Goddammit, I'm 30 and thunderstorms still make me nervous. You should've seen me 20 years ago when I sacrificed all social graces to hide from thunder or any other irregularly timed loud noise, e.g, truck/train compressors (the *PSSSSSSSssssh!* sound they make after coming to a stop). I've learned to cope, more or less--staying as relaxed as possible rather than tensing up in dread anticipation definitely softens the blow--but I still have issues with nighttime thunderstorms, especially when I'm trying to sleep. It's a double-whammy: I struggle with the anticipation of both house-shaking thunderclaps and blinding lightning flashes. I pull every cover over myself so the light can't penetrate my eyelids, and I keep one finger pressed over the ear that isn't pasted against the pillow (at least during the worst of it).
Other than that, I'm normal enough.
*the readers inexplicably scatter, muttering hurried explanations and disappearing.*
Seriously, how about a Phobias Anonymous meeting for a moment here. What are you irrationally afraid of?
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maggiemae1969
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Jun 21 @ 7:15PM
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I HATE circkets.......
I was in my moms basement which by the way is all dirt, bout killed myself getting out when I saw what looked to be bout 9000 crickets , the instant one got on my leg I was running........ boom wacked my head and fell out the door.... I no longer go to the basement FOR ANYTHING.
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BigFlirt
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Jun 21 @ 7:17PM
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There is only two things i dont mess with, one is tarantulas and the second scares me even more, thats NachoBaby she is tuff.... 
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Dominus
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Jun 21 @ 7:20PM
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I keep asking myself while I'm repainting the porch...why is someone who's barophobic doing this?
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ShadowsAngel
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Jun 21 @ 7:28PM
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Heights.... talk about someone turning white and being ready to pass out... just ask me to stand on a chair... Or worse yet... get in an airplane... open stairs (forget it... i'm staying on the ground floor!)...
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NachoBaby
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Jun 21 @ 7:33PM
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BF's a smart man... Im terrorified of snakes horrible icky creatures.
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aberlour
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Jun 21 @ 7:38PM
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I got over the needle thing after a few allergy tests. However IVs still freak me the hell out.
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Sierra_rose
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Jun 21 @ 7:42PM
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Although I love to watch them, I fear fireworks. I always think a lone spark is going to fly over to me and pierce my heart and I drop dead.... yup... that's the way I am going to die. 
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PrincessKissy
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Jun 21 @ 7:46PM
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I'm not overly comfortable having my feet under the blankets in bed. Yep, you read right... claustrophobic feet 
I'm generally claustrophobic, can't stand having a helmet over my head, and don't pull the blankets over IT, either!!
I have others, but I think y'all already wonder about my sanity. 
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Blueyesprkln
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Jun 21 @ 7:51PM
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I may be a country girl, but I hate bugs. Down here in Alabama we have palmetto bugs. Big, huge, cockroach looking bugs that fly. They say they live in trees, but they seem to want to live in my house and porch. I hate those big bastards.
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zaralyon
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Jun 21 @ 8:00PM
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I hate crowds, especially the ones where you are stuck and cant' move, or should i say most people can't move. I can usually get people to move, wonder if its the half crazed look in my eye?
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sumdaysoon
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Jun 21 @ 8:02PM
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fucking ticks........every time i go riding on the hunt club i get one of the little mothers........i itch all over......come home get naked and look in every crevice......now there's a picture huh........
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jezzarae
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Jun 21 @ 8:04PM
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I am completely totally irrationally terrified of hairy spiders. Now daddy long legs don't bother me but get anything else and I lose it and god forbid if it is hairy. I have been known to avoid a room in the house for weeks because a spider was seen in it but not killed.
My sons have had snakes ferrets mice rats and worse for pets and I have handled them all with no fear or aversion but a stupid spider is my undoing.
Like Crissy I have a real phobia of anything on my face or over it. I cant cope with anything touching my face even my little grandkids sneaking up behind and covering my eyes saying guess who about freaks me out.
........ but I do love thunderstorms lightening and all the intensity that goes with them.
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Ashinatrix
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Jun 21 @ 8:15PM
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I keep asking myself while I'm repainting the porch...why is someone who's barophobic doing this? and your fear of gravity has you concerned because???????You may fall throught the porch????? 
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maggiemae1969
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Jun 21 @ 8:21PM
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Ash  still and that phobia about covering my face ..... count me in too....... I simply cant stand it ...
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ValentineGirl214
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Jun 21 @ 8:27PM
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I can't walk on anything I can see thru....like grates or stairs that aren't solid!! I have a friggin' panic attack!! I didn't used to be like this, never fell thru anything, so I don't know where it came from. I can Fly, take elevators, but not if they are see thru!!
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Ashinatrix
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Jun 21 @ 8:28PM
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as for my earlier comment....I was not asking in jest....I am truely befuddled 
My main one is Coulrophobia.....with a small side of Pupaphobia......
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Ewe_Wish
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Jun 21 @ 8:36PM
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I'm scared of lintroller. 
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lintroller
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Jun 21 @ 10:30PM
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aberlour: interestingly, my peers and I have occasionally practiced IVs on each other...
sierra: good god, I can totally relate. the flak that occasionally rains down scares the hell out of me.
jezza: I know someone who sometimes throws up when she sees a spider--it's almost a reflex!
L4F@45: If that's true, how do you get the dust off your suits before going to work?
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sundance64
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Jun 21 @ 10:35PM
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I have a deathly fear of heights...can't go on ferris wheels, stand on top of Castle Rock or drive across The Bridge (those from Michigan know the last two...lol). And ya'll wonder why I left the state!
I'm also afraid of big spiders. Little ones don't bother me, neither do daddy-long-legs. I'm talkin' big, hairy wolf spiders, tarantulas and those nasty banana spiders in florida.
Basically, anything big and creepy-crawly gives me the willies. So do mice and rats. Had a dead mouse in my office last week (hey...I work in the boonies as well as live in them!) and I went screeching out into the shop! Everyone thinks that's a yankee thing too...along with eatin' bees.
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geena
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Jun 21 @ 10:50PM
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Blood.... If I had a regular monthly period, I think I am absolutely crazy by now because I can't stand the sight of it. Thanks to the advancement of Science, I don't have to have it every month and dont have to see much of it.
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str8ngr84u2
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Jun 21 @ 10:52PM
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I have normal fears. However, my son has lollypopguildophobia. He has it so bad he can't even watch them on TV.
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lunanegra
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Jun 21 @ 11:06PM
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Getting on escalators.I remember when I was at the mall with a friend and he almost yanked my arm out of the socket just for me to take the damn thing.I begged and pleaded to take the elevator instead because the only way to get into the main area of the mall was to go up to the 3rd level.When the day was over,I realized that I had to get to ground level.I couldn't find the elevator,so I just stood at the foot of the escalator for at least 45 minutes in fear.I think the people who worked there were probably making fun of me.Anyway,long story short,I took it down,but holding someones hand..I cant remember,I think I was 15 or 16 then.But to this very day,I still don't take an escalator when I go to the mall.I just remember all those stories about people getting their feet...then leg caught in the slats at the bottom.
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plaidskirtluver
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Jun 21 @ 11:37PM
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spiders. well, spiders and those rug-like millipedes. i still manage to save the kiddies from them on occassion...but those things just give me the creeps!
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wyldsidewoman
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Jun 21 @ 11:46PM
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I can't walk on anything I can see thru....like grates or stairs that aren't solid!! I have a friggin' panic attack!! I didn't used to be like this, never fell thru anything, so I don't know where it came from. I can Fly, take elevators, but not if they are see thru!
I have to agree with Valentine. When it comes to completely irrational fears this one tops my list (although I have no problem with glass elevators unless the bottom is open grate or glass). But If I am walking down the sidewalk and come across an open grate I will make every effort to walk around it, and if I have to step on it I'll hold my breath! Yet, I never so much as got a heel stuck in one of these, so I don't know where the fear comes from!
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Ewe_Wish
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Jun 21 @ 11:50PM
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L4F@45: If that's true, how do you get the dust off your suits before going to work? That wasn't nice Lint, reminding me I'm unemployed I'm going to tell nachobaby your not playing well with others again. 
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31sunshine
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Jun 22 @ 12:26AM
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My phobias:
Snakes....make me freak
Spiders.....make me hyperventalate
Heights....just can't do them, especially farris wheels...the devil invented them I just know it.
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shellsmack
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Jun 22 @ 4:00AM
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Agoraphobic...it'll break the strongest of strong!
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bentan
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Jun 22 @ 5:57AM
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Public-speaking and earthworms.
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sftyeng
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Jun 22 @ 8:45AM
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snakes
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ShadowsAngel
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Jun 22 @ 8:48AM
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stand on top of Castle Rock or drive across The Bridge
I have absolutely no problem driving across The Bridge (That would be the Mackinaw Bridge for the rest of you) But OMFG the one and only time that I EVER took my kids to Castle Rock they had to call a flipping ambulance to get me down from there. Don't feel TOO bad when it comes to not being able to handle Castle Rock...at least they never had to send the rescue squad to get you down off it.
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Pudge2you
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Jun 22 @ 9:53AM
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I'm afraid to comment on blogs.
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ladybootscooter
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Jun 22 @ 10:18AM
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Ok, go ahead and laugh, but "June bugs" I hate those creepy little hooks on their feet! That and the fact that my male cousins used to hold me down and put the damn things on me when I was little! And then of course there's heights, not all heights just man made structures, climbing trees, cliffs, moutain sides or even up on a very tall horse doesn't bother me, but a ferris wheel can put me in a panic!
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Nutrisse
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Jun 22 @ 10:46AM
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To wake up and find myself old, looking back on my life, asking the question, did I live my life to the fullest? and the answer being no. I better get my butt in gear.
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lintroller
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Jun 23 @ 11:01AM
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Well now, this turned out to be amusing. See how nice support groups can be?
It's interesting how different people are when it comes to fear. Thunderstorms scare me, but jezzarae loves them. Bentan hates public speaking, but that's one of my favorite things to do. Fascinating.
L4F@45: Hey, this is MY sandbox!
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Caradon
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Jun 23 @ 3:01PM
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Spiders...not that I run from them but I destroy in a violent fashion everything and anyone in the vicinity just to kill the silent 8 legged little fuckers..some here..ARENT so little. Oh yeah and Planes..its a flying coffin. I aint flyin and I aint dyin that way..Up 43000 fuckin feet..Flying on happy airlines..then 30 minutes into the flight on Happy airlines..the pilet informs ya that your gonna crash etc..so how do you turn that Happy airlines Smile to a frown?? figure it out..Me..If im crashing I am gonna be one salty Mf'er, and Im gonna kick in the cockpit door and give the pilet something to really be worried about until we hit ..so. for me..its Spiders(small brain sucking bastards that they are) and Airplanes.
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Ewe_Wish
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Jun 23 @ 3:06PM
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L4F@45: Hey, this is MY sandbox! Hey lint you want to get dirty with me  we could at least make mudpies together.
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