I’m going to tell on another SD semi-regualr poster… As told to me by my mother, my older cousin (STRAINGER) used to be mortified of the Pillsbury Dough Boy. Evidently, he would run screaming out of the room every time a commercial with him in it came on the TV! How funny is that?
I have a phobic-type fear of the police. Squad cars, unifors, anything police related, I get cold sweats and palpitations whenever I see them (interestingly, I do like cop shows on TV however). FTR, I have never broken any law more serious than speeding, and yet I still have this visceral fear reaction to anything police related.
I don’t know if its a phobia, but there are certain sounds that drive me insane, that it bothers me to the point of freaking out: Vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, alarm clocks, and especially phones all cause me huge amounts of stress to hear in any situation, but I don’t know if it’s a phobia or some other stress disorder.
I’m not hysterical about it or anything. In fact my reaction is very calm. I just walk away.
But I hate electricity. I don’t have a problem with plugging-in appliances. I just won’t work on electrical wires. I won’t begin to touch a fuse box. There’s no way in Hell I’ll ever jump-start a car (but I have the cables in my trunk).
I don’t understand electricity at all. I’ve taken intro physics courses twice that each spent some time on the subject. My lab partner did all the physical work. But I can’t even understand the theory and math behind the stuff. I’d just throw up my hands, memorize a few models that made no sense to me, and barely pass the unit.
I can change batteries in my Walkman, smoke detector and flashlights (torches). It’s the powerful stuff that freaks my psyche. Maybe it’s the volts, maybe it’s the amps, I don’t really care to find out. I’ll just stand waaaaay over here while you start my car.
Ah you reminded me; static electricity! I hate it. I wont wear clothes that make those horrid sounds and cling to me. ak!