Phobias!

[Lorilei]

Musophobia.

I blame Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift".

 

[trysail]

In the case of snakes, that is pretty much good sense. In the case of the Geiko gekko, it seems pretty funny.

Ophidiophobia




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Agkistrodon_contortrix_contortrix_CDC-a.png


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[Balladeer08]

Spiders. Fuck! Don't get me started.

Worst case scenario: spider clowns. #$%&*#$%$#

I'll give you my spider story.

Back in the early '70s, I bought a new home in Oceanside. Mine was at the edge of the tract, after my back yard was just desert.

They were sold without lawns etc.

So come the weekend, I am out back doing the first of the things to replace the dirt with plants. I'd decided to put some flowers along the back of the house, and was digging little holes and planting the ones I'd gotten from the nursery.

I had just finished putting one in, and was reaching back for the spade, turning to look as I reached.

And saw I almost grabbed a handful of tarantula.

I freaked. I panicked. I lost it. BIG TIME!

Reviewing it, I must have run the length of the house to get to the side door, then inside and all the way to the back of the house where my bedroom was on the other side of the wall I'd been planting the flowers. Then all the way to the front of the house, outside and back to the back yard.

But I have no memory of this.

I remember standing over scattered bits of tarantula, smoke coming out of the barrel of my Ithaca, and four spent shotgun shells on the ground.

After contemplating this for a bit, I went back inside, cleaned my weapon, put it away, made a pitcher of iced tea, and awaited the arrival of the police.

When they got there, I offered them iced tea. And apologies.

Fortunately, they found the explanation understandable, as neither of the officers was any more fond of tarantulas than I was.

They didn't even try to impound my shotgun.

They did, however, hang a nickname on me.

"SPIDERMAN"

 

[Balladeer08]

Ophidiophobia




http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Agkistrodon_contortrix_contortrix_CDC-a.png


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What a lovely pit viper.

Reminds me of one of my ex-wives. 8)

 

[Balladeer08]

Musophobia.

I blame Stephen King's "Graveyard Shift".

Disneyland would not be the happiest place on earth for you, then?

Does this affect you when people resemble rats. Like Mike Shanahan?

 

[Lorilei]

Disneyland would not be the happiest place on earth for you, then?

Does this affect you when people resemble rats. Like Mike Shanahan?

Little bit.

 

[mamasota]

and just when I thought nice, well the more things change.
hasta luego

 

[Balladeer08]

and just when I thought nice, well the more things change.
hasta luego

????

What was that about?

 

[Debbie]

I can understand dreading the results of baked beans. The beans themselves, not so much.

Farts are almost always funny.



Anatidaephobia: The fear that a duck is watching you.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/056/2/b/giant_staring_ducks_by_zeldafanart-d3af0nn.jpg

 

[Aquagal]

????

What was that about?

I thought the same thing.

 

[ryan8558]

When you gotta go...

 

[Balladeer08]

Farts are almost always funny.



Anatidaephobia: The fear that a duck is watching you.

http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/056/2/b/giant_staring_ducks_by_zeldafanart-d3af0nn.jpg

You've never been on a road trip with my youngest son.

Beautiful little boy, blonde hair, blue eyes, adorable disposition. And he had farts that could damn near melt the glass on the car.

How anything so rotten could come out of someone so sweet was always a mystery to me.

But..... DAMN!

 

[Aphro]

Genuphobia

The fear of knees, or genuphobia, is relatively rare. Like most phobias, genuphobia varies widely in severity. Some people are afraid only of seeing uncovered knees in person, while others are afraid of bare knees even on film. People with this phobia may be afraid of all knees or only their own. Some people are actually scared of kneeling.

 

[CandiCame]

I have Lepidopterophobia. It's literally the stupidest phobia ever. But it's an actual, real phobia. Like increase heart rate and shaking and physical symptoms. I can't get in my fucking house at night. I seriously freak the fuck out. It's horrible. And it's more horrible because of how fucking stupid it is.

 

[neci]

hormephobia

 

[Killswitch]

taphephobia - fear of being buried alive.

Who isn't?


http://phrontistery.info/phobias.html

 

[Phelia]

I have Lepidopterophobia. It's literally the stupidest phobia ever. But it's an actual, real phobia. Like increase heart rate and shaking and physical symptoms. I can't get in my fucking house at night. I seriously freak the fuck out. It's horrible. And it's more horrible because of how fucking stupid it is.

I was just coming into this thread to say that I used to be irrationally creeped out by moths but I couldn't possibly imagine there being an actual word for it, and then I read this. Ha! Close enough. That makes me feel a little better.

Eventually I just got over it. I'm glad, because I'm still relatively convinced that they can sense fear, and that's why they were always zeroing in on me for an attack.

 

[CandiCame]

I was just coming into this thread to say that I used to be irrationally creeped out by moths but I couldn't possibly imagine there being an actual word for it, and then I read this. Ha! Close enough. That makes me feel a little better.

Eventually I just got over it. I'm glad, because I'm still relatively convinced that they can sense fear, and that's why they were always zeroing in on me for an attack.

For me it's caterpillars, moths, butterflies, any of that shit. When I was a little kid I was flat out horrified of them, I had to get treated for it. That's why I know the word. I have no idea why I have it. I should do aversion therapy or something because it's literally the stupidest fear ever. I fucking play Pokemon and see a caterpie or someshit and I realize that's a 6in caterpillar and I'm just like, "hahahaha nope."

It's better than it was. I used to not be able to look at pictures or anything.

 

[Balladeer08]

Genuphobia

The fear of knees, or genuphobia, is relatively rare. Like most phobias, genuphobia varies widely in severity. Some people are afraid only of seeing uncovered knees in person, while others are afraid of bare knees even on film. People with this phobia may be afraid of all knees or only their own. Some people are actually scared of kneeling.

That is truly wild, I'd never heard of it. Astounding than it is common enough that they came up with a name for it.

 

[Lovetolisten]

I have a terrible fear of heights. Didn't have a problem until about 30 years ago. I keep challenging myself... doing ziplines, climbing lookout towers... but it doesn't get any easier.
Fear;
Fuck
Everything
And
Run...

 

[pink]

Antlophobia- Fear of floods


I dream of it all the time.

 

[doctor_insanus]

I have no real phobias that I can recall.

Plenty of anxieties, though. I hate crowds. That's a big one.

 

[Pairaclities]

My eyes are photophobic.

 

[Lorilei]

Oh! Fear of airports. Not flying, but airports. Is there a name for that?

 

[neci]

hormephobia

that was my guess for the word. i am afraid of things popping out at me and scaring me. the fear of being shocked? electrical shock as well. hell no.