[_slavo_]

I am scared of people i guess.

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Originally Posted by phoenix

I have a fear of dirtyness but its odd because I also really like being outside in nature.. nature isnt dirty. humans are dirty.

I have a fear of dirtyness and microbes, and I also love nature though.

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i thought of one. an irrational, stupid one. there's probably a medical term for it.

i'm very afraid of speaking with people i don't know or don't know well. i will go out of my way to avoid having a conversation with someone i don't know on the street or at a party/event and i keep my head down and walk quickly. i keep my headphones on when i'm on the subway (unless i'm with someone i DO know in which case i'll be happy to talk with them), i don't talk to cab drivers, etc etc. really, i can't do it.

That's social phobia (or social anxiety). I have it too, that's more a fear of other people's judgments and embarassing situations than simply a "fear of people".

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Originally Posted by ✌➬

This might sound dumb, but I am afraid of the dark, but can only sleep when the lights are out, and any light bugs me.

When I was little I could only sleep with the light on. EDIT: I misread the light part.

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i'm not antisocial at all, but i am extremely introverted and shy around people who i don't know personally.

Ditto.

That's very annoying for me when I fancy a girl, I don't know what to say to her because I'm too afraid of being ridiculous.

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Originally Posted by Cantankerous

that one symptom alone is by no means suggestive of schizophrenia. schizophrenia is an extremely complex mental illness that requires diagnosis by a professional.

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

that would be indicative of childhood trauma.

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

she probably has paranoid schizophrenia. there's other types though. it's a pretty interesting illness.

You speak the truth, you would make a good psychiatrist

[Glice]

Polystyrene. I can't be in the same room as it. A good friend of mine is afraid of vacuum cleaners. My housemate is petrified of bees.

[Everyneurotic]

i used to be terrified of many things when i was a kid, i actually liked being scared of things, i had a friend who was afraid of things with me.

the most ridiculous one is probably dogs, i was terrified of dogs and i never had a bad experience with one (well, a friend in school got bitten by a dog in the face and has a permanent scar from it); now i think they are one of the funniest creatures in the world, hilarious, but i do sometimes get nervous/startled by them.

nothing really irrational, but i get panic attacks with rats. my number one phobia used to be spiders but it has climbed down the charts for me in years, i even would not kill them if i saw them until one fucker bit me in my sleep, that was not cool.

[floatingslowly]

I'm ascared of 'nados. unsecured heights make me uneasy too. Everything else I can deal with. In fact, I just flushed one of the wife's phobias down the toilet.

[flophousefloozie]

I started to cry when a spider landed on my arm the other day.

It's just that I was in a car, and it obviously just flew in somehow.

I can't stand knowing that a spider is near me, but I can't see it.

Had he only announced his arrival, I would have been fine about it.

For this reason, I'm more afraid of tiny spiders than tarantulas. Although we don't get many of those where I live, and I've never encountered one in the wilderness. Might be a different story in that case.

[Lurker]

Originally Posted by ✌➬

Yes, people always say I am rude when I don't speak to them. The most I get from people is that I am weird, for liking different things. But yeah they always say I have anti-social behavior which isn't true, I am just not interested in talking to them.

Fuck! Yours and Cantankerous's conversation really struck a cord. It's so nice to hear that someone else is like this

[Lurker]

Originally Posted by Torn Curtain

That's very annoying for me when I fancy a girl, I don't know what to say to her because I'm too afraid of being ridiculous.

Yeah! I'm the same, t's fucking annoying. It's also that I just don't think there is much to say to people unless you're having a really interesting conversation.

[Lurker]

I'm also scared of pigeons. I jump if one lands near me, it's embarassing. I have to pay loads of attention to where they're walking and other people are walking to avoid having them fly towards me.

[yazz]

I have a fear that I'll get stabbed or hurt by something in the back part of my knee. You know the part where your leg bones join.

[krastian]

Originally Posted by floatingslowly

I'm ascared of 'nados.

Even when you are in one for a jo??

[schizophrenicroom]

heights, needles, the ocean

[HaydenAsche]

I've always had alot of anxiety problems but not really any specific fears. I had a panic attack so bad my heart stopped beating and I had to be shocked with the defibrillator thing. Now, I carry around a bottle of lorazepam.

[touch me i'm sick]

Originally Posted by Cantankerous

i freak out so bad if i see a centipede. those things scare the fucking shit out of me.
oh god, THOSE make me stomp my feet and flail. and i'm fucking terrified of praying manti.

one time i was in the shower and about to wash my hair. i reach for the shampoo bottle and as soon as i lifted the cap open, a centipede crawled out of the bottle. i'vebeen afraid of that happeneing ever since

[EMMAh]

I always fear that my heart is going to fuck up/that it is fucking up and I'm going to die. Irregular heart beats, heart attack, and cardiac arrest all really freak me out. I swear I'm going to die from some heart disease.

[davenotdead]

sometimes i think im scared of heights... most of the time i got no problem with it... i think im mostly afraid of disappointing people... i will go out of my way to be sure that i don't disappoint any random people