Originally posted by americandingbat

Originally posted by schrodingers dog
I also have redundantphobia. Tried to commit suicide in Buffalo and couldn't do it.

Have you told that line to SO?

No, why, is he dead?

I don't know that its actually considered a Phobia, but I'm scared of deep dark water. Swimming in the Lake? Nope, won't happen. I don't really know how it came about, because as kid we used to go swimming and stuff at the lake all the time...

Its developed over the past few years I think...probably around the time I first Cliff-jumped, and realized that I never hit the bottom of the Lake....and that I couldn't see it when i resurfaced. I think that had a huge psychological impact on me - as that was the last time I was ever in a lake. Last Summer a few of us went to a lake in Alberta, and everyone went in except me.. I did try though, god knows I tried. But I got that feeling in the pit of my stomach where it starts to do somersaults and knot right up.. I couldn't quite get myself to go in past my knees. Floating down the River in +35*C sounds like fun, but I just can't seem to do it. Instead I'll sit and suntan with the Beer while everyone else does.

Spiders aren't quite a phobia anymore, but they were for a long time. I used to freeze right up and just stare at them. Hoping that they wouldn't move if I took my eyes off of them. But having since moved to University where I have an outdoor entrance, I have seen my fair share of spiders. At home at my parents, I would have my dad kill them for me. But here, I have to do it myself, so gradually I'm getting over it. I saw the biggest spider I have EVER seen, out of the corner of my eye chilling out on my class schedule, and very quickly grabbed like 20 kleenex and flushed it. I can't just squish them, I need to know that they are gone. I also have that slight mentality that they might come after me for revenge lol. But like I said, it's getting better.

- Carrot

Well... i guess i tend to hyperventilate when a spider is near me. . . .

And i cannot climb a ladder or anything remotely 'high' without freaking out.
But flying around in planes seems to perfectly fine - go figure??

Yeah I have a phobia: spiders/webs. And large open spaces/rooms. And praying mantis. And water moccasins. And mosquito eaters. And octypus/squid. And crabs. And jellyfish (though they are 'pretty'). Crocodile?

[edit on 12-1-2009 by HugmyRek]