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Post by
Asylu
Okay, in no particular order here is my Big List of Phobias.
1. Bridges. I can't stand them. Even if it is not a suspension bridge I can feel it rocking while going over it. That and my unorthodox upbringing that let me know that the best way to sow terror and slow troop movements is to blow those suckers up. Yep, weird childhood ahoy.
2. Ladders. I don't even have a rational explanation for this one, even the sight of one just laying around makes me slightly sick.
3. Peeps. Yeah, the sugar-coated bird-shaped marshmallow candy. Basically that one can be chalked up to my Mom buying a ton of them when I was a teen and me eating about 100 then going through a sugar rush like you wouldn't believe and then crashing. The resulting nightmare in which a giant yellow Peep eats me has haunted me ever since....
And last, but not least: 4. Abandonment. Due to the aforementioned weird childhood I have some serious abandonment issues. They can be crippling at times and really do drive people who know and love me up the walls dealing with it.
I am such a strange and odd human reading over this...lol
Post by
Lombax
Used to be scared of zombies, heights and needles (or what ever those things with vaccine in them are called in english.
That list has updated a lot since back then, now I love zombie movies, have no problems with heights. Needles are fine now. Thanks mom for getting me scared of those in the first place, way to go hitting the bone in my arm.
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Post by
Rystrave
What scares me...
Getting shots/injections. Just the thought of it freaks me out, but the initial happening of it isn't that bad. I just experienced my first IV and I cried my eyes out. But it was over before I knew it.
Getting jumped and raped. Whenever I walk alone and I see someone coming towards me or are around me, I make it a point to walk the opposite way.
Getting hit head on by a semi. My mother put that fear into me. Whenever I drive by one on the highway I always hug the shoulder of the road.
And getting heart broken. I've had it once and it was one of the scariest moments in my life. If I'm in a relationship and I have a gut feeling it's not going well, I will absolutely be the first one to back out. I never want to be hurt again.
Post by
Dragalthor
Mostly needles and Dentists, it gets even worse when it is the Dentist wielding the needle.
Post by
Rystrave
Mostly needles and Dentists, it gets even worse when it is the Dentist wielding the needle.
I just had my wisdom teeth out last week. It's not that bad when you're knocked out /gentle pat
Then again, I love going to the dentist. They can massage my gums aaaallll day long.
Post by
baradiel
Bad nightmares :O
Post by
Thror
I am afraid of spiders and buzzing insects.
When I was a kid, I often experienced spiders of various sizes sticking on me with their web, and I usually tried to get them off me, but I only tangled myself more with their web and I simply couldnt get the spider off me :-/ I remember I used to scream because of that quite often meh. It kinda stuck with me up to now. I feel really uncomfortable when I am in a closed room with a spider, or when I have to pass very close to a spider web. God forbid stick my hand into one, I hate the feeling when I touch a spider web.
Buzzing insects... when I was a kid, I went to see my uncle in his little like... how do I call it, a cottage? He had a relatively small house made mostly of wood in some forest, and he used to spend a few days in it every summer, to collect shrooms in the forests and stuff. And me and my family went to join him one summer, cause mom thought it would be fun. Well, that cottage had a ^&*!ing WASP NEST right inside the wall right next to the #$%^ing entrance to the house. Uncle was always like "lololol they will do nothing to you if you just close your eyes and mouth and walk around them calmly", but tell that to a seven year old. I was ^&*!ing hysterical. Also didn't help that I got my first sting on those vacations, and it hurt like hell. Basically, any sound of buzzing is making me feel really uncomfortable. Even flies do. But I usually do not panic... just scare the insect away, or kill it if it wanders into my room. It's only in situations when something like
this son of a #$%^&
flies into my room when I really start to panic. That $%^& is agile as ^&*! so its hard to kill if you are afraid to get too close to it, and its sting hurts like a knife stab ugh. Doesn't help that it buzzes like a fricking buzz saw. But I have always had to deal with those bastards myself. Sometimes even "save" my mother, who is even more hysterical from them than I am. So meh, all I can do is take a deep breath, man up, and try to kill them or get them out.
I am also afraid of conflicts with people. Men mostly. Because I think I would easilly get provoked into a fight, and I am actually afraid I might hurt someone... badly. And get myself into trouble. The only time I really fought a guy, he lost both of the top teeth right in the center of his mouth. They are called incisors I think. I was really lucky that I got out of that without any repercussions, but that was mostly because that kid was attempting to "bully" me before I knocked his teeth. Still got marked for the rest of his life, poor guy. I used to call him a friend. If only I wasn't so impulsive though, lol. I really think this might bring me some trouble in the future, because I am not exactly a guy that would be afraid to stand up for someone. Sounds like a paradox? Being afraid of conflict and not being afraid of standing up and defending someone? Yeah, that's me. Let me tell you, the "afraid of conflict" part usually works when my brain is not dripping adrenalin and when there is noone causing any harm to anyone near me. I have once thrown a guy out of a tram when he yelled at a mother with a baby, because the baby was crying. Full of anger and fear at the same time, because I was afraid it would not be so easy to throw him out and that if he retaliated something bad could have happened to him, or me. And stuff. I spend a lot of time thinking about this one.
Post by
Azazel
I am also afraid of conflicts with people. Men mostly. Because I think I would easilly get provoked into a fight, and I am actually afraid I might hurt someone... badly. And get myself into trouble. The only time I really fought a guy, he lost both of the top teeth right in the center of his mouth. They are called incisors I think. I was really lucky that I got out of that without any repercussions, but that was mostly because that kid was attempting to "bully" me before I knocked his teeth. Still got marked for the rest of his life, poor guy. I used to call him a friend. If only I wasn't so impulsive though, lol. I really think this might bring me some trouble in the future, because I am not exactly a guy that would be afraid to stand up for someone. Sounds like a paradox? Being afraid of conflict and not being afraid of standing up and defending someone? Yeah, that's me. Let me tell you, the "afraid of conflict" part usually works when my brain is not dripping adrenalin and when there is noone causing any harm to anyone near me. I have once thrown a guy out of a tram when he yelled at a mother with a baby, because the baby was crying. Full of anger and fear at the same time, because I was afraid it would not be so easy to throw him out and that if he retaliated something bad could have happened to him, or me. And stuff. I spend a lot of time thinking about this one.
I can relate to this 100%. I only fought when I had to, and hated every second of it.
Post by
Monday
I am also afraid of conflicts with people. Men mostly. Because I think I would easilly get provoked into a fight, and I am actually afraid I might hurt someone... badly. And get myself into trouble. The only time I really fought a guy, he lost both of the top teeth right in the center of his mouth. They are called incisors I think. I was really lucky that I got out of that without any repercussions, but that was mostly because that kid was attempting to "bully" me before I knocked his teeth. Still got marked for the rest of his life, poor guy. I used to call him a friend. If only I wasn't so impulsive though, lol. I really think this might bring me some trouble in the future, because I am not exactly a guy that would be afraid to stand up for someone. Sounds like a paradox? Being afraid of conflict and not being afraid of standing up and defending someone? Yeah, that's me. Let me tell you, the "afraid of conflict" part usually works when my brain is not dripping adrenalin and when there is noone causing any harm to anyone near me. I have once thrown a guy out of a tram when he yelled at a mother with a baby, because the baby was crying. Full of anger and fear at the same time, because I was afraid it would not be so easy to throw him out and that if he retaliated something bad could have happened to him, or me. And stuff. I spend a lot of time thinking about this one.
I can relate to this 100%. I only fought when I had to, and hated every second of it.
This x1000.
Also, I'm afraid of big dogs, worms (not the earthworms, but the parasite kind) and getting cut.
Post by
Skithus
Bugs in general, spiders in particular
Heights
Being a passenger in a car if I'm not driving.
Public Transportation
Crowded Places
Large Cities
Giant Isopods
Hospitals
Considering the ramifications of religious zealots on my government.
Japanese Horror Films
Walking on top of any type of floor which I can see through
Foreign countries besides Canada
People who firmly identify with a political party
Venomous Snakes
Touching Raw Meat
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Post by
Azazel
None. I have some bad memories of music classes back in middleschool/junior high (I think that's the range for those ages anyway) and I've always sucked at it.
Post by
gamerunknown
I'd play bass, because I know two groups of friends that know someone that plays every instrument apart from bass. I also have a friend that's a bass player but he's busy...
Or maybe a shamisen or sitar to play solo. I'd probably just tap the strings, lol.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
Sorry for the delay- lat night got late fast, and then this morning I had computer issues.
I haven't had the urge to learn an instrument- I prefer to sing :)
Post by
Dragalthor
What happens if you already play a musical instrument?
I currently play
EEb Bass
or Tuba, depending on your preferred nomeclature.
If I had the time to learn any other instrument it would have to be fiddle in a folk band.
Post by
Adamsm
I can already play the piano and the flute. An instrument I'd like to learn to play would be a lute.
Post by
Rystrave
I can already play flute, clarinet, sax, and guitar.
Buuuut I definitely wish I could play piano or violin.
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