For me it's escalators. I've always been quite nervous of getting on them. It's the thought of stepping on the gap and falling over. When I was younger, I used to thing I'd get my shoes caught at the bottom or the top of them and get gobbled up. Recently, I nearly missed my footing on one in HMV and nearly fell over! My heart was in my mouth! Luckily nobody saw though.

I used to know a girl at school who was afraid of the sight of fish. A girl I work with is scared of bananas?

What about you?!

Don't know if it's that weird, but the traffic scares the hell out of me. I still haven't got my licence, and the thought of having to study biochemistry is less scaring than this thing.

Everyone says ', just get it' but they just don't know how scared I am.

I also get sweaty whenever I have to cross the street.

The bike is ok, but also here I'm scared.

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i don't like noises when I can't tell where its coming from. Like if I'm sitting here and there's a bang or click coming from another room...that freaks me out.

Ï HATE it when people try to hug me, massage my neck or even touch me in any way. I don`t know if i would say i`m afraid of it, but i get the same kind of feelings.

Icicle said:

i feel the same way about people i don't like - i can't stand for them to touch me, and especially on my back. oddly, i'm pretty huggy-feely with everybody else.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

cosign

Natisse said:

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Yup. Also, Natisse, there's a storefront here in New Haven with giant wooden tree frogs painted in fluorescent colors that they shine a black light on overnight when they close and the frogs glow in the dark. It's creepy to me and I don't have that phobia, so your friend would prolly just die.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

Two years ago, i had a teacher who used to suddenly massage my neck in class, and once started caress my neck. That was creepy, and i felt very uncomfortable
I don`t like it when friends or relatives hug me either.

Icicle said:

Icicle said:

See, but that's not an unreasonable thing to get nervous about... It's fuckin illegal.

LleeLlee said:

co-sign

TheSmyrk said:

You`re right. The teacher probably meant well, but there`s a limit to what you can do

Icicle said:

My housemate in my 2nd year used to come into my room and massage me when I was sat at my desk. That gave me the willies.

i'm afraid of large groups of strangers in enclosed spaces, most likely because i was trampled by a mob of rabid christians when i was a small child and to this day, i don't trust large groups of people in situations where they're trying to get from one place to another. i work a couple of hours earlier than 9 to 5 so i can beat having to ride to and from work in a packed subway car - the idea horrifies me.

Anxiety said:

Well that sucks I never knew that.

My irrational (?) fear is of things exploding in my face - whether they be elastic bands, fizzy drink caps, or something far more powerful etc.

And yes, to spare anyone the trouble - I DO realise how ironic this is considering I'm a gay man!

BananaCologne said:

you're on fire today hon

JDINTERACTIVE said:

I don`t understand what makes some people think that they can just go around massaging and touching everyone. Where are your manners PEOPLE!!!

Natisse said:

I know...touch me, I'm so hawt I'm positively SIZZLING

BananaCologne said:

BananaCologne said:

I was scared of a segment of Kate Bush's singing during a performance of 'Running Up That Hill' on Top of The Pops when I was little. I remember I had to leave the room!

Santa Claus or the "nisse" as we say in Norway scared the h*** out of me when i was a kid. My father dressed up as a "nisse" every christmas eve, and i would cry and scream, i hid under the table
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JDINTERACTIVE said:

Cloudbuster said:

Don't encourage her.

I am deathly afraid of bees. I'v enever had a bee sting, but I RUN for the bills when I see one. I'm terrified of getting trapped in a car with one.

JDINTERACTIVE said:

i feel uncomfortable talking on the phone with people i do not know ... or have not met in person 1st

i am an eye and body reader

Mach said:

me too