Today's Getting To Know You Question

CarrieLeigh84 · October 2010

To liven things up...

What are you scared of? Spiders, snakes etc? Any bad stories to go along with this?

mdm2137 · October 2010

I am scared of deep water. I guess I've watched Jaws too many times and I think that something is going to bite my leg off.

CarrieLeigh84 · October 2010

I'm so so scared of fish. To the point where I can't walk by them in the grocery store. The heads, the scales the eyes, UGH! They freak me the fvck out. I can't even eat fish with skin on it.

Tropical fish, I can handle. But they have to be pretty.

damabo80 · October 2010

Bees, wasps, hornets, pretty much anything with a stinger that flies towards me in a zig-zaggy patern.

No bad stories. They just freak me the eff out. I end up running away and screaming like a little girl.

I would rather take my chances with a hungry lion than do this:

jennsadye1979 · October 2010

Birds, especially big ones. Herds of deer really creep me out. Raccoons and skunks, I am irrationally afraid of being sprayed in the face by a skunk.

Murky lake water scares me too. I don't like not being able to see whats under me.

jillcanada · October 2010

Birds. All kinds. Events:

1. I was attacked by a pet bird at my babysitter's as a child.

2. I was attacked by a mama bird while attempting to park my bike under a tree at the park. She violently swooped in and pecked my head as I ran around screaming my head off. It was quite a sight. This was in college.

3. AND a few years ago a bird attacked me and tried to peck at my dog's tail. DH didn't believe me that the bird was doing this, until he witnessed it himself.

And that is why I am afraid of birds. Venice, Italy, my friends, is NOT a fun place to be with this fear. :::runs through St. Mark's square hiding inside jacket.:::

mdm2137 · October 2010

I forgot one-- possums. I can't stand the ugly things. When I was little our inside cat got out one night and I was looking for her by our shed and a possum hissed at me. I know they are unlikely to attack, but their beady eyes and sharp teeth are enough to send me running!

Olive44 · October 2010

damabo80:

Bees, wasps, hornets, pretty much anything with a stinger that flies towards me in a zig-zaggy patern.

No bad stories. They just freak me the eff out. I end up running away and screaming like a little girl.

I would rather take my chances with a hungry lion than do this:

This is exactly what I was going to say. If I see a wasp or bee anywhere in the vicinity, it's not a pretty sight. I will end up running around screaming my head off while everybody stares. I don't really know why I'm so afraid of them. I was stung by a wasp, a bee, and a yellow jacket all when I was young, I guess those memories just really stuck with me.

bbhalphen · October 2010

Just snakes which I guess is pretty normal. I went to a frat party with a guy in college and he picked up a snake. I knew it was over at that point.

Love reading all of your answers! I think skunks, possums, and raccoons are so, so cute, even though I almost got attacked by a raccoon one time.

hbkises · October 2010

knives..absolutely panic attack inducing terror of them! I'm okay holding them but I hate when people talk while holding them and shake them around. and I hate when people hand them to me wrong.

I have no clue where it came from either

AmyRM · October 2010

Heights. I can't go near anything with a cliff - I honestly don't know how I survived the Blue Mountains in Australia. I can't even watch things like SpiderMan or any movie that involves looking down from or falling off tall buildings, cliffs, planes...

Worse, I get ridiculous physical reactions to heights - not in my head, but my hands sweat like crazy as well as my feet - plus my feet ache. It's totally messed up.

I also second Carrie's fear of fish. I hate them and happily avoided all sea creatures until I met DH. *Of course* he has to be a fisherman - and has on occasion left WHOLE FISH in the fridge - eyes and all. Ick!

Gummybear · October 2010

I am scared of most bugs. But the worst is house centipedes, aka "thousandleggers". They give me panic attacks.

I am also clausterphobic.

jcath · October 2010

Snakes and credit card bills - other than that I'm pretty tough.

ade2be · October 2010

Snakes! Where I grew up there were copperheads and rattlers around so I am just paranoid of them. I totally freak out and freeze up when I see one. Mom loves to tell the story about when I went to get the mail and a snake crawled into the middle of the driveway. So I was stuck between the mailbox and the snake with the house on the other side and REFUSED to cross. Oh yeah, and it was just a tiny little harmless black snake...but who knew!!

DoingItRight · October 2010

I am deathly afraid of birds.

When I was little the geese next to our house would case me and try to eat my diper.

When I was in college I worked in the grouse house one summer and about died. The birds kept trying to peck at me.

This year I was walking outside of my office and this bird came swooping in at me. It hit the brick wall and then came back out at me. I let the louded bloodcurdling scream that the people I work with thought that someone was attacking me and ran out to check.

I am fine with birds when they have the fuzz, but once they get feathers I am so over them.

RunSchwartzRun · October 2010

Cockroaches. I literally don't sleep for about a week in the spring when I know they will be coming out soon. I also cried in front of 30 of my college students when one landed on me. I was so humiliated.

babes12 · October 2010

i'm scared of spiders and bees.

but one thing i'm really scared of is being the passenger in the front seat of the car. i can't stand it. i literally feel like i'm going to have panic attack sometimes when DH is driving. not fun.

johannaknip · October 2010

Bugs, snakes, flying, being home alone in the dark, I'm a puss.

I am also deathly afraid of sharks. This is beyond funny to me as I lovelovelove to vaction at the beach and am an avid shark show watcher. Shark week is my favorite week on TV. DH hates it because I clog up the DVR the entire week.

AmyRM · October 2010

Heh heh. The spider fears remind me of this story about DH:

I don't like spiders - not totally afraid of them, but prefer not to be in their company.

A while back I had a small fit when I saw a spider in the corner of our living room. I pointed it out to DH and screamed that he take care of it. He looked over at it from behind his newspaper and said:

"Pfft. That's not a spider. Where I come from spiders can kill you." ...and went back to reading his paper.

I have never let him live that one down. All in-house spiders are his responsibility and must be taken care of immediately.

Clerk9 · October 2010

When I was little (okay, younger) & living in my parents' house, I used to be scared that someone could come in the house & "get me". The rest of my family's bedrooms were upstairs, & I was the only one downstairs--with a window opening to the driveway & another to the deck in back. Easy access.

In high school, I briefly dated a guy to whom I stupidly confessed this irrational fear. He was in a band. He wrote a song about me. Most girls get gooey love songs. He decided to write about what I like to call "the people coming to get me". Yeah, that didn't last.

I'm also not so much with the big bugs.

AutumnLeavesFall · October 2010

Bee's freak me the F* out. I'm also allergic so that could be the reason. But I go into fits of screaming and running while swatting my arms. Pretty funny to see.

Other than that I am a tomnoy so I use to pull snakes out of the stonewalls in front of my house and chase my mom around with them.

On the other hand- DH is scared of Butterflies. Like fits of screaming rage when one flies by. I never believed him until we were at the zoo and I made him go into the butterfly kingdom. I thought I was going to pee my pants the fear that man was having over a blue butterflu that was just doing it's thing. He shreaks like a girl.

Clerk9 · October 2010

P.S. I was about to ask "what's up with this bird thing?" when I realized that DH is not particularly fond of turkeys. His family had one when he was little, & it used to chase him around the yard & peck at him! Mean bugger. Although it makes me giggle, I still feel bad for poor little boy DH. Hee hee.

surfergirlkona · October 2010

I am terrified of heights (does not include flying) and small spaces. I can ride fast roller coasters, but will panic and white-knuckle it on a ferris wheel. I couldn't tour the soviet submarine because it was waaaaaaaaay to cramped for my liking - had to reverse through the line to quickly get out. Nothing exciting about that.

AppleRidge · October 2010

I am claustrophobic x 1 million. Just having my legs held down or squinched up will send me into panicky crying terror. One of my biggest pregnancy fears is claustrophobia-by-proxy. I feel so bad for the poor fetus being all cooped up in there, whether he knows any better or not.

millejj1 · October 2010

I'm terrified of werewolves. I get that they are mythical creatures and don't even exist but I am still phobic. I can't watch them in movies or see pictures. If I do I just curl up into a little ball on the couch after turning on all the lights and sit there. I LOATHE them.

Events: When I was little (like 2) my older sister and I used to love looking at the side window of my house. One Halloween my neighbor thought I was her and snuck around in his werewolf mask and jumped up in front of the window to scare her as a prank. Totally backfired, I would totally inconsolable and would never go near the window again.

I'm also totally freaked out by things that can burrow into me...ticks, chiggers etc. I keep creeped out just thinking about it.

BabyMimi · October 2010

I am a little claustrophobic however my greatest fear is death. I think everyone fears that but it is my standard answer when I'm asked.

JuJuBe3 · October 2010

I gotta go with anything that has slimy (even if it's appearance only) skin - so I got snakes, frogs, fish. Basically, any reptile, amphibian or fish. And I swear I was bit by a fish when I was about 10-12.

And I'm afraid of heights. I get that weird feeling in my legs like a woosh of wooziness comes over you.

I need to go cuddle now.

CashewsMommy · October 2010

I'm afraid of heights, although I think it's the fear of falling that is more. I can be up high, as long as I'm enclosed. If I'm out in the open, I can't do it. I have trouble with a second step on a step stool, even standing on a chair freaks me out.

CashewsMommy · October 2010

AmyRM:

Worse, I get ridiculous physical reactions to heights - not in my head, but my hands sweat like crazy as well as my feet - plus my feet ache. It's totally messed up.

I get this too!!! I'm so glad to hear that i'm not the only one.

rjl07 · October 2010

Birds - absolutely every single one of them. Too many stories to tell, but the worst was at a lunch with clients where we were sitting outside and there were tons of pigeons. I practically had my head on the table trying to ignore them.

butterfly843 · October 2010

I'm terrified of snakes, when I was little my cousin and I were biking by her house and one was in the middle of the street and we didn't see it till it was right next to us and it freaked me out. Ever since my first loss I get panic attacks when driving in the bad weather It is usually worse if I'm the passenger in the car and have no control.

ColindaP · October 2010

Nothing. I'm a fvcking badass.

millejj1 · October 2010

butterfly843:
I'm terrified of snakes, when I was little my cousin and I were biking by her house and one was in the middle of the street and we didn't see it till it was right next to us and it freaked me out. Ever since my first loss I get panic attacks when driving in the bad weather It is usually worse if I'm the passenger in the car and have no control.

I get panic attacks in the car too! But it's with traffic not weather, especially if I'm stressed out already. You just made me feel like much less of a freak!

Gummybear · October 2010

BBHME:
I am claustrophobic x 1 million. Just having my legs held down or squinched up will send me into panicky crying terror. One of my biggest pregnancy fears is claustrophobia-by-proxy. I feel so bad for the poor fetus being all cooped up in there, whether he knows any better or not.

OMG I thought I was the only one who had fetus induced clausterphobia attacks. I think of a baby in there, esp towards the end, when it is so tight and compact...OMG, and no air, I mean I know they don't breathe, but still. And to think I was in there at one time. Deep breathes...

Yes, I am 100% crazy. I know this.

jillcanada · October 2010

One: Really glad there are other ladies on 6+ who have an (ir)rational fear of birds. Makes me feel better about it. Thanks, ladies!

Two: No one is afraid of mice? I lived in NYC for 10 years, and had mice in one of the apartments. Not one little cute one. Nope, a whole nest, like 12 of them. I had nightmares that they would climb up my lamp cord and jump into my bed. Of course my dog was useless and had no idea they were there!

KelinandKevin · October 2010

Earwigs. I F'ing hate those bastards.

KelinandKevin · October 2010

ColindaP:
Nothing. I'm a fvcking badass.

LMFAO! Yes you are!!!

damabo80 · October 2010

jillcanada:

One: Really glad there are other ladies on 6+ who have an (ir)rational fear of birds. Makes me feel better about it. Thanks, ladies!

Two: No one is afraid of mice? I lived in NYC for 10 years, and had mice in one of the apartments. Not one little cute one. Nope, a whole nest, like 12 of them. I had nightmares that they would climb up my lamp cord and jump into my bed. Of course my dog was useless and had no idea they were there!

I used to raise rodents. So, I'm immune as they come.

michrocc · October 2010

I hate close-ups of eyeballs (like when they show an eye in a peephole in movies) and Freddie Krueger. I'll defend birds. I love all things about all birds. No animal's mannerisms make me laugh more. They can be so ornery and cute and I love bird calls!

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