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I suffer, severely, from tipulophobia (Phobia of Crane Flies). I am absolutely fine with Spiders, Snakes, Moths, Butterflies, Bugs, well... anything really, but blasted Crane Flies. Just the thought of them makes me shiver and jerk in a funny way and if I see one, I go full blown ballistic. My best mate (house mate at the time) underestimated just how plain sh*t scared of them i was and once walked into the living room towards me holding one by its legs and because I was well and truly trapped I cannot begin to even try to explain just how much fear was running through me. In a right state, I bombed it out of the flat and ran. Know idea why I didn't just stop when I got outside, but I continued to run from up near the Castle Pub in Midanbury, all the way down Woodmill Lane to the activity centre, and had to sit and compose myself for a good 20-30 minutes before strolling off, eventually building up the courage to go back home. My mate apologized.

 

This being their time of year, i am in a constant state of alert. Constantly on the look out, I do not permit a single window open (even slightly) during this time of year for fear of being greeted by one, and when i do (even if i'm smack in the middle of town surrounded by hundreds of people) I freak and make a spectacular scene, which as i'm sure a few will understand, is rather embarrassing. :blush:

 

Anyone else got a Phobia? Or know of anyone with some weird and wonderful Phobias?

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Long finger nails.

 

Hate them, I am convinced that anyone with long finger nails, will catch them on something, the finger nail will come off amd they will promptly die.

 

It may not seem feasible, but trust me, you can actually die if a finger nail falls off. Please though do NOT try this at home.

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Just heights.

Have tried to overcome by going up Spinnaker Tower and the London Eye, but they have reinforced my terror. I don't spend money going up high places any more, just a waste of money and I end up hyper-ventilating and having to be rescued by paramedics bearing oxygen. Absolutely love flying in planes though! The missus remarks that its odd I'm happy at 30,000 feet but a wreck at 1,000 feet. I like to think I'm just "special".

Don't like marmite either, but that's hardly a phobia. :)

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Technically if you are afraid of spiders/snakes etc. it isn't actually a 'phobia' but merely a 'fear', because they are rational fears.

 

To have a 'phobia' of something you have to be afraid of something irrational.

 

It's pretty irrational to be scared of spiders.

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Polystyrene. I'm not actually afraid of it, but cant bear the feel of it or squeaky sound it makes. Had to unpack new hi-fi speakers recently wearing ear plugs and using only my forearms, not hands.

 

+1

 

Absolutely hate it, I had worked my way up to eating food from polystyrene containers (very carefully), but then one of my mates jammed my fork into the roof of the container and made the most godawful noise I have ever heard with it. Shivering just writing this now! The feel of it is awful, it's just so dry and....ergh!

 

I'm not really a massive fan of heights either, but wouldn't say i'm phobic. Love being high up in a safely contained space (planes, skyscrapers) but can't do anything like the Eiffel Tower where it's open.

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Needles for me. No idea what the correct medical term is for that, but I'd make a s**t heroin addict. Not great with heights, but I'm not sure that's actually a phobia. As JackFrost said with snakes and spiders, that's partially rational. I'd say a certain caution around heights is ingrained in our evolution. Apes who weren't probably ended up marinading in their own bodily fluids on the floor.

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Needles for me. No idea what the correct medical term is for that, but I'd make a s**t heroin addict. Not great with heights, but I'm not sure that's actually a phobia. As JackFrost said with snakes and spiders, that's partially rational. I'd say a certain caution around heights is ingrained in our evolution. Apes who weren't probably ended up marinading in their own bodily fluids on the floor.

 

Yeah, needles/injections too. Infact any kind of medical procedure really. Blood and guts... anything along those lines. If I ever watched one of the Saw movies, it'd probably be like the last episode of the inbetweeners.

 

Injections on me or on a TV programme, but i can watch open heart surgery type ops on TV with no effects.

 

word of advice lads; never, ever go to see a film called Christiane F.

 

I made that mistake and ended up staggering out the cinema and passing out in the bogs, the girl I was out with (first and last date, oddly) was less than impressed

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I used to be mildly agoraphobic, it's one of the reasons I avoided Saints games for years, it wasn't a phobia of being outside as such, just being around big crowds. I've always been happier indoors, big crowds used to make me nervous.

 

I'm over it now, and I'm bloody glad I did, as I made it to 13 Saints games last year and two this season so far.

 

I can't think of any other fears I have, my missus on a rampage perhaps...

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Yeah, needles/injections too. Infact any kind of medical procedure really. Blood and guts... anything along those lines. If I ever watched one of the Saw movies, it'd probably be like the last episode of the inbetweeners.

 

Ooh that reminds me, I can't watch that programme "Embarassing Illnesses". I don't want to see what other people have wrong with them, it makes me sick. Fungal toe infections et al, are a no no. And yet, I don't mind my OWN body, I've had eczema since I was 12 and I don't bat an eyelid. My missus infrequently gets eczema, and I don't go near her.

 

Quite WHY people want to display their problems on national TV baffles the hell out of me.

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I used to be mildly agoraphobic, it's one of the reasons I avoided Saints games for years, it wasn't a phobia of being outside as such, just being around big crowds. I've always been happier indoors, big crowds used to make me nervous.

 

I'm over it now, and I'm bloody glad I did, as I made it to 13 Saints games last year and two this season so far.

 

I can't think of any other fears I have, my missus on a rampage perhaps...

 

Talk about the positive side of being relegated to L1 ;)

 

I hate the feel of cotton wool - so that last time I needed an injection at the doctors they don't bother with the pads of cotton wool and let me stick my finger on my arm to stop it bleeding (good job it ws in my arm!!)

 

Not keen on insulating lofts for the same reason.

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Ooh that reminds me, I can't watch that programme "Embarassing Illnesses". I don't want to see what other people have wrong with them, it makes me sick. Fungal toe infections et al, are a no no. And yet, I don't mind my OWN body, I've had eczema since I was 12 and I don't bat an eyelid. My missus infrequently gets eczema, and I don't go near her.

 

Quite WHY people want to display their problems on national TV baffles the hell out of me.

 

Yeah, I've been bitten by a snake twice. Painful and a small amount of blood, but it doesn't bother me. Had a medical check up a few weeks ago, the doctor made a tiny pr*ck with a drawing pin sized needle and 5 minutes later I was kneeling over his toilet. Random sh*t sets me off.

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word of advice lads; never, ever go to see a film called Christiane F.

 

I made that mistake and ended up staggering out the cinema and passing out in the bogs, the girl I was out with (first and last date, oddly) was less than impressed

 

Top top film. Haven't seen that for donkeys. It must be 30 years old now? David Bowie makes a cameo appearance in it.

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Years ago I used to work in the operating departments at SGH and PAH and used to see all sorts of blood and guts and, unfortunately, people in all sorts of states of disrepair and never used to bat an eyelid. Used to scrub up and assist in ops ranging from removing ingrowing toe nails, major cardio thoracic stuff, ruptured aortic aneurysms and trying to put people back together again who'd been is horrific car smashes etc along with the usual run of the mill routine operating lists....

 

But can I watch that sort of thing on the telly now? Can I f***!!!! I couldn't do it now.

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Top top film. Haven't seen that for donkeys. It must be 30 years old now? David Bowie makes a cameo appearance in it.

 

you are correct sir, and we went to see it because the prospective girlfriend was a bowie fan. Unfortunately after getting softened up by the scene where Christiane breaks off a hypo in her arm in the ladies room, I then flaked out completely when they showed a full-screen closeup of her tattooing her hand. I still have nightmares about it.

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Talk about the positive side of being relegated to L1 ;)

 

Oh absolutely, and I'd probably feel right at home at Fratton Park, what with the shyte crowds they get! I'm definitely over the phobia though, I went to the Saints Pompey game at SMS last season and the full house didn't bother me (unlike the scoreline), and then I went to Wembley for the JPT final which, while an overwhelming stadium in terms of size, didn't faze me at all.

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depends on the species

 

There are one or two worth being scared of but none native in this country - it is completely irrational to be scared of a UK house spider or garden spider.

 

On the "danger principle" it is much more "rational" to be scared of dogs or cows.

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Flying. It isn't irrational, plenty of planes have fell out the sky. Not in comparison to how many take off every day, but one is still too many for me. Luckily someone invented Valium. It's odd though, as I absolutely love aircraft and everything about them. Infact, the problem probably came about by knowing too much.

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Polystyrene. I'm not actually afraid of it, but cant bear the feel of it or squeaky sound it makes. Had to unpack new hi-fi speakers recently wearing ear plugs and using only my forearms, not hands.

 

I'm sooo sorry and I feel terrible about this, but actually giggled at this; not because of your dislike of polystyrene but the mental image of you trying to unpack speakers with your forearms.....!!!! Now off to hang my head in shame.

 

 

I used to be mildly agoraphobic, it's one of the reasons I avoided Saints games for years, it wasn't a phobia of being outside as such, just being around big crowds. I've always been happier indoors, big crowds used to make me nervous.

 

This is massive handicap, I was agoraphobic for a while. It wasn't crowds or anything like that, but I needed to know that I had a bolt hole or an escape route out of any situation. Hope you're over it now.

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I am sh*te scared of almost any type of insect so I can relate to the op's fear but times it by a few hundred.

 

I live in the countryside and at the moment seem to have all species trying to get into the house to escape the weather which is my worst nightmare. Before I go to bed I have to inspect the whole house and make sure all windows are closed, and if I do find anything I have to get the wife to deal with it which is not great for a 18 stone guy.

 

For some reason the bugs tend to gravitate to me, in the US I have been chased around a car park by a Japaneese Tree Beetle, I've had a ****roach run over my face whilst in bed in Tenerife, attacked by a Larch Wasp in Wales (they are really nasty critters), locked outside a conservatory in amongst loads of May bugs and had a Praying Mantis decide to land on me in Spain. These are just a few examples. Even a Earwig will send me into hysterics, and as for your common house spider running across the lounge floor, I am gone.

 

My wife is the outdoor type, loves the windows being open with plenty of fresh air blasting in, this ofcourse is a big no no for me especially at night and has been the cause of many an argument. Why the damn things have to be attracted to light I don't know, but for me it is like running the gauntlet getting from my car to the house at night time and managing to get inside the house without being followed by 100's of various types of bloody hideous bugs.

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That was not a nice thing to do.

 

I aprticulary liked this reply

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Hi

 

Im sahira, i have had a phobia of bananas for many years now! I get bullied at work all the time, they leave bananas on my desk and chair and even my team leader mushed up a banana in front of my yesterday.

 

I have tried to get help i have a banana phobia!!! I have a counsellor called Ross, do you think i should take legal action against my colleagues?

 

Oh and im a brummie, it couldnt get any worse"

 

I have never been subjected to banana bullying by the way. I would like to make that very clear.

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they aren't, apparently scientist have found that they are attracted to the dark on the other side of the light.

 

It really winds me up that these "Scientists" get paid to do such pointless research.

 

Does anyone have any idea why their phobia come about?

 

When I was about 14, I was up late on a Friday night, had championship manager on my old computer to my right, and the late night Channel 5 soft porn movie on my 14" portable telly. Light on, windows open bringing a nice fresh breeze through me room, when something landed on my face. (this is making me shiver just thinking back to it), I flicked it away and all I saw were gangly legs move infront of my eyes and I hit the roof! Flipped like I never knew I could, jumping up and down, screaming, launched my chair and flew out of my room so bloody fast and my old dear came running out of her room wondering what on earth was going on. As I had never, ever had a problem with any sort of creepy crawley, she was rather bewildered as to quite how I had reacted so badly, but I was a wreck.

 

I tried to keep it schtum at work, purely because we all know what builder types are like, but inevitably they found out when I was working in a boiler room last year and one of the f*****g c*nts caught me out. I flipped out, as I do, and bolted. My foreman then says "come on mate I need that done", I had to give in, and kindly request that he went in and got rid of it... But about 30 seconds later I found myself being chased around a building site with my foreman in absolute hysterics. The C*nt. Not surprisingly, the entire site knew by lunch and they spent there lunch break with a take away pot, desperatly searching. Thankfully, to no avail and I had to try and explain that it wasn't actually funny and I do have a serious problem. Most understood, but you do get the odd few who just can't help themselves.

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It really winds me up that these "Scientists" get paid to do such pointless research.

 

Does anyone have any idea why their phobia come about?

 

When I was about 14, I was up late on a Friday night, had championship manager on my old computer to my right, and the late night Channel 5 soft porn movie on my 14" portable telly. Light on, windows open bringing a nice fresh breeze through me room, when something landed on my face. (this is making me shiver just thinking back to it), I flicked it away and all I saw were gangly legs move infront of my eyes and I hit the roof! Flipped like I never knew I could, jumping up and down, screaming, launched my chair and flew out of my room so bloody fast and my old dear came running out of her room wondering what on earth was going on. As I had never, ever had a problem with any sort of creepy crawley, she was rather bewildered as to quite how I had reacted so badly, but I was a wreck.

 

I tried to keep it schtum at work, purely because we all know what builder types are like, but inevitably they found out when I was working in a boiler room last year and one of the f*****g c*nts caught me out. I flipped out, as I do, and bolted. My foreman then says "come on mate I need that done", I had to give in, and kindly request that he went in and got rid of it... But about 30 seconds later I found myself being chased around a building site with my foreman in absolute hysterics. The C*nt. Not surprisingly, the entire site knew by lunch and they spent there lunch break with a take away pot, desperatly searching. Thankfully, to no avail and I had to try and explain that it wasn't actually funny and I do have a serious problem. Most understood, but you do get the odd few who just can't help themselves.

 

That is the problem, once your phobia is out in the open people cannot help themselves. The pranks I have had played on me!

 

Struggled to get through your second paragraph btw.

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