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PHPGoddess
09-30-2002, 06:06 PM
I'd like to start a message thread about phobias that many of us share but to "normal" people seem too silly to give their own name. I suggest we share these, and if people can come up with latin words for each others' that would be great! I"ll start:

I have this friend who isn't just afraid of sharks, and isn't just afraid of water...but who refuses to close her eyes all the way in the shower because she's afraid if she does a shark will attack her....in the shower. She'll let soap run in her eyes before she will risk being vulnerable to attack.

#1 - Fear of Being Attacked by a Shark in the Shower

Here's mine:
When I wash my face at night, I will only look down, and will grapple for a towel and dry off without ever looking up until I leave the bathroom. Because I've seen way too many movies where the unsuspecting person splashes their face with water and then pop up only to have impending doom standing behind them in the bathroom staring in the mirror. So....

#2 - Fear of Looking in Mirror While Washing your face in case there's a monster standing behind you.
beckstra
09-30-2002, 06:24 PM
Fast food birthday party clowns.

Ugh.
PHPGoddess
09-30-2002, 06:46 PM
beckstra:
Cibatusaccuagrestiphobia
(fast food clown)
AllegroNg
09-30-2002, 11:56 PM
Whenever I do my laundry, washing or drying, I have to check each at least twice, because I'm scared that one of my kitties wandered into the machine.
Is that a phobia, or a disorder?

-Ng
Frieda
10-01-2002, 09:15 AM
Originally posted by AllegroNg
Whenever I do my laundry, washing or drying, I have to check each at least twice, because I'm scared that one of my kitties wandered into the machine.
Is that a phobia, or a disorder?

-Ng

no, it's what everyone with pets should do. i wouldn't forgive myself if i forgot to check and find what used to be my cat in the dryer.. :(
zenbabe
10-02-2002, 06:39 PM
I always fret that there is something stuck in my teeth. I always ask my friends to look and make sure I have nothing in my teeth. There should be a phobia for the fear of laughing with something stuck in your teeth.
Frieda
10-02-2002, 07:09 PM
carry a mirror with you! that should do the trick.. :D
red
10-07-2002, 06:23 PM
What about fear of rain after getting your car detailed?
Frieda
10-07-2002, 06:57 PM
fear of birds after you wash your car? :p
PHPGoddess
10-07-2002, 07:03 PM
Red, you have Imberaphobia: imber = pelting rain, showering missiles

Frieda, you have Viscataphobia: Viscatus = bird slime
Frieda
10-07-2002, 07:14 PM
hahaha lol PHP! :D

how do you come up with all the latin? great!
PHPGoddess
10-07-2002, 07:21 PM
I suppose I should post my online translator so we can all look for variations of the terms and argue out which flows of the tongue better! hehe. The link is:
English to Latin (http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl)
red
10-07-2002, 07:28 PM
I also dodge puddles to keep my car clean.
What about fear of puddles?
NekoPunk
10-07-2002, 11:58 PM
i used to run down the stairs in my house (in socks even) after i flushed the toilet so no one could get me while i couldn't hear anything because of the noise. ... needless to say, i fell... lots. but, i never stopped, because i was always afraid of being attacked upstairs in the bathroom. *shrugs* it's funny now... ^_^
PHPGoddess
10-08-2002, 12:20 AM
I don't even know WHERE to start with that one.
NekoPunk
10-08-2002, 01:18 PM
it didn't make any sense, but i like to attrubute all my weird problems to my dad, who would sneak up behind me any time he could and scare the begeesus out of me.

i think that's the same reason i always sleep in the far corner from the door, and facing the door. no matter where i go. ^_^

yay for complexes!!
dinzdale
10-08-2002, 07:17 PM
Always sleep facing the outside of a double bed. If you face inwards to the middle, it's just then that the monsters can slooowwllly......reach ......over....... and................AAAAUUUUGGHH!!
NekoPunk
10-08-2002, 09:05 PM
**hides** and you!! i blame you too!!

:D
Large Marge
01-09-2005, 07:43 AM
I'm scared of spiders.

http://img117.exs.cx/img117/9742/spider0ti.jpg

Especially in the bathroom. I guess it's because it's a small space and I'm usually naked when I'm in there. Not the conditions under which I want to meet a spider.
madasacutsnake
01-09-2005, 08:02 AM
Marge, meet Fred.

<img src=http://images.andale.com/f2/116/113/7110171/1103751387023_spider4.jpg>
Large Marge
01-09-2005, 08:14 AM
Marge, meet Fred.

<img src=http://images.andale.com/f2/116/113/7110171/1103751387023_spider4.jpg>


Holy Shiite!!

Is he a full-time resident?

I have goosebumps RIGHT NOW.
madasacutsnake
01-09-2005, 08:18 AM
I see him around from time to time. He's officially an outdoor pet though.
Large Marge
01-09-2005, 08:20 AM
I see him around from time to time. He's officially an outdoor pet though.

Thank God.

That one looks kinda like a wolf spider. I was attacked by a wolf spider once, but that's another story.

Australia has some mean-ass spiders, doesn't it?