OHbaby! Forums : Phobias https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:42:28 +0000 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:45:50 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.05 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=15795 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Phobias : I&#039;m afraid of bees and wasps...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=340352&title=phobias#340352 Author: Aprilfools
Subject: 15795
Posted: 31 March 2008 at 3:45pm

I'm afraid of bees and wasps but that's because I'm allergic to them. I don't really know how to work on this, we recently had to get a nest sprayed, it was right next to my spa pool so it was killing my relax time.

I'm afraid of rats and mice, they're just gross. They've got horrid bodies. We live sort of in the bush and I'm still working on this. We put bait down amongst other things to get rid of them.

I'm afraid of open curtains at night time. It was to the point where I would stand in a doorway and just about pee my pants if I was in a house where I had to pass a window to get to the toilet at night. This comes from a couple of unpleasant childhood experiences. I don't close the curtains at home and most of the windows don't even have them. It still freaks me out but I force myself to deal with it. I'm a big girl now. Sort of.

And I'm afraid of socks. I HATE them. DH finds this hilarious and winds me up because of it. I just don't like them, I feel like my feet are going to rot. They're just yuck. I wear stocking type things instead.]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:45:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=340352&title=phobias#340352 <![CDATA[Phobias : Danni-chick wrote:Bees Bees...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=340335&title=phobias#340335 Author: MrsMojo
Subject: 15795
Posted: 31 March 2008 at 3:32pm

Originally posted by Danni-chick Danni-chick wrote:

Bees Bees Bees I have no idea why but I am sh*t scared of them.


Me too. I hate bees, I do anything to avoid them (and look ridiculous trying to get away from them). When one is stuck inside I leave the house or lock myself in another room until DH has dealt with it. I am quite proud to say though that a couple of weeks ago there was a bee on the floor in Michaela's room at bedtime and since DH was out I had to get rid of it.

It's not a completely unreasonable fear. When I get stung I swell up something chronic and have to take antihistamines.]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:32:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=340335&title=phobias#340335 <![CDATA[Phobias : Wow, I&#039;m suprised I&#039;m...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=340258&title=phobias#340258 Author: MumsyMoo
Subject: 15795
Posted: 31 March 2008 at 2:29pm

Wow, I'm suprised I'm the first one to say so... But I'm sh*t scared of clowns.

I've even freaked out and siad to one (throught gritted teeth) to 'get the f**k away from me' when I was at a carnival with my brothers and sisters and he came up to us to offer the littlies a balloon.

This is cause when I was about 4, we went to a Webber Brothers Circus when we were living in the states, and I was the lucky 'sniff my flower' victim and was squirted in the eye, then he ruffled my hair and got his finger stuck in my hair and had this freaky giggle thing going on which just scared the crap outta me.

Ever since then I've kept my hair pretty short (up unitl recently) and avoided clowns at all costs. I've only just managed to summon up the courage to watch a scene of the Simpsons with Krusty the Klown in it.

But funnily enough, I can watch IT and it doesn't scare me one bit. Strange.]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:29:28 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=340258&title=phobias#340258 <![CDATA[Phobias : Mines the dentist. I can jump...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=340008&title=phobias#340008 Author: KABJ99
Subject: 15795
Posted: 31 March 2008 at 10:45am

Mines the dentist.

I can jump out of an areoplane, public speaking is a breeze and i've even been know to get up and lead 300 conference delegates in Karaoke, but put me in a dentist chair and I shake, turn white, break out in a sweat and hyperventilate or faint and go into shock.

Unfortuantely i take after my mums side of the family and they have bad teeth. I mainly put it down to a bad experience as a kid when the school dental nurse tried to give me an injection in the back of the throat(back then the needles were about 12cm long)and she missed and had to do it about four times. Then after all that she finally saw a not on my records that said only the family dentist was allowed to work on our teeth.

Also had a top brace and I have never been to the denist where they have said "your teeth are fine lets just give them a clean today" so all my associations with the dentist are of pain and fear.

While I know its bad I think I have now only been to the dentist 5 times since I left school about 15 years ago.
Am severly hoping that I don't have any problems with my teeth with this pregnancy

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:45:45 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=340008&title=phobias#340008 <![CDATA[Phobias : mine is hights i,m the biggest...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339799&title=phobias#339799 Author: james
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:34pm

mine is hights i,m the biggest woss ever donst even have to be that high relly even whacthing someone on tv jumping of a cliff or something sents me to a panic it comes from going to queenstwon with my famili and dad took the mountain root and i was on the cliff side and the car was sreve all the way

driving prop from the same time ]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:34:40 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339799&title=phobias#339799 <![CDATA[Phobias : I&#039;m scared of flying, I always...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339779&title=phobias#339779 Author: Maya
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:14pm

I'm scared of flying, I always mentally plan my own funeral and have some OCD obsessions associated with flying. You'd think I'd get desensitised to it with all the flying I do, but nope.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:14:56 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339779&title=phobias#339779 <![CDATA[Phobias : Ok this is a weird one - but when...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339776&title=phobias#339776 Author: Bobbie
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:12pm

Ok this is a weird one - but when I was younger I was terrified of planes crashing into my house - to the point that when I heard one go overhead I would get the shakes literally. When I say younger I mean up until mid 20's.

I think it may have been because as a child I saw the Lockerbie disaster news coverage on T.V.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:12:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339776&title=phobias#339776 <![CDATA[Phobias : I have a huge fear of spiders....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339771&title=phobias#339771 Author: Shorty
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:06pm

I have a huge fear of spiders. But am trying really hard to work on that one with DS, really don't want to pass that on.
When I was 12 we were in USA, I was blowing and flicking a spider on the curtain string.....I went to bed that night to be woken by the man of the house shaking the daylight out of me, he had found this spider and was saying to my parents that is was deadly, they were scared it had bitten me. I always wondered if it made me the way I am.
DH laughs at me, if he brings one near me I end up in tears, last time he did it I was pregnant and was sitting on the oven in the corner of the house screeming in histerics! (sp?)
He has not done it since lol!
Bleugh I have shivers and goose bumps thinking about them!

]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:06:14 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339771&title=phobias#339771 <![CDATA[Phobias : Awww I didn&#039;t mind Anna!! Yip...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339684&title=phobias#339684 Author: KH25
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:19pm

Awww I didn't mind Anna!!

Yip birds freak me out too - but only when they are flying directly above me and I can hear their wings flapping    I was attacked by a magpie a few years ago (bloody awful things) so its only since then.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:19:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339684&title=phobias#339684 <![CDATA[Phobias : Being at home on my own at night....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339658&title=phobias#339658 Author: Brenna
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:07pm

Being at home on my own at night. I HATE it and freak out at the thought of it.

lol, Kelly has had to come and keep me company one night while DH was away at something. I'll never stay here on my own for the night and even just an hour I spend the whole time freaking out that someone is going to break in and attack me. I have no idea why I'm like this. Maybe it's from growing up in the country and not having any neighbours to hear me if I screamed...]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:07:36 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339658&title=phobias#339658 <![CDATA[Phobias : lol, ok here we go... pens and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339651&title=phobias#339651 Author: mum2paris
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:00pm

lol, ok here we go... pens and pencils and sharp things...specifically if anyone is holding them pointed towards their face or pointing towards me. ew ew ew, i can't stand it, all i can think of is "what ifr you slip, it will go in your eye" - probably comes from mum going on about it when i was a kid.

and spiders.... eeeewwww, spiders are a biggy for me. My brother keeps trying to convince me to go live in aussie, but i'm sorry, apart from having no want to actually go, i never could live there because of the creepies.

Today we went to the jet boats in wangavegas, and were sitting in the forest pretty much amongst the trees, with a big blanket over our legs, all of a sudden i saw something crawling up the blanket towards me, and OH MY GOD, it was the biggest fricken spider i have ever seen, very very very large, leg span easily as wide as the rim of a saucer.

I alerted mike to the fact without trying to freak out the kids cos they were sitting between us. And mike started flicking the blanket to try and get it off, it just kept crawling all over the blanket and by that time i was kinda of reservedly hysterical (Ie, freaking out inside, cool calm collected outside, just getting a bit more urgency in my voice - we WERE in public, and i didn't want to freak out the kids cos i'm big on them not inheriting my phobias) i finally said to him "just F...... stand on it!!" at which time he managed to flick it off the blanket finally to about a foot away from us, I made him get up and go over and stomp on it.

He told me once the kids were in bed that he was really surprised that i wasn't screaming... lol I WAS screaming on the inside.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:00:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339651&title=phobias#339651 <![CDATA[Phobias : I used to have a mild phobia of...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339448&title=phobias#339448 Author: HippyMama
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 6:39pm

I used to have a mild phobia of hammers, as a result of being clocked on the head with the pointy end of one when I was 5 - right above my eye socket, only missed my eye by a couple of millimetres!]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:39:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339448&title=phobias#339448 <![CDATA[Phobias : Needles - ie blood tests injections...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339305&title=phobias#339305 Author: MonicaMouse
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 2:36pm

Needles - ie blood tests injections etc.

I left the house in tears for the first blood test of the pregnancy, the only thing that made me want to get thru it was the fact our first scan was booked in for afterwards. I had planned on only needing 2 jabs throughtout the pregnancy, but ended up needing a lot more. (IV fluids twice, - 3 times if you count during the delivery, which they used a local for yet took 3 attempts for, and I said yes to a spinal because of required intervention)

It may have something to do with having a number of teeth removed when I was younger, (4 at 9, 4 at 9, and 4 at 13, not to mention my wisdom teeth at 20) but even before then I would shake and come over in a cold sweatand cry at the thought of needing to be jabbed]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 14:36:02 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339305&title=phobias#339305 <![CDATA[Phobias : Spiders. I can&#039;t handle them...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339217&title=phobias#339217 Author: Snickerdoodle
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 11:34am

Spiders. I can't handle them either. If they're in the house I freak out. I stare at them until DH has evacuated it. If I see it one minute and it's gone the next I freak. If I see cobwebs in the house I destroy them immediately and spray the area.

People in costumes. I'm fine with dressing up, but BJ Bear type costumes - where you can;t see their face and hands.
I worked in a mall and they had BJ Bear every school holidays and the Easter Bunny at Easter etc...
My workmates would laugh at me while I hid out the back in a panic.
I think that stems from when I was a year old at Disneyland. Mum said I would freak out for no apparent reason when Mickey Mouse and pals would be around.
Even at 18 and 21 when there again I was uncomfortable.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:34:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339217&title=phobias#339217 <![CDATA[Phobias : I hate spiders and creepy crawlies...not...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339155&title=phobias#339155 Author: Paws
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:10am

I hate spiders and creepy crawlies...not sure if I would call it a full on phobia though.

My big one is the ocean...fine in pools and crystal clear ocean water but if I can't see the bottom I tend to freeze up...have gotten a little better as I had to run into the ocean during boot camp but could still feel myself wanting to freeze and my chest tightening....horrible!!]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:10:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339155&title=phobias#339155 <![CDATA[Phobias : Oh my gosh I can&#039;t touch...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339152&title=phobias#339152 Author: arohanui
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 10:06am

Oh my gosh I can't touch cotton wool. Ever. It grosses me out.

When I was nannying, the 2 year old had chicken pox and I had to apply calomine lotion to his spots with cotton wool... I made him hold it and I just moved his arm!! Lol. Thinking about it now, I don't know why I didn't just put it on a tissue.......]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:06:08 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339152&title=phobias#339152 <![CDATA[Phobias : I can understand the ice one,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339146&title=phobias#339146 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:59am

I can understand the ice one, I partially have a fear of ice ...and I can't stand the sound of rummaging through frozen foods at the supermarket- much like fingernails down a blackboard.

I have A LOT of phobias, some worse than others. I'm scared if I mention them all you will think im a nutter LOL!

Firstly I'm very scared of the dark, so much so that I go to sleep with the light on and someone else has to turn it off once I'm asleep ...and I tend to wait until Lucas has woken up for a feed around 2am, then I bring him into my bed to co-sleep and have someone turn the light off on us, that way I don't have to get up in the dark during the night if he isn't settling! Argh. I totally believe in ghosts which I guess coincides with this fear ...

Spiders & creepy crawlies ...HUGE fear! Even a little money spider I jump & scream, although moths I'm absolutely fine with. I have had several wetas fall on me in my lifetime, very traumatic. They're so icky! Dad is the bug catcher around here although I'm loving my new insect zapper racket which can kill the buggers ...burn 'em to death.

Among the worst would be praying mantises, wetas, cockroaches, dandy long legs EWW, money spiders (the little ones scare the heck out of me as they are so unpredictable an jumpy) ...and CRICKETS! Anything that jumps & flies has to be BAD!

And lastly another huge phobia is polystyrene ...I refuse to unpack a box if I open it and see the stuff, gives me chills down my spine just thinking about it! The sound of it, the feel ....urgh no thanks!

Plenty more phobias I can think of but these would be my main ones LOL

Edited: terrible spelling, blame the lack of sleep.

Edited by Mum2Lucas]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:59:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339146&title=phobias#339146 <![CDATA[Phobias : Birds hate them especially pigeons. Comes...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339144&title=phobias#339144 Author: caliandjack
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:50am

Birds hate them especially pigeons.

Comes from being attacked by a goose at Western Springs when I was 3yrs old, I was there on a kindy trip.

Emus freak me out a bit too.]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:50:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339144&title=phobias#339144 <![CDATA[Phobias : I think I&#039;m starting to get...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339139&title=phobias#339139 Author: JadeC
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:41am

I think I'm starting to get one of ICE!!! I just hate it with a vengenace, I hate how it sounds, how it looks, I even hate pictures of ice!!
And I can't go rummaging through the freezers at the supermarket, the noise of it just kills me!!

Edited by JadeC]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:41:48 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339139&title=phobias#339139 <![CDATA[Phobias : I have to many to mention ]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339133&title=phobias#339133 Author: my2angels
Subject: 15795
Posted: 30 March 2008 at 9:34am

I have to many to mention]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:34:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339133&title=phobias#339133 <![CDATA[Phobias : Birds and Moths. Birds come from...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339054&title=phobias#339054 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 15795
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:54pm

Birds and Moths.

Birds come from being attacked by a magpie and silly me ran out on to the road to try and get away from it and was almost hit by a car. And at young age I was bitten by ducks.

Moths I don't know why but they just freak me out - Nigel thinks i'm nuts with this one.

]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:54:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339054&title=phobias#339054 <![CDATA[Phobias : I am really scared of birds too....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339046&title=phobias#339046 Author: caraMel
Subject: 15795
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:44pm

I am really scared of birds too. I really, really hate their horrible stick-y legs and beady eyes and beaks. They make me hyperventilate.
I'm not sure if its possible to inherit a phobia, but my mum is scared of birds too so I'm guessing that's where I got it from?
I'm pretty scared of rats too.
I also have a weird thing about bones. I freak out if I see skeletons of things and don't even like eating meat off the bone.

Edited for too many 'really, really's'

Edited by caraMel]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:44:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339046&title=phobias#339046 <![CDATA[Phobias : LOL - BIRDS! I won&#039;t open...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339019&title=phobias#339019 Author: Maya
Subject: 15795
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:22pm

LOL - BIRDS!

I won't open my windows further than a crack and have net curtains over my doors to stop birds flying in when the doors are open. I have full on anxiety attacks at the thought of them, and once made all three girls sit outside till Willie came home to get the bird out of te house after a baby one flew in. He thinks I'm insane and let the kids pat the bird once he caught it

I blame my fear on three things - a duck stole my icecream when I was 2, an ibis stole my bacon and egg pie when I was 5 and a magpie attacked my sister for her shiny hairclip when we were kids. Scarred for life (me I mean, not her, she thinks I'm insane too!)]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:22:34 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339019&title=phobias#339019 <![CDATA[Phobias : Bees Bees Bees I have no idea...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339011&title=phobias#339011 Author: Bubbaloo
Subject: 15795
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:19pm

Bees Bees Bees I have no idea why but I am sh*t scared of them.]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:19:20 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339011&title=phobias#339011 <![CDATA[Phobias : Following on from something Emma...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339009&title=phobias#339009 Author: BuzzyBee
Subject: 15795
Posted: 29 March 2008 at 11:18pm

Following on from something Emma mentioned in my Tasmania thread, and totally unsure if this has thread has been started before ...

But just wondering what do you have a phobia/fear of if anything? And can you explain why ...can you source it back to a bad experience during childhood etc? Do you ever cop slack from people for your phobia?

Is there anything you do in order to avoid whatever it is you don't like?

This shall be interesting



Edited by Mum2Lucas]]> Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:18:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=15795&PID=339009&title=phobias#339009