What Terrifies the Ever-Loving BAJEEZUS out of you?

[ninjavanish]

For me it's General Anesthesia.

I have never had to have it. I know thousands upon thousands of people get GA performed successfully for various operations all over the globe every single day. However, no amount of reassurance from people who have had it done to them personally, even people whose opinions and points of view I trust without question, could break this phobia of mine. I know it's a completely irrational fear.

I know that it is perfectly safe. In fact, I have done enough research on the processes, procedures, drugs, etc in hopes of breaking this fear through education on the subject that I could probably almost perform the procedure myself! Yet, to no avail. My phobia remains intact and as strong as ever.

It's not something I even considered as a kid... or even a young adult... but recently (Over the past couple of years), and for no reason that I can explain I simply "developed" said fear.

I've done all manner of crazy things which would probably scare many people in a stupefied puddle of slobbering goo. But for some reason this simple thing makes me feel like I would literally rather have an operation done Civil War battlefield style than to be put to sleep. I wont say that I'm unafraid of excruciating pain, but I dare say I am less afraid of it than Getting put under.

And the fact that I am in the unfortunate circumstance that I will soon have to face this phobia in the very, very near future for the extraction of some dodgy teeth makes my heart beat quicken and my anxiety muscle start doing jumping jacks in my stomach.

So in light of having to face down my own worst fear... I want to know what it is that Scares the FREAKING CRAP out of some of you BOTL's and SOTL's. And if/how you faced it down.

[Chingas]

You'll be fine Brother. Thats a cakewalk once your their.

Biggest Fear. Prison. I here they don't play nice!

[massphatness]

Being stabbed.

Drowning.

[pektel]

Snakes.

[HK3-]

needles

[pektel]

Being stabbed.



Get a permit to conceal and carry. You know what they say about bringing a knife to a gun fight :D

[ninjavanish]

You'll be fine Brother. Thats a cakewalk once your their.

Biggest Fear. Prison. I here they don't play nice!

I have no doubt that I will be fine. It doesn't really ease my mind at all though. Which is what makes the whole thing stupid to me. In my mind I KNOW it'll be fine... it's not even the thoughts of the unknowns/what ifs that give me problems because I can rationalize those away. It's just the actual thing... and I'm sure, as with all phobia's, it's just a psychological block that can only be erased by dealing with it...

Kind of like the people who are afraid of snakes holding snakes and losing their fear of them...

Ok maybe that is a bad example but the point is... I feel like it is one of those things that only goes away once a person has experienced it first hand...

I'm also afraid of Babies. Terrified I will break them. And actually not just babies but the whole process of childbirth FREAKS THE F'N HELL out of me. And I don't even have to do the hard parts.

[pektel]

You know, I've been put under once when I got my wisdom teeth out. I remember them giving me the shots in the IV, I think one was either valium or morphine. They told me to count backwards from 100. I got to 97, then watched the clock on the wall melt, and it felt like I fainted. Next thing, I woke up. Groggy and confused. It felt like I was being born. I had no recollection of ANYTHING (kind of like amnesia), but that all came back after a few minutes. Wasn't bad, actually.

[Brutus2600]

Being stabbed.

It's like you're there the whole time!

If I can get through life without getting stabbed, I win.

:r

[Chingas]

Get over the Baby thing Brother...You just got married! If you are like the 87% or newly weds out there, babies are coming!


I suppose you van psyche yourself up by tricking yourself into thinking you actualy enjoy your fear. Put your game face on and take yourself out of your shoes and into someone elses. Look that **** in the eye and make a game out of it.

Bottom line, picture the absolute worst that can happen and learn to accept it. From that very point, anything better than the worst is easy to deal with.

Two Cents!

[tx_tuff]

Get a permit to conceal and carry. You know what they say about bringing a knife to a gun fight :D

Within 10 feet of you somebody can stab you before you can draw a gun and stop them. I know it sounds like BS but I have seen videos and training to prove it.

[tx_tuff]

Not trying to sound like a bada$$ and not saying a situation never pops up that I may become a little scared while dealing with it, but to be honest I can't think of something that terrifies me. And hopefully things will stay that way LOL

[G G]

getting retributed by someone I have massively bombed.:r

[pektel]

Within 10 feet of you somebody can stab you before you can draw a gun and stop them. I know it sounds like BS but I have seen videos and training to prove it.

Only if I stand still too. But you can be sure I will be dodging the attack whilst drawing my weapon.

[Chingas]

getting retributed by someone I have massively bombed.:r

And you should be.........:D

[G G]

And you should be.........:D
:hn

[Chingas]

Not trying to sound like a bada$$ and not saying a situation never pops up that I may become a little scared while dealing with it, but to be honest I can't think of something that terrifies me. And hopefully things will stay that way LOL

Not even being a Victimike in Hostel or Saw?

Cut at the Killies?

Skinned Alive?

Paralized from the Neck Down?

Your Unit stops working?

[MiamiE]

Everyone should be afraid of prison. ;)

[croatan]

Heights. I don't even change light bulbs.

I'm going under GA on Thursday and wasn't worried a bit until I saw this thread. Thanks, Jeremy ;)

[ninjavanish]

Within 10 feet of you somebody can stab you before you can draw a gun and stop them. I know it sounds like BS but I have seen videos and training to prove it.

Who were they fighting? Steven Segal? The young Steven Segal... the one from Under Siege... Because if it was Steven Segal: Lawman getting stabbed and trying to draw the gun... then I could see that... if it was Under Siege Segal doing the stabbing on someone else... I could see that too... Either way I think if Steven Segal was in the video/training it's probably skewed.

Something else that TERRIFIES me is Botfly Maggots. I don't spend much time in the tropics/areas where these insects are prevalent... but holy crap... if you want to see something that will make your Oh-****-ometer peg out... google image botfly maggots.

[massphatness]

OK - that wasn't something I should not have done right before eating tuna.

[pektel]

thanks for that, Jeremy. I could've lived a happy and full life without ever seeing botfly maggots... that's some scary sh*t!

[E.J.]

Being part of the food chain.... I am failry uncomfortable swimming in the ocean and hiking in bear country. I do them both, but I don't feel great about it...

[tx_tuff]

Who were they fighting? Steven Segal? The young Steven Segal... the one from Under Siege... Because if it was Steven Segal: Lawman getting stabbed and trying to draw the gun... then I could see that... if it was Under Siege Segal doing the stabbing on someone else... I could see that too... Either way I think if Steven Segal was in the video/training it's probably skewed.

It wasn't Steven Segal LOL. Another thing and you can try this at home (make sure gun are unloaded!!!!). You can be pointing a gun at somebody and they can draw and shoot before you get a shot off.

[Chingas]

Thank Jeremy. Those things are awesome!

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd23/XXchingasxx/Cigars/565322e7.jpg

[pektel]

I'm not so scared of wild animals. Except timberwolves. Some nights when I get home, the long walk from the garage to the house in near pitch black is a little nerve-racking. But I live out in the country.

Once I walked out to my car with the girlfriend and kid. I was parked in front of my garage, with the garage door wide open. We are almost to the car, and she says "Pete, look at the kitty!" It was a cat alright. A rather large bobcat was in my garage, batting at his reflection in a mirror, about 10 feet from us, but we startled him. I stood between the cat and my girlfriend/kid until they were in the car, then I carefully got in the car. I was mostly scared of what a cornered animal would do.

[pektel]

It wasn't Steven Segal LOL. Another thing and you can try this at home (make sure gun are unloaded!!!!). You can be pointing a gun at somebody and they can draw and shoot before you get a shot off.

As long as that person can draw, aim, and fire within 3/4 second. Remember, the target will not be stationary after that reaction time.

[GolfNut]

Spiders. Started as a kid after watching "Curse of the black widow", then my Grandmother would squish Black Widows with her palm (one tough Grandma) which really freaked me out. as a young adult I did crawl-under insulation for PG&E ZIP program in Chico, CA. We'd have to use folding shovels to dig trenches under floor joists, lay on our back and pull ourselves up to each section of floor to insulate. One time, I reached up, pulled myself to the next section and was nose to nose with a huge black widow. I pretty much freaked as I was somewhat trapped with the floor joist against my chest. My work partner was a little guy and he scrambled to me and drug me out by the leg. I quit that job that day.

Always been terrified of the bastards after that. Was bitten by a brown recluse some years later and had a horrible wound from that.

Me and spiders don't get along.

[replicant_argent]

Decaf Coffee.

Wait... that isn't a "fear."

I will get back to you after I finish the contemplation of hosting my Waffle Thread.

[LasciviousXXX]

Get a permit to conceal and carry. You know what they say about bringing a knife to a gun fight :D

Move to AZ. No permit necessary :tu

[SvilleKid]

For me it's General Anesthesia.

I have never had to have it. I know thousands upon thousands of people get GA performed successfully for various operations all over the globe every single day. However, no amount of reassurance from people who have had it done to them personally, even people whose opinions and points of view I trust without question, could break this phobia of mine. I know it's a completely irrational fear.

I know that it is perfectly safe. In fact, I have done enough research on the processes, procedures, drugs, etc in hopes of breaking this fear through education on the subject that I could probably almost perform the procedure myself! Yet, to no avail. My phobia remains intact and as strong as ever.

It's not something I even considered as a kid... or even a young adult... but recently (Over the past couple of years), and for no reason that I can explain I simply "developed" said fear.

I've done all manner of crazy things which would probably scare many people in a stupefied puddle of slobbering goo. But for some reason this simple thing makes me feel like I would literally rather have an operation done Civil War battlefield style than to be put to sleep. I wont say that I'm unafraid of excruciating pain, but I dare say I am less afraid of it than Getting put under.

And the fact that I am in the unfortunate circumstance that I will soon have to face this phobia in the very, very near future for the extraction of some dodgy teeth makes my heart beat quicken and my anxiety muscle start doing jumping jacks in my stomach.

So in light of having to face down my own worst fear... I want to know what it is that Scares the FREAKING CRAP out of some of you BOTL's and SOTL's. And if/how you faced it down.

I'm sorry, son. I fear I may be the source of that fear. Maybe your having to deal with me going under for knee surgeries, and knowing that afterwards, I always puke my toenails up, may have something to do with it! I've never feared the GA, just the after-effects. But, then again, you also know that above ALL, I'm phobic about throwing up! Not much that really bothers me in life, but Throwing up is at the top of the list. LAst knee surgery, they gave me a double dose of the medicine that prevents nausea from the GA. Didn't help! Because of that, when I had my tooth extracted earlier this year, I refused the GA, and went with the local shots. Had to listen to the sound of the extraction, but didn't feel a thing, and avoided the GA. Don't know if they do wisdom tooth extractions without GA! Make sure the GA guy/gal knows about your sometimes rapid heartbeat.

[SvilleKid]

I'm also afraid of Babies. Terrified I will break them. And actually not just babies but the whole process of childbirth FREAKS THE F'N HELL out of me. And I don't even have to do the hard parts.

WTH!!! What's this talk of BABIES!!! You just got married!! I'm telling you mom! That'll fix you, scaring me like that!!!

[68TriShield]

I have had teeth pulled over the years and never once was GA ever suggested.

[massphatness]

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd23/XXchingasxx/Cigars/565322e7.jpg

Zombie boob? :D

[cricky101]

Spiders. ....

Me and spiders don't get along.

:tpd: That's at the top of my list. Even the picture of the spider on the can of spider killer under my sink freaks me the heck out.

I don't know why they scare me so much. I must have repressed my traumatizing childhood experience. :sh

[SvilleKid]

:tpd: That's at the top of my list. Even the picture of the spider on the can of spider killer under my sink freaks me the heck out.

I don't know why they scare me so much. I must have repressed my traumatizing childhood experience. :sh

My older sister is sooooo afraid of spiders, I can draw a dot, put 8 legs on it, and she freaks. Buys spider killer spray, and puts tape over the picture of the spider!

I routinely kill brown recluses with my hand. They're flimsy, kill easy. I don't do that with Black Widows though. I use a stick or whatever is handy. Never been scared for spiders or snakes. While it will make many people cringe, I've often considered having a tarantula as a pet, and letting it run free in the house. However, my wife would shoot me, right after she shot the spider!

[ninjavanish]

I'm sorry, son. I fear I may be the source of that fear. Maybe your having to deal with me going under for knee surgeries, and knowing that afterwards, I always puke my toenails up, may have something to do with it! I've never feared the GA, just the after-effects. But, then again, you also know that above ALL, I'm phobic about throwing up! Not much that really bothers me in life, but Throwing up is at the top of the list. LAst knee surgery, they gave me a double dose of the medicine that prevents nausea from the GA. Didn't help! Because of that, when I had my tooth extracted earlier this year, I refused the GA, and went with the local shots. Had to listen to the sound of the extraction, but didn't feel a thing, and avoided the GA. Don't know if they do wisdom tooth extractions without GA! Make sure the GA guy/gal knows about your sometimes rapid heartbeat.

Nah,

Throwing up doesn't scare me, or even really play into the phobia itself. It really started out as something that I was mildly afraid of and I just kind of got interested in it and thought that if I learned about it then I would see that it is as safe as putting on a bandaid.

But the more I read... the more terrified I became...

It really didn't help any that the first book on Anesthesiology I read was almost begun with these words... almost verbatim:

Though Scientists have yet to fully understand HOW General Anesthesia affects the brain... they have nearly perfected the actual manipulation of the drugs and procedures."

I'm sorry... but I don't care how many doctorates you have... Telling me that you're going to inject me with something that you don't know how it works? I think I'll pass... I dont care if you know exactly how much to use. Do some more research on it and get back to me.

That's kind of like saying... we don't know how this saw that we are going to use to cut open your cranium works... but we know that it does work. And that we are really good at it.

Pardon me for being skeptical but I'm not so convinced... mmmmkay?

And on top of it... I don't like the ieda of relinquishing control of myself to someone I've barely met... If my anesthesiologist was a life long friend whom I trusted with my very life... I probably would have no qualms about it. But what if this guy/girl's wife/husband just got caught sleeping around and the dude's head isn't in the game... I don't want to be a victim if said infidelity. Maybe I'm just not the type of person is trusting of strangers... even strangers with licenses and degrees that say they know what they're doing... but in any case. If I wake up with a leg missing or something like that I swear they better hope they cripple me freakin good otherwise I will literally bite their legs off... assuming they actually fix my tooth.

[Mugen910]

floating out in the open ocean....There is honestly very few things in the world I'm actually scared of except for THAT. I can swim and have done some type of underwater maneuvers where I had to fight my way out but not knowing what's coming up from underneath and just floating... *shivers*

[T.G]

Mean Darrell.

And Gurkha cigars.

[kelmac07]

Cockroaches!!! I can do spiders, snakes, bugs, bats...but I hate me some cockroaches!!

[shilala]

I tried like heck to think of a fear, couldn't come up with one. I used to be scared to death of needles, but for the last couples years a week hasn't gone by that I don't get a blood draw or a shot. I just simply got used to it.
Maybe "getting in a car wreck"? I was in a really bad wreck 7 or 8 years ago and it haunted me for a long, long time. It still comes to me when I'm sleeping, from time to time.
Aside from that, I'm still scared to death of my ex-wife.

[GolfNut]

I tried like heck to think of a fear, couldn't come up with one. I used to be scared to death of needles, but for the last couples years a week hasn't gone by that I don't get a blood draw or a shot. I just simply got used to it.
Maybe "getting in a car wreck"? I was in a really bad wreck 7 or 8 years ago and it haunted me for a long, long time. It still comes to me when I'm sleeping, from time to time.
Aside from that, I'm still scared to death of my ex-wife.

Maybe running completely out of cigars?

[Wanger]

Snakes.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/291588155_23607f3b21_b.jpg

:p

This is my Dumeril's boa.

[DocLogic77]

My wife.








kidding honey...please don't hit me.

:)

[shilala]

Maybe running completely out of cigars?
Not gonna happen. We can cross that off the list. :D

[pektel]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/291588155_23607f3b21_b.jpg

:p

This is my Dumeril's boa.

prick. lol. Even pictures creep me out. Remind me never to herf at your place :r

[Mugen910]

My wife.








kidding honey...please don't hit me. AGAIN!

:)

Fixed for ya Doc!

[Skywalker]

Mean Darrell.

And Gurkha cigars.

:r:r:r

For me Werewolves

and

Creepy Dave!

[icehog3]

Being stranded in the ocean. Never been on a cruise. Hated flying over the ocean to Ireland. Won't go out on a saltwater fishing boat to the point where you can't see land in any direction. I swim in the ocean, but afterwards I think I am dumb.

[cricky101]

My older sister is sooooo afraid of spiders, I can draw a dot, put 8 legs on it, and she freaks. Buys spider killer spray, and puts tape over the picture of the spider!



Tape, huh. Brilliant!! Thank your sister for me. :D

[replicant_argent]

KRYPTONITE.



There ya go, Tom, fixed that for ya.
:tf

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

heights

[icehog3]

There ya go, Tom, fixed that for ya.
:tf

You crack me up, Brother. :)

[ninjavanish]

Thought of another thing...

Those slug things that they put in the guy's helmets in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan.


Those F****** things can go to hell. I would chew my own lips off in hopes that I would bleed to death before they got in my brain.

[Smokin Gator]

I can only think of two things I am scared of... my wife and God!! I used to be scared of being in a situation where I was out gunned. Now I carry large so I ain't scared of that anymore!!

[Silound]

Needles (syringes and similar) and eye drops destroy me.

I can't get a shot or get blood drawn without going into a mild state of shock or a panic attack. I don't know why, but needles bother me so bad I can't handle it. Even if I look away.

It did get me a date once...poor nurse was scared she had killed me with a shot, she was freaking out. That was the last time I forgot to mention my phobia before getting stuck. :)

[smelvis]

I have no doubt that I will be fine. It doesn't really ease my mind at all though. Which is what makes the whole thing stupid to me.

It is not stupid and is a real fear I have the same one my last operation I had to have a spinal, That and my lungs made it not safe to go under!

I also have to take Valium to enter a hospital and to my monthly doctors appointment, I also have panic attack try feeling like your having a heart attact but knowing it is in your mind, it still feels like it. the mind is funny.

I am now having chronic back, neck and hip pain an go thru 180 10mg hydrophones a month.

I understand and relate brother you are not alone!!! You ever want to chat just pm for my phone number, I also fear not being able to work which is very close to becoming real.

Good Luck!!

[DocLogic77]

Fixed for ya Doc!

You know my secret shame. :o



;)

[longknocker]

Snakes.

:tpd:

[Bill86]

Heights higher than 20 feet. After that, it's not the height I'm afraid of ...it's the falling down part.

Never had a problem with needles...spiders, the usual.

Aside from heights, I fear only the following.
1. Kids, I NEVER want any.
2. Marriage, I hope never to be tricked into this.

That's it.

[Patrick B]

Heights, but only the unsafe kind. Flying doesn't bother me a bit, but getting on a one story roof is out of the question.

And marriage as well. I've made it 35 years without it, here's hoping for another 50!

[cricky101]

... Flying doesn't bother me a bit, but getting on a one story roof is out of the question.



I discovered that same thing a week or so ago when I was up on my roof attempting to blow out my gutters with a leaf blower. I'd never been on a roof before. It wasn't the height so much as the getting back on the ladder part. It was a chilly morning spent up on the roof psyching myself up to get on the ladder to get down :D

[area51]

Life and failure.

[elderboy02]

Running out of ketchup

[Chingas]

Running out of ketchup

I've lived thru this Dan. It's ugly. Wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy!

[SvilleKid]

I discovered that same thing a week or so ago when I was up on my roof attempting to blow out my gutters with a leaf blower. I'd never been on a roof before. It wasn't the height so much as the getting back on the ladder part. It was a chilly morning spent up on the roof psyching myself up to get on the ladder to get down :D

Airplane height doesn't bother me, I find the view fascinating! most building heights don't seem to bother me, and I can stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon or the Green River Overlook all day. However, when I was a teenager, and immortal, I once climbed to near the top of a huge, abandoned Coal-mining dragline boom. Was doing great, until a wind came along, and I happened to look down! I didn't freeze, but I went into super-SloMo on the climb down. Last time I attempted anything like that!! Something about being that high, all alone, and no safety gear! However, I can climb a 50 foot tower and rappel down all day long. Still, I cant imagine ever climbing a drag-line boom again (my fat arse aside!)

[Wanger]

prick. lol. Even pictures creep me out. Remind me never to herf at your place :r

How about this one? It's my GTP. :p


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4239403352_173c3813c1_b.jpg

[Wanger]

But what scares me is that this guy is still the head coach of the MN Vikings:

http://soundboard.com/memberphoto/683528297683614.jpg

[shilala]

But what scares me is that this guy is still the head coach of the MN Vikings:

http://soundboard.com/memberphoto/683528297683614.jpg
I didn't used to be all that scared of clowns. :r

[GolfNut]

How about this one? It's my GTP. :p


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4239403352_173c3813c1_b.jpg

Wow, beautiful! :tu

[Volt]

A real man admits his fears. That's what I'm asking you to do here tonight. Who wants to go first?

I'm afraid of spiders, Coach.

I love that movie :) Not a great one but a lot of laughs

[Bill86]

How about this one? It's my GTP. :p


http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4239403352_173c3813c1_b.jpg

O_o Maybe that would make a great pet.....I wanted a Caracal someday or some exotic cat.

[doctorcue]

Moray eels!

http://www.underwatertimes.com/news2/moray_eel_big.jpg

The exhibit at Sea World San Diego freaked me out!!

[rizzle]

Knives.

[Chingas]

A real man admits his fears. That's what I'm asking you to do here tonight. Who wants to go first?

I'm afraid of spiders, Coach.

I love that movie :) Not a great one but a lot of laughs

I'm still alive!
The dance scene in the prison was classic!



AIDS. that's gotta be pretty scary

Going Blind

Going deaf

Loosing sence of taste and smell, that would scare the shot out of any cigar lover.

[e-man67]

Running out of ketchup


:r:r:r No food is safe! :r:r:

[icehog3]

Being at a herf where elderboy Dan runs out of ketchup. :eek:

[Ironfreak]

Aliens.. :tf

[awsmith4]

Spiders...I was bit by a Brown Recluse 10yrs ago and since then they freak me out. I had started to get over it and would even willingly get into crawl spaces but then last week I found two Black Widows under a cooler in my crawl space. That wire is not gonna get run for a while....


My other biggest fear now that I'm a parent is my kids getting hurt. I know every parent worries but sometimes I think I have lost my mind with the crazy **** I can imagine while I'm watching them.

[RevSmoke]

I discovered that same thing a week or so ago when I was up on my roof attempting to blow out my gutters with a leaf blower. I'd never been on a roof before. It wasn't the height so much as the getting back on the ladder part. It was a chilly morning spent up on the roof psyching myself up to get on the ladder to get down :D

Been there done that.

[elderboy02]

Being at a herf where elderboy Dan runs out of ketchup. :eek:

That would not be a good thing :su

[ninjavanish]

Found out yesterday that since the two wisdom teeth in question came in fully and sit up nice and high like normal teeth... there will be no need to Put me under. He said it would literally take longer to give me a local and wait for it to start working than it would to actually remove the teeth...

Being as such, he did warn me about something that scared the bajeezus out of me again...

He said that sometimes when they pull a wisdom tooth on the top side... it opens up a hole into your sinuses... which can lead to infection... which... scares the crap out of me... my sinuses already have enough holes.

And then he told me that sometimes pulling one from the bottom can leave part of your lip and tongue permanently paralyzed... both of which I use on a daily basis and would prefer them to stay in good working order...

Dentistry is a barbaric practice... but necessary I suppose.

[Chingas]

I think it's time for a new Dentist. This guy sounds shady!

[McSmokey]

My other biggest fear now that I'm a parent is my kids getting hurt. I know every parent worries but sometimes I think I have lost my mind with the crazy **** I can imagine while I'm watching them.

That right there is my one real fear... my friends used to think I was suicidal with the stupid crap I'd do, but now I'm exactly like this Albert it's like the imagination is stuck in overdrive on what is the worst possible thing that could happen.

[CigarNut]

My biggest fear is being separated from my family during a disaster and not being able to get in touch/together with them (no cell phone service, etc.).

[Mugen910]

Moray eels!

http://www.underwatertimes.com/news2/moray_eel_big.jpg

The exhibit at Sea World San Diego freaked me out!!

I saw some type of water snake when I was snorkeling out in Okinawa back in 99...scared the crap outta me!!! The strangest thing is even though I am afraid of stuff coming from under the water to grab me I'd still go out 1-2 miles in the ocean and snorkel with buddies.

[marge796]

Clowns, all of them, they scare the hell out of me to this day!


:eek:


Chris.....

[ChicagoWhiteSox]

Clowns, all of them, they scare the hell out of me to this day!


:eek:


Chris.....

http://media.ebaumsworld.com/picture/stainofmind/61nP-dDSKTL._AA280_.jpg

[GKitty]

He said that sometimes when they pull a wisdom tooth on the top side... it opens up a hole into your sinuses... which can lead to infection... which... scares the crap out of me... my sinuses already have enough holes.

And then he told me that sometimes pulling one from the bottom can leave part of your lip and tongue permanently paralyzed... both of which I use on a daily basis and would prefer them to stay in good working order...

Dentistry is a barbaric practice... but necessary I suppose.

When I had my wisdom teeth pulled, I got the same schpiel. I too was concerned because my teeth have a bad habit of having curved and/or twisted roots. After the teeth were pulled and everything was fine, I admitted to the dentist I'd been concerned about that aspect. My oral surgeon told me that it's rare that those things happen, but they tell everyone about it as a precaution against lawsuits. Kinda like those pharmacuetical ads where the listed "possible side effects" include death. It's unlikely that it'll happen, but if they've warned you against it and it does they're in the clear.

Personally, I'm not big on dark water. Used to swim at a lake at my grandparents' that is populated by gators. I learned to snorkle in the Gulf of Mexico, less than 3 miles from the pier where we used to watch fishemen pull in sharks. It trained a hypervigilence into me that sometimes blossoms into paranoia. I love the water, so I try to keep it in check, but sometimes I just have to get my feet back on dry land and calm myself down.

[shilala]

I saw some type of water snake when I was snorkeling out in Okinawa back in 99...scared the crap outta me!!! The strangest thing is even though I am afraid of stuff coming from under the water to grab me I'd still go out 1-2 miles in the ocean and snorkel with buddies.
That made me think of one...
When I'm diving in stirred up water and I get intent on staring at something on the bottom, then look up and see a giant "whatever it is" swimming ten feet away and I can't make it out.
It sends a shiver right up my spine. It's fun. :)

[Stevez]

I discovered that same thing a week or so ago when I was up on my roof attempting to blow out my gutters with a leaf blower. I'd never been on a roof before. It wasn't the height so much as the getting back on the ladder part. It was a chilly morning spent up on the roof psyching myself up to get on the ladder to get down :D

Yes, I am extremely afraid of heights too and got stuck on my roof once. It was worse because there were snakes up there and they are my second greatest fear. Horibble day.

[Martel]

I'm not sure I would call it a "fear" because that implies some level of rationality, but... I'm a claustrophobe, especially with large crowds. It's not like being afraid of something that can legitimately hurt you, like poisonous snakes or falling off your roof. Intellectually, I know that I can't be injured by being in a small, enclosed space. But if I'm in one, I panic; crowded elevators are the worst! It bothers me that I have this visceral reaction to something harmless. It seems to have gotten worse with age.

Cheers,
G

[MajorCaptSilly]

I'm extremely claustrophobic but what scares me the most is the thought of having to carry on a conversation with any of my wife's sisters and most of her brothers. It is a mind numbing, IQ lowering experience that requires hours of intellectual stimulation to bring me out of my coma.

MCS

[gvarsity]

I have some of the claustrophobia, crowd, and get vertigo at heights but I'm not afraid of these things just uncomfortable at a visceral level.

The only thing that really scares me is something happening to my kids like many have already mentioned. Particularly something involving long term illness or disability. I'm mean anything bad to your kid is bad but having to watch them struggle and suffer for a long time plus having to find a way to step up everyday to support them pretty much scares the Ever-Loving BAJEEZUS out of me. Fortunately I don't think about it much and am not of a temperament to do so unlike my wife who worries about all kinds of random ****.

Good luck with all the dentistry. It amazes me how much surgery of any kind reminds me of advanced carpentry.

[BigFrank]

Big time scares for are...

Anything involving the Dentist. I usually have to get the little blue pill before I go to just get a basic cleaning. I really hate bodies of water too, ocean, lakes, ponds whatever. Only things that I can really say bother me, because I get real bad anxiety. Nothing else does it for me.