I'm a germmophobe.Didn't used to be,but it evolved. I carry germ x in my bag,use it after every public place I go. I also don't like to shake hands.I am friendly person,its just the germ thing.I dont like being that way but I am.I also have a fear of falling,due to my falling accident 4 years ago.I also dont like big open spaces,but Im not claustrophobic. Lets hear yours!

Arachnaphobia!!!!!! I know spiders eat the nasty bugs, and I won't kill them outside, but in my house . . . they gotta die! Also claustrophobic, I have to be able to see a way out. Can't stand long tunnels.

I hate snakes as far as I am concerned the only good snake is a dead one, it could be due to the fact that I had a dead snake put down the back of my blouse at school.
I also hate ladders I get so far up and freeze but I am ok with stairs and heights. strange very strange.

Spiders! Seeing a big one makes me ill - skin gets clammy and I get nauseous. I have to leave until someone 'disposes' of it. If there's nobody around, I'll spray it with Spider-Ban ... which is usually accompanied by me screaming at the same time!

To a lesser degree - heights (can't seem to get past the 4th rung of any ladder) and being unable to touch the ground when swimming.

Another of mine. I wont read library books any more. Nasty!!! A friend of mine works at the library and you would not believe what gets returned in books!

I work in a library, too. Some days we get books back that smell so bad we have to air them out a few days before we can put them on the shelves. I can see how the thought of library books would freak out a germaphobe, but I also worked in a bank and I really think money is worse. When a shipment of money came in and we had to break it down into bundles our hands would be filthy and stinky when we finished.

Heights. Ugh, evn ladders. Worms and snakes, no fishing for me, unless someone else will bait my hook, lol, and driving somewhere I am unfamilar with. I have lived near Janesville all my life, and can drive there, but I cant drive on the interstate....am affraid to go to far on a map. Its really a bad phobia, because it really limits what I can do!

I don't know what the name is for it, but when I go out to eat, I have to sit on a specific side or I start hyperventilating. Only a couple of my friends know about this and I can't seem to break it. Some days are better than others. :)

Money is by far the dirtiest thing you can touch :-( I work for a Credit Union and the statistics of the dollar bill are scary (most are rolled and used for illicit purposes) and then you have the people who come in and take it out of their socks or their bras or their mouth...ick!!
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April

Library books.... I cant imagine what could be returned in them, but I did read they can carry bed bugs. Ick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meat--I cannot touch raw meat (such as to make meatballs or hamburgers or to bread chicken, etc.) I'm very frugal when it comes to groceries but I buy all meat from OmahaSteaks because it comes sealed and you just peel it open and drop it on grill or in pan. Kind of weird since I've been a nurse for 40 yrs---you can imagine the other "stuff" I've touched. But not meat!!

Snakes, roaches, and loud noisy places, although I did go to a Texasrollergirls bout on Sunday evening that was loud, loud, loud!!!

Don't like snakes but not scared of them. As far as phobias, don't think I have any.

snakes, snakes, snakes

Don't have any

Rats and mice.......

Me, too!! I am terrified of them!!

Yep, this is me. If I even find a spider web in my basement, I have to bleach the entire basement, top to bottom. They really bother me.........

heights I can't even look out our upstairs windows also bridges I about faint when we go over one. The is one we have to cross over the Pax River in Maryland to get to my sons I always throw a coat or blanket over my head it is so high

Afraid of falling. Love heights, views and its georgous. Its the sudden trip down that scares me, or rather the sudden stop at the end!

Count me amongst the arachnaphobes. Spiders just freak me out to no end if they are in the house. Outside is fine as long as I can keep what I consider a safe distance. I am fascinated by spider webs and will watch them outside but inside forget it. Sometimes I can't even look at pictures of them in magazines or the internet without getting the heeby jeebies and having goose bumps and shivers. Lord have mercy on me if one ever gets on me! I will do what I call the "there is a bug on me dance" which looks like a cross between break dancing and an epileptic seizure. I have the shivers for hours after, even when I know it has been killed and disposed of. I don't know how our Aussie friends deal with the monsters they have! While the huntsman is not lethal they are one big nasty looking spider and my one friend in Sydney says spider killer won't phase them, she has to suck it up with her Dyson and they are so big she can hear them thunking around in the canister! Then they have the two of the most venomous spiders around, the red back (similar to our black widow) and the funnel web. Yeegads.

heights for me too. As time passes, it seems to become worse. I don't know what to do for it. Went to a hypnotist a few times, but it didn't work for me. It's become life limiting... as though I'm not free to be me. I have a limited comfort zone where I am comfortable driving. I take the long way around to avoid bridges and overpasses. I cannot imagine how it would be to hop in my car and drive to my daughter's; or to paducah; or to just about anywhere, like my favorite lqs. Ironically, I am able to fly - I do not let my mind Picture the insanity of what I am doing - lol... - I envision that I am on a bus. I wish there were a magic pill... :-(

Falling, used to think it was a fear of heights, but as long as I have something to protect me that is above my knees, I'm fine with even a sharp drop off. And put a camera in my hand and I'll go anywhere!

And roaches ! HATE them. Spiders are next.

Ants! There are lots of things that I don't like but ants terrify me!

Arachnophobia! Just doesn't begin to describe the panice I go through. They are evil!!!! I keep cans of spider killer in every room. My family thinks it is funny but they don't know the unreasoning terror and absolute blind panic I feel when I see one - no matter the size. I have tried to make them understand by comparing it with something that they fear but they just don't get it! Did you know Antartica is the only continent with no native spider species? If I could afford it, I would be there!

There IS a magic pill... :-D Talk to your doctor. Mine is Lorazepam. I only need it when I travel. I'm fine once I get to where I'm going, but for that day before I leave and the day of travel, I'm a mess! I would get knots in my stomach and half to add, oh about a half hour or so to my plans for all the trips to the ladies' room. But then... the magic pill... and I feel normal again. I'm not a pill popper, nor am I a pill pusher!! I actually, don't even like taking vitamins, but this is the only thing that worked for me. Never used to be this way for me, but 9/11 and menopause hit at the same time and really screwed up my system! :shock:
Other than that... fear of heights and dogs I don't know... and oh yeah, earthquakes... I have had nightmares about those...been there... DON'T want to be there again! And fear of losing my loved ones. My Mother passed on her worry genes to me... thanks, Mom :oops:
Gee, reading this over, I sound all messed up! But I'm happy!! LOL :lol: :lol:

rodents of any kind. Also bats ,I no hubby has given me the facts ,they do more good than harm, but I Just hate them.

Stitches!!!!! Just the thought of getting them will put me into a panic. Gotta stop talking about them now.

For me it's heights, bridges, and driving on the freeway. I live in California, and the freeways are crazy here. I am so glad to know I am not alone in finding the backroads everywhere, and in regretting the limitations!

Poisonous snakes. I live on a farm that backs up to a forest that has rattlesnakes. That is why we have big dogs.

Red wasps. When I was about 7 I had long hair and there was a nest on our front porch. I was playing and they got to fighting and fell on top of my head and got tangled up. I ended up stung about 10 times. My sister beat them to death in my hair with her Keds tennis shoe.

Heights. I have inner ear problems and I never know when just looking down can send me into a tailspin.

Water. My Mother made me paranoid. I made myself learn to swim just because I would not let her defeat me.

palmetto bugs and roaches csnt stand them, plus porta jons i have a thing with a clean bathroom

lets see...

snakes, snakes, snakes, reptiles, and closed in places, I gotta see light, at all times.

I used to be a serious fear of flyer, and be seriously scared of hieghts, and amusement park and waterslide rides.

I went on Celexa for anxiety a few years ago, and as long as I stick with it everyday and use the loroapham when I have to I'm good to fly, and do waterpark rides.

I also had a fear of driving big vehicles, but I got my school bus licence at the end of October and I guess my only phobia with that is that I will get into an acciedent! I drive the BIG bus too.

Snakes, spiders, snakes, spiders, snakes, spiders....

I can't force myself to get off a ladder onto the roof. My son said the same thing. I also am scared of looking from high buildings, but can climb a tree on a mountain top!! I will climb any tree to rob an empty blackbird or raven's nest, they steal such pretty sparkling things!! But I can't look down a winding stairway from past the second floor.

Hummmm....I don't have any serious issues, I guess. I work in a hospital, so the germ thing is obviously not a problem for me. We have hand sanitizer all over the place, and I really only use it a couple of times a day. I don't like heights much, and will stand away from windows in a glass elevator and won't go up a big ladder or on a roof. I don't ride amusement park rides that go up or down fast...my stomach doesn't like it! Bugs are not so bad..I'm bigger than them and lots faster, too!! :D I don't like caves...I grew up and live in earthquake land USA, and the idea of being trapped underground terrifies me!! So, maybe that is the 1 thing for me..caves!!

CarrieAnne, my dear, you don't know what you're missing. I travel the country in a motorhome and although it can get a bit cramped at times, even tho for a motorhome it is big, I have seen more beautiful sights and met more fun, warm, loving, funny people than you can imagine. There's a few of the others too, but I tend to get calmer when you get angrier. The United States of America is beautiful, idealic place to live and visit. Get out of your box a bit and you might find your comfort zone expand. My greatest fear is sharp turns, especially at night towing the car behind us.

Parking in underground garages. They make me feel boxed in, like my car will be trapped. If I'm not behind the wheel, it's not nearly as big an issue. If it's an above ground parking garage, I'm fine.

Parking in the boonies at the county fair, where I can't get my bearings, so I'm afraid I won't find my car. (It's a REALLY big county fair! There's always people wandering the parking areas looking for cars!)

Hmm... both car-related issues. When I get a therapist, I'll have to discuss it with her!

spiders,snakes and heights

Anything with more than 6 legs gives me the heebyjeebies. (I used to scream every time I saw a spider until we moved to the country and I was afraid of mucking up my vocal cords.) When someone teases me with spiders (they usually only do that ONCE) I come out swinging. The FIGHT OR FLIGHT instinct kicks in wildly.

Driving over high bridges gives me anxiety attacks as does some situations with crowds. Not sure I would categorize those as phobias though.

I used to be deathly afraid of heights and got sick when I had to fly. I would have to take Zanax to get on a plane! Needless to say I didnt go very often!!! Then my best friend invited me to her home in Arizona for a visit. We went on a road trip to the Grand Canyon and I was totally awed by the majestic beauty of it. All of a sudden I realized I was looking DOWN over the rim and loving the sight! It was amazing. I just kept looking around and down and not getting woozy or anything! I havent had a problem flying or with heights since! I can even do ferris wheels and the Skylon at Niagara Falls!!! I cant explain it but so happy it happened!!