What is your phobia?

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I tend to be acrophobic (fear of heights). I'm also afraid of clowns and some types of dolls.

Making a fool of myself in front of other people

I'm not sure if this is even classified as a phobia, but I have an instant dislike of certain (electronic?) sounds. I used to think this is because they mimic the sound of my tinnitus, but with ASD involved who knows. Certain alarms with a higher pitch and the noises televisions make just as they are switched on trigger it.

I don't like seeing/feeling the veins on my body. Like the one vein on the top of the foot, I hate seeing that. I also hate getting blood drawn and hate putting weight on my wrists because I fear my hands snapping off and the veins.

I am afraid of someone riding their bicycle behind mine. This has been linked to ASD.

^Are you speaking of tailgating?

It is considered informal speech, no wonder why I did not know such a word. Yes, I am speaking of this so called tailgating.

Giant Hogweed. God, I hate those things. Keep thinking about a herd of them coming towards me and swallowing me into their innards....*shiver*

@#$% ouchie hypodermic needles

I was afraid of the Moon and planets until I was well into my adolescence.

I hate tailgating, too. Some days, traffic is almost bumper-to-bumper where I live.

Emetophobia, which is the fear of vomiting, is more common than you think and it's not really that weird. I have had a bad fear of it that got especially horrible during my late teens and twenties. Yeah, I get it, no one likes to throw up. No one likes going to the dentist either but not everyone has a phobia where just the thought of the dentist's office makes them want to run away screaming. Emetophobia also makes me look like a jerk. Well a bigger jerk than usual Instead of feeling bad for someone with stomach flu I just want to say "Okay bye!!", and then run off and jump into a tub full of iodine. It also makes me nervous to be around infants and children because they are famous for puking a lot, often without any warning. I'm also afraid to go on planes and boats and take medication where nausea is a side effect or get surgery or eat unusual foods or drink alcohol or become pregnant - although emetophobia isn't the *only* reason I avoid those last two things.

xenophobia, agoraphobia, chorophobia, iridophobia, arachnophobia, enochlophobia

I have had quite a few phobias. But I'm just going to list a couple of the more relevant ones.

My biggest one is definitely fire. I feel extremely nervous when I see or smell something burning, and bad images enter my head. I can't bring myself to strike matches, click lighters or hold candles. I think what also doesn't help is that I hate heat as well and don't want to get burnt. This is something that I would like to get over because I want to learn how to cook when I'm older.

I've never really liked birthdays - as a little kid I dreaded them. The absolute worst part for me was the Happy Birthday song, whether it was sung to me or to someone else. Even now, I'm still not 100% over that. While I can sorta put up with hearing it when instrumental, I never sing it myself, and when I hear loads of people singing it slowly, I start shaking and just want to leave the room.

Driving on the highway, either as driver or passenger.

Panophobia - Fear of everything.

Just kidding.

The normal stuff.

Arachnophobia, acrophobia, claustrophobia. None of them are bad enough to cause me any problems, but they seem to be getting worse with age.