Phobias
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You are not alone, Ed. I'd wager both counts are something to do with growing up in the countryside where you pretty much just go outside and make your own way amongst all the slithery snakes, hairy spiders, smelly rats, tall water towers and small dark holes in the ground. I think when you've swam in slurry you become physically immune to allergies, and when hanging by your feet from a 30 foot oak tree with a hammer and length of rope in your hands it is hard to be scared of heights.
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkYeah pretty much, our solution to cuts etc was to swing the limb around in circles until it stopped bleeding (cleaned the wound at the same time). Still we (my sister and I) were using 2 foot machetes before most kids had used their first pen-knife. Things only get better with age though, coming up to 19 and have access to a Shogun, Suzuki Swift, Nissan Sunny (SORNed but good fun in the fields), Series III Landy (my rebuild project), Tractor, 3 tonne digger, 1/4 tonne ride on mower that'll go through small trees, 4 shotguns, 2 rifles, 1 air rifle (classed as firearm because of power), chainsaws, grinders etc. And the latest toy: a 4 tonne 4WD power-swivel dumper[^] :-D
David Wulff wrote:
hanging by your feet from a 30 foot oak tree with a hammer and length of rope in your hands it is hard to be scared of heights.
Heh, never bothered with ropes :rolleyes:
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What a phobia, or an allergy. Some things have frightened me and then I stop and think, why? Ok it gives you a shock but you understand what's going on and why it frightens most people so why should it frighten you? A few things frighten me but they're not phobias as such, for example people closing shotguns at a shoot when they're not in a stand ready to shoot the clays, I've not witnessed the kinds of accidents that can happen but have been at shoots where things have gone wrong but not around me thank god.
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Lightning strikes make me very unconfortable...
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Are you kidding? But maybe this links back to David's reply to mine, since I was a kid thunderstorms meant sit in the conservatory and hope that the lightning would strike the chicken farm across the valleys so that'd we'd end up with roast chickens flying all over the place :-D
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leckey wrote:
BTW, what would the fear of not being able to read CP be?
CPhogia. :-) My phobias...I've gotten over almost all phobias. I used to fear heights until I went rock climbing and that got me over it. I used to fear roller coasters. Now I love them. I guess I have a kind of social phobia; I avoid social situations regularly. :-) I don't like being around a lot of people I don't know, and I have a hard time chit chatting with people I don't know.
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Judah Himango wrote:
I don't like being around a lot of people I don't know, and I have a hard time chit chatting with people I don't know.
I feel the same way. I'm afraid I'll embarass myself of something.
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Snakes! I saw many snakes being killed in front of me when I was a small kid and I am immensely afraid of snakes. I can't even stand rubber snakes and I scream. Since my first car accident about 4 months back, I am afraid to drive in the left lane in a non-divided highway.
Rama Krishna Vavilala wrote:
Since my first car accident about 4 months back, I am afraid to drive in the left lane in a non-divided highway.
I think that happens to a lot of people. My husband's grandma was hit by a drunk driver when she was going to WalMart. She always took the 'back road' after that. People here don't know how to merge onto the interstate. A couple months ago I was almost in an accident because someone STOPPED on the merge lane. It was one of those neiher of us breathed or talked for a couple miles because we knew how close we were to a MAJOR accident. I still hate that exit to merge to the interstate.
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Lightning strikes make me very unconfortable...
-- Based on a True Story
When I was little it seemed kids my age were afraid of thunder, but I was afraid of the lightning. Now storms just make me uneasy because my family has been on the receiving end of too many tornadoes.
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i thought phobias have to be irrational fear of? most of what's been mentioned here are pretty much reasonable fears to me... i don't think i have a phobia but i was diagnosed to have mild ocd but that's another story... (notice the ellipses at the end of my sentence...) :-)
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Having to write VB code ;P
Todd Smith
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leckey wrote:
I am afraid of spiders
That reminds me of an old high school friend. He was terrified of spiders. It was definitely a phobia, because he was a strong guy. He went into the Marines and told us how we ended up getting over it. They often had to camp out in these areas and there were all of these holes in the ground. He found out soon enough that the holes had these big spiders. They would be crawling over him all night.
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As a kid I ws always scared of staircases that only have the horizontal tread and no vertical piece between them. I dont mind them so much now but I still dont like ladders
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My husband has a fear of heights. We can't take the escalator or an elevator in which you can see going up/down. As long as the ladder is steady, I have no issues. Hubby can't go past the second step.
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Height - if I drive on the outside lane of a high bridge I have to close my eyes. Standing at the window of a 50+ story building isn't fun. Driving the road to Hana was a noghtmare. Fire - death by, has to be the most horrid thing going.
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I was just reading a short article on FoxNews about celebrities and their phobias. What are your phobias? I am afraid of spiders and crowded places because I am afraid a fire will break out. I was afraid of fire for years and wasn't sure why. Turns out I mimicked my parents and took the hot car cigarette lighter to my lips as a toddler and hated all hot things after that. I didn't even try to light a match until college. I used to keep a car door open while starting the car in case the car started on fire during startup and then I could make a quicker getaway. I finally conquered that fear. I still hate spiders and will panic at packed places (like the mall during the holidays). Not sure if I will get over those. Anyone willing to admit your phobias? BTW, what would the fear of not being able to read CP be?
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I'm not exactly *afraid* but I hate crowds.
Cheers, Vikram.
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I was just reading a short article on FoxNews about celebrities and their phobias. What are your phobias? I am afraid of spiders and crowded places because I am afraid a fire will break out. I was afraid of fire for years and wasn't sure why. Turns out I mimicked my parents and took the hot car cigarette lighter to my lips as a toddler and hated all hot things after that. I didn't even try to light a match until college. I used to keep a car door open while starting the car in case the car started on fire during startup and then I could make a quicker getaway. I finally conquered that fear. I still hate spiders and will panic at packed places (like the mall during the holidays). Not sure if I will get over those. Anyone willing to admit your phobias? BTW, what would the fear of not being able to read CP be?
_________________________________________ You can't fix stupid, but you can medicate crazy.
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I was just reading a short article on FoxNews about celebrities and their phobias. What are your phobias? I am afraid of spiders and crowded places because I am afraid a fire will break out. I was afraid of fire for years and wasn't sure why. Turns out I mimicked my parents and took the hot car cigarette lighter to my lips as a toddler and hated all hot things after that. I didn't even try to light a match until college. I used to keep a car door open while starting the car in case the car started on fire during startup and then I could make a quicker getaway. I finally conquered that fear. I still hate spiders and will panic at packed places (like the mall during the holidays). Not sure if I will get over those. Anyone willing to admit your phobias? BTW, what would the fear of not being able to read CP be?
_________________________________________ You can't fix stupid, but you can medicate crazy.
I am afraid of questions asked by my seniors. I always forget everything while they started questioning :( . But now I am trying to not be afraid by this by giving answers to all my friends, my juniors and colleagues. And I know I can beat that thing.
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I was just reading a short article on FoxNews about celebrities and their phobias. What are your phobias? I am afraid of spiders and crowded places because I am afraid a fire will break out. I was afraid of fire for years and wasn't sure why. Turns out I mimicked my parents and took the hot car cigarette lighter to my lips as a toddler and hated all hot things after that. I didn't even try to light a match until college. I used to keep a car door open while starting the car in case the car started on fire during startup and then I could make a quicker getaway. I finally conquered that fear. I still hate spiders and will panic at packed places (like the mall during the holidays). Not sure if I will get over those. Anyone willing to admit your phobias? BTW, what would the fear of not being able to read CP be?
_________________________________________ You can't fix stupid, but you can medicate crazy.
I have a phobia for this insect[^], which I don't know how is it called in English, nor I want to know. X| I don't like crowded places, but I wouldn't call it a phobia.
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I'm not exactly *afraid* but I hate crowds.
Cheers, Vikram.
The cold will freeze our stares We won't care...
Same here...
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Are you serious?
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