phobia thread

[Manx]

i’m afraid of all sorts of insects , but not afraid of spiders oddly enough.

This reminds me of my mother. Fascination with snakes. Mortified at the sight of a harmless worm.

:tup:

[richmondster]

men, that hole thing is scarier than any kind of horror games, thinking you got that in your body. aww, been got nightmares in 3 days about that.

[richmondster]

for those who have arachnephobia. watch this.

<spoiler= wasps vs. spider >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctAXcBxHdCg</spoiler>

[jasonC]

Geez. I’m developing phobias after reading through this thread. Now I’m afraid of giant hornets, poverty, and Australia.

[NinetiesArcade]

Sheeesh-half of y’all won’t survive local camping trips .
On the real though, fuck clowns. I wish I never saw the movie ‘IT’ as a kid. :sad: :sad:

http://images.sodahead.com/polls/000159064/polls_0710126_clown_5758_771966_answer_7_xlarge.jpeg

[superlollo]

my wife has a phobia. something about the fear of holes or patterns of holes. theres a name for it that i wont google search

its actually a really common phobia that most people dont realize that they have. you just get an uneasy feeling from certain hole patterns

google it at your own risk. my wife looked into it and the images forced her into hyper ventilation

Trypophobia.

Shit weirds me out when it’s stuff in nature like a honeycomb or insect nests, but I don’t go into hyperventilation or freak out. Just makes my skin crawl a bit. Holes in skin and wounds fuck with me too. I was not too thrilled looking at that bullet wound/giant wasp sting image that @Manx posted earlier.

Wait, reading it on wiki right now and it says:

While research on the proposed phobia has been limited due to scepticism on its legitimacy, researchers Arnold Wilkins and Geoff Cole, who claim to be the first to scientifically investigate trypophobia, believe the reaction to be based on a biological revulsion, rather than a learned cultural fear.[3] In a research article they wrote for Psychological Science, Wilkins and Cole discussed that the reaction is based on a brain response that associates the shapes with danger. The type of shapes that elicit a reaction were stated to include clustered holes in skin, meat, wood, plants, coral, sponges, mould, dried seed pods, honeycomb, soap, cheese, soil, plants and even wounds and bubbles and that observing these shapes made some individuals state that they felt that their skin is crawling, shudder, feel itchy, experience panic attacks, sweat, palpitate and feel physically sick. Some stated reasons behind this fear are that the holes seem “disgusting and gross” or that “something might be living inside those holes”.[4][5]

Using data and information from Trypophobia.com, Wilkins and Cole analyzed example images and concluded that the images had “unique characteristics”.[6] Wilkins and Cole concluded that the reaction behind the phobia was an “unconscious reflex reaction” based on a “primitive portion of the brain that associates the image with something dangerous”

I guess by this definition I have trypophobia. Should not have googled it. Saw some honeycombs and other shit and now my skin won’t stop crawling. FML

Wish I never googled that shit.

those images are creepy

[angelpalm]

Being around too many people of one race

[Missing_Person]

My biggest fear is RDS.
That’s Restless Developers Syndrome.
RDS is defined as the moment when developers start tinkering with their own projects through unwanted updates that cause more issues than they fix.

Should’ve just said “Fear of Microsoft Windows”

[jasonC]

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTy5m89iOyRfMkYCE7RMT7Hi5qRfzi-F5x9l_f8G0i3gSiMHd6Vkw

[Missing_Person]

my wife has a phobia. something about the fear of holes or patterns of holes. theres a name for it that i wont google search

its actually a really common phobia that most people dont realize that they have. you just get an uneasy feeling from certain hole patterns

google it at your own risk. my wife looked into it and the images forced her into hyper ventilation

Trypophobia.

[drwill439]

I fear the dark and mannequins.
I know what you all are thinking.
Who’s still afraid of the dark, right?

[Hollowblade]

Sheeesh-half of y’all won’t survive local camping trips .
On the real though, fuck clowns. I wish I never saw the movie ‘IT’ as a kid. :sad: :sad:

http://images.sodahead.com/polls/000159064/polls_0710126_clown_5758_771966_answer_7_xlarge.jpeg

aint no one got time for camping. Sleeping with spiders on the ground where stuff like centipedes wonder and bears n shit. Im good staying inside.

Also im pretty sure everyone is afraid of giant wasps that shit isnt normal. I dont mind bees and wasps in general hell the other day it appears i got stung by one i didnt even notice until the next day when my arm was lumpy. I sigh’d in inconvenience and moved on. But those giant wasps can go extinct no one will miss a bug that big.

[Don_Barracuda]

my wife has a phobia. something about the fear of holes or patterns of holes. theres a name for it that i wont google search

its actually a really common phobia that most people dont realize that they have. you just get an uneasy feeling from certain hole patterns

google it at your own risk. my wife looked into it and the images forced her into hyper ventilation

Holy shit, my sister has this!! I’ve never understood it. She has freaked out over crack patterns in pavements, patterns on folders and patterns on TV

[XthAtGAm3RGuYX]

Now that I think about it, fear of the number 13 is stupid. The elevator panel may say its the 14th floor, but you’re still on the 13th floor dumbass.

[Hollowblade]

my wife has a phobia. something about the fear of holes or patterns of holes. theres a name for it that i wont google search

its actually a really common phobia that most people dont realize that they have. you just get an uneasy feeling from certain hole patterns

google it at your own risk. my wife looked into it and the images forced her into hyper ventilation

Holy shit, my sister has this!! I’ve never understood it. She has freaked out over crack patterns in pavements, patterns on folders and patterns on TV

I looked this up and its uncomforting for sure, its really just kinda nasty for the most part. Of course a picture wether photoshopped or not of a person with a bunch of little holes is creepy and cam cause trauma since we are naturally scared of that that is possible to happen to us i think the effect is multiplied when we dont understand what we are looking at. Ugh lol im still cringing.

[menoslink]

Chainsaws, people holding chainsaws, and the sound of a chain saws. probably scared Sh!tless after having one held at my neck when i was around 4 -5 years old. also i love playing RE4 and 5 but then i see those chainsaw enemies, i nearly poop my self and have my friend, or my little brother go through those parts for me, lol. but its weird cause im fine with wielding them in games

[Don_Barracuda]

LOL just showed my sister some images on that trypophobia and she immediately jumped up and covered her eyes
According to the wiki, she can identify that she can’t look at patterns in rocks, trees and sponges, she’s fine with everything else lol.

[chadouken]

Now that I think about it, fear of the number 13 is stupid. The elevator panel may say its the 14th floor, but you’re still on the 13th floor dumbass.

What room are you in? 1401. No you’re not. Jump out the window, you will die earlier!

If the number 13 is unlucky, then so should the letter B be too, 'cause it looks like a scrunched together 13.
Hello, what’s your name?
BOB.
Get the fuck away!

-Mitch Hedberg

[Kromo]

my wife has a phobia. something about the fear of holes or patterns of holes. theres a name for it that i wont google search

its actually a really common phobia that most people dont realize that they have. you just get an uneasy feeling from certain hole patterns

google it at your own risk. my wife looked into it and the images forced her into hyper ventilation

Holy shit
I’m hungry now.

Spoiler

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS5-uVrnxK8/Uy-aoscv-HI/AAAAAAAAAEk/By-RSksTV_s/s1600/tripofobia.jpg

[drwill439]

my wife has a phobia. something about the fear of holes or patterns of holes. theres a name for it that i wont google search

its actually a really common phobia that most people dont realize that they have. you just get an uneasy feeling from certain hole patterns

google it at your own risk. my wife looked into it and the images forced her into hyper ventilation

Holy shit
I’m hungry now.

Spoiler

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZS5-uVrnxK8/Uy-aoscv-HI/AAAAAAAAAEk/By-RSksTV_s/s1600/tripofobia.jpg

Don’t scare me like that at work!!!