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Title: Fears
Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 02:19:54 am

Are you scared of spiders? I am terrified of spiders and moths. I believe my fear will have come from my mother who is also scared. Do you believe our fears are passed down from  a parent?

Title: Fears
Post by: goldencup on September 02, 2006, 02:25:32 am

I don't mind moths but I'm petrified of spiders.  I can put up with small ones and even fairly large spindly ones but those big hairy ones - it makes me shudder to even think about them.  Wouldn't kill one though!

Title: Fears
Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 09:09:47 am

My fear is of trains, train stations, railway lines and railway crossings. I have to stand on the platform with my back to a wall miles from the platform edge. I can't leave that spot until the train is in the station. Once on the train I'm Ok but getting off is a trauma too.

If people are walking along the platform close to the edge or (as I have seen on several occasions) using bicycles, scooters or skateboards on the platform, I practically have a panic attack.

When we have to approach and pass over a railway crossing (loads and loads of them out in the country round here) I get a big fear rush and the family think it is hysterically funny.

Title: Fears
Post by: lorri on September 02, 2006, 05:39:39 pm

i hate birds flying anywhere near me   me walking across trafalgar square must look  like some kind of impromptu martial arts /gymnastics display by a mad woman

Title: Fears
Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 05:44:22 pm

My mother is terrified of pigeons. One fell down our dining room chimney once and you'd have thought there was a burglar in the house from the screaming

Title: Fears
Post by: oldspice on September 02, 2006, 05:49:28 pm

I feel sorry for people who are scared of birds because it's so hard to avoid them

Title: Fears
Post by: on September 02, 2006, 06:44:57 pm

My phobia is heights.  I can do mountains and planes, but I cant stand to look over carparks or go up ladders.  I can sympathise with your trains thing Oldspice.  As a sufferer of Tourette's I sometimes get the urge to throw myself under a train, or at least imagine what it would be like and that freaks me out.  The urge of self preservation is fortunately stronger, so I'm OK, but it's still scary.

Title: Fears
Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 06:53:31 pm

Bounty did you know there is a Tourette's sufferer coming into Neighbours? I'll be interested to know what you think of their portrayal of the condition.

Title: Fears
Post by: on September 02, 2006, 07:49:24 pm

OK, I'll look out for them.  We got good exposure with Pete off big Brother, but fortunately I don't have the swearing thing (coprolalia).

Title: Fears
Post by: scaryman on September 02, 2006, 07:51:19 pm

What if we have no fears is there a collective for that ??

Title: Fears
Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 07:52:08 pm

Quote from: scaryman

What if we have no fears is there a collective for that ??

Doesn't that mean you are fearless?

Title: Fears
Post by: kevvosa on September 02, 2006, 07:54:59 pm

I fear getting old and ending up in a horrible home.

Title: Fears
Post by: smurfboy on September 02, 2006, 08:12:37 pm

Quote from: scaryman

What if we have no fears is there a collective for that ??

There is actually a medical condition that makes you fearless - but it's not a good thing. For example, people with it don't fear putting their hand in the fire or jumping out of the window etc.

Title: Fears
Post by: loulou on September 02, 2006, 11:13:27 pm

I never thought of it that way before.