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Apr 16, 2013 01:56PM
Ok this one is not something I have ever heard of...http://voices.yahoo.com/anatidaephobi...
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link doesn't work?I don't think it will come to a surprise to anyone that I have an intense phobia of planes/flying
Bahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_...
http://voices.yahoo.com/anatidaephobi... Fear of being watched by a duck...
I'm pretty sure I might have that one. It absolutely 100% creeps me the fuck out when birds stare at me.
Clowns and puppets freak me out. I think my worst nightmare is a ventroliquist with a clown dummy.Oh and I am mildly claustrophobic and don't like crowds. I am just awkward me:)
My sister hates clowns,my youngest son has a phobia of cotton wool,i just hate spiders.
Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "I'm pretty sure I might have that one. It absolutely 100% creeps me the fuck out when birds stare at me."Better not come near our house, Taco.
I am mildly phobic about wasps, thunderstorms and making phone calls.
Geoff (G. Robbins) (The noisy passionfruit) wrote: "Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "I'm pretty sure I might have that one. It absolutely 100% creeps me the fuck out when birds stare at me."Better not come near our house, Taco."
Oh lord. I'd be hiding behind something (no doubt you or your lovely daughter/wife).
I hate making phone calls. Takes me ages to psych myself up for them. In fact I'm currently in the process of completely ignoring the fact I need to ring someone but I have until Friday to do so.
I also hate people dressed up in those ridiculous costumes - like bears/cartoon characters
I once avoided making a phone call for 2 years.
Oompa loompas now they are WRONG. Fortunately there aren't many about so they are easy to avoid.
I have a fear of the dentist, I wouldn't go so far as to say it was a phobia. Although on my form it asked if you were nervous and on a scale of 10 where would you rate yourself. I was hovering about 6 when hubby told me not to be so stupid I was nowhere near a 6 and he circled the 10.I'm currently trying to break the fear.
I also do not like the odd looking costume store character things people dress up in. Actual park ones like at Universal or Disney are fine though cause they actually look like the characters and not some half melted floppy grotesque version of them.
Got over any hang ups about phone calls when I worked as a receptionist for my Uncle and then for Toyota during their recall. It's surprising how racist Brits can be to a fellow Brit yet be more than happy to speak to a south African *jerk*
Seagulls in Aberdeen actually size you up to judge whether or not they think they can steal the sandwich right out of your hand. Thankfully this has never happened to me but one did sneak up behind me and steal the paper that my sandwich had been wrapped in. We'll not have an outdoors picnic if you come to Aberdeen Elle!
Not just Aberdeen seagulls, Jud. All sea gulls do that, now I like birds but seagulls are evil. Used to be a huge Herring Gull near the pub we went to for lunch which would sit on the fence and then fly down and steal food from plates.
Fair enough, there never were any seagulls back in Lisburn (where I'm from) so Aberdeen seagulls surprised me!
Also, I think it's time I admit that it is a phobia of the dentist I have... I'm really nervous now just from speaking about it.
My OH reckons i've got phobias about phobias.Clowns/costumes - yep
Lifts. Crowds. Going on boats/plains/trains... and not too smitten with car journeys especially motorways (tho happier now in my lurverly campervan.)
Hate phoning people.
Oh, and spiders. Not phoning them, obvs.
But, on the plus side, I'm ok with birds. Have even rescued them when they've come down the chimney :)
My mum was afraid of birds! She thought we'd got chickens to spite her!I really hate tall things looming over me - not big buildings - I once had palpitations having to walk past an old wrecked oil tanker in a field - the rusty tank - I hate oil drums too. And sails - sweeping sails soaring above me.
Hmmmmm. Have had a good think and can't say I'm afraid of anything.I used to find heights disturbing but I seem to have got over it.
I can't honestly say I've got any phobias either. Not keen on a few things but they don't amount to a phobia.
Panphobia is the fear of everything (as opposed to fear of pans) and there is a fear of fear. Phobophobia - now that is a self fulling prophecy.
My OH always says that I'm scared of everything! Needles, heights, clowns, small spaces, crowds, spiders. Blood makes me feint, but I'm not sure I'm scared of it
Face those fears, Katy!I expect they'll bother you less as you get older. Hope so anyway. :)
Needles I'm better with since the operation (: not great, but better. Clowns I can avoid! The rest in working on, but it's a slow process! (: not sure about the blood thing though! have no control over that one!
LIFTS! I would rather walk up 20 floors than get the f**king lift. Oh my word. Hatred. A seagull once stole my Mothers ice cream when she visited me in Wales. One distracted her and the other dive bombed for the food. It was hilarious (because it wasn't me). She has been particularly bitter about birds ever since.
I have another one!! Stairs on double decker buses.*hides inside Elle bubble*
What's the opposite of a phobia? Front seats upstairs on a double decker - Yahoo!!
I seriously fear the day someone falls on them! I swear I fear for other peoples safety more than my own
I always make sure to hold on tight with both hands while going up or down the stais because thats just when the bus driver decides he needs to slam on the brakes.
I have a fear of heights and, oddly, being sick. Id rather feel sick for days than be sick once. I'm rather squeamish about eyes
Rosemary wrote: "What's the opposite of a phobia? Front seats upstairs on a double decker - Yahoo!!"A philia?
hydrophilia is the opposite of hydrophobic
Rosemary wrote: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5TTA4...around 4:15..."
thanks for that, a joy to watch ;-)
Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "Rosemary wrote: "What's the opposite of a phobia? Front seats upstairs on a double decker - Yahoo!!"A philia?
hydrophilia is the opposite of hydrophobic"
working our way through the possible Greek words for love, hydroerotica is probably something different again
Jim wrote: "Rosemary wrote: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5TTA4...around 4:15..."
thanks for that, a joy to watch ;-)"
:)
I also enjoy his Driving Instructor ("the BLUE flashing light distracted you?"), and the chat with Walter Raleigh about the interesting things he's brought back from his trip.
Mike, that's just horrid!! I should point out that I'm not fond of spiders, but it's the black house spiders that I have a phobia of
Oh, and my uncle used to have a phobia of wetwipes...
Girl I used to work with had a phobia about tortoises... she just couldna bear the thought of them without their shells.eurgh.
enough to give me a phobia too
My daughter used to be dog-phobic. I'm housework-phobic.
I've known a few people phobic of cotton wool.
My friends son has a phobia of anything creamy that goes on the skin, e.g. face paint, sun cream... He was really ill when he was born and she thinks it was all the gels and creams the Dr's used that has caused it.
I had a really severe phobia about thunder storms, it got so bad I sought treatment and had a course of hypnotherapy. This worked pretty well though I will never enjoy them!Having moved back to Scotland we don't get anywhere near as many as when we lived in the south of England but I would gladly suffer in return for some better weather;@)
So, no-one else with oil-drums and sails?My gran was right - I'm a funniosity.
:) We love you though Ignite.
Our Jenny used to have a duck-fit when the cranefly season came around Pat.
To say I freak out if there is one near me is a huge understatement!
I always freaked out at wasps, and even got detention from my french teacher becuse of it. Funnily enough, I only got stung once, about 10 or so years ago, by a wasp I didn't even see, who had landed on my coat collar.
