Phobias

[Halcohol]

this man right here is afraid of peaches.

I feel so bad for this guy. He can't control his phobia and he goes on TV to get made fun of.

 

[Honey Vibe]

It's television, guys. He's an actor and the whole thing is scripted. Maury being an insensitive bastard though -- that's all real

 

[Captain_Death]

I have:
Acrophobia
Arachnophobia
Claustrophobia
Coulrophobia
Illyngophobia

 

[Mac_Hine]

None. It's all in your mind!

 

[Gamma Burst]

Arachophobia
Claustrophobia

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Whatever the words are for snakes, bugs, rats, mice, and Whoopi Goldberg.

 

[britrogue]

Arachnophobia!!!!! i can't even begin to tell you guys about my fear of spiders. its really scary to me that i can have such a fear!

ok everyone start spilling:

what do you fear? or What phobias do you have?

I hear ya buddy!
Arachnaphobia and Chlaustrophobia

 

[Kyalesyin]

What is it with being scared of spiders? They're beautiful. They've never scared me.

 

[Sean Adisano]

What is it with being scared of spiders? They're beautiful. They've never scared me.

are you kidding me!!!!! i would do anything to wipe those 8 legged demons off this earth!!!!

being afraid of spiders and having a phobia of them are to very different things as well. i have a phobia and let me tell you something, when i see a spider, no matter what size, it can be the size of a pin head...i just loose all sense of whats around me, freeze up go all white and just get sick. its a fear i can live with out, but sadly have too

 

[Kyalesyin]

Wow. I could watch them for hours. The way they ripple is amazing.

Now, wasps is different. Even hearing one makes me freeze up. Spiders though? Amazing. If it wasn't for my wife I'd encourage them actively in the house. Wolf spiders and most of the bigger varieties eat wasps you see, and my mother was never scared of them so I think I never learned to be scared. Its not like they're dangerous anyway, not here.

You should see a therapist about that phobia. Can kill you, being that scared of something. Heard about a guy once that crashed his car and died because he had a spider dangling off his mirror.

 

[Sean Adisano]

Wow. I could watch them for hours. The way they ripple is amazing.

Now, wasps is different. Even hearing one makes me freeze up. Spiders though? Amazing. If it wasn't for my wife I'd encourage them actively in the house. Wolf spiders and most of the bigger varieties eat wasps you see, and my mother was never scared of them so I think I never learned to be scared. Its not like they're dangerous anyway, not here.

You should see a therapist about that phobia. Can kill you, being that scared of something. Heard about a guy once that crashed his car and died because he had a spider dangling off his mirror.

well here in new york we have to deal with these itty bitty spiders...which i get sick over, like i said size doesn't matter when it comes to these things, a spider is a spider...but this phobia prevents me from doing things i want to do, like camping and hiking and other stuff.

 

[Kyalesyin]

well here in new york we have to deal with these itty bitty spiders...which i get sick over, like i said size doesn't matter when it comes to these things, a spider is a spider...but this phobia prevents me from doing things i want to do, like camping and hiking and other stuff.

I always saw a fear of any kind as something to be challenged and worked around. If I had a phobia that severe, first thing I'd be doing is hauling my ass to a phobia therapist to get it worked through. I had a really great therapist who helped me be able to hold a jar with a wasp in it, although we never quite got me over my fear of the sound.

 

[Sean Adisano]

I always saw a fear of any kind as something to be challenged and worked around. If I had a phobia that severe, first thing I'd be doing is hauling my ass to a phobia therapist to get it worked through. I had a really great therapist who helped me be able to hold a jar with a wasp in it, although we never quite got me over my fear of the sound.

you see now, knowing that i'll have to be around a spider to get over my fear of it, i fear that and won't do it.

 

[Kyalesyin]

you see now, knowing that i'll have to be around a spider to get over my fear of it, i fear that and won't do it.

You might not. First three months of my phobia therapy, we didn't even look at a picture of it. By the time it came to looking at a picture of one, I was so pissy at the ammount of time it'd taken to get that far it actually helped.

Getting angry can really help you challenge a phobia. Get angry at it- its holding you back, its making you weaker. Anything that gets you pissed off enough that you can look at it and say 'this is irrational' and just push right through those boundries. Sounds dumb, but it works.

 

[Sean Adisano]

You might not. First three months of my phobia therapy, we didn't even look at a picture of it. By the time it came to looking at a picture of one, I was so pissy at the ammount of time it'd taken to get that far it actually helped.

Getting angry can really help you challenge a phobia. Get angry at it- its holding you back, its making you weaker. Anything that gets you pissed off enough that you can look at it and say 'this is irrational' and just push right through those boundries. Sounds dumb, but it works.

i am a Brooklyn Italian...i know all about anger, believe me. i use my anger in so many ways in my life, that i could never be angry at this phobia because it just has such a big grasp and hold over me, this fear is here to stay

 

[Kyalesyin]

i am a Brooklyn Italian...i know all about anger, believe me. i use my anger in so many ways in my life, that i could never be angry at this phobia because it just has such a big grasp and hold over me, this fear is here to stay

You'd be surprised. Next time you see a spider, get pissy at it. Get angry enough that instead of running away you splatter the bastard. Gotta be worth a try.

 

[Sean Adisano]

You'd be surprised. Next time you see a spider, get pissy at it. Get angry enough that instead of running away you splatter the bastard. Gotta be worth a try.

...but running is an automatic thing i do. i told you, a phobia like mine, i don't think in the moment. its like i lose my free will and become instinctive, so i just run away.

 

[Sean Adisano]

man do i have stories to tell...from giant spiders i've come in contact with, and i mean giant, the size of a cantaloupe...to small spiders and me flipping out in the boys locker room when i was in school its a good thing i was well known in school, so it wasn't too bad...just that my fear was now known and then the pranks began

 

[bulok]

I have a fear of squirrels. For some reason I am deathly afraid of squirrels, I get heart palpitations and get weak when I'm near a live one.

The other day my father in law nailed a stuffed squirrel on the top of my front door and I screamed like a little girl running away. I wouldn't go near it til my wife told me it was a stuffed one. ****er. Can't wait til he's old and decrepit so I can kick his ass.

 

[Won '08]

Arachnophobia!!!!! i can't even begin to tell you guys about my fear of spiders. its really scary to me that i can have such a fear!

ok everyone start spilling:

what do you fear? or What phobias do you have?

BOOGIE BOOGIE BOOGIE!!!!

But uhm..honestly? The only real phobia i have....I'm not sure of the technical term but uhhh....I fear that one day my penis will stop working to please the ladies

No seriously...really.


Really...

 

[Fried Gold]

I have a fear of squirrels. For some reason I am deathly afraid of squirrels.

 

[Won '08]

LOLcats

 

[bulok]

whaaat? they are vicious, disease ridden, rabid creatures. those suckas will kill you! kill you i tell ya!

sciurophobia - fear of squirrels

 

[Fried Gold]

whaaat? they are vicious, disease ridden, rabid creatures. those suckas will kill you! kill you i tell ya!

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Bird-eating spiders and generally anything else that jumps the food chain.

Queue jumpers in supermarkets, you mean?