Eyes
I can't stand anything going near my eyes. I wear glasses so I have to sometimes go to the optician, even on the way there, my eyes start to water and by the time I actually get to go into the consulting room I'm a runny eyed mess.
Then he shines a bright light in my eyes! Aargh!
It's very disturbing and makes me feel a little stupid.
( Hankster, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:42, Reply)

Women Wearing Gloves and Looking into Mirrors in the Dark
Ever since watching Roald Dahl's 'The Witches', if I see a woman wearing gloves I run away before she can turn me into a mouse. I think I may need professional help on this one.

Oh and looking into mirrors in the dark...CANDYMAN. Arrghh give me cotten duvet to protect me from the big steel hook.
(Josh22, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:33, Reply)

Yes - cotton wool!
Squeaky, makes me squirm.
Get it caught under your fingernails?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
And, on the same theme, chewing wool, like your sleeve or your scarf..
squeak squeak squeak
I'm shuddering just thinking about it...
(Sleary, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:32, Reply)

closing car doors
when I was about 15 I went thru a nasty period of every time I touched the car door to shut it, I got a static electric shock.

It got to the point where I'd been subconsciously conditioned, and I'd get out the car and stand there, unable to bring myself to touch the top corner of the door to shut it.

I went and put masking tape on all door corners on the car and it was fine after that.

I still am prone to static, - escalators, metal shop doors, other people...
( notshiny, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:27, Reply)

Dentists
Not drills; they're no problem.

It's that furry thing that is used to polish the teeth. When I think of it hitting the gum at the back of my bottom teeth, I just freak.
(><(((">, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:26, Reply)

Frogs,
I hate the things, they hop at you and have mandibles of death.


Ok, the mandibles of death bit is made up but they are horrible things...and they do hop at you.
I had one hop at me as I was mowing the lawn and had no choice but to run over it with the mower. Did it die? No, I just skimmed its back off and detached one of its back legs and the bloody thing still came for me.
Luckily a friend was coming over and she got rid of it for me.
Evil things, Frogs, evil.
( bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:25, Reply)

salad

(shiftClick, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:25, Reply)

cotton wool
urk! makes me rub my fingers together and gives me the willies! even just thinking about it now... *shudder*
(pocket_tissues, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:25, Reply)

Toilets
I have many irration fears but for toilets I have many

Can't go for pee-pee in a public trough. Not sure why, just cant go in front of other people. Freaks me out.
And the best was, when I was 4 I dreamt that a spider came up the toilet and ate my willy. Thus, I could not sit on a toilet until I was 23 and had to do a stand up squat.
( Fronkle99, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:24, Reply)

That i wont like my girlfriend quite as much
after i've come...

still fancying your burd after sex is the only true test of love.
(magictorch, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:23, Reply)

Empty museums
Or similar (such as wax museums).

Near closing time. With me inside.

Enough said.
(--merciless-- is delightfully fragrant, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:21, Reply)

My mother can only swim when she sees the ground
as soon as it gets murky, she sinks like a stone.
( sinisterduck, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:17, Reply)

Corridors and Motorways
Motorways - not because there are lots of fast moving cars, but because you can't turn off the motorway when you want. I mean, I thought this was supposed to be a free country - not on Motorways, obviously.

Long corridors - because you might never get to the end (see Zeno's paradox!) they really shouldn't be allowed.
(Fuzzy Mornings, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:14, Reply)

Toadstools
I hate them and stamp on them whenever I see them in my garden, even though I know that this'll probably make them spread.

Probably stems from my Mum telling me they were poisonous when I was little. I used to be a big Judge Dredd fan and reading the Grubb's disease story (mutant toadstools growing on PEOPLE) gave the willies.

I'm nearly 40 and I still can't stand the things.
(BearWithLittleBrain, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:14, Reply)

A regular in my local pub
is absolutley terrified of men in dog suits,
he just doesnt understand why anybody would want to dress up in one. so he hides from them.

he also believes penguins can fly, and peacocks are evil
(Mungo Monkey the Magician of Beer, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:09, Reply)

just reading these reminded me
one of the american chaps i work with quite a lot, won't walk through a door with someone behind him.

the first time i met him i thought he was just being polite when he held the door open for everyone, until i tried to do the same for him and he wouldn't go through.

i had to do a client meeting with him in the states last year. how i amused myself by always standing behind him in the queue for the lift.
( new_matt, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:06, Reply)

my work colleague
said she has an irrational fear of a bird of some kind, most possibly a seagull, getting its beak stuck in her forehead!!!!

She also divulged that her boyfriend's IF is of getting his ankles slashed when 'sitting' on a public loo!
( poshpaws, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:05, Reply)

osolomeow, I know exactly what you mean about the twisty thing...
... and if you step on a wonky paving slab with one foot, you have to do the same with the other... etc etc.

I am scared of deep water, and bridges, and boats. If I walk over a bridge I'm terrified that I'm going to fall over and slip under the railings (even is the gap is only half an inch thick)
(skinny, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:01, Reply)

Those big round bins that everyone has at school
You know the ones that get picked up and shaken by that rubbish collection lorry thing.

It's not the bin that I fear though it's the round pipe like handle they all have, I'm always afraid that I'll walk / run into it and it'll poke my eye in (it's about that size you know!!!)
( HornO, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 13:00, Reply)

(Endjinn)
I am scared of these too.

Looking thro the list so far I agree with everything.
It's a wonder I ever step out side the house to come to work to post on this thread.

I must be the biggest Pu$$y on earth.

I have a really $hit time at the zoo! Owls - yes i am scared of these too.
(DirtyChurch, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:49, Reply)

Puking
I suffer from Emetophobia, which is a fear of vomiting. Mostly people just don't like vomiting - I have a real aversion to it. It is just not acceptable. Thinking about vomiting makes me vomit. When I do vomit, I shake, I pass out... For this reason, I don't drink.
(V3lvetPresley, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:46, Reply)

In reply to (saucykipper)
I too am afraid of Chickens. They are mean cranberries!! They are also bigger then you think. A lot like badgers!. Badgers are huge, at least the size of a decent sized dog. I'm not scared of badgers tho.

I used to be scared of this monkey at the local pet shop. It kept pulling my hair everytime i walked past it. (I was about 5 or 6)nasty!

Pigeons strike the fear of God into me too.
(DirtyChurch, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:45, Reply)

stairs
I have had an issue with stairs since I was really young. If the room at the bottom of the stairs is in the dark or the stairs themselves are pitch black I have to leg it and get into the light.

They feel so threatening, always convinced something is behind me.
( Derek.T.Wonderllama, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:43, Reply)

For some reason..
..I have a massive fear of slicing the thin skin at the bottom of my foot with a razor blade. Nothing else - not a knife, or anything, but a razor. It freaks me RIGHT out.

Arse... now I'm lifting my feet off the floor... eeew..
(V3lvetPresley, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:40, Reply)

been done? scared of buttons
A female friend of mine hates buttons and only has clothes with clips or zips. She can be near buttons but can't touch them or use them herself.
(pondloife, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:39, Reply)

Darn Clowns...
I can never stand a clown doll looking at me, I'm usually ok if its turned to face the wall, but if a draft makes it move in any way I'll seriously freak out.
In fact any stuffed doll moving without my express permission can damn well burn...

But especially the clowns.. fear the clowns.. fear them..
(NoMoreFaith can believe its not bloody butter, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:35, Reply)

Long wet hairs in the bath.
They get caught in one's bits and peices and feel very very creepy and nasty indeed. Shudder.
( pxyzyzygy, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:35, Reply)

I have an irrational fear of....
....the PG tips monkeys! they are scary and deserve to die (but in a nice kind way)
(Blue ferret, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:30, Reply)

Department stores
dont know why, just cant go in them, if i do i break into a cold sweat and start panicking :-/ I think its the way that it just looks like they've ransacked everyones house you've ever been in and put their belongings on sale..
(vt8879, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:16, Reply)

I hate chickens too
One bit me on the top of the nose when I was a kid, it was going for my eye but missed and cut my nose.

I really enjoy eating them.
(saucykipper, Wed 28 Jan 2004, 12:05, Reply)