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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 10:41 am

@Reaper

Caligynephobia is very much like making love to a beautiful woman, not.

I had to Google it as, obviously, I am not familiar with that particular phobia. I have plenty of others to worry about, such as the fear of dying (I'm 50 in 3 weeks time Shocked

), water, slugs, lack of money, going blind (I'm Mr Magoos' myopic long lost twin), and other people (present company excepted).

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 11:40 am

Tommo Shanter wrote:

... the fear of dying ...

That's not an irrational fear, it's reality. Yes, you are going to die.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 11:56 am

^^^ You could define a new phobia, KD... "Misspellophobia" Wink

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 12:14 pm

^^^^ That would be "Flunking-eigth-grade-English-ophobia."

Or "Lexicophobia" (= Fear of touching a dictionary, lest one's fingers might fall off)

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 12:29 pm

This song scares me, I used to be scared of those wierd puppets

THIS

BE WARNED THIS SONG STICKS IN YOUR HEAD

P.S. how do you make the link into a word like THIS, and THIS is the url

[mod edit: take a look using your edit button - I changed it for you - KD]

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 1:57 pm

Slugs!

I might dig up my Brad avatar. Cool

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 2:04 pm

Flying, although i don't see it as irrational. I will do it but my fingers have to be prised from the armrests after landing.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 2:34 pm

Silence (part of my fear of losing one of my senses), physical confinement (this can be small spaces or being in any way physically restrained, even having the wife snuggle up to me can trigger this one if she presses too hard to my chest), swans and a change in my surroundings at night. Holidays can be a nightmare because i'm not in my own bed, so I have to take my fan with me to try to recreate my bedroom's noises.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 2:42 pm

At first I was slightly puzzled by the swans Wayne. Then I remembered being menaced by an angry swan with a serious wingspan and bad attitude.

They seem so graceful, sod that, they can be a right menace too.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 2:50 pm

I have enough trouble worrying about all the stuff that really is out to get me, without making up any more thank you. Shocked

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@Hekate

Quote:

I play EverQuest online

...maybe I'll PM you about this so it doesn't go off topic Laughing

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 4:27 pm

@ Radden - I believe I'm not the only one here who plays... Laughing

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 6:05 pm

wayne wrote:

Silence (part of my fear of losing one of my senses),...

Apparently, hearing is the last sense to go before you die. If that is any consolation. Shocked

How they proved it, God only knows.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

I have a quite normal fear of heights, and depths, (thats a height with water in it.)
I'm sure its something to do with being raised on the top floor of a multistory
I still haven't seen Spiderman due to the heights. I viewed my daughters pics of her trip to New York through half closed eyes
Flying is ok by me apart from the takeoff, the landing and the bit in between. ( none of my family will sit next to me)
Wont go in lifts is I can help it.

Dont mind bees and wasps even though I've been stung.
Love bats, watch them flying past my windows
Have kept mice and rats, scared a postman one time answering the door with my pet rat sitting on my shoulder
I dont mind spiders, my granny always used to tell me its bad luck to kill a spider, then she'd tell about Robert the Bruce in the cave and the spider spinning the web again and again

The thing I rally really dislike, dont know if its a phobia, I have to leave the room, cant touch,
Chicken
Not the running about clucking ones, they're fine, but uncooked dead birds lying there ( getting the creeps typing it ) euch. Even the fillets ( shudder)

rather face a zombie

I have no fear of zombies ,vampires, monsters etc, probably tell them to go tidy their room and look gruff at them
But we do keep sage, garlic, lemons bunches of lavender and odd socks around

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 6:49 pm

When I was a kid I was on a walk in Lancashire. My Brother and I walked through a farmyard and we got attacked by a flock of Geese.

Ever since then I cannot go near Geese. They just scare the hell out of me.

AlexS

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

Yeah
I hate being goosed too Laughing

Geese can be quite viscious
There used to be a whisky firm in the west of Scotland that kept them as "watchdogs".
I believe the ancient Romans did too

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I use to hand feed the geese when I was volunteering at the local zoo. They'd hiss and stuff at me but would still take food from my hand (?). I'm not exactly sure what type they were, but they're common around the city.

I have never feared a bird, I use to pet Emu's (NOT EMO). Even though one tried to bite my nose, I still don't mind them.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 7103 Location: Yes

...that I would accidentally post my most severe irrational fear on an internet bulletin board allowing all to know my weak points.

zombies....

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 94

Generally I hate being somewhere I cannot get out of in case of emergency (lift, tunnel, bridge) so that I get an uneasy feeling but most of the time I will use them anyways. Will never use that tunnel below the ocean though
Shocked

I am also a little afraid of the darkness and sometimes at night I get that creepy feeling that someone might be behind me, but most of the time that only bothers me after seeing/thinking about movies like Sixth Sense...

I hate any flying insects, especially those who can hurt me. I do not mind bugs although I don't like them per se, but what really creeps me out are ticks because of the illnesses they can transfer.

Snails, Spiders etc. are fine by me as long as they are not in my house and behind glass.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

^^
Can see the logic to no escape.
Now got a new worry

Insects? Whats the worst they can do but sting you?
Unless you happen to be allergic, its nippy but I used antihistamines . Another 419 eatermember recommends plantain for insect bites

Tip if anyone doesn't like spiders.
To get them out the bath leave a trail of toilet roll from the foot of the bath over the side.
go away for a wee while.
spider now has a grip on something and will climb out itself.

I used to fear childbirth.
I was right to, but survived! ( just in one case )
I can recommend the Bene Gesserit litany for use during contractions
Thank you Frank Herbert, (bet he didn't have that in mind when writing Dune)

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 10:14 pm

I also have a morbid (ha!) fear of being burned to death. I can't think of a worse way to die apart from falling from a great height when you have time to think about it ALLLLLLL the way down. I will forever be haunted by the images of those poor souls at the WTC on 9/11 who had to make this impossible choice. RIP.

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 10:44 pm

@Corona -

Yes, yes!!!

More Brad!! jump_4_joy

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

^^^
The more I read this the more I've got to worry about
Nasty one, Gnasher
tho' logically in my case I'd only have been up as far as I could walk without getting on the lift ( elevator ) so should be able to get out.

Watching the unfolding of events on tv, whether its 9/11 , Beslan, London bombings, Vtech Dunblane etc can be very very uncomfortable if you have any degree of empathy for those involved
I must admit to loosing sleep over Madelaine McCann tho'I dont know the family or those involved; I can feel the fear as if it was my kids.
Seen it happen when a wee lass was kidnapped near us way back in the 80's
I also had the misfortune to witness a kid involved in a fatal accident, after phoning for police & ambulance and his school ( he was in my daughters year, wanted them to get hold of his mum and dad)
all I could do was keep him warm and pray
( strange thing for an agnostic to do )
Felt so helpless
Any mothers fear.
It haunts me still in the wee small, dark, hours

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 10:50 pm

Nanny Ogg wrote:

all I could do was keep him warm and pray
( strange thing for an agnostic to do )

Not so strange, there are no atheists in foxholes as the saying goes (or very few when it all hits the fan).

Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 11:30 pm

JoeTam wrote:

The Fife, do what I did. Get 2 or 3 very large dogs. Don't let them get used to anybody but you. Let them sleep anywhere in the house. See what happens when the doorbell rings. Twisted Evil

I'd love to do that, but my husband isn't a dog person. Evil or Very Mad

I wish I could install things around the permiter of my house that shoots out pepper spray if certain areas are breached & a loudspeaker comes on (preferably of Samuel L. Jackson) shouting "GET THE F*CK OFF MY PROPERTY OR I'LL KILL YOU B*TCH"...if I could have a camera system too recording the whole thing so I could put it on YouTube & give it to the cops for evidence that would be great too. Twisted Evil

I'm not entirely joking either, I've actually spent time trying to figure out how to accomplish the auto-pepper spray aspect.