Fears and Phobias

ivan_2068 wrote: Planes, the more I travel, the greater my panic is. Due to my job I had to fly almost 50 times a year from 1997 to 2003, almost all the staff of the local airlines (First two and then only one survived) knew me, and when I entered to the plane, my double scotch was always ready. I never shouted or bothered anybody, I just stay still and press imaginary brakes when there's turbulence. Once we had an emergency landing, after loosing the pressure (The oxygene masks didn't worked well as in any normal Peruvian airline), throwing the gasoline to the ocean, surrounded the city 10 times, I was almost with 160 heart beats per minute, and to make it worst, the tire exploded when landing. Now I rather drive ten hours than taking a plane except when urgent or long trips. Iván

Yep -- me too. Take-off & landing freaks me out.

I have a fear of waking up in a laboratory somewhere, opening my eyes and seeing a scientists doing something with a sheep's brain and when I open my mouth to say something starting to bleat...

I can't decide whether this is a rational fear (it's a pretty unpleasant scenario) or an irrational fear (it's not very likely; in fact it's only happened to me a couple of times in my life).

reminding me of slugs.. I've played metal slug yesterday!

uuhm.. I really have an radio phobia, along with that sports on TV. Why? the sound really makes me freak out. With the tour de france for example, there's always an constant little beep along with the comments, or you hear just an bit if hellicopter.. ARGH!!! Radio really kills me with the frequences, a little bit wrong and your sound is f**ked (when it wasn't f**ked in the first place).. you can't hear what you want to!!

I really have an modern art phobia, well I should say CONCEPTUAL art. I just lndaksfnnghlainfgiuanp;uhnbakf;gbj when they're talking bullcrap to make something ugly worth something. I always wanted to paint something (it's comming soon!!) with a woman on it reading a book. I'll let her read a book for you! Because art isn't about talking, it's feeling it's speaking for itself!

I'm really afraid for gothics! not the I'm a fairytale gothic.. BUT THE TRUE 80ies gothics!!! aaaaah!!!

Oh and I have a mozzerela phobia!

Jim Garten wrote: 2 - Enclosed spaces Not claustrophobia as such, but how people can go pot-holing, or even worse, cave diving...

Yeah,forgot about that one.What do you reckon to those ubiquitous scenes in Action Movies where the hero and his fellow escapees have to swim along an underwater tunnel eventually to pop out in a pool somewhere inside a mountain? I am a great swimmer and can swim a length underwater,but always get a bit soft just swimming under the lane dividers,into the next swimming lane!

Slightly claustrophobic but nothing to do with elevators!

Elevator music on the other hand can be phobic!

Needles! I will never be a junkie.

\Spiders are no problem as long as they stay on the ceiling. The rest is mine! After all , I pay the rent!

Planes, the more I travel, the greater my panic is.

Due to my job I had to fly almost 50 times a year from 1997 to 2003, almost all the staff of the local airlines (First two and then only one survived) knew me, and when I entered to the plane, my double scotch was always ready.

I never shouted or bothered anybody, I just stay still and press imaginary brakes when there's turbulence.

Once we had an emergency landing, after loosing the pressure (The oxygene masks didn't worked well as in any normal Peruvian airline), throwing the gasoline to the ocean, surrounded the city 10 times, I was almost with 160 heart beats per minute, and to make it worst, the tire exploded when landing.

Now I rather drive ten hours than taking a plane except when urgent or long trips.

Iván