Name Your Phobia - Page 2

AlethiaSi · #16 05-16-2007, 09:27 AM

um... i have a fear of throwing up in public... when i get nervous .... i gag... which turns into dry heaves and then i really start freaking out....
i don't like other people throwing up( not like its an enjoyable experience) but sometimes i can take it (like holding a friends hair back at the end of the night) but if i'm sober... no way...

i HATE HATE HATE jello. or jiggly substances.... i can't even look at jello, talk about it....
even that sh*t thats on the top of mayo ....
ugh i'm gagging just thinking about it...

I hate flies... i freak out when i hear that buzzing noise... so i guess that includes bees... i can't even stand hummingbirds (though they are pretty...)
or crawly things... centipedes... big spiders.... bleh

OneTimeSBX · #17 05-16-2007, 09:59 AM

oh dear lord...

BIG PARROTS...

those huge parrots people walk around with on their shoulders? i can tolerate other big birds like hawks, but i just look at parrots and start to shake and sweat!

BRIDGES. people, they do collapse. not often, but they do.

HEIGHTS IN GENERAL. (see bridges!)

BIG SNAKES. anything big enough to escape and squeeze me to death.

FLYING. i am 26 and have been on a plane once. it was not a good experience. i prefer trains and buses now. the only plane i would trust not to crash is Air Force One!

thats pretty much it. spiders/bugs, dont bother me. i am the "man of the house" and have to kill everything.

AlexMack · #18 05-16-2007, 10:33 AM

I have horrendous acrophobia. It seriously affects my everyday life, the true definition of a phobia. I can't go above the 3rd floor in buildings, I can't stand on ladders, anything like that. It kind of sucks because I want to be a flight-nurse (on the medflight helicopters) but I'm going to have to do a lot of work to get over this.
Took a patient to the 4th floor the other day and I mistakenly looked out their window. NEVER AGAIN.

I also have a bad fear of falling which is probably partly responsible for my acrophobia. Don't know what it's called exactly but again, its a true phobia.

AlethiaSi · #19 05-16-2007, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by centaur532

I have horrendous acrophobia. It seriously affects my everyday life, the true definition of a phobia. I can't go above the 3rd floor in buildings, I can't stand on ladders, anything like that. It kind of sucks because I want to be a flight-nurse (on the medflight helicopters) but I'm going to have to do a lot of work to get over this.
Took a patient to the 4th floor the other day and I mistakenly looked out their window. NEVER AGAIN.

I also have a bad fear of falling which is probably partly responsible for my acrophobia. Don't know what it's called exactly but again, its a true phobia.

if this is something you want to do, then you should go to someone that specializes in phobias (duh) but specifically, behavior therapy. Through this type of treatment, you go through a process known as systematic desensitization, which uses a variety of techniques to help you work through your phobia and develop coping strategies when confronted with it.

AlexMack · #20 05-16-2007, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by AlethiaSi

if this is something you want to do, then you should go to someone that specializes in phobias (duh) but specifically, behavior therapy. Through this type of treatment, you go through a process known as systematic desensitization, which uses a variety of techniques to help you work through your phobia and develop coping strategies when confronted with it.

I will eventually. Becoming a flight nurse is a long road that involves getting your RN, specializing in critical care, working critical care for at least 5 years and then finding a slot on a helicopter somewhere. I figure I'll be in my late 30s before it happens so I've got time to work on this.

I told my boyf I wanted to fly to Cali for a vacation this year and he was all

because I hate flying and I told him I wanted to fly. I said I'd take valium, my ipod (named Valium) and hold his hand.

KSig RC · #21 05-16-2007, 11:28 AM

I don't know the name of it, but guess I'm pretty scared of carnivorous fish.

Well, not even just fish, because the Portuguese Man O'War also scares the shit out of me. Shit stings, yo.

AlethiaSi · #22 05-16-2007, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by KSig RC

I don't know the name of it, but guess I'm pretty scared of carnivorous fish.

Well, not even just fish, because the Portuguese Man O'War also scares the shit out of me. Shit stings, yo.

snakeheads aka walking carnivorous fish

lol... sorry i had to

also... are you thinking of Barracudas?

xo_kathy · #23 05-16-2007, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Dionysus

Emitophobia - fear of vomiting. I fear it as much as dying. I also fear being in the same room when someone else vomiting.

Me too! I always wondered what it was called. It was my biggest fear about getting pregnant - would I have morning sickness?! Luckily, I didn't! I am nervous about the dealing with a puking kid thing, though...Guess I have 3 months to get over that...

Also hate roaches, they make me nauseous. However, all you Floridians with your "palmetto bugs" and the NYers who call the giant ones "water bugs" - you all know those are just pretty names for cockroach. When I moved to NYC I did a lot of research on them and found those are just names people use to feel better about have a ginormous cockraoch in their home. Really not trying to make you feel worse, just giving you the facts!

KatieKate1244 · #24 05-16-2007, 04:02 PM

Ice on any surface where I have to walk. I will avoid going outside or walking in areas where there is ice. I remember going to Pittsburgh to look at a college and there was ice everywhere. I think that was the biggest reason I crossed the school off my list.

Knives also scare me, and I do have a slight fear of bees, but only because I'm allergic to them.

However, I can say with pride I am not scared of these things, and would love to have one for a pet: really big spider

KSUViolet06 · #25 05-16-2007, 04:47 PM

Arachnophobia- fear of spiders.

AXi1257 · #26 05-16-2007, 05:02 PM

spiders, snakes, creepy bugs. I've never seen a cockroach... thank goodness. I'd probably cry.

midwesterngirl · #27 05-16-2007, 05:12 PM

I am terrified of deep water and bridges over deep water. I can swim but don't generally go in water over 10 feet. If a bridge is over railroad tracks, it doesn't bother me. I am also a tad claustrophobic too.

crimsondanger10 · #28 05-17-2007, 01:33 PM

Heights and Snakes

Why? did the janitor just come in my office this morning to show me a snake that another janitor found in the school.

I literally freaked out to the point where a teacher had to pray for me. I cried and screamed for a good while.

Tuesday evening, I ran over a snake in my car and almost had an accident trying to avoid it. Once again I was shivering, shaking, and screaming!!

Cardinal026 · #29 05-17-2007, 01:39 PM

Worms...which is so weird, because I don't mind snakes and bugs that much, but worms and caterpillars terrify me. If its going to rain, I make sure that I'm parked in the garage so I can go from the house to work and never have to be outside where they might come out and be lying on the pavement. And my poor boyfriend has to change his whole schedule around when its rainy because I'm absolutely not walking the dog in case I see one.

mulattogyrl · #30 05-18-2007, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ErinIsBadNews

Are waterbugs and palmetto bugs the same thing??? We have a lot of palmetto bugs in Florida.

It doesn't matter how many times you get your house sprayed or how clean your house is, they will still get in!

Yeah, I think they're the same, because I remember being in Miami over a very clean house and there were like 2 on the floor and nobody paid attention to them but everyone paid attention to me when i hopped up on the couch