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Angie4b1g

Angie4b1g

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Do you have any? Other than something happening to your family etc, we all have that one.

I have one of airplanes. Not so much of flying, although I don't LOVE flying, I will. But more of SEEING a plane crash. I had a super realistic dream once years ago that I was driving down the freeway and a plane crossed over us up the road a bit, and then crashed to the ground and exploded. It was SO super real. So now, if I see a plane, I have to watch it until it's either out of my sight, or on the ground. Which is great when I'm the driver. :giggle

Also, every time my phone rings, I think it means someone died. Especially if I'm sleeping at the time. So, don't call me. lol
 
That dream sounds awful, Angie. I'm with you on phone calls in the middle of the night.

Also... spiders. Ugh.

And being buried alive. But I'm really claustrophobic, so really just being trapped/confined in any really small space.

Oh, and when I'm driving through the mountain pass to go and see the stepkids, there is this really super high, curvy spot in the road, and I get that weird vertigo feeling where I can feel my stomach dropping and it is like I can feel myself driving off it. It scares me because it is almost like my mind wants me to do it or I'm having to fight not to do it. Totally creepy scary.

Okay, now I sound like a nut job.

This thread would be great material for some scrap therapy!!
 
hmmmm.... Since I've had my wisdom teeth removed in November I would have to legitimately say it would have to be the dental surgeon. Seriously! My regular dentist called me to make an appointment to have a tooth fixed and I literally started having a panic attack when I saw the number come up. I didn't even pick it up!!! I'll get over it but right now I'm not letting anyone go near my mouth.

Before that I really hated going on a frozen lake....
 
For me, it's bridges, long ones, tall ones and most of all draw-bridges.

I've decided I'll never make it to the Keys, couldn't deal with the bridges.
 
Bridges are definitely a fear of mine too. I'm actually better if I'm driving...although if you're in the car with me, do not try to talk to me!

Heights in general will cause my heart to palpitate fast and make my palms sweaty. I will never go to the Grand Canyon.
 
I have a complete fear of dentists...i was hit by one when I was a young child and I don't think I'll ever get over it.

I also have a completely irrational fear of fire...like I will lay awake at night worried that our building is going to catch on fire.

And the other..i'm really not sure where it comes from but fear of bombs dropping...I used to have nightmares where I would hear the whistle of a bomb dropping and then wake up. Really crazy.
 
sarahbhb said:
I have a complete fear of dentists...i was hit by one when I was a young child and I don't think I'll ever get over it.
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OMG! What the heck? You poor thing. I swear, dentists are the worst. :p I had one sit on me, which did not go well. But hit a kid... I hope he got into serious trouble. :(
 
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OMG! What the heck? You poor thing. I swear, dentists are the worst. :p I had one sit on me, which did not go well. But hit a kid... I hope he got into serious trouble. :(
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Yeah he had his license revoked (not sure if anything else happened or not..i was like 6)....apparently I wasn't a stand alone case (surprise surprise). I think being sat on would have been worse though.
 
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Oh, and when I'm driving through the mountain pass to go and see the stepkids, there is this really super high, curvy spot in the road, and I get that weird vertigo feeling where I can feel my stomach dropping and it is like I can feel myself driving off it. It scares me because it is almost like my mind wants me to do it or I'm having to fight not to do it. Totally creepy scary.
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I am TOTALLY like that with heights. Can't handle. My dh took the kids up to the top of a lighthouse once and I couldn't even look up to wave to them because I could just picture one of them falling over the side and it just made me sick.
 
I really don't have too many fears...l guess my biggest fear is of a hard drive crash that ruins my scraping stuff and/or my pictures. I constantly think about if we ever had a fire how I would grab my EHD in one hand and my kids with the other. :)
 
I am afraid of nearly everything..it's kinda sad to admit...*sigh*

I sleep with lights and a tv on cause I am afraid of the dark and all noises that come along with that. I am afraid of bridges as well, which for some reason people think is funny. *rollseyes* I am totally claustrophobic. I used to not be able to get on an elevator without freaking out, though I am getting better with the elevators, but I HATE feeling trapped even now. I can't even hug someone for too long or I start to hyperventilate! Driving scares me...but so does being a passenger sometimes. driving in bad weather is just the worst too. I am super scared of bees and will totally freak out if they come near me. I am super scared of fire/being burnt. Sometimes Garret will get stuff in and out of the oven for me, but this is another that I have to do a lot. I hold my breath each time I do it LOL!

ummm...the list goes on and on...including the phone which I sometimes don't answer cause I hate it and have such bad phone fear.
 
oh Doctors!!! I am so scared of them...regular ones..dentists..etc. It's my inferiority complex I think. They make me sooo nervous. I have gotten sick just before a regular exam just because I was so nervous to go.
 
hmm.. one of the fears that came across my mind now is fear of the sea.. i'm ok as long as i can feel the "ground". i'm scared of all the fish and sea creatures.. luckily, there's no see nearby where i live :).
 
Oh my gosh, these lists make me want to hug you all because most of these are common and/or required things that most folks have to go through on a regular basis.
I'm not a fan of being in an airplane during turbulence but it's gotten better as I've had more experience. I'm not scared of snakes because we didn't have them where I grew up (Hawaii) so I never learned to be afraid of them. HOWEVER, I am absolutely terrified of centipedes, scorpions and pretty scared of giant cockroaches, too.
My one totally irrational fear is of blimps. Kind of like Angie, I don't like to see them in the sky. We didn't have them in Hawaii either so the first time I saw one, I was scared of how big it was and how silently it hovered. We lived by Fenway park for 15 years and whenever there were games there would inevitably be a blimp hovering right over my house the whole time-- terrorizing me. :)

p.s. can't believe a dentist would ever hit a kid! I thought you were teasing for a moment. Ugh.
 
There's a couple things that put me on edge..like bridges..long ones or tall ones. My dad told me a story about the Tampa Bay bridge when I was little and it ruined me for life about them, lol. That and learning about (and then having to regularly cross) "Galloping Gerty" during university..I'm not the biggest fan of bridges.

I'm with C on the not enjoying the phone. I really don't like it and if I can avoid it, I do. I am fine with good friends and family but otherwise...notsomuch.

But my biggest "irrational fear" the one that makes me completely lose my gourd..the one that makes my blood pressure rise just thinking about it and typing about it now is going to the dentist. And I don't have a "reason" for it like Sarah or Kimberlee (honestly, goodness girls! I can't imagine!)...I just emotionally lose my nut with the whole thing. The smells, the sounds. *shiver*
 
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I love to travel but hate flying. I was on a plane that had a "near miss" about 20 years ago and I've never gotten over it. Even though I have to fly fairly often, I am still white knuckles the whole time. If the kids aren't with me, I will pretty much sedate myself into a stupor. Pathetic but true. On my last trip abroad, I took some meds at the gate in O'Hare and woke up as we were making our final descent into Charles de Gaulle. That is my kind of flight. LOL Otherwise, if forced to be conscious, I will pretty much doing relaxation breathing and pray the entire time. Oy. I should get some help. It's funny but not.
 
I have a bunch of stupid irrational fears. I am afraid of the dark (have to sleep with some kind of light on), scary clowns (not the cute Precious Moments kind LOL!), ice skates, flying, fire. My ice skating fear is especially stupid - I worry that if I ever skate, I will fall and someone will slice one of my major arteries with a skate.

And I am also afraid of eyeballs. I can't even wear eyemake up or contacts because I don't like getting that close to my eyes! And now that you all have reminded me, I am afraid of the dentist! Don't get me started on clowns! I had to run a creepy photo of clowns on several of my newspaper pages today - it freaked me out!

I was very proud of myself on my last plane trip - I was with my nieces and nephew and they'd never been on a plane. So I just pretended to be brave for them, and I didn't mind it at all! :)
 
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lmccandless said:
I love to travel but hate flying. I was on a plane that had a "near miss" about 20 years ago and I've never gotten over it. Even though I have to fly fairly often, I am still white knuckles the whole time. If the kids aren't with me, I will pretty much sedate myself into a stupor. Pathetic but true. On my last trip abroad, I took some meds at the gate in O'Hare and woke up as we were making our final descent into Charles de Gaulle. That is my kind of flight. LOL Otherwise, if forced to be conscious, I will pretty much doing relaxation breathing and pray the entire time. Oy. I should get some help. It's funny but not.
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Laura...I went through this for so many years. I think it was some really scary flights years ago that started it all. I'm actually getting better. I don't know what happened, but I'm not white knuckling it the whole way. I'm calm, relaxed, not praying and doing visualization things...I hope it gets better for you. I just hope I never have another scary flight that starts my panic attacks all over again!
 
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