What Are You Afraid Of

kjm030584 · 09-23-2005, 05:00 PM

Okay, being afraid of stuff is normal. So don't back out of answering the question.

I have small fears like heights, and confined spaces :shudder: . Things that I'd just rather not have around. But there are some things that just phase me. I'm okay with insects... just not where I sleep. My least favorite insect, the one that I will have to kill from a distance are centipedes. :shudder: :shudder: And I hesitate to say it, but I might as well come to terms with it... I don't like horses. I love pictures of them, sometimes, but I cannot be around them. One time my sisters friend was riding her horse galloping really fast straight for me; of course i flipped out and jumped over the fence. Too many have taken nips at my shoulder for me to be comfortable around them.

So share your fears... it might be fun!!

Eibhlin · 09-23-2005, 07:35 PM

not always, but during certain times during the year i am really paranoid of the idea of rabid dogs, or stray dogs in general. around where we live alot of people let their dogs run loose, so there are times when i wont even let the girls play in the yard for like a week or so just because of that fact. (it all stems from watching Cujo as a kid)
since i have been in the south i am also afraid to approach snakes and spiders, which up in new england wouldnt phase me at all.
oh ya, i also HATE being crowded by people, or when someone has to unnecassarily touch my hair or my shoulder or something when talking to me, makes me want to crawl out of my skin

and i suppose i should be afraid of horses, but i totally love them. like i have said before i have been stepped on, thrown off, fallen off, been kicked, been bitten and have even bitten back once or twice... :rolleyes:

last_dance_rodeo · 09-23-2005, 07:37 PM

:monk: THAT'S FUNNY! Becasue I don't like being around cows. They just scare me. The weird thing is though that's pretty much all of south dakota is raising cows and farming. So how I got to be this way I don't know.

Little Bird · 09-26-2005, 07:55 AM

I have a huge fear of losing my family, any one of them. If anything happened to Peter or my parents or siblings, my niece...any of them, I really don't know how I would cope. We're all very close.

I know this may seem silly to some people but I also have a horrible fear that I might not be able to have children. Often people don't know til they start trying and then find that there is something wrong. I have longed for so long to be able to carry my own children that I get insanely worried that it might not happen. Silly, I suppose but that's how much I look forward to having them.

Also, on a side note, I hate car washes. I still sit in the car when I go through them but I have this horrible fear that the brush mechanism is just going to keep coming down on the car and crush the whole thing with me in it. I have only been like that for about 5 years. Loved them before i actually saw it happen in my local petrol station! The woman was alright but knowing that she could have been totally crushed scared me so much. I try to face my fear every time but I am still really scared.

bluediamond · 09-26-2005, 08:06 AM

I have a fear that when i goto heaven my angels wont be waiting for me.

Other than that, i have a genuine fear of moths! cant stand the little :bang: .the big ones are the worst, and although i dont swat them i attract them. My worst nightmares involve being attacked by a swarm of moths. Butterflys im ok with....maybe coz they are cute lol.

Anyway, must run, ALL the 1000's of students are back today grrrrrrrr.......wish me luck.

:lalala:
Dave

louloublu · 10-14-2007, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bluediamond

Other than that, i have a genuine fear of moths! cant stand the little :bang: .the big ones are the worst, and although i dont swat them i attract them. My worst nightmares involve being attacked by a swarm of moths. Butterflys im ok with....maybe coz they are cute lol.

Oh my God Dave!!! After I posted I decided to look over old posts and I can't believe someone else is afraid of the feckers too! All my friends think I'm mad. Maybe we should start a support group?

Webbed · 10-17-2007, 05:44 AM

Im afraid that my debits and credits in my accounting dont balance.... OK, maybe not. But I can think of two things:

As someone said in one of the posts, I am afraid of what could be there in the dark. But is that because were watching so many horror flicks? What are you really afraid of, the serial killer/rapist, or a spooky spirit or ghost?

Having been raised with a Japanese culture, I am sort of afraid that Ill be alone with a ghost or spirit. That comes to mind before I think about a killer or something more tangible. Is that normal?

But speaking of spiders, I experienced what its like to have bad karma this weekend. We have two large spiders in our yard. They are unusually large (about the size of a nickel), and they spun webs in the rose garden. So, I did what a typical school child would do: I started to find other smaller bugs and fed them to the two spiders. I watched them spin the webs around the helpless critters, watched them suck the life out of them (I figured the exterminators would come for its regular spraying and kill them anyway). Well, after an hour of doing this, I picked up and accidentally dropped a piece of plywood on my toe (I was moving stuff around the shed to find some spiders, see). Now, I think the toenail will fall off after it turns purple. Needless to say, I stopped feeding the spiders. Am I evil or what?

I think Im afraid of bad karma.

kjm030584 · 09-26-2005, 11:33 AM

good to see you don't fear your students. :D Goodluck

Little Bird · 09-26-2005, 11:48 AM

:lmao: Ha! You won't get to doss anymore Dave. Here comes the silly season. It lasts until summer next year!

kjm030584 · 09-26-2005, 04:03 PM

this is my favorite freakin season! And Halloween is coming up soon. <3 :clapjoy:

cindywats1967 · 09-26-2005, 06:42 PM

I get affraid of the dark :shudder:

:brit: cindy xxx

WhatWouldJewelDo · 09-27-2005, 12:35 AM

I have horrible OCD... which reminds me... I have to remind my mom to make an appoint with the phychiatrist... im out of meds.. hehe...

so yea, I'm really anal about everything, and I get really obbesessive and worry alot when it comes to pretty much anything that matters to me, especially my dog. If i even think about the day that he wont be with me anymore, I get choked up and kinda want to cry.

and my small fears:

~ confined spaces
~ the dark
~ heights
~ anything that has to do with water slides (i dont know why)

ooh yea, and most importantly:

~ the giant 7 foot tall football players that weigh 375 pounds that go to my school :shudder:

Eibhlin · 09-27-2005, 01:11 PM

LOL!@bobby, well you could always just do what my husband Joe did when he mock fought one of the football players-Jarod to be exact who is like twice Joe' size--(Joe is short like Dave)
anyways, Joe just jumped on his back, hung onto his neck and kicked his legs like crazy
it was pretty funny
and if that doesn't work, i guess you could always bite their ankles, or kick them in the knee :lmao:

kjm030584 · 09-27-2005, 04:31 PM

they seem to really be bothered by dumb jock jokes.

Little Bird · 09-27-2005, 05:18 PM

Oh yeah, confined spaces and large crowds seriously bother me. Kind of claustrphobic. Stems from a bad experience as a child

09-23-2005, 05:00 PM	#1
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	Okay, being afraid of stuff is normal. So don't back out of answering the question. I have small fears like heights, and confined spaces :shudder: . Things that I'd just rather not have around. But there are some things that just phase me. I'm okay with insects... just not where I sleep. My least favorite insect, the one that I will have to kill from a distance are centipedes. :shudder: :shudder: And I hesitate to say it, but I might as well come to terms with it... I don't like horses. I love pictures of them, sometimes, but I cannot be around them. One time my sisters friend was riding her horse galloping really fast straight for me; of course i flipped out and jumped over the fence. Too many have taken nips at my shoulder for me to be comfortable around them. So share your fears... it might be fun!! __________________

09-23-2005, 07:35 PM	#2
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	not always, but during certain times during the year i am really paranoid of the idea of rabid dogs, or stray dogs in general. around where we live alot of people let their dogs run loose, so there are times when i wont even let the girls play in the yard for like a week or so just because of that fact. (it all stems from watching Cujo as a kid) since i have been in the south i am also afraid to approach snakes and spiders, which up in new england wouldnt phase me at all. oh ya, i also HATE being crowded by people, or when someone has to unnecassarily touch my hair or my shoulder or something when talking to me, makes me want to crawl out of my skin and i suppose i should be afraid of horses, but i totally love them. like i have said before i have been stepped on, thrown off, fallen off, been kicked, been bitten and have even bitten back once or twice... :rolleyes: __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

09-23-2005, 07:37 PM	#3
last_dance_rodeo Temporarily Absent Mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: South Dakota Posts: 2,212 Rep Power: 251	:monk: THAT'S FUNNY! Becasue I don't like being around cows. They just scare me. The weird thing is though that's pretty much all of south dakota is raising cows and farming. So how I got to be this way I don't know. __________________ Her face is moonworn and thin, she's been wishing on too many stars again.

09-26-2005, 07:55 AM	#4
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	I have a huge fear of losing my family, any one of them. If anything happened to Peter or my parents or siblings, my niece...any of them, I really don't know how I would cope. We're all very close. I know this may seem silly to some people but I also have a horrible fear that I might not be able to have children. Often people don't know til they start trying and then find that there is something wrong. I have longed for so long to be able to carry my own children that I get insanely worried that it might not happen. Silly, I suppose but that's how much I look forward to having them. Also, on a side note, I hate car washes. I still sit in the car when I go through them but I have this horrible fear that the brush mechanism is just going to keep coming down on the car and crush the whole thing with me in it. I have only been like that for about 5 years. Loved them before i actually saw it happen in my local petrol station! The woman was alright but knowing that she could have been totally crushed scared me so much. I try to face my fear every time but I am still really scared. __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

09-26-2005, 08:06 AM	#5
bluediamond Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South East England / Russia Posts: 1,692 Rep Power: 10	I have a fear that when i goto heaven my angels wont be waiting for me. Other than that, i have a genuine fear of moths! cant stand the little :bang: .the big ones are the worst, and although i dont swat them i attract them. My worst nightmares involve being attacked by a swarm of moths. Butterflys im ok with....maybe coz they are cute lol. Anyway, must run, ALL the 1000's of students are back today grrrrrrrr.......wish me luck. :lalala: Dave __________________ Please clicking a few of these : http://www.HQ13.com http://www.russianradio.info http://www.stabletours.info http://www.personalcleaners.com

10-17-2007, 05:44 AM	#7
Webbed JKF Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 170 Rep Power: 212	Im afraid that my debits and credits in my accounting dont balance.... OK, maybe not. But I can think of two things: As someone said in one of the posts, I am afraid of what could be there in the dark. But is that because were watching so many horror flicks? What are you really afraid of, the serial killer/rapist, or a spooky spirit or ghost? Having been raised with a Japanese culture, I am sort of afraid that Ill be alone with a ghost or spirit. That comes to mind before I think about a killer or something more tangible. Is that normal? But speaking of spiders, I experienced what its like to have bad karma this weekend. We have two large spiders in our yard. They are unusually large (about the size of a nickel), and they spun webs in the rose garden. So, I did what a typical school child would do: I started to find other smaller bugs and fed them to the two spiders. I watched them spin the webs around the helpless critters, watched them suck the life out of them (I figured the exterminators would come for its regular spraying and kill them anyway). Well, after an hour of doing this, I picked up and accidentally dropped a piece of plywood on my toe (I was moving stuff around the shed to find some spiders, see). Now, I think the toenail will fall off after it turns purple. Needless to say, I stopped feeding the spiders. Am I evil or what? I think Im afraid of bad karma. Last edited by Webbed; 10-18-2007 at 10:13 PM.

09-26-2005, 11:33 AM	#8
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	good to see you don't fear your students. :D Goodluck __________________

09-26-2005, 11:48 AM	#9
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	:lmao: Ha! You won't get to doss anymore Dave. Here comes the silly season. It lasts until summer next year! __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom

09-26-2005, 04:03 PM	#10
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	this is my favorite freakin season! And Halloween is coming up soon. <3 :clapjoy: __________________

09-26-2005, 06:42 PM	#11
cindywats1967 Members Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: cambridge, uk Posts: 19 Rep Power: 227	I get affraid of the dark :shudder: :brit: cindy xxx

09-27-2005, 12:35 AM	#12
WhatWouldJewelDo Members Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 507 Rep Power: 0	I have horrible OCD... which reminds me... I have to remind my mom to make an appoint with the phychiatrist... im out of meds.. hehe... so yea, I'm really anal about everything, and I get really obbesessive and worry alot when it comes to pretty much anything that matters to me, especially my dog. If i even think about the day that he wont be with me anymore, I get choked up and kinda want to cry. and my small fears: ~ confined spaces ~ the dark ~ heights ~ anything that has to do with water slides (i dont know why) ooh yea, and most importantly: ~ the giant 7 foot tall football players that weigh 375 pounds that go to my school :shudder: __________________ <span style=\'font-family:Courier\'><span style=\'font-size:8pt;line-height:100%\'><span style=\'color:yellow\'> how 'bout stopping eating when I'm full up how 'bout me not blaming you for everything how 'bout me enjoying the moment for once how 'bout unabashedly bawling your eyes out thank you India thank you terror thank you disillusionment thank you nothingness thank you clarity thank you thank you silence</span></span></span>

09-27-2005, 01:11 PM	#13
Eibhlin Oscillating Fan Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 2,044 Rep Power: 254	LOL!@bobby, well you could always just do what my husband Joe did when he mock fought one of the football players-Jarod to be exact who is like twice Joe' size--(Joe is short like Dave) anyways, Joe just jumped on his back, hung onto his neck and kicked his legs like crazy it was pretty funny and if that doesn't work, i guess you could always bite their ankles, or kick them in the knee :lmao: __________________ I'd like to call you my wild horse and feed you silver sage Andrea an eye for an eye makes the world blind

09-27-2005, 04:31 PM	#14
kjm030584 Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,843 Rep Power: 253	they seem to really be bothered by dumb jock jokes. __________________

09-27-2005, 05:18 PM	#15
Little Bird Administrator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 6,178 Rep Power: 10	Oh yeah, confined spaces and large crowds seriously bother me. Kind of claustrphobic. Stems from a bad experience as a child __________________ In the end...only kindness matters MysteriousWisdom