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Worst Fears [Phobias]?

Arcticz_Hawk

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Just wondering if it run in the INTP family.

I have mild:

Arachnophobia [Fear of Spiders]
Acrophobia [Fear of Heights
Socialphobia [100% Introversion FTW]
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Fear of the Future
Fear of Commitment
Fear of Decisions

So, I was wondering if INTPs share similar fears. These are pretty common fears [none of that fear of flying yellow spotted mushrooms crap], but it would still be interesting to know.

So, what are your worst fears?






*Edit* + Being murdered or raped.
 

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People. 100% introversion for me as well

and being buried alive. oh dear gods......
 

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Season's changing always leave me with a discomforting feeling. Don't know if that's a phobia or what it's called.

Also cockroaches. When I lived in south Texas, I lived in constant fear.

Edit: *makes burial plans for Ashenstar*
 

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Awwww cockroaches. Really big ones like in Hawaii?

*gulp*
IB why? you're not still out of sorts.... because..... <_<
 

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Terminal illnesses
Becoming paralyzed/blind/deaf
Being stabbed
 

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I'm afraid of the internet becoming chaotic due to widespread hacking. I'm afraid of infrastructural collapse and electricity shortages. I'm afraid of nuclear war. I'm afraid of tazers.. and guns. I'm also afraid of drowning, airplane travel, corporations, capitalism, and grizzly bears (particularly hungry ones).
 

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Awwww cockroaches. Really big ones like in Hawaii?

Those 3 inch flying bastards in Tx were enough for me.

*gulp*
IB why? you're not still out of sorts.... because..... <_<

Oh yeah....thanks for giving me a reason! As if I needed one :twisteddevil:

Look! I'm learning to overcome my fears!:
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being alone in an elevator. generally only if it's one of those big ones for tall buildings though, i can deal if it's only a few floors.

also bugs. slowly overcoming that one though.
 

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Fear of heights is a big one for me. I refuse to jump out of a plane, or climb a ladder more than 20 feet. If I'm in a plane or something, no big deal. I've grown to enjoy roller coasters though.

Socialphobia- usually, sometimes when I'm in the mood for it, it's not so bad. I'm starting to get better about it (read: not thinking analyzing so much).

This one isn't really a fear. If you take a piece of foam and rub it on something like a carpet... that sound /shiver gives me the willies. :o

I think fear of the futures sums up the two below it. It's the uncertainty that kills me. I get so tangled up in the mess of possibilities that I usually end up getting angry at myself for wasting so much time- and then go through with something and think damn that was easy.

There is a time and a place for analyzing things to death is what I'm starting to see.

Oh and fear of drowning.
 
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I had recognized arachnofobia. That was painful. Every trip outside of town transformed into hell, as I should have at first detalically search for spiders and then convince someone to remove them. I decided to do something with it as I wanted to see myself as strong-willed person. And... I succeeded. It's just the matter of changing perspective and controlling feelings. Everything can potentially be controlled in long-term. My trick was transforming fear into fascination - spiders ended being just scary and became being scary and because of it - beautiful. Now I like to observe and draw them. Still feeling uncomfortable in their presence: I don't like to wash or sleep with spider above me, and avoid touching them, but it seems to be popular feeling.

Also, don't know if it can be kind of phobia, but sometimes I'm non-willingly thinking about blade being pushed to my eye, and feel very uncomfortable.
 

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I will not discuss my worst fears here. I have plenty of irrational fears that are fun to bring up though. I fear dark, unknown places, especially when I am alone and when there is no one around for miles. I fear murderers and sadistic, monstrous people who torture others.

Dave
 

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Great thread by the way huge laughs.
Fear of height seems to be common here and im in the same boat (airplane?).
I also have a fear of wasps, that is not bees but wasps with their devided bodies, annoying sound and their never lack of interest in me.

I dont have social phobia at all though and still im like 85% intro, im almost the opposite when it comes to socializing however if i sum up the time i actually socialize its not that much compared to - i guess - socialfeeders.

Oh one big fear is the doing a ceminar or whatever in front of 5+ people. If we just sit down and chat i have no problem taking up that space but if im to give a presentation of anything im gone. Nobody has this?
 

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Fish.

Anything that lives in the water - including plants, not including mammals, except otters, but thats only because otters are mean.

I can look at them, I love learning about them, I am fascinated by them, but I cannot touch them or touch the water if I know they are there.

I can't get over it. I've tried. I know there is no reason to be afraid. I have owned fish in an attempt to get over it. I have sat and stared at those little water petting zoos trying to will myself to do it, to touch a sea star, pet a stingray, or even touch the water. And even though I know there is nothing to be afraid of, I might as well be trying to make myself jump off a building.

Edit: Also, sleep. Because I am always afraid of that spot between a terrible nightmare and waking up, when I am paralysed and can't breathe. It only happens a few times a year, but it is haunting.
 
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I also have a fear of wasps, that is not bees but wasps with their devided bodies, annoying sound and their never lack of interest in me.

Oh, that's what I forgot to mention. I fear wasps, bees and any other kind of black-yellow shit. This sound... just causes my brain to explode. I tried to work on it as well, but succeeded only in half; probably because unlike spiders they can harm me, so I cannot watch them safely.
 

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1. Cement mixers. I fear those.

2. Fear of letting you know what my worst fear is. (Echoing Vrecknidj.)

3. Fear of spending an eternity orbiting some obscure asteroid after I'm daid.

4. Fear that pi doesn't have a random number expansion.

5. Fear that pi does have a random number expansion.

(I just realized #3 is unwarranted as eventually the asteroid will disintegrate. What a relief!)
 

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I'm with shoeless - elevators are terrifying. I'm always the one pressed into the corner gripping
the sides, braced for impact.

Fear of being powerless, or not in control of my body/mind/actions.

Mild fear of being in the ocean. It's been years since I've gone to the beach, and since then
I've heard plenty of horror stories. :phear:

Mild fear of bees. It's a remnant of childhood, and of seeing killer bee attacks. I
don't freak out, but I'll watch them warily and most likely move away.
 

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Acrophobia
Arachnophobia
 

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Fear of things I can't see (and sometimes can) in the water.

Fear of things that buzz. Like flies and mosquitos... I'm okay with bees/wasps though.

Fear of slugs. *shudder*

Fear of there being nothing after death. Just... ending.

Fear of (on the spot) decisions.

And fear of public speaking.

These all range from mild to extreme.

EDIT: Oh yeah, phones too.
 

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Fear of telephones

Fear of public speaking as well XD
 

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Fear of failing. It can be pretty debilitating.
 

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Fear of lack of options. My nightmare is that some series of events will force me onto a life track which is utterly fixed and predictable from now until death, with me having no other option than to puppeteer myself through the empty, meaningless motions from one claustrophobic moment to the next, staring out at the world through horrified, dead eyes.
 

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Fear of "tight rope cross"(crossing a thin road with danger on each side) anyone? The pressure! ugh.
 

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Fear of being lost in sea and desperately trying to keep my head above the water.
Fear of failure.
Fear of the future.
Fear of a big black man threatening to stab me with a knife.
I used to be terrified of the dark, but now I have no problem with it.
 

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Fear of being lost in sea and desperately trying to keep my head above the water.
Fear of failure.
Fear of the future.
Fear of a big black man threatening to stab me with a knife.
I used to be terrified of the dark, but now I have no problem with it.
Big white guy trying to stab you with a knife?

"Eh, he seems reasonable enough."
 

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Drowning. That's a huge one.

There's also the fear that there's actually something after death. Ugggh, existence is always bothering you with more things to do. I mean, 24 hr days, health issues, pain & suffering, emotional distress, all sorts of hazards, shitty associates, no insurance....of anything. AND THEN, when you finally get your vacation time, you're asked (read: ordered) to endure more, and it's all for very little pay in the end. I swear, If I have to show up after I die, I'm gonna give reality a piece of my mind for a change. What's it gonna do, fire me? Oh, I would just LOVE that.
 

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Big white guy trying to stab you with a knife?

"Eh, he seems reasonable enough."

They can be very convincing. Especially when they speak in that nice calm manner.
 

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Drowning. That's a huge one.

There's also the fear that there's actually something after death. Ugggh, existence is always bothering you with more things to do. I mean, 24 hr days, health issues, pain & suffering, emotional distress, all sorts of hazards, shitty associates, no insurance....of anything. AND THEN, when you finally get your vacation time, you're asked (read: ordered) to endure more, and it's all for very little pay in the end. I swear, If I have to show up after I die, I'm gonna give reality a piece of my mind for a change. What's it gonna do, fire me? Oh, I would just LOVE that.
You know if they fire you, you could probably squeeze in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

I think I kind of fear there being nothing after death more than I fear there being something. I guess it does seem irrational, but the idea of not existing just gives me the creeps.
 

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You know if they fire you, you could probably squeeze in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

I think I kind of fear there being nothing after death more than I fear there being something. I guess it does seem irrational, but the idea of not existing just gives me the creeps.
To be honest, I kind of like it when reality sexually harasses me. It's mostly been fun. Of course, I'll pretend to be a victim and hopefully end up compensated in some way -- perhaps with the ability to control my existence(s).

But yeah, honestly, I go back and forth on that. I think I actually fear both, for different reasons. Part of my fear of there being something is that it might be something far worse. Many religions would just tell me that's avoidable though. There being nothing is also scary, but I think that's really just because it's impossible for us to imagine. It seems that the mind is just not capable of imagining NOT existing. I think that when we try to imagine it, we just end up thinking of not moving and having no senses -- basically a total unawareness and lack of interaction with reality, but still us being there somehow with some sort of mind. But truly not existing would be different than that, I think.
 

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I fear not being in control. I could care less about controlling other people but when I am not in control of myself I become anxious.
Because of this I don't like roller coasters or elevators. Probably why I have no interest in drugs or the like.
 

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I, like so many of you, also have a social phobia. One person at a time is manageable. But, put me in a room with 3 people or more, I'm going to start doing the nervous-guy sweating!

I also have a very irrational fear of being eaten. I don't like swimming in the ocean where I can't see my feet because I may be eaten. The same concept applies to deep woods, bears will eat me!
 

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The most common phobias (across all cultures) seem to be spiders, snakes, germs, thunder/lightning, heights (one that I share) or flying, dark, and water (most often deep water). These are the fears that evolutionary psychologists say make the most sense in an evolutionary point of view, because these are the things that our ancestors would have to have been afraid of in order to survive.

What I find interesting is that our phobias, speaking in general terms, have not caught up to our modern society. We are more likely to die of a shock from an electrical outlet or from a car crash than we are of a spider bite, but people can get into half a dozen car accidents and still feel fine driving - but a child has one uncomfortable experience with a spider and they have lifelong arachnophobia. I wonder if there will ever be a time when people recoil with horror and disgust from an electrical conduit in the same way people are apt to view a harmless spider or a dark room?
 

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Claustophobia; fear of enclosed confine space, crowded room, fear of restriction
Acrophobia; fear of height

Therefore, you won't find me in an elevator in a very heigh building.
 

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Things I'm afraid of:
- being in the pitch black (a little bit of light is okay, as long as I can see, otherwise, my paranoia kicks in)
- anything being around/attached to my head/neck/ anywhere that I can see my veins on my body that I can't get away from easily (the reverse beartrap thing in Saw is a good example of something that freaks me out a LOT)
- being somewhere that I have no control over what happens to me.
- dying painfully (although death in itself isn't so scary to me)
- leeches. Seriously, those are scary >_<

So... yeah.... a couple other things but I don't want to add anymore to the list really =P
 

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I have mild arachnophobia (had hypnosis because it was very bad)
fear of needles (I shake alot and can't look at needles)
clowns and stilt men (they're freaky)
wasps (mainly because of the noise)
ants (had a bad experience with ants climbing all over me)
fear of heights and vertigo (looking at tall buildings makes me really dizzy and looking down from them)
flying (metal coffins)
claustrophobia (I got locked in a cupboard by accident as a child).
 

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Void. Infinite void full of nothing except for me. It's not fear of loneliness, it's fear of conviction that everyone is automatic, emotionless being and I am left to feel the deadness.

It's really deep in the back of my head. Otherwise, I have no phobias that can cripple me in that moment.
 

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I don't really relate to most of these. I was fascinated with insects as kid, heights don't bug me, and while I don't like crowds I'm not afraid of them. As a kid I would run certain scenarios/stories in my head and a few of these really freaked me out.

The main daydream/nightmare I remember occurred in a sort of abandoned military base/laboratory in the middle of the jungle. There was a sort of mad scientist/super villain who was either torturing me for information or just using me for experiments. I would be trapped in an enclosure with four translucent purple blobs. These four things would surround me and converge; simultaneously crushing, asphyxiating, and absorbing me. To make matter even worse, these things were so disgusting in my imagination, that while I was essentially drowning, I was also trying to vomit.

This 'mental story' I came up with when I was 8 has disturbed me far more than anything irl ever has, different versions were even invading my dreams at one point. Even just writing this makes me feel sick. I can't really call it a phobia though; since individually I don't fear being crushed, asphyxiated, or absorbed. (Well the last one possibly, but it depends on the context)

I don't know how to explain it any better. Guh, I really hope I don't dream about this tonight.
 

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haha i think tazers is a valid fear. that would suck to walk out the door only to be zapped and possibly sustain a heart attack. or in the family jewels...ouch :eek:
 

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Arachnophobia [Fear of Spiders
Socialphobia [100% Introversion FTW]
Fear of Commitment
Fear of Decisions

being alone in an elevator.

bugs
These, and:

Fear of anything overly painful
Fear of using force
Fear of being alone in the dark (I am extremely paranoid in that situation)
Slight (if not moderate) fear of being touched
Slightly claustrophobic, but I am deeply emotionally disturbed when I am in the middle of a crowd of people
Also, failure of course.
 

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None, as far as I know, and whenever I discover something I might recognize as fear I dissociate it. Effectively removing it, leaving me room to analyze.

I feel uncomfortable with killing living creatures, but that's about as far as fears go.

other than that I only employ fear when it seems an appropriate response.
(Such as if I'm driving at 100 km/h and start to swerve.)


Paralyzing fears are never useful, and it's far easier to immediately dissociate from the feelings, analyze it, take action, and if it's unjustifiable fear, laugh at it.

Phobic responses are ridiculously out of proportion, and the common pattern for any phobic who has gotten over their phobia seems to be to feel completely fed up with the response, dissociate from the experience, and realize how ridiculous it is, and get on with life.
(Yes, I'm saying phobias are easy to overcome. I've taught people to do it in less than 10 minutes.)
 

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Falling and heights (typical)
Blood (strangely symbolic for me)
Failure (gotta have something to do with my upbringing)

That's about it. I think I'm cool with everything else.
 

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Death. I don't want to die. Ever. The idea that you die, and stop thinking. Stop existing. Simply terrifying. At least one doesn't suffer. However I don't take much comfort in that, one can deal with suffering. One cannot deal with nothing.
 

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The dark. The space under the bed. Looking into mirrors at night. My closet at night. Goblins eating my toes when sleeping (gotta cover up those feet!). Being cut in half by an AWOL automatic door. Being 100% understood. Deadly spiders. Having said spiders in my bed. Gaining weight. Dying (NOT death).

Mine aren't usually something that's paralyzing, but I am scared of them and do think about them, even irrational (no, I don't think goblins exist, but I can't leave my feet uncovered either way -- goblins were why it started, when I was like, 5).
 

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The dark. The space under the bed. Looking into mirrors at night. My closet at night. Goblins eating my toes when sleeping (gotta cover up those feet!). Being cut in half by an AWOL automatic door. Being 100% understood. Deadly spiders. Having said spiders in my bed. Gaining weight. Dying (NOT death).

Mine aren't usually something that's paralyzing, but I am scared of them and do think about them, even irrational (no, I don't think goblins exist, but I can't leave my feet uncovered either way -- goblins were why it started, when I was like, 5).
I share many of these. Being stuck in an elevator is a big one for me. If there are stairs, I take those instead.

I once saw a black widow, and I was pretty much like "Holy shit," and a second later I utterly annihilated it.

Being 100% understood is interesting. But, I suppose if one were, life would be quite boring.

I used to be wary of putting my feet out, but in the summer, when it is 90+ degrees... screw that.
 

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-Claustrophobia

-The fear of losing control over myself (urges, desires taking over)
 
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