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Weird phobias
Anyone have any really odd phobias?
Mine: BONES. No, I am not kidding. I'm terrified of them and also grossed out by them. And I have no idea why. |
I know I've mentioned this before, but I am deathly afraid of markings on the bottom of swimming pools. Lane lines, grates, drains, designs made from tile, it doesn't matter, I won't go near it. If I need to go to a part of the pool that would involve passing over a marking, I won't do it. I'll get out of the pool, walk around the pool deck, and get in on the other side.
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I try to avoid escilators when I have my hands full. I can't stand taking one and not being able to hold onto the rail...I feel like I'm going to fall backwards or something (scary)!
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Sort of like BetaRose, except not stuff in swimming pools. It's suken ships/logs/etc in lakes/oceans. If I don't know it's there, no problem. But if I see a log or big rock or something, I can't swim near it.
But I can't stand just seeing pictures of underwater wreckage! I guess I could never go scuba diving... |
stairs. i have been known to trip up stairs, trip down stairs. i'm just a wreak when it comes to stairs. people are always breathing down my neck when i go up or down them b/c i'm so slow and careful. AND I MUST BE HOLDING ONTO THE RAILING!!!
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I have this strange fear of any type of slipping. I mean, like just slipping on some ice to skidding my car. Even though I'm pretty sturdy if I get the sensation that I'm about to slip I freak out...therefore making me slip and fall :o
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I will not ride in a car without all the doors being locked.
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I'm scared of my basement... it's unfinished and it has all of our stuff stored down there, and it's just messy and our washer and dryer are down there so I have to go down there, but I always run back up immediately... once my mom shut the door and turned off the lights and I was screaming... she didn't know I was down there. I think I've seen too many movies where a killer was hiding in the basement or something... I've vowed to have a finished basement and my washer and dryer upstairs when I have a house.
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VOMITING (it's called emitophobia, I believe)
Me puking or anyone else puking. I think I fear it more than death. |
Roller coasters..
Probably not so much anymore. Haven't been able to go to a theme park in a looong time (working weekends makes that tough). |
Bridges...I am afraid that the bridge will collapse when I am driving across it.
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Like KEPike, I am terrified of driving over water! We used to go to Florida all the time when I was younger and I'd freak out when we we were driving out to the islands. The year my parents surprised me with a convertible was one of the worst!
This, of course, did not make going to school a lot of fun, as we drove over the Mississippi to go to Dubuque all the time. I freaked out on the bridge and had to drive on the inside lane - I about had a panic attack when they were doing construction and had to drive on the outside. GPBoy and my sisters would be mean to me sometimes and drive on the outside when I was a passenger so I'd be even closer to the water! :eek: |
I have a strange one - gas stoves! If I walk into a house, and can smell a gas stove, I am as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs until I leave! I am SO afraid that they'll explode, someone will catch on fire, or that everyone will die because of the fumes. I cannot even begin to think of trying to cook on one. A Home Ec teacher once tried to make me, and I went completely hysterical!
With all my geriatric clients, one of the first questions I'll ask a family of an Alzheimer's client is "Is there a gas stove?" and "Is the pilot light working?" |
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