Originally Posted By knightnfrees So, being that today is Friday the 13th, Do you have a phobia of today (paraskavedekatriaphobia) or of the number 13 (Triskaidekaphobia)? If not that, what phobias do you have?
Originally Posted By u k fan I don't really have any phobias, but I am suffering from paraskavedekatriaphobia today as tonight is the first performance of a play I wrote and the dress rehearsal was not good!!! :0
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Break a leg UKFAN! I have a couple of phobias. I hate snakes with a vengance, I find it difficult to even look at a picture. Also, I am not keen on heights. Going up a ladder makes me nervous. And when standing at the rim of the Grand Canyon or on a Cathedral roof - e.g. Sagradia Familia (Barcelona) or the top of the Eiffel Tower - oh mama, do I feel dizzy. I'm fine in glass elevators and roller coasters though.
Originally Posted By irishfan I'm with you Dave regarding snakes, hate is a strong word, but I really do hate the things. Probably not a smart move, leaving Ireland which has no snakes (thank you St.Pat), and moving to a country which has some of the most venomous is the world!
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Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS None here, except that I really don't like roaches. I'm not afraid of them really, but they gross me out!
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove u k fan: it's wonderful to have a bad dress rehearsal. you're set up wonderfully for a terrific show! yes, do break a leg! davewasbaloo: you, me, and Indiana Jones. WHY does it have to be snakes? WHY are they on this planet? I know deep in my heart that I would die of fright if I accidentally met up with one.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I used to be ok with snakes, and then I was bitten by a rattler in the Sierra Nevadas. Also, had a horrible run in with water moccasins in Texas. Now snakes are a total no, no. Eels too
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I have no problem with snakes, heights, talking in public, flying, spiders... Though I don't fear turtlenecks, I don't particulary feel I am attractive wearing one. I FEAR crustacians! I can't STAND their pointy little feet. They make my skin crawl. We used to have a fiddler crab in the aquarium who got out once. I was like a frightened woman standing on a chair because she saw a mouse. My husband had to find it before I would move. I did have to get over it for my son's hermit crabs. I can pick them up, but if they get a little pinchy, they go right back in the tank, quickly.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove davewasbaloo, did you ever seen the scene in "PeeWee's Big Adventure" when he's rescuing all the animals in the pet shop, and keeps passing by the snakes? He stops, looks at them, gets the jibblies, and keeps rescuing everyone else. Then, the priceless shot: him running out with his hands full of them, screaming! The last ones to be rescued. I must confess: (another thread, I know) I would leave them there. So sorry about your rattler bite and water moccasins.....*shiver*.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove sherrytodd: belated Happy Birthday! Now, just close your eyes.....hear the gentle waves lapping the beach. Smell the salt air...feel the balmy breezes blow. Picture Sebastian the Crab in a cute litle turtleneck, wearing Crocs. "Such a sweet little succulent crab." (having said all that....*gulp* I don't eat seafood. it freaks me out)
Originally Posted By DLfreek86 Spiders! I will NOT sleep until either I or someone else has killed it. I won't even clean it up when its dead, have to vacuum it up.
Originally Posted By goodgirl There are a lot of things I don't like (snakes, worms, heights, etc.) but I don't think of them as phobias; more like things I just avoid.
Originally Posted By bloona good luck Ukfan. I am scared of spiders , but having to PRETEND I am ok with them, so I dont pass my phobia onto the kids has helped. I dont like anything that moves fast...lol....Olympic runners etc...no , kidding, oh, you know what I mean !! Mice, Frogs , bugs etc. The frog in our roonm at the AKL was enough to send me into the bathroom and standing on the toilet itself ...lol....not a great example for the kids there!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "I am scared of spiders , but having to PRETEND I am ok with them, so I dont pass my phobia onto the kids has helped." I know what you mean. I play it cool for the kids at Zoos and when they come on TV, but my god I want to scream and run away. Funny thing is, I also eat food I don't like in front of the kids (like green bell peppers) so they don't pick up on Daddy's dislikes. But they don't seem to like them either.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg I Cannot handle Spiders ! I try to be brave when I have to but mstly it ends up in me running in the oposite direction and refusing to go anywhere within 100 feet of it. What would happen if I tried to kill it and I missed, I would die thats what ! We have our first camp with the Brownies next month....please let there be no spiders in the outhouse.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer I'm afraid of long, unpronounceable words. And for a number of reasons - most recently an admitted fear of turtlenecks - I'm getting to be a little frightened by TDG.
