glasspandabear
hey, adora
3 come to mind: I'm terribly afraid of needles, spiders, and bees. Each one of them sets off my internal fight or flight response immediately. 
Any irrational fears?
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succulents
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i have a huge fear of the texture of cotton (specifically cotton balls). the thought of it makes me shudder
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One of my irrational fears is trying to pick up insects. So, as a kid, I've never been great with spiders or such, I remember being find with snails. Nowadays I don't mind them, I let them carry on. but there are times I see they might need help, for example recently it was raining a lot in the day and there was a snail on the pavement, and I really wanted to help it and I tried to pick it up but I shivered as it moved and had to leave it there. I worry I would break it or kill the insect I'm trying to help or remove from the house or imagine it run up my arm.
I do usually use pieces of paper or a glass to get rid of insects in my house. Snails though are tough for me, I don't want to hurt it.
Another fear would be my bathroom. I fear that when I go in there, it would suddenly close shut, in darkness and I'll be stuck there. Thank goodness my cat always follows me to the bathroom in the night. I dunno where I get this fear. I actually have a memory of wanting me and my mum to stay in the bathroom forever together and safe.
I do usually use pieces of paper or a glass to get rid of insects in my house. Snails though are tough for me, I don't want to hurt it.
Another fear would be my bathroom. I fear that when I go in there, it would suddenly close shut, in darkness and I'll be stuck there. Thank goodness my cat always follows me to the bathroom in the night. I dunno where I get this fear. I actually have a memory of wanting me and my mum to stay in the bathroom forever together and safe.
ForeverGaming
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I am afraid of literally every bug. Whether it be spiders, flies, or even butterflies. Butterflies are probably the ones I’m least afraid of since they’re like kinda bigger and pretty but yeah. I literally get pissed kinda and a little scared of those like tiny tiny black bugs (I think they’re called like knats or something?). But yeah. No bugs for me lol.
I'm terrified of bugs too. Always have been ever since I got attacked by fire ants when I was little on a camping trip. The only bugs I can be OK with is butterflies, ladybugs, and pray mantises. Everything else I just don't like. I even swear those bugs like me because every bug I come across, whether flies, knatz, etc. always keeps buzzing around my face whenever I go outside.
i have EXTREME emetophobia, to the point to where it?s caused dramatic weight loss in the past few months. im just so afraid of eating anything that could potentially make me sick, and so i mostly stick to a few ?safe foods? (oatmeal, baby carrots, homemade bread, tortilla chips, peppermints, and ginger chews). i also have a really big fear of eating in public (maybe linked to my emetophobia? idk) and whenever we go to a restaurant i can never eat more than a few bites without feeling nauseous and/or having panic attacks. ive had it since i was little, any time a character on a tv show vomited i?d close my eyes and cover my ears. if something happens where i can?t avoid it then the scene would replay in my head over and over.
