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  • #16
    Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
    I have a minor phobia of stinging insects, particularly bees, wasps and hornets. It's not so bad that I'm paralyzed with fear, but I am very uncomfortable when they're around.
    Apiphobia.

    That's understandable.

    I know a person who is terrified of caterpillars.
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    • #17
      I mean, if someone's got a lighter and a canister of gasoline and is smiling at me, I think running away as fast as I can while screaming my head off is one of the most rational courses of action I could take in order to survive.

      Heights and spiders - not so much.
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      • #18
        You don't think he is going to ask you to come to a bonfire/bbq with him?

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        • #19
          Heights + exposure.

          I can't even go near a cliff with a sheer drop if there isn't something I can use for support. I don't mind heights if I'm up high in a ladder, there is a guardrail, or something solidly attached to the ground to grasp.

          I used to have a fear of stinging ants after I accidentally stepped on an ant mound when I was around 4 years old. I was bit dozens of times by those little bastards. That fear went away after accidentally stepping on a fire ant mound this summer and I found fire ant stings to be no worse than a mosquito bite.
          Last edited by Riesstiu IV; December 8, 2009, 12:37.

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          • #20
            I'll see Riesstiu and will raise with claustrophobia.
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            • #21
              You have a fear of falling into small, dark holes?
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              • #22
                Well, yeah. Actually, I do.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by SlowwHand View Post
                  Well, yeah. Actually, I do.
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                  • #24
                    Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
                    "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
                    He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by KrazyHorse View Post
                      I think it's a question of the degree of aversion. If you get seriously nervous while leaning out over a safe guardrail that's too high to fall over then you have a phobia. Same with my reaction to wasps etc. The amount of damage that I'd sustain even if stung would be pretty low. Certainly not enough to justify how nervous I get.
                      I have the same thing. In order for it not to be a phobia I'd have to be super allergic to getting stung. I have never been stung, so I don't know if it's the case.
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                      • #26
                        A bee sting isn't too bad. I found that it's less painful than a fire ant sting and you only get a slight swelling (assuming you're not allergic). A wasp sting feels like a chemical burn or something, very painful and irritating.

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                        • #27
                          Yes, after getting stung on the nose by a wasp, I don't even notice bee stings anymore.

                          I'm afraid of heights. I even get a little nervous on a step ladder, so changing a lightbulb is always a harrowing adventure for me. I think it's because I was dropped on my head too many times as a child.
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                          • #28
                            I'm heterophobic.
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                            • #29
                              Heights and MrFun
                              Monkey!!!

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                              • #30
                                I'm afraid of heights too. I'm good to about 2 meters, but beyond that I get ****scared.
                                I'm building a wagon! On some other part of the internets, obviously (but not that other site).

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