What are you afraid of that you shouldn't be?

I'm scared of actually opening my mouth in front of people that I don't know very well. It happens a lot at college. When I'm picked on to answer a question or asked to give an opinion on something, I can't do it. I'll freeze up and look like an idiot.

This also could be due to the fact that I am really shy when it comes to public speaking and whatnot.

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Originally Posted by Minion

Sure is! How's being a tedious queer working out for you?

Wouldn't know. I have a wonderful, beautiful human female girlfriend to go home to. However, I do reconize your attempt at a second grade put down. Well don't worry, practice makes perfect.

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I'm ridiculously afraid of spiderwebs and cobwebs. They're even scarier than spiders themselves, actually. There was one time when I completely freaked out after seeing a giagantic spiderweb in our basement over one of the shelves near the laundry machine. Well, that spiderweb was shaped like a cocoon, although it wasnt tightly packed or anything. It was just huge. I ended up dashing up the stairs as fast as I could, screaming at the top of my lungs.

I even cringe whenever I see people brushing cobwebs off things in movies.


Another strange fear of mine is eating in front of strangers. I don't know why really, but I eat much slower and much less. I'm very self-conscious when doing so.


I'm also scared of asking for directions. (So much for the "asking for directions" stereotype) I'd rather spend half an hour getting myself back on track, as long as I'm not running late for anything.

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Originally Posted by Minion

Sure is! How's being a tedious queer working out for you?

As for the topic question...

How can you be afraid of something that you shouldn't be afraid of? There has to be a reason you're afraid of it. If you think about it in this way, anything that you are afraid of has reasoning behind it.
Take for example being afraid of bugs. If your fear of insects is derived from your disgust of their looks and the "creepy-crawly feeling" you get from them, why shouldn't that disgust trickle down into fear? It's just natural, after all, to fear what you don't understand and to not want to understand what you fear. I suppose it's human nature, really.

On the flip side, if you look at a fear and write it off as "being scared of something you don't understand," couldn't you say that almost everything you fear is something that you shouldn't? I mean to say, with the exception of fearing pain, death (and that's debatable depending on your beliefs and all that), and peril, what is there to fear?

How ya doing, buddy?

Silly Matt. Pulling a kettle-black play on Minion and then preceding to make a post which is ALSO tedious and queer, well, there are so many levels here and I just don't have the energy to dig through it. Furthermore, if you really must engage in an utterly boring vendetta with someone, try to pick somebody without any authority. I might be a good choice, for example. Anyway, if you could stop being such a little faggot, that would be great for everyone. Thanks!

-Mgt

Originally Posted by guyinrubbersuit

second grade put down

They're called insults, honey. Now, just because you can't let go of the second grade is no reason to hang on to the vernacular! I know it's hard to forget the horrible things that happened in that classroom, but you have to be strong. Mr. Vanderbier died 4 years ago. He can't hurt you anymore, and neither can the bigger boys who made fun of the way your mother dressed you. You're a grown-up now, and you need to be proud of that!


Anyway, uh, on topic, I operate under a continual paranoia that people around me will just drop dead at the most inconvenient times. I'm not sure if this counts as a "fear" exactly; after all, it's not like I'd actually be harmed. It does cause the same behavior patterns in me that fear does, so I think it can reasonably be bundled in.

Dogs, too. Really paranoid around strange dogs.

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Originally Posted by Manis Tricuspis

They're called insults, honey. Now, just because you can't let go of the second grade is no reason to hang on to the vernacular! I know it's hard to forget the horrible things that happened in that classroom, but you have to be strong. Mr. Vanderbier died 4 years ago. He can't hurt you anymore, and neither can the bigger boys who made fun of the way your mother dressed you. You're a grown-up now, and you need to be proud of that!

Minion's comment was not even worthy the title of 'insult'.

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Yeah, that's probably why it would have been better for you not to respond to his provocation, eh? But you did, you went and bit right down on that hook. Hell of a shame. You can beat him, though! Bullies only pick on nice people like you because they hate themselves. Just think of ways to remind Minion what he hates about himself! Then he'll be ashamed and stop being such a bully and you'll both become straight-A students!

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I guess the main thing I'm afraid of that I shouldn't really be is contact with my eye. Doesn't matter wether its me or someone else, I can't let anything get too close to my eyeball. Pity, as I'm stuck wearing glasses because of this! Before it was fear of the contact lens getting stuck behind my eye, but ever since I found out thats physically impossible, I've just moved to another excuse!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm terrified of heights. I was also once put in a hot air balloon. I intend to overcome this fear by parachuting some day, because I think the experience of freefall looks like it'd just be too relaxing to be scary. I also can't stand gore, like, guts and exposed mashed-up muscle that looks like ground beef. It's just... ugh. I don't like anything slimy. Snakes in general, even the harmless ones, are sort of tied into that fear, because they remind me of intestines.

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Rich friends' parents. With friends you can act any way you want to and I usually am myself, but when you meet their parents I'm always wondering, 'should I curtsy, kiss or shake their hand?' I usually stand dumbfounded--it hides my frear. I'm afraid of people featured in high society magazines.

I'm also afraid of paper cuts. it's the minor injuries that freak me out. I'd rather see myself with a bleeding leg than a thin slice of skin on my finger.

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I'm afraid of walking alone in the dark. Unless I'm really angry at someone or something.

Large spiders scare me.

How ya doing, buddy?

I have a fear of vomit, which I think is pretty weird. Also, I hate heights and anything to do with spiders and the like. *shudder*

I was speaking idiomatically.

I don't like driving to a place I've never been to before. Even with printed directions, I prefer going with someone else. I'm generally afraid of the possibility of getting lost.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'm TERRIFIED of mice/rats in the home. If they're caged or brought as pets, then it's fine, but I really hate the fuckers that are wild and are in your kitchen and leave droppings and..just....

UGH.

I guess it's coupled with the fact that I don't like seeing-fast-moving-objects-blur-in-the-edge-of-my-vision type of thing too. =/

I'm also not a fan of mosquitoes. I especially hate it when they buzz near your ear; I panic and constantly look around (even though I probably won't be able to see it...)

Oh, and a popsicle stick scraping on your teeth. I'm pretty sure there's nothing bad happening, but I can't stand the feel >_<;;

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

When I shut off all of the lights in the basement and start walking upstairs to my room at night I always get creeped out by the darkness of the bar. I end up sprinting up the stairs. It's weird though, because I'm otherwise not afraid of the dark.

I get the same feeling when I'm going up to my room I quickly turn off the light and haul ass up the stairs. No idea why, it may beacuse of the movie Darkness Falls ( I think thats what it was) where some thing grabs a guy while he was walking down the stairs in the dark.
Im also afraid of responcibility, decisions, unfamiliar people, and change. Perhaps this is why I don't have a job

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Wolf spiders. I know they don't bite, but that doesn't quell my fear any. Yet I love daddy long-legs'.

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I am afraid of heights, but so is everyone.

If you want a fear that makes others think of you as a pussy, I have the best. I am deathly afraid of physical retribution from people. As you can imagine, this makes me a raging loser. It's not that I even have much to fear; I could easily hold my own in a brawl with quite a number of people. However, I tend to not be as... honest as I'd like in some instances, for fear out of being hit.

I don't know why. I should make a post about it in ANGST and get mocked for it. That might scare the fear out of me.

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I'm afraid of hasters. When I was little my sister had one and I carried it once and it bit me. I carried a different hamster after that and it also bit me, and for those of you that dont know, one bite from a hamster and its instantly rips the skin.
I carried them as gently as I could so maybe its just me. I just like to stay away from them now.

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I used to be scared of dogs ever since I was attacked by one when I was fairly young (around 10). I'm also not keen on heights when i'm exposed to the outside and there's nothing to stop a gust of wind from blowing me to my doom. I'm slowly conquering that fear though just like I did with dogs. I'm sure there are others too, for example if I were to be confronted by certain creatures (bear, shark, metre-wide Amazonian spider etc).

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I'm afraid of relationships.

And...that's about as honest about myself as I'll get :biggrin:

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I'm afraid of spiderwebs, but I'm not afraid of spiders. I actually pick up spiders when I have the chance, they're very interesting creatures which hardly ever do harm to you unless you freak them out.

But spiderwebs.... *shudder*

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I have a fear of people who string sentence fragments using nothing but "blah blah".

Also, I have this paranoia when I drive large vehicles where I feel like they're going to flip over. I like my cars with a low center of gravity and anything like a slightly lifted pickup truck and even my cousin's Jeep Wrangler feel like they're going to roll because they're top heavy. I know they're not going to, but it just feels like they're going to.

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This, the crane fly, scares the living piss out of me. Completely. If I see one, I'll scream and yell and cower, or avoid wherever it is. And it's completely irrational, because they eat mosquitos and other 'scary' insects and -- contrary to what it looks like -- do not suck blood.

And there's a name for it as well: Tipuliphobia. Which cracks me up, because Tipuli is a Nahual (Aztec) and Cherokee word for "vagina."

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This is going to sound really weird, but I'm afraid of random teens in groups. I keep thinking that they're whispering stuff about me that I can't hear, or whenever they laugh that it's at me. Issues huh? I hold the stereotype of "teens = no good punks"

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Horror movies...I'm ok with stories or anecdotes, but the movies, even the crappy ones, just give me the chills. It's gotten to the point where either someone tells me exactly what's going to happen (and then I decide if I can watch), or I have to leave - I can't even stand listening to them.

There's nowhere I can't reach.