The Fear thread
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I think it only seems like that to you because you actually have a fear of it, we don't understand what it is like to afraid of motion and most don't understand why I have such a massive problem with Chewing Gum.
I don't truly understand the fear of any Animals. I never have had a bad encounter with Wasps and Spiders and in Australia you can't live a single day without running into a Spider. I always never bother a Wasp and the Wasps never bother me so I don't truly get how Wasps in your area just go out and attack for no reason, especially since animals usually have a reason for an attack.
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- DolphDrago
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Saying it is Legit really doesn't mean anything. Legit is another word for Real or Not Fake, ever fear is real. Kind of redundant, really.
I've yet to have a bad encounter with a Wasp, maybe you unknowingly entered its territory? Magpies do that.
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- tripleA5
- TripleAFive
One of my biggest fears is stairs and escalators. More specifically, going down stairs. I can go up stairs all day but as soon as i go down, i freeze and half to take small steps until i get familiar with the height of each step. Escalators are worse since i can't even go down them sometimes. I'm also perfectly fine with elevators, it's just going down escalators.
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I forgot this thread was even a thing 
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I'll say now, I think I've gotten over my fear of chewing gum. I have had a lot of contacts with it for my job (even if I try my best to avoid touching it) and now it doesn't irk me anymore and I'm fine around it.
Makes me curious if there's anything else I'm afraid of, probably heights but haven't been on heights for so long
.I'll say now, I think I've gotten over my fear of chewing gum. I have had a lot of contacts with it for my job (even if I try my best to avoid touching it) and now it doesn't irk me anymore and I'm fine around it.
Makes me curious if there's anything else I'm afraid of, probably heights but haven't been on heights for so long
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- ScottPuss20
- CheetahsMeow
My biggest fear is getting stuck in a lift and then having it fall to the ground.
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- Thailand
Quite unlikely to happen. But fear is fear.
My current fear is ketchup. My class regularly get sauce with their breakfast and it gets everywhere. I’m wary of touching the door handles because I know their grubby little unwashed mitts have been on it. I’m constantly telling them to clean up their mess. I’m so please on the days they get porridge or cereal.
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- Gremlin100
Having an operation. Well, the 'going under' part. I've had two and am going in for another on Tuesday, very anxious about it. The only thing I'm looking forward to is the possibility of intravenous morphine, as I've had that once after surgery and it was simply awesome.
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- Gremlin100
Cheers for the good luck, it all went fine. The anaesthatist looked like Javier Bardem which made me chuckle! I was given Fentanyl (spelling?) After coming round which didn't seem to do a thing other than make me queasy, strange as I thought it was a bit more powerful than morphine.
Oh well, on to healing.
Still have a fear of going under
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- mtecRacing
Blood is absolutely horrible for me. Watching gory horror movies or even something as simple as having a nosebleed is an absolute ordeal because I’ll be trying to clean it up without being violently ill and/or fainting.
I also have emetophobia (The fear of throwing up), which is both linked to and further compounds my aforementioned fear of blood.
I also have emetophobia (The fear of throwing up), which is both linked to and further compounds my aforementioned fear of blood.
Danoff
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To the extent that this fear has a negative effect on your life, I would advise that you actively take steps to confront it. Having a blood draw once made me pass out, just from watching. The first time it happened I was a teenager and had just cut my finger badly. It was bleeding quite a lot and I fainted in the bathroom and hit my head on the edge of the tub. I also used to be unable to fly in a plane without being a puddle of stressed out goo when I landed. Both the flying and the blood issues are no longer a problem for me. Heights still can be, but not to the extent that it hampers my life, and so I haven't tried to solve the remaining heights fear.
The solution for me was to get used to it, and medication (there are multiple kinds) can help deal with that. Getting your brain to recognize that it's ok is the key, and the best way I've found to do that is to show yourself that you can repeatedly do the activity without being harmed.
Specifically I was taking Klonopin prior at any plane flights. My first attempt was Zoloft (I think), which did help with the racing heart and sweaty palms but left my mind freaked out still. Klonopin allowed me to feel much more mentally relaxed on a plane, and that, combined with repeated flights, ultimately cured my fear of flying.
For blood, I got myself into a medical situation where I needed to do blood draws regularly. Eventually I just got used to it.
See your doctor, have a conversation, confront your fear, and free yourself from it. Maybe start with some anti-anxiety meds and a good horror flick.
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MedigoFlame
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Originally posted this in the 5 Random Facts About You thread, but figured I'd sort of expand upon it.
With today's day and age of nearly everyone having access to a "camera" and internet on their phone, I fear becoming "famous" (or is it infamous) as something like a viral meme or video. Of course it's not just that, but being filmed or photographed and the person who captured something of me falsifies a story about something I did. I see it all too often of stupid social media posts of someone's back to the camera and a story that could be true or false, but sensational enough to be posted on the internet and shared beyond a small group.
One personal example:
Had something close happen last year, where I got into a road rage incident with a lady who filmed me in my car. I was taking the more local route instead of the highway to get home and got stuck in heavy rush hour traffic. The light was green for my lane, but traffic wasn't moving for a while and I didn't want to cause a gridlock by sitting in the middle of an intersection. But this lady behind me was upset that I wasn't moving at a green light, despite traffic not even moving and the potential of the light changing whilst sitting still. She was waving her arms and yelling in anger behind me and I raised my hands, trying to show that traffic wasn't moving, but she wasn't having any of it. Finally traffic starts moving, but of course the cars in front of me are moving slow, but she believed that I was purposely holding her up after the intersection. Next thing I know I see her pull out her phone and I can only assume to film me to post somewhere on the internet about me being the offender of her troubles. With my license plate in clear view I'm sure, so it only brought up my paranoia of fear I described above.
The internet can be great for things like finding a suspect of a crime, but also used for some seriously bad cyberbullying. Especially if something "small" blows up the internet and the individual who was filmed/photographed is "hunted" down by the internet.
On the viral meme part, I just never liked looking at myself in the mirror. Last thing I'd want is to see my face used all over the internet for something....
With today's day and age of nearly everyone having access to a "camera" and internet on their phone, I fear becoming "famous" (or is it infamous) as something like a viral meme or video. Of course it's not just that, but being filmed or photographed and the person who captured something of me falsifies a story about something I did. I see it all too often of stupid social media posts of someone's back to the camera and a story that could be true or false, but sensational enough to be posted on the internet and shared beyond a small group.
One personal example:
Had something close happen last year, where I got into a road rage incident with a lady who filmed me in my car. I was taking the more local route instead of the highway to get home and got stuck in heavy rush hour traffic. The light was green for my lane, but traffic wasn't moving for a while and I didn't want to cause a gridlock by sitting in the middle of an intersection. But this lady behind me was upset that I wasn't moving at a green light, despite traffic not even moving and the potential of the light changing whilst sitting still. She was waving her arms and yelling in anger behind me and I raised my hands, trying to show that traffic wasn't moving, but she wasn't having any of it. Finally traffic starts moving, but of course the cars in front of me are moving slow, but she believed that I was purposely holding her up after the intersection. Next thing I know I see her pull out her phone and I can only assume to film me to post somewhere on the internet about me being the offender of her troubles. With my license plate in clear view I'm sure, so it only brought up my paranoia of fear I described above.
The internet can be great for things like finding a suspect of a crime, but also used for some seriously bad cyberbullying. Especially if something "small" blows up the internet and the individual who was filmed/photographed is "hunted" down by the internet.
On the viral meme part, I just never liked looking at myself in the mirror. Last thing I'd want is to see my face used all over the internet for something....
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- GTP_Sprite
I’m not a huge fan of heights. I don’t mind being in a plane or in a high building. I don’t even mind watching people do silly things up mountains or on buildings etc. however I do not like it when I’m high and close to an edge with no barrier.
As for wasps they can be a pain when they visit and get in the house or hang around while you’re trying to eat. The big thing for them is carbon dioxide. This is a trigger for them to defend themselves so groups of people talking and laughing can send them wild as can blowing on them or at them when they fly close. Personally I find them quite interesting insects and they play a big role in ecology. Also they’re amazing at papier-mâché.
Spiders don’t bother me unless they drop on my head while I’m in the cellar. That’s annoying and freaky when you feel one drop and then slid down you back under your t-shirt.
Earwigs freak me out a bit. They do the same and drop on you and it’s not a great feeling.
As for wasps they can be a pain when they visit and get in the house or hang around while you’re trying to eat. The big thing for them is carbon dioxide. This is a trigger for them to defend themselves so groups of people talking and laughing can send them wild as can blowing on them or at them when they fly close. Personally I find them quite interesting insects and they play a big role in ecology. Also they’re amazing at papier-mâché.
Spiders don’t bother me unless they drop on my head while I’m in the cellar. That’s annoying and freaky when you feel one drop and then slid down you back under your t-shirt.
Earwigs freak me out a bit. They do the same and drop on you and it’s not a great feeling.
