I love the Nephila spider! /)^3^(\ Um, hey... is anyone on here actually afraid of images of their fear? (I feel a little bad for all the people with arachnophobia on here... )
My fears are of the dark and being buried alive. Being chronically ill most of my life, I was intubated many times. It was a horrible experienced, like being trapped in your body and having no control and people treating you like a corpse and hearing everything they say. Sometimes I wouldn't even know how I ended up that way. I have to have a night light on and my dog sleeping with me to assure myself I'm not intubated. The same goes with my fear of being buried alive. Being paralyzed while intubated and unable to move but still hearing people talk around you (even occasionally talking about how you're dead) is scary. I've forbidden my family members from burying me in a casket and am donating my body to science. I love all animals, arachnids and insects and have alot of experience working with all sorts of creatures. I use to have many exotic animals when I was making a stable income (ideally, I'd be happy living in a cottage in the woods with a bunch of critters) However it's hard for me to tolerate spiders around me, I don't really have a fear though. I'd say my dislike spiders came from when I worked at a petstore starting when I was a kid. I use to feed all the animals, including the spiders but one of them was so aggressive I was forbidden to open the cage. The assistant (an adult) was a huge jerk and thought it would be funny to place the aggressive tarantula on my shoulder while I was working and spider tried to take after my face. The owner of the store got bit up by it trying to get it off me. His hand swelled up badly and lets just say that assistant got fired. I've never been able to be near spiders since then, no matter the size. I do however know quite a bit about them so it's not out of ignorance and I leave them be if the aren't on me or in my room.
I can say I am not afraid of spiders in my own country, but I'd hate to encounter some of the spiders they have out in Australia! For as long as I can remember, I've struggled with molluscophobia. I have always hated snails and slugs, my garden is always full of them during the summer. My dog once brought a snail into the kitchen as a pup, I simply could not pick it up and throw it out. I avoid them at all costs when walking anywhere, I always watch my step. I know they are harmless, but I find it difficult to be fully relaxed around them. I don't have a fear of wasps, but I do absolutely despise them. I don't know what I would do if I ever seen a hornet!
Endless space used to make me very, very anxious. I've gotten better about it, but when I was a kid, the endless staircase on Super Mario 64 almost made me cry. One day while playing Jedi Academy I discovered Noclip and flew out of the map and just about fell out of my seat. I was a bit older then so I was kind of fascinated but also really nervous. I remember watching the level get farther and farther away from me, and also getting farther away from the monitor. Eventually I had to reload a save and get outta that black void. I do remember having a lot of dreams about being trapped in voids as well as a kid. Funnily enough space doesn't make me anxious at all.
My biggest fear is something going into my skin... Whether it me getting cut or something as small as getting a vaccine. I'm not sure if its a phobia or not because some bug bites don't trigger it but bee stings do.
Well then, I won't be visiting Florida any time soon. Nightmare fuel :ahh: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewnews.php?id=246283
What if the slugs are in boxes? Do you still dislike them? I have a phoiba of heights and needles. Needles are the worst. I can't be in the same room as them, I start to get all nervous.
Needles, clowns, heights, rejection, being alone for long periods of time. That's all I can think of.
I... I don't know. The worst thing it accidentally squishing one. Ewewewewewew. It's more of an ick than a phobia. Now basketballs, on the other hand...
I'm seriously interested in hearing more about this. Like, I hate playing basketball more than anybody I know, but I still mess around and shoot baskets sometimes when I'm bored in my backyard, but I don't quite understand a legitimate fear of them.
I believe I've mentioned this in another thread, but I have a terrible Anxiety of maths. Discalculius is a scientific term, and I'm terrified. I passed all other subjects and was a good student, but I DO NOT have a numerical brain. It isn't considered an easily diagnosable condition, but it is a valid mental deficiency and I'm going to pursue having it diagnosed/treated whilst I attempt to study a resit Maths course.
Anyone else here have an anxiety when it comes to driving? The thoughts of getting behind a wheel and driving makes me incredibly nervous. Yet, I can playing racing games, GTA and such, no problem at all! I would love to be able to drive, but I have a terrible mental block when it comes to it.
^I used to, but by the time I was around 22, driving became a necessity because I couldn't get a ride everywhere. now I don't even think twice about driving.
