when u think of phobias, the first thing u probably think of is a fear of heights or spiders, which are quite common...... but do u have any more unusual phobias, and do u know what caused you to become phobic ? i HATE those old fashioned porcelain dolls - the ones that have glass eyes and their mouths are slightly open so u can see all those little teeth.... i think they look evil, and couldn't stand to have one in my house.... i shudder every time i see one...... i guess i watched too many horror films when i was a kid ! (think of chucky !!!)
2006-12-05 22:05:07 · 32 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
cooked plum tomotoes, i was forced to eat one by a dinner lady once and i can't stand the sight or taste of them. (i puked over the DL so got my revenge)
2006-12-05 22:50:41 · answer #1 · answered by murphy 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I live in San Francisco.
I am actually less scared of gang bangers than I probably should be. There was another shooting on my block today, but I live in the Tenderloin, so I guess that's normal.
I have this huge irrational fear that some one will throw me onto the subway (BART) tracks. It's never happened, but there are so many crazies in this city that someday it will. I just don't want it to be me. Those things are hard to crawl out of, and have an electric third rail, that they so often warn you about.
I KNOW IT IS COMPLETELY REDICULOUS,
but I always stand FAR away from the tracks.
I have a friend from Africa who has the exact same phobia. What would you call it?
I used to be scared of spiders and that change on my wilderness trips, but that's another story.
2006-12-05 22:09:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't think a fear of spiders is irrational. If you don't have time to identify what kind it is, then you can't determine if it is poisonous. It is SMART to get away from it. Plus, then can move really, really fast. My irrational fear is a fear of steep, rocky inclines. I am not afraid of heights. I can walk along a cliff just fine... but if that cliff isn't straight down, then I panic. Oh, yes. I spent an hour glued to the side of a mountain because the cliff turned into a steep, rocky incline instead. Irrational? Yeah. But only because I'm not afraid of cliffs.... which would be the more logical fear. Other bizarre fears: Canteloupe freaks me out.
2016-05-22 23:35:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wicked question!
Well one of my many weird phobias is that I can't get up in the middle of the night and put my bare feet on the ground - I just am so SO terrifed that something lurking under the bed will grab my ankles....
Btw share a phobia with Silkee - I am terrified of killing bugs even though I hate creepy-crawlies - I just freak that their families might gang up on me and come and get me - am so glad someone else feels the same way and it's not just me!!!!
2006-12-06 00:30:00 · answer #4 · answered by mockturtle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cotton wool. I don't know why but I can't go near it, can't even look at it on the shelves in the supermarket. It took me couple of attempts to write the word then. I had to though because I didn't know how to describe it otherwise! When I had my children I was sooo grateful for the invention of baby wipes! When I give blood I have to tell them not to put on my arm afterwards.
I've just read that someone else has this phobia as well! Thank God , I thought it was just me!!
2006-12-06 00:10:59 · answer #5 · answered by jeeps 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Toilets... obviously I use them... but I can't watch them flush and can't go anywhere near them when they're blocked and the water is up to the brim...I wont use a public toilet if the lid is down to start with...(who know's what lurks beneath)...and the sight of an overflowing toilet has me running a mile...
Completely irrational... think I must have been drowned in one in a past life...
All my other phobias are pretty normal...clowns, cockroaches, people dressed up in animal suits...(especially bunny rabbit suits?!?)...
2006-12-06 00:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
killing bugs. convinced that their "families" will come after me.
Killed a spider once (phobic about them BIG TIME), and I just had this feeling come over me that there were more coming for me. I looked up, and there were THREE on the ceiling crawling towards me. GAH!
I know, how stupid. Can't shake the thought though. Hate to kill 'em, hate to live with 'em.
Torture.
2006-12-05 22:35:04 · answer #7 · answered by sillkee1 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know how you feel abut those freaky dolls there well creepy,but my irrational phobia is FROGS!!! i hate them they make me sick to think of them, its so bad recently one came into my kitchen after running round the house screaming like a banshee,an my husband getting rid of it ,i didn't go into my kitchen for 2 days an put a thick layer of salt by my back door,just in case it has the same effect as it does on slugs.
2006-12-05 22:16:12 · answer #8 · answered by firefly08 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
ants, i hate them, i can not sit on the floor outside in case one crawls on me i scream if they come into my house and when the flying ones take off i dont go out for a few days, i was fine until i was about nine years old, i was sitting on the grass and i didnt realise i was sat in a nest, they were all over me, i was screaming and crying and i couldnt get them all off, ever since then i have been scared of them. i would rather sit in a room full of spiders than have an ant on me
2006-12-05 22:53:34 · answer #9 · answered by button moon 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah, im afraid of walking through a street, where people are crowded in the sides & other similar situations....its like all eyes are on you. cause im afraid that people think bad of me...
it is irrational because I have been rejected & insulted & crticized all my life and I have survived! it doesnt kill me at all, & is not the worst thing that can happen. but I think what makes me fear being criticized or humiliated is it brings back all the negative feelings I feel, that makes me depressed and not wanting to live on. SO its the sadness & hopelessness that kills me w/c is resulted by the bad-mouthing & rejection of others, not the stimulus but my reaction itself.
2006-12-05 22:18:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Thankfully I've got rid of it now but a few years back I had a phobia about people stirring drinks with a metal spoon. I kid you not - the sound of the stirring sent me running. At my flat I threw all metal teaspoons away and used plastic ones, if I went anywhere I had to ask would they please not stir loudly. It stayed with me for a couple of years and then suddenly I was okay - weird xxx
2006-12-05 22:12:03 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋