Phobias

[stlpimpmonsta]

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It weird but fear of being in a car while its driving. Not everywhere just the highway. Feel like every car is too close for the speeds preform on the highway. You may laugh now.

[ESPNdeportes]

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I used to have a phobia of having my blood pressure taken. I hated feeling the blood pulse through the artery. But I'm over that now......

[24]

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Bugs.Roaches, Spiders, Wasps literally anything I don't like them at all. I spider crawled on me the other day and I screamed like a little girl.

[PVarck31]

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Spiders
Bees
Flying
Driving on the freeway
Car accidents
Heath issues
Coconut
Talking to people I don't know
Driving in the rain
Tornados
Heights

These aren't just small fears or general concerns. They are legit debilitating.

I'm messed up.

[gerg1234]

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Spiders
Bees
Flying
Driving on the freeway
Car accidents
Heath issues
Coconut
Talking to people I don't know
Driving in the rain
Tornados
Heights

These aren't just small fears or general concerns. They are legit debilitating.

I'm messed up.

Explain. I don't like coconut, but a real phobia?

[RAZRr1275]

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Spiders, Roaches, Centipedes. Basically any insect that drops from the sky or is fast moving

[PVarck31]

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Explain. I don't like coconut, but a real phobia?

When I was younger I ate a piece of chocolate with coconut in it from one of those assorted boxes and I had never had coconut before. It was so horrible that I threw up. Ever since then I can't be near it. I won't even go down the isle its in at a store it makes me scared I will throw up. Just typing about it making me uneasy.

I know it sounds totally crazy.

[UK0wnag3]

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When I was younger I ate a piece of chocolate with coconut in it from one of those assorted boxes and I had never had coconut before. It was so horrible that I threw up. Ever since then I can't be near it. I won't even go down the isle its in at a store it makes me scared I will throw up. Just typing about it making me uneasy.

I know it sounds totally crazy.

Not totally crazy, I went camping with a friend once who had a real fear of tomatoes, especially if they had been cut into wedges and he could see the seeds. He was really uneasy over dinner, flinching and fidgeting, and eventually he went into his tent and wouldn't come out until we'd all finished.

[snepp]

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There's a disappointing lack of spoiler pics in this thread.

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[Weeks]

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Spiders
Bees
Flying
Driving on the freeway
Car accidents
Heath issues
Coconut
Talking to people I don't know
Driving in the rain
Tornados
Heights

These aren't just small fears or general concerns. They are legit debilitating.

I'm messed up.

I'm not trying to be a smart-*** or anything, I'm completely serious: how do you meet new people? or what do you do when your forced in a position where you have to talk with someone you don't know?

I'm pretty introverted myself (as I would guess most people here are), so I don't exactly look forward to having to talk with someone I don't know, but it's not like a fear or anything.

EDIT: I'm asking because you said they were "debilitating" fears, and when you explained the coconut one and not even being able to go into the same aisle as one, I'd like to know how you deal with the fear I mentioned above.

[BurghFan]

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Not totally crazy, I went camping with a friend once who had a real fear of tomatoes, especially if they had been cut into wedges and he could see the seeds. He was really uneasy over dinner, flinching and fidgeting, and eventually he went into his tent and wouldn't come out until we'd all finished.

Yeah, if someone has a bad experience with a food (particularly if it occurs at a young age), it's not uncommon to develop a long-lasting aversion to that food though. I have a similar though much less severe aversion to cupcakes after I wound up eating 4 of them at school on my 7th bday (I and another person who shared my bday had brought them in for our classmates) and later got sick. Haven't touched one since, but it doesn't go beyond having absolutely no desire to eat them.

[Weeks]

Same with me and artichoke

[PVarck31]

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I'm not trying to be a smart-*** or anything, I'm completely serious: how do you meet new people? or what do you do when your forced in a position where you have to talk with someone you don't know?

I'm pretty introverted myself (as I would guess most people here are), so I don't exactly look forward to having to talk with someone I don't know, but it's not like a fear or anything.

EDIT: I'm asking because you said they were "debilitating" fears, and when you explained the coconut one and not even being able to go into the same aisle as one, I'd like to know how you deal with the fear I mentioned above.

I get really nervous. Shake pretty bad. I can fight through it sometimes, but only for a short time. If I feel comfortable in that short time I can deal with it. If not I have to get away fast before I go into panic mode.

So basically I fear it because I know I have a hard time dealing with it. So I would just rather avoid it. It sucks because I don't have a large circle of friends, but at the same time I am content with the ones I do have.

[LowerWolf]

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Sharks. I'm terrified of them.

[ImTellinTim]

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There's a disappointing lack of spoiler pics in this thread.

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And Maury videos. The coconut talk reminds me of the lady on there that couldn't be around pickles.