Elenwen
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I don't know if another thread has been done like this, but it's always kind of nice to know that you're not alone in a specific phobia. So what are your phobias (or just really weird fears, even if it doesn't qualify as a phobia)? I have a ton of odd fears. Some of them are:
*I'm absolutely terrified that someone is going to break into the house and murder me. In connection with that, I'm terrified to look out windows at night because I'm afraid that I'll see a face looking at me, and I'm afraid to look into mirrors because I'm afraid that someone will be standing behind me. I'm afraid to close my eyes in the shower because I'm afraid that when I open them, someone will be standing there. I once shut my eyes while shampooing my hair, and when I opened them, Aaron was standing in the shower with me and I screamed bloody murder and threw the soap at him before I realized who it was. He's never done it since!
*I'm also terrified of heights, except while I'm in a plane, because while I'm in a plane I feel like I'm in a normal room. I'm vaguely scared of flying, but it's not really a phobia. I'm most scared while taking off.
*I'm deathly afraid of the telephone.
*I'm afraid of spiders.
*I'm afraid that the world is going to end. And in connection with that, I'm afraid that the world will end but that I'll be the only one left alive.
*Ever since 9/11, I've been afraid that there will be a terrorist attack either on a base where my dad is working or on a base near where I live. Every time a plane flies over (which is very often, since I live by a naval air base!), I get scared that it's an attack. I'm afraid that a bomb will go off somewhere near me. I'm afraid that a nuclear attack will happen.
*I'm absolutely terrified of semi-trucks, especially logging trucks. Whenever we're behind or beside one I have to grip the sides of the seat until we pass it. When they're parked it's fine though. The logging trucks are the worst for me because I'm always afraid that the logs will roll off and hit us and kill us.
*I'm also afraid of going faster than 50 mph in a car, which is sort of crappy because most of the speed limits here tend to be 60-70 mph. Whenever we're coming up on another car I start gripping the seat and nagging at Aaron to slow down and be careful, though I know, intellectually, that he's fine and that he's got it under control.
*I'm afraid to go to sleep with a closet door open, because I'm always afraid that something (not necessarily a monster but SOMETHING) is hiding in there waiting for me to go to sleep to come out and kill us.
*I'm afraid to stick my feet over the edge of a bed, because when I was in like the 4th grade a friend told me a story about zombies that came out from underneath the bed and ate people. I've been afraid of sticking my feet on the floor directly by the bed ever since.
*I'm afraid to have the lights off in the bathroom at night. I'm afraid to look in the mirror at night because of that stupid Bloody Mary myth.
*When I was small, we lived in a very mountainous area and there were all kinds of cliffs all over, and there was one in particular that a car had actually driven over and the guy (obviously) died. They never fixed the guardrail, either, and now whenever I'm in a mountainous area I get extremely, extremely nervous when we're on the side near the drop. I'm all right if we're by the rocky part, but the cliffs terrify me.
(Ha, I asked Aaron if he could think of anything I was afraid of and he's been going on without stopping for about five minutes. This is pretty pathetic >.>)
*I'm absolutely terrified that someone is going to break into the house and murder me. In connection with that, I'm terrified to look out windows at night because I'm afraid that I'll see a face looking at me, and I'm afraid to look into mirrors because I'm afraid that someone will be standing behind me. I'm afraid to close my eyes in the shower because I'm afraid that when I open them, someone will be standing there. I once shut my eyes while shampooing my hair, and when I opened them, Aaron was standing in the shower with me and I screamed bloody murder and threw the soap at him before I realized who it was. He's never done it since!
*I'm also terrified of heights, except while I'm in a plane, because while I'm in a plane I feel like I'm in a normal room. I'm vaguely scared of flying, but it's not really a phobia. I'm most scared while taking off.
*I'm deathly afraid of the telephone.
*I'm afraid of spiders.
*I'm afraid that the world is going to end. And in connection with that, I'm afraid that the world will end but that I'll be the only one left alive.
*Ever since 9/11, I've been afraid that there will be a terrorist attack either on a base where my dad is working or on a base near where I live. Every time a plane flies over (which is very often, since I live by a naval air base!), I get scared that it's an attack. I'm afraid that a bomb will go off somewhere near me. I'm afraid that a nuclear attack will happen.
*I'm absolutely terrified of semi-trucks, especially logging trucks. Whenever we're behind or beside one I have to grip the sides of the seat until we pass it. When they're parked it's fine though. The logging trucks are the worst for me because I'm always afraid that the logs will roll off and hit us and kill us.
*I'm also afraid of going faster than 50 mph in a car, which is sort of crappy because most of the speed limits here tend to be 60-70 mph. Whenever we're coming up on another car I start gripping the seat and nagging at Aaron to slow down and be careful, though I know, intellectually, that he's fine and that he's got it under control.
*I'm afraid to go to sleep with a closet door open, because I'm always afraid that something (not necessarily a monster but SOMETHING) is hiding in there waiting for me to go to sleep to come out and kill us.
*I'm afraid to stick my feet over the edge of a bed, because when I was in like the 4th grade a friend told me a story about zombies that came out from underneath the bed and ate people. I've been afraid of sticking my feet on the floor directly by the bed ever since.
*I'm afraid to have the lights off in the bathroom at night. I'm afraid to look in the mirror at night because of that stupid Bloody Mary myth.
*When I was small, we lived in a very mountainous area and there were all kinds of cliffs all over, and there was one in particular that a car had actually driven over and the guy (obviously) died. They never fixed the guardrail, either, and now whenever I'm in a mountainous area I get extremely, extremely nervous when we're on the side near the drop. I'm all right if we're by the rocky part, but the cliffs terrify me.
(Ha, I asked Aaron if he could think of anything I was afraid of and he's been going on without stopping for about five minutes. This is pretty pathetic >.>)
