What's the silliest thing...

hilda>^..^< · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by LSULOVER

The bridge going over Lake Ponchatrain is 26 miles long.

Oh man, that is one long bridge...I remember it well. We lived in LaPlace for a year about 12 years ago. In fact there was one night we were driving back from the city and this huge storm crossed over the bridge in front of us...that was soooo frightening!

Hilda >^..^<

lsulover · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by Hilda>^..^<

Oh man, that is one long bridge...I remember it well. We lived in LaPlace for a year about 12 years ago. In fact there was one night we were driving back from the city and this huge storm crossed over the bridge in front of us...that was soooo frightening!

Hilda >^..^<

I bet it was, that bridge don't bother me too bad, I don't like the Huey P Long bridge though, that is one skinny little bridge.

kaylacat · Jan 28, 2007

I am scared of bugs. Hate them!

I am scared of wild rats.....one got into my house one time and I never ever want to see another one again.

I am also scared of deep water...If it is so deep my feet can't touch the bottom it freaks me out. (pools are ok though)
I am scared to get on boats because of the whole water thing and I don't think I will ever get on a boat and go out in the ocean.

bella713 · Jan 28, 2007

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rina_marie · Jan 28, 2007

This is such an interesting thread. We all have our phobias, don't we? i'm curious... what is the story behind those of you who are afraid of plants:

Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles

Plants.....except it doesn't feel so silly to me!

bananas:

I'm scared of and hate bananas. The texture, the smell, the fact that they look rotty...everything.

and biting your tounge?

One other 'silly' thing that I'm afraid of is biting my tongue...literally...just bumping into something and biting my tongue in half!

Is there some past experience that caused that?

I am PETRIFIED of cave crickets - not just black crickets you find in your yard, but CAVE crickets - the ones that live in your basements or garages and look like hump-backed jumping spiders:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_cricket

I would rather be locked in a room full of... anything!... than face a cave cricket. We used to have them in our basement when I was a kid and my mom was the type who thought that if you faced your fears, you'd overcome them so she used to make me go down there at night to lock up. They would be ALL over the stairs and they would jump all over me and to this day I can't be in the same room with a cave cricket. Once when I went out late at night I found a cave cricket in my car and had to ask a perfect stranger to get it out of the car before I could drive home... it was awful!

The strangest thing is what I'm NOT afraid of. I have no fear of snakes or certain types of spiders (tarantulas or black widows, for instance) but I'm terrified of wood spiders and granddady long legs. I'm also afraid of rolly-polies.

ilovesiamese · Jan 28, 2007

I'm also scared of lakes etc where I don't know what is in there with me.

Reason: My mom said if we went too far, the stergon(sp??) would get us and it was in the newspaper that at my lake a guy was out in the really deep water and a stergon bit his leg (this is when I was older)

rina_marie · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by Kaylacat

I am also scared of deep water...If it is so deep my feet can't touch the bottom it freaks me out. (pools are ok though)

oooooh, me too. I don't like not being able to see what is under me... even if I can touch the bottom (like at a lake.) I won't swim in pools at night, either.

trouts mom · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by lookingglass

I have weird phobias about people coming in my house and touching my pots and pans. Also, if someone goes into my bathroom and pulls back my shower curtain and touches my shampoo bottles I freak out. To me, these items are extremely personal. I'd rather have a utter stranger go through my underwear drawer.

I have the same thing but with my closet..I would freak out if anyone came in and touched anything in my closet.

okeefecl · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by LSULOVER

The bridge going over Lake Ponchatrain is 26 miles long.

Then if I ever drive it I'll be driving slowly in the middle lane

Originally Posted by Hilda>^..^<

Oh me tooooo! I sometimes dream about people-sized tornadoes...lots and LOTS of them...dropping in all around me! Its sooooo scarey isn't it?

I thought I was the only one who had those dreams! Luckily (in some ways) they're a good clue that something in my life is stressing me out.

MoochNNoodles · Jan 28, 2007

My fear of plants started when I was little. My cousin is 6 years older than me and was my mother's little shadow till I came around. She was very jealous. When I was a baby she'd carry me around and learned that I didn't like to sit in the grass with bare legs or stand in it with bare feet, etc. So she basically started tormenting me.

I can remember distinctly being about 18 months old (my mom gave me the age) and having her and her brother (who was only 4 or 5 at the time) lock me in the closet in the front bedroom at my Grandparents house. Mom said she went down the hall to use the bathroom and heard whimpering...and found me in the closet! I seriously remember her saying 'Stay here leighann, we'll be right back!' I have no idea how long I was in there. She also used to dunk me in the water back when I was afraid of it. Fortunately I got over that and love to swim!

I love floral arranging with silk flowers and I can handle some live ones too. I took a floriculture class for 2 years in HS to help myself with it. Turns out, that is one of my few 'natural' tallents.

babyharley · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by white cat lover

I hate eating in front of other people. I'm a picky eater & have had some downright nasty comments made about what I eat & don't eat. I've gotten to where I'd rather eat alone or else go through the drive-through & eat it in my car.

ME TOO!! I don't mind eating in front of others, but I do think its rude when people say snide remarks about what I do and don't eat- and then call me WEIRD. UM- hello! We're all different, I don't pick on you for what you eat!
I always get picked on for not eating Ketchup or any other condiments. **End rant**

I'm afraid of the dark too- I don't know why, but I am- especially if I'm home alone, I have to have the blinds shut, the doors locked and my phone by me. I watch too many horror movies

ilovesiamese · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by babyharley

I'm afraid of the dark too- I don't know why, but I am- especially if I'm home alone, I have to have the blinds shut, the doors locked and my phone by me. I watch too many horror movies

LOL me too...I don't know why I bought "The Exorcisim of Emily Rose" because I can't watch it in my own home or I'll have to move

trouts mom · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by babyharley

ME TOO!! I don't mind eating in front of others, but I do think its rude when people say snide remarks about what I do and don't eat- and then call me WEIRD. UM- hello! We're all different, I don't pick on you for what you eat!
I always get picked on for not eating Ketchup or any other condiments.

Uh, Kenz you are FREAK

Condiments are delicious!

hilda>^..^< · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by Rina_Marie

I am PETRIFIED of cave crickets - not just black crickets you find in your yard, but CAVE crickets - the ones that live in your basements or garages and look like hump-backed jumping spiders:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_cricket

I would rather be locked in a room full of... anything!... than face a cave cricket. We used to have them in our basement when I was a kid and my mom was the type who thought that if you faced your fears, you'd overcome them so she used to make me go down there at night to lock up. They would be ALL over the stairs and they would jump all over me and to this day I can't be in the same room with a cave cricket. Once when I went out late at night I found a cave cricket in my car and had to ask a perfect stranger to get it out of the car before I could drive home... it was awful!

Oh man, because of your post, I just remembered something else.

Geckos....ugh.

Not the cute lil' ones like in the Geico Ins. commercials. No...the kind that hang around brick houses here in Texas. I had an awful experience with one as a youngster and its left me scarred for life. One time...as an adult mind you...I broke a wooden bedframe trying to move it to kill a gecko that had gotten into my apartment!!! Seriously...I won't be in the same room with them...the same house!!! They're just wriggley, and pink...and awful...rubbery, plastic looking...ugh...they wiggle around when they move...ugly little boogers!! They were all over our home when I was growing up...just awful...

And the tongue thing...no nothing has ever happened but I just am afraid of biting it in half...I don't know why...like the thread says, its just something silly that I'm afraid of...

Hilda >^..^<

sillyjilly · Jan 28, 2007

Spiders!!!!

Especially little black jumpy ones!!

And mice too! Eewew!!

lsulover · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by okeefecl

Then if I ever drive it I'll be driving slowly in the middle lane

I thought I was the only one who had those dreams! Luckily (in some ways) they're a good clue that something in my life is stressing me out.

You can't drive in the middle lane on that bridge, there is only two lanes

squirtle · Jan 28, 2007

Spiders! I am too scared to even get close enough to kill them

Even the teenie weenie ones

Moz · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by okeefecl

I'm afraid of tornadoes. My anxiety dreams usually involve person-sized tornadoes chasing me around. I'm also afraid of driving on long bridges over water (like the Chesapeake Bay Bridge). When I have to drive over a bridge, I'll drive in a center lane.

I thought you said you were afraid of tomatoes!

babyharley · Jan 28, 2007

Originally Posted by Trouts mom

Uh, Kenz you are FREAK

Condiments are delicious!

No thanks, none for me! Nothing of the sort- no salad dressings ( I don't eat salad anyways) ketchup, mustards, nothing!
I don't even actually like pasta!

sicycat · Jan 28, 2007

This is going to sound really strange, but I have a fear of public restrooms. I have recurring dreams that I have to go to the bathroom, and I go to use a puplic restroom and it looks like something out of a scary movie, every time! It's always dark, sometimes there are no doors on the stalls, its dirty, and all the toilets are clogged.

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