Phobias other than guns?

[Spartan]

the thought of getting cut is way more distressing than the shot of being shot.... it just seems so medieval to hacked up, so barbaric.... while being shot seems a little quicker ....... although the IED seems extremely terrifying...... god know what .... nails, screws , silverware blasting away at you.... ughh

God bless our troops

[Thunder71]

I have a phobia of being afraid.

Number 15 on the 'MentalFloss.com' list is:

15. POLITICOPHOBIA

The fear or abnormal dislike of politicians. A truly bipartisan concern.

[BRL]

The sight, or thought, or other peoples blood.

Getting ready to pass out right now. Damn you for dredging that up.

[Uffdaphil]

CAUTION: Do NOT read if you have medical phobia.

I had the surgeon set up a mirror so I could watch my own surgery. He cut the lower gumline, skinned to the bottom of my chin and had weights clamped to the lip to hold it out of the way 3" under the jaw. Then chiseled a 1", green absess out of the bone. Fascinating stuff. And I like to watch major surgery on tv. But an initial incision when the scalpel is drawn across smooth skin puts me in pass out mode. Go figure.

[ZardozCZ]

Find a hypnotherapist that does regression to find the root of the fear. You can better understand and move on from the cause then.

[bensdad]

Find a hypnotherapist that does regression to find the root of the fear. You can better understand and move on from the cause then.

Don't need hypno-anything. I remember it well. Got my fingertip bit right down to yellow fat by a pet rat when I was a child. Little mother-puss-bucket held on while I flailed. I had a bit of fear after that happened, then I watched a male girbil devour a batch of babies (my dad had a few cages of them in the house that he used for behavioral studies). Not sure about the time-line, but in my head these events were close together. Now I just assume that any rodent I see is trying to kill me. I'm 47, and it's never gotten better.

[Rodentman]

Please! I understand your hatred of rodents. I have a few family members I can do without. But I PROMISE I will never, ever try to kill you, or bite you, or attack you in any manner.

[shooter115]

Until I was in my mid 20's I had no problem with snakes. I'd catch them and play with them no problem. Then I started having weird snake encounters and now am at the point that they just all need to die. I'm not like run away scared, it's more of a commit whatever act of violence necessary to kill every snake that I can chase down, deep seated hatred.

First was at a car show where a buddy of mines little brat managed to sneak one into my coat pocket. I don't know how long it was in there, but when I put my hand in my pocket I squealed like a little girl and flung it about 80 mph right into a dudes AMX. Neither of us were happy.

Next was a late night encounter. Woke up in the middle of the night and went to take a leak. After wrapping that up I looked in the mirror, still half asleep of course. And right behind my head is a great big bastard coiled up between the door and door jamb on the hinge side with about a third of it's body length stickin out towards me doing some weird head bob back and forth deal. I took out of there like I was lit on fire, I ran to my gun room grabbed a Ka-bar ran back to the bathroom and staked that sucker right to the door jamb and left it till morning. That's the first and only time I ever had a snake get in that house, but it was also the last time my girlfriend stayed in that house. The scream when she saw that snake hanging from the door jamb will never be forgotten.

Oh this one was a real gas. So I was working road construction in Nebraska. Nature came a callin' and I had no choice but to go drop trou' out in a cornfield. While I'm doing the deed, crouched down, vulnerable and exposed, a goddam Bull snake about 5' long decides to sliver right between my feet. I didn't know what kind of snake it was, so I just froze. That is the last time I will poop anywhere, but an actual restroom unless it's a life or death situation. Thank good he wasn't hungry.

Then there was the time I got tangled up with one while swimming. Eff that!! Given the choice I would rather swim in a shark tank with a half dozen t-bones tied around my neck than re-live that fricken episode.

Oh yeah and the time I was helping a buddy rework and enlarge his fire pit. Moved a big rock off a snake nest right after they had just had a litter or whatever the hell they have, but about 100 of those bastards went slithering in every direction. It was probably the creepiest thing I've ever seen.

Last but not least happened right after we bought our new house in 2012. Was walking around our 3.5 acre lot and without seeing it, stepped right on a big Mofo and wrapped around my calf like a damn bullwhip and I couldn't shake him loose. I was kicking my leg so furiously that if I would have been surrounded by Chuck Norris, Jet Li and VanDamme, they wouldn't have stood a chance. I never mentioned that one to anybody till now. If my wife would have witnessed it either we would have had to sell the house or she would have just never would have left it again.

That is the short version of why I kill, murder, destroy, annihilate, slay and massacre any snake that enter's my property.

[Ranger01]

So here are mine...
1. Spiders, I hate them with a burning passion... I can pretty much let them alone now, but if they come near me they are dead.
2. Deep dark water (think the ocean), ever since seeing the documentary on the Titanic at the Sci. Museum as a kid... which leads to
3. Rusty shipwrecks (see #2) seriously, even pictures scare the crap out of me (but yet I look at them a lot...)
4. Wigs (talk about irrational and embarrassing fears...) No clue, I just cannot stand them...
5. Breaking bones/ sprains, ever since breaking my left humorous bone as a kid (went down a slide head first, stuck my arms out, my left arm folded over on itsself).

and finally, do NOT look this one up, seriously, it's disgusting beyond belief...

6. Sounding... I had a friend who thought he was funny, pulled a "hey dude look at this ****", showed me a picture on his phone... Click this link for funny GIF that perfectly expresses my reaction: http://i.imgur.com/MHuW96t.gif

[Ironbear]

Knew one young lady back in my dating days, shot guns, used knives, no real problems with snakes or mice, but...... don't even mention CLOWNS!!!!

[bocag18]

I have sat for many hours of tattooing with no issue, but I have fear of the dentist. I also have a rather strong aversion to stinging insects.

The solution to wasps is easy, just let them land on you, hold them at the top of the thorax between your thumb and fore finger so they can't sting, then behead them with your thumbnail. As for their nests... Well paper IS flammable >:D

Ah the joys of summers as a kid.


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[LePetomane]

I have sat for many hours of tattooing with no issue, but I have fear of the dentist. I also have a rather strong aversion to stinging insects.

This is something I just don't understand. My sister is an vascular access nurse. All she does is start IV's. She tells me that the biggest chickens are the ones with the most tattoos. I find it odd that they fear clean needles more than dirty ones.

[Tronster]

So I started this about a fear of knives, probably as mentioned that I've experienced many cuts from blades and razors, but I've never been shot or seen someone shot so I'm comfortable around guns.
I think it stems from the gashtly sight of flesh torn open and exposed, whereas gunshots make small holes going in and do all the damage inside.
But since we are spilling other phobias:

Centipedes. Waaay too many legs all moving in syncronous waves! Just a picture gives me the creeps. Esspecialy those large hairy spot covered ones in basements that are like 3" long and move faster than I can leave the room. I return very cautiously and slowly with a handfull of paper towels to search and destroy it, because I cannot live under the same roof as those things.

Germs. I'm not a total germaphobe, but I tend to overcook my food. Don't like to shake hands. Use way too many chlorox wipes to clean a toilet. If my wife has a cold I avoid her as if she has leprosy.

[crbutler]

I hate snakes.

Unrestricted warfare type hatred of snakes.

Don't matter if its a little garter snake or a Black Mamba. It dies if I can cause it.

[Ron Burgundy]

Shooter115, I can't stop thinking about that damn midnight bathroom snake. It's been freaking me out all night