What Are You Afraid Of? - Page 4

Hammerite · 01-13-2007, 02:07 PM

^ Sweet!

Dasilva · 01-14-2007, 04:06 AM

Im like alittle girl whenever I see a spider, I hate spiders so much they scare the shit out me. If I see a spider I'd usually try and thow stuff at it to kill it, I hate being near them, heehee.

bulldog · 01-14-2007, 06:20 AM

yes spiders are sooooo gross *shutters*

tsa · 01-14-2007, 06:56 AM

Yesterday I sucked one up with the vacuum cleaner and pelleted it with the dirt I sucked up afterwards

I'm so mean sometimes...

Stoofa · 01-18-2007, 10:26 AM

- wasps
- that my friends and family actually hate me
- that I'm really really stupid and aren't aware of it
- slim cool girls with great hair

Squinky · 01-18-2007, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Stoofa

- that my friends and family actually hate me

That's one of mine too.

RLacey · 01-18-2007, 11:02 AM

Ditto, but then I'm paranoid.

I'm also scared of failure (albeit not in a turning-white-as-a-sheet kind of way).

tsa · 01-18-2007, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Stoofa

- slim cool girls with great hair

Girls are scary aren't they

Stoofa · 01-18-2007, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Squinky

That's one of mine too.

Do you have any reason for feeling this way? I think I'm over sensitive and read too much into what people say or do. My family is really critical of me (even going so far as to have me tested for autism when I was a kid because my mother thought I was "weird") so I assume they don't like me very much, then this feeling of being loathsome spills over to my friends as well.

I wish I could get over it! 10,000 stupid self esteem exercises have not helped.

Squinky · 01-18-2007, 12:18 PM

For me, it's the other way around; I had tons of experiences in elementary school where kids would act really nice to me and then later on, I'd occasionally find them talking shit about me behind my back. So, to this day, I still find it hard to tell whether a person genuinely likes me or whether they're just acting nice for the sake of being nice.

Usually, when I meet someone who I feel like I really click with, I give them the benefit of the doubt. However, there's always that tiny part of me that believes in the possibility that they may not be who I think they are. I try not to dwell on it too much, though.

Sage · 01-18-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Stoofa

- wasps

Agreed. They are hateful creatures that exist only to terrify humanity. However, their close cousins the dirt daubers capture and kill large numbers of spiders. Unfortunately it isn't easy to tell a dirt dauber from a wasp when it's buzzing around your head, especially if red wasps are native to your area.

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Originally Posted by Stoofa

- that my friends and family actually hate me

Ask them to help you move. That'll weed out the pretenders very quickly.

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Originally Posted by Stoofa

- that I'm really really stupid and aren't aware of it

I don't think you're stupid.

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Originally Posted by Stoofa

- slim cool girls with great hair

Erm...those don't affect me one way or the other.
Hmmm...since those girls don't find me easy to manipulate, maybe they're afraid of me?
If one scares you, just tell her you're a friend of mine. That oughtta get rid of her.

undeaf · 01-18-2007, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by bulldog

yes spiders are sooooo gross *shutters*

Are they really, or are you and your friends just bad at cooking them?

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Originally Posted by Stoofa

- wasps

I haven't ever been stung by one. I hear it hurts about as much as a bee sting. I've been stung by a bee at least once, and it hurt like hell, but that was when i was little and since then I've managed to relize that I was being afraid of them based on outdated experience and to unlearn that.

Now, black flies and horse flies I'm scared of, I heard they lay their eggs inside you.

I'm not sure about that though, I'll try to look up if it really is true...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly
*views first image*
Eeugh.
*views fourth image*
GUH-ROSS!

Stoofa · 01-18-2007, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Sage

Ask them to help you move. That'll weed out the pretenders very quickly.

Yikes! No one helped me move, I was on my own. Maybe my fears aren't unfounded!

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Originally Posted by undeaf

I haven't ever been stung by one. I hear it hurts about as much as a bee sting. I've been stung by a bee at least once, and it hurt like hell, but that was when i was little and since then I've managed to relize that I was being afraid of them based on outdated experience and to unlearn that.

Now, black flies and horse flies I'm scared of, I heard they lay their eggs inside you.

I'm not sure about that though, I'll try to look up if it really is true...

Wasp stings hurt about as much as a bee stung, but they can sting you many more times than a bee (a bee can sting once, then it dies). Wasps therefore aren't very discriminating about who they sting. Plus they are disgusting looking.

I've never heard about black flies or horse flies laying eggs in you. Just blow flies and bot flies. Horse flies will take a huge chunk of skin out of you when they bite. It HURTS. Black flies are just miserable little creatures, especially up North in Canada.

MoriartyL · 01-19-2007, 05:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Stoofa

Yikes! No one helped me move, I was on my own. Maybe my fears aren't unfounded!

..in which case, you don't have a self-esteem problem at all- you're just perceptive.

Squinky · 01-19-2007, 07:19 AM

So, what you're saying is that I should have more big, strong, burly male friends?

Erwin_Br · 01-19-2007, 09:04 AM

Wasps, ticks, mosquitos, bed bugs... Not only because they sting/bite, but even more because they can make you sick.

--Erwin

Lee in Limbo · 01-19-2007, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Squinky

Usually, when I meet someone who I feel like I really click with, I give them the benefit of the doubt. However, there's always that tiny part of me that believes in the possibility that they may not be who I think they are. I try not to dwell on it too much, though.

You know you're cool by me though, right? I may be a little quiet right now, but you do mean a lot to me.

Stoofa · 01-19-2007, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by MoriartyL

..in which case, you don't have a self-esteem problem at all- you're just perceptive.

Man, I knew I was a hermit for a reason.

Nobody lovvvesss meeeee.

SnorkleCat · 01-21-2007, 10:19 AM

Worms, clowns, and lightning....I don't mind spiders or any other insect type, but worms, maggots etc fill me with indescribable horror.
Clowns have always made me feel horrified, depressed, and uncomfortable, and I've been afraid of lightning since I was a small child and someone told me that lightning could "turn one completely inside out" if it got too close.

bulldog · 01-21-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by undeaf

Are they really, or are you and your friends just bad at cooking them?

AHHHHH …… I'll get you my pretty... and your little spiders too!

Of course I know how to cook them, deep fry them silly goose

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Dasilva Hitch-Hiker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: The Mediterranean Sea Posts: 4,364	Im like alittle girl whenever I see a spider, I hate spiders so much they scare the shit out me. If I see a spider I'd usually try and thow stuff at it to kill it, I hate being near them, heehee. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Regards, DaSilva "If you don't get out of the box you've been raised in, you won't understand how much bigger the world is." - Angelina Jolie _ <Susan falls through the floor and gets stuck> <Paco looks at her blankly> "Whats wrong with you?! Lassy would of had a firetruck here by now!" - Susan Mayer, Desperate Housewives

01-14-2007, 06:20 AM	#63
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01-18-2007, 10:26 AM	#65
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01-18-2007, 11:02 AM	#67
RLacey The Thread™ will die. Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 22,542	Ditto, but then I'm paranoid. I'm also scared of failure (albeit not in a turning-white-as-a-sheet kind of way). Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ RLacey \| Killer of the Thread™ I do not change to be perfect. Perfect changes to be me.

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Squinky Unreliable Narrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	For me, it's the other way around; I had tons of experiences in elementary school where kids would act really nice to me and then later on, I'd occasionally find them talking shit about me behind my back. So, to this day, I still find it hard to tell whether a person genuinely likes me or whether they're just acting nice for the sake of being nice. Usually, when I meet someone who I feel like I really click with, I give them the benefit of the doubt. However, there's always that tiny part of me that believes in the possibility that they may not be who I think they are. I try not to dwell on it too much, though. Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

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Squinky Unreliable Narrator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Le Canada Posts: 9,873	So, what you're saying is that I should have more big, strong, burly male friends? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Squinky is always right, but only for certain values of "always" and "right".

01-19-2007, 09:04 AM	#76
Erwin_Br Under pressure. Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Apeldoorn, The Netherlands Posts: 3,773	Wasps, ticks, mosquitos, bed bugs... Not only because they sting/bite, but even more because they can make you sick. --Erwin Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ > Learn more about my forthcoming point & click adventure: Bad Timing! > Or... Visit Adventure Developers: Everything about developing adventure games.

01-21-2007, 10:19 AM	#79
SnorkleCat Explode the Universe! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: USA Posts: 586	Worms, clowns, and lightning....I don't mind spiders or any other insect type, but worms, maggots etc fill me with indescribable horror. Clowns have always made me feel horrified, depressed, and uncomfortable, and I've been afraid of lightning since I was a small child and someone told me that lightning could "turn one completely inside out" if it got too close. Share Share this post on Twitter

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