does anyone have a phobia?! and i'm talking "phobia" not "things that freak me out." i mean something that makes you want to run the other way screaming! something where you just have that feeling that if you do it/see it/smell it/eat it/hang around it, eventually it's going to be the end of you!
me? i have a horrible fear of spiders! i don't know why, though. no horrid experience, though my brother did get bitten when we were young, but it wasn't a horrific thing, just gross. i tend to hyperventilate and on occasion burst into tears when i see a spider- but only for the big hairy ones. *shudder*
i cannot kill them myself. as a rule, i don't kill bugs, i scoop 'em up and put 'em outside. spiders, i hire out and get someone to kill 'em for me. (ew, i have the creepies just writing this.... BLECH!)
if you want, i can tell you my "I'm so pathetic i cry when I see spiders" story...
i also have a secondary phobia- i'm afraid of heights. not in a plane, but definitely from tall buildings and from bridges.(NOTE: do you have any idea at all how many cities have some big tall building that is a landmark "must see" when you visit!?!? NO THANKS!) the weird thing is, i also have a fear of the deep sea... it's not that i'm afraid of drowning (though that is a horrific thought) or of sharks or anything...i actually think it's related to the fear of heights. it's stupid, tho, 'cause when you're out in the ocean, sure the bottom is miles and miles away, but it's not like you're falling, right!? ah, well, who can explain a phobia....
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