Your Phobias?

[SilverKnight]

This is sort of an offshoot on those "Childhood moments that scarred you for LIFE" thread. I realized while reading that thread, that I have several fears of things, although I don't know why. I'm assuming they're related to some childhood trauma that I can't remember and my family won't tell me about. (Although, I never asked, and never cared to. Doesn't matter, anyway.)

My Phobias:

1) I have serious issues of abandonment. As a child, every time I lost sight of my parents or whoever was walking with me, I would become hysterical. I've had countless nightmares where I'm riding in a car with family, and somehow it winds up sinking in a lake or a river, and while everyone else gets out fine enough, my seatbelt gets stuck and I drown.

2) I can't swim in deep water. It's strange. I was swimming since I was three years old, on my own. I would jump into the water on my own and I would swim, that's how I was. But, for some reason, I have this innate fear of swimming in waters deeper than seven or eight feet, and just looking at a drain in the bottom of a twelve foot pool makes me shudder. I'm not sure why. Like I said, I love to swim.

3) I'm afraid of heights. I've heard that two natural fears infants are born with are fear of loud noises and fear of heights. I'm terrified of both.

4) I hate it when people touch me. Not sure why; I guess that's a family thing. But, I absolutely despise being touched, unless you're someone I know closely and/or family. And, I draw the line at hugging for almost anyone except immediate family. (My niece's ex-stepmom kissed me on the cheek once. I haven't spoken to her since, and I absolutely refuse to stay in a room alone with her. Doesn't help that she's a lunatic.)

5) I can't seem to look people in the eye. I'll look at someone in the face, but I'll rarely direct my gaze at their eyes. Maybe it's something mental or instinctual about inadvertently challenging someone. Ya know, like dogs or something. >shrugs< Either way, I'll never look at anyone in the eye (discounting family) unless I'm pissed off and want to let them know it. Due to that tendency, I've garnered the nickname "evil eyes" from my family, because apparently when I stare at someone from a certain angle, I look possessed. Great morale booster.

So, there's my bundle of strange quirks. I know I have more. I just have to think of them. So, what about you bunch of psychos? :D

[Simpler Simon]

- I can't stand dead animals. Big bugs/insects/or spiders I have no problem with, but dead animals staring lifelessly at me creep me out. This also applies to those museum exhibits where they have plenty of stuffed birds, tigers, bears, rabbits, etc behind glass cases - I can't get too close to those.

- I probably qualify for being scared of heights, though its not debilitating. The worst part of roller coasters for me is the first trip uphill, so I usually try to pick the side of the car that's against the repair catwalks, so theres not a huge drop beside me.

- When I was young I used to be scared of the toilet flushing. Every time I'd finish in the bathroom, I'd flush then quickly run far, far away. Glad I got over that one :p

[Outlander00]

Eh... Not too many.

I have a fear of death... Something that, as time goes on though, I'll accept.

I dont have a fear of heights as much as I have a fear of falling. Whenever I go cliff diving I have to just say "screw it" and jump, despite that fear.

[TimTwoFace]

Arachnophobia - any spider bigger than a quarter creeps me out, and anything much bigger than that terrifies me.

The only other "fear" I have is fear of being alone. I dunno if that is more of a genuine concern rather than a fear, but still...

-Tim
(Spiders suck.)

[Kylewayne]

My phobia is ..I'm afraid of the dark. I hate complete darkness.

[Czar Gato]

I actually have a few of the fears that SilverKnight has (aversions of being touched and of eye contact), but that is from a social disorder I have, so they're not really fears, just things that make me feel awkward. things that actually scare me:

Hieghts: I've actually improved dramatically on this one, but I still grab onto railings of open, unfamiliar staircases with both hands and try to rush up them as quickly as humanly possible.

The only things that scare me to the point of hysteria are tornadoes. It's a new fear, too, as I've only been terrified of them for a few years.

[drippynmeatwad]

i'm afraid of roaches, which is wierd, because living in the south, everyone gets used to them, they are everywhere. ewww

i hate the dark. i sleep with the tv on. my mom hates that tho. i wish i had a tv timer.

i still hate the scrubbing bubbles from the time i was a toddler. don't u think little bubbles with faces popping up from your drain are scary!?!?!!!! i hated baths..... the bubbles are evil!

[Good Ol' Batmanuel!]

I have a fear of heights to a certain extent. For example, I don't have a problem with looking over a very high railing, as long as I know I'm firmly planted on the ground, so to speak. I'd be very nervous, however, standing at the top of a ladder, especially if it wasn't leaning on something. I've gone to the top to climb into a loft, but I don't remember ever climbing one all the way that wasn't leaning on something. My mother, on the other hand, won't even watch skydiving scenes on TV. Haha. It was interesting when we saw the IMAX movie about special effects and they showed King Kong's plummet from the top of the Empire State Building. I loved it! She did not. :p

I used to be afraid of the dark, but grew out of it, which was handy that time the electricity went out all over town on one of the foggiest nights I've ever seen. :)

I also used to be pretty scared during thunderstorms, but now they don't bother me in the slightest. In fact, I think they're pretty cool now!

[kiddiesunshine]

If I do have a phobia, it'd be going out on my own.
I've been dependent of others all my life. I don't feel prepared to leave the nest. That's a fear of mine.

[The Detective]

I'm scared of heights. I don't have the official fear of heights phobia but I still don't like heights. Funny thing is, I haven't always had it. It's a new thing.

tight spaces-This really isn't bad at all. But if I'm in a really, really tight place and it's stuffy I start getting anxious. It has to be a pretty tight spot though elevators don't phase me in the least.

Several fears I don't have.

Spiders-Never been scared of spiders at all though everyone I've ever known seems to be. I can stare a tarantuala in the face without flinching.

The dark-I actually, like the dark. All right you bunch of vampire hunting, stake carring mobs gett away from me! I don't prefer dark to light but I can just walk around the house in complete darkness or be surrounded by complete darkness and I'm okay with it.

[Solitude1]

OK here's mine:

-I'm afraid of the dark. I used to live out in the country when I was younger and everytime I went to sleep, I would hear the usually noises that would scare the hell out of me. Plus sometimes I would just stare at the dark and I felt something staring back at me. (shivers) Nightlight 4EVA! :D

-Fear of heights. I don't mind jumping say off a roof or anything less but, when it comes to huge bridges or skyscrappers, I FREAK. I've had various dreams of me being at high places and falling....I won't even go on an airplane. Nice sweet ground is good enough for me.

-Water. Swimming wise I mean. When I was younger I once thought I could swim by myself. I ended up getting pulled into a tide and could have drowned if someone was not there to help me. Switch to my early pre teen years. I hang out with some friends at a pool and they say they'll help me learn how to swim. I wonder how? I soon found out. They threw me in the deep end and refused to help me until I screamed I was drowning. To this day, I don't go to beaches, pools, rivers, or lakes....well at least not by my choice.

Later.

[Mackenzie Rainelle]

Spiders
Heights
Small places
Lightning
Deep water
Needles

[Lucky Bob]

Not a fear of heights, per se. More like a fear of falling. And that sudden, unceremonius SPLAT!!!! at the end doesn't appeal to me, either.

[Solitude1]

Thanks Mackenzie, you just reminded me of one more thing...

-Lightning. When I was around 6 yrs old, I was at my grandma's house when her heart started to hurt. Their was a storm outside and the phones were down. I was told to get in touch with somebody quickly so I had no choice but to run to the house next door. As I was running, lightning struck....about 5 ft away from me. It scared the hell out of me and I will never forget it. Obvioulsy I'm still afraid of lightning. I get so scared I can't move... :sweat:

Later

[Tanooki]

umm...not too many that i'm aware of

clowns-from the time when i was very, very little, i began to develop a fear of them. well, not really a fear, more like an annoyance. i just can't stand them. they come over to me during a parade and they try to make me laugh, and i'm like, "hey! leave me the frell alone, eh?" yeah!

KoD

[turbomog007]

My only phobia that I have had so far is a very slight fear of heights.

[Jedigreedo]

Arachnophobia (not really all that bad, it's just I'd rather not take my chances of ever getting bitten)
Large places (especially largely bright or very dark ones, I have to be able to know my surroundings)
Heights (unless I know I'm definitely safe, then I'm ok)
Large crowds
Darkness (only when it's really really dark or I can hear something going on, get freaked)
Having to do things in front of people/Stage fright

[Mike Spartz]

I have a fear of heights. When I was on a rock climbing trip when I was 12, I was so scared because everytime I'd look down I got dizzy and my body would shake uncontrolably.

Another fear or phoiba that I have is of animals with sharp claws and teeth like snakes and large cats. I wnet to new york once with my aunt and we stayed at my moms friends house. She was really sweet but her cat kept trying to scratch me, finally I got so scared that I jumped into my room and locked the door shut.

Futhermore, I'm afraid of being laughed at and singled out in a crowd of people. I guess I can say that I have a phobia of being alone with no one to support you.

[EinBebop]

Mirrors make me uncomfortable. I don't like looking directly at my own face or body, though I've conditioned myself to be able to look at my hair so that I can groom myself. It's not like I'm hideous or horribly disfigured or anything... I just can't do it.

There's a really cool bookstore downtown that I won't even go to because they've put mirrors up everyplace and I can't turn around without seeing my own reflection.

I'm also uncomfortable around most any animal larger than a cat, and not particularly fond of those small hyper dogs either.

[The Drizzle]

Insects, bugs, spiders, etc.
Lightning
Heights / Flying
Confrontations
Being the center of attention (Stage Fright)


When I was little (age 1-3 I guess), I would scream like hell when a California Raisins commercial would come on. Oddly enough, I began collecting the toys shortly after. Go figure.

[Rune]

Heights, or perhaps more specifically drops. If I have to go up on a catwalk, someplace up high with a low rail or wall, a bridge, inside a building with a central atrium etc I can never get more than about 3 foot from the edge otherwise the urge to jump over actually makes me feel nauseous & faint. I can't explain the urge but it horrible, its as if something is telling you the only way to stop feeling so sick is to take the drop.

Elevators, I don't like them much at all but small ones or crowded ones really upset me.

Along with SK I don't like being touched / kissed by strangers, I think it stems from childhood when my parents would hold big Xmas parties and the house would be full of people I didn't know, old aunties dredged up from the boondocks and semi-drunken work colleagues and I'd be expected to go around and kiss everyone goodnight etc - this still makes me shudder. On the strength of that I have never told my kids to go and kiss Auntie so and so if they don't want to, I'd rather affront the auntien than upset the kids. I also don't like eating in public ... hell, I'm just plain anti social :anime:

Creepy crawlies - spiders, earwigs and especially centipedes - and at this time of year they're everywhere!

[Meow]

1. I have a fear of getting into arguements or fights with people. (especially people I don't know....obviously they have to be older/bigger than me though) I really freak out when this happens; my heart speeds up, and my whole body trembles slightly...I usually can't even think straight so I wind up making myself look stupid. I don't like confrontations period....even over the internet. I remember one time when this author at fanfiction.net was mad at me, and she told all her little internet buddies about it. I got numerous derogatory e-mails and they flamed my fics. My heart was actually racing when I was reading the e-mails. I have no idea why....they're just words. It's not like they can hurt me. Pathetic I know, but I've been like that for years.

2. And then there's public speaking. (I can't STAND it!)

3. Being in deep water has always kinda freaked me out. I swear if I was ever stranded in the middle of the ocean I would be so scared of a shark eating me that I would faint and wind up drowning.

4. I like the dark for the most part. I go on walks when it's late pretty often, but if I'm in an enclosed room and it's dark....I sometimes get nervous. I used to imagine Chuckie jumping out from the shadows and stabbing me or something. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I always found those Child's Play movies to be pretty damn scary.

[Will Sturnick]

Deep Water, one of my biggest fears is being stranded in the middle of the ocean.

Strange Noises at Night/Dark. Whenever I hear noises at night escpecially when I'm alone I freak my mind races thinking of what it could possibly be (usually I think of it being a robber or serial killer). So I go around making sure every door is locked and every window is closed.

Being Enclosed in a Small Areas, like in a box or a really small closet. I just freak, I don't feel to feel to keen about being buried alive either.

[Sora Takenouchi]

Heights
Spiders
Lightning
Needles/Sharp Objects
Death
Evil Robot Overlords


Don't ask where that last one comes from. :moon:

[Catlover]

Bugs.
Home Invaisons.
Tornados.
Big Dogs. (The exceptions are Huskys)
Falling.
Crowds.
Elevators & escalators.


I probably have a few more, but I can't think of them now. :shrug:

[Conekiller]

My main fear is Bees/Wasps (stinging flying bugs) I know it's totally irrational for a 22 year old who has been stung before to be aftraid of these things. But I am. I didn't help that when I was stung I was riding my bike to skool and the damn thing just flew straight into my head and stung me inside my ear.

I used to be afraid of Aliens, but not anymore. I also used ot be terrrified of the picture of the Hamburglar on the McCookies boxes they used to have 19 or so years ago.

I'm afraid of never having a female companion also. :(

[Cogliostro]

Hmmm I don't have any phobias or fears of anything. There really isnt anything I'll go out of my way to avoid...

[Supernovametalstar]

I don't have a fear of heights (I used to live on an 11th floor). I have a fear of open windows at high altitudes. Sounds strange, I know. If I get near a window that is open and above 3 stories, I get this chill throughout my body.

I also don't like to walk on narrow train platforms. I'm always afraid a train will come by and hit me, or I'll accidentally fall on the electrified track (which, unfortunately, just happened to a women in Chicago not too long ago).

[Crystalfox0]

Aracniphobia. I really Really REALLY don't like spiders of any size, shape or form. Scorpians give me the creeps. And who likes mites and ticks??? Arachnids are just eeew.

[Joker85]

Arachniphobia: I am HORRIBLY afraid of Spiders and Scorpions. The very site of them, even the tiny ones makes me freeze up. And then, if I see one I immediatly can feel them crawling on me for like the next hour.
Claustrophobic: Again, I cannot stand to be in enclosed or tight spaces. I don't even like sitting by the window in a plane or bus cause I'm so crammed in. And unless there are 2 people or less in the elevator with me I'm having to calm myself so I won't freak out. Actually, elevators in general, even if I'm by myself make me uncomfortable.

[Condiment King]

Pre-Performance Stage Fright: Minutes before a preformance, the feeling of "I'm really going to do this and there's no possible way of getting out of it." sinks into my mind like a flying brick. I'm scared as heck until I get up on stage. Then, I zone out and the crowd kinda disappears. I tend to be focusing on not screwing up instead of the crowd. I discovered this when I performed a one man drama monologue in from of 100+! :eek:

Water: I know how to swim, but whenever water gets into my eyes, the only sensative area to it, I immediately want to go up and reach for a towel. I cannot stand water in my eyes, which usually accounts for goggles.

Heights: Its not so much the heights I can't stand, but when you take a huge drop from quite a height is what scares me. The pure rush of adrenaline as the little cart or whatever makes its way up the ramp, and then seems to stand still and take FOREVER to finally begin to descend. You know that the feeling is ridiculous, but the only thing racing through your mind at the moment is "OH MY GOD, I'M GOING TO FALL! GIMME OFF! GIMME OFF!".

Dying: I can't imagine how it must feel to die. This is obviously my worst fear, and I don't think I could ever take dying at an early age, let alone dying in my later years. It might be quite awhile before I accept this.

[Daniel P]

I have many fears.

Heights - Heights make me extremely uneasy. I often start panicing. On the escelator or staircase, I hold onto the rails so tight that it looks like my hands are glued on.

Tall buildings - Like in Miami for instance, those big tall buildings are so tall that sometimes my imagination makes me think that they are moving in the sky. I'm afraid they'll fall.

Spiders - Little spiders, big spiders, giant spiders. Whatever. It's kind of silly to see people run away from these little things, but I don't care. They creep me out.

Cockroaches - I get great pleasure smashing these walking turds with phonebooks and drowning them in roach spray. Unless they are the flying ones. Or I don't have a phonebook or spray. These things are everywhere, and they can crawl into the tightest spaces. I hate these things. Other bugs too.

Needles - Pretty much any sharp object near me is enough to make me leave, but needles in particular I make an effort to stay away from. If I find a nail or a needle on the floor, usually I look for more. Poeple see me searching the floor like a lunatic or something.

Deep water - I have a fear of water that I can trace back to a bad incedent as a child. And for that reason, I have always been an extremely bad swimmer.

Tornadoes - Thunderstorms in the area make me worry terribly, and if I hear anything about a tornado, I am scared to death. I have never been in a tornado and hope it stays that way.

This is my biggest fear. I usually only have it at night, or when I'm alone. This is the fear that someone is watching me. I have always been scared of this as long as I can remember.

[The_NewCatwoman]

Some of the things that I'm afraid of make me pretty ashamed, but alas I cannot be rid of them. They are:

The dark. I'm not afraid to be in my room at night or anything, but we live in a two story house, so when I turn out all the lights downstairs, I make a mad dash to get upstairs as quickly as possible. It's to the point where I'll leave the living room lamp on until I get right by the stairs, or I can't handle it. I also won't walk through the kitchen past the basement stairs to get to the living room, I will go all the way around through the dining room, and rarely can I convince myself to do otherwise. And if I have to come back downstairs for any reason, the living room lamp is back on again until I'm done. At one point it got so bad that I started trembling until I could turn the lamp on, which is only a few feet from the stairs, but I was pretty shaken up just by the thought of something being there. I'm also scared of being in the basement without the proper amount of lights on.

Tornadoes. I'm basically horrified of them. Everytime I know a severe storm is coming to our area I watch the weather reports and news until the very moment it clears up. That to me is one of the worst ways to die. Though I am facinated by old recordings and photographs of towns that were hit back in like the 50s and earlier. I don't know why I consider the aftermath of these things so awe inspiring.

Up until now, I had a pretty much consuming fear of bees and the like. I would cross the street to avoid them. It didn't help that a colony of wasps built their nest in our basement the year before last and basically terrorized me all summer. But I'm starting to get over them for some reason. It used to be that the thought of them made me shudder. But now they don't bother me that much at all.

I also fear falling. Yeah falling from high places, but I'm over that the second I get used to leaning against the window, and realize the building isn't going to tip over. But that falling and embarassing myself kind. I'm butterfingered and clumsy. I take extra care to assure that I don't drop things and trip myself up. But I fear that one of these days it's going to happen in a major way.

Lastly, death. Not I guess death itself, but the utter all encompassing meaning of it. I don't want to die before I accomplish what I think I came here to do. That and I fear death and pain for my family and those close to me. I guess that plays into a fear of abandonment, which ties into other issues I won't discuss here. But ironically enough, I can't picture myself living anywhere near my family when I'm older. Which would certainly make me alone in a sense. I don't know how to explain that one.

tNC

[The_NewCatwoman]

4. I used to imagine Chuckie jumping out from the shadows and stabbing me or something. I know that sounds ridiculous, but I always found those Child's Play movies to be pretty damn scary.

My babysitter used to make me watch them as a kid. That whole scared of the dark thing from my post above, ties into me imagining Chuckie bounding up the stairs with a knife and coming after me. That's what I'm thinking about as I clamber up to the relative safety of my room.

But even my being tucked away in bed didn't pacify me the night I read about the illuminati until one in the morning. I was convinced they'd send a sniper to finish me off in my sleep overnight. Glad I got over that one the next morning when I woke up bullet hole free.

[StarScream64]

Arachnophobia - any spider bigger than a quarter creeps me out, and anything much bigger than that terrifies me.
(Spiders suck.)

Wow, that qualifies as arachnophobia? Well, in that case, I'm right there with ya, buddy. A spider the size of a quarter is enough to send me to the next room. Any other large bugs, come to think of it. My family just thinks that I'm crazy.

Plus, the buzzing of insects really sets me on edge. If I hear one mosquito buzzing in my ear in the middle of the night, I will stay up for the rest of the night.

[Daniel P]

Water: I know how to swim, but whenever water gets into my eyes, the only sensative area to it, I immediately want to go up and reach for a towel. I cannot stand water in my eyes, which usually accounts for goggles.Wow, and I thought I was crazy. My eyes and water don't mix. Especially if it's in the ocean, good grief. What's worse is that goggles always seem to hurt me, so I often avoid going into the water altogether.

[Zechs]

Here's a site with a list of Phobias

http://phobialist.com/
Mine are:
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia- Fear of spiders.
Cnidophobia- Fear of stings.


Originally Posted by TimTwoFace
Arachnophobia - any spider bigger than a quarter creeps me out, and anything much bigger than that terrifies me.
(Spiders suck.)




Wow, that qualifies as arachnophobia? Well, in that case, I'm right there with ya, buddy. A spider the size of a quarter is enough to send me to the next room. Any other large bugs, come to think of it. My family just thinks that I'm crazy.

Plus, the buzzing of insects really sets me on edge. If I hear one mosquito buzzing in my ear in the middle of the night, I will stay up for the rest of the night.

Then you guys should take a gander at the bird eating spider it's the size of a dinner plate. Ye gods if I ever saw that thing I'd die on the spot.

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Does anyone fear success? :sweat:

It sounds silly at first, but I'm beginning to think I do. I don't know how many times I was on the verge of accomplishing something BIG--something I know I can do and probably better than other people--only to pull out or "choke" at the last minute. I'd think "Aw, maybe I don't need to do this after all." Or, I'd think, "Damn, if I accomplish this, things are just going to get even harder or it would bring more pressure." It's funny, because self esteem isn't a big problem for me normally. Possible inferiority complex? It's something that I certainly was not aware of in me before.

Social gatherings also bug me. I don't like people measuring my every word.

[Captain Yurika]

I don't have any real Phobias, per sa but I do have fear spiders, bugs, frogs, snakes, bats and other reptiles.
Mostly I have a fear of rejection. Having a certain someone I like, not return those feelings.

Currently I also have a fear of the sun since it burned me terribly yesterday. :(

[Conekiller]

A few more to add:

I have a fear of ,or atleast great uncomfortable-ness in, large crowds or get-togethers. i don't know why, but I've always been quick to just siddle away on my own and be by myself away form the overall commotion, this pisses my dad off to no end who thinks I'm being anti-socia and/or rude. But I'm not, I just DON'T want to be there.

I aslo greatly fear dying , but also feel as if I will die soon. Growing up in a Christian School having them constantly say " we live in exciting times" has convinced me the biblical end-of-the-world is right around the corner. Plus whenever talk of the Book of revelations sparks up my stomach churns and I am overwhelmingly compelled to be somewhere else. ( I don't mean in the atheist "i don't beleive in this crap" kind of way, I mean in the I'm scared "shirt"less way) This feeling of dying soon sometimes helps me not worry bout certain things regarding my own future(carreer, wife, family, money etc.) but then I scare myself thinking like that.

[panther3751]

I have a fear of heights. Mostly, it's because there's nothing to protect me from falling. Now, if I could fly, I would definately not have a fear of heights. I could protect myself from falling. :anime:


I'm also fearful for other people's safety. Not my own safety, but I'm often a bit of a worrywort when it comes to other people in dangerous situations. I also get nightmares about people close to me (friends, family) getting injured or killed. :(

[M'ral]

I have a few strong fears, don't know if I'd call them phobias, but okay...

Darkness- Very very strange considering that I am madly in love with Batman. :D Honestly, it's not the dark itself that scares me...at times, it can be almost comforting in its way. But for some strange reason, when it's dark, I get a nagging suspicion that someone or something is watching me, which combined with the not being able to see anything makes my flesh crawl. What makes it worse is that my instincts are usually pretty accurate, and if I feel like somebody's watching me, somebody usually is. :(

Being Alone- This one comes and goes--at times, I want nothing more than to be by myself. But the majority of the time, under normal circumstances, I want somebody nearby (in the same house is close enough). I'm very sensitive to the presence of others (nobody, and I mean NOBODY, can enter the room without my knowing somebody's there...I can almost feel a pressure or air moving or something, it's hard to describe, but it always alerts me), so I know if nobody's there, and it freaks me out.

Crowded Tight Spaces- If it's just materials enclosing me, they have to be really tight, like ventilation-shaft tight. Inanimate substances just don't create that trapped feeling too badly for me. But if it's people that have got me trapped, my tolerance level drops severely. I hate crowds, especially in already tight places like elevators. Elevators don't bother me in the least...if only one or two other people are in there. Three and up, and that pressure that tells me somebody's nearby starts to crush me. Even family gatherings do that to me, which really sucks because my mother's got a big family. If I flew on an airplane (I haven't been on one since I was four, even though I love to fly), I would have to have the aisle seat, preferably with two seats next to me vacant.

Oh yeah, and I'm Catholic, so I've got an intense fear of sinning. Well, more of a fear of not being good enough. I was always taught that we had to earn our way into Heaven, and although now that I'm older I like to believe that God loves us all no matter how mediocre we are, I've still got that nagging childhood fear that I haven't earned my place.

Leaping Larry, I know exactly what you mean about fearing success! Ever since I can remember I've felt that I'm destined for great things, I've wanted success so passionately I could taste it...but when the time comes to make my move, to claim that success I want so badly, I back off. I do have self esteem issues, mainly because I'm an incorrigible perfectionist, so that could be the reason for me. All I know is that I'm sick of it holding me back. :mad:

Those are my only really intense fears. My other discomforts include being touched by strangers (even family members I don't know well, which really bothers my hug-loving mom), talking face-to-face with people I don't know or don't like (my grandmother's new boyfriend is the perfect example of both...It makes me so mad because I want to see my grandmother, but he's always hovering around), large masses of small moving animals (swarms of mice, insects, birds, etc), Pokemon (I hate them so much I've come to fear them), and bugs and spiders (somewhat...growing up in a woods, you get used to them. We routinely get wolf spiders an inch and a half across, but it's the little ones that worry me).

[JohnCrichton]

Heights
Driving
Swiming