Stupid fears!
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Topic: Stupid fears!
Posted By: rachelsea
Subject: Stupid fears!
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 3:40pm
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Anyone else have irrational fears of things they really shouldn't be afraid of? Mine is...
The telephone! Lol, I feel like such an idiot. DH asked me to ring up the landlord of the place we looked at yesterday (we said we'd let them know today whether we wanted to take it or not) to say we've decided not to take it. I've been putting it off all day, getting worked up about the thought of having to ring them, and finally I emailed him and said I just couldn't do it! I just felt absolutely terrified of having to ring them. What a wally  (so he rang them instead, hehe!)
So, make me feel better, what are you afraid of?! ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 3:45pm
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Snails! Ewwwww ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 3:52pm
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Cotton wool!! Eeekkk the feeling of it just gives me shivers.
Once when I was nannying, the 3 year old had chicken pox and the mum wanted me to put the lotion on with cotton wool..... I made the little boy hold it in his hand lol and then I guided his hand to the spots!! I was trying to make it seem like 'oh this is fun, man you're such a big boy helping me put the funny cream on you' but really I was just freaking out about the gross cotton wool. I do not allow it in my house. Lol. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:01pm
Parking in the outside parks of car parking buildings - I have a phobia of accidently driving over the edge! 
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Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:06pm
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And driving on wharves...I'm OK on bridges, but wharves give me the hebbies - and I can't drive on to the Interisland Ferry - DH has to. I get out and walk... (what a weirdo!) |
Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:06pm
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I have a fear of passing large trucks and driving next to the barrier over the habour bridge. I am always terrified that I am going to hit it. But now I am nervous about driving on the clip-ons too!!! I just hold my breath and try not to think about it too much!
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:08pm
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Cars! I just dont like them.
Oh and I'm exactly the same with the phone thing. And birds- they give me the heebiejeebies
No wonder my child is afraid of everything. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:21pm
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Lifts - I hate them so much, if I can I'll take the stairs or just not bother going into the building makes for interesting times. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: aussiegirl
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:27pm
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birds, flying around my head, freaks me out. -------------  Mum to Hayley **30.6.08
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:40pm
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Birds - Kels posts have been giving me the willies. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 4:43pm
Thats the same as my DP it cracks me up, I could never understand it. Mine used to be the telephone too Rachel and I never used to be able to ring anyone. But since having kids I have to use it a lot more so I'm not so bad. I still put it off a lot but don't worry so much. |
arohanui wrote:Posted By: VioletStar
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 7:16pm
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Escalators.... freak me out! ------------- Formerly Wishin41 |
Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:39pm
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Spiders (Demon Spawn as far as i'm concerned). ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:44pm
Me too! i avoid lifts at ALL costs and will NOT go in one by myself! I have to have my mobile phone with me if I go in one incase the doors won't open! When I was a child I got trapped in a lift at Auckland Airport and I have never been able to get over it. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 8:59pm
Yup! I'll back you on that one. *shudder* ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:11pm
I'm with Paws and Danaj
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Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:20pm
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I'm scared of mouldy food. I will not touch it even to throw it out, I make DH do it. I'm a little irrational about use by dates as well. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:41pm
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People who do things like paint themselves grey and pretend to be statues on the street- street performers I guess you'd call them? And people in big dress up costumes (like Barney)- they FREAK me out. I go out of my way to avoid them If I have to walk past one my heart starts racing and I get all sweaty- they scare me so much. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: pomikiwi
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:42pm
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I used to be like that talkng on the telephone, still dont like it but i'm better than I was.
I hate any sort of public speaking even in small groups, terrifies me  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
DD-Carys Amelia 17.03.06 |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:47pm
Argh I can understand the phone thing, I sound like a 12 year old over the phone and often when I HAVE TO answer the phone here at my parents the person on the other end asks if they can please speak to my mummy  (random people from telemarketing etc)
Spiders are a BIG phobia for me, as is polystyrene - ya know what they use to pack TVS and appliances in boxes. OMG the sound of the stuff sends me  and I feel absolutely sick to my stomach.
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:49pm
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BEES / WASPS i hate them so much even if i hear a buzzing i usually freeze on the spot they totally freak me out and if i see 1 near me i usually scream and run or cry LOL
dh is cracking up at me now lol coz i LOVE snakes and lizards haha ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:52pm
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I love lifts, I did a makeup course and the stairs were "alarmed" they werent, we didnt discover that til the last day tho , and the lifts always got stuck , so we would sit there and smoke for half an hour and sing songs ...
Spiders i also dont mind,but moths? cicadas ? hell NO , my friend tried to tell me moths were "night butterflies " , MY A*SE! Jack Nicholson scares me too . as does Clay Aiken . and anyone whos eyebrows have a life of their own ... ------------- 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:55pm
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Birds here too!
Dead things, birds, animals etc. They make me cry and hyperventilate. Driving, although I'm working my way through that one. Sandpaper! Even touching nail files sends a shiver down my spine! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 9:57pm
LMAO eeeewwwww cicadas are the creepiest things i love lifts too at uni there was 1 of the old ones that have the gat you pull accross we used to jump up and down in it till it stopped haha ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 22 October 2008 at 11:58pm
EEEEWwwwwww Yuck!!! Me too. And Yuck Iate spiders
Speaking of famous people, Nicholas Cage in Face Of FREAKS me out!!! ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
And to complete our family, our princess has arrived 
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 8:18am
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Creepy crawlies in general... ICK
Birds flapping over head scares the beejeebers out of me -------------  
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Posted By: Mum_mum
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 8:40am
Im with you on that cuppatea - and leftovers out of the fridge, im scared they would have gone off/mouldy over night! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
Angel baby - May 2008
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Posted By: Chickoin
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 8:50am
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I have the phone fear too, also answering machines! Ew, I will only leave a message if I'm at work and can use my 'work voice' and even that's if I can't convince a workmate to do it for me!
Daddy long legs. Oh, and those big things like giant daddy long legs with wings!!! Ew, those are the worse! My mum is scared of peach fur. Nana is scared of apples being eaten near her. Dad is scared of people filing their nails. Oh, and people who chew on their clothes make me want to vomit. Like kids who chew on the ropes/strings from their hoodies *shudder* -------------   
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Posted By: Hopes
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 9:00am
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Dirty bathrooms! DH thinks (correctly!) that I'm a bit irrational about it... but I hate them. Ew.
My Dad is scared of possums. I reared on orphan one once (I know, I shouldn't have really), and it used to really freak him out. He's a big tough guy in all other respects 
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Posted By: febbabe
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 9:16am
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Bees and wasps as I'm allergic to them Waste disposal units! I hate them, worried its going to take my fingers or something! Would never have one in my own kitchen |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 10:44am
| I love answerphones they mean I don't have to speak to a human. I also hate public speaking that is so the worst. |
Posted By: Henna79
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 11:03am
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driving hence why I dont have my license which is really stupid cos I used to drive all the time and then bang I just got to scared to anymore and anything to do with heights/being able to fall cos I fell off a cliff a few years back for no apparent reason (I blacked out and fell) so I hate going near any kind of edge.
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Posted By: fallen
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 11:24am
| Open road driving and knifes lying around, they are fine when they're being used or in the knife block... but lying on the bench ready to be washed... I cut myself really badly putting my hands into a sink of dishes and grabbing a knife by the blade. |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 11:33am
| Now how"s this for ironic i'm not a fan of some creepy crawleys i can handle ladybirds but cave wetas, and crickets/cicadas just freak me out. the ironic part is i did entomology at uni for two years and part of that was having to do a collection yup we had to kill them and pin them and of course catch them too. |
Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 12:42pm
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I can handle most creppy crawlies but cockroaches ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
 
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Posted By: Aprilfools
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 12:54pm
Socks. It drives DH insane but at the same time he thinks it's real funny to touch me with his sock wearing feet!!.............................It's not  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: missy_girl
Date Posted: 23 October 2008 at 3:00pm
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Sprouts on potatoes frighten the living daylights out of me. ------------- Michelle http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 10:26am
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Lol what a funny thread.
Well mine is dumb dumb dumb but its my fear and I cant get it out of my head. Its swimming in a pool - because of sharks. I mean there is NO sharks in swimming pools - but I seem to manage to convince myself when Im in there that there is one in there too....years ago I couldnt even have baths because there was going to be a shark come up the drain and then all of a sudden be massive - and Im talking when I was 13 - old enough to know the truth! 
Weird - but hey a fear is a fear right?! ------------- TTC 6 years IVF it is IVF/ICSI round one 10 eggs, 8 mature, 3 fertilised BFN IVF/ICSI #2 = 22 eggs! 20 mature, 15 fertilised, 1 fresh transfer and 2 frosties BFN 2 Frosties still in freezer thank god |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 11:00am
mine is hights hate them to a tee and falling so i will never bugy jump ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 24 October 2008 at 12:35pm
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Oh i also have a slight fear, or dislike , of drains, especially when its raining, I watched IT when i was 7 and clowns (oh yeah clowns , they scare me too ) and drains are something id rather avoid ...
My friend is afraid of balloons ... -------------
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