I hate needles. It has nothing to do with pain since they don't hurt... that's something to get used to, but my fear of them is from the idea of metal in my flesh. I don't know why earrings don't bother me... it's the whole going into a vein thing I think. My fear has only been getting worse as I've gotten older.. it didn't used to be quite this bad. When I had to get my wisdom teeth taken out, it was the first time I'd ever been put under. What I was afraid of was the IV and it had been worrying me. I thought about it, rationalized it, and walked into the office just fine and confident. My mom came back to talk to me for a couple minutes and the lady walked him with the tray to do my IV. She had hardly set it down and I FREAKED. I thought I would be fine and all of a sudden I was hyperventilating and sobbing and another nurse had to come in to help hold me steady I was just shaking so bad. I think the only thought that scares me about pregnancy is needing to get poked with needles. Pain I can handle... the conquering the eerieness of needles is just something that has thus far been beyond my capabilities :( When I even think about them my skin tingles and crawls and I can't expose the inner portion of my arm--my arms and elbows just lock up until I relax... it's awful :(

Also, I had never been afraid of clowns really until I started thinking about how creepy they are. I'm not scared of them, but I don't like them at all anymore.

I also hate heights... I think it's the fear of falling that spurs that one though.

I think being buried alive or suffocating are my worst two death nightmares... freaks me out just thinking about it.

I'd say I'm scared of being vulnerable... I don't like thinking about the possibility that somebody is watching me who I can't see... being alone in a house at night is kind of creepy.

Bumping....

After watching Coma on HBO, I am now afraid of suffering a brain injury.

blood (needles, when I got my tonsils out two years ago and they put the IV in me, i freaked out and tried to pull it out and then passed out but then i kept waking up they had to call the anesthesiologist back to give me more eek)
everytime i have to get blood taken, i hyperventilate and pass out

I HATE centipedes and big spiders. for some reason little spiders don't bother, but we have these huge ones in my basement.... I shudder just thinking about it

I am such a social puker and i hate it when ppl throw up, i hate it in movies, tv, real life, whatever.... *gag*

Alligators in high heels
 

Fears:

--Boredom: I am the one in my crowd who tends to shake things up or get things going.
--Needles (medical): from a long hospital stay.
--The Santa Ana freeway at Euclid: a crash there led to the long hospital stay and fear of needles.
--Not clowns but magicians: When I was 7 or 8 yrs, at kiddie birthday for a neighbor, they'd hired a magician. He started to set up, went to his car to get something, and curious me, I picked through items he'd had out for tricks. He came up behind me and told me he could make me vanish.
--Tarot cards, oji boards (can't spell it, tried spell download, doesn't work)--anything like it. They were used at a party and were too dead on regarding friends, myself.
--High heels. A newborn colt would do better in them. In heels, I have tripped/fallen at formals, wedding receptions, on stairs, getting in/out of cars and simply trying to walk across the carpet at home.
--Living plants. The fear is mutual.
--Having a marriage like my mom and dad (22 yrs, then divorced). Enough said.)
--That the Fresno State bulldogs won't have a good season.
--Multiple choice tests. I can pull off essay tests knowing just a bit of facts.
--Oh yeah, add: alligators. While visiting a friend in Texas, we stopped at a nature preserve near the coast. It had marshes fenced off, warning of alligators. My friend and I learned way over the fence, were dismayed we didn't see one. Then, my friend looked down, and very near the fence was one that had been covered in vegetation. It looked right up at us, and I guess, was considering us for dinner. We screamed and ran to the car, probably leaving behind a laughing alligator.

Snakes
Spiders
Most heights but not all
Motorcycle accidents
Car crashes
Being in a tornado (though i could watch them on TV all day)
Floods
Hail
Something happening to my kids and dogs
Becoming a widow
High traffic (because of my fear of car crashes)
Most bugs
Being stalked
One of my ex-boyfriends
Deep water/bodies of water where I cannot touch the bottom (i'm 4'9).
The usual terminal illnesses like cancer for example.
Getting fat


I dont know if it's a fear but I'm always paranoid about my car tires, car battery, and spark plugs (i've been broke down a few times/flat tires).

Being in a tornado (though i could watch them on TV all day)


I believe this is why my son is fascinated with meteorology. When he has a fear, he bombards himself with it via TV. It started with the movie Dark Crystal, which he loved to watch over and over and over, but wouldn't watch it alone. Then it was tornados. I think that by learning as much as he can and exposing himself to it as much as he can, he thinks he will conquer the fear. The tornados thing led to hurricanes.

that's really smart

Not so much fear, but concern that I would ever let down a friend; or not go the extra mile for someone who was counting on me; or thoughtlessly hurting someone; or passing a beggar and not sharing a couple of bucks. Fear of not having the guts to stand up and be counted when one needs to, no matter what.
I am no overage boyscout, but at the end of my days I want to be able to look myself in the mirror and say honestly that I gave it my best shot.

Ochlophobia/demophobia- fear of crowds. This is my most debilitating and crippling one- the one that prevents me from activities the most. I'm not agoraphobic at all- I'm more claustrophobic. If I can have my own individual seat and an easy escape route nearby, it's fine. But if it is in a crowd with a lot of people way closer to me than my personal space bubble allows it, then I will get an anxiety attack.

Pyrophobia- must be for historic reasons, since absolutely no injuries or property loss have ever happened to me or anyoen I know due to fire.

Getting deformed- I'm vain by nature and have not had the best of luck as is, imagine if I were to be deformed.

Having a child with special needs- which is pretty much moot since I have PCOS and do not intend to get pregnant ever.

Fear of running into the stalker from the past, or getting stalked/harassed again.