Worst Fears [Phobias]?

[Fghw]

Bugs and disapproval...basically.

 

[IdeasNotTheProblem]

I jump off ladders to avoid Bees.

mild claustrophobia

Irrational aggression (mostly by others, though I avoid feeling angry out of fear of what might happen)

 

[Fukyo]

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

@snafupants

http://www.pixiq.com/article/idaho-police-sodomize-man-with-taser

 

[LarsMac]

being in Crowds

 

[snafupants]

@snafupants

http://www.pixiq.com/article/idaho-police-sodomize-man-with-taser

@Fukyo

That's why furnishing the high school bully with a badge and gun doesn't end well.

But yeah, whenever you culminate the day by being tasered in the butthole or perineum, something's gone terribly wrong. That's just one reader's opinion.

 

[Antediluvian]

Social phobia and inadequacy.

 

[EyeSeeCold]

Murky waters, open sea (fear of the unknown)
Fear of failure (I think, I'm not hard on myself though(maybe that's the problem))
Social interaction (not people themselves, but entering unfamiliar, large, active social spheres)
Losing control over my mental state (yet I'm interested in psychedelics..)
My emotions
Oh, and this
Your mom :P

Not afraid of heights, the dark or commitment. I also don't like being touched, not afraid, but it's just intrusive.




+1 for psychological nudity

 

[MichiganJFrog]

Being ridiculed or ignored.

And spiders. Spiders ridiculing or ignoring me would be the absolute worst thing possible.

 

[Lot]

Becoming schizophrenic
Having my testicles mutilated
Loosing my freedom/autonomy

 

[P.N. Guin]

Odd. I don't have a fear of insects, elevators, flying, or heights. Interesting that water/drowning came up a lot. I don't think I have enough experience with the sea to be sure if I have a fear of that.

I've a slight fear of socialising, obvs. I didn't answer a ringing telephone for years, and my own mobile calls were often only 30 seconds long and were only made to arrange a time and location so I can speak to someone in person. I now use the phone a lot more so I can advance my career, but at times I still experience a slight hesitation before making a call or attending a social event.

Like flow, I'm afraid of I'm concerned about infrastructural collapse, and things occurring out of political stupidity in general. Inflation has been my number one since they cut the base rate to 0.5% back in 2008. It might be because I've researched issues like these more deeply than most people, so I'm aware of how horrible the country's situation is. Widespread hacking and private data leaks on the internet unsettle me too. I've got some really strict privacy setting on Facebook, you can't even see my photos, but I'm sometimes concerned that my behaviour is monitored on acquaintances' news feeds because I forgot to untick a box. And then there's those personalised ads...

Losing control of myself, such as through too much alcohol, sudden blushing, nerves, and so on during an important moment.

Huh, I didn't think I had many fears until I wrote this post. I suppose what connects all of the above is that the fears are quite rational; they're not 'phobias' because they're grounded in fact, or anecdotal fact WRT the first and third fears. I guess this is a result of my T in INTP. It's made me a rational but also fairly inhibited person, so two out of those three fears are about handling Fe situations without rationality to anchor me?

 

[TriflinThomas]

Loss of self-control/autonomy. I have an extreme fear of death by hypoxia. I also have a constant fear of overlooking a crucial sensory detail (ex: I bike a lot. And I always have this fear that I won't see a car coming and it'll kill me; or, worse, paralyze me)

 

[Spin Doctor]

Bugs in general. Anything that is small enough to get into my house. It just creeps my out to think of the possibility of them being on me without me knowing. It just so happens I have more spiders than any other bug in my house.

I also don't like helplessness. I always like an escape plan or a way out of any situation.

 

[Melkor]

PEOPLE.

I can stand anything with a decent level of predictability but people are just horrifically random.

 

[redbaron]

I don't have a phobia, but I dislike social interaction on a large and unfamiliar scale. But at the same time it's not that I'm scared I'd just rather be doing other things.

Spiders, heights and the dark? Boring.

Heights is probably the only one I'd say I'm scared of, in the sense that it's life endangering. I don't think I'm scared any more than the average person.

 

[The Gopher]

I have this strange thing where if there is something I could hit my head on (beam or cupboard) I get headaches and it messes with my senses somehow. It could be part of claustrophobia (type 2?)

 

[ccmbeast]

I have fairly significant philophobia. It hinders my ability to make new, succesful relationships.
The philophobia also stems from strong, strong trust issues, fear of being hurt (emotionally), and a fear of being made a fool of (which I'm fairly certain I can thank introversion for -.-)

Also, a fear of needles (actually any unwanted pin-point piercing of the skin) though body piercings are fine, getting a tattoo would be harder :s

And a fear of having my nails ripped off (coming from a lovely childhood experience!)

I'm fine with all the usual phobias, like, I can hold spiders if I know they can't hurt me, bugs that fly when I don't expect them to freak me out a little, but yeah.

Edit: And f7cking leeches. F7ck.

 

[Anaximander]

Conflict with somebody who can't be reasoned with.

I also have (mild) claustrophobia.

 

[ccmbeast]

I don't have a phobia, but I dislike social interaction on a large and unfamiliar scale. But at the same time it's not that I'm scared I'd just rather be doing other things.

Spiders, heights and the dark? Boring.

Heights is probably the only one I'd say I'm scared of, in the sense that it's life endangering. I don't think I'm scared any more than the average person.

Hm. I find being up high exhillerating, rather than something to fear. I mean, if I do fall to my death, I'll be dead, so what does it matter really? The trip would be fun (Y)
I don't fear the dark, though if I wake in the middle of the night, and I see a strange shadow, that frightens me awake till I realsie it was just a shadow. Also, I don't like walking around in the dark for fear I might hit my toe on something causing my toenail to come of *shudders*
But since my trip to Thailand, I'm all G with non poisonous spiders (Y)

 

[Wolf18]

In general, loss of control frightens me a great deal, and the idea that there are things that we just can't change.

Also, I find something very unsettling about ice cream trucks (only Mister Softee) at night, when there are no kids around...

SW

 

[Cybeny]

I think my main fear revolves around death. I'm not an expert, but I'm guessing I have a somewhat hyperactive Ne, which constantly imagines possibilities I can die when I'm not in my usual comfort zones.

While I'm not scared of heights while I'm on the ground, as soon as you put me up a ladder, my mind starts constantly imagining ways I can fall off: A large breeze, the ladder collapsing or even me just jumping off. This all has the effect of completely paralysing me.

Put me in the water and I imagine me drowning, giant crabs biting off my legs, a jellyfish poisoning me etc. While I don't completely paralyse this time, I do kinda go into a bit of a daze, and lose all sense of my surroundings, which isn't pleasant.

 

[Arc.Demi]

The worst is Socialphobia i guess .. you'll have to interact with lots of people through your life ..
i think i have a scotophobia ( not darkness itself but the creaturs within ) ..
i sleep with the lights on .. its okay if am not alone though

 

[subwayrider]

Sometimes when I look up into the clear sky too long, I get this terrible fear I will fall into it as a direct result. Like... gravity will just turn off and I'll fall straight into the sky. I will freeze to death or simply suffocate. Nothing to hold onto...

Is there a name for this fear?

 

[Hadoblado]

Nobody fears snakes?

I'd have assumed ophidiophobia would be common? Snakes are fucking terrifying! I have difficulty watching footage.

I'm scared of other things too, but they are fears, not phobias.

It's funny because my sister is scared shitless of spiders, saying it's something about the way they move. I couldn't care less about spiders unless they can make me sick, but with snakes, it's very much something about the way they move.

The fear does not discriminate either. I have an abnormal disgust and unease around anything with no legs (worms, leaches and slugs etc.), or so many legs that you cannot see their motion (millipedes and centipedes). This fear does not generalise to fish, but footage of a snake swimming makes me leave the room.

 

[Hadoblado]

Also mental degeneration is terrifying. I have come to terms with the inevitable loss of fluid intelligence and memory as a result of aging, but if I end up with any form of dementia I will kill myself if I still have the capacity.

 

[Cybeny]

Also mental degeneration is terrifying. I have come to terms with the inevitable loss of fluid intelligence and memory as a result of aging, but if I end up with any form of dementia I will kill myself if I still have the capacity.

I completely agree with you here! My mental abilities are so important to me, I can't imagine what I'd do if I lost them.....

 

[Nebula]

I'm afraid of:
disability
long agony
acid attack
big amounts of insects that could bit me (hornets in any amount)
coming to the conclusion that my life sucked in the final moment
living more than 65 years
being underwater (I can't swim)

 

[tvrgvryen]

-people
-failure career-wise
-death of a loved one
-being kidnapped or tortured
-certain automated messages (visual/auditory)... communicative technology sometimes give me the heebie-jeebies even though i love technology and am a robotics dork >.>

 

[Ex-User (8886)]

low self esteem is the worst fear

 

[nearfantastica]

Spiders, I think, is the only phobia. It takes me a good ten minutes to convince myself that it's just easier to kill the daddy long legs than to let it crawl away, disappear, and popup unexpectedly at a later time. Ugh.

Fears? Crowds freak me out sometimes. The thought of wasting my life. Losing control of myself, whether it be to some sort of addiction, aging or whatever else. Dying in a way that isn't relatively quick (especially if it's murder). Yup.

 

[Spocksleftball]

Large numbers of strangers...Walmart, sports arenas, and fairs always suck the life out of me. The dread is unimaginable.

Public speaking...my job requires this often. It is a living death for days leading up to the event.

 

[Base groove]

Things that scare me:

1. deep water - and I am an excellent swimmer and can hold my breath a very long time.
2. heights - and I work at heights, so I mean, ... real danger and real risk of falling from a serious height.

hymmm NiSe axis?