What Are the Most Common Fears and How Can They Be Overcome?

[Viper]

Is there anything in the world your scared of?
I hate Jellyfish

 

[Cartesio]

Dogs.
Children.

 

[Pauly Man]

I have an ambivalent attitude towards spiders. I am both scared and fascinated by them, (the wonders of a biology students mind ).

 

[Echo 6 Sierra]

Women that say, "...that's OK..." with raised eyebrows.

 

[BoulderHead]

Originally posted by Viper
Is there anything in the world your scared of?
I hate Jellyfish

Yes, nausea and pain.

 

[devil5_advocate]

Just to share it with the world ( at least the world which browses PF =P ), I have a severe insectophobia...any kinda bugs, they creep me out all the way. Oh and horseshoe crabs, they look too much like the prehistoric shell crabs which look like bugs... eww yucks... =(

 

[Viper]

Parents who find out youve been lying about no homework

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Sharks, large spiders, people on drugs, loud noises

 

[plus]

Not too much, allthough whenever there is a possibiity of being in sudden severe pain, I get scared.

 

[BoulderHead]

ism's like; Totalitarianism, Authoritarianism, Militarism, etc.

 

[FZ+]

Books which tell you "how to think". Articles which people say will "change your life". People who don't let the facts get in the way of the Truth...

 

[Artman]

The phrase "______ Reform" terrifies me (read that phrase "Insurance will cost more", or "Taxes will cost you more" etc).

Snakes and rats (fortunately, if you have the former, you don't have the latter).

Tattooed lady bikers.

Calculus (It might as well be taught by lady bikers).

 

[Psyber freek]

the dark

oh, and bugs

 

[MSI]

bugs and spiders

 

[Kerrie]

snakes, high places

 

[quantumdude]

ALLAH "Lâ ilaha illa Huwa" (none has the right to be worshipped but He). It is He Who gives life and causes death, your Lord and the Lord of your forefathers.
Nay! They play in doubt.
Then wait you for the Day when the sky will bring forth a visible smoke.
Covering the people, this is a painful torment
QURAN _ DUKHAN _ (9-11)

People who think that the slaughter of innocent people perpetrated by terrorists is somehow justified by their nonsensical religious books.

 

[N_Quire]

Long, drawn out and painful terminal illness.

 

[BoulderHead]

Originally posted by Tom
People who think that the slaughter of innocent people perpetrated by terrorists is somehow justified by their nonsensical religious books.

That reminds me of another one... fundamentalism

 

[damgo]

Marriage.

 

[steppenwolf]

not knowing what's happening to my body, like when i faint or get stoned; 'oh dear that doesn't feel right! am i dying?' i would love to study medicine just so i might conquer this fear

 

[spacemanspiff]

bugs. or anything small creeping up behind me.

 

[Viper]

Nucleur Holocaust

 

[devil5_advocate]

death

 

[KLscilevothma]

1) SARS (severe acute respiratory syndromes)
2) go to see a doctor
3) my form mistress in grade 9
4) typing 3000+ words book reports
5) high pitch screams
6) people who like crying

 

[Cartesio]

snakes, definitely snakes.

 

[Mentat]

BEES! I can't think of a single other phobia I have (unless you count the fear of being squashed (which is actually mild claustrophobia)), but this one can keep me inside the house for days on end, if I let it!

 

[BoulderHead]

Originally posted by steppenwolf
not knowing what's happening to my body, like when i faint or get stoned; 'oh dear that doesn't feel right! am i dying?' i would love to study medicine just so i might conquer this fear

Do you do a lot of fainting, steppenwolf?

 

[Viper]

Big pythons and annacondas are so cool and not scary. Bees are...

 

[KLscilevothma]

Orginally posted by Mentat
BEES!

Orginally posted by Viper
Big pythons and annacondas are so cool and not scary. Bees are...

Few years ago, my friend and I caught 3 bees in a park using a plastic bag, and then transferred them to a glass jar.

 

[Viper]

Did you get stung?

 

[KLscilevothma]

no. I think the bees didn't even know we were catching them. Bees aren't that scary as long as they don't stay on your skin. Even if they stay on your skin, just remain calm, wait for a sting or wait until they fly away.

 

[Viper]

Because we have a lot of countryside we have a lot of bees. At school on Thursday some boys kicked a football into a bee hive and this dropped onto our playing field and we were not allowed to go near it. They were so cross. Id of liked to of seen you try to catch them!

 

[KLscilevothma]

Probabaly I'd become a bee hive if I tried to catch them.

 

[Viper]

and a trip to casualty

 

[Mistress Lilith]

*Homeless people, beggars and drunks
*my dad
*the monsters in my cupboard and the ones under my bed

 

[Mentat]

Originally posted by Mistress Lilith
*Homeless people, beggars and drunks
*my dad
*the monsters in my cupboard and the ones under my bed

You mean you haven't made friends with the monsters under your bed yet?!? They're really interesting, if you get to know 'em.

 

[Mentat]

Originally posted by KL Kam
no. I think the bees didn't even know we were catching them. Bees aren't that scary as long as they don't stay on your skin. Even if they stay on your skin, just remain calm, wait for a sting or wait until they fly away.

How is that supposed to help a melisaphobic?

 

[Mentat]

Please remember, KL Kam, a "phobia" is an irrational fear. I can't reason my way out of a phobia of bees (melisaphobia).

 

[megashawn]

bees suck. I'm allergic to them, but I face my fear with a tennis racket. (Great bee swatter)

You think a regular bee is rough, you ever seen a Bumble Bore?

I can't think of much of anything I'd say I'm scared of. Even if I fail or lose or get injured, I learn from that expieriance and am better for having it.

I'd say my fear would be being confined in any way shape or form.

 

[KLscilevothma]

Orginally posted by Mentat
Please remember, KL Kam, a "phobia" is an irrational fear. I can't reason my way out of a phobia of bees (melisaphobia).

Well I know. In fact, I'm scared of spiders which are large, colourful and can walk very fast. I can ignore them if I'm 100% sure they would stay still for the rest of the day.

 

[eNtRopY]

I remember when I was five years old, I was afraid of the band Kiss... and also the rock band on the Muppets.

eNtRopY

 

[Viper]

Origanally posted by megashawn

You think a regular bee is rough, you ever seen a Bumble Bore

The worst are bloody hornets, I hate them!

 

[Pauly Man]

Originally posted by Mistress Lilith

*the monsters in my cupboard and the ones under my bed

You obviously haven't watched "Monsters Inc" carefully enough. Monsters are in fact much more scared of us than we are of them.

 

[Viper]

Having monsters under the bed defies all known logic

 

[Mentat]

Originally posted by Viper
Origanally posted by megashawn


The worst are bloody hornets, I hate them!

No kidding. They'll attack you for no good reason, and they are FAST! Plus, they're the ugliest little beasts I know of. *shudders in revulsion*

 

[Mentat]

Originally posted by Viper
Having monsters under the bed defies all known logic

LOL!

I'm sorry, I just found that excpetionally funny.

 

[Viper]

It does though, a man or women eating monster under a bed that's maybe 4 inches off the floor and there is about a foot between the floor below you.

 

[Mentat]

Originally posted by Viper
It does though, a man or women eating monster under a bed that's maybe 4 inches off the floor and there is about a foot between the floor below you.

You say there can't be a 4-inch man-eating monster? Ha! I've seen a 3-foot girl eating salmon.

 

[Viper]

Whats that got to do with anyting?

 

[DR OF DEATH]

i have probably the wierdest fear you can have, I'm not sure what its proper name is but its a fear of being afraid, if you know the name of it please tell me.

oh i also have a fear of wide open space's, i don't know the name of this one either actually so tell me if you know it.[?] [?] [?]