What scares you?

Following on from the ghosts thread, what scares you?

I can honestly say the only thing I'm aware of is heights - and it's a paralyzing fear - more than half a dozen rungs up a ladder and I am frozen stiff and sweating.

What are your fears?

only thing scare me is snake i cant even watch them on tv

The mrs lol, Having my toe nails cut

There is nothing to fear, but fear itself

Stone spiral staircases.

Kathy wrote:There is nothing to fear, but fear itself

this is the mantra I have used through bouts of depression, and it DOES help.

But my ultimate fear? Losing my sanity.

heights for me i never used to be scared but am terrified now

Needles. I'm not scared of the sight of them, I'm not scared of blood and I'm not scared of the pain. It's a completely illogical fear because I used to have them all the time till I was 11 and it's left me terrified of them

Nothing really. I used to be terrified of the water but than I became a lifeguard and avid scuba diver.

I am a bit uncomfortable with large crowds and narrow streets so I try to avoid them if possible

Lynda wrote:

Kathy wrote:There is nothing to fear, but fear itself

this is the mantra I have used through bouts of depression, and it DOES help.

But my ultimate fear? Losing my sanity.

But you'll never know if you loose your sanity, because if you've lost it, you can't imagine what it was that you lost Xx

I can't walk over glass floors or man holes etc, I'm terrified of falling. I hate falling so much. Lol

Did you see that loo that was built on top of an old mine shaft with a glass floor surrounding it?

Was in the papers a while back.

Basically, you were on the throne a couple of hundred feet above the bottom of a giant well and could see all the way down.

Made me feel giddy just looking at the picture.

Ooh, and those nutters who walk round a rope bridge built onto the side of a mountain, about 10,000 feet up in China.

Raving nutters.

janey wrote:

Lynda wrote:

Kathy wrote:There is nothing to fear, but fear itself

this is the mantra I have used through bouts of depression, and it DOES help.

But my ultimate fear? Losing my sanity.

But you'll never know if you loose your sanity, because if you've lost it, you can't imagine what it was that you lost Xx

Well I hope you're right Janey. I have just seen people (thank the Lord not in my own family) who in the grip of Alzheimers are VERY scared, confused and miserable and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. And that is MY fear.

Heavy stuff over!

I nearly went off a cliff once. Gor vertigo and had to throw myself to the floor before I went over the cliff hahahaha

Heights as well but my biggie is needles...i had a motorbike accident years ago and was bustup pretty bad but they had to hold me down to jab my *. I can honestly say the only pain i can remember was that flipping needle going in... I would love to give blood but until they are allowed to get it by punching me on the nose and holding a bowl under it...
Marley shares my cowardness with heights too, we both crawled over a bridge over a dual carrageway once

awww

Hayley wrote:I nearly went off a cliff once. Gor vertigo and had to throw myself to the floor before I went over the cliff hahahaha

yes standing on top of a cliff IS scary, it almost seems to be pulling you over doesn't it and I don't know why that is. Good job you threw yourself to the floor. I won't go near a cliff top now unless there is a STRONG rail between me and the abyss. Know our limitations!

So sorry to hear of your motorbike accident Nathan.

Needles going in can be painful (depends if they hit a nerve of not) - I just stare at the wall and hope for the best.

They now say" a little scratch" which it is obviously more than a little scratch but nothing that we quantum physists can't endure, but do you remember what they used to say? "a little *"? Wonder why they stopped saying that.

quite honestly nothing i've found yet scares me

Good girl Ella - may you keep enjoying life without fear.

thanks the OH is terrified of spiders and heights, but even those don't bother me in the slightest

AAAhhhh - spiders! Eugh Eugh eugh, I forgot those.

but they are sweet fluffy little things

ella wrote:but they are sweet fluffy little things

WHAT !!!!!!!

they are i love spiders

Ella, I envy you more than ever now. Every May and September when these UGLY SCUTTLING HORENDOUS MONSTERS zoom unexpectedly across my floors and up my walls and curtains (where have they come from, where the hell do they think they are going, why are they so EEEUUGH SO HORRIBLE) I die a thousand deaths. Sweet fluffy little things? EEEEE - how can you love them?

I have a lovely pet tarantula upstairs she's gorgeous too

ella wrote:they are i love spiders

I used to be scared of spiders, but one must have laid eggs in my room a few years back or something, cos there were LOADS of them all the time. So I got used to them eventually. I was sad to see them go . That said, I hate daddy long legs. I remember leaning on a window, turned around and there were dozens of them. Mating season or just a friendly gathering, I suppose.

> ella new username is hardcore

Isnt it weird how differantly ppl are wired .. how so many can be paralised by the fear of heights, and others (like me ) actively seek that thrill .. very strange!

If I'm honest, I cant really think of anything that actually scares me ... though the thought of dieing is prob the closest thing I can think of .. which is in itself kinda weird bareing in mind some of the things I get upto in the name of enjoyment

.... oh, and being jammed solid in a pot hole under metres of rock (so I guess that counts as one )

Daddy long legs make me physically sick

Steve wrote: > ella new username is hardcore

Haha didn't you know I'm hardcore

The Mrs with a Kitchen Knife in her hand

Keith wrote:Did you see that loo that was built on top of an old mine shaft with a glass floor surrounding it?

Was in the papers a while back.

Basically, you were on the throne a couple of hundred feet above the bottom of a giant well and could see all the way down.

Made me feel giddy just looking at the picture.

Ooh, and those nutters who walk round a rope bridge built onto the side of a mountain, about 10,000 feet up in China.

Raving nutters.

Is this what your talking about http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17kt5bz17bfz3jpg/original.jpg I sure couldn't use it heights dont really bother me ... unless its something with a glass floor

Yep, that was the one.
Imagine busting through that glass and free-falling with a throne attached to your rear.

females with powers scace the poo out of me

I love daddy longlegs. I think they're very sweet. I'm always the first to save them lol