Do you have any phobias?

[eternaltrue]

Have you tried to overcome them?

I'm terrified of heights, I cannot stand on a chair without shaking.

 

[April]

Spiders! omg....I hate hate hate spiders...the little creepy arachnids are everywhere in my basement, all I want to do is take a can of hairspray and a lighter and torch they asses when I have to go down there to do laundry....(shudder) nasty little buggers...

 

[uscitizen]

Clowns in Volkswagons wearing Mitt Romney masks.

 

[Mr. H.]

I can pilot an airplane, but can not and will not ride on a Ferris Wheel.

Put me in a cockpit and I'll go anywere, but expose me to open-space heights and I'll cry and cower like a whipped puppy.

 

[April]

Clowns in Volkswagons wearing Mitt Romney masks.

 

[nesta]

yeah snakes spiders heights deep water and phobias themselves, I have a phobia of getting more phobias, aka phobiaphobia.

 

[Sherry]

Wasps...although I did make some strides in overcoming my terror while teaching first grade. Sometimes one would fly into the classroom, and I obviously couldn't risk it stinging one of the kids...but I still have a little bit of a freak out when I see one and my heart starts pounding so hard.

 

[saveliberty]

Heights aren't my favorite. I don't do roller coasters as a result, yet I 'll climb a ladder to paint my two story house or cut a tree down. I can rationally overcome fear.

 

[g5000]

Have you tried to overcome them?

I'm terrified of heights, I cannot stand on a chair without shaking.

I acquired a fear of heights out of the clear blue sky one day. I spent quite a long time trying to figure out what brought that on. My best guess is that it is due to some particular incidents I experience in the military. Unfortunately, that fear came on me at a very bad time. I actually froze in place. That sucked.

I have since found that old-fashioned immersion therapy has done wonders to mitigate this problem considerably.

The standing on the chair thing was true for me, too, for a time. Especially when doing things which required me to look up, like changing a light bulb.

Looking up was more likely to induce uncontrollable shakes than looking down.

I once had to have a Ferris wheel operator stop the ride and let me off. That was embarrassing. And weird, since I rode Ferris wheels a million times when I was a kid.

Through regular practice of forcing myself to do things which require ladders or whatnot, I have nearly eliminated my fear and am almost back to normal. I can climb up on my roof and stuff now.

Another useful immersion technique I found helpful was to go to a shopping mall and go up to the second or third floor and go to the "sidewalk" railing and look down to the first floor for a while. The trick is to make your body relax when that is the last thing it wants to do.


I took a hot air balloon ride this past fall. When the balloon launched, I crouched on the floor of the basket. I thought I was ready, but it caught me by surprise.

The balloonist said that was the first time he saw someone freak out in the 16 years he has been ballooning.

But within a couple minutes, I was able to stand. And within ten minutes I was enjoying myself thoroughly, and was able to look over the side with no qualms whatsoever.

A great day. I highly recommend ballooning to everyone.

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[strollingbones]

snakes

 

[Big Black Dog]

Do you have any phobias?

I am fearful of ladies who do not wear bras.

 

[g5000]

Clowns in Volkswagons wearing Mitt Romney masks.

Someone I know has a fear of clowns. It is one of the top ten fears.

So I gave her a great birthday card. On the front it said, "What is scarier than a clown?" and there was a picture of a clown on it.

Open the card, and inside it says, "Two clowns" with a drawing of the same.




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[saveliberty]

Do you have any phobias?

I am fearful of ladies who do not wear bras.

Sounds dreadful, I hope you have sought therapy...

 

[Sherry]

Do you have any phobias?

I am fearful of ladies who do not wear bras.

 

[Dreamy]

Snakes and mice. Bats a little.

Electrical storms frighten me sometimes but not likely a true classic phobia.

I love heights.

 

[Kiki Cannoli]

falling down concrete steps or rocks and smashing my teeth to bits...yep, this is my phobia.

 

[Dreamy]

falling down concrete steps or rocks and smashing my teeth to bits...yep, this is my phobia.

OMG, Kiki I forgot about my teeth one. I have a huge fear of losing my front teeth. I have those dreams too where it happens and I am so glad to wake up.

 

[Caroljo]

I have to take mine off as soon as i get home from work everyday!!!!

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! LOL!

 

[Dreamy]

I have to take mine off as soon as i get home from work everyday!!!!

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! LOL!

Really? Oh I pray I will always have my teeth and my eyesight.

 

[Caroljo]

falling down concrete steps or rocks and smashing my teeth to bits...yep, this is my phobia.

OMG, Kiki I forgot about my teeth one. I have a huge fear of losing my front teeth. I have those dreams too where it happens and I am so glad to wake up.

Not to scare you...but!

Years ago I used to have dreams....but it was like i was awake. I would lay there in bed and i couldn't stop the back of my tongue from pushing HARD against the back of my front teeth! I felt like i was awake, but i couldn't stop it! And every time that happened my teeth would actually push forward and come out!! Then I'd wake up........Within a year later, i had ended up having to have my 4 front teeth removed and a partial put in....That was the weirdest thing i've ever been through!