What are you afraid of?

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Basically, what phobias do you have?

Mine would be the phobia of wasps. I don't know why i have this phobia, but i am really scared of wasps. I have gotten better with this, but it is still there.

[Leo656]

Spiders. F*cking spiders.

And we all gotta go someday, but I'm kind of scared of having a heart attack. My father had several and they didn't seem at all like fun.

[snake]

Pickles. Yes, pickles.

[Luigiperps]

Hights. And bugs.

[Mzx10484]

Downfall of the West

[blindturtle02]

Roaches! Ah jeez I hate them. I'm a guy who is big on textures since I don't exactly have uh any vision at all. My brother had killed this big honkin roach when I was visiting him and my dad at about age 7 or so. He had impaled it with a stick but quickly removed it. He'd gone to get a paper towel to wrap it up in and flush it. I was looking for one of my Raph's sais at the time. So naturally, guess what my hand happened upon rather than the sai! It was horrible. I found the hole the stick made. And there was... stuff leaking out of it. I kid you not. So ever since then, I've had this fear of roaches. Yes, I hated Cockroach Terminator and can identify with Raph. Oh I liked the episode but that character just makes my flesh crawl. I don't really know if I want the figure, and I love villains! Not that he's an actual villain but you get the idea. I'm wondering if they'll ever have a 2012 version of Scumbug in the series. A big roach is one thing, but a poor guy mutating into a half man half roach is even worse! God! I have to go hide under my covers now. Bye. Oh great thread by the way. Perfect for October as I love the horror genre.

[Blossombrooks]

My irrational fear is spiders and bugs in general. I just freak. I don't agree with killing them though, we have a special 'Spider Vacuum' which gently picks them up so they can be put outside to live their creepy eight-legged lives. It's not their fault I'm frightened.
It's weird, I love Spider-Man but spiders make me feel physically sick.

[Leo656]

I'd use a friggin' gun on a spider if I had one handy. I know it's not their fault that they're creepy gross-looking abominations that make a mockery of God, but I also know if they were larger and had the chance they'd eat me and everyone I care about. So I figure for every one I kill there's a million more and it's not that big a deal in the big picture.

blindturtle: I do know what you mean. I hate killing large bugs because of the audible "crunch" noise and the fact you can sometimes even hear - or worse, feel - the liquids escaping the body, and it's just gross. I don't like to touch those damn things at all.

I forgot, bedbugs. We had a really bad infestation a few years back - actually had to move over it - and frankly, I'm terrified of ever going through it again. They can get ANYWHERE and no matter what the internet tells you, it's almost impossible to get rid of them short of flat-out burning everything you own, because a few might just be breeding in between the pages of a book or magazine, and then overnight you have another massive colony of the f*ckers. The eggs and babies are so small they're almost invisible, so the precautions you have to take are insane. After we moved out the landlord had to gut the entire apartment, rip out the floors, the walls, everything. That was one of the worst periods of my life, I couldn't sleep at all because they'd be everywhere, we had to get rid of our beds and sleep on air mattresses because they have a harder time crawling on plastic, had to do laundry every single day and keep our clothes in plastic bags, couldn't have company over, couldn't even go to anyone else's house because you might have them on your shoes or something, it was horrible. I started going a little nuts from it all, honestly, the lack of sleep and feelings of hopelessness (along with literally being chewed on by parasites 24/7) really took a mental toll.

So actually, I think more than spiders, I'm afraid of ever going through THAT sh*t again. I don't like to think about it, so that's probably why I didn't mention that first. I like to pretend they don't exist.

[RaphAndDonnie]

I have a pretty bad fear of heights. My uncle lives on the 5th floor of an apartment and every time I go to visit him I end up gripping the little bar that prevents you from falling over the edge, palms sweaty. I don't know why but sometimes I fear that the concrete floor will just give out and we all will fall to our doom. Sometimes it devolves into a bad case of vertigo and I feel like I'm going to vomit or pass out.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by RaphAndDonnie

I have a pretty bad fear of heights. My uncle lives on the 5th floor of an apartment and every time I go to visit him I end up gripping the little bar that prevents you from falling over the edge, palms sweaty. I don't know why but sometimes I fear that the concrete floor will just give out and we all will fall to our doom. Sometimes it devolves into a bad case of vertigo and I feel like I'm going to vomit or pass out.

I didn't have a fear of heights until I jumped off a very high-dive one summer.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by Blossombrooks

My irrational fear is spiders and bugs in general. I just freak. I don't agree with killing them though, we have a special 'Spider Vacuum' which gently picks them up so they can be put outside to live their creepy eight-legged lives. It's not their fault I'm frightened.
It's weird, I love Spider-Man but spiders make me feel physically sick.

Spider-vacuums should come with every house or apartment. I can't kill any spiders because they always make me think of Charlotte's Web. Although I still don't like them.

[Leo656]

More like spider-bazookas. I take no chances.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I'd use a friggin' gun on a spider if I had one handy. I know it's not their fault that they're creepy gross-looking abominations that make a mockery of God, but I also know if they were larger and had the chance they'd eat me and everyone I care about. So I figure for every one I kill there's a million more and it's not that big a deal in the big picture.

blindturtle: I do know what you mean. I hate killing large bugs because of the audible "crunch" noise and the fact you can sometimes even hear - or worse, feel - the liquids escaping the body, and it's just gross. I don't like to touch those damn things at all.

I forgot, bedbugs. We had a really bad infestation a few years back - actually had to move over it - and frankly, I'm terrified of ever going through it again. They can get ANYWHERE and no matter what the internet tells you, it's almost impossible to get rid of them short of flat-out burning everything you own, because a few might just be breeding in between the pages of a book or magazine, and then overnight you have another massive colony of the f*ckers. The eggs and babies are so small they're almost invisible, so the precautions you have to take are insane. After we moved out the landlord had to gut the entire apartment, rip out the floors, the walls, everything. That was one of the worst periods of my life, I couldn't sleep at all because they'd be everywhere, we had to get rid of our beds and sleep on air mattresses because they have a harder time crawling on plastic, had to do laundry every single day and keep our clothes in plastic bags, couldn't have company over, couldn't even go to anyone else's house because you might have them on your shoes or something, it was horrible. I started going a little nuts from it all, honestly, the lack of sleep and feelings of hopelessness (along with literally being chewed on by parasites 24/7) really took a mental toll.

So actually, I think more than spiders, I'm afraid of ever going through THAT sh*t again. I don't like to think about it, so that's probably why I didn't mention that first. I like to pretend they don't exist.

Aw dude, I forgot about that crispidy crunchidy sound. I'm going to try extremely hard not to dream of giant bugs tonight. The fact that I'm reading Stephen King's It isn't helping me much either. Funnily enough, King is also afraid of spiders.

[Refractive Reflections]

I don't have a fear of spiders and bugs, but I detest the surprise factor of the appearance of the house centipede.

One example is when the weather starts to cool down from the warm, humid summer, like now (either spring or fall), and as I'm flipping on the light switch in the darkened home (still feeling groggy from waking up in the middle of the night). Bam! There's a 4-5 inch long centipede right on the wall or ceiling that's only 2 feet away from me, just frozen. (Or if I'm at my desk, one could easily run past the wall in front of me in the middle of concentrating.)

After getting that "wonderful" sudden wake up call , I have to get a big wad of toilet paper, napkins or paper towel and be very precise to kill it on the first attempt, otherwise it'll scamper off VERY quickly and stealthily hide somewhere, making it futile to find and kill it again. And when I pounce on it, I forceful push hard on the paper or tissues to make sure its dead because if you do it lightly, its NOT enough to kill it! So I pour my frustrations on it!
When the deed has been done, I use the surrounding tissue to envelope around the dead centipede to make clean up easy, otherwise there's nothing more nasty than not only the smear but having partially broken twitching legs, still trying to "flee" for its life.

It's usually only 3 at most every year, but it's aggravating having that sudden unexpected rush when you are at your most calmest moments.

At least with ants and spiders, which I had in the house before, at least you'll know they are hiding in corners, darkened areas, or scurrying on the floor, but with this centipede, it can just randomly show up right next to you when you turn on the lights or when you are engrossed in reading a book/newspaper/comic.

So yeah not a "fear", but so aggravating. LOL

[RaphAndDonnie]

Originally Posted by blindturtle02

I didn't have a fear of heights until I jumped off a very high-dive one summer.

I'm not sure how mine started. When I was little I actually really liked climbing trees and going on rides that went high in the air. I suppose it just developed with me realizing I wasn't immortal and actually could get hurt if I fell from that particular area.

[Refractive Reflections]

Originally Posted by blindturtle02

Roaches! Ah jeez I hate them. I'm a guy who is big on textures since I don't exactly have uh any vision at all. My brother had killed this big honkin roach when I was visiting him and my dad at about age 7 or so. He had impaled it with a stick but quickly removed it. He'd gone to get a paper towel to wrap it up in and flush it. I was looking for one of my Raph's sais at the time. So naturally, guess what my hand happened upon rather than the sai! It was horrible. I found the hole the stick made. And there was... stuff leaking out of it. I kid you not. So ever since then, I've had this fear of roaches. Yes, I hated Cockroach Terminator and can identify with Raph. Oh I liked the episode but that character just makes my flesh crawl. I don't really know if I want the figure, and I love villains! Not that he's an actual villain but you get the idea. I'm wondering if they'll ever have a 2012 version of Scumbug in the series. A big roach is one thing, but a poor guy mutating into a half man half roach is even worse! God! I have to go hide under my covers now. Bye. Oh great thread by the way. Perfect for October as I love the horror genre.

Wow, that's got to be so terrifying since you depend on your hearing to sense things from a distance, and these little buggers (any insect or bug) hardly make a sound at all. So usually you'll notice them when it's already too late (feeling them pass by your hands or feet), right?

[Discogod]

Originally Posted by Leo656

And we all gotta go someday, but I'm kind of scared of having a heart attack. My father had several and they didn't seem at all like fun.

Oh, f*ck yeah. I had a minor attack when I was 22 (thanks, heavy drug use!), and even though I've been living as healthily as possible these past few years, every time I get any kind of pain in my chest I'm convinced I'm gonna die. Didn't help that one of my closest friends dropped dead from a heart attack at the age of 33 a few years ago.

Other than that, I have but one major fear, and it's fairly pathetic. I have an intense phobia of moths - not all moths, just the big bastards. Anything under an inch or so I can cope with, but this summer we had thousands of the big 'uns. I've never known it so bad - there were times when I physically couldn't leave the house.

[Oisterboy]

Wasps and failure lol.

Edit: I missed the OP. I have it too. I can't look at a picture of wasps without my skin crawling. Honey bees or bumble bees don't bother me...but yellow jackets and stuff like that...UGH. I run away immediately outside. When one is in my house I get a pretty crippling fear where I'm tempted to just hide and not go into that room anymore.

Fortunately alcohol and my friends being around generally gives me the strength I need to smash any bees on the attack. The last few weeks have been brutal. I can't have the windows down in my car without one flying in. Seriously, I've had over 10 bees in my car in the last two weeks.

[ObiWanFan4life]

Oddly enough, I'm afraid of most manner of insects. Scarabs in particular.

[BubblyShell22]

I'm afraid of bugs, bees, wasps, heights, and birds. Yep, I'm afraid of birds, and it all stemmed from when I was little and we were visiting my aunt in Brookfield, IL. They had a parakeet named Tweety, and my cousin let him out and he divebombed me. Ever since then, I've been afraid of birds.