~Slow Board~ GTKY: Random Phobias

HeyMrsPotter · August 2013

SandSunBliss said:

mlal78 said:

Spiders....and I am not PIPing that!

Oh and a fairly new one for me, drowning in my car. A couple of years ago a woman and her child drove in to a canal in the winter, and could not get out of the vehicle and they both drowned.
Ever since then I hate driving beside rivers and stuff without my windows down, just in case.

There are a lot of good spider gifs...but I will respect your fears and, instead, gif spider kitteh...

It's crazy, but my mom has an irrational fear of cats. Not tigers and other big cats. Just average house cats. @SandSunBliss, if I showed her your spider cat gif it would give her nightmares for months.

SuperKim13 · August 2013

Walking to my car in a dark parking lot. I am terrified of the potential psycho killer hiding under my car just waiting to grab my ankles!

LaRomana09 · August 2013

SuperKim13 said:

Walking to my car in a dark parking lot. I am terrified of the potential psycho killer hiding under my car just waiting to grab my ankles!

Oooh, I have a fear of someone CUTTING my ankles, so I bend down and look under my car and the one next to me from a safe distance before I approach it. :-SS

ashellypnut · August 2013

I'm late to this party but I'd like to contribute!

1) Spiders! I agree with PPs about spiders. I have a totally irrational fear of them!

This PIP I don't mind...

(Can you name the book that this spider is from?!)

When I see them in my house though, I'm all:

Spider? What spider?! I want him dead! I want his mother dead! I want his whole family dead! Burn his house to the ground! | Al capone

2) Open doors! Specifically in our bedroom. We have 3 closet doors and 1 bathroom door that must be closed when I either shower or go to bed. When I was little I always wanted my bedroom door opened a bit but then I realized that someone can sneak it and I wouldn't hear them!

3) Lights & Home alone! I agree with PPs about these too!

blackbird818 · August 2013

ashellypnut said:

I'm late to this party but I'd like to contribute!
1) Spiders! I agree with PPs about spiders. I have a totally irrational fear of them!
This PIP I don't mind...

(Can you name the book that this spider is from?!)

When I see them in my house though, I'm all:

2) Open doors! Specifically in our bedroom. We have 3 closet doors and 1 bathroom door that must be closed when I either shower or go to bed. When I was little I always wanted my bedroom door opened a bit but then I realized that someone can sneak it and I wouldn't hear them!

3) Lights & Home alone! I agree with PPs about these too!

I have a thing with doors being closed when I go to sleep to. Bedroom and closet MUST be closed. I will get out of bed to close the closet door is it's not totally closed.

Bathroom has to be open though b/c I get up to pee in the middle of the night a lot, and I've been known to walk right into it if it's not open.
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MrsWallick · August 2013

AnyMax said:
Balloons, because they might pop

Thunder and lightning, but only at night

My only logical one is tornadoes. After experiencing several, even just noticing that the weather is favorable for them gives me a good amount of anxiety.

I'm mobile and my phone was being slow so the gifs were in slow motion and it was super cool!!!

I'm stupidly scared of the dark. I used to sleep with a radio or tv on until I met my hubby and he bluntly told me that I was ridiculous and this was not happening lol. I still need it when I travel for work every so often.

MyFirstRaspberry · August 2013

snegde said:

Coyotes and getting lost in outer space. I live in the suburbs and am a psychologist not an astronaut. In my defense we had coyotes in our woods when I was little. No explanation for outer space other than my belief that NASA is a huge waste of money.

I worked for NASA for 5 years right out of high school and during my undergrad. I am not an aeronautical engineer but NASA was a pretty cool place to work. They do some really amazing research and work with many international partners. My eyes were opened from the experience of working at NASA.

I'm curious @snegde, is it only NASA that you believe is a huge waste of money? Or do you feel the same way about other gov. agencies (such as NSA)?? <- that might be a subject for a different thread some day.

SandSunBliss · August 2013

MyFirstRaspberry said:

snegde said:

Coyotes and getting lost in outer space. I live in the suburbs and am a psychologist not an astronaut. In my defense we had coyotes in our woods when I was little. No explanation for outer space other than my belief that NASA is a huge waste of money.

I worked for NASA for 5 years right out of high school and during my undergrad. I am not an aeronautical engineer but NASA was a pretty cool place to work. They do some really amazing research and work with many international partners. My eyes were opened from the experience of working at NASA.

I'm curious @snegde, is it only NASA that you believe is a huge waste of money? Or do you feel the same way about other gov. agencies (such as NSA)?? <- that might be a subject for a different thread some day.

You worked at NASA? I just feel like that is a really cool fact that I'm glad that I know now.

MyFirstRaspberry · August 2013

SandSunBliss said:

MyFirstRaspberry said:

snegde said:

Coyotes and getting lost in outer space. I live in the suburbs and am a psychologist not an astronaut. In my defense we had coyotes in our woods when I was little. No explanation for outer space other than my belief that NASA is a huge waste of money.

I worked for NASA for 5 years right out of high school and during my undergrad. I am not an aeronautical engineer but NASA was a pretty cool place to work. They do some really amazing research and work with many international partners. My eyes were opened from the experience of working at NASA.

I'm curious @snegde, is it only NASA that you believe is a huge waste of money? Or do you feel the same way about other gov. agencies (such as NSA)?? <- that might be a subject for a different thread some day.

You worked at NASA? I just feel like that is a really cool fact that I'm glad that I know now.

lol! Yep, I sure did. Another fun Ras Fact: in addition to working for NASA, I also worked at a Chinese restaurant for 3 years and worked briefly at an animal hospital.

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jbasore1123 · August 2013

Mine is also spiders.... and someone hiding under the bed when I am going to sleep. I always have to look or make DH look.

golfingdarwinfish · August 2013

MrsDeo said:

Getting burned by the iron - I usually keep the ironing board and iron sitting out in my sewing room/spare room, and even when I KNOW the iron has been off for DAYS and isn't currently plugged in, I jump every time I get too close to it. MH thinks he's made up a funny game that he calls, "Is it hot?" where he touches a random thing that could be hot, and it kills me every time he does it to that dang iron.

.... What is this "iron" of which you speak??? :-S @-)

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dragonfly711 · August 2013

sarcaztic10 said:
Tapeworms (I will not PIP) is my most feared parasite. I hate them they scare the sh!t out of me. When I was in college and in an advanced invertebrates class we learned about this specific type of tapeworm that if you get it is basically a death sentence (or very close to one without the right doctor). It is called Taenia solium and the medical term for them implanting into the brain is neurocysticercosis. I think they did a Greys Anatomy episode on them once... I will forever fear all tapeworms and I also don't eat pork because of this tapeworm.
Mascots or anyone in full body costumes when it is not Halloween. I go around these people and will usually run away if they start to come near me.

Oh no!!! You could never work with me. I deal w worms, maggots often. Working at an animal hospital you never know what you might come across.

I took an invertebra zoology class learned all kinds of things about insects. Loved it!!!

I just hate bees. I can deal w any other insect, spider, snake!!

dragonfly711 · August 2013

snegde said:
Coyotes and getting lost in outer space. I live in the suburbs and am a psychologist not an astronaut.

In my defense we had coyotes in our woods when I was little. No explanation for outer space other than my belief that NASA is a huge waste of money.

We have coyotes in the back yard. We have5 acres backed up to a mountain. They are always back there.

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