Spiders. They creep me out so much. Thankfully, I have my electric fly swatter handy so zap and a spark and they start smoking. Then I dump then in the toilet and the crisis is over. Phew.
But one time I woke up with a dead spider on my hand. That is something you don’t want to see/feel right after wakeing from a nice slumber.
Yeah, mike, I was surprised to see this thing on its second page with no mention of my secret dread: hypodermic needles.
The last time I had a blood draw was for my pre-marriage physical, and that was many years ago, and I only did it because the law said I had to. I will break into a cold sweat and nearly pass out during a blood draw. I’m always being guilted-out for not participating in the Red Cross blood drives … but, hey … ::looks at floor, shuffles feet::. (OTOH, I’ll kill all those nasty spiders for you! Got a snake in the yard you need gotten rid of? No prob!)
You can imagine what a horror show a trip to the dentist is for me. Think Winston Smith, as the cage of rats nears his face, their yellow teeth glinting… *
And of course, it’s completely irrational. After every blood draw or novocaine shot, I think, “That wasn’t so bad! Piece o’ cake! Next time I won’t be such a big baby!” And the next time, I’ll be shaking like a leaf, with cold drops of sweat pouring off my forehead. Because you can’t logically talk yourself out of a phobia.
Deep water.
Nothing is more terrifying to me than the thought of swimming along and then looking down to see nothing but a profound and all-engulfing darkness beneath me…nothing but open water that plunges inexorably down, down, down, to end at the bottom of the world where all is freezing black depth and crushing darkness <shudder>
The mere thought is enough to chill my blood and shut down all higher brain functions. It’s an overwhelming and primal fear that seems to surface from someplace deep within…
Pools are just fine, lakes are pretty bad, but there is no way in hell you’d ever get me over the side of a boat in the open ocean. The best I’ve ever been able to do was to go snorkelling in the Red Sea above some coral. Even though it was only about thirty feet down, I was almost hyperventilating.
Funnily enough, I’m fine with heights. I’ll gladly hike up mountains or go bungee-jumping, but depths are a problem.
Next worst fear is sharks - not just the fact that they are deadly killing machines that will eat you alive, but the dead, cold look in their eyes - like there’s nothing there.
Oh, and Spiders. Spiders suck too, but I don’t usually have too much of a problem unless they’re big. The worst one I ever had the misfortune of encountering was so big I could hear it scuttle across the floor.:eek:
I fear flying. The fact that your 30,000 feet up and can’t do anything about it really irritates me.
Ever see Marathon Man with Laurence Olivier as the Nazi dentist? That’s a logical reason to hate dentists. 
“Is it safe?”
No, I never saw that one, bean_shadow. Don’t think I’ll rush out to rent it, either. ::shudder::
I peronally am afraid of the dark (Achluophobia)! My husband has to take the dog out at night, because I CAN’T do it!
Oh my, had almost forgotten I saw that! I think I blocked it out!
Definitely not for anyone who is afraid of the dentist!
Wonderful film though, don’t let that stop you from seeing it.
(Just have someone tell you when to close your eyes, or watch the edited version on t.v.)
Hello, my name is Shirley Ujest and I have a few odd phobias:
** The perfume nazis err… ladies at the mall. Seig Heil!
Eye chart tests
Driver liscense tests. **
Other than that, anything else is handled on a case by case basis.