Weird things you are scared of..

[lifesaver]

My sister (the one who gavew me the drain phobia thing) and I were talking about this today and she is deathly afraid of roaches. Shes a teacher and she saw one in the hall today near her classroom, made another teacher go kill it and the teacher was all, "You do it!" so my sister said, "I'll buy your lunch if you kill it." She did. Lunch was on my sister. We were raised together and roaches dotn phase me at all. One even fell on me, and ran down the inside of my shirt a few years ago. No big deal for me.

My sister wont live in north Houston becasue she heard that Roaches like to live in the pine trees there.

[lifesaver]

Ok, tell me this thing doesnt look scary?

I can just imagine being tumped off next to it and gettign sucked down...



Then being sucked into something like that? chilling...

I need a xanax now...

[AOIIBrandi]

High bridges with low guard rails - Think Sunshine Skyway for the Florida people... Oddly enough I am not normally afraid of heights

Also, losing my hair and teeth (I dream about this all the time )

[BrandiDZ]

I am terrified of peacocks. I dont know why. My dad's company always has their yearly picnic at the zoo, and I remember I was about 16 the last time I went. The peacocks roam freely through zoo grounds, and one came near me, I jumped on my dads back. At 16, I probably could have done some major damage to my father. Everyone thought it was the most hilarious thing they had ever seen. I thought it was the most traumatic event of my life at the time. I cant even stand to see one. They turn up in the darndest places. Magazine ads, television commercials, movies, the middle of a major roadway were I live (this was interesting since i was in a convertible and the thing wouldnt get out of the road, I almost hyperventilated as I was putting the top up in the middle of the road). My boss even has feathers in his office. I kindly asked him to remove them, he said no. I cant go near the shelf they are on.

[queequek]

Originally posted by SiKeS
spandex... especially on those who shouldn't be wearing it

Edit: I take that back, no one should ever wear spandex. Thx

lol, I guess you don't like Spider Man, or varsity wresling, then?

[queequek]

Originally posted by BrandiDZ
I am terrified of peacocks. I dont know why. My dad's company always has their yearly picnic at the zoo, and I remember I was about 16 the last time I went. The peacocks roam freely through zoo grounds, and one came near me, I jumped on my dads back. At 16, I probably could have done some major damage to my father. Everyone thought it was the most hilarious thing they had ever seen. I thought it was the most traumatic event of my life at the time. I cant even stand to see one. They turn up in the darndest places. Magazine ads, television commercials, movies, the middle of a major roadway were I live (this was interesting since i was in a convertible and the thing wouldnt get out of the road, I almost hyperventilated as I was putting the top up in the middle of the road). My boss even has feathers in his office. I kindly asked him to remove them, he said no. I cant go near the shelf they are on.

Oh, my parents used to own a peacock in their backyard. And I remember one day when I was about 10, I approached too close to it, and the stupid peacock was attacking me and scratched me all over my pack with its talons and pecked my head, while I was holding on my dear life. Since then, I am not too fond with peacocks.

[SiKeS]

Originally posted by queequek
lol, I guess you don't like Spider Man, or varsity wresling, then?

Nahh.. spidermans cool as hell.. i get more of the... richard simmons or huge hairy sweaty jogger lady in spandex image... haunting dontcha think? *shivver*

-matt

[queequek]

Originally posted by SiKeS
Nahh.. spidermans cool as hell.. i get more of the... richard simmons or huge hairy sweaty jogger lady in spandex image... haunting dontcha think? *shivver*

-matt

I agree ... but that is more 80s feeling. And sometimes 80s makes me scared ...

[James]

OMG, when I was a child my father used to take those winding roads without guard rails at the fastest humanly possible speed.

Going down was worse than going up though. Going up felt lik there was control. Going down, well he would just let the car coast and build up speed. And the turns would get sharper and sharper . . I used to close my eyes and put my seat back.

Thanks a lot ZTAngel, I had forgotten all about that. I am going to go hyperventilate now.

Originally posted by ZTAngel


I am also scared of winding mountain roads that have no guardrails. If I'm traveling along the outer side of the road and there's only about a foot between the road and a huge drop-off I will freak out. Luckily, I live in Florida but when I was in Cali last Spring Break my friend drove me through the mountains. My hands were so sweaty and I had to close my eyes.

[greeklawgirl]

For those of you who are terrified of peacocks, this thread will give you another reason to be scared of them AND crows:

Reasons Why a Crow Will Kick Your A$$

Even two years later, sometimes I lay awake at night listening for the Cry of The Peacock. I know he's out there somewhere looking for me.

[AOIIsilver]

I get panicky when I'm underwater and a raft or something floats over me.

Bingo! I was trapped under a boat in the ocean once as a child. I was swimming under it and the waves kept going in the same motion as me. Yuck!
Silver

[BobbyTheDon]

i was scared shitless of the oompla loompas as a kid. ok not. i still am.

and i am scared shitless of Jose. Mr. Cuervo and I have had several bouts and he has won every single time.

[twinkle555]

Big Ol' bumparoo...


I refuse to plug in anything other than my hair straightener and my blowdryer...Im terrified of electricity so plugging things in is a BIG deal lol

Thats pretty much the only really strange thing

[lovespink88]

Originally Posted by twinkle555

Big Ol' bumparoo...


I refuse to plug in anything other than my hair straightener and my blowdryer...Im terrified of electricity so plugging things in is a BIG deal lol

Thats pretty much the only really strange thing

OMG. When I saw the title of this thread the first thing I thought about was my fear of electricity...and then I thought that I didn't want to share cause everyone would think I'm crazy. I'm SOOOO glad I'm not the only one!

I think it's because both my parents work for the electric company, and my dad has shared many stories of field workers getting seriously injured/killed from accidents at work.

[LucyKKG]

Thanks for bumping this. I have a few weird ones to add. I also have a fish phobia. Icthyphobia? Hehe I'm a word nerd. It's funny cause I've had pet fish at several times in my life. Here's the worst parts about them:

1) I can't watch fish while I'm eating. I think I imagine their slippery bodies in my mouth and it's sooooo gross. If we're ever in a Chinese restaurant with a fish tank, I have to turn to face another direction.

2) I'm TERRIFIED of stepping on a fish. Reading Sister Havana's post from 5 years ago about stepping on a fish made me gag a little. I've seen a fish on the floor that got stepped on twice in my life. I started shaking and crying the last time.

Little aquarium fish freak me out more than a trout would. I've caught and killed trout several times, but they don't really weird me out.

My roommate is obsessed with the beach. We have shell patterned pillows, pictures of light houses, etc. all over our apartment. She's terrified of the ocean and what's in it, though. Go figure.