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Posher778

11-09-2008, 04:22 PM

So I know this is a horror forum and everyone likes to sound like nothing frightens them (Rayne) but i'm curious as to what sorts of things scare the hell out of you.

I'm afraid of farms at night. Particularly my grandparents in southern Georgia. There are coyotes everywhere and they come up to the house sometimes so you can't go out after its too late alone because they'll getcha!

I'm afraid of homeless people sometimes. I'm always scared one will molest me or shoot me or something because I always walk the 10 blocks to the library at like 9 pm to do some work, so i'm usually alone in the street.

Ticks are the nastiest thing in existence. Christ they're gross. They sicken me. I don't understand why God invented them anyway. What purpose do they have? They suck blood and get fat because they don't understand proper dieting.

Diseases of course are my greatest fear. Horrifying that your life could be forever altered for something that an immune system might not save you from.

This thread however isn't really about diseases or hobos. I'm curious as to what kinds of physical places/situations scare you. For example, i'm alone in my lover's house right now and it's on a farm in bumfuck nowhere. This area has had many armed breakins recently. While it's easy to say "Oh please i'd just blow that fuckers brains out"... Let's be realistic. While there is a shotgun in this bedroom, i'm not sure how to even use it. Anyway, discuss!

missmacabre

11-09-2008, 04:34 PM

I fear failure, big time. Especially pertaining to school. My little sister is gifted, so I have rediculous expectations put on me. That's turned out good though cause now I don't have less than 88% in any of my classes. I'm mostly in the mid 90s. and have been given grants because of it.

I fear clowns, the circus, fairs and amusement parks. All for no good reason.

Mostly just failure though. Failure at school, at jobs, at relationships. Like all of those things depend on doing well at the others in a way. If I fail at my relationship I will lose the will to do well at school and get a job. I need to do well at school to get a good job. If I get a good job I can get an apartment, get married have kids.

monalisa

11-09-2008, 04:56 PM

Spiders, the bigger they are the scarier they are to me, although I don't even like the little ones on me. Spider webs are nasty too.

Heights, if there is any way I might fall. For example, I can't walk up to the edge of a cliff, but I can do the crab-skuttle up to the edge and then sit on the edge with my legs dangling over.

monster123

11-09-2008, 05:16 PM

Im afraid to die the thought of death scares the hell out of me. I've always been afraid of christianity too and the bible alot of the stuff in there scares the shit out of me because of all the signs that its the end of the world and stuff. I know alot of christians think the end times are great because they cant wait to go to heaven but i love life on earth.

sfear

11-09-2008, 05:27 PM

More than anything right now I fear losing my job. When the price of gas was V-2ing out of control, boat orders slowed. Now that gas is coming down, orders have almost stopped. I'm very scared.

La Chat Noire

11-09-2008, 05:34 PM

I'm terrified of bees. I break out in a cold sweat and can barely move or think when one comes near me.

bloody_ribcut

11-09-2008, 05:55 PM

i fear the great white shark, i will not go into deep water in the ocean and always worry when a family member does.

Vodstok

11-10-2008, 04:54 AM

Heights: In a movie if they are up on a building, I break out in a cold sweat.

Deep water. I love the sea and I find pretty much anything underwater more fascinating than things above water, but deep water scares the hell out of me. I have an idea of what lives down there, and its a bit too much. HEAVY fear of the unknown.

And its cliche, but its true, anything happening to my kid.

Dante'sInferno

11-10-2008, 05:25 AM

Big groups of people,even if I'm related to them.I have social anxiety.

Another one is things malfunctioning.I hate it when computers or DVD players don't play how they are supposed too.I get really angry.I've gotten better at it though,but I still fear going back to where I once was.

All I can think of at the moment.I haven't been up long.

Vodstok

11-10-2008, 05:33 AM

Heights is probably my achille's heel. It used to be spiders, but I somehow managed to push past that one. Bree is horribly arachnophobic, but she does everything she can to not make an issue in front of Lily because most phobias are learned, not inherent. Lily isnt afraid of anything really, and we hope to keep it that way.

My niece used to not be afraid of anythign, then my stupid sister, against my suggestion, started freaking when a bee or wasp would get near. Whithin a week, my niece would start crying and screaming if eve a fly got too near.

Suppress your fears around you kids, people. Break the cycle. Bugs and spiders need to be respected, not feared.

On the heights thing, its especially bad with games. the under-bridge portion of half-life 2 actually triggers a more real fear response in me than Ravenholm. Which brings me to a very real and completely retarded fear of mine:

Zombies. Not voodoo-drug uinduced real life zombies, but GA Romero, hordes of canniballistic dead peopel zombies. Its not as bad as it used to be, but i used to wake up from nightmares (as an adult) and be terrified to look out the window because i expected to see dead people wandering around.

urgeok2

11-10-2008, 06:52 AM

if we're talking irrational (in reality - non-threatening type fears) then i only have 1 ... heights.

(i'm not including personal injury to me or my family...etc)

i'm not afraid of anything else.... which pisses me off because at one time i had no fear of heights ... but i guess no one is perfect :)

i hate having an irrational fear .. it feels like a weakness.
i was at a concert in the nosebleeds a year ago and i was trerrified to be there.. it took a long time for the anxiety to go away.

last year we went on a work fun day to an amusement park and i went on 3 rides that took 10 years off my life. never fucking again. fuck that 'face your fears' crap !

i wont let it stop me from flying ... but i hate it.

being without fear doesnt mean i'm not cautious though. i dont take stupid risks concerning safety.

urgeok2

11-10-2008, 07:01 AM

. There are coyotes everywhere and they come up to the house sometimes so you can't go out after its too late alone because they'll getcha!

you've gotta know that they are more terrified of you than you could ever be of them.

most animals only attack if they are cornered, sick (rabies) or starving.

hammerfan

11-10-2008, 07:09 AM

Snakes and heights

Vodstok

11-10-2008, 07:18 AM

you've gotta know that they are more terrified of you than you could ever be of them.

most animals only attack if they are cornered, sick (rabies) or starving.
Unless you are in Australia. Funnelwebs and jackjumper ants are notoriously pissy and attack because you are near them and move. They see everything as a threat.

Wolverines and honey badgers also have reputations as being unnecessarily aggressive, being oddly sociopathic for animals rather than simply aggressive hunters

I suppose one could say that they just have a different definition of a threat, but a line has to be drawn somewhere, and Mustelids (weasels, otters, wolverines, badgers, skunks) are brilliant animals, outclassing dogs and rodents on the intelligence scale.

Its like an entire classification of late 80s postal workers.

urgeok2

11-10-2008, 07:19 AM

Snakes

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/hogwartsteacher/sortinghat.jpg

no Slytherin House for you !

urgeok2

11-10-2008, 07:20 AM

Unless you are in Australia. Funnelwebs and jackjumper ants are notoriously pissy and attack because you are near them and move. They see everything as a threat.

Wolverines and honey badgers also have reputations as being unnecessarily aggressive, being oddly sociopathic for animals rather than simply aggressive hunters

.

i imagine their definition for 'territory' is a little broader than most ...

pinkfloyd45769

11-10-2008, 09:34 AM

I'm afraid of my life falling apart again,losing it.I'm afraid of snakes,terrified!!!I also am scared to death that something will happen to my children,diseases that children can get are scary.I think i just fear life,the things that can change in a matter of seconds...its scary as hell.

focker

11-10-2008, 10:09 AM

scared of spiders as well, any size it doesn't matter scared of them all

ferretchucker

11-10-2008, 12:13 PM

I'm scared of losing things. Just the thought that something I own will never be with me again, but not by my choice.

The unseen scares me. Anything you can hear or smell but not see. To me, sight is the most important sense.

monster123

11-10-2008, 12:14 PM

I fear things i cant see aswell thats the kinda stuff that sneaks up on ya and KILLS YA! :eek:

Vodstok

11-10-2008, 12:26 PM

monster123

11-10-2008, 12:30 PM

I'm not really afraid of spiders anymore, but these guys terrify the hell out of me:

http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/images/l.reclusabrown2.jpg

Brown Recluse. One big part of it is that i have an intense fear of being disfigured (a big part of the reason after 4 years I quit being a wood worker). These guys can cause necrosis in the bite area, and the flesh literally dies and rots off of you; ther eis no known antivenom.

There was also a story on one of the discovery channel/national geographic channel specials i saw on them where one fell out of a tree and bit a 12 year old girl and she died from it. Being the father of a little girl, that is a horrifying thought.

Omg thats terrible poor little girl. I hate those damn spiders theirs some around here it makes me scared to let my little girl go outside.

missmacabre

11-10-2008, 01:25 PM

http://www.frakincool.com/images/spider-devours-bird1-large.jpg

I'm only afraid of spiders this big.

bloody_ribcut

11-10-2008, 01:38 PM

I'm not really afraid of spiders anymore, but these guys terrify the hell out of me:

http://www.doacs.state.fl.us/pi/enpp/ento/images/l.reclusabrown2.jpg

Brown Recluse. One big part of it is that i have an intense fear of being disfigured (a big part of the reason after 4 years I quit being a wood worker). These guys can cause necrosis in the bite area, and the flesh literally dies and rots off of you; ther eis no known antivenom.

There was also a story on one of the discovery channel/national geographic channel specials i saw on them where one fell out of a tree and bit a 12 year old girl and she died from it. Being the father of a little girl, that is a horrifying thought.

im a brown recluse spider slayer, i've literally killed like fifteen in hand to hand combat. i can remember two times where the spider actually jumped on me. right on my arm, then the other on my hand. i think there following me, i have found one under my comforter of my bed waiting for me. when i made it, it lifted its arms and was trying to punk me out. he's dead now.....i'll keep fighting the good fight against these creatures untill i die or they find somone better....

ferretchucker

11-10-2008, 01:44 PM

Worst spiders we have here are the harmless garden spiders. They grow quite big and move fast but other than that they're not bad. Although I did scream and jump out of bed when one crawled across my face. And then the week later when I was drying off after a bath and it dropped from the ceiling onto my chest. I think they wanted vengeance for when I tortured their friend by putting it in the freezer (in sealed container) for half an hour, then dropping it into scoulding water, then handing it over to my cat. Boredom does funny things to people.

Heh, just read that. It was meant to be a short post but it kind of trailed off.

hacelikewhoa

11-10-2008, 05:37 PM

Not knowing if there is life after death or you are just gone forever.

Vodstok

11-11-2008, 04:12 AM

im a brown recluse spider slayer, i've literally killed like fifteen in hand to hand combat. i can remember two times where the spider actually jumped on me. right on my arm, then the other on my hand. i think there following me, i have found one under my comforter of my bed waiting for me. when i made it, it lifted its arms and was trying to punk me out. he's dead now.....i'll keep fighting the good fight against these creatures untill i die or they find somone better....
Where do you live, because I am NEVER going there....

Vodstok

11-11-2008, 04:16 AM

http://www.frakincool.com/images/spider-devours-bird1-large.jpg

I'm only afraid of spiders this big.OK, i typically find garden spiders (orb weavers) fascinating, and they are typically very pretty and usefull, but holy jesus, i would piss myself if i saw that thing.

Apparently this and a few other pics of it are legit, and its BIG AS A MAN'S HAND...

Even a small man's hand is huge for a spider...

Demon Seed

11-11-2008, 04:38 AM

Ladybugs. I shudder to think about them.

monalisa

11-11-2008, 04:44 AM

http://www.frakincool.com/images/spider-devours-bird1-large.jpg

I'm only afraid of spiders this big.

I saw the news story about that thing shortly before Halloween, which was actually perfect timing for a good scare. :) I kept thinking, holy crap if something like that got into your house, how would you even kill it? I mean, it's not like you could just step on it. It makes me shudder to just think about it. But yet, I couldn't stop looking at the pictures of it. :D

urgeok2

11-11-2008, 05:14 AM

bloody_ribcut

11-11-2008, 06:15 AM

Where do you live, because I am NEVER going there....

south texas, im just glad i havent seen a black widow.

they dont sound very reclusive

yeah, i know...its been mostly dark places i've encounterd them though. just last night, i saw something near my poster and used a lighter to see what it was....BROWN RECLUSE!!!!! it jumped of the wall because i think i burned it a little, but got scared because i lost it....a few minutes later i see is staggering up on my wall again, where i finished it off. i ope it was the same one.

ferretchucker

11-11-2008, 08:19 AM

You mean that huge spider's real?!

What breed is it?

missmacabre

11-11-2008, 08:21 AM

You mean that huge spider's real?!

What breed is it?

Yep, not shopped.

It is a Golden Orb weaver from Australia. The don't usually grow that big unless they are out in the boonies with nothing to kill them. They also usually just eat large insects so scientists are freaking out about seeing one catch a bird. There are more pictures of the bird all wrapped in the web. very cool.

urgeok2

11-11-2008, 08:42 AM

They also usually just eat large insects so scientists are freaking out about seeing one catch a bird..

the scientists are freaked out ?

what about the spider ...

i bet he drove his spider buddies nuts with the story for years after that ..

"hey Brent .. enjoying those butterflies ? did i tell you the time i caught the BIG FUCKING BIRD ???!!!"

DraculaInDallas

11-11-2008, 03:36 PM

only one thing.....SNAKES.

Posher778

11-11-2008, 03:42 PM

Spiders are freaky. Period. Daddy Long Legs are kinda cool though. But the rest of them, if they stay completely out of my frame of vision, we'll be fine. and OFF MY BODY FOR THAT MATTER.

Posher778

11-11-2008, 05:05 PM

Diseasesssssss are scarier than spiders though. Scares the flying fuck out of me.

hacelikewhoa

11-11-2008, 05:32 PM

I am afraid of dying in a car crash

and cancer is pretty scary my moms been doing chemo for the past few months

sfear

11-11-2008, 06:30 PM

I am afraid of dying in a car crash

and cancer is pretty scary my moms been doing chemo for the past few months

If anything's scarier than that monstrous spider (I think it's going to keep me awake tonght wondering if there's one lurking under the bed or something) it's gotta be cancer. My wife had it about sixteen years ago and survived. But what she had to go through....