Do you have a phobia?

[AGDee]

I'm afraid of bridges too. And spiders. And probably bats after having had one in a house I was staying in when I was doing my occupational therapy fieldwork at a state psychiatric hospital in rural northern Michigan.

[LouisaMay]

Fear of vomiting!

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by navane

The Mackinac Bridge is only 200 feet above the water.

Well, that puts it lower than the Millennium Force

Originally Posted by AGDee

The Mackinac bridge connects the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. Ferry or plane is the only way to get to Mackinac Island and there are no cars allowed on the Island. That bridge is very high and 5 miles long and I had to drive it once myself when it was raining. I always stay on the inside lane if I have to drive it. They do have a service you can pay to drive your ca r for you if you can't bring yourself to drive it. It closes if winds are too high.

Yes. This. I had no idea you could catch a plane to the island though. Lots of fudge shops on the island which I loved. Hated manure dodging though lol

Originally Posted by navane

Well, it's a bridge. It's five miles long. It's not going to be 10 feet above the water. But, if you still want to visit Mackinac Island, you can take a ferry from the shore without crossing the bridge.

lol
Hilarious! This made laugh so hard!

[PrettyBoy]

This is the bad thing about living away from the city. Happened just now. It’s 3:44am and at that time, in this house, it’s like a box of chocolates — you don’t know what you’re going to get (or see on the wall) Got up to get a drink of water and saw this (smaller but still big) on the wall.
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZCuwquOMseE?feature=share

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by carnation

I meant the one in west Louisiana but here's a great view of the one to NOLA in the last scene of the Haunted Mansion movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0KbMpbyaRs

"Oh, keep it down! Oh, keep it down!"

Yeah, I went to a psychologist for about 4-5 months for that one. You know what - it only takes 5 minutes to get across it...and I thought is was like 20 or more!

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

This is the bad thing about living away from the city. Happened just now. It’s 3:44am and at that time, in this house, it’s like a box of chocolates — you don’t know what you’re going to get (or see on the wall) Got up to get a drink of water and saw this (smaller but still big) on the wall.
https://youtube.com/shorts/ZCuwquOMseE?feature=share

Lol you kill it?

[Sciencewoman]

I haven't driven over the Mackinac Bridge since that poor woman was blown over the rail in her Yugo. That was in 1989...I just Googled it to check.

I've also been struck by lightning, when I was 20. My bedroom had a sliding glass door going out onto a deck overlooking our backyard pool. I had the glass door open a bit during a thunderstorm and someone had left the metal pool dipper pole resting against the deck, pointing right at my slider. The lightning came through the screen. It was SO loud! I was lying on my back in bed and was thrown straight upward all the way to the ceiling. I wasn't hurt, but I was very scared. My parents thought I imagined it, until the next morning when my mom saw the pool dipper pole and found out our stove was blown out. So now I have a fear of closing windows when a storm is coming.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Lol you kill it?

Nah, that was a fail man.

I ran, it got away.
https://youtu.be/bRV4d9LCawU

[Phrozen Sands]

Lol that spider is more scared of you than you are of it.

[honeychile]

I have hesitated greatly over sharing this, but I have a fear of gas stoves. I can handle gas grills and gas ovens, but the idea of using the burner is terrifying to me. I think I know the origins of this fear, but I did have to confront it when I moved to Chicagoland. There were gas stoves both in our first and current apartments.

I thought I had tamed the fear until fairly recently. I use the oven, and an induction burner and that works for me. I have a tempered glass atop the burners, and that's where the induction burner is.

I somehow caught my top on the knob marked Power Boil. The flames shot up several inches, and while my top didn't catch fire, I completely freaked out - screaming and crying like a maniac! Let's just say that Dear Husband now realizes that my fear is every bit as genuine as I had feared.

[andthen]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I have hesitated greatly over sharing this, but I have a fear of gas stoves. I can handle gas grills and gas ovens, but the idea of using the burner is terrifying to me.

I somehow caught my top on the knob marked Power Boil. The flames shot up several inches, and I completely freaked out - screaming and crying like a maniac! Let's just say that Dear Husband now realizes that my fear is every bit as genuine as I had feared.

OH my gosh that is scary, but I'm glad you were ok.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by andthen

OH my gosh that is scary, but I'm glad you were ok.

Thank you. I still breathe heavily when I think about it!

[aggieAXO]

Flying-can’t stand to be on a plane for more than 2 hours. I get claustrophobic.

Sad so many don’t like spiders😞- they are very beneficial. But I love all insects ( well except for fire ants that are in my garden) and snakes❤️

[Zach]

I’m afraid of dying. Scared of what I’m going to see when I do die.