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What's everyones phobia. Just thought it might make an interesting thread and we can see who are the real scaredy cats are here. My major phobia is heights I absolutely hate them and get all wierd and shaky everytime I'm high up. So com'on everyone what are you scared of.

The same as you I'm afraid Lindz, I hate heights!
Even got vertigo in the London Eye.

There are some truly weird phobias out there. I have a book which lists them somewhere and the names.

I remember seeing this tv show quite a few years ago where people were made to face their phobias, and this bloke was scared of ORANGES!

They set up a big booth in the studio to look like a greengrocers and locked him in there and then dropped hundreds of the things on him.
His screams were bloodcurdling.

I always wondered whether he felt the same about chocolate oranges...

Mines a common one - spiders!

Just HATE them!

I hate eyes. Cant touch them or see someone touching or see anything to do with eyes on tv. Even thinking about them makes me cringe.

I once even closed my eyes when i was looking into a mirror because i got too close to it.

Knives - Really hate the thought of one being driven into your stomach. Don't like being around them at all.

Well I know one thing - my phobia def isn't heights as it wouldn't help being a window cleaner and I don't think I would have enjoyed my first flying lesson at Blackpool last week in a Cessna 152 .

Anyway, back to phobias .... I can't think of any at the mo (maybe I have an irrational fear of admitting to phobias lol ).

My knees get shaky just thinking about heights. Absolutely HATE them. Horrified of rollercoasters, towers, high bridges, etc.

I hate silence as well. I wouldn't call it a fear, but it's something I can't stand.

I've got a phobia of slugs, horrible, slimy, gross little things they are. ewww

Ever since flying near the Bermuda Triangle in the 'wake' of hurricane Ernesto with the plane bouncing up and down in the air for 3 hours... I'd say my phobia is now flying.

Or rather, the flying isn't the problem. It's the crashing I'm REALLY worried about.

I also have a very odd phobia which has haunted me for years, but luckily only manifests once in a while, and that is the fear of being deep underground.

The Channel Tunnel frightens the life out of me, but I am OK with it, as I know that 15 minutes is all it takes before I see daylight again.

However, a recent trip to a slate cavern in Wales left me almost breathless, as we travelled underground in a cable-lift, to such a depth that I felt that I was already entombed.

Oh, and speaking of which, I also have a phobia of being able to 'feel' death after I've died... i.e. they're stuffing my coffin in the incinerator, and my brain is saying 'bloody hell, hang on, it's getting a bit hot in here!'.

It's not heights you should be afraid of it's widths that are usually the problem.

My only phobias are for things that'll actually kill me so I dont think they count.....no hang on I really really hate human toes....ewwwww

Spiders - though I have overcome this a little. I can kill one now in 90 minutes if I breathe properly

Pitch Black - just dont put me anywhere there is no artificial or natural light.. the guy in the mask with the hacksaw WILL kill me - I just attract that kind of attention

I'm convinced that phobias can change and develop - in the past 3 years or so I've become very uncomfortable in crowds, especially crowded shopping centres and so on. Being where lots of people are pushing and shoving just make me want to recklessly shove my way though them and escape to relative peace and tranquillity asap. The other weird one stems from when I was working on my car many years ago, it was up on ramps at the back and proper axle stands at the front so it was well secure and safe but while I was working right underneath, the suspension just clicked and dropped a millimetre or two. I was convinced it was coming down on me and rolled out from under as fast as possible. Once out I was sick all over the place and lost consciousness for a few seconds - even now I can't work under cars or in similar 'enclosed' situations .

My phobia is debt collectors.

Every time they come around I end up hiding!

I also have a fear of drowning. I swim on my back so my head is clear of the water.

If facing your phobia is supposed to help, seeing debt collectors drown might help on both phobias.

seige wrote:Ever since flying near the Bermuda Triangle in the 'wake' of hurricane Ernesto with the plane bouncing up and down in the air for 3 hours... I'd say my phobia is now flying.

Or rather, the flying isn't the problem. It's the crashing I'm REALLY worried about.

Saying that I remember when I flew over the triangle our plane actually clipped the wing of another plane {the other plane was flying to low} and tipped our plane on to it's side and my breakfast went every where. I just remember everyone screaming and all I did was ask the flight attendent if I could have any more breakfast. I think it was because I was in so much shock the fear didn't hit me straight away.

For me it is snakes I've always been afraid of them.