Any fears or phobias?

[spiderrogue]

a few years back, i did a lab study(literally i was a lab rat)....and in the first 60 minutes of taking the test medication, they drew our blood like 5 times..by the end of the study(10 days)...it was around 30 or so times....ouch...you kinda get over a fear with that sort of thing...

[Tyme2tyme]

Public Speaking and needles. I cut my leg open a few years back (10 inches long and WIDE) and it didn't really bother me that much but when they got me into the hospital and started to give me a shot to numb the pain, I almost passed out JOHN

[spiderrogue]

I border between #2 & #4. Take meds for both.





4. Agoraphobia: Agoraphobia involves intense fear and avoidance of any place or situation where escape might be difficult or help unavailable in the event of developing sudden panic-like symptoms. Approximately 3.2 million American, or about 2.2 percent, have agoraphobia.



A list of all know phobias

sweet..im in a percentage...finally, i belong to something...going to walmart on a weekend...not the funnest thing for me to try and do..just ask my wife or kids...

[grayhank]

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[spiderrogue]

^^arachnophobia would have been funny...
other than that, i do hate heights...not really being in a tall building or whatever..just on unsecured "whatever"...like a ladder or structure that i could fall from....
and the usual stuff..spiders, snakes...sharks(and i live in the middle of the US...go figure that one...im sure that it has to do with JAWS).....
does cotton have a "phobia" version..cuz i hate it....the feel of it on my skin...ewwwww....
ok...i know..manly..huh? im done with embarresing myself now...

[The Phantom]

^^^ Wow, that's tough. My Aunt had that. I thought you meant to say arachnophobia, because your handle is Spiderrougue. One day at a time, man. Small steps.

[spiderrogue]

^^bingo..we have a winner...
all kidding aside..yea..it sucks..makes it hard to do a lot of stuff..but im getting "Better"..so to speak...started going back to chruch and in the process of going back to work...so it's all good..i hope...

[The Phantom]

^^^^It's a fear of crowds, public places, and open areas.

[Raydeen1]

agoraphobia....figure that one out....

Isn't that fear of fear or something like that?

[Raydeen1]

Very deep water. I am a decent swimmer & I love the ocean and the beach, I like snorkling around a reef and stuff but as soon as the bottom drops off, I am out of there. We are virtually helpless in the water. I don't like that everything living beneath me in the water wants to eat me. You can't evade predators, you can breath, you can't fight effectively. Screw that.

Pretty much the same here. I love snorkling and I just bnought a pool for the kids and we'er in it every day but deep water scae the living crap out of me. I used to work in a lobster plant. That was interesting. lol

[Raydeen1]

Bats a re COOL!

Mine is deep water. I can never go deep sea fishing which actually ticks me off. lol.

[spiderrogue]

agoraphobia....figure that one out....

[RG]

heights ... if over like 20 feet.

Flying ... I've never been on a plane and doubt I ever will. Good thing I like road trips

but #1 is Bats ... I hate bats, most of the fear of them comes from the fact a small % of them have rabies. The fact they fly like their's something wrong with them even when normal just makes me think they all have something wrong with them lol. I have no problem if they are on TV or if I know they can get me ... last night I saw one flying around out side ... it was fun to watch, but if someone would have opened the door I would have freaked.

[Adam West]

Nothing that I would describe as a phobia but many of the things mentioned I don't really care for either but am not really scared per se.

I can completely relate to the public speaking fear which I believe is considered the #1 fear. I used to get really nervous before an important speech and the thought of appearing nervous even made me more nervous.

I took a Dale Carnegie class about 12 years ago and that helped. Now I do so many presentations it really doesn't bother me...a twinge of nervousness but nothing out of the ordinary.

I haven't given a speech to a real large group like 200 people or more but I would imagine that might create a bit of a nervousness.

[Overkill]

Interesting...
I'm the complete opposite .....
A hog for attention
I'd do a ballerina dance in a tutu if it made people look at me

I can safely say yes, that would make people look at you.