tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post7375153614554779463..comments2024-03-17T02:20:03.772-05:00Comments on Riding With The Top Down: Fear Anyone?Kathleen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13561028604927993773noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-21139753717505640232008-06-04T23:15:00.000-05:002008-06-04T23:15:00.000-05:00I am afraid of heights, but I can go on rollarcoas...I am afraid of heights, but I can go on rollarcoasters, but I get that sick feeling in my stomach if I'm on the edge and whatever I'm riding & it goes slow, like that open seat ride that moves slowly on a cable a few stories up. cringe.......Dinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13363922982973526678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-75259721761410414892008-06-04T12:35:00.000-05:002008-06-04T12:35:00.000-05:00Fears? Oh, yes, I have quite a few! Driving on t...Fears? Oh, yes, I have quite a few! Driving on the freeway, sharks, snakes, public speaking, to name a few!cheryl chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518179090170838046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-42225800881359448282008-06-04T09:26:00.000-05:002008-06-04T09:26:00.000-05:00Joanna, getting lost caught my attention. I've be...Joanna, getting lost caught my attention. I've been trying to learn to orienteer and it's all about being lost. <BR/><BR/>And facing fear of being alone in the forest. Which does freak me out sometimes. <BR/><BR/>I'm afraid of so many things! I used to be so afraid of public speaking that I could not do it. NOT. Spiders getting in my hair. Bears (but not mountain lions, go figure). I was afraid to fly for a long time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-4191251733411711222008-06-03T23:24:00.000-05:002008-06-03T23:24:00.000-05:00I have a bad fear of confining places, I'm very cl...I have a bad fear of confining places, I'm very claustrophic. I also can't stand snakes when I see one I will immediately run the other way!tetewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287233499993365048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-33340768027173539422008-06-03T22:48:00.000-05:002008-06-03T22:48:00.000-05:00We have these really creeepy cicadas in Illinois t...We have these really creeepy cicadas in Illinois that come out once every 17 years... (I survived last year's invasion and plan to spend my summer 16 years from now on a tropical island so as to avoid them. :)<BR/><BR/>Also, rodents--like mice--in my house. Eeeek.Marilyn Branthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05303846770348840645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-1318504429115664112008-06-03T21:41:00.000-05:002008-06-03T21:41:00.000-05:00I am really afraid of june bugs. I hate those thin...I am really afraid of june bugs. I hate those things and will not go out at night once they start coming around. Now that I have children I have to pretend not to be afraid (don't want to give the kids my fears), but I still will not go out unless I have to.<BR/><BR/>I also hate tornadoes and living in Oklahoma (where we have tornadoes a lot) I get no sympathy about that fear.The Book Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15819838644284564971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-84592369169669451242008-06-03T21:36:00.000-05:002008-06-03T21:36:00.000-05:00I'd be better off saying what I'm not afraid of,lo...I'd be better off saying what I'm not afraid of,lol. I'm deathly afraid of snakes and don't even like seeing pictures of them. I hate mice to the nth degree and we have had some in our house before we put on new siding.<BR/>I hate heights and those black iron stairways usually at the back or side or an apartment block where you can see through as you are going up, yikes!!<BR/>Anyone feel for me yet? LOL.robynlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03250071917966470701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-70937367209732479092008-06-03T21:31:00.000-05:002008-06-03T21:31:00.000-05:00So glad to hear that there are some more of you ou...So glad to hear that there are some more of you out there that don't like to mix water and lightning! And Lo is a little delusional if she things I only weigh 88 lbs!! The fact that Travis has really BIG muscles lessens the fear factor. I am freakishly afraid of public speaking and will NEVER skydive or bungy jump. EVER! Has anyone mentioned psycho men? They scare me! Love ya Lo. Life would be SO boring without ya!<BR/>ColleenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-38240491451730573722008-06-03T19:28:00.000-05:002008-06-03T19:28:00.000-05:00I think horseback riding would be something I woul...I think horseback riding would be something I would fear too!<BR/><BR/>I am also afraid of heights especially when I am not in a building but outside.Lilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16245892606482774038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-6668714203546604482008-06-03T19:18:00.000-05:002008-06-03T19:18:00.000-05:00Heights and spiders. I think heights wins. My so...Heights and spiders. I think heights wins. <BR/><BR/>My son and I saw people prepping the water tower for painting. OMG, there is nothing, short of the safety of my kids, that would induce me to be up that high.<BR/><BR/>Spiders can be stepped on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-75903655210264055932008-06-03T19:13:00.000-05:002008-06-03T19:13:00.000-05:00Oh my gosh! I forgot about the MRI machine that wa...Oh my gosh! I forgot about the MRI machine that wants to swallow my head! <BR/><BR/>No, I am not normally claustrophobic, but when you put me in a situation like an MRI when I have no control over getting out of the (lack of) space I panic and freak OUT!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-42031025677542762532008-06-03T18:36:00.000-05:002008-06-03T18:36:00.000-05:00I know I have great fears of spiders and insects.....I know I have great fears of spiders and insects... they just horrify me!Nathaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127290110025040083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-88502134502659472112008-06-03T18:12:00.000-05:002008-06-03T18:12:00.000-05:00There's a man under the bed? Had I known that I'd ...There's a man under the bed? Had I known that I'd be worried too.lois greimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758677401591191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-9229502020467860302008-06-03T17:34:00.000-05:002008-06-03T17:34:00.000-05:00Snakes and heights is what I fear the most. Hieght...Snakes and heights is what I fear the most. Hieghts didn't bother me when I was young but they do now.Virginiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924888528166831610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-73538572608549507632008-06-03T17:29:00.000-05:002008-06-03T17:29:00.000-05:00A combination of heights and claustrophobia. Unple...A combination of heights and claustrophobia. Unpleasant and difficult to control.petitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419946097009492018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-64856129683383414232008-06-03T17:17:00.000-05:002008-06-03T17:17:00.000-05:00Oh, Keri, you had to mention the man under the bed...Oh, Keri, you had to mention the man under the bed! I can't let anything 'hang' either. The hubby sleeps with one arm draped over the side sometimes, and it freaks me!<BR/>And I always have to tuck (as in, the sheets) because I don't want a sheet to hang over the bed and touch the floor. That harkens back to when I was a kid and had a bed set into the wall, and there was a heat vent below it. My mom always warned me not to let the sheets hang over that vent or it would start a fire. Talk about being traumatized to this day!Michele Haufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12255612473985897103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-14154086034498327142008-06-03T16:49:00.000-05:002008-06-03T16:49:00.000-05:00I can't stand worms. Where I went to college they ...I can't stand worms. Where I went to college they would cover the sidewalks when it rained and you couldn't walk to class without stepping on them.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392692656456938856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-22820552734424113092008-06-03T16:47:00.000-05:002008-06-03T16:47:00.000-05:00I'm claustrophic. I didn't realize how much it bot...I'm claustrophic. I didn't realize how much it bothered me until I had to have an MRI. I'm on the table, being "inserted" into the tube and, suddenly, I find myself in a complete panic, heart pounding, barely able to catch my breath, scrambling like a crab on my back in a terrifed attempt to keep from going into the tube. Talk about embarrassing!<BR/><BR/>The tech was very understanding. Said it happens pretty often and he could get me something to calm me down and make it easier. Nah-uh. Not unless I'm unconscious. My doctor ended up having to find an open MRI for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-33923691407835638782008-06-03T16:33:00.000-05:002008-06-03T16:33:00.000-05:00This is a great topic. I had this really wierd fea...This is a great topic. I had this really wierd fear as a kid of getting bricked up inside a pyramid. I have no idea where that came from, other than an overactive imagination. I mean, I'd never BEEN to Egypt, and my parents had no PLANS for us to go to Egypt... still... I was terrified by the very IDEA... <BR/><BR/>Happy 2nd year anniversary! I saw your blog posted over on the Futuristic, Fantasy and Paranormal RWA loop. Cheers!Leanna Renee Hieberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10687827421608625020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-85909874801599313912008-06-03T16:23:00.000-05:002008-06-03T16:23:00.000-05:00Read through the comments after posting, and Cindy...Read through the comments after posting, and Cindy....LOL! I'm so glad I'm not alone! I thought I was the only one!Keri Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342480359177235075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-22820765252357121432008-06-03T16:19:00.000-05:002008-06-03T16:19:00.000-05:00Fears: bugs, unless we're talking about butterflie...Fears: bugs, unless we're talking about butterflies--those can land on me anytime, slimy (or looks slimy) things--unless it's already cooked fish, and anything with teeth bigger than mine and would like to have a little nibble of me. <BR/><BR/>Oh, oh!! And the man under the bed. <BR/>Should I explain? A little long, but according to the hubby, worth hearing:<BR/><BR/>I don't hang parts of my body off the bed (feet, hands, elbows, hair. Nothing) This bothers my husband as I fold the covers back to cool off, which then covers him up more. So anyway, I'm terrified, literally terrified to hang something off the bed at night, because as soon as I do, the man under the bed is going to reach up and snatch me off by whatever limb is hanging off. The husband, idiot that he is, tried telling me there is no room for a man under the bed for all the junk I have stored under there. But the man under the bed is like Santa Clause getting in a house with no chimmney, it just works. And once your under the bed, that's it, you're done for. There's a portal or something under that's going to send you into a place where there's probably lots of slimy bugs with big teeth who would like nothing more than to have a little nibble or two.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, and I'm sure you are all laughing as much as the hubby when I explained this to him. But yes, this is a real life fear of mine. I'll jump on the back of a horse any day, but don't make me hang something off the side of the bed.Keri Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03342480359177235075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-61088102678419500632008-06-03T16:15:00.000-05:002008-06-03T16:15:00.000-05:00I dread speaking in public. I always hated readin...I dread speaking in public. I always hated reading my book report in front of the class. The blood will drain from my face, palms are sweaty and my tongue is stuck. The whole imagine the audience naked thing doesn't work.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040629694490652973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-86492779557099336602008-06-03T15:39:00.000-05:002008-06-03T15:39:00.000-05:00Ooh, I'm with Margay--public speaking, even in sma...Ooh, I'm with Margay--public speaking, even in small groups, say leading a small group discussion of people I know. I've finally gotten so I don't panic if it's a group of four-year-olds, but in front of other grown-ups, I just want to pass out! Silly maybe, but I haven't gotten over it... my husband speaks in front of groups of all sizes as part of his job, and if it were part of mine, I'd have been fired long ago!Fedorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879033776125666713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-36604171223063284932008-06-03T15:36:00.001-05:002008-06-03T15:36:00.001-05:00Wow, looks like we're just a phobic species. I am ...Wow, looks like we're just a phobic species. I am not alone. :)lois greimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758677401591191607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27662400.post-85309760997564801932008-06-03T15:36:00.000-05:002008-06-03T15:36:00.000-05:00I am afraid of drowning and seeing myself in a swi...I am afraid of drowning and seeing myself in a swimsuit!Estellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04199693275287344161noreply@blogger.com