[MissMontana (OP)]

Balloons, they give me the wiggins, it's a ridiculous fear, I can't explain it but I am curious about other people's phobias.

[neilep]

Oh I love balloons...but do you mean the big ones you ride in or the little ones that go pop ?...I reckon you mean the little ones eh ?...sometimes I just grab my pack of balloons (NOT CONDOMS...though they do make excellent balloons too) and blow twenty or so up....wifey hates it...the kids love it...they always brighten up a room.

Phobias eh ?.....the sound that you get when  a needle skates across a record groove..brrrrrrrrr !!!!!....what I absolutely detest akin to the record groove is that all weather gear that has thousands of little grooves and goes..eeek eeek !!..as you walk in it...do you know what I mean ?...I can't even bear to touch the stuff !!..brrrrrrr....errrr !...gives me the shudders just thinking about it !!

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[tweener]

A fork scraping a plate, when the end of the tines scrapes across the plate, not so much the side.

I've been known to take forks away from people for scraping them on their plate.

I guess my only other phobia would be needles.  Like shot needles in a doctors office.  I faint when I see one.  Blood, knives, whatever doesn't bother me, just needles.  I guess I wouldn't make a good junkie.  Or diabetic.

----
John - The Eternal Pessimist.

[chris]

Blimey, a 'renaissance' of many founding members of this forum. Great to see you both back again, Tweener and MissMontana

...There's nothing to fear except fear itself !

Chris

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[Simmer]

Just the bog standard spiders, heights and people.  

I had to travel up to town in the rush hour yesterday and there were millions of the little blighters, plus some of the escalators were uncomfortably tall! [V]  

Still, I didn't see any spiders []

[Exodus]

lightning for me.... but only if i'm out in it.. i love watching it but being out in a storm petrifies me as i'm convinced i'll get struck. It goes back to when i was about a meter from a lightning strike when i was about 9 or 10...

[drkev]

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I'll say it again Needles absolutely petrified of them.

And clowns as well can't stand the bloody things they scare the **** out of me.

Live long and Love life

Kevin Fisher

[chris]

quote:Originally posted by drkev



And clowns as well can't stand the bloody things they scare the **** out of me.

How funny...[]

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception"
 - Groucho Marx

[MiaKa]

Phobia??[?]
can you imagin that I have dog's phobia !!!!!![][]
when I see dog ......I start to run...but dont ask me to where....may eyes start to have tears bay it self ....may face become
yellow...and i will have nightmare on that night too.....I can't even watch a movie if there is dog in it .....[]

and I don't Like circles in any conditions...[:0]

BLOOM WHEREVER YOU PLANTED

[VAlibrarian]

I confess to not liking being in a high place looking down. But I really feel that like most phobias there is a survival value to it- after all, if you fall 30 meters, you are going to die, ey? Likewise if you are hit by lightning you may not see another morning. Fear of dogs may seem silly at first, but there have been a few Americans torn to pieces over the past few years by Pit Bulls. Alot of this stuff is based on an early experience, but there is a certain connection to survival too.

chris wiegard

[DoctorBeaver]

Spiders & ladders.
The ladder phobia is really stupid. I can climb scaffolding no problem. I've even done a bit of rock-climbing and abseiling in the past, so it's nothing to do with heights. But get me on a ladder and I literally freeze on about the 4th or 5th rung. I should point out that it's only free-standing ladders. I'm perfectly ok with fixed ones.
I'm not even sure when that phobia started. Up until my late teens & early 20s I was fine, but now... no way.

[Ian33]

The Internet, very scary place. Is it all just Maya ?

Ian

Cafe Del Mar. Vol Siente

[Soul Surfer]

I can get on with most things but the creaky sound of cotton wool being squeezed has a very adverse efect and makes me shiver.  I've no idea why cos it isnt very loud or a very nasty noise

Learn, create, test and tell
evolution rules in all things
God says so!

[Andrew K Fletcher]

Silver foil making a connection with a filling in my teeth. or fingernails screeching down a blackboard.

"The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct."
K.I.S. "Keep it simple!"

[drkev]

I can't touch cotton wool! I physically cannot hold it I have no idea why but I cannot bring myself to pick it up and will not have it in my hand.

No idea why, wierd eh?

Live long and Love life

Kevin Fisher

[DoctorBeaver]

A phobia of cotton wool seems to be surprisingly common. I wonder why that is. Are any of you phobiac about wire wool too?

[neilep]

Cotton wool ?..that's a first for me !..Kev..what is it about it that you hate ?...Have you had this since childhood ?...did your detestation commence immediately after holding cotton wool for the first time ?...can you use cotton wool buds ?.....do you hate clouds ?    []

Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!

[DoctorBeaver]

Some "expert" somewhere would probably say it's down to the trauma of having your little baby ears and nose cleaned with cotton buds []

[ROBERT]

quote:Originally posted by MissMontana

Balloons, they give me the wiggins, it's a ridiculous fear, I can't explain it but I am curious about other people's phobias.

Hi MissMontana,

fear of balloons would not be ridiculous if you had latex allergy. (anaphylaxis).

[MissMontana (OP)]

Thankfully no latex allergy, would make going to the dentist (amongst other things) very uncomfortable

Not keen on cotton wool either, I think it's the funny squeaky noise it makes when you squeeze it