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Post by AeroCooper on Apr 25, 2014 7:16:23 GMT -5
I have an irrational fear of long bridges. I actually have had numerous nightmares about driving over bridges that are either collapsing or slowly sinking under the water line. The funny thing is, in real life I never really think about it, but man, the dreams freak me out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2014 8:18:51 GMT -5
eye doctors - they will blind me
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2014 9:54:46 GMT -5
I have to remind myself to breathe going over bridges and through tunnels. I get claustrophobic in elevators and if you want yo see a grown man squeal and jump, show me any spider.
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Post by aerofine1 on Apr 25, 2014 15:00:48 GMT -5
Sharks...or maybe water...I must have seen commercials for 'Jaws' as a kid. I love the beach, but don't go in the ocean...and I'm not a huge fan of even jumping in my pool at night without the pool light being on. Seriously, what could be in my swimming pool? Forget it, I don't even want to think about it...
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The key to swimming with sharks: Always have a tasty swimmer between you and the sharks.
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Post by aerohead4life on Apr 25, 2014 16:13:15 GMT -5
The only fear I have left is being wrongly accused and having it escalate into a severe beatdown or worse.
I nearly drowned when I was 5 in an ocean riptide and my sister swam out and saved me. I was afraid to swim til I joined the navy. I failed my swim test and had to swim every day while everyone else was marching at the grinder. Once forced to swim I fell so in love with being under water that I spent my life snorkeling around every island and beach that I could find. I had a Morey eel strike my swim mask in the philippines and that put the respect of the danger of being underwater into me. There is a small collapsed volcano in the ocean about 15 miles from ST's house in Maui. I used to go snorkeling with bags of frozen peas to feed the fish there. About 30 feet below were a dozen sharks at any given time. That didn't stop me from going back several times over the years. The key to swimming with sharks is to always have a tasty swimmer between you and the sharks.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2014 17:35:03 GMT -5
Bridges are my biggest....fwanger, I have to do the same going over a bridge. Remind myself to breath LOL. Usually I slip some Aero in the CD player and it helps. Tunnels do not bother me. For me it is more about height :/ I do not like looking out windows (big ones) on high floors.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2014 18:25:45 GMT -5
Me too. I'm terrified of heights, but I love huge rollercoasters anyway. It's never so bad once you get going, but many lift hills are horribly terrifying. Roller coasters are generally designed to inspire feelings of terror though. They're never scary after the first drop is over, and the stomach-drop feeling is worth it. But yeah, high lift hills are really nerve wracking.
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Post by jj on Apr 26, 2014 9:33:12 GMT -5
Stage Fright. I quite piano in 8th grade because the recitals made me so nervous. I won't play guitar on stage either. Though I can speak in front of people and large audiences pretty easily.
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Post by Zen on Apr 26, 2014 12:08:16 GMT -5
Cane Toads! Where I live in tropical north Queensland Australia, they are an extremely stupid gut numbing fear to have, since every time you walk out the door you are more than likely to encounter one. Our states rugby league football team are called the cane toads. I don't have a problem with frogs or snakes or spiders, just cane toads.
Both my kids figured it out by the time they were 3 going on 4, whatever they wanted just terrorise me with a cane toad and I would be like, whatever you want just get it away from me.
I eventually got them both back, my daughter before she turned 5, but my son was 14, neither of them to this day will bring a cane toad near me. Some people would call it bad parenting, I just say, they started it and I finished it, eventually!
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