Confront your fears...

[BRUTAL]

Easy premise...

Post your deepest darkest fear and why...

I'll go first:


Needles

I believe my fear of needles goes a few years back when I was having trouble eating. I went to the doctor and it looked as though I had an ulcer but the the doc wanted to do some bloodwork. So the nurse sinches up the arm and proceeds to stab me and then comes the line I'll never forget... "...oops...".
At first I thought nothing of it until I felt her stab me again followed by, "...hmmm... where...?". I started to get worried and turned my head to look and see what she was doing and as soon as I started to do that she pushed my head back and said, "One sec...". I come to the conclusion that the initial "oops" was probably not a good sign. As it turns out she had trouble finding a vein in that particular arm and decided that she take a shot in the dark at hitting something in that arm as opposed to just trying the other one. So she patches up that arm and proceeds to the other. She ties me off, offers a confident-sounding, "Ah-ha..." and stabs away. After what I have determined to be 2 and three-quarter months I hear, "...shoot...". I'm a bit woozy and see her looking around for something. I was a bit afraid to look and see what she was going for and was relieved when she told me with me asking. "I'm going to get the baby needle, I can't seem to get this vein right." She locates this tiny contraption and proceeds the familiar stabbing, I get the strange sensation of loss and see the baggie filling with what I can only assume is my blood. After she fills that baggie she clamps the hose and puts on another bag. I decided to not ask questions so that my possible final moments wouldn't in anger, rather confusion. I sat ther for a bit after the ordeal, waiting for what I thought would be orange juice and a cookie of some sort. Instead I was given a most un-quenching handshake followed by a non-sugary "Alright you're all done. We'll give you a call." I staggered down the hallway and out the door. I managed to careen into my car before having a little power nap and driving slowly home. For some reason that minor ordeal left me with a fear of needles and an utter hatred of older nurses. On the good side the blood work came back clean and it turns out I just had 2 ulcers. Yay...?

[BRUTAL]

Quite the fearless bunch eh?

[November Rain]

I'm not scared but totally convinced i'm going to die crossing the road, so I always cross my fingers when i do.

except for that and turning into parents, then i'm dandy.

[BRUTAL]

Why are you convinced you're going die crossing the road? What brought that about?

[Kaboom]

spiders....

and quick sand.

[Colossal Spoons]

Centipedes

Why do they need all those legs and what purpose do they serve? I hate them and they're ugly.


Death

I'm enjoying life too much to die. I'm afraid of what comes after death. I'm a Christian and all but until I recieve proof of God's jamboree in the sky; I'll have to conider the possibility that I get put in the ground after I die and maggots eat me. That's both scary and boring.

[November Rain]

Why are you convinced you're going die crossing the road? What brought that about?this isn't a theraphy thread dude, I don't need the analysis.

Keep your own thread on topic.

:cwink:

[BRUTAL]

Why be afraid of Death? To fear an inevitability is kind of hindering isn't it?

[chamber-music]

SPIDERS- Its the way they move, just creeps me out.

[triplefive]

Centipedes

Why do they need all those legs and what purpose do they serve? I hate them and they're ugly.
:csad: they scare the CRAP out of me. and they're too damn fast for me to risk trying to squash them and missing and having it crawl on me or something *paranoid*

[BRUTAL]

this isn't a theraphy thread dude, I don't need the analysis.

Keep your own thread on topic.

:cwink:


Post your deepest darkest fear and why...

...:huh:

[Colossal Spoons]

Why be afraid of Death? To fear an inevitability is kind of hindering isn't it?

Well I hate and fear everything about it. I'd hate to die in a tragic accident now as I'm only 21. I'd hate to have a painful death cuz who likes pain? i hate the idea of dying when I'm old cuz "getting old" is another thing I guess you could say I fear. I just want a beam of light to zap me when my "time" comes lol.

[BRUTAL]

Well I hate and fear everything about it. I'd hate to die in a tragic accident now as I'm only 21. I'd hate to have a painful death cuz who likes pain? i hate the idea of dying when I'm old cuz "getting old" is another thing I guess you could say I fear. I just want a beam of light to zap me when my "time" comes lol.

Just get yourself frozen like Walt Disney... except he just wanted to get away from the jews so...

[Colossal Spoons]

:csad: they scare the CRAP out of me. and they're too damn fast for me to risk trying to squash them and missing and having it crawl on me or something *paranoid*

Yeah, those buggers are quick. Ugh, why did God make such vile creatuers?

[Fran]

The Dutch.

And Carnies (they smell like cabbage, and have small hands.)

[SoulManX]

Rats and roaches...

[SoulManX]

The Dutch.

And Carnies (they smell like cabbage, and have small hands.)

LoL.

[AndThePickles]

I'm really scared of getting old. The aging process itself, getting closer to death....yikes.

I'm also afraid of spiders and ANY type of bee sends me running.

I'm scared of permanently losing the ones I love most.

I'm scared of dying alone.

[Kritish]

Midgets - Their too small, lord knows what kind of horrible things that can do stealth like with out you knowing.

Jews: Because if Borat and Mel Gibson are afraid of them I should be too.

[The Amazing Lee]

CRABS!

http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2004/2005-05-27/_1117183203_crabs.JPG

:csad:

[BRUTAL]

CRABS!

Doesn't that say something about your personal life?

[Gotendbz-2]

I guess I'm scared of getting shot, stabbed, squished, decapitated, starving, having my family killed or hurt, becoming a fat slob who accomplishes nothing. And I wish I wouldn't get old, I like being young.


And I don't see why people are afraid of Spiders, they're good, they eat the Mysquitos. I think Spiders are cool. And don't be afraid of Bee's, because if your afraid, they will sting you.

[Gotendbz-2]

CRABS!

http://www.chinanews.cn/news/2004/2005-05-27/_1117183203_crabs.JPG

:csad:

Well don't come to my town! We eat lots, and lots of Crabs, "Hon". :yay:

[The Amazing Lee]

I remember on holiday me and my mate on holiday...we dingyed out to what he said was called "Crab Island" by the time I got there...I realised why it was called Crab island.

I crapped my pants and insisted we went back IMMEDIATELY!

[thedeadite]

Rats and roaches...

I have 5 pet rats..never thought that i EVER would though.

fears:
anything with more than 4 legs
needles
motorcycles (..i think they're really cool just afraid to be on one)
goats

[Gotendbz-2]

Goats? :huh:

[The Amazing Lee]

Doesn't that say something about your personal life?

Jeez...I know some wise guy would pull a crack like that.

No not the ones that live at the bottom of yer pants. The one that live at the bottom of the sea. :o

[Kritish]

Goats? :huh:

Anything that can eat a tin can shouldn't be trusted. :cmad:

[Kritish]

Jeez...I know some wise guy would pull a crack like that.

No not the ones that live at the bottom of yer pants. The one that live at the bottom of the sea. :o

I call my scrotum my sea. :o

[The Amazing Lee]

LOL

Is that why it smells of fish? :o

[DV8]

it seems like this thread belongs in the Batman Begins forum :confused:

[BRUTAL]

LOL

Is that why it smells of fish? :o

BURN!

[Kritish]

LOL

Is that why it smells of fish? :o

Well, there was this albacore tuna and she had a great personality...

[The Amazing Lee]

it seems like this thread belongs in the Batman Begins forum :confused:

I don't think Batman has crabs.

Cuz he's the goddamn Batman. :cmad:

[Kritish]

I don't think Batman has crabs.

Cuz he's the goddamn Batman. :cmad:

I wanna know why you've been sniffing my sea! :o :cmad:

[The Amazing Lee]

I wanna know why you've been sniffing my sea! :o :cmad:

I couldn't help it. it was a STRONG smell. Even the fish complained that they smelt of fish.

[Kritish]

I couldn't help it. it was a STRONG smell. Even the fish complained that they smelt of fish.

You know you liked it, btw where's my avatar I asked you to make! :cmad:

[thedeadite]

Goats? :huh:

being really young + grandma's farm + mean goat attacking me = goat fear.

[Gotendbz-2]

"Goats on a Farm".

[Kyalesyin]

****... What am I scared of?

I've systematically trained myself out of all the fears I had over the years. I can pick up a housespider, I can move about in the dark with no problems, I can have my blood taken without even squeaking, I can swat a wasp without even breaking a sweat even though it only takes on sting to kill me...

Fear is just a conditioned response. You learn it- you can unlearn it.

I think I can honestly say that I am not afraid of anything. Not even death. Been there. Don't that.

[The Amazing Lee]

You know you liked it, btw where's my avatar I asked you to make! :cmad:

erm...I have no avatar maker at the moment. my computer got reformatted and some programmes got deleted, including this one.

[BRUTAL]

****... What am I scared of?

I've systematically trained myself out of all the fears I had over the years. I can pick up a housespider, I can move about in the dark with no problems, I can have my blood taken without even squeaking, I can swat a wasp without even breaking a sweat even though it only takes on sting to kill me...

Fear is just a conditioned response. You learn it- you can unlearn it.

I think I can honestly say that I am not afraid of anything. Not even death. Been there. Don't that.

You are all that is Man sir

...and a liar. :o

[Gotendbz-2]

Not even death. Been there. Don't that.

:wow: ZOMBIES!

[BRUTAL]

By definition, wasn't Jesus a Zombie?

[Gotendbz-2]

Most likely a spirit.

[Kyalesyin]

You are all that is Man sir

...and a liar. :o

I am a woman, and I am not lying. I died for exactly 105 seconds on March 17, 2004. I was working on deconditioning my fears before that, but dying was really the crunch. If I can survive that, I can survive going to the bathroom without turning the lights on, or picking a spider out of the sink.

[Apollo]

Extremely goth and emo kids

[Gotendbz-2]

I am a woman, and I am not lying. I died for exactly 105 seconds on March 17, 2004. I was working on deconditioning my fears before that, but dying was really the crunch. If I can survive that, I can survive going to the bathroom without turning the lights on, or picking a spider out of the sink.

How did you die? And aren't you gay?

[Kritish]

Extremely goth and emo kids

Don't be afraid of them, just shoot them.

[Apollo]

Don't be afraid of them, just shoot them.

the war.....has begun....

*picks up gun and runs down street*

[Kyalesyin]

How did you die? And aren't you gay?

I am indeed gay. Still very much a woman though.

I died by poisoning. Paracetemol poisoning to be exact. My liver shut down after batch one [45 lots of 500mg] and when I took batch two an hour later [66 lots of 500mg] there was nothing to stop the sedative getting in and shutting me right down. Breathing slowed, heart slowed, my mother found me. While she was waiting for the ambulance I almost stopped altogether. Flatlined in the ambulance. Got brought back.

I am so glad my mother found me, even if at the time I could have killed her for it.

[BRUTAL]

the war.....has begun....

*picks up gun and runs down street*

War? With Emos? That wouldn't even be a battle, not even a skirmish, not even a slap-fight. It would be like shooting fish in a barrel... pale, stupid looking, melodramatic, attention-whore fish.

[Kyalesyin]

All you need to do is tell them that breathing cholrine gas is cool this week. You don't even have to shoot them that way. They'll do anything if its cool.

[Gotendbz-2]

I am indeed gay. Still very much a woman though.

I died by poisoning. Paracetemol poisoning to be exact. My liver shut down after batch one [45 lots of 500mg] and when I took batch two an hour later [66 lots of 500mg] there was nothing to stop the sedative getting in and shutting me right down. Breathing slowed, heart slowed, my mother found me. While she was waiting for the ambulance I almost stopped altogether. Flatlined in the ambulance. Got brought back.

I am so glad my mother found me, even if at the time I could have killed her for it.

Okay. Was it Cup Cakes? They're so good....... yet they betray you in so many ways. :csad:

[Kyalesyin]

Okay. Was it Cup Cakes? They're so good....... yet they betray you in so many ways. :csad:

I just swallowed down whole pills. Easy enough done. After the first two you don't taste them.

[Gotendbz-2]

I just swallowed down whole pills. Easy enough done. After the first two you don't taste them.

By accident? Sorry if its too many questions.

[Kyalesyin]

By accident? Sorry if its too many questions.

Nobody takes 111 pills by accident, trust me on that one. It took me weeks to research it, plan it, get the pills together. Take em slow so the first lot shut down the liver, and then the second lot fast so they shut down your heart and brain. I was pretty damn determined, and I'm suffering the after-effects still.

Ok, thats something I can't do. I can't swallow pills any more. Not even the vitamin pills smaller than a fingernail. Can't do it.

[Kritish]

I am a woman, and I am not lying. I died for exactly 105 seconds on March 17, 2004. I was working on deconditioning my fears before that, but dying was really the crunch. If I can survive that, I can survive going to the bathroom without turning the lights on, or picking a spider out of the sink.

You sound like a goth.

[Kyalesyin]

You sound like a goth.

Eww. I don't even own an eyeliner pencil. Hippe childe me. I just saw no point in being afraid. I mean, the spider in the sink isn't going to kill me. If I'm in my house with the doors locked nothing is going to spring out at me.

And I did die. I got a very bruised chest while they were bringing me back.

[DBella]

I have a fear of heights.
And I'm claustrophobic.

[Kritish]

Eww. I don't even own an eyeliner pencil. Hippe childe me. I just saw no point in being afraid. I mean, the spider in the sink isn't going to kill me. If I'm in my house with the doors locked nothing is going to spring out at me.

And I did die. I got a very bruised chest while they were bringing me back.

What did you see?

I expect oblivion.

[Kyalesyin]

What did you see?

I expect oblivion.

Nothing, to be honest. There was a sensation, like floating in water, and I felt safe, but I didn't see much. It was like how I always imagined being in a womb would be- soft, warm, dark, safe. Its only a very fuzzy impression though.

[Kritish]

Nothing, to be honest. There was a sensation, like floating in water, and I felt safe, but I didn't see much. It was like how I always imagined being in a womb would be- soft, warm, dark, safe. Its only a very fuzzy impression though.

Not at all surprised, you still scare the **** out of me though.

[Kyalesyin]

Not at all surprised, you still scare the **** out of me though.

I scare you? How?

[Kritish]

I scare you? How?

You basically kill yourself just to no longer be afraid of it?

[Kyalesyin]

You basically kill yourself just to no longer be afraid of it?

Oh no. I killed myself after I was attacked at a friend's party and then misscarried a few months later.

[Kritish]

Oh no. I killed myself after I was attacked at a friend's party and then misscarried a few months later.

You're surprisenly open about your personal demons.

[Kyalesyin]

You're surprisenly open about your personal demons.

Been there, done that. No point in dressing it up or pretending it didn't happen. Thats how people end up letting things go on for years and getting trapped in that sort of cycle, by pretending things didn't happen. I wanted out of that before it got worse, before I came to expect it and just let it happen to me. I picked death as my way out.

Guess I was lucky my mother couldn't sleep that night.

[AndThePickles]

I wish that I really could *confront* my fears and get over them. They're just kind of.....there.

[Kyalesyin]

What are you scared of that can't be dealt with?

[BRUTAL]

Skin?

[Colossal Spoons]

Been there, done that. No point in dressing it up or pretending it didn't happen. Thats how people end up letting things go on for years and getting trapped in that sort of cycle, by pretending things didn't happen. I wanted out of that before it got worse, before I came to expect it and just let it happen to me. I picked death as my way out.

Guess I was lucky my mother couldn't sleep that night.

Let me just say that your openness and willingness to talk about your ordeal are most admirable. Though I don't have any stories as "interesting" as you; I try to be 99% open about everthing in my life. People who hold on to secrets end up festering.

Sorry to hear about your attack, miscarriage, and death(that's weird to type). Glad you got over that though. :D

[AndThePickles]

What are you scared of that can't be dealt with?

Look for my previous post :)

[BRUTAL]

I'm afraid of Bees as well

[AndThePickles]

I don't know what one would do about that.......don't think that sitting with bees crawling all over you without stinging you would help or anything like that lol.

[04nbod]

Death

I'm enjoying life too much to die. I'm afraid of what comes after death. I'm a Christian and all but until I recieve proof of God's jamboree in the sky; I'll have to conider the possibility that I get put in the ground after I die and maggots eat me. That's both scary and boring.

i feel exactly the same way- and spiders- why do they need all thoses legs:huh:

[DBella]

I'm really scared of getting old. The aging process itself, getting closer to death....yikes.

I'm also afraid of spiders and ANY type of bee sends me running.

I'm scared of permanently losing the ones I love most.

I'm scared of dying alone.
I get visits from Spiders every now and then. I don't have the heart to kill them since they remind me of Charlotte (:O) so I just pick them up, throw them outside, only to see them back again the next day. *sigh*

The fear of permanently losing the ones you love most. I used to have that... still do, but I had to deal with it when my father passed away. Now I fear of losing my Mom and my brother.

Fear of dying alone. Everyone dies alone. Do you mean, dying with no one beside you or close to you? I figured when I'm dead, the stench of my decomposing/decomposed body will be enough to attract my neigbor's attention. :o

[BRUTAL]

Yeah I'm not worried about overcoming those fears because fears are natural and they make you who you are. If you take away your fears then you would probably end up doing stupid things on a pretty regular basis, I believe fear is the brain's defense against self-harm. Psychologists will tell you that there are 3 NATURAL INBORN fears that EVERY person is born with. I just find it odd when people claim to fear nothgin because 99.99999999% of the time they are lying to get attention.

[Apollo]

i'm afriad of people, you never know what a person can do to you

[AndThePickles]

Fear of dying alone. Everyone dies alone. Do you mean, dying with no one beside you or close to you? I figured when I'm dead, the stench of my decomposing/decomposed body will be enough to attract my neigbor's attention. :o

By dying alone I mean dying after my husband has died (in old age so it's not like I would get re-married or anything) and I have no friends and family left alive, etc.

[DBella]

By dying alone I mean dying after my husband has died (in old age so it's not like I would get re-married or anything) and I have no friends and family left alive, etc.
O I see. That'd be my story as I'm sure I'll live in a nursing home with no family and no friends. :( :o

But seriously, that fear is understandable but if that's the situation (which I doubt will happen), what can you do about it? It'll be sad but at least you can die with the memories of you husband and family and friends that once shared your life.

[jaguarr]

I am pretty much completely fearless except for snakes and neo-cons, which scare the holy living hell out of me, if even irrationally. They're the same thing, practically, anyway, so I'm really only afraid of one thing on this planet.

jag

[AndThePickles]

O I see. That'd be my story as I'm sure I'll live in a nursing home with no family and no friends. :( :o

But seriously, that fear is understandable but if that's the situation (which I doubt will happen), what can you do about it? It'll be sad but at least you can die with the memories of you husband and family and friends that once shared your life.

I guess that's part of the reason the fear exists.....I have no control over it.

[Gotendbz-2]

i'm afriad of people, you never know what a person can do to you

Me too. I hate people.


I really like spiders though. I never kill them, I just put them outside.

[Hades]

Stabbed and being buried alive:o

[DBella]

I guess that's part of the reason the fear exists.....I have no control over it.
YOu're not plagued by that fear, are you?

[DBella]

Stabbed and being buried alive:o
Being buried alive doesn't go well with my claustrophobia.

[AndThePickles]

YOu're not plagued by that fear, are you?

Nah, not really. Occasionally I do find myself being afraid of the unknown and not having control over things, but I wouldn't say I'm plagued by it.

[enterthemadness]

:csad: don't laugh...


Praying Mantis

:csad: oh god. It just looks scary and ugly. I can't eat pizza if I am thinking of the mantis, because the slice looks like a damn mantis head.

And no laughing...you wouldn't laugh if it was 15 feet tall.

[BRUTAL]

:csad: don't laugh...


Praying Mantis

:csad: oh god. It just looks scary and ugly. I can't eat pizza if I am thinking of the mantis, because the slice looks like a damn mantis head.

And no laughing...you wouldn't laugh if it was 15 feet tall.


...

...

:dry:

... I lol'ed

[Gotendbz-2]

Being buried alive doesn't go well with my claustrophobia.

Your afraid of Santa Clause?

[Gotendbz-2]

:csad: don't laugh...


Praying Mantis

:csad: oh god. It just looks scary and ugly. I can't eat pizza if I am thinking of the mantis, because the slice looks like a damn mantis head.

And no laughing...you wouldn't laugh if it was 15 feet tall.

Praying Mantises are cool! I like them too!

[Kyalesyin]

Let me just say that your openness and willingness to talk about your ordeal are most admirable. Though I don't have any stories as "interesting" as you; I try to be 99% open about everthing in my life. People who hold on to secrets end up festering.

Sorry to hear about your attack, miscarriage, and death(that's weird to type). Glad you got over that though. :D

Its ok. Its still weird sometimes when people who don't know say "I am so gonna kill you for that." since I have the ultimate flip off for it... "Sorry. Already dead."

Wasn't the only thing that drove me to suicide, but it was a fair factor in it... can tell I was fifteen though. Honestly looked like there was no end in sight and all that. Took a hospital stay [specialist psych] and a lot of therapy but I made it. I speak out now for abuse survivors and stuff like that now. You'd be amazed how many people won't speak out because they think they're the only one, or they don't know how to articulate what happened.

Yeah I'm not worried about overcoming those fears because fears are natural and they make you who you are. If you take away your fears then you would probably end up doing stupid things on a pretty regular basis, I believe fear is the brain's defense against self-harm. Psychologists will tell you that there are 3 NATURAL INBORN fears that EVERY person is born with. I just find it odd when people claim to fear nothgin because 99.99999999% of the time they are lying to get attention.

I never saw fear as a natural thing. I'm pretty sure all the stuff I was scared of as a kid, I learned. My mother wasn't scared of rats. As a kid, it never bothered me. She is terrified of flies. As a kid, I couldn't be in the same room as one.

Fear is definately a natural defense, but why should we put up with an irrational fear when we can take control of it and use it? Fear of heights I can understand- its all based in not feeling safe. Fear of cotton wool [a classic from my chemistry class] is totally irrational and may as well be worked out.

I'm not saying I was never scared of anything. I used to be. It took hard work to get over it. I can still get shaken. I got followed home the other night and it scared the crap outta me... until it turned out the guy lived across the street. Most fears can be seen under those terms.

[Valerie_f4]

My fears are defined by feelings. I have a fear of not feeling in control or losing control. I have claustophobia. I have a fear of drowning but that was resolved. I have a fear of dying unloved, but not the fear of death. Those are my only fears, mostly all my others all have been resolved somehow.

[Kyalesyin]

I never got claustrophobia either. When I'm stressed I curl up in my wardrobe, under the bed or I squeeze into my blanket box. The smaller, warmer and darker the space the better. It used to be the airing cupboard when I was a kid. What is so scary about small tight spaces? I love them.

[Valerie_f4]

I know what you mean Kyalesyin. But I think this is different, When I was little I was swimming and I couldn't breathe. I was laying on the bottom on the bottom of the pool.

[Kyalesyin]

I can't swim... never been scared of the water though. I just never got the chance to learn.

[Colossal Spoons]

Its ok. Its still weird sometimes when people who don't know say "I am so gonna kill you for that." since I have the ultimate flip off for it... "Sorry. Already dead."

Wasn't the only thing that drove me to suicide, but it was a fair factor in it... can tell I was fifteen though. Honestly looked like there was no end in sight and all that. Took a hospital stay [specialist psych] and a lot of therapy but I made it. I speak out now for abuse survivors and stuff like that now. You'd be amazed how many people won't speak out because they think they're the only one, or they don't know how to articulate what happened.


:eek: That's craziness. The UK is a lot more dangerous than I thought.

[Kyalesyin]

:eek: That's craziness. The UK is a lot more dangerous than I thought.

Dangerous how? Safer than a lot of other places. It wasn't like it was a stranger out the back of a bar. I knew him on and off as a friend of my cousin Mike [one of the few excommunicate members of my family, usually refered to as '*******'] and I was at a party of a friend of a friend. I had a little much to drink and by the time I realised I was in trouble it was a little late and I couldn't fight back or scream on account of the knife. I wasn't exactly a virgin by that point thanks to the ******* himself... stuff just came to a head a few months later and I went for the pills

[samurai black]

I have a morbid fear of sharks. Thing is i've never had any encounters. I never feel at ease in open water. I think my fear stems from reading/researching too much as i kid. When i was younger, i had a fascination with sharks and read everything i could find. It totally wiped away any ignorance i had about the world's oldest killing machine and ruined me for life.

[Colossal Spoons]

I never got claustrophobia either. When I'm stressed I curl up in my wardrobe, under the bed or I squeeze into my blanket box. The smaller, warmer and darker the space the better. It used to be the airing cupboard when I was a kid. What is so scary about small tight spaces? I love them.

Aw (wo)man; I'm the same way. I don't retreat to cubby holes when I'm stressed like you but I always had the greatest time playing hide and seek as a child when I hid in the most ridiculously small places. :D

[Kyalesyin]

Aw (wo)man; I'm the same way. I don't retreat to cubby holes when I'm stressed like you but I always had the greatest time playing hide and seek as a child when I hid in the most ridiculously small places. :D

More a stress thing for me. When I had a bad day once in psych I climbed into a cardboard box behind one of the chairs and went to sleep. Took them all say to find me. They made a huge fuss and I missed it!

I think its a womb thing- I associate small dark places with being safe.

[Valerie_f4]

Well, I think when I was laying on the bottom of the pool I didn't know I was there. But I'm still here and that's a good thing.

[Colossal Spoons]

Dangerous how? Safer than a lot of other places. It wasn't like it was a stranger out the back of a bar. I knew him on and off as a friend of my cousin Mike [one of the few excommunicate members of my family, usually refered to as '*******'] and I was at a party of a friend of a friend. I had a little much to drink and by the time I realised I was in trouble it was a little late and I couldn't fight back or scream on account of the knife. I wasn't exactly a virgin by that point thanks to the ******* himself... stuff just came to a head a few months later and I went for the pills

This is more along the lines of what I consider dangerous. that kinda crap is common in the states unfortunately.

[Valerie_f4]

I don't have extreme claustophobia. I just hate being put in tight spaces, it has something to do with my past.

[DBella]

Your afraid of Santa Clause?
Patrick? Is that you?

Nah, not really. Occasionally I do find myself being afraid of the unknown and not having control over things, but I wouldn't say I'm plagued by it.
That's alright then. I think. I hope. :)

[Valerie_f4]

I have been attacked but I wasn't violated, But it's always sad and unnerving to hear about someone who has it. I was stabbed, and I have the scars to prove it.

[Kyalesyin]

This is more along the lines of what I consider dangerous. that kinda crap is common in the states unfortunately.

Common here too. Anyone can buy a knife. I know plenty of people that I could buy a gun from. I only haven't because I want to emigrate and I don't want a record.

The difference is that here people go away for six years on average for rape.

I have been attacked but I wasn't violated, But it's always sad and unnerving to hear about someone who has it. I was stabbed, and I have the scars to prove it.

I wasn't stabbed, luckily, although I think it came close. I'm not sure I'd have handled it so well if I was forced to work around a scar every day, although I gave myself enough of them. All I got is a little mark on the inside of my thigh that I'm getting tattooed over once I've given blood again. Thats what got me most... he kept the knife right on my femoral artery...

[DBella]

I never got claustrophobia either. When I'm stressed I curl up in my wardrobe, under the bed or I squeeze into my blanket box. The smaller, warmer and darker the space the better. It used to be the airing cupboard when I was a kid. What is so scary about small tight spaces? I love them.
I was stuck in an elevator (lift) once when I was very young and I still recall the feeling of suffocation, of gasping for air... in total darkness. It's almost like being buried alive. Now I can't stand to be anywhere where there is no window and where there is not even a little bit of light penetrating from the outside.

[Colossal Spoons]

You think he placed the knife there on purpose or was it just a coincidence?

[Valerie_f4]

I live with lots of scars. But I am not afraid of dying.

[Kyalesyin]

You think he placed the knife there on purpose or was it just a coincidence?

Uhhh... "Ya know whats in there? Biggest damn vein in your body. I cut it, you die." I think he knew what he was up to, even if he didn't know the difference between a vein and an artery. ****tard was a talker. That and the fact that it was really, really close to some other stuff I wanted intact...


I live with lots of scars. But I am not afraid of dying.

Me neither, not any more. I had a thing about razor blades from when I was about thirteen, so I have a fair few scars I made anyway.

[Daisy]

I honestly can't think of anything I'm really afraid of. :huh:

I'm a little nervous about heights, but not so much that it prevents me from climbing stuff or looking out over the edge of cliffs or anything.

[Valerie_f4]

I was abused when I was younger. I was shot in a foster home, and I was poisoned in mac.

[BRUTAL]

I honestly can't think of anything I'm really afraid of. :huh:

I'm a little nervous about heights, but not so much that it prevents me from climbing stuff or looking out over the edge of cliffs or anything.

Validity to one of my previous posts

[Valerie_f4]

Validity to one of my pervious posts

What do you mean?

[Kyalesyin]

I was abused when I was younger. I was shot in a foster home, and I was poisoned in mac.

Crazy this world we live in huh? I grew up with a bunch of cousins... after a while a few of the older ones realised I was too dumb to talk if they gave me something to keep me quiet. Chocolate was the classic. Then cash. I got out of it at about 14- told the ******* where to shove it. No coincidence that his buddy attacks me a few months later. I was earning him a lot of cash by the time I was that old. I was only taking 30%, but taking a ten is a lot when you're only 14. If I haddn't OD'd, I'd quite possibly be a hooker by now.

[BRUTAL]

Yeah I'm not worried about overcoming those fears because fears are natural and they make you who you are. If you take away your fears then you would probably end up doing stupid things on a pretty regular basis, I believe fear is the brain's defense against self-harm. Psychologists will tell you that there are 3 NATURAL INBORN fears that EVERY person is born with. I just find it odd when people claim to fear nothing because 99.99999999% of the time they are lying to get attention.

:up:

[DBella]

:up:
That was a good post, BRUTAL and I agree with you. It's good to have some fear, it's natural even... as long as it doesn't cripple you and make you afraid of living.

[Valerie_f4]

Well, I was abused all my life, so was my sister. But I think it truly changed me. I became accostumed to pain, I guess.

[Valerie_f4]

I can't be crippled by my fears, because I will feel out of control.

[Daisy]

:up:

So you're saying I'm a liar? And suggesting I do stupid things on a regular basis that cause self-harm?

It's a wonder I've made it to the ripe old age of 36. :whatever:

[Colossal Spoons]

Uhhh... "Ya know whats in there? Biggest damn vein in your body. I cut it, you die." I think he knew what he was up to, even if he didn't know the difference between a vein and an artery. ****tard was a talker. That and the fact that it was really, really close to some other stuff I wanted intact...


Not to insult the rapists of America; but not many attackers know enough about anatomy&physiology to purposely cut your femoral artery. They'd most likely go for the super obvious places like your jugular or throat. You Brits sure are smart :p

and any man that would purposely damage a woman's "sideways smiley" is just....a very bad person and should reevaluate his life.

[BRUTAL]

So you're saying I'm a liar? And suggesting I do stupid things on a regular basis that cause self-harm?

It's a wonder I've made it to the ripe old age of 36. :whatever:

Sorry I didn't realize that I had specifically noted you in my opinion, I had no idea people would read too far into it.

You said you had a slight fear of heights, THAT was what I was referring to :whatever:

[BRUTAL]

... any man that would puroposely damage a woman's "sideways smiley" is just....a vary bad person and should reevaluate his life.

Amen... to harm a squish mitten is evil...

[Valerie_f4]

Anything to do with that is evil.

[BRUTAL]

Anything to do with that is evil.

Well not "anything" just bad stuff... I am a strong supporter of making nice with the hoohaa.

[Valerie_f4]

I am not, I hate hearing things like this. It makes me mad. And it is upsetting.

[BRUTAL]

:huh:

[Colossal Spoons]

Well not "anything" just bad stuff... I am a strong supporter of making nice with the hoohaa.

"Making nice w/ the hoohaa"

Nice :up:

[Valerie_f4]

hoohaa?

[Colossal Spoons]

vaaaaaaaagina.

[BRUTAL]

It's a complex riddle.... hold on lemme get my charts... brb

[AndThePickles]

Aw (wo)man; I'm the same way. I don't retreat to cubby holes when I'm stressed like you but I always had the greatest time playing hide and seek as a child when I hid in the most ridiculously small places.

I did the same, but then one time I tried to hide in too tight of a squeeze sort of place (behind a toilet at my grandmother's house) and I got stuck! It hurt like hell and my father had to take the whole tank apart to get me out. I learned to be a little more cautious

[BRUTAL]

I did the same, but then one time I tried to hide in too tight of a squeeze sort of place (behind a toilet at my grandmother's house) and I got stuck! It hurt like hell and my father had to take the whole tank apart to get me out. I learned to be a little more cautious

Funniest mental picture EVER

[BRUTAL]

Parcopresis = The fear of going to the bathroom with other around.

[Valerie_f4]

I see. Sometimes I hate people, I can't judge people if i don't know them right? But I do get that feeling.

[BRUTAL]

You can't help judging someone. It's natural human condition to form opinions about something when you look at it... no worries :up:

[Valerie_f4]

I know, but I can sense something about these people. Like I see uglyness, and rarely I see good things.

[Colossal Spoons]

I see. Sometimes I hate people, I can't judge people if i don't know them right? But I do get that feeling.

I hate people quite often. The world would be much less crowded if we could just ship all the stupid people to Mars :o

[Valerie_f4]

Well, how would you figure out their IQ?

[BRUTAL]

I say we leave em' here and let's all take Mars, this planets already f'ed up.

[Valerie_f4]

This planet is f'ed up? You have no idea!

[BRUTAL]

oh geez...

[Valerie_f4]

Too bad, We can't move to mars. They haven't discovered if we can actually live there yet. But soon...

[BRUTAL]

Genuphobia - Fear of Knees (seriously)

[Muze]

i've never liked public speaking. i can say, with all honesty, that i'd rather be stabbed than have to stand at a podium. physical pain, i can get over.

[BRUTAL]

i've never liked public speaking. i can say, with all honesty, that i'd rather be stabbed than have to stand at a podium. physical pain, i can get over.

Glossophobia

[Valerie_f4]

I can muster up the courage to do public speaking, but I wouldn't know what to speak about.

[Colossal Spoons]

Well, how would you figure out their IQ?

At this point, I'd be willing to put up with the unintelligent people; if it meant we could be rid of the people lacking common sense. Mars doesn't have space for them.

[Muze]

I can muster up the courage to do public speaking, but I wouldn't know what to speak about.

then you would really love impromptu speeches. that's when they just hand you a little note card with a random subject to speak about 5 minutes before its your turn to speak. my first time around, i had to talk about 'the Earth.' i did just fine on that one. then the second round came around and sexual abuse was the topic i got handed; a sure sign that God hates me. well i got a minute into it and had an anxiety attack. it's pretty much the only thing i remember about speech class.

[BRUTAL]

At this point, I'd be willing to put up with the unintelligent people; if it meant we could be rid of the people lacking common sense. Mars doesn't have space for them.

Sophophobia — Fear of learning

[BRUTAL]

...a sure sign that God hates me...

Zeusophobia — Fear of God

[Valerie_f4]

I wouldn't like to talk of such things, But I would want people to notice it.

[GunBlade]

Dying alone.

Losing my friends and my family.

Any kind of abuse, mostly mental/emotional.

Being raped.

Drowning, even though I know how to swim.

Starting my car and exploding..

[Valerie_f4]

Hmm, Have you confronted any of these fears?

[Colossal Spoons]

Dying alone.

Losing my friends and my family.

Any kind of abuse, mostly mental/emotional.

Being raped.

Drowning, even though I know how to swim.

Starting my car and exploding..

Don't piss off the mafia and you won't have to worry about any of those things lol.

[BRUTAL]

Hmm, Have you confronted any of these fears?

Most of those aren't really fears you can confront... :huh:

[GunBlade]

Hmm, Have you confronted any of these fears?
Er..Well, the mental/emotional abuse...yeah. Kinda in the process..

Naturally, I don't like when people tamper with my feelings so I seem distant or indifferent but I'm learning to open up.

And losing my family/friends; I fear them dying prematurely. I don't like to think about.

[Valerie_f4]

good point.

[Valerie_f4]

I can tick most of this things off my list.

[BRUTAL]

I can tick most of this things off my list.

Entomophobia- Fear of insects.

[Valerie_f4]

What I meant Is check things off my list.

[BRUTAL]

good point.

Aichmophobia - Fear of Pointed Objects

[GunBlade]

I'm only afraid of pointed objects when I'm wet.

[Valerie_f4]

What's that mean?

[Outsiderzedge]

I'm afraid of being harmed or killed.

[hippy fascist]

ok, I've got some good news for all the people who are scared of death. Take it from me, I've been there. When you are absolutely certain you are going to die, all that fear goes away. The real fear doesn't return till you have managed to convince yourself you are going to make it. If you are in a car crash and know you are going to die, you will feel no fear. :yay:

[Abaddon]

Being helpless and abandoned.

[enterthemadness]

ok, I've got some good news for all the people who are scared of death. Take it from me, I've been there. When you are absolutely certain you are going to die, all that fear goes away. The real fear doesn't return till you have managed to convince yourself you are going to make it. If you are in a car crash and know you are going to die, you will feel no fear. :yay:

Yes, thanks to our weak, primitive bodies.

[Jerry]

Crazy this world we live in huh? I grew up with a bunch of cousins... after a while a few of the older ones realised I was too dumb to talk if they gave me something to keep me quiet. Chocolate was the classic. Then cash. I got out of it at about 14- told the ******* where to shove it. No coincidence that his buddy attacks me a few months later. I was earning him a lot of cash by the time I was that old. I was only taking 30%, but taking a ten is a lot when you're only 14. If I haddn't OD'd, I'd quite possibly be a hooker by now.

Looks like everyone missed this post. But the Hawk didn't.

"One more time 24, one more time...*crack of bat*
THAT BALL HIT HARD.....BERNIE WILLIAMS AT THE TRACK....
YOU CAN PUT IT ON THE BOOOAARRDDD....
YESSSSS!!!!

JOE...CREDE... ...AGAIN!!

[Gotendbz-2]

Joe Crede isn't that good, and what?

[Colossal Spoons]

What the hell is Jerry talking about?

[unstoppable]

sodomy

[Anguissette1979]

Caterpillars... and tornadoes in my closet...

Both fears from about the age of 6... long story :P

[BRUTAL]

Lilapsophobia- Fear of tornadoes