Is It normal to be scared of weird things? Part II

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here is another situation for those who have seen the other thread.... or otherwise. people get these fears and mine are prettty quirky... for instance, I am terrified of rats, for one day i saw one in the kitchen and i screamed and tripped and ran on my knees all th way intno my room, and every time i hear a noise coming from the back of the headboard, i un out of the room...so i get weird fears. Any comments?

I'm scared of Hights. I can't go to the edge of a Balcony, without freaking out. I also can't go on many Amusement Park Rides, because most of them go up, high into the Air.

I disliked my trip to Disney World because some of the animatronics in Disney-MGM Studios freaked me out.

When I was little I was scared of plugholes, the vacuum cleaner and a spot on the window.

Your rat fear is pretty normal, don't worry You'd be surprised how many people hate rats - i'd probably do the same.

I am deathly afraid of needles to the point that getting my blood drawn causes me to pass out.

I also get very, very nervous around birds. This is probably from the crane with a yellow mohawk that BIT me one time at the National Zoo.

I have a thing for deep water and not being able to up for a breath.

I'm afraid of wet stuff, things in or under water. It curbs my ability to have fun, so much is off limits, too scary/gross for me to dare. Mostly problem in being able to go swimming, which I love doing. Can only tolerate using inground pool, plenty of chlorine (know it's not clean, but "natural" places are too "dirty") and no gunk on the bottom. Dead things are "dirty" to me, (not my thinking, it's my feeling), don't want to be immersed in water w/them. Disguted by brown dead leaves underfoot on floor of river/pond, same w/mud. Terrified of dead trees or old mechanical things or dead bodies, of encountering those in the water.
Totally panicked one day (as a child) when swimming at beach & sensed boulders (w/algae on them) beneath me in the water. Can't explain, it's not rational, it's just very intense reaction I have. Also fear of being in (small) boat (canoe or rowboat) and scraping boat on boulder, as if then I'd get stuck w/my leg caught under rock & drown. Sounds strange, I know. Still suffer from these enormously strong phobias and meds. have been useless in this regard.

these are very nice replies... i have not too many similarities in these fears, for most of them i can handle, but yeah, I can understand if you do.

I am scared of heights, people inside my personal space, loud people, drunk people, unpredictable people, putting my head under water (can't swim), my own blood (pass out if I slit my finger with a knife the tiniest bit), the dark sometimes, thunder and lightning, doctors and dentists, and used to be terrified of butterflies (had a nightmare about them once) moths still scare me a little bit...

So don't feel that you're weird...

well, its the way i react to these fears, i will scream and go crazy to get the fear to go away... and then there are fears that i can avoid and i will not like scream about.

I dislike going in really deep sea water and being able to see (e.g. snorkelling). I dislike dogs for reasons I don’t know. As me I am afraid of dieing but not afraid of death (this seems strange but could be a problem I imagine).

Teddy Bears give me the creeps; those soulless eye-sockets...(shudders).

lol