You're afraid of WHAT???

[Falkenbach]

I'm pretty badly claustrophobic, but yesterday I was proud of myself. I went into a "stardome" - a mini blow-up planetarium - with a friend's 6 year old, to show him the stars. There wasn't much room in there AND I had to crawl in through a small dark tunnel. I almost backed out of the tunnel straight away, but decided to push ahead, and I DID IT. I even sat through the entire show.

[kitkatz]

That must have been hard to do. Good for you!

[okarol]

Spiders are soooo creepy. Now I read this:

 Doctor finds spiders in boy's ear

Sun May 6, 6:18 PM ET

These guys weren't exactly Snap, Crackle and Pop. What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy's ear — "like Rice Krispies" — ended up as an earache, and the doctor's diagnosis was that a pair of spiders made a home in the ear.

"They were walking on my eardrums," Jesse Courtney said.

One of the spiders was still alive after the doctor flushed the fourth-grader's left ear canal. His mother, Diane Courtney, said her son insisted he kept hearing a faint popping in his ear — "like Rice Krispies."

Dr. David Irvine said it looked like the boy had something in his ear when he examined him.

When he irrigated the ear, the first spider came out, dead. The other spider took a second dousing before it emerged, still alive. Both were about the size of a pencil eraser.

Jesse was given the spiders — now both dead — as a souvenir. He has taken them to school and his mother has taken them to work.

"It was real interesting, 'cause, two spiders in my ear — what next?" Jesse said.

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ARGGHHHH!!!

[Sluff]

Spiders are soooo creepy. Now I read this:

 Doctor finds spiders in boy's ear

Sun May 6, 6:18 PM ET

These guys weren't exactly Snap, Crackle and Pop. What began as a faint popping in a 9-year-old boy's ear — "like Rice Krispies" — ended up as an earache, and the doctor's diagnosis was that a pair of spiders made a home in the ear.

"They were walking on my eardrums," Jesse Courtney said.

One of the spiders was still alive after the doctor flushed the fourth-grader's left ear canal. His mother, Diane Courtney, said her son insisted he kept hearing a faint popping in his ear — "like Rice Krispies."

Dr. David Irvine said it looked like the boy had something in his ear when he examined him.

When he irrigated the ear, the first spider came out, dead. The other spider took a second dousing before it emerged, still alive. Both were about the size of a pencil eraser.

Jesse was given the spiders — now both dead — as a souvenir. He has taken them to school and his mother has taken them to work.

"It was real interesting, 'cause, two spiders in my ear — what next?" Jesse said.

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ARGGHHHH!!!

The nose.   


Good for you Cycobully.

[Falkenbach]

Ugh, I hate spiders. Fascinated with them - I have books, and I always like to check out live spiders in museums and things. But I hate them in my house.

Unfortunately, we have large numbers of wolf spiders around our neighbourhood, and some of them are as big as Huntsmans. Ugh.

[tubes]

OMG karol! ! !  why did u have to put that pic up.  i am deathly terrified of spiders.
when i was in elementary school there were these hills with big bushes and these huge spider webs in then.  the spiders were big and black with like a yellow stripe on 'em.  the neighborhood kids caught them in jars and threw them on me.  even the smallest spider scares the crap out of me now.  about 5 yrs ago i was at my grams house (in the country) and a wolf spider got inside.  i killed it was a can of raid.  my grams comes home, picks it up with a papertowel and chases me with it.  i screamed like a little girl, ran and locked my self in my room.  my grams was outside the door just laughing her head off.
now before i go to bed i have to check under the covers, under the pillow, in the pillow case, the walls, ceiling, under the bed and behind the headboard every single night.  i even check my shoes and clothes before i put them on.
so yea, thats what im scared of!

[Falkenbach]

Maybe you should change that avatar then 

Though I'm not making fun of you, because I fully understand with the spider thing.

[jbeany]

I know someone who is also terrified of spiders.  Someone once told him some horrible bs statistic about how many spiders we all swallow in a lifetime, because they are supposedly attracted to the moisture in our mouths, so they climb in while we are sleeping.  They told him if he left a glass of water on the night stand, they would go there first.  Now he absolutlely won't go to sleep without a full glass of water by his head. 

[kitkatz]

I am really trying hard to ignore the spider stories. Ewww! 

Bridges, I do not like the huge freeway interchanges.  I can drive them if I go quickly and take a deep breath and pretend I am not on a high bridge.  I almost jumped out of the car one day when the hubby thought he would turn onto the Coronado Bridge in Dan Diego. He did not understand the overriding fear I had of it.  I have since been over the Coronado Bridge with my girls in the Trolley Tour they have in San Diego. It was a beautiful view and my girls were teasing me the entire time about the bridge, so I had to be brave and suck it up!

[Falkenbach]

There is an historic, tight, opening bridge in my state, which I have to drive over when travelling back to my home town. It is at a place called Paringa, for anyone familiar with South Australia, and it crosses the Murray River.

The speed limit is only 30 km, and I have no problem crossing it in a car. But I HATE crossing it on a bus. You're sitting up so high, and you can't see the little rails, you just look straight out into the water and it freaks me out.

[del]

Hubby is scared of bumblebees and hornets. We were driving along one day with the windows own. Going about 80km/hr when a bumblebee struck his sunglases and fell down between his legs.  He put the truck in neutral slammed on the brakes and jumped out.  I had to move fast to get the truck stopped and pulled off the road.  We've had hornets make nests in several places around our house.  He usualy calls on me when it is time to destoy them because they get mad and chase you.

[Falkenbach]

A house we used to live in was just dreadful for scary pests.

It had all kinds of spiders, many of which I couldn't even identify, despite owning a few spider text books. Then we had a European wasp nest in the back garden, which my husband accidentally disturbed whilst gardening (got stung on the neck). then we had a bee hive in our tree in the front yard. Then the rats came......

It was a nice house but I'm glad I don't live there anymore!

[Ken Shelmerdine]

Moths
Especially the ones with the furry bodies and red eyes. I can't stay in the same room as a large moth. I have to get Rita to come and shift it,
Am I a man or a mouse?? But just the sound of hearing them flutter into the light shade Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh 

[jbeany]

Fear of bridges is a pretty common phobia, kit.  The Bridge Patrol at the Mackinac Bridge will drive your car across for you if you call from the booth at the end and ask for help.  They would rather take the time to drive your car the 5 miles than have you freaking out in the middle. 

If you are a passenger, you can stick you head out the window in the middle of the bridge and look straight down thru the ventilation grates and into the water!   

[Hawkeye]

Fear of b ridges is a pretty common phobia, kit.  The Bridge Patrol at the Mackinac Bridge will drive your car across for you if you call from the booth at the end and ask for help.  They would rather take the time to drive your car the 5 miles than have you freaking out in the middle. 

If you are a passenger, you can stick you head out the window in the middle of the bridge and look straight down thru the ventilation grates and into the water!   

That was a really cool bridge to drive over.  I loved being able to see through it into the water.

[Amanda From OZ]

In most cases, the magpie seems like a harmless bird BUT they are not!!! In large numbers, they can occasionally become aggressive, and in spring, they get territorial.
When they are nesting, magpies will fly close or even peck people on the back of the head, eye or face. They vicous little things and i hate them!!!

[livecam]

In most cases, the magpie seems like a harmless bird BUT they are not!!! In large numbers, they can occasionally become aggressive, and in spring, they get territorial.
When they are nesting, magpies will fly close or even peck people on the back of the head, eye or face. They vicous little things and i hate them!!!

They are the living descendants of the dinosaurs so that might explain their aggressiveness.  Have you ever been attacked by one?

[Chicken Little]

The only thing I have problems with is being physically confined by crowds or other people.  I can't even sit in a middle or window seat on a plane.  It gives me panic attacks.  I'm guessing it has more to do with trust issues though.   

There are things I certainly dread, like hemo, but I can't think of anything I'm afraid of. 

[Amanda From OZ]

In most cases, the magpie seems like a harmless bird BUT they are not!!! In large numbers, they can occasionally become aggressive, and in spring, they get territorial.
When they are nesting, magpies will fly close or even peck people on the back of the head, eye or face. They vicous little things and i hate them!!!

They are the living descendants of the dinosaurs so that might explain their aggressiveness.  Have you ever been attacked by one?

Are you serious? wow never new that............... and YES those ugly birds always try to attack me when i go for my run.... they have never really made me bleed but they have come  close to getting me.. sorry ppl but if i ever own a gun i know what i will do with it. 

[tubes]

Maybe you should change that avatar then

Though I'm not making fun of you, because I fully understand with the spider thing.

Ok, ok cycobully....maybe just a little bit of fear.   Maybe it should read; "Totally FREAKED"

Airplanes, HELL NO! ! !  I will not EVER get on a plane.  I dont know why, but airplanes are a "no no" in my book.  My mom was remarried a few yrs ago in Las Vegas and I didnt go because I was afraid to get on the plane.  But a helicopter on the other hand; I think that would be fun. 

[Falkenbach]

During mating season, I am TERRIFIED of magpies. The rest of the year, I quite like them. I put seed out on the front lawn and watch them come in to feed, because they sing nicely.

But a swooping magpie chills me to my core. My cousin got stitches in the back of his head once, from being swooped by a maggie.

[ILOVEFLUID]

heights, bats, blackflies (well not afraid of blackflies...just hate them)

[boxman55]

In most cases, the magpie seems like a harmless bird BUT they are not!!! In large numbers, they can occasionally become aggressive, and in spring, they get territorial.
When they are nesting, magpies will fly close or even peck people on the back of the head, eye or face. They vicious little things and i hate them!!!

They are the living descendants of the dinosaurs so that might explain their aggressiveness.  Have you ever been attacked by one?

Are you serious? wow never new that............... and YES those ugly birds always try to attack me when i go for my run.... they have never really made me bleed but they have come  close to getting me.. sorry ppl but if i ever own a gun i know what i will do with it. 

We have red winged black birds here that dive bomb you if you get to close to their nests unfortunately the state of WI doesn't have a concelled carry law or those buggers would be in trouble. Boxman55

[kitkatz]

I have little birds that have built a big nest on my classroom rafters. They dive bomb the kids in and out of the room when babies are inthenest.  You should see the kids duck and wave their hands at these birds.  They are afraid of the little birds!

[Falkenbach]

On the subject of swooping birds, I'm more scared of plovers than of magpies. Plovers have poison spurs on their wings.