Irrational Fears

[Doneeee]

Blenders. Fuck blenders.

Spoiler: Pure evil.

Also, lawnmowers. Fuck lawnmowers too.

Spoiler: More pure evil.

 

[Little Woodsman]

OT: My irrational fear is of deep/dark water, not knowing what is under me, there may be seaweed or something I will get tangled up in and drown ~.~

Same here, but not as much seaweed as the other unknown horrors that dwell in the sea.

Spoiler: I mean, seriously.

What else could be down there? It genuinely terrifies me.

I also have a crippling fear of open bodies of water. A fear that I thought I was making good progress on, until I saw that photo.

My God... how does such an abomination come to be?

I have fears of all of those--though not to phobia levels. They are all tangential to my core phobia
Sea Serpents.
Ridiculous, I know. That's why it's called an *irrational* fear.
Though I actually finally remembered how I originally got it....

Spoiler: how I got my phobia

When I was really little, maybe as young as 4, my sister was trying to scare me about something...I don't even
remember what...but as part of trying to scare me she said "The monsters will get you!" and I countered with
"Monsters aren't real!" to which she replied "The Loch Ness monster's real!".
This didn't make sense to me, so I asked some adults. Unfortunately, of the four adults I asked three gave evasive
"Well we don't really know...it could be..." responses and one said "Oh yeah definitely, they just haven't caught it
yet.". So my young mind became fixed on the idea that the Loch Ness monster, and by extension, Sea Serpents are a
reality.
Older siblings & adults can really mess you up. {grin}

I actually had trouble in Pokemon Silver/Soulsilver convincing myself to go out on the lake of rage to catch the
Red Gyarados. Now I grind by fighting Gyarados whenever possible as therapy.

 

[Bat Vader]

Got social phobia, which I developed after some combined events when I was 16 years old(six years ago).
Had recently taken a sabbathical from school and broken up with the vast majority of my friends, so I spent most time inside. Once when I was out with some remaining friends I got assaulted by some drug addict because I apparently was a satanist and had to be converted. Luckily some Securitas guards were nearby and took him in custody. Really glad they did since they found a knife on him which I'm sure he was ready to use.

Didn't think much of it afterwards(I pressed charges though) and continued my days as a shut-in. When the trial begun everything was different. People were constantly staring and judging me and I was close to throwing up when I made my statement. After that I begun to be afraid even in my own room. I was convinced people could see right in and never left the house. My daily schedual for a year was pretty much just waking up, playing games, go to bed.
It's a lot better these days due to therapy and drugs, but it still hinders me greatly from having a normal life.

What's worse is that before this I was a complete attention whore with tons of self-confidence. It's a weird feeling because I still love being noticed in crowds... and at the same time it scares the shit out of me.
So yeah. A nacissist with social phobia.

I have social phobia/social anxiety as well. While I was always wary and tended to avoid people the social anxiety seemed to develop about last year or so. It's gotten to the point where I am too scared to give money to a cashier and either give a friend or family member my money to pay for me or use self-checkout. Only place I do feel comfortable though is GameStop since I have know the staff there for over two years.

 

[Grottnikk]

Billy Bob Thornton is afraid of old chairs and heavy-ass silverware. That's why his character in Monster's Ball eats his ice cream with a plastic spoon. I'm am totally not making that up.

 

[Redingold]

yes, its a long word. kind of dickish to name it Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliop- AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH


oh god. imagine to have Graphophobia. its the fear of writing stu-AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

You spelled hippopotomonstrosesquipadaliaphobia wrong. It's spelled hippopotomonstrosesquipadaliaphobia, not hippopotomonstrosesquippadaliaphobia. You can also call it sesquipadalialexicologicophobia, if you want.

As for me, I'm scared of whales. They're too bloody big.

EDIT: Apparently that is called cetaphobia.

 

[Spikethebloody]

I wouldn't call them irrational fears, after all being afraid of getting your foot caught in them is perfectly rational reason to be afraid of them. Just like how people are afraid of snakes because they might bite them.

I personally do not have any irrational fears but the internet has a vast supply of people with silly fears.

Spoiler: WARNING EXTREMELY STUPID

That has got to be the most stupid thing i have ever watched.
The real question is what the hell did the pickles do to her when she was younger.

Someone should ring Hollywood,they should totally make a horror film about this.
hers some ideas for the title.
A pickle on elm street.
attack of the giant pickles from mars.
Night of the killer pickles.
Buffy the pickle slayer.

 

[kailus13]

Falling. I'm actually okay with heights, but as soon as there's any chance I can fall I freak out, even if it's only a foot drop.

 

[JimB]

Does anyone else have any irrational fears?

I am terrified of Batman becoming a Sith Lord and adding mind control, lightning, and telekinetic strangulation to his arsenal.

How did you develop the fear?

You know, I'm not quite sure.

 

[Bat Vader]

Got social phobia, which I developed after some combined events when I was 16 years old(six years ago).
Had recently taken a sabbathical from school and broken up with the vast majority of my friends, so I spent most time inside. Once when I was out with some remaining friends I got assaulted by some drug addict because I apparently was a satanist and had to be converted. Luckily some Securitas guards were nearby and took him in custody. Really glad they did since they found a knife on him which I'm sure he was ready to use.

Didn't think much of it afterwards(I pressed charges though) and continued my days as a shut-in. When the trial begun everything was different. People were constantly staring and judging me and I was close to throwing up when I made my statement. After that I begun to be afraid even in my own room. I was convinced people could see right in and never left the house. My daily schedual for a year was pretty much just waking up, playing games, go to bed.
It's a lot better these days due to therapy and drugs, but it still hinders me greatly from having a normal life.

What's worse is that before this I was a complete attention whore with tons of self-confidence. It's a weird feeling because I still love being noticed in crowds... and at the same time it scares the shit out of me.
So yeah. A nacissist with social phobia.

I have social phobia/social anxiety as well. While I was always wary and tended to avoid people the social anxiety seemed to develop about last year or so. It's gotten to the point where I am too scared to give money to a cashier and either give a friend or family member my money to pay for me or use self-checkout. Only place I do feel comfortable though is GameStop since I have know the staff there for over two years.

This sort of shit I just can't understand for the life of me. How can one be that afraid of people that they need someone else to pay for their stuff?

OT: Spiders, mainly due to living in Australia and having some of the deadliest fuckers on the planet living in my backyard. I'm fine with any other creature though. I'd rather come across a fully grown dingo in the bush than a tiny funnel web in the safety of my backyard.

Mainly because I am afraid of them judging me or making fun of me based on what I purchase. I can't eat in front of anyone unless they are very close friends or family because since I am overweight I am worried someone will say something regarding my weight.