Weird phobias

sairose · #1 11-19-2003, 04:40 PM

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.

OrigamiTulip · #2 11-19-2003, 04:43 PM

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.

Hootie · #3 11-19-2003, 05:10 PM

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)!

#4 11-19-2003, 05:22 PM

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Originally posted by Hootie
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)!

Going up escalators are no problem...but it takes me a loooong time when I'm going down one.

xo_kathy · #5 11-19-2003, 05:43 PM

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...

mullet81 · #6 11-19-2003, 05:50 PM

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!!!

yikes i'm weird

Rio_Kohitsuji · #7 11-19-2003, 06:06 PM

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

bethany1982 · #8 11-19-2003, 06:13 PM

I will not ride in a car without all the doors being locked.

MeLikey · #9 11-19-2003, 06:31 PM

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.

Dionysus · #10 11-19-2003, 06:46 PM

VOMITING (it's called emitophobia, I believe)

Me puking or anyone else puking.

I think I fear it more than death.

Kevin · #11 11-19-2003, 06:48 PM

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).

KEPike · #12 11-19-2003, 07:11 PM

Bridges...I am afraid that the bridge will collapse when I am driving across it.

GeekyPenguin · #13 11-19-2003, 07:22 PM

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!

honeychile · #14 11-19-2003, 08:31 PM

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?"

TigerLilly · #15 11-19-2003, 08:42 PM

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Originally posted by BetaRose
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.

Oh man! I thought I was the only one who was afraid of that stuff!!! I think it prevented me from learning to swim very well. When floating around on my back, I'd always freak out that I might be floating over the drain or something and then I'd tense up and not be able to float any more. I'm glad I'm not the only one with this fear...make me feel less silly.