Foo - Phobia Survey! We all have them!

Fill out the attached survey, please! I'm doing this for psych class again! I hope you fellow Foo Rats don't mind helping me toward my PhD!

Errr, what survey? Eeeeeekkk!!!!!!

(I should mention, I have a fear of threads & emails indicating an attachment that are, in fact, attachment-free.)

I am scared of phobias. I was bitten by one once.

Survey is up now! It took time to get the options in!

I don't see the choice for riding a bicycle across a steel deck bridge. :eek:

I have a paralyzing fear of surveys, you insensitive jerk!

I don't see the choice for riding a bicycle across a steel deck bridge. :eek:
Heights?

(needs to be a multi-select survey)

My major phobia is heights. It's not paralyzing, but things like standing at the edge of a building rooftop is freaky. My dad can't climb a ladder his is so bad. It gets me most acutely when skiing: being on a chairlift will wig me out every now and again. I fight through it because I love to ski too much to stop...

I'm afraid of sharks! Swimming in the oceans scares the #$(%@# outta me. You can't see them, but they can see you!!!

Anyway, real answer:

phobia - an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"

There are some things that make me very tense and nervous and some situations I will reasonably avoid, but I can't say I have any extreme and irrational fears of anything.

Actually, we all have fears that are unreasonable, or phobias, but it's only a phobic disorder if it causes so much distress that you have extreme difficulty or no ability to function or work around it.

The only thing I found that I'm almost afraid of is deep water. Anytime I can't see the bottom, I get a little nervous. I wouldn't call it a phobia, though, because it isn't really extreme or irrational as the pup pointed out. I still go swimming in the deep.

We have nothing to fear but fear itself!


I have an irrational fear of burning to death, not that I'm afraid to die... but that's gotta friggin' hurt and I can't stand pain!

I love pain, so I have an irrational attraction to fire :eek:

Anyway, real answer:

phobia - an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"

There are some things that make me very tense and nervous and some situations I will reasonably avoid, but I can't say I have any extreme and irrational fears of anything.
Wait til i finish the stalk and close in for the kill. Got the meat hooks sharpened, got a spiked metal ball gag and the eye lid protactors so you will be forced to watch. I will teach you fear and I think the costumes and sound track should make it irrational.

Hmmmm, I don't really think any of those apply to me. Public speaking, maybe. I don't really like having to do any kind of formal speech, acting, or reciting. But I have no problem getting in front of a large group of people and making a complete a$$ out of myself. As long as it's like improv and not some kind of formal speech thing, I'm ok.

Definitely have Chionophobia (Fear of Snow), or atleast a strong dislike of snow! :p
And lately, Didaskaleinophobia (Fear of Going to School), or again, a strong dislike of going to school! :D
And maybe some Gynephobia, but that's a given. :p

http://www.angelnet.com/phobias.html

Wait til i finish the stalk and close in for the kill. Got the meat hooks sharpened, got a spiked metal ball gag and the eye lid protactors so you will be forced to watch. I will teach you fear and I think the costumes and sound track should make it irrational.
Hot damn! You talkin' my language, buddy! When can we start?

The ocean. I am a very good swimmer, used to compete as a matter of fact, but the ocean scares me like nothing else. I'm not sure why, because I don't believe I fear death. The one time I almost choked to death my thoughts were completely of my family and friends. Still though, I find swimming in the ocean to be terrifying.

I also fear big spiders, but only those that are severely poisonus. A friend of mine got bitten by a brown recluse some years ago. Not fun.

Oh yeah, I have Vestiphobia too. Yep, that's an image you all need in your heads! :p

Fill out the attached survey, please! I'm doing this for psych class again! I hope you fellow Foo Rats don't mind helping me toward my PhD!

I'm afraid of White people:rolleyes:.

I'm afraid of White people:rolleyes:.

Crackaphobia?

I'm afraid of the dark. Seriously. Blind, pitch-black darkness is one of the two things I am afraid of.
The other is really big moving objects. It doesn't matter if they're living creatures or inanimate objects, but stuff like elephants, giraffes, cargo planes, hot air balloons, strip-mining equipment, tower cranes, cruise ships, etc. really freak me out.

The other is really big moving objects. It doesn't matter if they're living creatures or inanimate objects, but stuff like elephants, giraffes, cargo planes, hot air balloons, strip-mining equipment, tower cranes, cruise ships, etc. really freak me out.
You realise that you're standing on top of a chunk of rock that weighs 13,170,556,000,000,000,000,000,000 lbm and is moving at roughly 67,000 mph and you're not even strapped in... :eek:

Spiders. Not "any bug"...just spiders. I was bitten by a poisonous spider when I was young and have had an issue with them ever since.

Spiders. Not "any bug"...just spiders. I was bitten by a poisonous spider when I was young and have had an issue with them ever since.
KT, Did ya vote the survey? By the way, I had to limit the categories to 10, so I had to keep them a little broad. Thise commenting in with off the option choices, I'm also running an Excel program, so I can track those ones as well.

Crackaphobia?

Whitaphobia:D.

I'm scared of non-death defying heights. Like being on a ladder 6 feet up scares the hell out of me, but walking on the roof of the WTC or riding across a bridge is fine. If it's high enough that I'll be killed if I fall I'm fine with that - it's the grey area in between with years of rehab that scare me :) I may one day skydive (though I happened to have come across a bunch of skydiving videos along with some accidents - oi!).

Scared a bit of rollercoasters - when I was younger I tried to jump out of one. My dad grabbed me by the belt on the way down, I was terrified! I'll still go on one but I don't enjoy them.

If I'm stuck in a crowd for a period of time I start getting antsy - I like having an out. I don't think that's a phobia, more of a self preservation thing :D

The big roaches creep me out. Had one crawl in my hair when I was asleep and another under my covers at my old place. When I see them I still get the heebie jeebies.

I voted 'height.'

I don't see a choice for "Fear of banjo music, in the woods"

I don't see a choice for "Fear of banjo music, in the woods"

Don't worry about it. Just carry a bow and some arrows.

Panic attack in public, can't escape? Re banjo in the woods)

Actually, this is more along general lines due to the choice limitations.

MMACH 5 I don't see a choice for "Fear of banjo music, in the woods"

I don't like crowds, but it's not a phobia. Child molesters and death are my phobias.

Considering what follows hearing banjos in the woods, I checked "Being exposed to a disease." :p

However, I think you are incorrect in the assumption that we all have phobias, (or even unreasonable fears).

It only lets me vote one. I need to at least select 4 of those.

PM them to me Pheard and I'll add them to the excel program I'm running in parellel.

I was stung by a swarm of yellow jackets multiple times a few years ago. I have calmed enough now that if I see one in an urban setting, I will not jump sky high like I used to. But if one of them touches me, or I see one when I'm hiking, or if someone else nearby gets stung, I will run away terrified no matter where I am. I don't care if I'm eating lunch with the Queen of England, I'm running like hell.

I'm afraid of sharks! Swimming in the oceans scares the #$(%@# outta me. You can't see them, but they can see you!!!
+1!

I'm right there with you on that one! I have been in the ocean exactly TWICE since seeing Jaws! And one of those times because someone THREW me in!!

Hrm...

Fear of failure I suppose. Not living up to my potential in my chosen endeavors is scarier to me than anything else.

Flying inscets that sting like wasps, hornets, bees etc... NOT mosquitos though. I have allergic reations to bee/wasp/hornet stings. Not real bad, but they are probably the only thing on earth that I stay far far away from and make the hair on the back of my neck tingle.

The only thing I found that I'm almost afraid of is deep water. Anytime I can't see the bottom, I get a little nervous. I wouldn't call it a phobia, though, because it isn't really extreme or irrational as the pup pointed out. I still go swimming in the deep.
Same here. If I cant feel the bottom I get nervous.

I'm afraid of my shadow....because its always choking me.... *best sol rosenberg impression*
for me it would be bee's. I had a bad experience when I was a kid with Yellowjacket's. I stepped on an underground nest near a tree and was surrounded. It took me about 3 blocks of running top speed and ripping my shirt off to get rid of them and when I got home there was still one in my shirt *shudders* *whispers* there everywhere......

Your shadow does that too? Mine is always following me around!

I have a bad fear of being in crowds. It explains why I prefer doing solo rides.

I hate needles. Getting a shot freaks me out. I can't even watch that scene in Pulp Fiction where Vincent Vega shoots up, forget about the Edrenaline shot scene.

Heights?

No. It isn't heights. Most of the ones here are less than 15 feet above the water. Have you ever ridden a bicycle across one?

You only have about 15% of the surface area to be in contact with that you do on a solid surface. It is far too easy to slip - and if you slip, you're going to go down, and if you put a hand out to break your fall, there's a good chance you'll kiss a couple fingers goodbye. I haven't fallen on one yet, and I try like heck to keep that record intact.

I'm afraid of the dark. Seriously. Blind, pitch-black darkness is one of the two things I am afraid of.
The other is really big moving objects. It doesn't matter if they're living creatures or inanimate objects, but stuff like elephants, giraffes, cargo planes, hot air balloons, strip-mining equipment, tower cranes, cruise ships, etc. really freak me out.

The entire earth is a really big moving object.





Just thought I'd be helpful and point that out. :D


<edit> - dang EP. You ruined my fun again.

scorpions.

Specifically scorpions and not as part of a class of things that I just can't stand.

I used to live in a cottage where there would be the occasional scorpion that crossed the ground-level threshold. I never saw one in my sleeping area, which was about eight inches higher than the rest of the floor. I have not lost the habit of shaking out my shoes before putting them on.

Actually, we all have fears that are unreasonable, or phobias, but it's only a phobic disorder if it causes so much distress that you have extreme difficulty or no ability to function or work around it.

Usually I'd just wait for the scorpion to leave or the cat to come and bat the scorpion around. It would either get batted out the door (no more problem) or be disabled enough that I could launch it outside with a broom and chop it to bits in the garden with a long handled spade. Don't ask how the cat managed. I don't know. I had a back door that wasn't very convenient but if I didn't I'm not sure I'd have been able to work around it.

Usually I'd just wait for the scorpion to leave or the cat to come and bat the scorpion around. It would either get batted out the door (no more problem) or be disabled enough that I could launch it outside with a broom and chop it to bits in the garden with a long handled spade. Don't ask how the cat managed. I don't know. I had a back door that wasn't very convenient but if I didn't I'm not sure I'd have been able to work around it.
I can't blame ya! I don't particularily like scorpions myself!

I don't have any of those phobias...although the thought of death by drowning FREAKS me out.

One of my friends, though, has a snake phobia. And not just real snakes--on tv, on paper, even cartoons.

Another friend of mine is equally afraid of butterflies and moths. Go figure.

...although the thought of death by drowning FREAKS me out.

Hmmm, yeah, drowning would suck. I wouldn't call it a phobia for me, I like being in the water, but of all the ways to die, drowning would seem like one of the least "comfortable"