So ... what freaks you out?

[graceanne]

The other day my niece runs into my room and tells me there's a big black man in my room. I went in, turned on a light, and showed her there was nothing there. Then we walked through the house and looked in all the closets to show her there was no one there.

But . . . at night . . . when it's dark and I'm the only one up, I keep looking over my shoulder because it feels like I'm being watched. K's been laughing at me, as he goes behind me and turns of lights. Told my nieces mom that she traumatized me.

So, what weird things freak you out? What weird phobia's do you have? (And no, my phobia isn't big black men. It's ghosts.)

 

[Ladythunder]

I am terrified of falling. From any height. Even falling on my ass from my own two feet on solid ground makes my heart race.

It's weird I know, but even weirder is when I add in the fact I adore heights, the higher, the better.

 

[00Syd]

When I go to the bathroom in the middle of the night I always get scared that there is someone hiding in the tub behind the shower curtain.

Stupid, I know. But if someone broke into my house that is totally where they would hide.

 

[graceanne]

I am terrified of falling. From any height. Even falling on my ass from my own two feet on solid ground makes my heart race.

It's weird I know, but even weirder is when I add in the fact I adore heights, the higher, the better.

I'm afraid of both heights and falling. And anything related to heights or falling. Bridges, plains, sharp drops, cliffs . . .

 

[ShyVixen]

Heights and falling, mainly because I fall a lot.

Irrational fears? Hmmm...one example, when I close up the library in the evening. Have to turn the lights off before I head for the door. Once all the lights are switched off and it's dark, I bolt in a dead run for the door, I get wigged out by what might be hiding in the stacks even though RATIONALLY I know there is nothing there. It just freaks me out.

 

[romantic_always]

The tree outside my bedroom window scratches the glass at night, and I think there's a giant scary monster or something getting ready to come in and eat my face off.

Oh, and cockroaches. I can't stand cockroaches.

 

[ownedsubgal]

slugs. snails. any of their slimy, squirmy relatives. if there's a slug on the sidewalk or on the entryway, i will have to be carried over, with my eyes squeezed shut and head buried into a strong male shoulder. then, that person will have to go back and remove the slug, because otherwise i will worry about it ever so slowly oozing its way under the door, into the house, up the stairs, into the bed, up my leg...!!!!!!!

 

[WriterDom]

slugs. snails. any of their slimy, squirmy relatives. if there's a slug on the sidewalk or on the entryway, i will have to be carried over, with my eyes squeezed shut and head buried into a strong male shoulder. then, that person will have to go back and remove the slug, because otherwise i will worry about it ever so slowly oozing its way under the door, into the house, up the stairs, into the bed, up my leg...!!!!!!!

You need to get over that fear. Slugs, like a lot of animals can smell fear. They'll find a way into your house, crawl inside your vagina and lay their eggs while you sleep.

 

[CurlyKat]

You need to get over that fear. Slugs, like a lot of animals can smell fear. They'll find a way into your house, crawl inside your vagina and lay their eggs while you sleep.

That is SO mean!

My irrantional fear is cable cars. You know, like the type that will take you up or down a mountain. It's definitely a heights related thing, but even looking at them while on solid ground creeps me out. I seriously nearly have panic attacks when I'm forced to take them, and subsequently all the parents on it hate me because I scare their children into being afraid of them, too.

 

[intothewoods]

slugs. snails. any of their slimy, squirmy relatives. if there's a slug on the sidewalk or on the entryway, i will have to be carried over, with my eyes squeezed shut and head buried into a strong male shoulder. then, that person will have to go back and remove the slug, because otherwise i will worry about it ever so slowly oozing its way under the door, into the house, up the stairs, into the bed, up my leg...!!!!!!!

I'm just about that bad with spiders, though I have yet to request someone carry me. I'm fairly certain Mister Man would refuse!

 

[im_a_voyeur]

Oh, and cockroaches. I can't stand cockroaches.

I never had to contend with this fear until I moved to Florida. The horror!! I pretty much hate most creepy crawly things.

I used to have a fear driving on really long overpasses on the expressway when I was younger. I just knew it was going to somehow collapse while I was halfway through.

Also for some reason, the idea of being pregnant and giving birth totally wigs me out. I've been trying to bribe people to carry my baby for me if I should decide I want kids in the future. Any offers?

 

[Harmony_1985]

Wasps and small spaces.

I'm not total claustrophobic, cos I can go in a lift without panic, but if I don't know or can't see a way out of where I'm in, I start to freak out a little bit.

Sir put a sensory deprivation hood on me last month for about 5 minutes (he knows the idea of it freaked me out) and I did manage to stay calm but I was having to concentrate on not having a freak out lol.

 

[alyssawesome29]

I know this probably sounds ridiculous too but I'm pretty afraid of manholes/covered grates in the sidewalk ... I remember watching "Along Came Polly" and when Ben Stiller said that 1 in 46,000 people fall through the grates, but when you think of the billions of people in the world (and that all of us have an equal chance of falling unwillingly into the sewer) ... It just freaks me out!

 

[Yasashii_Kaze]

The dark, sleeping with my feet uncovered, and living without a cat. For some reason, cats have a calming effect on me. When I first left home, I had regular panic attacks. Ever since then, I've kept one. Or rather, one's kept me.

 

[ecstaticsub]

Not being able to go where I want to go. I will never go on a cruise. The thought of being on a ship and unable to just go home if I decide to go before the trip is over totally freaks me out.

 

[sinnocence]

I never had to contend with this fear until I moved to Florida. The horror!! I pretty much hate most creepy crawly things.

LOL. Ohhh, I remember living in Florida. We had the big palmetto roaches where I lived. I still remember the morning when my mom went downstairs one early morning when it was dark and stepped on one...in bare feet. I laughed for so long. That is...until she threatened me with the remains in the paper towel. Ewwwieee.


Oh, and Trigonometry freaks me out. It makes me wanna puke. Bleh.

 

[kittenartist]

Today I screamed in a tattoo shop.

The needles, blood, other peoples pain (*swoon*) -- nope! There was a clown *shudders* on the television and I accidentally saw it. Oh it was horrible. Its like, sleep with the light on tonight horrible.

Also, mirrors in the dark. I cannot have mirrors in the bedroom. I cannot step into the bathroom in the dark.

Probably have a million others... planes, bridges, tunnels, being wrong, night terrors (I get them so bad I just stop sleeping), etc etc.

 

[bethpage]

Mice and rats that aren't pets. I'm perfectly okay picking up a pet rodent and petting it and playing with it. But give me a 'wild' mouse or rat and I'm just.....yeah. Its not pretty, though I don't shriek or scream or look like I'm freaking out.

And non-pet snakes. They are totally not cool either. The way they slither across the ground makes my stomach do flips. (But I like *other peoples's* pet snakes.....its just weird.)

 

[Xelebes]

Driving anything. The only vehicle I can drive is a bicycle, and I didn't even get myself to ride it until I was 12.

 

[romantic_always]

I never had to contend with this fear until I moved to Florida. The horror!! I pretty much hate most creepy crawly things.
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I lived in St. Pete for 6 years, and I never realized what beasts they are there! They practically outgrow cats.

 

[lilylicious]

. . . being pregnant and giving birth totally wigs me out.

I wasn't afraid of being pregnant but I was terrified to give birth. My friend shared this fear with me and we had what we called our 2 x 4 agreement. When either of us got pregnant, the other would be on hand in the delivery room for the birth with a 2 x 4 wooden board so that we could knock the other out thereby missing the birth of the child and all of the pain that comes with it. We both ended up have C-sections, and let me just tell you, I was SO happy about that! Yeah yeah I know it's natural and women have been doing it forever but that doesn't help.

I so do not ever want to push a child out between my legs so I'm totally with you on that!

 

[Chiisai_Neko]

I am absolutely bat-shit terrified of spiders and insects. I also have this... I wouldn't call it fear (unless I relate it to college), but... dislike, of failure. I abhor failing.

 

[satindesire]

The dark, sleeping with my feet uncovered, and living without a cat. For some reason, cats have a calming effect on me. When I first left home, I had regular panic attacks. Ever since then, I've kept one. Or rather, one's kept me.

OMG me too, I absolutely have to have a cat!! Whew...now I don't feel like I'm some kind of freak.

 

[TerribleChester]

slugs. snails. any of their slimy, squirmy relatives. if there's a slug on the sidewalk or on the entryway, i will have to be carried over, with my eyes squeezed shut and head buried into a strong male shoulder. then, that person will have to go back and remove the slug, because otherwise i will worry about it ever so slowly oozing its way under the door, into the house, up the stairs, into the bed, up my leg...!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

 

[graceanne]

You need to get over that fear. Slugs, like a lot of animals can smell fear. They'll find a way into your house, crawl inside your vagina and lay their eggs while you sleep.

Ew.

And that's just MEAN!