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Weird Phobias

 Hey Laydes...

 Just wondering if any of you have any strange phobias like i do

 my friends and family love to make fun of the fact that i'm terrified to my very soul of...

 wait for it .... OOMPAH LOOMPAHS ( from original movie not the one with johnny depp) and PEACOCKS

 they freak me out and i want to know that i'm not alone...


.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

barbie dolls

don't come around me with one. i will seriously scream my head off and cry.

Small Soldiers would have to be my kryptonite.

"Mama, Ain't this your home? No, chile home is where you are loved."

Haley's 'Queen'

Anonymous's picture

agreed.

oh my goodness!  barbies are sooooooooo scary!  I used to destroy them when I was a child...hahaha.  makes a lot of sense now. 
.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

I did too

At first it was not on purpose but people started giving them to me. So I would ran them over with Tonka truck and basically tortured them and now they are back for revenge it is simply horrible lol. 

Matt's world you just live in it!

Anonymous's picture

hahaha....aww, well just

hahaha....aww, well just sleep with some tonka trucks by your bed.  :)

 

 

imagine a world worth living in, a world worth fighting for

Afton 's picture

I am

deathly afraid of falling and breaking my teeth. Also I don't like the ocean (that's normal I'm pretty sure), and I think toes are gross. But I'm not afraid of toes, I just don't want to touch other people's toes, I think they are dirty for some reason.

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

i hate feet

i have a basket with packs of socks that i bought. so if you did not come over with socks there are some here for you. throw them away when you are done or keep them as a souvenir.

"Mama, Ain't this your home? No, chile home is where you are loved."

Haley's 'Queen'

anikkabreyð's picture

well,

I understand you fear of falling and breaking your teeth. I once fell and broke my tooth. it hurt and i looked really stupid. i got it fixed though ;)
.bambi.'s picture

I have what is called

I have what is called kinemortophobia which is a fear of the walking dead, particularly zombies. Although I'm obsessed with my favorite video game Nazi Zombies, every night when I go to sleep it's always a horrid battle.. firstly thinking that they're gonna come and get me and secondly because I always have nightmares when I finally do fall asleep! lol I know it's a completely irrational fear but it's there none the less...

I'm also afraid of WW2 and the 1930's and any time earlier than that. War propaganda posters, oldschool advertisements, photographs, recordings, t.v. shows/commercials... I know it sounds stupid, but it just creeps the hell out of me XD

A lesser fear of mine are oceanic creatures like squid, deep sea fish and whales... lmfao ahh woe is me

poprocks's picture

Whales can be pretty scary.

Whales can be pretty scary. I can understand that fear. I mean, look what happened to Pinocchio.
.bambi.'s picture

Lmao, I actually never

Lmao, I actually never thought about Pinocchio, but yes.. it's definitely their huge size which includes their huge mouths and the creepy balene (sp?) that they catch their krill with.. *shudder*

Apparently a blue whale's manhood is 10 metres long. That alone is just a terrifying thought.

poprocks's picture

"Apparently a blue whale's

"Apparently a blue whale's manhood is 10 metres long. That alone is just a terrifying thought."

 Ouch. 

Just saying.  

NerdyWordie's picture

Zombies are understandable

I have a huge problem with zombies. Not all walking dead though. I don't find vampires scary in the least. I think maybe it's because you can reason with a vampire, but zombies answer to no man.
Cora's picture

Nazi Zombies is scares me!

Nazi Zombies is scares me!
megzy947's picture

I have a horrible fear of

I have a horrible fear of pple throwing up. I don't no why but it freaks me out to no end. I get like panic attacks. Id say thats pretty irrational. I have a friend whos scared of whales too.
Lucas's picture

I have a couple of things

I have a couple of things I'm simply scared of : heights and large fish, notably if they're swimming under a boat/canoe while I'm in it, but I wouldn't call them weird. Although, maybe the fish thing is arguable a little odd.

My weird fear is that I'm scared of handling fish, of any size, because I have the irrational belief that their dorsal fins will slice the palm of my hands open. I'm not even sure if it's ever happened to anyone, but the possibility terrifies me.

Forza Roma's picture

Construction equipment

If I have to drive past it especially, I nearly stop breathing. It looks like giant metal insects coming after me. :s

 

The worst was in St. Peter's Basillica I turned to find an unexpected, large contraption for some repair work and exclaimed "Jesus!" in a less than reverential tone. :s Then I ran away and felt guilty.

Linzi's picture

LOL

 i really can't comment on anyones fears coz mine are just ridiculous, i have hundreds more its not just oopah loompahs and peacocks, i really hate butter i cant stand the taste the smell anything and if it gets anywhere near me or i see ppl eating it i almost break down in tears and run screamin like a tiny little girl....
Forza Roma's picture

on no!

I suggest you avoid France entirely. :s From my dining experiences, the jokes about the key to French cuisine being butter were well justified.

 

Linzi's picture

OMG

  when i go to france i just won't eat....
Forza Roma's picture

luckily

there are plenty of ethnic restaurants... best Lebanese and Turkish food I've found. Mmmm... no reason for you to starve! If you are afraid of cheese though, you should probably not make your fear public. :P

God now I'm hungry...

poprocks's picture

I have an uncontrollable

I have an uncontrollable fear of dolls D:

and dodgeball.

But mainly dolls. Damn that Chuckie movie. I thought my barbies were possessed as a kid and chucked em. I even hid my brother's furby in the closet, so I wouldnt have to see that demented thing again. I mean, who thinks of these things? They're dolls, who can talk and can LEARN. That's chuckie written all over it. Till this day, he doesnt know what happened to it haha. What can I say, I had to take precautionary actions. Horrendous, I tell you. I guess really, it's any inanimate object with eyes that sparks the fear.   

Dolls, man. **sighs** Very uncool. 

.bambi.'s picture

My mother has a hilarious

My mother has a hilarious and extremely irrational fear of porcelain dolls. Actually, I was playing Nazi Zombies yesterday and getting guns from the random box.. when all of a sudden this teddy bear pops out and the sound of this creepy little girl's laughter echoed throughout the game and she wouldn't even go outside by herself to have a cigarette.

Of course we proceded to talk about our fears which makes this post quite a coincidence for me.

poprocks's picture

Awww your poor mom. God,

Awww your poor mom. God, even reading that made me shiver. I hope she hasnt seen Dead Silence. 

 Not so much porcelain dolls, but the same effect :/ 

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

i knew i was not the only one

I hate dolls. I had a life size doll that I swear slapped me in the face.

My sister throws dolls at me to piss me off. I go into panic attacks and uncontrollable hyperventilation. She even attached a butcher knife to one and sat in my bed. She is so evil.

"Mama, Ain't this your home? No, chile home is where you are loved."

Haley's 'Queen'

poprocks's picture

Oh my god! Noooo! I feel for

Oh my god! Noooo! I feel for you, I really do D:

They'd have to ship me off to the insane asylum after that one.  

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

yeah

it was a porcelain doll too. Some weirdo thought it was cool to give me every American Girl doll.

and i hate the dolls that Marie Osmond dolls they are too real. The one she gave Oprah scared the hell out of me.

"Mama, Ain't this your home? No, chile home is where you are loved."

Haley's 'Queen'

civildisobedients's picture

I've always thought dolls

I've always thought dolls were really scary. if I got given one when i was a kid I used to actually jump up and down on it. I hated them soo bad. They're just generally creepy.
Linzi's picture

LOL

 yeah dolls are pretty freaky, my neice had 1 that when you put its hands together it started singing pattycake in a really creepy voice, and one day me and my mam were sitting watching the tv and we heard it singing i nearly peed in my pants, i swear i jumped in my mams lap like scooby does to shaggy when he sees a ghost, bad times!!
charlotte :)'s picture

Im scared of...

You know like little bits of thread and stuff that  you find in pockets and in the bottom of bags? That. Ok maybe not scared but i find it disgusting. Ew. Just thinking about it now has me crinkling my nose haha.
Machi's picture

mirrors

im afriad of mirrors, but only when im alone i feel like my reflect isn´t me and it scares me. 

when i was a little girl i used to think the devil could get into my room through it.. i dont know why maybe someone told me that to scare me and it still does ahahahh so i always sleep with the doors from my closet closed. 

char's picture

yes! i have this same fear.

yes! i have this same fear. i can't look into a mirror at night at all if i am alone. i have this terrible irrational fear that my reflection is going to change or something will be behind me or... ghhgh.
Machi's picture

yes!! i hate elevators that

yes!! i hate elevators that are a full mirror, it freaks me out argh! 
delici0usnight's picture

sharks...

I hate swimming in the sea because I have an irrational of sharks... baring in mind I live in the UK not like Australia or somewhere! When I was little though I used be scared of swimming pools and baths (bubble baths especially) because I was scared there might be a shark. STUPID I know!
Linzi's picture

i had same fear

  as a kid i was terrified of going in bath and pools, not coz of sharks but i always thought some evil monster type thing was gonna come through the plug hole and drag me down, i used to sit right at the top of the bath huddled up and shaking, it was horrible, just glad i don't have that fear now
cowmoneytin's picture

sharks+my sis=screaming mess

omg my sister has a completely irrational fear of sharks! she wont go in our pool alone coz of this and shes 18! she hates going into the ocean alone, and if she does go with someone she has to be the closest to the shore so if a shark does come the person deeper than her will get taken first. lol man then one day at the beach i asked her "what if the shark goes round the first person and comes at u from the shore?" and she absolutly freaked! she atarted screaming and grabbed me begging for me to take her to the shore. funniest time ever! 

i do live in australia but there really is nothing to fear coz sharks rarely come close to shore and if they do they wont attack u unless u look like a seal, bleeding huge amounts of blood, or u attack it first.

but a fear of sharks is completely understandable! i hate swimming in open water where i cant touch the bottom coz 1) im not the strongest swimmer and scared i might run outta energy before i get to safety and 2) sharks like if my toes are only just brushing the bottom every now and then i freak thinking i just touched some shark or other deadly creature. i cant even go past the short jetty at the beach i often go to. im just so scared of open ocean...

Lei's picture

Cotton wool! If i see it, i

Cotton wool! If i see it, i run away... the thoughts of touching it makes me feel ill :s yuck! lol
Jenna's picture

lol, I just posted that at

lol, I just posted that at the bottom too. Makes me feel sick. And velvet and newspaper. Yeech.

 

“I once had a large gay following, but I ducked into an alleyway and lost him.” - Emo Philips

cowmoneytin's picture

.....

omg!! i hate velvet!!!!!

charlotte :)'s picture

Ohh

I know what you mean, velvet does the same to me! especially if its rubbed the wrong way, yuck!
thelionqueen's picture

ha

its funny to see all these phobias; i have no idea what it might feel like since i dont have any.
Anonymous's picture

fireworks...

needless to say, i'll be spending tonight indoors haha

 

A beautiful girl can make you dizzy, like you've been drinking jack and coke all morning.

-Taking Back Sunday-

.★.Matt The Rock$tar.★.'s picture

i hate them too

when i was 6yrs old all of my older cousins left me and ran down the street and i wanted to go with them and all these fireworks went off. not to mention they lived in the projects and i was 6yrs old and thought they were gun shots. so that pretty much scarred me for years.

but i want to go out tonight though because i am spending the night with someone special X D

"Mama, Ain't this your home? No, chile home is where you are loved."

Haley's 'Queen'

XxMuahzxX's picture

I have a phobia of failing

I have a phobia of failing in life. and feet. I really hate them unless I know you.  

 

If not.. don't put them on me or near me without socks on.

 

 

!Why B0ther?

XxMuahzxX's picture

I have a phobia of failing

I have a phobia of failing in life. and feet. I really hate them unless I know you.  

 

If not.. don't put them on me or near me without socks on.

 

 

!Why B0ther?

Chasity.xo's picture

mine are

not so weird but arachnaphobia and drowning (whatever thats called lol)
Please Replace's picture

Mine is

Belly button piercings. They just creep me out so much. I cant explain what it is about them. Any other piercing is fine.

And my mum is terrified of moths and balloons.

dancingdi's picture

Mine are

Birds.  I can't handle them.  One flew into my old apartment once and I stood outside and screamed until maintenance showed to get it out.  

Bugs...I know tons of people who are afraid of things like roaches, but I'm afraid of all bugs...Even flies, moths, catepillars, etc send me running and screaming and killing them doesn't help unless someone else does it because I'm afraid all the bugs I kill are coming back to get me.  ick  There's a long story behind thatline of thought I won't explain now.

I'm horribly claustrophobic but I don't think that's weird.

 

Dance like no one is watching. Love like you've never been hurt.

Afton 's picture

Oh

Birds are so gross, that is another thing that I don't like. They smell and they have hollow bones or something like that. I am always afraid that if I grab one it will A. bite me, and B. I will end up crunching it up in my hand because they are small and light weight.

Gah, I hate birds.

runner-girl's picture

I am freaked out by birds!

I am freaked out by birds! Whenever I am running around this time of year they are nuts and get all territorial and fly at the back of my head. How do you protect yourself from a bird!? I usually end up sprinting away from them and then not running by that area for a looong time.
Anonymous's picture

Elevators

I used to be totally fine with them but when I was 17 I was in an elevator and it seemed like it was going down further than it was supposed so I started laughing and hyperventilating at the same time while lifting my self off the floor on the side of the elevator and ever since...I get nervous in them. Last fall I thoguht I was stuck in a frieght elevator and I started freaking out and almost had a panic attack and my sister started to yell at me bc I was freaking her out which only freaked me out even more but it was funny after we got out of the elevator ha.