IRRATIONAL FEARS ALL UP IN THIS THREAD - Page 6

Tempest · 06-14-2010, 07:34 PM

I don't like wild mice and rats. If I ever see them I scream and run the other way! But I really love pet rodents, my friend used to have a rat that I'd have sitting on my lap or shoulder when I went round there. I thought she was a great little animal, erm -the rat, not my friend

I also scream and run away from frogs, snakes, lizards and newts - regardless if they are someones pet or not

Loyal · 06-14-2010, 09:28 PM

Unsecured heights. Like, I live on the 10th floor of an apartment building, so altitude isn't a problem for me. But if I'm not absolutely secure in what I'm standing on and what's keeping me at that altitude I can freak out a little. We have this balcony, and whenever I look over it I lean at an awkward angle such that my torso is always at least at arms length from the safety railing (which itself is chest high, so there's no way I could accidentally stumble over it), and I kinda look stupid. But I don't care I don't want to fall over and end up a dull red paste in the rose garden.

I'm also rather afraid of losing those close to me, such that I have a hard time getting close at all.

RickZarber · 06-15-2010, 04:12 AM

Haven't seen it mentioned yet (or I skipped it) but: claustrophobia.

One time in high school they made the whole class sit on the floor all squeezed in together to simulate what slave ship conditions were like, and I nearly flipped out (luckily only my friend noticed). That was probably my first indication of how bad it could be sometimes.

I have since learned:
I can't deal with stadium-sized crowds pressing 'round, no matter how big an area we're in. I can deal with rock concert crowds as long as the roof is high enough. I do okay in tunnels, but not if the car has to stop--tunnels under water are worse somehow. I'm not a fan of metro trains at all, but I still have to use them from time to time. One time in Atlanta the crowd was so big, we were pressed into the train car like sardines. Then someone outside got their sleeve caught in the door, so the train couldn't move. But the door wouldn't open because someone was leaning on it. But he couldn't stop leaning on it because we were packed in so tight. It took a good twenty minutes to fix, and meanwhile I pretty much had a breakdown. (Hyperventilating, shaking, cold sweats, etc.)

Interestingly enough, I find the "fear" involved with that kind of phobia feels very distinct from, say, the fear of death.

Kim · 06-15-2010, 06:36 AM

I fear that if I take my eyes off a soda I'm drinking, it will be ruined while I'm not looking. This started when I was living in a spider infested basement and grew paranoid that spiders might have crawled into my soda, and it's only gotten worse since then.

Thadius · 06-15-2010, 07:17 AM

People expecting me to drag them kicking and screaming into the world of madness need to get their heads screwed back on! It is not something I can just say a magic word about and have you end up outside sanity in a second! I only managed to do it after 22 freakin' years of life. I might be able to make a cliff-notes version, but there's no guarantee that it would be particularly effective!

It's not like saying the word Snozzberry will suddenly cause a massive sanity failure among all the humans of the earth. If it did, I could hold the world to ransom, and you don't see me doing that, do you?

And yet the knowledge that if I stray too far in my thoughts and think too long on all that is and all that will be and-

IA IA C'THULU F'THAGAN!

Amake · 06-15-2010, 10:48 AM

Well you said you could lead others on the same path. How does that work exactly?

Aldurin · 06-15-2010, 03:02 PM

I'd say sign me up for the process, but I don't know if I'm already there, or suffering of a different insanity (although suffer would be the wrong way to describe how I handle it).

Oh, other irrational fear that almost never comes up for me. Becoming normal. Fortunately it almost never comes up, as I usually play hopscotch on the boundary between eccentric and psychotic.

Loyal · 06-15-2010, 04:49 PM

I suspect he's already succeeded, seeing as you lot have begun babbling as incoherently as he.

Lumenskir · 06-15-2010, 04:59 PM

New irrational fear: Ending up anywhere near the Hot Topic where you guys are hanging out.

krogothwolf · 06-15-2010, 05:07 PM

I fear the terror that flaps in the night.

06-14-2010, 07:34 PM	#1
Tempest Bob Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: UK Posts: 7	I don't like wild mice and rats. If I ever see them I scream and run the other way! But I really love pet rodents, my friend used to have a rat that I'd have sitting on my lap or shoulder when I went round there. I thought she was a great little animal, erm -the rat, not my friend I also scream and run away from frogs, snakes, lizards and newts - regardless if they are someones pet or not __________________ Do not adjust your brain, there is a fault in reality.

06-15-2010, 04:12 AM	#3
RickZarber Please Be Well Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 2,715	Haven't seen it mentioned yet (or I skipped it) but: claustrophobia. One time in high school they made the whole class sit on the floor all squeezed in together to simulate what slave ship conditions were like, and I nearly flipped out (luckily only my friend noticed). That was probably my first indication of how bad it could be sometimes. I have since learned: I can't deal with stadium-sized crowds pressing 'round, no matter how big an area we're in. I can deal with rock concert crowds as long as the roof is high enough. I do okay in tunnels, but not if the car has to stop--tunnels under water are worse somehow. I'm not a fan of metro trains at all, but I still have to use them from time to time. One time in Atlanta the crowd was so big, we were pressed into the train car like sardines. Then someone outside got their sleeve caught in the door, so the train couldn't move. But the door wouldn't open because someone was leaning on it. But he couldn't stop leaning on it because we were packed in so tight. It took a good twenty minutes to fix, and meanwhile I pretty much had a breakdown. (Hyperventilating, shaking, cold sweats, etc.) Interestingly enough, I find the "fear" involved with that kind of phobia feels very distinct from, say, the fear of death. __________________ Twitter / Art Tumblr / Personal Tumblr

06-15-2010, 06:36 AM	#4
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	I fear that if I take my eyes off a soda I'm drinking, it will be ruined while I'm not looking. This started when I was living in a spider infested basement and grew paranoid that spiders might have crawled into my soda, and it's only gotten worse since then. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

06-15-2010, 07:17 AM	#5
Thadius BEARD IMPACT Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: MANLY ANGER Posts: 1,977	People expecting me to drag them kicking and screaming into the world of madness need to get their heads screwed back on! It is not something I can just say a magic word about and have you end up outside sanity in a second! I only managed to do it after 22 freakin' years of life. I might be able to make a cliff-notes version, but there's no guarantee that it would be particularly effective! It's not like saying the word Snozzberry will suddenly cause a massive sanity failure among all the humans of the earth. If it did, I could hold the world to ransom, and you don't see me doing that, do you? And yet the knowledge that if I stray too far in my thoughts and think too long on all that is and all that will be and- IA IA C'THULU F'THAGAN! __________________ ANGER HAS NEVER BEEN MORE MANLY THAN THIS.

06-15-2010, 10:48 AM	#6
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	Well you said you could lead others on the same path. How does that work exactly? __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed

06-15-2010, 03:02 PM	#7
Aldurin Lakitu Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4,648	I'd say sign me up for the process, but I don't know if I'm already there, or suffering of a different insanity (although suffer would be the wrong way to describe how I handle it). Oh, other irrational fear that almost never comes up for me. Becoming normal. Fortunately it almost never comes up, as I usually play hopscotch on the boundary between eccentric and psychotic.

06-15-2010, 05:07 PM	#10
krogothwolf Fetched the Candy Cane! Join Date: May 2009 Location: Calgary Posts: 4,278	I fear the terror that flaps in the night. __________________ Knowledge is Power, Power is Knowledge ╔╦╦══╦══╦═╦══╦══╦╗╔╦╦╦╦══╦╗╔═╗ ║═╣╠═║╔╗║╔╣╔╗╠╗╔╣╚╝║║║║╔╗║║║═╣ ║║║╔╗╣╚╝║║║╚╝║║║║╔╗║║║║╚╝║╚╣╔╝ ╚╩╩╝╚╩══╩═╩══╝╚╝╚╝╚╩══╩══╩═╩╝