars.
These little buggers sting like crazy and can make you lose control of your appendage that they attack:

[J pold]

I don’t know if this is a Phobia but I really hate not being in control of my life, if some intangible is affecting my life and I can’t stop it or control I will get really stressed to point of being terrified

[Antithesis]

Originally Posted by FacePaint

That's the one that gets me, super irrational to be scared of them but a bird landed on my head when I was a kid and I haven't been able to conquer the fear.

A fear of birds is actually something that is very common. I remember reading that experts on the issue seem to feel that people seem to find the way that they move quite disturbing.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by Eastern Girl

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

Hey, EG, your clinic called. You need to have a blood test.