Luka

Hey, so I really felt like posting this thread because I have a huge phobia myself and It's impacting my life more than ever. Basically, I'm afraid of every single kind of sports balls. They scare me so much and I have P.E. tomorrow so I just feel the need to type this out. I get excessive sweating when I see a ball coming to my direction, I can't catch or throw and I get rapid heart rate. I just know I can't get out of p.e. so I sometimes pretend I'm ill so I don't have to do it...

So what are your phobias? Please share.

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone.
Close the door on the past.
You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it.
You don’t let it have any of your energy,
or any of your time,
or any of your space
- Jonny Cash

WeirdyMcGee

Phobias, eh?
Ahhh... well... there's: people, crowds, open spaces, small confined spaces, darkness, heights, body hair, rotting food, public germs, untidy spaces, security cameras - feeling of being watched at all times...
YES!
Balls flying at my face-- or people tossing me something, I freak out and cover my face with my arms rather than reach out to catch it. I was assaulted with a flying object and can't spot one without thinking it'll break my face again.


Can't think of any more right now.
I suppose some could be more general fears than phobias, since I overcome them on a regular basis but they still freak me out.

KiaKaha

I dont like sport too. I have traumatized childhood memories of PE class and being the awkward weedy guy that no one wanted to pick. I skipped class just to get out of it.
As for my phobias now... Intimacy (I am beginning to think) Socializing, large crowds, potentially looking foolish. Almost anything to do with being around people and having the center of attention on me.

I am very insecure.

twiggle

Banana skins.

Seriously.
Hate them.
Even in Mario Kart they're the worst weapon of the lot.

I also have slightly more understandable phobias of spiders and confined spaces. And VERY LOUD people :-P

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Daria: "...Find some other way to feel. Then you won't feel sad."

The Lost

Other phobias include:

Arachnophobia
Atychiphobia (failure)
People
Crowds & cliques
Public transport
Loud noises
Intimacy
Flying insects
Flashing lights
Toads & large frogs
Slugs
Cows
Heights
Some birds (mainly geese and seagulls)
Alleyways
Opposite sex
Growing old
Unwell side-effects (I always worry that it's fatal)
Throwing up
Being the center of attention
Extreme extroverts
Being the last one to leave a room

vj288

Feeling out of control/not knowing what is going to happen scares me. Exception to that rule is death strangely, while it's the cliche "unknown" I really have no fear of it (maybe I will when I face it though).

I'll steal Intimacy from the lost's list above me, definitely very fearful of getting close to people. Feeling vulnerable ties in here, which also ties in with feeling out-of-control.

Basically not knowing things and being forced to take risks.

I'm a stranger to myself

Phoenixx

- Spiders
- Heights
- Deep water
- Failure
- Rejection
- Death
- Vomiting; I find this to be such a weird fear, and I really don't know why I fear it so much. I have a panic attack every single time before and after I throw up. :/
- Being the center of attention
- Speaking to new people, especially to those in authority
- Speaking in front of a group
- Busy areas/places with a lot of crowds and people (only if I'm by myself. I can manage in public when I'm with someone)

I kinda want to put intimacy/getting close to someone on here too, but I got to thinking about it and really I'm just afraid of what would happen after I became close to someone, after they knew me inside and out. Basically goes with rejection, I guess.

"Don't be pushed by your problems, be lead by your dreams." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." ~ Carl Bard

Randominities

Marionette

Spiders
Failure
Vomiting
Panic attacks
Getting raped
People, crowds and being the center of attention

IcedEarth25

spiders
large crowds and being the center of attention
socialising
meeting new people
feeling rejected from the rest of the world
oh and who ever's close to me suddenly dissapearing or even dying.

Ms Cloud

My main phobia with regards to other people, in real life, is that they're going to show up at my house ("drop by", or "pop in") uninvited, at some random time. That's one of the main reasons why I avoid socializing in real life.

I don't mind having a visitor if I have about three months to prepare for it. But random drop-ins are devastating to my sense of security.