Name something that you are scared of, that makes your knees weak

[lost-in-nj]

and your stomach turn???

I am afraid of heights.....
and roads like this make me want to roll up in a ball


who the hell thinks that friggin little wall is going to keep my car
from going over the edge???????

we stopped at a lookout last weekend kind of like this......
I made it out of the car at least......

but I got nauseous......


lost

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Dick Cheney.

Not much else, though I'll admit to being somewhat creeped out by centipedes.

[lost-in-nj]

9. Oh I agree

on BOTH insects!!!!!!
WTF is up with Cheneys lips anyway?????

ewwww

lost

[DS1]

2. Cancer

[bicentennial_baby]

5. .

:toast: ,comrade

[lost-in-nj]

11. ....

:hug:

lost
to be honest.....
my Grandfather was the only one to die of cancer in my family......

and he was an after fire insurance inspector
which meant he walked into a hell of alot of
asbestos.....

now heart problems....
we won't go there....

lost

[bicentennial_baby]

13. Oh, my fear is completely irrational...

Nobody in my family as of yet has gotten or died of cancer. I'm a hypochondriac, solely focused on cancer. I should be far more worried (and I'm getting there) about neurological diseases, as my Dad has MS and my Mom has ALS. Sigh.

:pals:

[DS1]

41. yep

I don't know my father's history, but my mother's side seems to live forever. Still, any ache and pain? Cancer.

Then it goes away. *knocks on wood*

[bicentennial_baby]

46. I have a swollen neck gland...

Obviously lymphoma...Although, this one is different, it's on the side, not under my jaw. But, I've also been sniffling and coughing for two weeks and had a sore throat. So, I try to assume that it's just a virus. Stoopid public transport germs. x(

:hug:

[DS1]

65. heh

I had some minor middle back pain the other day, all day. Obviously it was pancreatic cancer, which is a real killer. Ask Bill Hicks. Then I came home and moved the trash barrels to the back of the house and held them up instead of rolling them and it was gone. Stupid muscles!

Considering I've survived lung, pancreatic, heart, brain, jaw, tooth, foot and leg cancer, you'd think I'd get over it!

But no. I once while in college (and living down the road from it) stayed up all night because of a pain in my chest. It's amazing what a checkup and some bedside talking can do. *gone*
Went to see the doc for testicular cancer once, pinched nerve.

Still, the worry! :argh:

[lost-in-nj]

10. ....

:hug:
I know what you mean.....


lost

[CGowen]

3. bad wine n/t

[lost-in-nj]

12. yup

because that first sip can ruin a WHOLE night

:hi:

lost

[LostinVA]

4. Rachael Ray

Okay, seriously: heights. UGH.

[lost-in-nj]

14. If you come by me

we can hike
one of the most beautiful trails around


by Willy P's....


no need for fear here.....

lost

[LostinVA]

67. We were talking about hiking at Jockey Hollow this weekend

We did the pumpkin-cider-apple thing last weekend.

[Sugar Smack]

6. Flying. I never used to be, but somehow it began

scaring the everloving hell out of me. It may have been that trip over the Smokies where the turbulence made the plane drop 200 feet in 1 second, the lights went out, and the flight attendant screamed, "EVERYONE GET IN YOUR SEATS AND FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS NOW!!!"

Last trip, I sat by my father cause we were going to visit my bro. I downed a little bottle of vodka and asked his calm countenance, "DAD, HOW COULD YOU BE SO CAVALIER?"

[lost-in-nj]

16. I have to take

an Ativan to fly....
when it kicks in ...... I can FLY this plane!!!!!!!


I also have a glass or 2 of wine if the flight is over 3 hours......



lost

[Sugar Smack]

21. OMG, "I can FLY this plane!!!!!!!" *LOL*

:rofl:

The only thing that's calmed me down during awful turbulence is when some little kid somewhere yells, "Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!"

[ChoralScholar]

7. wow.... be glad you don't live in my part of the country

because it is full of roads like this.

[lost-in-nj]

19. My daughter

told me New Mexico
is like this to......
I want to get over it.....
NM is my dream destination....

Where in Arkansas are you?????
You know there are a few DUers from there.....

lost

[ChoralScholar]

34. I'm in Harrison

about 15 miles from the Missouri line.

High atop the Ozark Mountains.

[calico1]

8. Clowns n/t

[lost-in-nj]

20. yeah

they really are not natural....

after IT and Killer clowns from Outer space

I kinda lost my love for them


lost

[Parche]

15. That lost-in-nj makes my skin crawl Napoleon

Which knee? My We Knee?


Heights
Dick Cheney
Anything Medical
L F 8 R's
Darrell Issa R-CA
American Idol

:hi:
found knee

[lost-in-nj]

22. Parche

I hear lost-in-nj
is really nice.......

I don't know what
L F 8 R's
or Darrell Issa R-ca
but the other things I am afraid of to....

but it will be ok......


:hi: :hi:
lost



found....common ground

[Parche]

24. Geesh Iatola

L F 8 r= high elevators


Rep Darrell Issa R-CA





:hi:


found common heights

[lost-in-nj]

26. thanks

:hug:

lost

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. My dear lost...

I am scared of dying...:scared:

[lost-in-nj]

23. oh....

peggy

I am scared of dying for only one reason...
and its personal.....
I have so many friends and family members
I will be reunited with....
but I have some unfinished business.....


lost

:hug: :hug:

[Der Blaue Engel]

61. Me too

My biggies: cancer and dying, and particularly dying of cancer. :(

:hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

18. Looks like the Blue Ridge Parkway

It's a pretty drive, wherever it is! :hi:

Finances make my stomach churn.

[lost-in-nj]

25. It's NY state......

and balancing my check book scares the shit out of me.....

I FREAK if there is a $.03 difference.........


lost

[GoddessOfGuinness]

43. Lovely!

I want to go north...

[rug]

60. Isn't that Route 97 north of Port Jervis?

Hawk's Nest in Sparrowbush.

[Sequoia]

81. That's what I was thinking.

[Shakespeare]

27. The sensation, no matter how minor or imagined, that I can't breathe.

Leftover psychological trauma from an accident 12 years ago that I shouldn't have survived, where my most vivid memory is not being able to breathe and then blacking out.

That feeling sends me into a complete, blind panic, and I now dread what'll happen if I ever require medical attention (neck brace or intubation of any kind) that induces that sensation for me. They'd better be standing by with a sedative, or they'll have cardiac issues to deal with, too. Series. :scared:

[lost-in-nj]

30. ...

I have been where you are.....
I was in a horrific accident when I was 14

I shouldn't be here


i am terrified of certain roads and drivers.....



lost

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

28. Is that the Hawk's Nest?

I used to live near there, in Orange County NY.

[lost-in-nj]

31. NO

But I know EXACTLY what you are talking about...
We had this HUGE Oldsmobile and took a ride in her on winter,
went to the hawks (eagles) nest and it started to snow

OMFG we turned around in the MIDDLE of it so we could get back home.....

wow

that is one hell of a road in GOOD weather!!!!!

this picture is in Ellenville, about 20 miles from Warwick, hampton and middletown
(places I know well)




lost


lost

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

74. That's Ellenville?

I used to work in Ellenville.. must be a road I never took up there. I've been caught on Hawk's Nest in the snow before too.. NOT FUN AT ALL.

[grannylib]

29. rePiglicans, mean people and spiders. eom

[lost-in-nj]

32. I am not to fond of spiders

some people I give a second chance to

others.... I wish I could SQUISH like a spider


LOL


lost

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

33. The Concept Of Forever

Since I was a kid just old enough to understand such a concept (maybe 5, 6?) the thought that time will go on forever and ever, even after we die and no matter what happens after we die, it will just keep going on and on and on without an end, has always turned my stomach a bit.

[Sugar Smack]

35. I have a kind of vertigo about that, myself.

:hug:

[Cabcere]

38. It is pretty daunting, isn't it?

:hug: Good to see you here, OMC. I've been thinking about you and your boys a lot lately...hope you are all doing OK. :pals: Peace.

[lost-in-nj]

44. I know what you mean....

BUT if we play our cards right......
our children and our grandchildren will make us proud......
Not sure of your religious preference.....
but we will live on..... through them......


for you OMC and your boys,

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:
lost

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

77. Oddly enough, the exact opposite gave me that sensation as a child

Namely, and infinite PAST. I even coined the term "inbeginnite" for it.

[fudge stripe cookays]

36. Going blind...

now that it is a very real possibility with my illness.

[lost-in-nj]

47. I don't know about your illness

:hug: :hug: :hug:


I am so sorry..........



lost

[fudge stripe cookays]

66. With MS,

there's always that chance that the invisible gremlins in your bod could decide to gang up on the optic nerve next. I just keep on keepin on, hoping that won't happen.

Thanks for the :hug:

[Cabcere]

37. I have several things...

- Heights (on roads like that I'm mostly OK, but if it's just me and I have to climb a ladder or something, that freaks me out.)

- Spiders. Little ones I can handle, as long as they're not poisonous (I almost got bitten by a brown recluse at Girl Scout camp once :scared: ), but big hairy tarantulas and those huge spiders that eat friggin' BIRDS...not so much.

- Death of a loved one. I think this scares me more than just about anything else. When I was 14 my dad almost died of a pulmonary embolism, and seeing him lying there near death will haunt me for the rest of my life. I am so thankful he pulled through, but now it's a lot more real for me, and I'm terrified to think that some day my parents will die and I'll be left behind. I'm especially close to my mom, and she's had a lot of health issues lately, so that freaks me out a little - I don't even want to think about losing her. (She lost her own mom when she was 12, so it's something that's always been kind of at the back of my mind.) I'm also worried about my little brother - about a month after my friend was killed in Iraq, I had a really vivid dream that my little brother was killed at war, too (even though he's only 16) and I had to go pick out his coffin by myself. :cry:

- Getting my blood drawn. I always associate it with the blood tests I went through after my dad's pulmonary embolism to determine if I had the genetic risk factor (I do).

- Cancer. My mom's mom died of leukemia at the age of 36, my step-grandmother was diagnosed with uterine cancer earlier this year, and my mom had her thyroid removed because of thyroid cancer a few months ago. :scared: I also saw my great-uncle a few days before he died of multiple cancers that had spread throughout his body within a matter of months...it's not a good way to go. :(

I'm sure there are many others, but those are the big ones for me right now.

[lost-in-nj]

48. oh hon...

I have fears of ALL of these things....
I had blood drawn last month.....
could not watch, and felt woozy....

:hug: :hug:

both of my parents have died......
both home, I was here......
I know what you mean.
if you EVER need
to talk ......pm me....
ok?

lost

[Cabcere]

72. Thanks, lost.

:hug: You are such a sweetheart! :loveya: I really appreciate your kindness and support - you are amazing. :pals: Please let me know if there's ever anything I can do for you, too, ok? :hi: Peace.

[BarenakedLady]

39. Speaking in public

:scared:

[lost-in-nj]

49. I did this once

know the fear


lost

[bicentennial_baby]

62. My speech teacher told me that is the #1 fear, followed by

death :D

Really, public speaking class totally got me over my fear of it. :)

:hi:

[BarenakedLady]

63. Well mine goes a bit further

Social anxiety. Even speaking to a few people (acquaintances) is almost the same level of fear.

I'm getting better though. :)

[Whisp]

40. heights too. Xanithuiach (sp?) temple in Belize.

I was having major panic for my height phobia but seeing my daughter run up those railless steps like a mountain goat... o gawd, it shaved years off my life I'm sure.

[philosophie_en_rose]

42. clowns

can't sleep. clown will eat me...

[lost-in-nj]

50. See posts above

we know how you feel


:hug:


lost

[SPKrazy]

54. I'm not fond of clowns either

but last year I brought the clown ambassadors from Ringling Bros. to my hospital where I work and took them around to different parts of it.

It was strange, especially riding the elevator. I told them right off, "I don't like clowns", they gave me a clown nose.

They made me, (asked me) volunteer to help them in their acts. I did.

I had bowling pin looking things whizzing by my head, I had other things it seems that were strange.

They were nice though.

I still don't have a great fondness for clowns

[Burma Jones]

45. Heights, even seeing them in movies, make my balls feel like they're being hit with a bat

I also get very drunk before flying. 5 or 6 shots of bourbon within an hour or so. With three beer chasers


Oh, on our honeymoon in Colorado, we went on the "Million Dollar Highway" it was the scariest road I've ever driven on.

[lost-in-nj]

51. shit

if thats it....
I would have had a heart attack......

wow


that is one scary road





lost

[Blue Diadem]

52. Heights, but not all the time.

It didn't hit me until about 10 yrs ago..in my early 40's. I was up in the attic and suddenly felt overwhelmed and could not climb down the attic fold down stairway. For some weird reason the floor looked soooo far away. First I giggled, then I cried. Stupid..and then it happened again while we were down in Southern Ohio. We were hiking down unrailed stone steps into a deep ravine and I had that same feeling. I began to giggle and was about to sit down when my son grabbed my hand and said "come on Mom". It snapped me out of it. He knew if I sat down I wouldn't have been able to move..he'd seen me just a few months before do the very same thing in the attic.

Now I even avoid the 2nd story deck. I can go out on it, but sometimes I can't get near the railings without that same feeling.

[SPKrazy]

53. My Fears Have To Do With Being Trapped In A Crowd Of People

http://thumb8.shutterstock.com/photos/display_pic_with_logo/10629/10629,1158337572,7.jpg

not being able to get out

fear of panicking or something, never quite figured out what it is but it causes panic...

I avoid large crowds or if I am in them I stay out of the middle of them...


I also don't like to shop for myself. I can shop for others, but when it comes to shopping for myself it makes me very nervous.

:hi:

so I'm a neurotic d00d I guess... :shrug:

[Joey Liberal]

55. Rush Limbaugh

The man makes me sick.

[momto3]

56. Losing my children

Either through death or just plain can't find them. I have nightmares about this happening. I am afraid I am going to be a clingy mom even as they grow up. :scared:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

57. I'm with you on heights

Along with cancer, flying, spiders (big ones) and aliens. The Humanoid-looking ones. 0.0 :scared:

[Mendocino]

58. Drowning

But being around water doesn't bother me. ?

[Roon]

59. I freak when I misplace my hearing aids

I lost a pair once and that was 3,500 down the drain. I am far more careful, but sometimes I will put them other than my usual spot and flip out.

[SOteric]

64. Losing those I love.

Thinking about it makes me nutty.

[Shine]

68. enclosed spaces freak me out. I've got major claustrophobia issues.

I think it might have something to do with the fact that my mom was in labor with me for THREE DAY. I was in the birth canal for 24 hours!!! Shit, no wonder I get freaked out about running out of air. :eyes:

I could never scuba dive, but I can manage snorkeling.

I've only skydived (tandem) once and I absolutely loved it.

Heights don't get me, it's tight spaces with no air. :scared:

[ThomCat]

69. Ending up in a nursing home.

Dependent upon people who don't give a damn. :(

[lizziegrace]

70. Not being able to breathe

I fear my asthma will finally take me out one day. :(

[Digit]

71. Hearing men's voices coming from downstairs when you live alone

Turned out to be my wicked, wicked parrot imitating a man's voice which she had never done before.
My knees were shaking horribly!

Otherwise, flying....(actually crashing), cockroaches, huge hairy spiders, heights, and the thought of being in a vehicle as it sinks in the water.

Beautiful scenery you have up there in NJ!

[vixengrl]

73. Dissipation--

Not alcoholic dissipation, although that kinds of runs in my family--I mean the disolution of my individual reality, whether through death or illness. I remember the first time I looked naked at what it means to be an individual with a *name*, and *face*, and a *history*, and that I would *die*, and that my name and face and history would just be forgotten--that they could even be changed while I lived--blew my mind a little.

I read a little horror story when I was a child where a young boy touches his face and it changes, and his parents don't recognize him and won't let him in the house. It scared me, because I am by nature obsessive, and a little worried I will be abandoned. (I think I've always felt like a changeling--an alien in the house.) Could a person's identity be so fragile? Is a person their eye color, their hair color, the shape of their nose, their birth date, a name? What is the core--where's the soul to be blessed--or damned?

When I think that I should cease to be--although I wouldn't be there to know about it--I get very vertiginous. I simply have no experience of myself not being, and that novelty is far stranger than any possible presentiment of pain. I also don't especially like heights or clowns (what *are* they hiding behind the face paint?) and stinging, flying insects have always made me feel "screamish".

[Westegg]

75. The gale-force wind-sheer coming off that hill there...

...which is more or less constant, would slam your car into the cliff-side wall in less than half a second-- far too fast for any human to respond, no matter how good a driver. And, no matter how low the center of gravity of your car is, it would tower over that joke-of-a-wall, and it'd be like tipping a vertical yardstick over a Snickers bar to get your car over the side of the cliff. The drop is 1500 feet straight down. At the bottom there are hundreds of four-foot-long rusted metal spikes. And monsters.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

76. Other than threats to the well-being of my loved ones?

Zero G. Aka Imponderability. I run like hell away from any amusement park ride that causes this. Example: the initial drop of a rollercoaster, or the high point of some "rocking back and forth" rides.

Now, the "Rotor" ride is plain fun. No zero G there.

[Mad_Dem_X]

78. Deep water. And heights.

I could never jump off a diving board. :scared:

[MrCoffee]

79. whatever the next pandemic virus is going to be

[Sequoia]

80. That's not so scary. How about trying to drive on this road:

[redqueen]

82. LOTS of things.

When it comes to the 'fun' kind of scary, I'm VERY easily scared. :D I can't go into haunted houses. People dressed up in cheap outfits, jumping out from behind corners and yelling "Boo!" nearly make me wet myself. :blush:


But if we're talking about serious fear... anything jeopardizing my kids' well being. And even then, it's not knee-buckling fear... it's more the kind that allows yorkshire terriers to try to dominate / scare off much larger dogs. :P

[catmandu57]

83. Snakes

any kind of snake scare me shitless. I stepped on a snake while mushroom hunting, a big son of a bitch, I jumped back waited for my heart to start again as i watched it uncoil and slither off. Then, while picking strawberries I put my hand right on a little garter snake, same reaction. I hate snakes.

[Seashell Eyes]

84. two fears

I'm afraid of never getting married and having a family and I'm afraid of dying slowly.

[LSK]

85. flying on a plane

[Aristus]

86. Cockroaches.

:scared:

[BlueIris]

87. Spiders, heights and doctors.

Also, spinach. No, seriously.