I used to only believe phobias were just strong aversions, which I had to baked beans and snakes lol. Then I stopped being afraid of snakes when I woke up to a wild one slithering on my chest - him having found his way inside our drafty old house sometime during the night. 

Bam - shock therapy, I was no longer afraid of non-venomous snakes. My 'phobia' was cured.


Buuut then I really discovered phobias were something completely different when I was in my early twenties. It's super stupid and random, but for some reason I was watching an alien documentary and when one of the 'abducted' started telling her story I fell into a panic attack without knowing what it was.

And now the sight of a grey alien makes me want to throw up I get so suddenly afraid. Even the dumb or cutesey ones in stores make me quiver. 

It's pretty embarrassing and I don't know what caused it. I guess not having a real reason for the fear is what makes it a phobia. 

As a 'funny' side note, my gf's computer is an alienware so I have to avoid looking at it when she boots it up because it shows a big grey alien head at startup. 

Jan 22, 2019 16:30:21 GMT Benetnasch said:

You know that scene in Cronenberg's version of The Fly, where Geena Davis is giving birth, only to realize in horror that the "baby" is a giant, wriggling maggot?

Yeah that's how I feel about pregnancy. Tokophobia.

I totally get this one. Spoiler for something you may find disturbing too

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The videos where babies are moving against the mother's skin from the inside make me wanna hurl. Meanwhile people around me are like "awwwww, look at her kick, she wants out" and it's so weird to me

Also, never watched that movie, but something similar happens in a Mononoke episode and I couldn't get it out of my head for days.

holes. someone having a hole in any part that isn't a mouth, their nostrils, ears, an inner belly button (you outtie belly buttons are gross btw's; freaks of nature) or ice cream exit? it's not okay and unnatural and you need to cover it up immediately. i don't wanna see your ice cream exit either, fyi. but yeah, i remember someone in high school got into a car accident and they were showing off how their two front teeth went into--you know what, let's just say he caused me to develop a fear for holes in odd places. another fear i have is probably when i'm in the dark. i demand you do not leave your coat and/or hat sitting on a chair or something tall or i will see a man standing in the corner watching me. and let me tell you something? i'm quick to throw some hands against the forces of darkness.

My list of owed RP replies.

Not counting, like, the more common ones, like spiders: I absolute hate, hate, hate being on draw on in any capacity. You know how some people will write notes on their hands or just, like... draw on their arms or something? Nope, nope, nope, I get even a tiny bit of pen ink on my finger or something just from writing, and I have to wash it off IMMEDIATELY. I despise when other people try to draw on me, too, because they think it's cute or funny. For some reason, it makes me feel incredibly dirty, somehow significantly worse than if it was even mud or poop or vomit. No clue why. :'D

Also, 10000000% seconding Ven ☆'s bedbugs comment, although that's 50% terror, 50% ungodly rage.