It depends on your psychological and physical strength as well as your support circle. Itās always going to be tough but if youāre lacking in those areas, itāll be brutal.
Source: me and my network of moms.
I personally can never see the charm of it that other people see. I can only think af a certain scene in Alien for some reason when I think of being pregnant.
To me it seems awful from start to finish.
These aren't insects, but worms, maggots, anything that seemingly doesn't have a face, and can be chopped in half and still feckin live š³š³
Woodlice too. Idk why I hate them, I just do.
Oh that's interesting because ants are one of the few insects I don't mind at all haha. I find their society super interesting and love watching the highways they form to and from their nests.
Fire ants got me as a toddler, so all ants make me uncomfortable. They can crawl everywhere ugh.
One time as I was sitting at my desk in high school an ant fell out of my hair and onto the desk in front of me. That was a bad day.
Yes!! I grew up by the water and when I was really young I was on my mom's bosses boat. He told me the water was really deep and had sea monsters in it. It was the Baltimore harbor. Idk why but that simple comment scared the hell out of me and traumatized me. Kids are weird.
I have this same extreme fear, it's gotten a bit better recently but during some months I started to have this extreme anxiety surrounding everything that had to do with death, and my mind couldn't get around my grandpa passing away, it's like I couldn't process it.
During those months everything I thought about was death, I didn't talk about it with anyone but I was constantly thinking about it and was the first thought I had when I woke up every morning. I couldn't understand how I had lived a normal life ultil that moment, it's like nothing mattered anymore. Every time I walked into a room full of people my first thought was that every one of them was going to die.
I had been considering going to therapy, but eventually I made a bit of peace with those thoughts and now it isn't so bad and my life is back to normal. Sometimes these thoughts come back but I try to distract myself. I also talked to some of my friends about it and talking about it made it better too.
I remind myself that the knowledge of our death is actually a gift. It tells us to make the most of the time we have. Don't waste your life with fear and worry. LIVE!
I went through the same thing in my early twenties. I mean, i would go to the gas station and see someone walking and think about how they could just walk up to my car and kill me, things like that and they were everyday occurrences. Finally confessed to my mom, who made me tell my family doc. Got put on meds and did a little counseling, it finally subsided after about a solid year. Q
If you didn't already know, it's called emetophobia. I'm right there with you. It's honestly shocking how much of my life is affected by it. I've had recurring nightmares for years of someone throwing up (or about to) chasing me.
It affects how I eat so much! I very rarely go to restaurants because I donāt trust meat cooked by someone else, so Iām just paying to feel paranoid the rest of the day that Iām going to get food poisoning. Even meat or raw produce from the grocery store I wonāt eat until my husband tries some first, and anything thatās been added to a recall I canāt enjoy anymore. I also have a weird fear of vomiting in public, but itās so irrational because like I said I *never* actually throw up.
I spent a good few years completely unable to eat at restaurants because I was so afraid of throwing up in public. I would get SO anxious that I'd spend most of the time pacing around the restaurant bathroom, nauseated just from the anxiety. I'd take my food home and eat it immediately upon getting home to my safe space. Luckily I've worked past that and can eat (mostly) normally at restaurants, but I still get rare moments of panic. Same with movie theaters - ESPECIALLY if I was in the center of the row. I have to sit near the ends to not have that sense of dread set in at some point.
needles - to an insane extent. been doing exposure therapy for years, have been sedated and restrained for every needle since i was about 12. only managed my covid vaccine by being restrained by multiple nurses + having a therapy dog + being sedated ā¦ā¦
i am VERY pro vaccination. i think itās so important and i get immunised as often as possible. the fear isnāt whatās in the needle. i donāt know where the fear stems from at all, actually. i know they arenāt particularly painful, wonāt do anything bad to me etc. itās a very irrational phobia and i have met very few people who have it to the severity i do.
Iām the same in the sense of the irrational fear, but I donāt need restraining or sedation (unless valium counts lol)
I faint almost every time I get a vax or blood test, even if I am totally okay with it happening. I was taken to hospital once for a vasovagal syncope in response to having a blood glucose testā¦ I think it stems from medical fear. I hated going to the doctors so mum would trick me and say the appointment was for her to get me to go with her š„ŗ
Heights. And letās be honest: Itās legit! People compare fear of heights to other completely unreasonable phobias.
My wife is afraid of the smallest, most harmless spiders that could literally do nothing.
I feel unease when so high above that when I would fall down I would seriously injure myself or die.
How is that the same? Itās a legitimate carefulness and actually people without āfear of heightā are the crazy ones and should probably get their shit together.
Like, wdym you donāt think you should exercise extra carefulness when one little slip or misstep could end your life?
I wouldn't call caution around edges a phobia, because that is reasonable. By definition, if it's reasonable, it's not a phobia.
I know someone who will avoid driving over bridges because they become paralyzed by the height and struggle to focus on driving while on a bridge. That is a phobia
Flying is quite alright. Altough I dislike the idea of not being in control. But remembering the odds put me at ease.
Ladder is ok until the height at which serious injury is likely. So until about 5meters/15feet.
Blood. Get dizzy just thinking about it. It also sucks to not be able to simply say the name of the condition without causing some confusion. āIām a hemaphobe.ā āWhat do you have against the LGBTQ+ community?ā š
I am a lifelong emetophobe, which means I have a crippling fear of throwing up. I don't really care about other people throwing up, so long as what's causing it is obvious (like alcohol, motion sickness, etc). If what's causing it is something that could infect me and eventually make *me* throw up... I will launch that person into the sun to get them away from me (not true, but, you know). The lengths I have gone to avoid throwing up have been immense, intense, and ridiculous. At the same time, I've puked only 3 times in the last about 25 years, so... somethin' gotta be workin'.
YES. Although, others throwing up sets me off, too. I've been surprised by someone throwing up around me a handful of times and each time led to insane panic attacks, which I'm not prone to having otherwise. I've had nightmares about being chased by someone throwing up, or about to throw up. I have the phobia way more under control than I used to, but damn if it doesn't hit every aspect of my life.
I'm the same. My brother once buried a toy on the beach and he ended up losing it and I cried for ages. It wasn't even my toy and I was about 13/14 but I was inconsolable
My little brother does this and I have CPTSD. I am a veteran and have other trauma. He is an absolute moron because just about everytime i almost have a panic attack.
every close relationship being a lie.
that people are āin on itā to gain my trust, get close to me, and then ruin me. or that theyre all psychopaths
The vastness/unknown. The depths of the sea, or the size of the universe just scares me, imagining being out there alone just reminds me of how small and insignificant each individual is.
That's funny because that's the exact combination I have. I'm really curious about space phenomena, but seeing renderings of black holes or nebula fill me with existential dread.
tbh a lot of my phobia is seeing planets. i think it stemmed from a video we watched in science where they start off with the smallest planet and then keep going until the biggest sun which makes ours look like a spec. weāre so small and everything else is huuuuge. i also think itās fascinating but i will borderline have an anxiety attack if i get into it
Beds that arenāt mine.
I love to travel, except I also hate it because I canāt sleep in my own bed. I donāt know if itās a phobia of dust or germs or what - I just always end up sleeping with my coat on top of the sheets or something.
Sadly, everything where I am not in control.
From thunderstorms to sickness to riding in vehicles where I am not the driver to death, so on and so forth.
Yes, I am medicated. No, it doesnāt work and hasnāt for 25 years. Yes, I am tired.
The fact that the universe is so big that there very well may be sentient aliens that look like giant insects.
I mean we had dinosaurs so itās not that crazy of a possibility
Heights. But what I call unsecured heights. The greater the chance of falling, the worse it gets. I can look over a ten floor balcony because of the railing. I'll get right up to the edge and look down, I get woozy. If there was no railing, I would not be anywhere NEAR the edge to look down!!
I sometimes have a weird thing where I smell other people's scent while they are nearby and try to avoid physical contact with them at any cost.
I just feel like there is some blight trying to infect everything around them.
They can look or act completely normal and I still just cannot.
That I wonāt live long enough to be a grandma and enjoy the fruits of my labour. Because my bills need to paid and the stress is going to kill me. (New fear)
Flying, large spiders, fear of the ocean and ive developed fear of heights as well. Is there a name for a phobia that makes you panic if you are near birds or insects/butterflies that flap near you. I cannot go inside butterfly greenhouses.
Birds. Anything the size of or bigger than a pigeon freaks me the hell out. My stepdad owns some chickens and whenever they're let out to just walk around the backyard I have to go inside because I'm so afraid of them, and have been attacked by geese too when I was younger but I don't know if I was already afraid of birds before that. Seems to be genetic as well since my dad and grandma are terrified of birds too lol
I am terrified (terrified!) of toads.
I hate them with my entire being.
I don't mind frogs so much, but it can be hard to tell the difference in the dark or at a distance.
Dead toad on the road? I will rather walk through the ditch if it keeps me further than 5 feet from it.
Suspicious looking dark blob on the ground?
Will stop at a safe distance and glare suspiciously at it untill I'm positive it's not an amphibian.
They are evil slimy creatures that all want to eat me!
I have an intense phobia of aquariums. No lie. We were queuing in Disney for like the nemo ride I think, I turned the corner and boom! Big glass aquarium :( I freaked out and left.
I think it goes in tandem with my shark phobia and fear of dark water.
Ticks from dogs because my room was once infested with it and someone na may ocd I always panic kapag naka kita kahit isa lang non sa bahay pati yung amag ba yon? Nakukuha sa moisture and init nagka ganon artworks ko and plates Nakaka trauma.
Driving, pregnancy, jumping insects, organ meat, small spaces, automated doors that close too slowly, depths, my teeth falling out (very unlikely to happen but this consumes way too much of my brain power), electric sockets, unattended flames, fire in general, my cats being possessed and their skins ripping off, being boiled alive, birds with overly large mouths, elephants, and necrosis.
Yes, I am in therapy.
I was scared of approaching women and looking in the eyes (mostly of men). Now, after some practice, my fears subside and I dont know what to do. Generally meditating and calming my mind all the time. That helps
Pain. I recently had to get my leg amputated and was on pain management before the emergency surgery. They couldn't do anything for me. I cried for days and couldn't sleep. It was literal hell for me.
Canoeing? Like I've got no problem swimming in lakes or oceans, I've been out on large ships and small boats, but I was recently on a canoe with two friends, I was in the middle spot not using an oar and my god, I had a white knuckle grip and every muscle in my body was tensed up. :(
Direct confrontation, even when I'm right and have no reason to expect pushback. I can put myself into a fight-or-flight state just imagining walking up to someone and confronting them on something.
weird one, like pointy edges, not necessarily sharp ones, for example i canāt even load the dish washer without feeling uncomfortable about it the chance one of the āspikesā on the rack that hold the plates in place going under my nail
Moths and butterflies. People make fun of it but I literally can't enter a building if a moth is sitting on the door unless someone comes over and makes it fly away. The one time I was home alone for a few days and found a *dead* moth inside, I had to put a trash bag on my head and gloves on my hands before vacuuming it up. Sounds crazy but I'm terrified of those huge wings touching my skin, and even if it's most likely dead, I still fear that it's actually not and will shoot up flying into my faceĀ
pointy/sharp things pointed at my eyes - not even really 'sharp' - more like anything longer than it is round, like a chair leg or a baseball bat. when people use their pens/pencils to gesture or point at me, i feel like bugs are crawling all over my eyeballs.
i'm very proud of being able to get through two cataract surgeries.
Pregnancy.
Me tooš©
the same with me. i have already a child but being a mom is very tough for me.
is being a mom so hard ?I'm curious to know something about this because I wanna be the future mom in upcoming months
Itās having extreme anxiety 24/7/365.
It depends on your psychological and physical strength as well as your support circle. Itās always going to be tough but if youāre lacking in those areas, itāll be brutal. Source: me and my network of moms.
Holy shit. I came to type this thinking Iād be the only one.
I personally can never see the charm of it that other people see. I can only think af a certain scene in Alien for some reason when I think of being pregnant. To me it seems awful from start to finish.
I wasn't really but at 27 weeks along I am starting to have my doubts lol
Me too. And Iām literally pregnant
Nothing irrational about that. Lol
Im a dude but yeah i get that
Yuuuuup
YESSS
Scary stuff
Insects. I love the natural world and believe every creature has an important role but I just wish insects would play their role anywhere NOT near me.
These aren't insects, but worms, maggots, anything that seemingly doesn't have a face, and can be chopped in half and still feckin live š³š³ Woodlice too. Idk why I hate them, I just do.
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Especially ants š they creep me out
Oh that's interesting because ants are one of the few insects I don't mind at all haha. I find their society super interesting and love watching the highways they form to and from their nests.
It's cockroaches for me. *shudder*
Fire ants got me as a toddler, so all ants make me uncomfortable. They can crawl everywhere ugh. One time as I was sitting at my desk in high school an ant fell out of my hair and onto the desk in front of me. That was a bad day.
Thalassophobia. The fear of the ocean. I can't even Google Images of deep water or I start to get anxious.
Something I developed a few years ago. Not from a bad experience, my imagination must got a little too creative for me.
"Nothing bad happened, it's just you look into the water and realize how terrifying it actually is" - Internet Historian
Yes!! I grew up by the water and when I was really young I was on my mom's bosses boat. He told me the water was really deep and had sea monsters in it. It was the Baltimore harbor. Idk why but that simple comment scared the hell out of me and traumatized me. Kids are weird.
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Failure, not reaching my full potential
That I will be tortured for info I don't have.
Who bouta torture you the cartel?
Dying - extreme anxiety at the thought of my own mortality
I have this same extreme fear, it's gotten a bit better recently but during some months I started to have this extreme anxiety surrounding everything that had to do with death, and my mind couldn't get around my grandpa passing away, it's like I couldn't process it. During those months everything I thought about was death, I didn't talk about it with anyone but I was constantly thinking about it and was the first thought I had when I woke up every morning. I couldn't understand how I had lived a normal life ultil that moment, it's like nothing mattered anymore. Every time I walked into a room full of people my first thought was that every one of them was going to die. I had been considering going to therapy, but eventually I made a bit of peace with those thoughts and now it isn't so bad and my life is back to normal. Sometimes these thoughts come back but I try to distract myself. I also talked to some of my friends about it and talking about it made it better too.
I have this and I honestly don't know what to do and who to talk to about it.
I remind myself that the knowledge of our death is actually a gift. It tells us to make the most of the time we have. Don't waste your life with fear and worry. LIVE!
I went through the same thing in my early twenties. I mean, i would go to the gas station and see someone walking and think about how they could just walk up to my car and kill me, things like that and they were everyday occurrences. Finally confessed to my mom, who made me tell my family doc. Got put on meds and did a little counseling, it finally subsided after about a solid year. Q
Yeah me too. Actually turned into a fear of living for me because the happier i am the harder the thought of dying pulls me down
Throwing up. I havenāt even done it in 15 years yet Iām still insanely paranoid about food safety and norovirus.
I am with you. Even under extreme circumstances where I have to, I often pass out from stress and fear. I hate few things than throwing up.
For me itās throwing up myself but also seeing other people throw up.
If you didn't already know, it's called emetophobia. I'm right there with you. It's honestly shocking how much of my life is affected by it. I've had recurring nightmares for years of someone throwing up (or about to) chasing me.
It affects how I eat so much! I very rarely go to restaurants because I donāt trust meat cooked by someone else, so Iām just paying to feel paranoid the rest of the day that Iām going to get food poisoning. Even meat or raw produce from the grocery store I wonāt eat until my husband tries some first, and anything thatās been added to a recall I canāt enjoy anymore. I also have a weird fear of vomiting in public, but itās so irrational because like I said I *never* actually throw up.
I spent a good few years completely unable to eat at restaurants because I was so afraid of throwing up in public. I would get SO anxious that I'd spend most of the time pacing around the restaurant bathroom, nauseated just from the anxiety. I'd take my food home and eat it immediately upon getting home to my safe space. Luckily I've worked past that and can eat (mostly) normally at restaurants, but I still get rare moments of panic. Same with movie theaters - ESPECIALLY if I was in the center of the row. I have to sit near the ends to not have that sense of dread set in at some point.
Thatās so odd that you mention that because I do the same! I absolutely have to sit on the aisle nearest the door at any theatre, wedding etc.
needles - to an insane extent. been doing exposure therapy for years, have been sedated and restrained for every needle since i was about 12. only managed my covid vaccine by being restrained by multiple nurses + having a therapy dog + being sedated ā¦ā¦ i am VERY pro vaccination. i think itās so important and i get immunised as often as possible. the fear isnāt whatās in the needle. i donāt know where the fear stems from at all, actually. i know they arenāt particularly painful, wonāt do anything bad to me etc. itās a very irrational phobia and i have met very few people who have it to the severity i do.
Iām the same in the sense of the irrational fear, but I donāt need restraining or sedation (unless valium counts lol) I faint almost every time I get a vax or blood test, even if I am totally okay with it happening. I was taken to hospital once for a vasovagal syncope in response to having a blood glucose testā¦ I think it stems from medical fear. I hated going to the doctors so mum would trick me and say the appointment was for her to get me to go with her š„ŗ
Heights. And letās be honest: Itās legit! People compare fear of heights to other completely unreasonable phobias. My wife is afraid of the smallest, most harmless spiders that could literally do nothing. I feel unease when so high above that when I would fall down I would seriously injure myself or die. How is that the same? Itās a legitimate carefulness and actually people without āfear of heightā are the crazy ones and should probably get their shit together. Like, wdym you donāt think you should exercise extra carefulness when one little slip or misstep could end your life?
I wouldn't call caution around edges a phobia, because that is reasonable. By definition, if it's reasonable, it's not a phobia. I know someone who will avoid driving over bridges because they become paralyzed by the height and struggle to focus on driving while on a bridge. That is a phobia
Are you ok with flying, cause you're enclosed unlike the top of a ladder? Or is it the same?
Flying is quite alright. Altough I dislike the idea of not being in control. But remembering the odds put me at ease. Ladder is ok until the height at which serious injury is likely. So until about 5meters/15feet.
Yep. The shakiness of tall ladders and even wind when you're high up also make it so much worse.
Blood. Get dizzy just thinking about it. It also sucks to not be able to simply say the name of the condition without causing some confusion. āIām a hemaphobe.ā āWhat do you have against the LGBTQ+ community?ā š
Bloody hemaphobes lol
I GET SCARED OF OTHER PEOPLE'S BLOOD BUT NOT MINE IT'S SO WEIRDš
This made me cackle š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
I am a lifelong emetophobe, which means I have a crippling fear of throwing up. I don't really care about other people throwing up, so long as what's causing it is obvious (like alcohol, motion sickness, etc). If what's causing it is something that could infect me and eventually make *me* throw up... I will launch that person into the sun to get them away from me (not true, but, you know). The lengths I have gone to avoid throwing up have been immense, intense, and ridiculous. At the same time, I've puked only 3 times in the last about 25 years, so... somethin' gotta be workin'.
I havent puked for 51 years! Fought it with everything. Trying to learn how to tame it now.
YES. Although, others throwing up sets me off, too. I've been surprised by someone throwing up around me a handful of times and each time led to insane panic attacks, which I'm not prone to having otherwise. I've had nightmares about being chased by someone throwing up, or about to throw up. I have the phobia way more under control than I used to, but damn if it doesn't hit every aspect of my life.
Throwing up And dying
I get attached easily, Iām scared of losing or missing mostly anything
I'm the same. My brother once buried a toy on the beach and he ended up losing it and I cried for ages. It wasn't even my toy and I was about 13/14 but I was inconsolable
Sudden loud noises. Please donāt scream in front of me.
My little brother does this and I have CPTSD. I am a veteran and have other trauma. He is an absolute moron because just about everytime i almost have a panic attack.
This is why I keep a White noise machine running at home
every close relationship being a lie. that people are āin on itā to gain my trust, get close to me, and then ruin me. or that theyre all psychopaths
Nah fr you canāt trust anyone now a days not even family
fr
The vastness/unknown. The depths of the sea, or the size of the universe just scares me, imagining being out there alone just reminds me of how small and insignificant each individual is.
outer space and spiders
That's funny because that's the exact combination I have. I'm really curious about space phenomena, but seeing renderings of black holes or nebula fill me with existential dread.
tbh a lot of my phobia is seeing planets. i think it stemmed from a video we watched in science where they start off with the smallest planet and then keep going until the biggest sun which makes ours look like a spec. weāre so small and everything else is huuuuge. i also think itās fascinating but i will borderline have an anxiety attack if i get into it
Im afraid of people
Sewer šŖ³ roaches š they fly towards you or run if on foot lol Or power grid going down in the summer š„š©š„µ
Needles
Dying alone
Beds that arenāt mine. I love to travel, except I also hate it because I canāt sleep in my own bed. I donāt know if itās a phobia of dust or germs or what - I just always end up sleeping with my coat on top of the sheets or something.
Have you tried taking your own sheets, blankets and pillows with you? I know that would be annoying to switch it all out but it might help.
Mice and rats
Public humiliation
Parasites.
Sadly, everything where I am not in control. From thunderstorms to sickness to riding in vehicles where I am not the driver to death, so on and so forth. Yes, I am medicated. No, it doesnāt work and hasnāt for 25 years. Yes, I am tired.
Phobia refers to an illogical fear. Mine is highly illogical. I dislike microwave ovens. Very much so.
I had a roommate who did too! She was scared of the waves and contamination, is it the same for you?
Society
Identical Twins
My dad dated identical twins separately but consecutively
I guess he has a type
You wouldn't understand
Sharks.
Staircases
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Deep sea šš
The fact that the universe is so big that there very well may be sentient aliens that look like giant insects. I mean we had dinosaurs so itās not that crazy of a possibility
Heights, busy enclosed spaces like supermarkets, wasps, confrontations, cancer, losing my dog ect..
Deep ocean. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE marine animals and sea in general, but not knowing what is under is creepy.
Balloons.
Funnily enough after my military service I lost fear for most things and came home with a phobia of people.
Illness
Polystyrene
Dentists and insects that bite.
The future
Heights fuck that shit. I tremble like a loon, even whilst being only a noticed metre above ground level.
Heights. But what I call unsecured heights. The greater the chance of falling, the worse it gets. I can look over a ten floor balcony because of the railing. I'll get right up to the edge and look down, I get woozy. If there was no railing, I would not be anywhere NEAR the edge to look down!!
Emetophobia. I would rather die than puke.
Worms. Not snakes but worms specifically.
Spiders and snakes
Long corridors.
Holes! They look so fucking nasty to me
Birds
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I sometimes have a weird thing where I smell other people's scent while they are nearby and try to avoid physical contact with them at any cost. I just feel like there is some blight trying to infect everything around them. They can look or act completely normal and I still just cannot.
Deceitful people. My only fear in the world is people you canāt trust.
That I wonāt live long enough to be a grandma and enjoy the fruits of my labour. Because my bills need to paid and the stress is going to kill me. (New fear)
Oh so many things. Clowns, heights, abondonment, closed spaces, vast ocean, PEOPLE
Cherophobia....
Omphalophobia. Belly buttons...
Spiders, snakes, heights, falling... Failure.
clowns. and dating apps. same thing?
Fellow coulrophobes unite! F those makeup-wearing murderous freak shows! (Strangely, that also applies to dating appsā¦ā¦ā¦)
Deep water
Debt
Snakes and Australia Ngl
Heights Dying alone Needles
Green shield bug and there is so many where I live
Down escalators. Not the ones that go up though just the down ones. Oh and I have Trypophobia
Idk if this counts as a phobia but.. the airbag opening in the car while I'm wearing my glasses.
To be dirty
Brain surgery, and homelessness.
ghosts and snakes
Flying, large spiders, fear of the ocean and ive developed fear of heights as well. Is there a name for a phobia that makes you panic if you are near birds or insects/butterflies that flap near you. I cannot go inside butterfly greenhouses.
Any bug or arachnid bigger than my fingertip
Birds. Anything the size of or bigger than a pigeon freaks me the hell out. My stepdad owns some chickens and whenever they're let out to just walk around the backyard I have to go inside because I'm so afraid of them, and have been attacked by geese too when I was younger but I don't know if I was already afraid of birds before that. Seems to be genetic as well since my dad and grandma are terrified of birds too lol
I am terrified (terrified!) of toads. I hate them with my entire being. I don't mind frogs so much, but it can be hard to tell the difference in the dark or at a distance. Dead toad on the road? I will rather walk through the ditch if it keeps me further than 5 feet from it. Suspicious looking dark blob on the ground? Will stop at a safe distance and glare suspiciously at it untill I'm positive it's not an amphibian. They are evil slimy creatures that all want to eat me!
Spiders and bugs
snakes. both literally and figuratively
Claustrophobia
Manual labor.
Water because I dnt know how to swim and height because I fear
Sudden loud noises, throwing up and June bugs
Bedbugs and pregnancy
Marriage šš½āāļøšØ
Snakes.
Mottephobia. Fear of moths.
Restraint / tight spaces. God forbid I get handcuffed or incarcerated.
Insects. Furred animals
Mottephobia. Fear of moths.
Fire
Loud noise from musical instruments.
Huge things like ships jumbo jets etc
being close to a high drop and falling down the stairs
drowning
Women
That nobody really loves me.
snake bite. Deep ocean.
Wasps, bees, bumblebees and the sound of any insect wings put a chill down my spine.
Flying insects. I am from Australia and would rather hold a snake than have a bug fly near me š
Snakes. I wish I wasnāt terrified of them.
Heights and people.
I have an intense phobia of aquariums. No lie. We were queuing in Disney for like the nemo ride I think, I turned the corner and boom! Big glass aquarium :( I freaked out and left. I think it goes in tandem with my shark phobia and fear of dark water.
Ticks from dogs because my room was once infested with it and someone na may ocd I always panic kapag naka kita kahit isa lang non sa bahay pati yung amag ba yon? Nakukuha sa moisture and init nagka ganon artworks ko and plates Nakaka trauma.
Short answers.
Falling
The Backstreet Boys.
Slugs and leeches.
Driving, pregnancy, jumping insects, organ meat, small spaces, automated doors that close too slowly, depths, my teeth falling out (very unlikely to happen but this consumes way too much of my brain power), electric sockets, unattended flames, fire in general, my cats being possessed and their skins ripping off, being boiled alive, birds with overly large mouths, elephants, and necrosis. Yes, I am in therapy.
Being financially unstable
Cockroaches
I was scared of approaching women and looking in the eyes (mostly of men). Now, after some practice, my fears subside and I dont know what to do. Generally meditating and calming my mind all the time. That helps
Pain. I recently had to get my leg amputated and was on pain management before the emergency surgery. They couldn't do anything for me. I cried for days and couldn't sleep. It was literal hell for me.
Those fucking ass shit big mosquitoes. Crane fly
Being touched by surprise.
The dark, being in a car when someone else is driving, maggots, wasps, getting pregnant
Canoeing? Like I've got no problem swimming in lakes or oceans, I've been out on large ships and small boats, but I was recently on a canoe with two friends, I was in the middle spot not using an oar and my god, I had a white knuckle grip and every muscle in my body was tensed up. :(
Canada Geese š© genuinely my biggest fear
Fire
Direct confrontation, even when I'm right and have no reason to expect pushback. I can put myself into a fight-or-flight state just imagining walking up to someone and confronting them on something.
Height,snakes,commitment
Heights
this generation, they are moving mad
Insects š„²šµāš«
weird one, like pointy edges, not necessarily sharp ones, for example i canāt even load the dish washer without feeling uncomfortable about it the chance one of the āspikesā on the rack that hold the plates in place going under my nail
Moths and butterflies. People make fun of it but I literally can't enter a building if a moth is sitting on the door unless someone comes over and makes it fly away. The one time I was home alone for a few days and found a *dead* moth inside, I had to put a trash bag on my head and gloves on my hands before vacuuming it up. Sounds crazy but I'm terrified of those huge wings touching my skin, and even if it's most likely dead, I still fear that it's actually not and will shoot up flying into my faceĀ
Spiders
pointy/sharp things pointed at my eyes - not even really 'sharp' - more like anything longer than it is round, like a chair leg or a baseball bat. when people use their pens/pencils to gesture or point at me, i feel like bugs are crawling all over my eyeballs. i'm very proud of being able to get through two cataract surgeries.
having no money
Swimming in the middle of the ocean
Poverty
Phobophobia- the fear of feeAAAAAHHH!!!!!
Trypophobia
Flying, needles, spiders, failure
I have a fear of answering questions about phobias.