Phobias and fears

FrostyNugs · 2020-09-23T15:34:18+00:00

Since I was a child, I've been deathly afraid of clowns. In fact, I cannot even look at a photo of a queer activist without wanting to cry :(

RedditHatesLesbians · 2020-09-23T17:49:24+00:00

Pregnancy. A pretty illogical fear considering it has a much smaller chance of ever happening to me than to the average (straight) woman but I've had nightmares about being pregnant since I was a young child. Seeing pregnant women also freaks me out, I can't spend a lot of time around them and feel like a huge jerk but it activates my fight/flight response.

lmaonope333 · 2020-09-23T19:05:21+00:00

phone calls

Buckskin_Suckerpunch · 2020-09-23T15:54:27+00:00

I’ve been future tripping a lot lately. So I would guess that would be my biggest fear.

Normally I tell myself if it’s not slightly terrifying it’s not worth doing.

VioletRemi · 2020-09-23T22:27:14+00:00

I have panic attacks from public transport, especially busses, and people stalkering me. And I afraid deep water.

RedVelvetCake · 2020-09-23T19:21:28+00:00

I have this irrational fear of public speaking. I overcame this fear during high school but for some unknown reason, it came back again during my first year of university.

I also have this fear of dining with people who aren't my family members. I'm not so sure when exactly I started having this fear but whenever I have to dine out with friends/classmates, I start feeling nauseous because of anxiety. I think it stemmed from people judging me for eating too slow or too little so I just became really self-conscious about it. So the idea of eating with people really freaks me out and in some severe cases, I can't even take a bite of my food.

Innisfree · 2020-09-23T21:24:28+00:00

There are people who turned their phobias into something lucrative. I'm thinking of Guillermo de Toro who as a kid was absolutely terrified of the idea of monsters and overcame it by becoming friends with them (creatively). A couple of movies later - he's successful and well-off.

I've tried that with post-soviet tax admin officials, all I got was more bills. :)

I bet reddithateslesbians knows a great deal about contraception despite not needing it, Bumfuzzle knows how to spot violent people, pixels is ace on building regulations and Buckskin sounds like a thorough planner. q. e. d.

PS: unrelated, but Bumfuzzle - love the username, cracks me up everytime (no pun intended) :D

knownasness · 2020-09-23T17:02:49+00:00

i've always been scared of large bodies of water. like the thought of just being in the middle of the ocean terrifies me. i could probably calm myself down if i end up in a wide river or smallish lake. but if i were dropped in or floated out to a body of water big enough that i couldn't see any kind of land near me.. i'd lose my shit immediately. luckily, it hasn't happened. but i've dreamt about it happening and i always wake up from those dreams with my heart pounding out of damn chest. so yeah. fuck that. also, snakes. but that's recent. a neighbor's boa tried to eat me when i was like 10 and i haven't fucked with snakes since. can't even look at pictures of them without freaking out.

pixels_and_glitches · 2020-09-23T17:22:38+00:00

I'm afraid of engineered structures like bridges and buildings, not even particularly tall ones although ESPECIALLY particularly tall ones. It's not a dehabilitating fear - I'm in a building right now - but it's something I think about daily. Using a high bridge or overpass can get me especially white knuckled though.

Every time you cross a bridge or stand in a building or any structure that will kill you if it suddenly fails, you're creating a chain of trust - trust that those who designed it knew what they were doing and did not cut corners, trust those who made the materials to build it knew what they were doing and did not cut corners, trust that those who built it knew what they were doing and did not cut corners, trust that those who inspected it throughout the years for maintenance and code violations knew what they were doing and did not cut corners, trust that those who designed the inspections to violate knew what they were doing and did not cut corners, trust that those who were hired to fix any violations or degradation knew what they doing and did not cut corners, etc. I briefly dated an engineer and she told me I was not exactly wrong to be worried about this.

Anyway, I think bridge collapses are going to become more and more common.

cokolada90 · 2020-09-24T06:24:55+00:00

This is a dumb one, but the dark. I'm really scared of someone hiding in my yard at night when I put the bins out or something.

StrictlyDykley · 2020-09-23T21:52:33+00:00

Electrocution, ladders.

carrotcake · 2020-09-24T05:17:44+00:00

Insects. The only ones I can stand are ants, mosquitoes and spiders - the small and non threatening ones of course. I'm not like this when I'm in nature but insects anywhere near concrete are the worst for me. When I have nightmares they usually include insects or some nasty animal like rats.

watermelonsappho · 2020-09-25T05:36:01+00:00

Unexpected loud noises, like someone yelling or a plate dropping in the kitchen, always freak me out. Also snakes.

MrFahrenheit46 · 2020-10-05T14:19:02+00:00

Talking on the phone without some bullet points to help me along.

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