Phobias

[Devious Viper]

Does anybody else have any  phobias, or even better, unusual phobias?

I have a mild arachnaphobia... But I also have a healthy dose of coulrophobia... Not to the point of paralysing fear or anything like that, they just give me the creeps, seriously jittery. I can't stand to see one. Oh, and coulrophobia is a fear of?

........................Clowns........................

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~ Viper ~

[Dark Lord M]

Deep water, anything like 14+ feet gets me all scared.

[Bloody Angel]

Does anybody else have any  phobias, or even better, unusual phobias?
I have a mild arachnaphobia... But I also have a healthy dose of coulrophobia... Not to the point of paralysing fear or anything like that, they just give me the creeps, seriously jittery. I can't stand to see one. Oh, and coulrophobia is a fear of?
~ Viper ~

Interesting topic, indeed.
I meet both of yours. The second is not a real phobia, just hate at first sight. Find clowns scary as I used to think of Robert Smith of The Cure. He's always reminded me of a clown as scary as can be.
I can't stand the sight of spiders or spiderwebs. Not mild at all. They freeze me.
Others phobias include:
- Catoptrophobia
- phobia of losing control. I'm a control freak.

I've got others, but they're too private so I'm not sharing.

[Zak Roy Yoballa]

Does anybody else have any  phobias, or even better, unusual phobias?

I have a mild arachnaphobia... But I also have a healthy dose of coulrophobia... Not to the point of paralysing fear or anything like that, they just give me the creeps, seriously jittery. I can't stand to see one. Oh, and coulrophobia is a fear of?

........................Clowns........................

highlight to read

~ Viper ~

DV,

I forgot about that!  I had a Drill SGT that said he hated clowns.  Anytime he'd catch you smiling he'd make a statment to the effect that "Why you smilin'?!? Do you think I'm a clown!?!  ASSUME THE POSITION!!!"

I don't have a paralyzing fear of anything.  I'm not a fan of spiders in the least and will go out of my way to squash them.  I don't mind heights if I have something to hold on to.  I guess my biggest fear (not necessarily phobia) is failing.  Especially at home or at work.  Playing sports and stuff are no big deal, I guess it is stuff that I deem extremely relavent.  I've actually gotten physically sick from failing (or at least my preception of failing).

ZRY

[Devious Viper]

I'm not over-keen on heights or falling (I have a lot of those falling nightmares...) but paratroop training proved that you can overcome fears and phobias 

Clowns... I made sure that they appear in monstropedia!
(http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Evil_Clowns)

And the Santa Claus article isn't far behind...

[Dark Lord M]

I'm placed in the 4th catagorazation in aquaphobia. "Other" (I just don't like how deep and dark it is... Don't know what could be lurking down in there...)

[Phantom X]

Posting our fears online? Smart Idea?

Im affraid of the dark, I dont know what phobia that is if it even is one.

[Devious Viper]

"Nyctophobia", Phantom. It would appear to have its roots in our inbuilt defence system (like fear of snakes, spiders, heights etc) - as humans are not nocturnal by nature, an extra air of caution after dark would be expected. Nyctophobia, of course, like an allergic reaction,  produces symptoms beyond the normal instinctive parameters.

[The_Seeker]

Huh?  No IT?  I'm not exactly afraid of clowns, I just don't like them.

My old and current phobias:

Lyssophobia
Paraskavedekatriaphobia-I always used to fall down a staircase so I became afraid.  I've gotten over that.
Fear of falling.  Not heights, just insecure heights.

Never mind, DV beat me to it.

[Phantom X]

What DV said + the whole demon, shadow, and all them other bad ass creatures that love to annoy me when Im sleeping.

[markus]

A friend of my can not stand clowns in the worst way


He says they are evil


Me I am OK with most things except snakes, why ? years ago, I was bitten by a diamondback rattlesnake from then on ou.....t Eeekkk!!!!

Drove to the hospital got the anti venom that was it, when I was younger they did not bother me, now if I see one... ...watch out

[Dark Lord M]

I remember reading a camp fire story book about a kid said if you see a clown without its' make up on you die.

I'm not helping am I? 

[Lord Pisces luffy]

Im not sure if this is a phobia or a paranoia but im afriad of the cars that are going by me and the street while im walking, i think they are going to jump out of there car with a gun or something and try to kill me.  I also have a fear of being watched.  I have no idea where Igot these fears from and know my father had Schizo, which is where you hear voices and are afraid of being watched, yes?

[Devious Viper]

"Amaxophobia" (cars) and social phobia.

Interesting. Fear of cars is quite an unusual - though it does exist - phobia; this is because it is generally believed that we - as a species - haven't had sufficient time to develop such an anxiety. But it exists, which just goes to show what I always believed: "Research has shown that scientists don't have all the answers!"

[Zak Roy Yoballa]

The fear of being hit by cars is an entirely different matter...I call that common sense!