Lakes
They scare the absolute shit out of me. As do ponds, dams and slow moving/muddy rivers. Oceans, fine. I can swim in the sea with no trouble, but lakes just make me seize up in fear.

I don’t mind being near them all that much, but as soon as I get close to the edge of the water, I start having problems breathing/being conscious. I don’t know what this has been caused by. I once got dragged out by waves when I was five and I still go in the ocean happily. I think it’s the thought of what is under the surface. Because they don’t move, there could be dead bodies or eels (I really hate eels) or houses down there.

Underwater houses are another one. Why? I don’t want to even try to analyse that one.

Another of my rather delightfully obstructive fears is spring rolls. I had gastro one day, and they were the last thing I ate before it set in. Next thing you know I’m vomiting up 20 or so mini-spring rolls. Not good. From then on, I can’t even think about them without feeling ill. I once ate an odd little pastry thing, which had a spring roll-ish filling, at a party. Spent the rest of the night chucking my guts out in the toilet. Since then, if I smell them at a party I won’t eat anything there, for fear that the forks or plates had been used by someone eating spring rolls.
( Ra-Ra-Rasputin, Mon 14 Apr 2008, 2:54, 2 replies)

You must hate
Spongebob Squarepants.

What with all the underwater-living..

As for the spring roll thing, I'm the same with peanut M&Ms. Made me ill once, now I just don't want to be near them.
( Thinker, Mon 14 Apr 2008, 2:57, closed)

I kind of understand this...
There's a resevoir up near Rochdale that has a village on the bottom of it. Me and the ex used to walk her dog up there, but it freaked the hell out of me...

Just the thought of the houses and roads and bridges etc at the bottom... *shudder*

And I was told that on some days you can still hear the church bell ringing in the current. ARGH!
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Mon 14 Apr 2008, 11:17, closed)