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Off Topic => Off Topic => Topic started by: Mooning Freddy on April 27, 2016, 05:24:27 AM
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How about we have a little confession thread?
What were your childhood fears, and do you have any phobias now? Can you explain your phobias?
When I was around 10-13 I was kinda scared of skeletons. I know, it's quite an embarressing fear for a pre-teen, but I remember it was only around this age that skeletons started freaking me out. It was enough for me to see what looked like a human skeleton on TV to give me goosebumps. What scared me was the thought that this pile of bones that I see before me was once a living, breathing person and now anything that's left of him or her is a pile of bones. That thought made me shiver and that it fead the phobia.
Overtime I somehow overcame that fear though.
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Spiders, after a very terrible incident of an entire nest falling on my head.
Now, whenever I see one, I do what Garfield does. Squash them.
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Snakes.
Still have a phobia of them today.
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Doctors and dentists. ????
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I'm Arachnophobic as well. Although when I was much younger I didn't have that fear. I was able to pick up spiders and handle them. Can't be bothered to do that now! I'm not sure when the fear actually manifested...
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At some point around my mid-to-late teens I became intensely thalassophobic seemingly overnight--one day I was fine with water and swam like a fish, next day I can't even look at a photo of the Titanic without experiencing a deeply instinctive and primal-feeling fear. To this day I have no idea why, but I haven't been in a pool since I was about fifteen.
I occasionally have an odd fear that the world I see might not be real; not entirely the concept of a Matrix or anything, though. It's more along the lines of "what if I'm severely schizophrenic or in a coma or something and everything I know is actually hallucination or dream?" Wouldn't call it a full-on phobia as it doesn't affect me on a regular or even semi-regular basis, but when it does pop back up it gets pretty intense for a bit.
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I occasionally have an odd fear that the world I see might not be real; not entirely the concept of a Matrix or anything, though. It's more along the lines of "what if I'm severely schizophrenic or in a coma or something and everything I know is actually hallucination or dream?" Wouldn't call it a full-on phobia as it doesn't affect me on a regular or even semi-regular basis, but when it does pop back up it gets pretty intense for a bit.
The simulation hypothesis. I think about this a lot too. Really there are 3 variations of it I can think of. 1 we're living inside a man made simulation. 2 we're living inside an alien made simulation. 3 the entire universe is a simulation made by some superior entity.
3 freaks me out the most because it's eerily similar to the religious idea of creationism if you think about it. I grew up Lutheran but as an adult with free will I'm agnostic.
3 feels familiar in an almost comforting way.
Something about the universe and reality as we know it just seems like the highest form of programming. There is some serious merit to the idea. Tyson needs to do a star talk episode about this.
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No, it's not so much the simulation hypothesis. The simulation hypothesis would be a bit more bearable, because at least then reality is as real as said simulation and everything therein is as "real" as the context makes it. My actions and life within might be simulated, but the simulation is still a definite reality.
However, if my examples were true and I were comatose and dreaming or massively hallucinating, then what I know is not "real" by the standards of the surrounding world, because I'm not seeing it as it is but how my mind creates it.
Basically, the fear is less "The Matrix" and more "A Beautiful Mind."
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No, it's not so much the simulation hypothesis. The simulation hypothesis would be a bit more bearable, because at least then reality is as real as said simulation and everything therein is as "real" as the context makes it. My actions and life within might be simulated, but the simulation is still a definite reality.
However, if my examples were true and I were comatose and dreaming or massively hallucinating, then what I know is not "real" by the standards of the surrounding world, because I'm not seeing it as it is but how my mind creates it.
Basically, the fear is less "The Matrix" and more "A Beautiful Mind."
I gotcha.
If you were comatose then at least your dreams or hallucinations would be based on past perceptions of reality. I mean, they would almost have to be right? In that case you must have a human body that's living, asleep on the other side. That's scary, but it would be proof that you exist and that your true form and reality is something like your dreams. I've never had a dream where I was completely different life form in a different state of reality. Have you? That would be crazy. I think most people dream things that are rooted to reality in some way.
If life as we know it is a simulation, this could all be contrived and not based on anything that's ever really existed. We could be advanced AI programs. Or our true life forms could be something completely alien to what we've come to know. That's pretty fucked up to think about too.
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Even if I did have dreams entirely based on current reality, it's still the idea of waking up from the "dream" and things aren't remotely the same.
Imagine waking up to find that physically your parents are the same, but their personas are radically different. Now imagine that with friends, jobs, the town you grew up in, the place you live, everything.
Things that are only slightly abnormal are far more terrifying than things grossly abnormal--because the slightly abnormal can be compared to the normal.
It'd be like...almost like a more fucked-up version of "The Truman Show," now that I think about it.
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Even if I did have dreams entirely based on current reality, it's still the idea of waking up from the "dream" and things aren't remotely the same.
Imagine waking up to find that physically your parents are the same, but their personas are radically different. Now imagine that with friends, jobs, the town you grew up in, the place you live, everything.
Things that are only slightly abnormal are far more terrifying than things grossly abnormal--because the slightly abnormal can be compared to the normal.
It'd be like...almost like a more fucked-up version of "The Truman Show," now that I think about it.
Ever seen Vanilla Sky?
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Yep. Another similar premise.
Good flick, too.
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At some point around my mid-to-late teens I became intensely thalassophobic seemingly overnight--one day I was fine with water and swam like a fish, next day I can't even look at a photo of the Titanic without experiencing a deeply instinctive and primal-feeling fear. To this day I have no idea why, but I haven't been in a pool since I was about fifteen.
You may have had a past life on that ship Dracula9. I've got this exact same issue except mine started when I was very young. It was only recently through hypnotic regression that I learned of the cause behind this unknown spark of fear that would shoot up my spine whenever I was confronted with a very deep pool of water. I'm fine on boats, but for the life of me I will never learn to swim. It's just not happening.
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It's one of the reasons I believe rather heavily in residual memory--in addition to this, I have an intense pull and calling to return "home" whenever I see any wilderness that's cold and hilly and foggy, despite having never been to such a place. There are other factors that line up with the following information, but they're just a series of more minor things.
This and the unexplainably primal fear of deep water lends belief to me that my Viking ancestry plays some part in this, especially considering my being a direct descendant of a particularly legendary Nord who currently has his own TV show.
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I think fear of seeing one's loved ones in pain, struggle or dying is always the worst because it evokes helplessness and wishing you could take all of that way from them.
The fear of losing someone and not knowing if you'll ever see people again after they leave is always a tough one.
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I'm honestly afraid of the dark because it evokes diferrents type of fears but mostly th fear of the unknown!
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Spiders, after a very terrible incident of an entire nest falling on my head.
Yikes. I've always feared spiders as a kid (and pretty much still hate them as an adult), so I couldn't imagine how much I'd freak out over something like that.
Never liked heights, either. The first time I got up on my roof to clean the gutters, I was practically crawling, and that was only a few years back.
As a kid, I found the concept of eternal life somehow terrifying. Death isn't a great alternative, either, but just the idea of life going on with no end, ever, scared me.
I also remember my dad used to rent horror movies a lot...the slasher films of the 80s. They'd freak me out and give me nightmares, but something always compelled me to at least sneak a peek every time. I could never just leave them alone.
As an adult, I developed an intense fear of public speaking, so bad at one point that I'd dread getting haircuts because I'd have to tell the stylist how I wanted it cut. Pretty pathetic, huh? But now I'm on some pretty mild anxiety meds, and my job as a manager involves speaking in front of my direct reports every day at the start of shift. No problem at all. I get a bit nervous if I have to do more formal presentations (department meetings, etc.), but they end up going smoothly.
I also developed a fear of needles a few years ago...or rather, the pain associated with them. I'm totally okay if it's a flu shot or a TB skin test, because those don't really hurt. The ones I dread are mostly IV injections...when those hurt going in, it makes me feel nauseous, dizzy, and faint...it also makes me sweat a lot. Had this happen again recently with a cortisone injection in my shoulder, and I'll probably have to go back to get another one. Still not as bad as an IV.
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I also developed a fear of needles a few years ago...or rather, the pain associated with them. I'm totally okay if it's a flu shot or a TB skin test, because those don't really hurt. The ones I dread are mostly IV injections...when those hurt going in, it makes me feel nauseous, dizzy, and faint...it also makes me sweat a lot. Had this happen again recently with a cortisone injection in my shoulder, and I'll probably have to go back to get another one. Still not as bad as an IV.
What about acupuncture? I myself hate needles. I even had one of those very large (and long) needles that they use for testing out muscle reflex. it was put into my upper thigh and I had to flex it...T_T But once I went through some acupuncture treatments I was actually quite relaxed. Heck, I even fell asleep through one of the sessions. That would never happen with any other needle.
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I'm not sure if I'm really "afraid" of anything or not. I mean, there certainly things I really hate/dislike and avoid. For example, I don't know if I'm really afraid of spiders, but I don't have any desire to touch or play with them, and the bigger they are and closer they are to being in my house, the more I want them dead. I don't know that I'm really afraid of ticks, but considering the fact that I found one in a very...um...personal area early one morning when I was a kid I really don't like them, and I am careful to avoid places or activities where I might get one. I suppose you could argue that I have some germaphobic tendencies, and I have a bit of a space bubble.
To me those are just things I hate/dislike and try to avoid, but I guess they could potentially be considered a fear?
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What about acupuncture? I myself hate needles. I even had one of those very large (and long) needles that they use for testing out muscle reflex. it was put into my upper thigh and I had to flex it...T_T But once I went through some acupuncture treatments I was actually quite relaxed. Heck, I even fell asleep through one of the sessions. That would never happen with any other needle.
Acupuncture sounds like it would be fine...those are really small ones they use for that, right?
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Acupuncture sounds like it would be fine...those are really small ones they use for that, right?
Yup. And they don't go in very deep either. Which is also a relief :)
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I hate spider webs and don't dare to see them because I happened to be sticked by them when I was a kid (I 'm not afraid of spider itself though)
Dogs also frightened my younger self since a dog with giant and strong body was barking at me constantly, it almost bit me when I was about to find the "goods" which I had appointed to find out with my fellow childhood friends and believed it was there , "guarded" by that dog *like a typical 3D action game boss*
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Porcelain dolls at my grandma's house. I was convinced their facial expressions changed out of the corner of my eye.
I'd never ever live in a house with those things, no sir.
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We probably all do the ninja thing when we accidentally walk through a web...am I right?! ;-)
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Porcelain dolls at my grandma's house. I was convinced their facial expressions changed out of the corner of my eye.
I'd never ever live in a house with those things, no sir.
Did you see the Seinfeld episode where Susan (George's SO) has a doll that looks exactly like his mother?
Old Dolls have creeped me out ever since then :/
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We probably all do the ninja thing when we accidentally walk through a web...am I right?! ;-)
Yes... :'(
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My fears are a bit tame insofar as I don't know if I have any that make me reel in disgust/terror all the time.
I can stand looking at spiders - I even tried to hold a one-sided conversation with one before (if you ever worked the grave shift at a store, you'd understand). And if I see one on the wall, I can look at it just fine. Don't mind them running around the walls. But if I see one in the shower or sink, I'll turn on the water and flush it down the drain. If I try to be nice and lure one up on a paper or into a bowl so I can release it outside, if it gets out of the bowl or climbs too far up the paper toward me, I'll spaz out.
I'm worse with moths. I won't even try to save a moth or talk to one. I hate moths, but not really terrified. But they're so big, I generally try to shoo them away - and spaz out when they fly close to my face.
I used to be terrified of ghosts (saw Ghostbusters when I was 5, I think that was the source of my fears). Nowadays I get jumpy at shadows and I hate the dark because of my fear of ghosts as a child, but for the most part I'm over it now.
Decapitation has always been a big no-no for me, though. From horror movies to shows like Gam eOf Thrones, to shit like Faces Of Death, and even in anime or just paintings of it - both human and animal alike - I cannot stand decapitations. I can force myself to look at them, but I wouldn't be surprised if I have uncontrollable nervous twitches when I do. If something had a head, it should continue having a head indefinitely. In real life (as opposed to in film), I can't stand viscera either. I won't even look at roadkill.
I might have a minor fear of [human] corpses. I mean, other than my grandpa's and possibly my mom's cousin's, I don't think I've even looked into coffins. Might have stemmed from when I was watching a parade sitting in front of the funeral home and I had to take a piss, so I went into the funeral home looking for the restroom and walked into an "occupied" viewing room accidentally. But if i see them on TV or whatever, I don't mind.
Biggest fear is my cat getting outside (sans kitty carrier/tote). My cat's an indoor cat because I don't trust the outside world with her.
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Did anyone ever see the commercial for the postal service when they first had the boxes with that, "If it fits, it ships." thing going? It had a creepy little clown doll (porcelain too? I dunno). I always thought it was funny, but I guess if those sort of things bother you it may not be so amusing.
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Back when I was a kid in the 90's there was a Russian TV company with the creepiest opening and logo to their programmes ever.
They had a statue of an Asian man with a frog on his head as a logo. Most disturbing logo ever. I was always turning away from it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsyKdgmUzQE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsyKdgmUzQE)
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I feel like I read or watched something about creepy openings and logos of TV companies or something...maybe it was something someone here posted (in another thread) but I only have vague memories of it so I'm not really sure... :-/
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Never had fears of it as a kid but Disney.. Jeebus the amount of occult and perverse symbolism and audio in their films is a disgrace. Don't get me wrong, I'm a bug fan of animation but the fact that it's animated makes it more creepy.