I was taking a shower and meanwhile thinking about important stuff going on in my life. Suddenly I thought about a conversation me and a friend had about fears. Everbody has fears,some small and some serious,in this topic I would like to find out some of other people's fears.

 

 

 

As a child I was mortally afraid of spiders,I would literally leave my room and sleep somewhere else if there was a spider too close to me. In time I got over it and now spiders really don't bother me anymore.

 

 

 

My biggest fear I haven't gotten over,is drowning. When I was a small boy on my first trip to a pool,I slipped in the water and proceded to sink to the bottom. I was too panicked to save myself and those moment under water seemed to last an eternity. I was quickly helped up but have never shaken the fear of drowning. This hindered my learning to swim but eventually I learned to swim and now am a good and fast swimmer. Although I can swim and just water or pools don't scare me,I still fear drowning sometimes. I don't dare to go far in lakes or public swimming holes,or swim when I'm alone (except for a home pool). Also I'll never go diving,surfing on deeper water,do triathlons,rowing or on unsafe looking boats....

 

 

 

That's my fear gotten out of the way,now I would like to hear from others. You don't have to post how you got your fear or what possible downsides you receive from it if you don't want,but it might give some insight. Also nobody should be ashamed of their fears,alot of people are afraid of alot of things,ranging from dogs,balloons,open spaces,colors to spiders,drowning,hights,clowns...

 

 

 

I would like to keep this topic as decent as possible so no flames,no insults,no laughing at other peoples fears,spam...

Spiders.

When I was a kid, I used to think monsters lived in the roof. I didn't realise that it was my image, but the house kept creaking and I though that it was them walking around. I was also afraid the robbers were in the house :lol: . I would stay awake to see if I could here them. My only fear now is that some thug will beat me up.

I've always been afraid of dogs. I was bitten by a dog when I was real little, maybe a year old. Right on the forehead. I've got a scar, which is so small I couldn't find it, and I don't remember it happening either. But for some reason dogs still scare me a little.

Heights. Hate them, don't know why. Weird, because I LOVE mountain climbing.

Any body of water.

I haven't discovered my fear yet.

 

 

 

Things creep me out but don't scare, or I fear them...

I was taking a shower and meanwhile thinking about important stuff going on in my life.

 

 

 

Glad I'm not the only one who takes advantage of precious showering time lol.

 

 

 

I guess my biggest fears include falling from high places (I don't mind being up there, but I'm not jumping), any insect with too many legs/bites, ending up alone.

^ lol going sky diving for my 18th birthday this monday

 

 

 

uhh, beyond just like tortoue stuff, like water boarding, boiled alive, breaking your knee caps etc, im not really afraid of alot of things :?

 

 

 

things i dont wanna do spiders are like o no, a non posion spider, what will do -.- clip a spiders fang im kool with them, same with snakes etc

I have a friend who refuses to sit in the back seats of 3 door cars, because if we crash into a lake he won't be able to get out as easy. :|

 

 

 

As for me, I believe I've stated this in another thread, but talk about periods and menstrual blood etc just really grosses me out.

 

Thing is it's hard to gross me out with anything else. I just can't stand it, especially when they talk about clots and stuff it makes my stomach turn.

I'm literally afraid of my own paranoia. I'm too scared of being scared to be scared.

 

 

 

And to some extent icky bugsies.

 

 

 

And pyro, there are three-door cars? That's wierd.

I have paranoia. Not major, just paranoia. Put it down to that.

heights. :ohnoes:

screwing up my life some how

I have a major fear of the unknown.

Spiders

 

Knives

 

Being friendless

 

When a family member gets hurt

 

Whenever I go fun-swimming, I usually try to avoid my head being underwater for more than 5 seconds.

 

 

 

Theres many more... but I aint gonna list them.

this is a bit long....

 

I used to be scared of:

 

[hide=]the dark -- got over it

 

clowns -- got over it

 

the colour black -love it

 

black lumpy soft looking things -- got over it

 

pirahanas -- think they're cool

 

snakes -- not so scared... but the big anacondas can stay away from me. wary i guess

 

beetles -- got over it

 

decayed teeth -- got over it, still wary though. no kissing here....

 

men -- got over it

 

ghosts -- got over it, i don;t mind them anymore

 

birds, especially crows --still wary. not scared though.

 

elves -- got over it

 

fairies -- got over it

 

witches -- got over it

 

demons --I wub demons

 

god -- sometimes i pretend he doesnt exist.. sometimes... i figure he's a nice person

 

christian people that want to convert me -- got over it

 

really religious people -- got over it

 

paperclips -- was i really ever scared of these? you never made a paperclip monster did you?

 

teachers -- got over it

 

whips [this was in my home country before there child abuse was discouraged] -- you can give me a whip.. i'll show you what to do with it

 

cows -- got over it, but stay away from the feet.

 

and any of my parents' friends that came over that i didn't know -- got over it, but still wary about them

 

 

 

now.. the only thing i'm really scared of, is someone throwing me in water. the water is murky. i do not have a life jacket.. i cannot swim.. and then a cold hand grabs my leg. :shock:[/hide]

My two biggest fears are spiders and heights, both of them have me white with fear.

 

 

 

Spiders have me screaming and was once quite dangerous when I was a passenger in a friends car, a spider dropped on my lap and he almost crashed the car as I was going crazy. and yep I know it's an irrational fear :?

 

 

 

Heights actually make me dizzy, the funniest thing is I get vertigo when playing computer games too, if I have to walk along a ledge in a realistic 3D game such as Doom or Halflife 2, it really does make me all wobbly :(

Not going anywhere in life.

 

Clowns.

 

Dolls.

 

Butterflies.

 

Puppets/marionette dolls.

 

Women.

Back when we had the "What are your fears?" thread, I said that most of my fears boiled down to the fear of death. That was initially going to be my answer, but then I decided on something else. The end. No, that's not the end of the post. I'm afraid of the end. Not like...Apocalypse, but I'm really regretful. I can't stand the end of things. The end of movies, the end of years, the end of a period of time, the end of vacation.

 

Going back to the fear of death, I suppose that's more of the fear of end of life. I'm not really afraid of the pain that comes with death, or what comes after.

 

What first brought me to the fear of death? My fears of fire, vehicular accidents, bugs (Uh...Diseases carried by bugs?), falling/heights, sickness/disease and dogs (Bites can be fatal. Maybe.).

screwing up my life some how

 

 

 

Oh yeah,I forgot I had this too,it's gotten less since I'm in college. But sometimes I still get periods where I can't think of anyhting else.

Not fears, really, but just paranoia of a lot. Checking over my shoulder a bunch, screening calls, sometimes when I'm out walking I'll even take a bunch of random turns, doubling back and such to throw off anyone following me, trying to not think some stuff in case someone nearby is reading my mind, stuff like that.

 

 

 

But fear-wise, and for some reason I didn't mention this on the last thread, but ticks. Those little bugs that dig into your skin and suck your blood. The mere thought makes me shudder. I won't even go far into the woods during the summer out of fear, and if I do, i'm constant swatting at my clothing, brushing my self off, feeling myself over, all to check for them.

Could probably endure waterboarding torture for some time since you have the psychological advantage of knowing the objective is not to kill you...

 

 

 

But the genuine threat of drowing into a freezing cold deep sea with only hundreds of miles of water around you at night... Seems like a pretty horrible way of dying.

Jellyfish.

 

 

 

 

 

When I was 4 I got stung all over my legs, ultimate trauma.

Heights. Whenever my feet are on any platform that is six feet or more off the ground (This of course does not bother me when I cannot see that I am high up) I totally freak out and much cling to the nearest person.