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haha, I hate the sounds of a balloon popping… whenever I’m around a bunch of balloons I anticipate that god awful sound… Filled balloons don’t really bug me.

I’m terrified of moths and butterflies.

@gettin_skinnay@xanga - I hate butterflies too. They always flutter straight at my head.

Acrophobia. I’m extremely sensitive to heights.

Arachnophobia. Fear of spiders. Oddly enough. I’m fine with snakes and rats.

Being afraid of the idea of balloons makes perfect sense to me. Most fears are not usually about the thing itself, it’s what it means to the person. I had a fear of the dark and a constant paranoia of someone coming to murder me since I was a child. It wasn’t until the past year or so I’ve calmed down a lot and I’m starting to enjoy being in the dark and understanding that murder is unlikely but if it happens then all I can do is attempt to prepare but honestly shit happens in life. Letting go of control is a huge issue for me but I’m dealing with it way better now.

Trypanophobia

Butterflies and ladybugs terrify me.

Irrational fear of clothing tags and used stickers. Anybody?

Dead fish – that is, fully intact dead fish with eyes and gills and all that; I don’t hyperventilate in sushi restaurants – scare the shit out of me.

Falling, heights, and such. Totally rational. Not some much my fear of high ceilings.

I get a rush from popping balloons. Stabbing something and having it explode. Good times.

I used to have a fear of balloons popping when I was little! Too many birthday parties…

Now my irrational phobia is MUSHROOMS. Even typing it out irks me. If I see them on someone’s plate I get so grossed out. It used to be really bad, like I would freak out if someone talked about mushrooms. Now I just get squirmy. 

bees and heights. both crippling.

Vacuums. I sound like a cat, but I have this strange fear that my feet will get sucked off if I stand too close. Same goes for lawn mowers.

My worst fear, though, is the fear that one day my teeth will turn into jello and I will swallow them whole. Maybe irrational, but remember the feeling of wiggling loose teeth out as a kid? Just like that.

I get the balloon thing.  I hate when they pop and I get nervous when someone is touching one.  Are they going to pop it???  Just leave it alone!!!  I couldn’t go watch fireworks until I was about fourteen.  Even now, I get tense just preparing myself for the “boom” ones.  I just don’t like loud  noises, I guess.

My biggest phobia is birds though.  I am terrified of birds.  Which most of my friends think is hilarious.

I kind of have a lot of phobias.
Spiders is my most normal one.
Cars are my weirdest phobia. I can drive, but most days I have panic attacks at the idea of driving and the thought of dealing with other drivers.

anything that flies and stings.  

Mice. Stink Bugs. Spiders. Snakes. pretty much gross crawly things. Oh and Bees/Wasps.

crazy wide open spaces freak me out.
whenever i see films of deep sea expeditions or outer space i freak out at the vast emptiness. -shudders-

I work at a kids party place and I’m too afraid to blow up the mylar balloons (ie, the big shiny ones with crazy shapes) because of that reason. I wouldn’t say I’m scared of balloons though.

One time during a party one of the balloons on the table just popped for no reason… haha I thought the kids were going to start screaming but they took it like champs!

Stairs freak me out quite a lot. I have nightmares about them.

Also, roaches.

it’s not them exploding that freaks me out. when i was little and we’d have a party or something we’d keep all the balloons in the living room. i’d go to sleep and wake up with the freaking balloon just hovering at the end of my bed! i refuse to have blown-up balloons anywhere in my house at night unless they’re tied down on the other side of the house.

heights and shots (as in needles).

I’m also claustrophobic.

The ONLY fear I truly have is very common.

I am horribly horribly terified of the dentist.

I’m a pretty brave person, and I fight to overcome anything I face, but I’ve never been able to really overcome the dentist fear. I go in and I shake and shiver and sometimes tears roll down from my eyes. This last time I needed a root canal, and they have to use triple the numbing agent shots because I was shaking so badly my body was metabolizing it really quickly. From then on, I was told to always take a tranquilizer before I come in.

At one point (when I was probably 14 or 15) I had this weird irrational fear (and I use the term fear losely here) that I would spontaneously combust..

My boyfriend has the exact same fear. I’ve initiated a no – balloon birthday for me so that he won’t feel uncomfortable.

My fear is a little less unique, I have arachnophobia. 

I have a fear of:

Heights

Spiders

Bugs

Birds flying inside a room (I literally screamed when a pigeon flew into a restaurant. Thank goodness it flew back outside less than a minute later. Though I almost had a heart attack when one flew into a store and wouldn’t go out. The scary thing was I was in the back of the store, and the exit was at least twenty feet away. I then ran to the car. LOL)

We all have our phobias. There’s nothing to be ashamed about. I appreciate people talking about this. Understanding is the way towards acceptance.

I can’t blow up balloons anymore becuase one popped in my face when I was younger, haha! I always get nervous when people are blowing them up. 

I am deathly afraid of flying. And spiders too. BLEH !

@kackie – USED STICKERS!! You’re the only other person I’ve ever met! People make fun of me for it all the time. UGH. They make me want to throw up.

Used stickers and I’m not the biggest fan of feet, in that if you try to put them in my face, I will run away, but I don’t think I’m necessarily afraid of them, just grossed out.

I have a friend who has the same fear. I was surprised when he admitted that, and we all thought it was hilarious. It was in December when we were arranging a surprise party for one of our girl friends, so I gave that guy friend the duty to blow balloons as we were running out of time. He was like … “I can’t, I’m afraid of balloons.” I was like … “Don’t be ridiculous, we don’t have time. Just blow them.” I really didn’t know it was serious, and everyone else thought it was ridiculous too. We even dared him to pop the balloons by the end of the party. Gosh … we were such jerks! 

I dont like any insect that flies or jumps….I will run from a butterfly as quickly as I will a bee.

Praying Mantis…stick bugs…..omg.  Thats the kinda shit nightmares are MADE of!  Snakes, spiders….heights…

recently I’ve developed anxiety issues that can make going out in public (especially alone) really, really scary.  

I have a fear of clowns… It’s kind of a long story. Turns out my boyfriend does too lol. 

I have the same fear as you plus many more! When I see a balloon, my body cringes. The sound of it popping frightens me.

I’m just scared of the noise when they do pop =/

Vomiting. Its pretty bad. I avoid bars, drinking, amusement parks, carnivals. Airplanes and car rides TERRIFY me. So do little kids. 

Other peoples blood, crowds and dead things

When I think about it, I’m really a huge chicken. :/
I’m scared of the majority of bugs and insects. Bees, hornets, wasps, butterflies, moths, ladybugs, spiders, everything.
I have an occasional fear of the dark. Some nights I’m a huge mess because I can’t sleep all night, and some nights I’m perfectly fine.
I have texture issues, and the idea of having to touch anything courderoy, velvet, velour, foam, fleece, etc. makes my heart speed up and  I get so upset. Stepping on compacted snow makes me gag.
And I’ve developed a bird fear, too. They never bothered me my whole life until I started hanging out with my best friend, and just from seeing her flinch and freak out has caused me to start being scared whenever I’m around them.

@millionofstars@xanga - 
The birds inside thing is the worst! I remember being at JFK airport and these birds flying around and being like “does anyone see those birds? why are they in here? why isn’t anyone trying to amke them leave? birds aren’t supposed to be inside!” and nobody else seemed to care.
I was also at a restauraunt in Seaworld, and we were eating on the outside porch that had bars in the windows to keep the birds out. However, they left the door open and in walked two huge birds. I started freaking out, and again nobody seemed to care. The birds freaked out and tried to get out through the windows, hit the bars and fell onto some families tables. They just pushed the birds to the floor and KEPT EATING.

I have Emetophobia, which is ”An intense, irrational fear or anxiety pertaining to vomiting.”

I will go to great lengths to avoid throwing up. I’ll shake, cry and panic if i feel like i’m going to be sick. Also, the sound, sight or even thought of someone throwing up makes me panic. I’ll avoid medications, rides, outings and certain foods (to name a few) because of this fear.

When i was in labor with my son i was more afraid of throwing up than the actual labor itself.

It can be a pain to deal with sometimes.

@theycallmecrazy7@xanga - I cannot stand people’s feet either! I loathe foot massages as well. I take care of my feet so I don’t have to see a podiatrist. Just the thought of having someone touch my feet. Yuck! lol

I dont like balloons either, but its not too bad for me anymore.

I have an irrational fear of sharks.. In a pool I know its impossible (since almost all the pools I am in are all chlorinated) but I have no idea why I think that. Its only when I am alone in the pool also.

I am also afraid of airplanes, elevators, heights. Those are common though (except maybe the elevator) but its all about falling. So I guess thats a fear of death.

@thatkyliegirlx@xanga - omg I cannot believe those people actually pushed the birds off the table. I would panic instantly. That is so disgusting and unbelievable those people did that. I am trying my hardest to tone down this fear but it’s so hard sometimes.

I’m terrified of anything coming near my eyes. Mascara and Eyeliner are an everyday nightmare. Forget contacts. Eye-drops make my cry.

Wow, I’m afraid of Balloons too! =) I used to be able to enjoy them when I was a kid especially during birthday parties. 

clowns… 

elevators scare me big time but not as much as clowns

Spiders and needles. A lot of people think my needle fear is ridiculous, considering I have so many piercings and tattoos. I don’t mind piercing needles, which go all the way through the surface they are piercing into, or tattoo needles which are only skin deep. Its things like shots and IVs that literally get me hyperventilating and spazzing out. I just picture the needle of the shot or IV in my flesh and if I move the wrong way or tense up its going to break ;_; ugh I hate even thinking about it.

And with spiders, I swear when they move its just the freakiest looking thing. And I have this ridiculous notion that every spider is a freaking jumping spider and if I am too close to it, it will either jump on me or crawl all over me. Eughhh

Clowns. I’ve screamed bloody murder, frozen in time, tears streaming down my face, unable to say a word, simply from being approached by a silent clown trying to give me a piece of candy. He snuck up behind me. It didn’t end well and I ended up scaring the shit out of him. 

My freshman year of college I woke up on my birthday to clown balloons, posters, and circus music….I again screamed bloody murder and cried uncontrollably until they came and got me from my room. It’s literally a paralyzing fear. 

I’m only slightly afraid of bees in comparison, but I’m also allergic to them so I have a reason. I have zero reason for the clowns. I’ve been terrified since I was a child. 

I have a legitimate fear of marijuana. If I even see someone joke about it on t.v. my heart starts racing. Hahaha wtf. 

i’ve always been afraid the vacuum cleaner will suck my toenails off my toes.

Same. I’m scared of balloons. I can’t even stand near a toaster (especially when I’m alone) because the bread will bounce up suddenly. I’m scared of watching action movies in cinemas because it will scare the hell out of me. I’m easily scared from my dog barking.