[Caael]

Ventriloquist dolls. I dont even know how I came about this fear, but they terrify me. I was searching for something and this image popped up:

http://braylu.com/Gr...os/VentGang.jpg

I closed my eyes and reset my computer. Horrible.

Dont go spamming this topic with pictures of people's fear, because that's just cruel.


Yeah, discuss and w/e

[Folcon]

It aint a problem now, but when I was little, I hated being home alone. Espeacaly when it was storming really bad and the power goes out. I think it was the bordom that scarried me the most. Can you imagine being a little kid, home alone with the power out. No t.v., no computer, no microwave, and at the time, no good books. I don't really like thunderstorms now, but it is more because of concern for my delcate electronic devices. And the bordem of when the power goes out. Pluss there was an occation where I was almost struck by lighting a few years back. By almost, I mean the bolt hit about twenty feet away. I almost dropped a load right there, considering I was outside at the time, under nice tall trees. But it tuaght me to be more weary of storms so...

[TheEnglishman]

I've always had a fear of storms but it's not so bad. When you've been to Florida and seen some real storms, you tend to get used to something. I guess it's true that facing your fears head on helps, though I would be reluctant to go back to Florida in the same period of stormy weather.
I also used to be scared of fireworks. November 5th used to be the worst night of the year for me. Never been a big fan of heights, though flying in a plane doesn't bother me.

[Folcon]

Me111, on Jul 5 2007, 04:07 PM, said:

I've always had a fear of storms but it's not so bad. When you've been to Florida and seen some real storms, you tend to get used to something. I guess it's true that facing your fears head on helps, though I would be reluctant to go back to Florida in the same period of stormy weather.
I also used to be scared of fireworks. November 5th used to be the worst night of the year for me. Never been a big fan of heights, though flying in a plane doesn't bother me.

1) I live in Florida
2)What is so speaceal about Nov. 5th over there in England?

[TheEnglishman]

http://en.wikipedia....uy_Fawkes_Night
That is. Just imagine the 4th of July.
Do you tend to get a lot of storms in summer or was that just bad timing on my part?

[Split Infinity]

I'm unnerved by what I can't see. Especially if I can hear it. I could barely sleep late one night because I could swear somebody was walking past my door. And I couldn't hear their footsteps, just the creaking of the floorboards. Over and over. From the same direction.

I don't even know if I was dreaming or not.

[Golden Legacy]

Very ideally, I should say that I fear God and nothing but God. But heh, I'd rather not take this topic in that direction...

That said, similar to Me111, I've always had a fear for severe weather. I've had nightmares of being in an open field with a tornado in the not-so-far distance, having my entire area flooded with torrential rains.

And not to mention lightning. My God, I'm so afraid of it. It's fine if it's in the distance and the thunder's barely heard, but the moment it becomes visible, close by, I get scared out of my wits, and I start shaking, and ugh...

[Split Infinity]

Then you wouldn't have liked to be my brother when he opened the back door and a massive bolt struck a couple hundred metres away.

[Folcon]

escout, on Jul 5 2007, 03:35 PM, said:

Plus there was an occation where I was almost struck by lighting a few years back. By almost, I mean the bolt hit about twenty feet away. I almost dropped a load right there, considering I was outside at the time, under nice tall trees. But it taught me to be more weary of storms so...

A few hundred meters aint that bad, I actual saw the damn ground explode where the bolt hit it was so close.

[Split Infinity]

It's not nice to dull down other peoples bad experiences...

[PDM]

http://braylu.com/Graphics/VentPhotos/VentGang.jpg

I'm afraid of... dunno, nothing unusual.

EDIT: osht, I'm sorry. I thought this topic was in teh common room.

[Split Infinity]

You think you're funny, don't you? ****ing asshole...

[TheEnglishman]

Ooook.
Going back to the storms thing I remember when a bolt of lightning hit a house not that far from where I live. It shook everything and for awhile I was kinda scared. What made it worse was that I had to go to school and act normal.
Luckily in Britain we only tend to get sheet lighting and not proper bolts. When I went to the Kennedy Space Center there was a horrible storm and proper bolts of lightning were in the sky.

[Caael]

PDM you're not funny. Seriously, you are one of the unfunniest people I have had the misfortune to know. When somebody tells people their fear, you dont go rub it in their face and make it worse, which you have just done. That makes you the most immature member on these boards.

[FlamingDuck]

Deep water, spiders up close, and heights. None of that stuff as bad as a while ago though. I'm only afraid of heights as long as there is a chance that I'll fall. Airplanes are fine, climbing a really steep mounatin...not so much.

I don't really mind thunderstorms...I figure it's a statistical improbability that I ever get struck. But when they're close, like close enough for the house to shake when it thunders, I get nervous for a little while afterward.

[PDM]

Caael, on Jul 6 2007, 02:09 PM, said:

PDM you're not funny. Seriously, you are one of the unfunniest people I have had the misfortune to know. When somebody tells people their fear, you dont go rub it in their face and make it worse, which you have just done. That makes you the most immature member on these boards.

I value your opinion.


... Not.

[Golden Legacy]

Oi, quit it you two.

I'm surprisingly not as scared of heights as I thought I'd be... I've climbed on top of mountains on an upstate school trip once, and it didn't bother me in the slightest (though one of my friends was so scared, I had to help him up by holding his hand and leading the way).

I'm a bit uneasy about small, tight spaces though. Not claustrophobic, but I get rather irritated.

[TheEnglishman]

PDM attempts humour!
It's not very effective.
Small spaces don't creep me out but years ago I had a nightmare where I was trapped in a tiny space and I woke up terrified.
I also used to have nightmares of this man. Crazy huh? The reason was that he was in a programme called GamesMaster where he appeared as a giat head. This scared me when I was about 4 years old.

[Split Infinity]

Were you watching Tron before you went to bed?

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/1/13/MCP.jpg

[TheEnglishman]

Tron? That rubbish film? Naw.
I'll try and find an image of the Scariest Head of All Time! (Waits for bad jokes)
http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/lowtech/mystic/Gamesmaster/gamesmaster.jpg
Imagine seeing that when you're four years old.

[Split Infinity]

That didn't even look like a head for about 30 seconds. Wacky.

[TheEnglishman]

And scary. At the time.
Also when I was younger I used to be scared of this advert they did for some sort of bacon. I don't know what it was but it used to scare me a lot.

[Caael]

I'm quite claustrophobic too. I used to hate it, I couldn't even put a pillow overmy fac without panicing, but now i'm a bit better; it's just a fear of getting stuck in a small space. I'm fine with lifts and all.

[FlamingDuck]

Noises that go from very soft to very loud and back again every few seconds. I'm not exactly afraid of them, but they make me nauscious and sick feeling. And angry. It's nasty.

[Sea of Time]

Me111, on Jul 7 2007, 02:00 AM, said:

Tron? That rubbish film? Naw.
I'll try and find an image of the Scariest Head of All Time! (Waits for bad jokes)
http://www.youknowsit.co.uk/lowtech/mystic/Gamesmaster/gamesmaster.jpg
Imagine seeing that when you're four years old.

That is the scariest things I have ever seen.

I used to be afraid of those large characters, like the ones in DisneyWorld that walk around and sign autographs. I would literally run in the other direction if there was one at the mall. Remember, I was a kid. I'm really not scared of them anymore. In fact, I'd like to kick one in the crotch for ruining mall experiences as a child.

[Someone Else]

I don't remember my fears. I'm not even kidding. I know I have some, but I think it has something to do with being really insecure as a little kid (I don't remember much about being a little kid) and my brain just made me forget certain things so I wouldn't be as insecure anymore, if you get me.

I guess my biggest fear is being in the dark when I know something or someone is following me (like, I can hear them) but not knowing where they are or are coming from. Actually, I guess that freaks me out more than it is fear.

[Toasty]

I'm afraid of heights, and small spaces that don't have windows. That's about it. But I can sleep with a pillow over my head, and sometimes that's the only way I can sleep because of this:
Having sharp pointy things inches away from my eye's really, REALLY, REALLY irritates me. Sometimes I can't even close my eyes at night because just the thought is so irritating.

[Split Infinity]

Wow Toasty, I didn't know you slept on a bed of nails...

[Mysterious Adept]

To tell you the truth, I would have to say I'm still pretty spooked about the dark. Yea thats right the dark.

IT all started when i got the first Harry Potter movie. After i got done watching it (1AM) I tried to sleep, but i got so scared that the bad guys were in the shadows that i ended up not sleeping at all.( I was a little kid, keep that in mind)
Ever since then I've been not to......happy about going into the dark.

[Toasty]

I'm only afraid of the dark if I'm outside by myself at nite, and in a non-suburban area.

I'm afraid of the X-Files.

[EDIT] As for severe weather, I've always wanted to see a tornado/hurricane up close. But not in a plane. And as for lightning, always been fascinated by it.

[Caael]

Mr.T, on Jul 9 2007, 10:18 PM, said:

Having sharp pointy things inches away from my eye's really, REALLY, REALLY irritates me. Sometimes I can't even close my eyes at night because just the thought is so irritating.

Dont watch Saw 2.

[Wiflewood]

The only thing I'll say I'm really scared of is Severe weather, and I mean really severe, as in unrelenting uber-heavy rain and lightning thunder etc, Bad weather (lots of rain etc is fine) especially if the power goes out. I mean there are quite a few things I don't like, Spiders for example, but I don't really have a 'Fear' of them, I'm happy to squash em with my foot etc.

But yeah, severe weather freaks me out a bit, Although I guess part of it is the feeling of being helples/powerlesss. I mean, we have all these things in the modern world etc, but nothing to overcome floods/lightning etc

[Caael]

You're in Manchester, which is quite near the floodings that have happened recently. Move to the top of a hill, you'll be fine :D

[TheEnglishman]

You think that's bad? My sister lives in Sheffield. That's basically been underwater. Lucky she lives up on a hill so she was fine but her boyfriend had to wade through water to get to work.

[Wiflewood]

I went to Sheffiled yesterday for the University open da, but I the station and Uni are not at the bottom of the hill so it's fine :D

And yeah I live at the top of a pretty big hill anyway so It's all good. Somtimes me and my mates go on the top of some local water towers and you can see all of manc, it's mint (y)

But yeah, back to fears...

[Aquamarine]

Mr.T, on Jul 11 2007, 08:14 AM, said:

[EDIT] As for severe weather, I've always wanted to see a tornado/hurricane up close. But not in a plane. And as for lightning, always been fascinated by it.

Same here. I quite like very bad weather. Don't know why though, I just enjoy being inside the house or even outside when there is a torrential downpour and tons of lightning and thunder.

As for fears, I don't have too many. My biggest one is fear of deep water. Even in games I have to pluck the courage for minutes on end to enter deep waters.

When I was about 10 years old a wasp stun me on the back. That wasn't the first time I was stun by a wasp or bee, and I never had a fear of them up till then. After that for years I've been terrified of wasps, bees, bumblebees... When one was near me I couldn't help but run away. In the past three years or so that fear has been disappearing, and although I've still got it I can control myself. Just last night there were two wasps in my room, which I caught and let them fly out through the window. That just shows how much my fear is better.

[TheEnglishman]

I've woken up to find wasps in my room before. It's not fun. I also saw a programme where someone went into their loft and found a nest of somesort of bug. Nasty.

[Werebarrret/St Jimmy]

Storms are nothing when you live with tornadoes.

[TheEnglishman]

Have you ever been near one? I can't say I ever have, though someone comically said "I think that's a tornado" whilst we were in Florida. That bothered me as I thought he was serious. :P

[Werebarrret/St Jimmy]

Yeah, about 2 months ago there was a tornado epidemic around here. A town near me was completely leveled.

[Toasty]

Me111, on Jul 18 2007, 09:07 AM, said:

Have you ever been near one? I can't say I ever have, though someone comically said "I think that's a tornado" whilst we were in Florida. That bothered me as I thought he was serious. :P

You don't get tornadoes in Florida, you get hurricanes. I used to live there.
I once had a dream that I was with my sister, her friend, and her friend's mom, and we were running through REALLY high winds to get to some clothing department store, and whilst you'd think that everyone would be freaked out, all the people in the store were just minding their own buisness as if nothing important was going on. I don't consider it a nightmare either.

And as wor wasps, I run away since they'll sting for no reason. I don't see them nearly as often as yellow jackets though, which I just shoo away or try and squash. I don't even try to shoo away bees.

[Nosferatu]

I'm afraid of having to move to the U.S. because of Sheeb and having to accept George Bush as the county's leader.

But in all seriousness, (as if I wasn't being serious there) little kids. I'm not even kidding. I cannot STAND little kids. They're just too hyper. Gah. Grade 7 was a nightmare. Read to a little buddy from Grade 1. *shudder*

And that is why I never want to have a kid.

[Split Infinity]

Kids are atrocious. I'm glad I never was one.

I was scared of the massive bumblebees I kept seeing when I was in England. Or maybe it was Fiji. Anyway, they were practically the size of a large coin.

[Aquamarine]

Mr.T, on Jul 19 2007, 09:41 AM, said:

And as wor wasps, I run away since they'll sting for no reason. I don't see them nearly as often as yellow jackets though, which I just shoo away or try and squash. I don't even try to shoo away bees.

That is where we are different. Well, actually I'm different to everybody in this sense. Everyone will just squash the insect that bothers them or that they are scared of, while I don't do that. I'm scared of bees/wasps and hate most other insects, but I never kill them. I catch 'em and throw them out of the house. You may think I'm a fool, but I just think killing any living creature just because it's in your way or might hurt you slightly, even if it is only an insect, is wrong, selfish and stupid.

[TheEnglishman]

I try and get rid of the ants that keep going on my window by just opening it and knocking them out. I tend to be the same as Aqua, but only because it's less messy that way.

[Werebarrret/St Jimmy]

anyone here hear of Greensburg, Kansas?

[R-dog]

I saw this seven-year-old girl wearing lipstick.
*shudder*
@ WSJ - No, I have not heard. Please enlighten.

[Werebarrret/St Jimmy]

It was a small town about 20 miles away from me that was completely leveled by a tornado.

Nearly everything was completely destroyed and 10 people were killed.

[Folcon]

Freaky. I had lighting strike no more the about thirty feet away from me before. It almost scared the **** out of me, but I had dumped earlier that day. But it still gave me a scare and the other guys I was with and I just stopped what we were doing,(we were stowing the equepment in the area we were in) and booked it to shelter. Just as we got in the doors, the sky opened up and it thundered and poured for the next three hours. It really sucked, spendeing all that time having to keep an eye on over a hundred kids under that age of fifteen that are mostly brats with only three other staff members, and two adult leaders that were there, to help. And the roof leaked in about a dozen places, flooding half the floor. God, Florida summers can realy suck the big one.

[Lightning Star]

I love storms, but we get really bad monsoons here too. There's a house behind us that faces away from us, and we watched as lightning hit their tree XD The next morning the tree was split in half and majorly charred.

Hm...I'm afraid of going shopping by myself, especially down town. I suppose it's because my biggest fear of all time is rape, and I'm not very good at self-defense. Other than that, I'm not really afraid of anything. I mean, I'm not afraid of spiders or snakes, OH! But I am affraid of Bees and Wasps. Anything that can fly and sting will scare me. ^^; So yeah, I guess those two are my two biggest fears.

[Aquamarine]

lightningstar, on Jul 22 2007, 06:04 PM, said:

I love storms, but we get really bad monsoons here too. There's a house behind us that faces away from us, and we watched as lightning hit their tree XD The next morning the tree was split in half and majorly charred.

Hm...I'm afraid of going shopping by myself, especially down town. I suppose it's because my biggest fear of all time is rape, and I'm not very good at self-defense. Other than that, I'm not really afraid of anything. I mean, I'm not afraid of spiders or snakes, OH! But I am affraid of Bees and Wasps. Anything that can fly and sting will scare me. ^^; So yeah, I guess those two are my two biggest fears.

Then you better not meet me, because I can fly and sting and I rape.

[Echo_djinn]

Getting shot while I sleep. My neighbourhood isn't as safe as t use to be.

[Caael]

I kill bugs, simply because I want them all dead. I'm not scared of them, they annoy me. I dont kill huge ones because I dont like looking at rotting bug.

[Eugine]

I'm afraid of death! I always get scared when something related to death pops up. I also feel I suffer from Existential crisis!
Or am I just being human?

[boro007]

As a child, I was afraid of one character from "Muminki" (-in Polish. Sorry- I have no Idea, how it`s called in any other country... But it`s about white, hippo-kind creatures, which are living in tall, blue house :P)- its name, was "Buka". Big, violet, monster, with enormous sized eyes

[Toasty]

Aquamarine, on Jul 19 2007, 04:09 PM, said:

That is where we are different. Well, actually I'm different to everybody in this sense. Everyone will just squash the insect that bothers them or that they are scared of, while I don't do that. I'm scared of bees/wasps and hate most other insects, but I never kill them. I catch 'em and throw them out of the house. You may think I'm a fool, but I just think killing any living creature just because it's in your way or might hurt you slightly, even if it is only an insect, is wrong, selfish and stupid.

I feel like that sometimes, but only towards large spiders and moths (yes, I realise how random that is).

Speaking of large insects, I've seen a moth the size of a humming bird once. It actually came into our house.

@Escout: I love Florida, and mainly because of it's hot weather, rain, and storms. I think it'd be frikkin' awesome to be standing anywhere near lightning when it struck.

@Eugine: I'm afraid of death also, but there's one thing I'm more afraid of. Seeing someone die. More specifically, a certain someone.

[Ironsight]

Dentists, im afraid of Dentist. no, im terrified of them :P

[gsninja]

I get a little unnerved with heights, but I'm not really scared of them. =P

One of my bigger fears is going into bad neighborhoods. I always think that someone's gonna pop out and maul me. >>;;

[PDM]

Hey, GSN... wanna come over?


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[Lightning Star]

Wow, some guys are whimpy :P I don't mind spiders at all. Then again, there are some nasty ones out here. Tarantulas are cute, but scorpions are the worst...

Unless you've got them trapped in a cup and you're the one poking them with a pencil. Then they're fun :D

[Aquamarine]

Scorpions aren't spiders... Well actually, I guess you can call them spiders in a way, seeing as scorpions belong to the Arachnida class along with spiders, but so do mites, ticks and harvestmen. So saying scorpions are spiders isn't completely true...

[gsninja]

lightningstar, on Aug 2 2007, 04:28 PM, said:

Wow, some guys are whimpy I don't mind spiders at all. Then again, there are some nasty ones out here. Tarantulas are cute, but scorpions are the worst...

Unless you've got them trapped in a cup and you're the one poking them with a pencil. Then they're fun :P

I so agree with the pencil thing. XD

And isn't it wimpy, not whimpy? =|

[Folcon]

Wimpy?

Ohh.

Quote

I'd gladly pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger today.

[Golden Legacy]

I have a deathly huge fear of lightning and tornadoes. Just looking at pictures of the latter is enough to make me sick to my stomach.

[Caael]

I'm slightly schitzophrenic, which scares people around me when I tell them. But they think schitzophrenia is MPD, which it's not, so they'll keep asking me ' Is this your other personality?'

[Aquamarine]

I've noticed in the past few months what I'm most scared of: Death. I was surprised by how afraid I was in possible near-death situations. Damn, I feel slightly faint just thinking about it...

[I'm Always BROKE]

When I really take the time to think about it, I can honestly say that I'm scared ****less for death as well. Not neccecarily my death, but mostly the death of people I know.

Also, I'm just slightly scared for swimming in the deep sea, cause -call me childish I don't care- I'm affraid of things swimming under me which I can't see. I love diving and discovering the underwater world though. o.o

[Caael]

My older brother is scared of fish. In general, not those massive mo-fo's. We went snorkelling in Thailand, and he jumped off the boat and started screaming as there were millions of fish everywhere. We were supposed to feed them with bits of banana. He jumped in with 2 massive bananas. He got out soon after that. I was bobbing in the water laughing and drowning.

[Tasuki]

Fire Dude, on Nov 13 2007, 08:48 AM, said:

Also, I'm just slightly scared for swimming in the deep sea, cause -call me childish I don't care- I'm affraid of things swimming under me which I can't see. I love diving and discovering the underwater world though. o.o

Same here, I got caught in a ripe tide once. I freaked out and swam back to shore as fast as I could.

[TheEnglishman]

Fire Dude, on Nov 13 2007, 01:48 PM, said:

When I really take the time to think about it, I can honestly say that I'm scared ****less for death as well. Not neccecarily my death, but mostly the death of people I know.

For some reason, I felt frightened about the fact I would die one day the other day. I don't know why put it just suddenly jumped out at me.

[Folcon]

I think the on;y thin I am truley afraid of is failure. Espeacaly if it's failing other people, like in a group g\project and dropping the ball on my portion. My other fear is admiting when I failed.

[Eugine]

My ownly true fear is death like I mentioned before. Of course it is human to be fearful of death, so everyone should understand how I (and everyone who mentioned it) feels.

Other minor things I fear (but really, it's not really a bother) is failure and height. Sometimes I forget I even fear them....

[Folcon]

It's not so much that I'm afraid to die, I'm just afraid to die alone, and unremembered.

[Laharl]

I'm Holmophobic, as in i have an entirely rational hatred of Eamonn Holmes

seriously though, i'm not scared of much, dont like dogs much after maulage when i was younger

[Wild Fox]

I was afraid of death, until I started nursing school. I haven't necessarily had someone die while I was taking care of them, but I have seen people on their deathbeds at the hospital where I work. It's made me realize that death is an inevitable part of our existence and it's something everyone is going to have to face. As far as dying alone, this too is something we can't help. You enter this world alone and you die alone. People are afraid of losing that last bit of human contact--they do want to be remembered by loved ones. So having no one remember me is something I'm afraid of too. < /philosophical comment>

I'm VERY afraid of heights. So much so that I can't lean over a railing on a balcony, let alone even get within two feet of one. I'm also afraid of being alone in the dark. I blame horror movies.

[Aquamarine]

Eve of Destiny, on Nov 14 2007, 12:11 AM, said:

It's interesting, so many people are afraid of death. I can sort of get that but I can't say that I'm afraid of death, at least not my own. I think I would be more afraid of living through something than dying, if that makes any sense.

I understand what you mean. I used to think like that when I was younger. However, I've changed completely in the past year when it comes to that. A couple of times I was in possible near-death experiences, and I was ****ing scared. Of course, like everyone else, I'm not talking only about my own death. I always used to think dying isn't so bad, but now I think the completely opposite.

[Caael]

Wild Fox, on Nov 14 2007, 07:18 AM, said:

I'm also afraid of being alone in the dark. I blame horror movies.

Nah, it's worse when there's 2 people and then you hear a 3rd voice.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Speaking of that... ghosts or at least bad spirits make me **** my pants as well.

[Envy]

I have a fear of bugs.

It may sound silly, but I am truthfully scared of them. Coming in the house at night I freak out if there are any moths flying around me. (probably moths are the type I fear the most as well.

[Lightning Star]

Then you would have hated my house during the summer. We almost had to call the exterminators 'cause we had so many creepy crawlies in our house. A year or so ago I found a centipede under my bed. THAT was freaky.

Most of my fears aren't anything of anything physical, just emotional. I'm afraid I won't find someone like my ex, who was like my other half. We fit together so well, but 'cause of circumstance we broke up, and it seems like there's no one else out there like him (cliche, I know), and I'm afraid I'll end up dying alone :[

[Aquamarine]

lightningstar, on Nov 15 2007, 08:07 AM, said:

Then you would have hated my house during the summer. We almost had to call the exterminators 'cause we had so many creepy crawlies in our house. A year or so ago I found a centipede under my bed. THAT was freaky.

A centipede under your bed? Oh please, during the summer I kept finding centipedes all over my room. And not only them, but also a ton of moths(I like moths), crickets, wasps(which I used to be utterly terrified of) and other insects. And even though I don't really like bugs, I never killed them. I would catch them and put them into the garden. I think killing any living things just because you can or just because they're bothering you is very selfish and bad.

[Caael]

You wouldn't like me then. I kill the smallest bugs that get in my way. But that's because I hate bugs and if I had 3 wishes, one would be to totally annihalate all bugs.

[Folcon]

Earth Dude, on Nov 15 2007, 01:30 PM, said:

You wouldn't like me then. I kill the smallest bugs that get in my way. But that's because I hate bugs and if I had 3 wishes, one would be to totally annihalate all bugs.

But if you do that, plants don't get plloinated and they die. There's no more honey, frogs die out, flowers go bye-bye, and as plants die out, we die out because there is no more oxygen. Not to mention bugs help get rid of organic waste and dead animals. If bugs were gone, we could be up to our noses in dead animal carscuses and sufficating. And it would all be your fault.

[Caael]

Well then every bug that came within 2 metres of me would just drop dead. I hate them when they fly around my face. Grr, cant stand them.

[Fury]

I don't like bugs much either. I can stand moths and flies but what I really hate are the ones that crawl. The ariel types are ok. We have a fragil ecosystem and if even something as small as all bugs being wiped out, it could be disaster. I would prefer it if they did they're business without me crossing paths with them. I want to know what eating dead animals has to do with parading around my house like they own it. The only dead animal close to my house is a dead guniea pig I buried in my backyard 5 years ago. Just do you're business and move on. There is no need for me to see you. Ever.

Besides that I also don't like heights.

[Folcon]

I'm not afraid of hights, but I do suffer the ocation bout of vertigo when I'm more then two stories in the air. I've been to a hotel where our room was on the twentyith floor and faced the atrieum. Looking out across the atrium was okay, and even down was fine, as long as it wasn't stright down. I started felling kinda woozy and had to step away from the railing. I've since learned that vertigo is caused by the distorcian of apparent disstantce, or something like that. But when you have something closer to focus on, your mind is able to properly gaudge the distance and eliminates the vertigo. Or something like that.

[Caael]

I'm scared of drowning and being trapped in something. When we went to Bilbao in spain, we had to sleep in cabins and I was **** scared. I was scared the windows would crack and the door would be locked so I couldn't get out. Similar, i'm never ever going in a submarine ever.

[Fury]

I think thats called claustrophobia. It means a fear of enclosed or narrow spaces.

[Caael]

I know i'm claustrophobic, but i'm also extremely claustrophobic in water. Claustroaquaphobia.

[Golden Legacy]

Eve of Destiny, on Nov 17 2007, 11:25 PM, said:

I used to be afraid of heights, too. But I've learned one thing, about anything painful or scary or difficult. Seek it and dig deeper, gouge that wound until there's nothing left. Keep pushing, keep cutting it wide open until you're in a good place. Fear is a great motivator. There is also something to be said about endurance.

This is a really silly reference to Naruto that I'm going to throw here, but there is an episode where Sasuke and Sakura are fighting against Orochimaru (who's taken over the body of one of the other ninja during the Chunin Exams). They get paralyzed with fear (Sasuke and Sakura see their deaths occur in their minds) and Orochimaru is about to kill them - while they still can't move because of the fear. Sasuke forces himself to wake up from his fearful reverie by stabbing himself, and the pain causes him to wake up, overcome the fear, and take Sakura and escape.

Basically, he overcame the fear with pain, and got himself out of the situation. How about that for a Naruto reference, eh? [/lame] :o

[Aquamarine]

Yes GL, you are lame. Now go hide in your cupboard for the rest of eternity.

[Golden Legacy]

I would, but I'm a little claustrophobic.

[Fury]

Oh and I'm also afraid of tornados. I don't know why.

[Fury]

Eve of Destiny, on Nov 19 2007, 11:15 PM, said:

Sometime early this morning, I opened my eyes and tried to look around-- but I couldn't see anything at all, just these huge white blocks of something infront of my eyes, so I got really scared. I didn't realize it but I was actually starting to lose consciousness when I called for my mom. It's never happened to me that severely before, so I started to panic. Finally it started to lift a bit, but everything was flickering in the same way the screens of old black and white movies do. My fear is that one day, those white patches might be all I can see.. and I really, really don't want that. :o

So you're afraid of going blind?

[Aquamarine]

When you're blind you don't see 'white patches', or darkness everywhere. You don't see anything. Geddit? Seeing white or black is still seeing.

[l3lueMage]

Insecure heights. Well only basically standing on the edge of something really high where you could easily fall...

[Saturos S.]

l3lueMage, on Nov 20 2007, 08:19 PM, said:

Insecure heights. Well only basically standing on the edge of something really high where you could easily fall...

Well, not being a bit scared in a situation like that would just make you reckless.

[Mallick]

I used to be afraid of riding in cars, because my brother would drive extremely recklessly.

I also used to be afraid of lightning. Not so much the thunder and lightning itself, but, rather, that lightning would strike down one of the trees in my front yard and it would fall on my house.

I'm not afraid of those things anymore, but sometimes I get paranoid when I walk home very late at night.

[Fury]

Eve of Destiny, on Nov 20 2007, 07:12 AM, said:

Not blind exactly, just not being able to see anything beyond the blotches.. my fear is that it could get worse, to the point where I can't ever see anything. It's a really scary thought for me.

The best way to describe it is.. okay, close your eyes for a minute. You know all those colors and blotches and other things you see when they're closed? I see that when my eyes are open.. and it scares me a bit to not know what's going on.

Oh, I see what you mean.

[Golden Legacy]

Water Dude, on Nov 20 2007, 07:11 AM, said:

When you're blind you don't see 'white patches', or darkness everywhere. You don't see anything. Geddit? Seeing white or black is still seeing.

Then what exactly do blind people "see"? Wouldn't it just be blackness, since black is the absence of color? I could be wrong about this, but then what exactly is "no color"?

That said, I did have a paranoia at one time of waking up and worrying that I could be blind - I used to refuse to go to sleep at one point because I was worried that it would be the last thing I would see, literally.


However, even that can't compare to what I found the other day - this has made me scared beyond anything else:

(I'm spoiler tagging this because it's some gruesome stuff, at least it is for me, so read at your own risk)

Spoiler

Article Link
Wiki Link

Essentially, the gist of it all is consciousness during surgery. Imagine being completely awake and conscious during open heart surgery - but you can't alert the surgeon to it. You feel every single bit of the surgery, without the effects of anesthesia, but you're trapped, and you can't speak or move or do anything.

[Folcon]

There's a movie about that coming out soon.

[Aquamarine]

Golden Legacy, on Nov 26 2007, 05:17 AM, said:

Then what exactly do blind people "see"? Wouldn't it just be blackness, since black is the absence of color? I could be wrong about this, but then what exactly is "no color"?

Being blind is very hard to imagine for people like you and me, who can see. Simply think what it would be like if you had no eyes. Would you be able to see blackness? No, because that would still mean you see something. That's how completely blind see, as if they had no eyes: they don't see anything. Kinda like when we're sleeping. As I said, it's hard to imagine.

[Caael]

They had something similar in Scrubs, where Turk had to hypnotise a patient instead of anaesthesia, and they woke up half way through.

[Blue]

Arachnaphobia.
Fear of Heights.
If I remember more I'll post them.

[Quacnar]

Blue, on Nov 29 2007, 02:46 AM, said:

Arachnaphobia.
Fear of Heights.
If I remember more I'll post them.

Do you mean that arachnaphobia is fear of heights? Or that you have both?

[Folcon]

considering that Arachnophobia is the fear of spiders, I think he means both.

[Blue]

Yes, escout is correct. Damn I would have to be freaking retarded to get those mixed up.

[Folcon]

Blue, on Nov 29 2007, 06:21 PM, said:

Yes, escout is correct. Damn I would have to be freaking retarded to get those mixed up.

sigged!

[Caael]

I'm paranoid of trivial things that are really quite stupid. Like that tomorrow, my friends are going to turn around and say they hate me, or that my house will have burnt down.

[Aquamarine]

Why do they hate you? D:

[Caael]

They dont, but i'm scared they might say that.


I'm very weird, okay?

[Saturos S.]

Golden Legacy, on Nov 26 2007, 05:17 AM, said:

However, even that can't compare to what I found the other day - this has made me scared beyond anything else:

(I'm spoiler tagging this because it's some gruesome stuff, at least it is for me, so read at your own risk)

Spoiler

Article Link
Wiki Link

Essentially, the gist of it all is consciousness during surgery. Imagine being completely awake and conscious during open heart surgery - but you can't alert the surgeon to it. You feel every single bit of the surgery, without the effects of anesthesia, but you're trapped, and you can't speak or move or do anything.

Sounds freaky, I've been under

Spoiler

anethesia

once myself, and didn't feel a thing. So I'm not really scared of the "spoiler tagged" stuff occuring. Though if this really is true, it would be inhuman.

Yes, it's got something to do with the spoiler tagged stuff so I guess reading it will still be your own risk.

[Golden Legacy]

Well, of course, that's when it's done correctly and nothing goes wrong (which is most of the time) - but more and more cases of that are occurring, and describing it as inhuman is the best way to put it.

[Someone Else]

Lots of people were talking about fear of death.

The idea of my own death/dying doesn't scare me, though that's probably mostly because I don't believe in a life after death, so why should I be scared? As for the actual process of dying, while I don't enjoy pain, I don't have a fear of it either like most people are. I guess I just have a high pain threshold.

I'm not trying to sound tough or anything but I can't think of much that scares me. I guess I fear for the future since I don't know what will happen to me or my friends. Fear of failure, I guess you could call it.

[Eugine]

I guess we are only afraid of death because of the unknown. One of my favourite Harry Potter quotes sums it up perfectly.

"There is nothing to be feared from a body, Harry, any more than there is anything to be feared from the darkness. Lord Voldemort, who of course secretly fears both, disagrees. But once again he reveals his own lack of wisdom. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more." - Albus Dumbledore

I guess I really do not fear death, or anything in life... except the unknown.

[Ironsight]

I got a huge peice of tooth missing from one of my Molars. Its gonna need a cap. I always start to stress out whenever I think about it.

[Folcon]

atm, i'm scared of my parents reactions when they find out i failed a few of my classes and have to take them over....that's it, next semester, I think i will be less active so I can focus on my school work...like thats gonna last long.

[Golden Legacy]

.eugine, on Dec 6 2007, 12:08 AM, said:

I guess we are only afraid of death because of the unknown. One of my favourite Harry Potter quotes sums it up perfectly.

"There is nothing to be feared from a body, Harry, any more than there is anything to be feared from the darkness. Lord Voldemort, who of course secretly fears both, disagrees. But once again he reveals his own lack of wisdom. It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more." - Albus Dumbledore

I guess I really do not fear death, or anything in life... except the unknown.

Well part of the reason why I'm afraid of death is just because it's unknown. What'll happen to ourselves when we die? And also, how about the people we're leaving behind, how will they all fare? These things are uncertain and unknown, and that definitely adds to the fear.

[TheEnglishman]

I don't have a fear of going to the dentist, but when I went the other day I wasn't feeling great. I guess it's more nerves than fear.

[Folcon]

That reminds me, I should probably go to the dentist for a check up. I haven't been to one sence my braces were removed about 6.5 years ago. :P That is bad.

[TheEnglishman]

As long as you can still eat, that's the important thing. :P

[redchi]

what i fear is dieing alone, inside a place that has tomanny ppl for along time, when i was a kid i didnt like anything loud like planes trains or thunder stomes amd i was scared of the dark .

[Nosferatu]

I'm afraid of ignorant people. Or was that intolerant of? Probably both. At any rate I avoid them at all costs.

I almost got run over 4 times last week. (Which was 3 days for me.) They honk, I hold up hand, raise middle finger. Death? No.

[Kuchiyose]

I have to admit, dying has never really scared, I guess I haven't thought of it much, nor should anyone, but I fear the most is probably losing my mind, going crazy, can't control myself, that would scare me, hence I don't drink alcohol since that can make you go unpredictable and you will more likely forget stuff if you consume too much and the fact i don't like the taste XD.

[Elliott]

I'm not a fan of spiders, other than that the only real fear I have is the ocean. I don't mean going to the beach, but if I was to be stuck in the middle of the ocean, I wouldn't be too happy. Heights are another one too but that's pretty common for a lot of people.

[Split Infinity]

I'm not scared of heights, but I do get a sort of unpleasant rush from it.

Oh, and my feet sweat. O_o

[Wiflewood]

Not too scared of heights.
Have a bit of an irrational fear of spiders, but just the big ones cos they're icky. Don't mind squashing them, I just have to do it with a tissue in my hand.
Can't really think of anything but that.

[Golden Legacy]

Agatio, on Feb 17 2008, 01:32 AM, said:

I'm not a fan of spiders, other than that the only real fear I have is the ocean. I don't mean going to the beach, but if I was to be stuck in the middle of the ocean, I wouldn't be too happy. Heights are another one too but that's pretty common for a lot of people.

I have that fear too, and I get nauseous just looking at the globe, and realizing just how vast and huge the ocean is, and what it would mean to be stuck right in the middle, and seeing nothing but water around...

I'm actually quite reasonable with heights (no fear, just a rush at very high elevations like Split). I do have an unnatural fear of tornadoes and lightning, however, and for that reason I hate being in a wide, open field, especially on a very cloudy day.

[Drizzy Drake]

I'm scared of failing in life, and beeing some idiot working at Burger King at the age of 50. No real fear of anything else. Death, naw. I beleive that after you die, you go to a place, where everything is how you want it. I said this in the Afterlife topic, but I'll say it again. Say you want a SSB game, with FF and Halo cahracters, well you get it. So death doesn't really scare me.

[Quacnar]

I have a huge fear of death, but thats about it. All of my other fears are caused by my fear of death.

[Gio]

I am afraid of lightning and that is the only thing I can think of at the moment.

[Jenna]

Needles, gaaaah. I can't even THINK about needles, I am so afraid of them eeeeh...
Like, chicken-out-of-surgery-piss-your-pants scared of needles.

Aaufgodrgrigg.


::comes back five minutes later::

Bees. I run RUN wen I see one. They sting without warning. So scary. =[ Wasps, especially... Scaryyy...

Dolls. Porcelain dolls. Ventriloquist dolls. Wooden dolls. Fabric dolls. Voodoo dolls. Any kind of doll you can think of, they really creep me out!

Getting old and gross, I guess.

Incisions.

And a strange fear of holes with no dimension. Harry Potter 2 ending? Legend of Zelda: OoT when a boss falls apart after being defeated? It skeezes me.

Funker Vogt. XD

[Moonear]

Wasps. Bees, hornets, and the like. I can't stand their stings.

I am so afraid of death and the pain that death brings, especially if one of my family members were to die.

[Caael]

I'm not afraid of death myself, but i'm afraid of my friends dying. Im not close with my family at all, so my friends are most important to me. If one of my friends died it would be the worst thing in the world.

[Toasty]

The only thing I'm afraid of is not being able to protect/fight for the people I care about. And real high heights. That's it. Not afraid of getting into a fight (heck, I wouldn't even hit back, just block the blows), not afraid of being held at gunpoint, not afraid of anything else.