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Do You Have Any Phobias?
Amber:
I choose four. Heights, crowds, animals (spiders), and shot/injections.
Heights making me extremely dizzy and sick to my stomach, crowds do the same and I'm definitely scared of being seperated from my party in a crowd. I'm terrified of spiders and have designated spider killers for each portion of my day: my husband at home, a co-worker at work and my friends just know I can't handle it. And I'm not as afraid of shots/injections as I am of needles in general. Can't stand them - I get very anxious.
David In Indy:
--- Quote from: Amber on April 21, 2007, 12:38:17 am ---I choose four. Heights, crowds, animals (spiders), and shot/injections.
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6 people chose "heights', and I've noticed a couple of people mention spiders, so you're in good company Amber.
The fear of needles I can certainly understand. I had a terrible fear of needles as a child, but I overcame it when I started sticking my finger every day to check my blood sugar. I am hypoglycemic (as opposed to hyperglycemic, or diabetic). My blood sugar has a tendency to drop for little or no reason.
The crowd part I can understand too. If something terrible happened and I was in a crowd, I would have little control over my decisions. There would be a stampede and I would basically be at the mercy of those around me.
Thanks for taking the poll Amber! :D
ifyoucantfixit:
I picked other, simply because I am not only afraid of hights,,,which im not unless its on a edge, like Scott mentioned...Im not afraid of the fall, its the sudden stop im afraid of..
But seriously I have a Bridge Phobia, that is most pronounced...How easily do you think I get around in a City that has many many of them...I am getting better, but i still have it...
When we first moved to Portland, I had nightmares for years about bridges....janice
moremojo:
I ticked off four: flying, wide open spaces, heights, and public speaking. And that's about the order they come for me,with the first being the worst and the last being the least dreaded. I have flown before, but not in over twenty years, and I simply can't imagine ever doing it again--it would feel like dying.
Wide open spaces has been a phobia of mine since December 1985; I wrote at some length on this in Andrew's 'BaroqueBach and beyond' thread. Suffice it to say that I know I'm gonna have some problems on that drive up to Colorado (I've seen online photos of Baca County :o).
Heights has been right up there with flying for me. I'm astonished by folks who are afraid of heights but are A-okay with flying. I mean, you can't get any higher than on a jet flight, barring leaving the earth's atmosphere. And there's nothing but air between that airplane floor and the thousands of feet to the earth's surface.
I'm also not fond of going at great speeds, but I seldom ever go much faster than 65 to 70 m.p.h. on a highway, so that rarely gets into phobia territory for me (but does play into my dislike of air travel).
I do fear public speaking, but know I can pull it off with adequate preparation. I certainly would avoid doing it if I could (and one of my most painful adolescent memories involves a horribly flubbed class speech), but know I could survive it.
I'm not fond of the idea of encountering germs or bacteria, and have been accused of being obsessive-compulsive in the past in terms of washing my hands, but I don't think my concerns along these lines veer into the phobia end of the spectrum.
mvansand76:
I fear the government and politicians because I don't trust them.
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