Thread: What's Your Phobia?

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What's your phobia?

Being sick
Death
Embarrassment/humiliation
Fires
Losing my security (being homeless)
Spiders
Clothing tags

Claustrophobia is my big one

It's not that I'm scared to go into small spaces per se

It's if I have to work in a tight space

I don't have claustrophobia, but Emetophobia can bring on claustrophobia, as it can make me become panicky when sitting somewhere outside my safe zone among other people, like in the cinema or on a plane or train. It's because I panic in case I happen to be sick and can't escape and then I'd be causing distress for others and drawing attention to myself with my horrible loud violent retching. Oh my God it can't bear thinking about. It just can't happen, no matter how logical I try and approach the situation. Even for non-Emetophobes, it's still distressing to have someone being sick right near you, especially a stranger. It's gross and embarrassing. It wouldn't be so bad if I was able to just puke discreetly into a bag without anyone knowing, but I know that ain't physically possible for me. It's just the most frightening situation for me to think about and no amount of logic will help. So people saying things like "nobody will laugh at you" doesn't make the thought of the situation any easier. I'm not worrying about people laughing at me. I just don't want the attention drawn to me, even if it's positive and helpful. Just losing control of my body in front of other people in a closed-in space is just really distressing for me to think about. It can't happen. Ever.

I was in a small tent when I was about 7 or 8 years old and thus big fat lad did a full belly flop right on top of the tent

Broke my ribs and took the wind right out of me

I was trapped in this f*****g tent, I couldn't breath and I thought that was it

I think that's where my phobia might stem from but there have been other incidents

I'm not scared to go into tight spaces but I do have a tendency to lash out if I feel I'm becoming trapped

I'm reliving that now

I've only been able to speak about it twice before because it's too much

The thing is though, I love sleeping in a tent

Yeah it's scary that mate
It's a near death experience

Yeah I can imagine.

bees/wasps
tight enclosed spaces, being trapped in same
hypodermic needles
electric shock
bullies/thugs/magas

Mosquitoes

But I don't know if it's a phobia or just a bloody hatred of them

I'm not keen on snakes but I wouldn't say I'm phobic of them because I have held them but they're just not my scene

Spiders, well I'd say I'm a bit phobic but it's sort of got easier with age

Heights but only if my feet aren't on something
I can run up and down ladders all day long

I'm just a bloody scaredy cat me

Bees and Wasps mainly nowadays.

Something odd I noticed about my phobia of spiders. A few years ago I was in my garden and felt a dreadful pain under my arm, and when I lifted my arm up I found a wasp was there and had stung me. The pain was excruciating. But I wasn't scared of the wasp (even though I hate pain!) instead I just grabbed the nearest thing to me and wiped the wasp off me. Yet if that had of been one of those huge but harmless house spiders on me, I would have screamed and even cried.

So that goes to show that I only avoid wasps because they can sting, otherwise they don't scare me. But a harmless British house spider? Absolutely no way can I even bear to go near one. They make me shudder in absolute fear. Why do non-biting spiders have this affect on so many of us humans?


I think another phobia of mine to add to the list is pain. I am hypersensitive to pain and is the main reason why I've never been pregnant.