>_< whats scares you?

[Phantom_Sorano]

I feel rather silly about some of my fears...but they are:

-insects
-heights
-clowns
-dolls
-public bathrooms
-heavily crowded areas
-germs
-others being hurt

[Azier the Swordsman]

The third thing is, well, a combination of two things. Death and eternity. I'm not so much afraid of death in that I know as a Christian my soul is secure, but it's thinking about the afterlife at all, which ties into eternity. Basically the way I see it, there's two possibilities.

One, after I die I go to Heaven, and life for eternity. The concept of eternity frightens the crap out of me. I'm actually starting to have chest pains and trembling right now even writing this post. The second situation is that I'm wrong, there is no Heaven, meaning I'm dead for all eternity. That ALSO frightens me, and to be honest I'm not sure whether death being the end or living eternally is more terrifying.

I know I should gain comfort from the fact that I will be in Heaven for eternity, but I gain no such comfort. Eternity is just too scary for it to be of any help.

Nate, I came into this thread intending to write EXACTLY what you wrote here. Yeah... the concept of dying and not knowing exactly what is in store for eternity scares me more than any other thing on the planet. I know I really shouldn't, but it's something I can't help. Satan has even, at points in my life, taken this fear to a whole different level, causing me to question whether or not I would really go to heaven or if I would not make the cut after all and instead find myself in hell.

I've gone through some very hard struggles with this, and to some extent, it still scares me.

Tied with the death thing, growing old scares me as well.

I'm also terrified of going blind. If I were to become blind, I would rather be dead. In fact, I think I would no longer fear death and actually look forward to it.

I also have a phobia of snakes. Saw one or two "family" movies as a young kid that had some scenes that traumatized the heck out of me.

[rocklobster]

I feel rather silly about some of my fears...but they are:

-insects
-heights
-clowns
-dolls
-public bathrooms
-heavily crowded areas
-germs
-others being hurt

KNowing you, the others don't surprise me much, but dolls? Soran, you're a girl. Why would you fear dolls? (And I never thought you were agoraphobic. Surprising.)

[Mr. SmartyPants]

KNowing you, the others don't surprise me much, but dolls? Soran, you're a girl. Why would you fear dolls? (And I never thought you were agoraphobic. Surprising.)

You mean claustrophobia. Agoraphobia is the fear of having no way to escape into hiding from an unfamiliar place. But that being said, I think most people who say they have a phobia really don't. There is this social "cool factor" into having a mental disorder for some reason...

[Azier the Swordsman]

KNowing you, the others don't surprise me much, but dolls? Soran, you're a girl. Why would you fear dolls?

My grandmother has a large collection of what I would consider to be the world's creepiest dolls. Definitely something I couldn't see myself sleeping comfortably in a room by myself with them all staring at me. So to an extent I could understand being afraid of certain types of dolls, even if you are a girl. And phobias are generally not gender specific.

You mean claustrophobia. Agoraphobia is the fear of having no way to escape into hiding from an unfamiliar place. But that being said, I think most people who say they have a phobia really don't. There is this social "cool factor" into having a mental disorder for some reason...

I dunno. My phobia of snakes is perfectly legit and I don't find anything "cool" about it. I've actually ran screaming (when I was 14) out of a pet store when I turned the corner and ran straight into an employee carrying a snake. Phobias are quite a nuisance, really.

[Fantasy Dreamer]

Me?

Arachnophobia -fear of spiders
Bathophobia - fear of falling from heights
Aichmophobia - fear of needles
Nephophobia - fear of clouds XD;
Nebulaphobia - fear of fog

um... yeah. I think thats about it... the clouds one is more because of the fog one, though. It creeps me out to think of being in a cloud. XD Don't know why...

[Bobtheduck]

Losing salvation (not an invitation to theolgical debate, mind)
Being entirely unable to communicate (Ironic, huh?)
Being accused of things I didn't do and being unable to defend myself (The Good Son is one of the few movies that still really freaks me out)
Losing my passport
Not being able to take care of bills, particularly those that can get me arrested for defaulting too much (Student loans)

Among other things.

[mechana2015]

um... yeah. I think thats about it... the clouds one is more because of the fog one, though. It creeps me out to think of being in a cloud. XD Don't know why...

Man... you'd hate like... half the flights I've been on a LOT.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

You can't say you really have a phobia unless you're clinically diagnosed with it.

A phobia is an irrational fear.

[Barracuda777]

a phobia would affect your life. if something scares you that doesent make it a phobia unless it puts somehow directly effects and puts limitations on your life. for example. im spiders scare me a little but that wont stop me from going into that room. someone with a phobia of spiders would not go in there it would limit there everyday life and interactions

[ChristianKitsune]

Loneliness.

Doesn't matter what kind. Desolation or singularity.

You can be alone in a vast, empty space, or in a sea of indistinct people. A sense of isolation in a sprawling canopy of nothingness. Not praised or persecuted, not even acknowledged, not by nature or by man. The full spectrum of your insignificance played out against the background of the entire world, densely populated or not. There is no one you can talk to, and no one who will talk to you. It could be dark or day, hostile or tranquil. Loneliness is a stasis unaffected by the elements. Unaffected by anything, and everything. Because you are alone.

That frightens me.

THIS is a fear I definately have...

I'm a people person, and I love to be around others, if no one talks to me for like a few days I get seriously freaked out and twitchy.

Its true! D8

[Barracuda777]

yeah that could be a fear, i believe its more of an insecurity.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

yeah that could be a fear, i believe its more of an insecurity.

I disagree. Insecurities tend to effect and cause you to behave adversely. Simply recognizing it as a fear is fine, being that most people don't let it get to them; especially if we are secure in Christ.

And some people are just much more extraverted than others.

[Barracuda777]

yeah your right. i can admit when im wrong. well played good sir

[ChristianKitsune]

[quote="Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1353196)"]I disagree. Insecurities tend to effect and cause you to behave adversely. Simply recognizing it as a fear is fine, being that most people don't let it get to them]

*raises hand* Extroverted? Me? absolutely!

Anyways I had a purpose for this thread... I'll post more in a while

[ShiroiHikari]

- Roaches. I can't even bring myself to smash them half the time.
- Flying insects of just about any kind-- except maybe butterflies and ladybugs.
- Rejection.
- Needles. I've learned to deal with getting shots, but seeing other people get poked and prodded still really gets to me.
- Extremist people of any kind. Seriously, it just kinda creeps me out.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

*raises hand* Extroverted? Me? absolutely!

Anyways I had a purpose for this thread... I'll post more in a while

XD Me too. I get annoyed when I'm trapped alone in my room. I need to hang with people.

[Barracuda777]

it scares me a little to think if im actually walking in gods calling and if i am right where god wants me.

[mysngoeshere56]

Ummm... What scares me?

Hmm... Armadillos! O_O I think they look creepy... Eeeeeesh wow.... One time my mom was driving me to school and one walked right in front of the car. It was just... ew.

Oh, and... *clicks on the link in the first post* WOW! There's this one girl in my class who wears clothes and does her hair EXACTLY like the doll in that link... Talk about irony.

[S.M.O.G.]

Fear itself.


I have nothing else to fear.

[Nate]

There's this one girl in my class who wears clothes and does her hair EXACTLY like the doll in that link... Talk about irony.

There's only one girl in your class who wears clothes?

Man I need to go to your school.

Also I fail to see how that's irony.

Fear itself.


I have nothing else to fear.

That's not a very good answer. People are afraid of things that inspire fear in them, but it's impossible to extricate the fear from the object itself in most cases. That'd be like saying "Nothing makes me happy except being happy," or "Only sadness makes me sad."

Besides if you're afraid of fear then you'd be caught in a perpetual cycle of terror when you found fear, because then you'd be afraid of fear, which means you'd be filled with fear, which would cause you to be even MORE frightened because of your fear that you fear, which would then amplify even more...it'd be like a snowball on a steep hill, just getting bigger and bigger.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

I don't think the actual idea is supposed to be that... logical, I guess? For lack of a better word. While having fear of fear makes sense (and happens) I don't think it's the only thing to really fear.

It's not so much people fearing fear itself, but they fear getting fear. Or I guess a better word would be that they worry and find anxiety in the idea of getting scared.

[Fantasy Dreamer]

Man... you'd hate like... half the flights I've been on a LOT.

Actualy, I've flown before, and we flew through a few clouds... I couldn't look out the window until we were out of the cloud, because seeing nothing but fluffy white cloud creped me out to no end... kind of freaked me out, too. XD

You can't say you really have a phobia unless you're clinically diagnosed with it.

A phobia is an irrational fear.

Yes, MSP, I realize, my fear of all of those things are completely irrational... but that's why they are called irrational fears... you're still afraid of them regardless... and also... if you don't have the fear to begin with no one can diagnose you with it. You don't develop a fear because someone says you have one. So just because no one has diagnosed you with a fear doesn't mean that you don't have it =P

a phobia would affect your life. if something scares you that doesent make it a phobia unless it puts somehow directly effects and puts limitations on your life. for example. im spiders scare me a little but that wont stop me from going into that room. someone with a phobia of spiders would not go in there it would limit there everyday life and interactions

yes, these phobias affect my life. For example:
Arachnaphobia = I'm terrified of spiders... even the little ones. I have to work up my courage and use all of my will power to squish one... and something very thick or a lot of tissues have to be between me and said spider... and if I miss and it falls off the wall, I freak out and run XD

Bathophobia - I'm not afraid of heights, so I will climb to great heights (especially because I love the views) but once up there, the thought of falling terrifies me. I stay away from unsecrued or unrailed edges, and if there is a rail, I often cling to it. The thought of sky diving... no, never. Because its 'falling from a height'. I'd have a panic attack to be sure... what if my parachute didn't work? I'd probably hyperventilate thinking about that. XD

Aichmophobia - to this day, I hate needles. I don't like getting shots because of it, and avoid shots unless absolutely necessary. When I do get said shot, I can't watch, and seeing 'shots' administered on tv or in movies, I have to look away if and when they show the needle piercing the skin. And also pins... like sowing pins... I'm afraid of poking myself with them. I am extra careful not to poke myself when I use them for sewing. When my mom is trying to fit a dress, shirt, or skirt she is making for me, I hate it when she has pins in it still. She has the worst time getting me into whatever the garment, and when she finally does, I'm stiff as a board and move very awkwardly... also, I'm quick and very careful to get it off when she's done.
Nephophobia & Nebulaphobia - explained above in my reply to mech.

[mysngoeshere56]

I feel rather silly about some of my fears...but they are:

-insects
-heights
-clowns
-dolls
-public bathrooms
-heavily crowded areas
-germs
-others being hurt

Don't worry - I'm afraid of those too.... Well, not so much heights, but the others? Yes. I'm one of the biggested germophobes I know! O_O

[Mr. SmartyPants]

While you don't NEED a diagnosis to have a specific phobia, just because you're afraid of something doesn't mean you have a phobia. But self-diagnosing is a major problem today. A phobia inhibits your ability to function properly and exposure something one has a phobia has to result in anxiety disorder symptoms in order to be classified and diagnosed as a specific phobia.

Also it's possible that if anxiety does occur, it can simply be a result of self-fulfilling prophecy. We can induce our own "anxiety" (which is different from anxiety disorder symptoms) simply by believing that we are phobic towards something to the point that it does become default behavior. Of course this is a more case-by-case thing and can't really be applied to everyone.

Henceforth, most people who say they have phobias... well... a fear and a phobia are two different things. Most of the time it's the former. So if you're not experiencing actual anxiety disorder symptoms, then you don't have a phobia. If you are... well it may be wise to consult someone specialized in that field.

[Nate]

a fear and a phobia are two different things

Hold on let me look in my dictionary...

Phobia - (from the Greek: φόβος, phóbos, fear or morbid fear)

So "phobia" is the Greek word for "fear."

HMMM.

[Mr. SmartyPants]

I'm speaking in a more applied context. I just wanted to point out the difference between a phobia and a fear, and that we don't need to really label ourselves with such incorrect terms.

[KeybladeWarrior]

I have a fear of:
most women in the world

[mechana2015]

Actualy, I've flown before, and we flew through a few clouds... I couldn't look out the window until we were out of the cloud, because seeing nothing but fluffy white cloud creped me out to no end... kind of freaked me out, too. XD

When I flew to Germany a few years back, there was cloud cover from Utah to Germany.

Another flight, takeoff out of Utah was THROUGH a snowstorm.

[Azier the Swordsman]

For all of us who have fears of some kind of another -

At least we are not like these morons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0qU404v1Og

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a_4IdJ7POo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Az10dr0xZY

I wish to state that in no way do I think any of this is real, but it's hilarious just the same. XD