Fears

[Burgy]

What are some of the fears you have? Simple.

My biggest fear is outer space, the big black mass of unknown. What is actually out there? We'll never know for a long time. Disease, aliens, what?
I fear loneliness. I fear being forgotten. I fear being disliked, I fear screwing up. I am scared of what the future could hold because i'm not ready in the slightest. And I guess big bugs scare me, but you know.

 

[Pachinkosam]

@ Burgy Fearing being disliked is normal you don't wake up every morning to impress everybody. Also screwing up its also normal nobody is perfect we all make mistakes in this world.

My fear is my sister she got monster inside her but she's got a nice personality outside.

 

[Zelduh!]

Giant house spiders are my biggest fear, my sister had a huge one on her bedroom wall yesterday and it made me cry like a little girl. Not far behind that one in the bathroom next door was a smaller but still large one presumably the male. That and I have social phobia (social anxiety) so a fear of embarrassment.

 

[Wintropy]

Acrophobia (fear of heights) and vermiphobia (fear of worms).

Funny enough, I'm quite content with common fears such as clowns, spiders, germs and dogs.

 

[Zatchiel]

Whenever I think about what I fear, the thought recedes from my mind. So I honestly do not know.

In the past I used to have acrophobia and an acute fear of loss/estrangement, but those have both since diminished. Heights merely make me feel uneasy, and losing people, in any sense of the word, just makes me pensive. More than I can understand.

I think about what I did wrong, or what I could've done better. And I think about that for years.

 

[Wintropy]

I just remembered a very specific, and quite unpleasant, fear of mine. I mentioned this in another thread before, but I think it's relevant to the topic at hand.

Spoiler: This is a bit nasty, be warned

I am referring to the concept of being burned alive.

It isn't even the thought of being physically burned alive that scares me, since it's kind of a natural thing to be scared of and I know my nerve endings would burn up before I felt too much pain, but rather the experience of another person being burned alive. Obviously I have no experience with this in reality, but if it happens to a character in a movie or show, it just makes me gag. It's extremely uncomfortable to see and even more uncomfortable to hear.

Spoiler

I nearly cried at the furnace scene in Saw II. Ew ew ew ew.

The end of the Johnny Depp version of Sweeney Todd wasn't much better. helena bonham carter y u do dis

 

[Foxus]

Acrophobia (fear of heights) and vermiphobia (fear of worms).

Funny enough, I'm quite content with common fears such as clowns, spiders, germs and dogs.

I have Acrophobia as well , but I'm not afraid of worms. Other insects like moths, spiders and stinkbugs on the other hand....
Used to be afraid of bees. Spiders like tarantulas freak me out.

I have a terrible fear of aging (aka gerascophobia) and obesophobia (the fear of getting fat). I probably have one more but can't think of it at the moment. For the longest time I couldn't go down an escalator because of my fear of heights, and the optical illusion.

 

[Burgy]

I just remembered a very specific, and quite unpleasant, fear of mine. I mentioned this in another thread before, but I think it's relevant to the topic at hand.

Spoiler: This is a bit nasty, be warned

I am referring to the concept of being burned alive.

It isn't even the thought of being physically burned alive that scares me, since it's kind of a natural thing to be scared of and I know my nerve endings would burn up before I felt too much pain, but rather the experience of another person being burned alive. Obviously I have no experience with this in reality, but if it happens to a character in a movie or show, it just makes me gag. It's extremely uncomfortable to see and even more uncomfortable to hear.

Spoiler

I nearly cried at the furnace scene in Saw II. Ew ew ew ew.

The end of the Johnny Depp version of Sweeney Todd wasn't much better. helena bonham carter y u do dis

I have that same reaction, oh my god. It's literally the worst.

 

[Ununhexium]

My biggest fear is oblivion. I just can't imagine ceasing to exist after death, like having a wonderful life and then becoming nothing, and eventually the world will forget about me.

 

[Kneutronic]

Arachnophobia is a big one. I hate spiders. Ones that are unrealistic are ok, though.

Needles are another. I hate getting shots...

Hemophobia, the fear of blood, is another, but it's kinda minor.

I also have a tiny bit of death anxiety, as well as some ombrophobia, the fear of rain.

 

[Burgy]

My biggest fear is oblivion. I just can't imagine ceasing to exist after death, like having a wonderful life and then becoming nothing, and eventually the world will forget about me.

I often ponder about this to myself. There are always people around that are passing and I just think of what it would like to be in an eternity of nothing. It's so mysterious and sometimes alluring to me...

 

[Wintropy]

You wouldn't be conscious to appreciate it, so I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[Flareon]

Aquaphobia (fear of water), astraphobia (fear of lightning) and acrophobia (fear of heights).

 

[Wintropy]

Out of curiosity, I researched what the term for the fear of fear is.

Phobophobia. That's funny.

 

[Kneutronic]

Out of curiosity, I researched what the term for the fear of fear is.

Phobophobia. That's funny.

That is... Phobophobia...

 

[Xandercosm]

My biggest fear is oblivion. I just can't imagine ceasing to exist after death, like having a wonderful life and then becoming nothing, and eventually the world will forget about me.

What's wrong with that? You wouldn't know any different, anyway. You're dead!

 

[Burgy]

What's wrong with that? You wouldn't know any different, anyway. You're dead!

That's a morbid thought haha

 

[Ununhexium]

What's wrong with that? You wouldn't know any different, anyway. You're dead!

I meant like I don't want to cease to exist if that makes more sense

 

[Wintropy]

I meant like I don't want to cease to exist if that makes more sense

It does. It's a scary thought which our minds can't even begin to comprehend.

That said, the fear is more so focused on the thought that you wouldn't exist, since in practice, you wouldn't exist to fear it.

 

[Xandercosm]

That said, the fear is more so focused on the thought that you wouldn't exist, since in practice, you wouldn't exist to fear it.

Bam!

 

[KevN くコ:彡]

I always feel weird when I talk to someone who is scared of spiders because, well, I'm not scared of them. I was told they are more afraid of you than you are of them. When I get close to a spider, they are the ones running away. Heck, I kinda like spiders. I even keep some around just so they can eat the bugs around the place. We have some jumping spiders around here too, and when I sit outside sometimes I would see a small one jump on my leg and it will just look around, its so cute.

 

[Zelduh!]

I always feel weird when I talk to someone who is scared of spiders because, well, I'm not scared of them. I was told they are more afraid of you than you are of them. When I get close to a spider, they are the ones running away. Heck, I kinda like spiders. I even keep some around just so they can eat the bugs around the place. We have some jumping spiders around here too, and when I sit outside sometimes I would see a small one jump on my leg and it will just look around, its so cute.

I'm not terrified of all spiders, my friend has a pet tarantula which I've held a few times and I was fine. The only spider I am scared of is the giant house spider AKA Eratigena atrica, however scared I am of them though I dislike killing them so I just ask someone to remove it. The problem is with most phobia's is that they are irrational and although you know it isn't going to harm you, you're still going to be scared of it anyway.

 

[Xandercosm]

I always feel weird when I talk to someone who is scared of spiders because, well, I'm not scared of them. I was told they are more afraid of you than you are of them. When I get close to a spider, they are the ones running away. Heck, I kinda like spiders. I even keep some around just so they can eat the bugs around the place. We have some jumping spiders around here too, and when I sit outside sometimes I would see a small one jump on my leg and it will just look around, its so cute.

Cute lil' guys...

 

[Claire Diviner]

Heights and insects are not things I enjoy. I'd rather be on the ground where gravity has a low chance of killing me, in a cold climate area where there are fewer bugs.

 

[Bassoonist]

Deep water, heights (and flying), darkness, bugs, dead bodies/bones.

There isn't much I'm not scared of. xD

 

[Deleted member]

I despise heights with a passion.




also, having loud noises at night

 

[dezeray112]

Snakes and Spiders are the two that I fear the most.

 

[Albie83]

I have a fear of being stranded in the ocean for some reason. Just having no sense of direction without even knowing what is under you. I don't even live close to an ocean and I have nightmares about it sometimes.

 

[Xandercosm]

I have a fear of being stranded in the ocean for some reason. Just having no sense of direction without even knowing what is under you. I don't even live close to an ocean and I have nightmares about it sometimes.

That was a pretty creative one...

 

[Deleted member]

Insects, spiders, and rats are my biggest phobia. I spasm and shiver when I see a very large one.

I also have a fear of height. Especially when I'm on top of a building/monument or on a large roller coaster.

I also have a small fear of the middle of the dark ocean. I can't swim first of all, and there are tons of strange creatures down deep. It's also prone to natural dangers such as rogue waves and being so... exposed in thunderstorms. Not to mention lack of resources for humans and the isolation.

 

[Kneutronic]

I also have a fear of height. Especially when I'm on top of a building/monument or on a large roller coaster.

Ah. For me, it's not as much of a fear of heights as it is a fear of falling...

 

[Lily♫]

Gymnophobia, the fear of being nude. I just generally get uncomfortable being around someone who's nude but being nude myself is honestly really scary for me. I can't really explain it.

 

[Deleted member]

Heights and insects are not things I enjoy. I'd rather be on the ground where gravity has a low chance of killing me, in a cold climate area where there are fewer bugs.

These are two of my biggest fears. Couldn't agree more.

 

[Kenith]

Wait...wasn't there a thread for this already?
Maybe it was in another subforum or it was just about phobias. Idk.

Well, I'll list mine anyway.

- Bottom of the ocean.
It's a cold, pitch-black, watery pit full of indescribable, occasionally vicious monsters that have never seen light, coming at you from every angle. Basically outer space with sharks, eels, leeches and god knows what else.
No. Thanks.

- Cockroaches. I have an irreversible phobia of them. Tiny ones are gross. Large ones are hell on earth.

- The phobia I mentioned in the other thread; fear of clusters of small holes or depressions.
Can't remember the name, but if I look it up there will be pictures, so please God don't make me do that again.

 

[Xandercosm]

I have a fear of scratching finger nails on a chalk board. Try to forget THAT for the rest of the day...

 

[Deleted member]

- The phobia I mentioned in the other thread; fear of clusters of small holes or depressions.
Can't remember the name, but if I look it up there will be pictures, so please God don't make me do that again.

It's called trypophobia. It's pretty unsettling, especially photoshopped lotus pods.

 

[Kenith]

It's called trypophobia. It's pretty unsettling, especially photoshopped lotus pods.

Thanks.
It's mostly bad when it's on people's bodies.

 

[PrincessDoorknobs]

I forgot what this is called but I fear the unknown, I think maybe not as much anymore, on a lighter side I do fear stairs.

 

[Kenith]

Glad so many people are deathly afraid of the Deep Sea.
As they should be.

 

[Nona]

Glad so many people are deathly afraid of the Deep Sea.
As they should be.

I do not fear the Kraken. I embrace the Kraken.
But seriously, I'd love to explore the deep sea and deep space. Everything terrestrial is just so boring!

My fears aren't necessarily "phobias" since they aren't extremely debilitating:

• Pitch black darkness, especially when paired with TV static or blue screens
• GHOSTS. Paranormal things both fascinate and frighten me. I want to know, but I don't want to know.
• Fear of losing people, accompanied with the fear of speaking my mind (because I'm afraid to lose people)
• My own pessimism-- Being lost in a spiraling sea of negative thoughts.
• At the same time, I'm afraid of being optimistic, because I fear having my hopes crushed.