I’ve always disliked things going into my veins -other kinds of shots, blood, etc, don’t bother me at all.
But, I went in for surgery last month. I was fine the whole morning, joking, clowning around, relaxed… and then they inserted the IV. Within minutes I had tunnel vision, I was very uneasy, my arm felt cold, and it was all I could do to not run out of there.
I have to go back in for another round of surgery and the single thing that scares me and makes me want to not show up in the thought of having another IV.
My wife is a nurse and she said she’s never seen anyone react like this before.
My nightmares. I wish I could stop dreaming. I’ve watched my husband die in a thousand awful realistic ways. They are so vivd and realistic, it takes ma about an hour or two of effort to redirect my thoughts and stop seeing the images.
I can’t wait until someone finds a way to stop dreams.
Cockroaches. They’re like super insects: they’re the fastest insect on land, they can climb up walls, they’re resistant to bug spray, they can fit into really tight spaces, they can sort of flutter around (although not fly, fortunately), and finnally they’re realy, really, really gross.
The nightmare I had last night. scared the bejesus out of me.
(warning, graphic description in spoiler)
[spoiler]In the nightmare, I was watching ‘You’ve been framed’ (a UK tv show for home videos where people mess up in amusing ways.) withe the ordinary cheerful music and audience laughter. The difference was, the clips were not of people falling off tables or getting a custard pie in the face. They were of people getting limbs ripped off, and a biker falling off his bike - he is still aware and concious, he doesn’t realize what’s wrong until he looks down to see that his lower half is the wrong way round. His spine has snapped and twisted through 180 degrees
I have left out possibly the most disturbing bit, not to mention the bits I don’t remember[/spoiler]
You know, Lobsang, I have had a similar nightmare, twice.
Except that the footage was of People being shot in the head at close range and their craniums exploding.
And Seven, I had the same experience when I got an IV (tunnel vision, cold arm), except I didn’t have the fear. So maybe the physical effects are separate from your phobia, if you know what I mean.
I like it. except for all the nudity. what is that show’s obsession with nudity?! and it’s always men or old women. I watch ‘kirstey’s home videos’ to see home videos, not nude videos’ It’d be ok if Kirstey herself got nude, but noooo.
not sure why I am spoilering this,[/spoiler]
I have never been too bothered about health scares. Including BSE. It made no difference to my eating habits.
My bride just kicked in with her biggest fear. Tsunamis. When we go to the beach she has a tough time sleeping. She has awaken me in the middle of the night asking about the tsunami early warning system. I make up some bullshit and roll over and go back to sllep.
THE DARK
Dolls
Clowns
Dogs
DROWNING (putting my head underwater, even in a bathtub, sends me into convulsions)
Earwigs
Fetus’s (Please just don’t ask, I don’t know.)
HIEGHTS
Foriegn creatures invading my body (ie, tapeworms, lice, those disgusting larvae things that burrow into your skin in africa)
Needles
That every one is secretly laughing at me behind my back
People touching my things or anything else I might have to touch with their feet. I hate feet.
Losing my teeth. I am 24 and the only work I have needed so far is to have a chipped tooth fixed, so there isn’t anythign wrong with them yet. I am just afriad that they are going to start falling out.
