Fears, phobias and all between

Let us know what you are afraid of so that we can terrorize you at night! Okay maybe not, but it is always interesting to hear what people are afraid of. Me personally I have two things: Heights (har har tall guy is afraid of heights, har har) and snakes. Just seeing image of someone being somewhere high makes me uneasy. And snakes, well... I just don't like them okay?

I have a phobia of metal in my mouth, it makes it very hard to get dental work done. Luckily, my teeth have always been straight. I'm not sure how the phobia developed but it is very serious. Most dentists don't seem to understand the difference between fear and a clinical phobia, too. I've caused physical injury to dentists in the past who didn't believe I needed to be sedated and once, I passed out and they had to call EMS to revive me.

I'm afraid of dogs but I'm actually better with it now than I used to be. When I was little, I would get so scared that I would throw up at times. I'm still somewhat scared because I don't want to be attacked by the random large dogs people like to have in my area, but I mainly avoid any and all animals because my brother is highly allergic to animal fur. I'm fine with dogs after I get use to them after a while, though. I think I only got the fear because I was bitten by my neighbor's dog when I was playing fetch with him. I'm afraid of heights, but only if I'm on something that seems unstable or if I feel that I might fall. It's sorta random at times. It took some time when I was little, but the fear doesn't bother me when I rock climb now. Though I still can't do ferris wheels. Maybe if I had someone that will put up with my whining, I might get on it. But friends and family don't want to take long with that much work. >.> I'm afraid of speeds that I'm not in control of. Meaning if I'm going really fast and I'm not the one that's doing that speed, my heart will freak the f**k out. If my heart didn't panic on its own, I would be fine. I don't know why it happens. But because of that I can't do roller coasters, those super fast spinning rides, and so on. And getting motion sick doesn't help either. I hate my body at times, it doesn't let me do stuff I actually want to try. ;-; Oh. The heart thing is also related to my fear of heights as well. After many failed attempts of trying to learn how to swim and mainly after developing asthma, I gained a fear of water. Mainly I'm afraid of drowning because I can't swim. Both now and when I was little, I'm waaaay too skinny to be able to float. And when my aunt tried to teach me the last time I tried, I sank into the pool and threw up after choking on the water. And now my asthma freaks out hard for some reason when water reaches my chest. It gets hard to breathe and I just can't hold my breath. This really makes me sad at times, because I would like to swim for once in my life. Though I HATE getting my hair wet. It's too much work to fix again. >.> And finally, I'm afraid of death by snu-snu. I'm quite serious because I don't like being held down much, and being crushed during snu-snu is a no. Ain't about that life. Though I wouldn't care if I was dating the person since that would mean I like them a lot, but I tend to be a little hesitant of women that are bigger than me by height. And I think that's it.

OH! I forgot to mention that I'm afraid of the dentist. Well not really. I just really HATE having things I'm not in control of going into my mouth.

I'm afraid of the dark. I know nothing is there, but when I turn out the lights and all I see is pitch black, I panic. I fear that something will grab me. I use a nightlight. It's kinda embarrassing to tell people, but it makes me feel safe.

I think I have a bit of a fear for the ocean, like being alone in the middle of the ocean because I imagine several enormous and terrifying creatures out there to devour me. Had dreams like this and never really was thaaat scared by it, it just feels uneasy. The scariest dream I've had is one of my family and I having a car accident and everyone dying but me, that was reaaaally terrifying to the point I woke up with my chest feeling like a void and crying. Was horrible. Other than that, no, no fears.

I know! I hate it when people are like that. :( I'm also afraid of death. And all my friends leaving me. Basically I'm afraid of being all alone.

I'm not afraid of the dark, I'm afraid of what's hiding in the dark. I don't like dealing with anything I can't see. I went blind for a day once when I was sick, it was not fun. After that, I think I would rather die than be blind for the rest of my life. And I'm not one for dying.

Failure because it makes me feel lonely. It makes me doubt myself and question myself and that's the thing that makes me feel loneliest. I start second guessing my decisions and I become indecisive. I start saying and believing things that I shouldn't.