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I fear that the sky will crash on me (in the form of nuclear wardheads). 
What are your phobias?
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Alphawolf
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Perfection said:
I live within 200 miles of where the Scopes Monkey Trail happen, I couldn't agree with you more.
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De Lorimier
North American Scum
I'm really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really afraid of our new OT posters.
They scare the living crap out of me.
They scare the living crap out of me.
Alphawolf
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De Lorimier said:
Why?
-the Wolf
Stapel
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I few years back, I went fishing in the Carribean (Belize) and we went to a rif where the sea water was only 1 meter high. There was a 1.5 meter sharke swimming around. The dude whose boat we hired simply jumped in the water and started feeding the sharke sardines, cut in pieces.
Though the sharke wouldn't even bite a none-cut sardine, I couldn't find the nerver to jump in. I took off all my cloth (save my swimming pants) and wanted to jump in, but suddenly panicked.....
Though the sharke wouldn't even bite a none-cut sardine, I couldn't find the nerver to jump in. I took off all my cloth (save my swimming pants) and wanted to jump in, but suddenly panicked.....
thetrooper
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rmsharpe said:
Dentists and needles for me too. So what are these phobias called?
fear of large crowds= agoraphobia. From the 'agora', which in ancient times was the center of the polis, and of social life. Agoreuw: to make speeches.
Fear of needles and other such things would be aihmophobia (aihme= very sharp edge). It might be spelled aechmophobia in english though.
Fear of needles and other such things would be aihmophobia (aihme= very sharp edge). It might be spelled aechmophobia in english though.
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I dont think its phobic to be averse to having your teeth yanked out of your mouth with pliers, or being stabbed with sharp pointy things.thetrooper said:
Ansar
Détente avec l'été
De Lorimier said:
How exactly do they scare you?
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
im scared of automatic stairs. the electric stairs...
Sophie 378 said:
It is claustrophobia, as it has been said
As far as i can tell such mild panic attacks are normal, and almost everyone has them. Moreover you yourself said that there appeared to not be a way out, so that is enough of a reason to panic mildly
Now if you were imagining that a crowd was encircling you, and in reality you were alone, that would have been interesting
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Perfection said:
I was the same once - !
But I conquered my fear and seen them for the meaningless nothings that they really are.
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schmiddi
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No its not. Agoraphobia is the fear od large open places.varwnos said:
Little Raven
On Walkabout
I'm happy to report that I appear to be phobia-free. This is not to say I'm fearless; I think I have all the standard avoidance triggers. But while I'd certainly be apprehensive at the prospect of having the family jewels wired up to a car battery, I can't say that I really stay up nights worrying about it.
I'm definitely feeling my mortality more these days than when I was younger, though. There was a time when I thought absolutely nothing of heights, and gleefully went free-climbing in both urban and natural settings. I don't think I could do that anymore. I don't know whether having children or just leaving my teenaged years behind was the trigger, but something happened.
Unfortunately, there does seem to be one area where a limited few (myself included) are cognizant of the danger. I cannot in good conscience label this a 'phobia,' as it is anything but irrational, but I have had limited success in convincing others of the obvious peril. My own wife continually mocks my refusal to even be alone in a room with one of these, much less go to sleep with one nearby:
It's ok. She can laugh all she wants. Someday, one of us is going to get their soul sucked out by one of these empty-eyed monstrosities, and it sure as heck isn't going to be me.
schmiddi said:
http://www.answers.com/topic/agoraphobiaIt is both; however a fear of the vast open space by itself would be a particular type of agoraphobia. The more common type is that of fear of the crowd.
Mise
isle of lucy
Homosexuals.
dont worry. once i had a dream where i was walking down a vey long corridor. when i turned right, very close to the end was a more shiny plastic like version of the travelocity gnome with a long face. he punched the heck outta me and for a while i was scared off all plastic objects. perhaps it was a nightmare that gives you your fearLittle Raven said:
It's ok. She can laugh all she wants. Someday, one of us is going to get their soul sucked out by one of these empty-eyed monstrosities, and it sure as heck isn't going to be me.
