Whats your worst phobia?

[Norwood]

So I had to go by the hospital today to get some lab work done for a surgery I'm gonna have next Tuesday. It made me realize just how utterly terrified I am of medical tests, procedures and hospitals period :scared: . I'm not necessarily an unhealthy person, except my blood pressure is a lil bit high but it just terrifies the hell outta me!

So lounge lizards, what are some of your worst fears?

[EstimatedProphet]

1. Water

Can't take having my head under water. Also, spiders literally make me nauseous to see.

[skygazer]

3. Water for me, too

I'm not afraid of anything except drowning. Pisses me off. :grr:

[JTG of the PRB]

67. Same here!

Drowning is fear #1 for me. If I go to the beach/ocean/lake, I wade in to my waist at the deepest and I don't go any further out. I'm fine in swimming pools because those are gentle, solid, and I can just float on my back for hours.

I'm also not fond of huge crowds in closed spaces - i.e., going deep into Rushmore Cave in South Dakota, then coming back up in a group of 30 people - and having to squeeze against a cold rock wall as another group of 30 squeezed past us to go deeper into the cave.

Ugh... That memory still makes me a little uneasy...

[Call Me Wesley]

19. What, no swimming with the fishies?

I wish I could put my head under water to have a talk with my Kois ... (Had an almost deadly pond crash recently.) :hi:

[EFerrari]

2. I have that one, too, but flying makes me wish I were already Raptured. nt

[BrotherBuzz]

4. Mud at the bottom of a pond

That, and maybe needles and snakes.

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Mud at the bottom of a pond?

On edit: not making fun, I've just never heard of that one.

[BrotherBuzz]

9. It's a genuine fear I have

I will not put my feet in it. Give me a sandy bottom, and I'm happy.

[EstimatedProphet]

12. OK, just curious is all.

[BrotherBuzz]

15. Same goes for rivers with muddy bottoms

I'm fine with sand and gravel. Mud crepes me out. Phobias live in mud!

[EstimatedProphet]

16. I am entirely the opposite

Rock bottomed streams drive me nuts when I have to work on them. The algae makes it impossible to stand up.

[soleft]

6. I have a fear of dying

[Radio_Lady]

59. SoLeft, I share this one with you.

[TZ]

7. Heights and thunderstorms

I was terrified of fireworks as a child because it sounded like thunder..still not fond of loud noises...

[BlueIris]

8. It's doctors for me, too. Well, that and spiders.

Goddamn, do I hate spiders.

[Norwood]

11. Oh yeah me too

Although its not big spiders that bother me (tarantulas,etc) but black widows, wolf spiders, recluce's, freak me out

[Initech]

10. My worst fear is getting sued for something.

[meow2u3]

13. Bees, wasps, and other stinging insects

The mere sight of one makes me sweat bullets and shit bricks! I freeze in my tracks so much, I'm afraid to go outside during the day.

[achtung_circus]

14. Bats... and yes I know how beneficial they are.

That's why it's called a phobia. I drop to my hands and knees screaming incoherently.

Go figger.

[NMDemDist2]

17. RATS!!

I can handle mice, spiders and even snakes

but rats freak me out!

[LostinVA]

18. Drinking after someone and heights

The first grosses me out so much.

[Rising Phoenix]

20. agoraphobia

[Oeditpus Rex]

27. It's a real bastard, innit?

:hug:

[Rising Phoenix]

28. yes, she is the biggest bitch of all....

:hug: how are you doing with it.... I went to the dentist for the first time in 10 years....baby steps...

[Oeditpus Rex]

29. Good on ya!

Baby steps, yup — or whatever-sized steps you can handle.

I have good days and not-so-good, but it's far better than it was in the past. These days, I'm more likely to get knocked down by depression.

[Rising Phoenix]

30. me too

:hug:....though for the past 10 days its been mania....but I know depression will follow soon...sigh... I went out to lunch with my sister today even though I was feeling REALLY agoraphobic...another baby step

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. Stoopid cycles

I had like zero depression for about a month — until a few days ago, when it started creeping back. I upped my Lexapro dose to 10 mg., so we'll give it a few days and see what happens.

How come I always find jobs I wanna apply for when I'm on the downward part of the cycle? x(

[Rising Phoenix]

39. always

always....:hug:

[BlackVelvet04]

54. Did you know certain medications can cause agoraphobia?

I went through it and it went away when I went off Xanax.

[BlackVelvet04]

56. Heights....

when I'm in a car. I can walk along the edge of a cliff but I don't want to drive on the edge of one.

Needles.

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. Being forced to lick Rush Limbaugh's underwear clean while a naked Maggie Thatcher dances erotically

as the entire cast throughout history of "Up With People" sing "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" in their happy-optimistic way.

[kay1864]

22. Ah! Then you can sleep well tonight

Two members of said cast died just recently. :thumbsup:

[Initech]

24. Ewwwwwwwwww...

That's a pretty fucked up phobia! :puke:

:rofl:

[Throd]

23. Scorpions.

[IndianaJones]

25. Snakes....and the name Boba Fett makes me uneasy for some reason. nt.

[BleedingHeartRN]

52. I'm with you on that one....

I freak the hell out whenever I see one. I think it partially comes from seeing the Indiana Jones movie when I was a little kid and him being thrown into that pit with snakes all over the floor. I still occasionally have that same nightmare where I can't get out of bed because the floor is carpeted with snakes.

[flvegan]

26. Damn spiders.

Oh, and sharks. Heights, too.

[u4ic]

32. Heights and anything with more than 4 legs

:scared:

[Guava Jelly]

45. I heard these guys scare ya

:D

[u4ic]

58. Eeeek! Bring on the troops...

:scared:

[Guava Jelly]

64. yikes!!

You northerners don't mess around. :rofl:

[swag]

33. Claustrophobia.

Number One!

[zanne]

34. elevators

I'll climb ten flights of stairs before I'll take an elevator. When I was 14, I got stuck in a service elevator for two hours. That did it for me.

[ElizabethDC]

35. Heights - especially really big escalators

if I have to go up high, I'd rather be in an enclosed space, like an elevator (no glass sides, please, I don't need to see out.)

[momophile]

36. sharks and drowning nt

[Ilsa]

37. Heights, but only out in the open. Like the top rack at a football stadium.

Really high overpasses bother me also. I don't like the one (Hwy 183) in Austin.

[SmokingJacket]

38. Claustrophobia.

I think my biggest fear is being stuck in a small space under ground. :scared:

My ancestors were coal miners; maybe the ones that survived to reproduce also had this fear...

[Radio_Lady]

60. Claustrophobia in elevators. The ones without glass only.

We go to Marriott and Embassy Suites. Their OPEN glass elevators don't pose a problem.

Underground with heat in subways or tunnels are tough for me, too.

[Seashell Eyes]

40. Never finding someone to share my life with,

never having kids and dying alone. I'm also not terribly fond of wasps.

[bicentennial_baby]

41. Cancer

[KayLaw]

42. Frogs

Pictures that normal think are cute just terrify me. Even the word "frog" is disturbing.

[usaftmo]

43. Freepers...I see them...they're everywhere! n/t

[Sequoia]

44. Curtains opened at night

Maybe I've seen too many movies but I do not like to have my curtians opened at night where people can look in. I go to other people's houses and they don't have curtians at all, not even in the bathroom.

Futhermore, I don't like to look in other's people's homes either.

And, I hate the dentist.

[Adsos Letter]

46. Klaustrophobia...

...an irrational fear of people named Klaus...

:hide:

[sniffa]

47. feet

they freak me out. :scared:

[bicentennial_baby]

51. which is why i keep mine shod in modest socks

:D

[Bunny]

48. Rats and mice.

I can't stand those little fuckers. They induce squeaking, hyperventilating, pants-peeing terror in me.

[S n o w b a l l]

49. Just spiders...

Can't think of anything else I'm afraid of but big hairy spiders.

:scared:

[Fire Walk With Me]

50. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x6818522

[Starbucks Anarchist]

53. Life.

[Radio_Lady]

61. Ouch. How do you handle that one?

[Deja Q]

55. insects, or worse, fathoming somebody might remake 'Flash Gordon' into a tv show

:hide:

[femmocrat]

57. Heights, including bridges, balconies,

open-back stairs, railings, large windows, glass elevators, etc.

[Thirtieschild]

62. Spiders

Oddly enough, haven't been as scared of them since I was bitten by a brown recluse, now ask husband to take them outside instead of killing them. Still can't stand to even touch a picture of them.

Also flying, have to take a valium before I'll get on a plane.

[greatauntoftriplets]

63. Heights.

:scared:

[opiate69]

71. Same here, greataunt!

[Alexander]

65. Acrophobia (heights) and aviatophobia (flying).

Therefore, I loathe air travel and usually need a few drinks to calm down before a flight.

My preferred mode of air travel can be best summed up as "unconscious".

[treestar]

66. Flying

Though maybe it's the claustrophobia and the boredom.

[begin_within]

68. Scorpions, snakes and black widow spiders.

[nytemare]

69. A war with Iran.

With a greatly depleted military, Bin Laden still running around, Al Queda is regaining momentum because of our unnecessary presence in Iraq, the middle east is seriously unstable because of our doing, and now, Dickweed is picking a fight with Iran.

If this happens, we are seriously fucked.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

70. cockroaches....on a howard hughes level

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. That my kids will end up in Iraq

thanks to the fucking asshole occupying the WH.