Your worst fears. Name them here and why you are afraid. Poll has been smelted onto this thread for some of the most familiar phobias.
I'm afraid of spiders. I didn't used to be, not as a little kid. But once I saw an escaped tarantula in a place it never should have been, and that set me off for life I fear. I can tolerate small spiders, but over a certain size they become too big for life and must be terminated ruthlessly....
I have a fear of drains unfortunately. When I used to go swimming in local swimming centres in Maidstone Kent, there were these drains right at the deep end. I was thrown right next to them once, went underwater and all I could see was blackness and horrible sounds coming from the drains itself. I floated to the surface and swam so far away that since then, I have been unable to go swimming in leisure centres with wave machines. I used to have fear of plugs but not anymore. I feel I am pretty unique in this fear
That's an understandable fear though, after what happened... My biggest fear in the world is being alone, actually. I can't really give a defined reason, but I think it's because I've lost so many people in my from such a young age. I just hate being alone, and I hate silence... It just makes me feel like I'm the last person left alive. And centipedes! I can tolerate any other bug, like spiders and ants, but centipedes scare me like none other...
I have Insectophobia...Any kind of insect scares the shit out of me. Usually, if someone thinks they can take advantage of the fact, and make a laugh about it, usually ends up with a fist in their gut.
Aw man, this past summer I woke up and found two centipedes sharing my bed with me. I screamed louder than I ever have and I'm sure people down the block thought I was being brutally murdered...
They were big enough, I probably could have. But I instead turned on the light, grabbed my clarinet case (the nearest big hard object) and smashed the shit outta them. Could have made ground up centipeded stew, but after that since my dad was wide awake I made him clean them up, I couldn't even be in my room for abouta day and a half... But then we bombed the place and all bugs were dead, long dead. arty:
Another fear. I hate Giant Hogweed or any weeds like nettles, thistles, giant thistles, japanese knotweed, cow parsley, dead nettles. If I am going down a country path, i sometimes get petrified of anything near me. There is this place in Harefield just at the back of the hospital. On the way to the woods, there are really big giant hogweed groves right next to the path. And you can really get that smell off of them and it is a very ugly smell.
I thought you loved giant hogweed? I seem to remember you saying how great they were in this country. And you had a picture of one in your signature didn't you? They do smell a bit though....
I like them for their magnificent size from a distance. These are remarkable weeds and most successful at driving the construction man mad with rage. But close up, not only do they really smell awful, a cross between a skunk and a dead rat, close up, their sap is not so good. One time I got in contact by accident with one of these weeds and my whole arm was severly blistered. They are severe because they sensitise skin and the sap is strongest when they are young, tall and got those giant leaves and have unleashed that umbella flower which is over a metre across and filled with 20.000 seeds waiting to be dispersed all across the terrain. It is really that, that freaks me out. Also Giant Hogweed looks alienesque.
I'm the same with spiders. I find them fascinating because I fear them so much. I like to view tarantulas behind glass panes where they can't get to me. But if I saw one loose, I would probably head for the hills....
