What are your fears? An (hopefully) evergrowing list of all the escapists fears!

[BigDeadMushy]

I guess Technically I have phobophobia:the fear of finding something that I fear
usedta have a serious fear of heights,til I beat it by facing it head-onand climbing trees and such throughout my childhood.since then I have no idea what I might be scared of,so I figure I have no phobias YET,until I find the WHATEVER that scares the shit outta me.

 

[Craorach]

I have what is, at this point, mild arachnophobia which is fairly reasonable considering I moved from England to Australia and see Redbacks on a regular basis. The amusing thing is the phobia is less now than it was in England where there are no poisonous spiders.

I don't like small spaces at all if I am on my own, to the extent that I don't want to learn to drive a car, and am learning motorcycles instead.

 

[MidnightCat]

People with knives who want to kill me.

Also, things that I don't know about or can't see. I hate being in the dark when I don't quite know what's out there.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

My greatest fear would be heights. Unless I'm riding a rollercoaster or something, then I have no problem. Strange to me.

 

[El Poncho]

I'm scared to be out at night, don't trust the people around here.

I used to be scared of dogs but that fear has mostly gone away.

 

[Knight Captain Kerr]

Spiders I really hate them.

 

[ToastiestZombie]

Fire for me, just the thought of being trapped upstairs whilst smoke and fire slowly come into my room is really terifying for me.

[EDIT] I also get really squirmish when someone with a sharp knife is in the same room as me, even if its someone from my family.

 

[thecoreyhlltt]

in order of which one scares the most actual shit out of me:
1; spiders
2; dying
3; having someone i care for be mad at me for any reason (problly cause it happens a lot)
4; silence, which is odd because i'm so quiet in person....
5; mazes, specifically hedge mazes

and finally, having people i don't know find out what my biggest fears are... DRAT!! you've fooled me again escapists!!!

 

[HeatproofShAdOw]

Yeah, thats another big one for me as well. Anyone who holds a knife (or something sharp) I stay away from them, for the reason that I think that they will trip and stab it into me. Fire also. Damn, we humans are afraid of a ton of things. Your just kidding yourself if you think you're afraid of nothing.

 

[thecoreyhlltt]

I guess Technically I have phobophobia:the fear of finding something that I fear
usedta have a serious fear of heights,til I beat it by facing it head-onand climbing trees and such throughout my childhood.since then I have no idea what I might be scared of,so I figure I have no phobias YET,until I find the WHATEVER that scares the shit outta me.

fuck, now i have to change my avatar...

 

[SckizoBoy]

You can have webcams put into your coffin so that people can make sure that you are dead. Alleviate your fears a tad bit.

And also Bot flies. *shudders*

Two things:

There're a couple of really weird places around the UK that offer live burials/cremations over the internet. With that in mind, imagine the the camera right in front of the face: and the eyes open mid-service. (Sorry, can't help laughing at that...)

And botflies aren't that scary... only the human botfly creeps me out. Also, I find it strangely amusing that for the taxnonomy of the botfly: section - Schizophora, can't help thinking of a drugged up fly...

(also body horror in general I find scary)

I managed to overcome my fear of body horror (i.e. lots of blood, guts and broken stuff) in the weirdest way. It comes with knowing a married couple, one of whom is a consultant surgeon and the other is an insurance saleswoman. Providing a decidedly snide and snarkey commentary while watching all five Saw movies (when only five had been made) marathoned regarding surgical needs and potential insurance payouts made them thoroughly hilarious.

EDIT:

[EDIT] I also get really squirmish when someone with a sharp knife is in the same room as me, even if its someone from my family.

Best stay away from me, then. I tend to wave any knife (or utensil, for that matter) I'm holding about while I talk.

 

[Rhymenoceros]

Heights, I'm masively, cripplingly afraid of heights, I have trouble leaning out of second floor windows (ground 1st, 2nd way of counting). Although I'm strangely fine on commercial airlines. God knows why

 

[HeatproofShAdOw]

I managed to overcome my fear of body horror (i.e. lots of blood, guts and broken stuff) in the weirdest way. It comes with knowing a married couple, one of whom is a consultant surgeon and the other is an insurance saleswoman. Providing a decidedly snide and snarkey commentary while watching all five Saw movies (when only five had been made) marathoned regarding surgical needs and potential insurance payouts made them thoroughly hilarious.

Damn, I wish I knew this couple! Would have been an awesome evening.

 

[Brown Cap]

My fears include
Claustrophobia
Fear of Falling (Heights)
and Strangely, I don't like swimming in natural bodies of water from fear of both leaches and fish. I hate fish. Fish scare the crap out of me.

 

[skywalkerlion]

I've a few:

Insects
Spiders
Heights
Darkness
Death of my loved ones

Death of myself hardly factors in because I'm always thinking about my family.

 

[HeatproofShAdOw]

Oh, and is anyone else terrified of planes? Like, when I travel, I spend the whole flight convincing myself nothings going to happen, I tell myself the odds of a plane crash, and yet every pocket of turbulence scares the shit out of me.

 

[KefkaCultist]

I'm arachnophobic.

Also, I'm terrified of like electricity stuff such as those lightning ball things, lightning storms, etc. due to an EXTREMELY close lightning strike several years ago.

 

[MetalGenocide]

My fears are ...., well,.... realized.

There's not much left to fear really.

 

[Sarah Kerrigan]

Small insects (long story...)
Heights (those who have been to the Rock 'n' Roll hall of fame knows such...)
Escalators (see above)
Death
fire (as in you burning down with your house, I'm ok wit camp fires and such)

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Flying insects, enclosed spaces, large crowds, snakes and vaginas.