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01 Mar 2016, 4:21 pm

I have a severe irrational fear of electric bells. Just looking at one on the wall makes my mouth go dry. It made my school life hell, because when we had to line up in the hallway right near a bell that was due to ring, I would anticipate it and nothing could distract me from it. I'd stand there white as a ghost, shaking with the anticipation. I was afraid to put my fingers in my ears because of the other kids might make fun of me. Sometimes I would stand further down the hallway away from the nearest bell, which made me look totally antisocial. But my fear of the bell overtook my school life. The science classrooms had an unnecessary loud bell in them, which made science lessons unbearable because I was worrying in case the fire alarm would go off.
My bell phobia actually make me look more Aspie than I really was. But I was too embarrassed to tell anybody.


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01 Mar 2016, 4:33 pm

as a child I hated and feared the high-pitched turbine whine coming from the vacuum cleaner.



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01 Mar 2016, 6:19 pm

Wow!! !! you guys really have the anxiety stuff going. I am so very glad I don't have most of these anxieties.

Not meant as a put-down, but I'm just relieved that the things that freak you all out, don't freak me out.


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01 Mar 2016, 6:51 pm

BeaArthur wrote:
Wow!! ! ! you guys really have the anxiety stuff going. I am so very glad I don't have most of these anxieties. Not meant as a put-down, but I'm just relieved that the things that freak you all out, don't freak me out.

you mean, you're NOT afraid of stinging BEES? 8O



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01 Mar 2016, 8:36 pm

auntblabby wrote:
you mean, you're NOT afraid of stinging BEES? 8O

Not at a phobic level. I can be around bees in the garden and not feel afraid.


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01 Mar 2016, 8:57 pm

BeaArthur wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
you mean, you're NOT afraid of stinging BEES? 8O

Not at a phobic level. I can be around bees in the garden and not feel afraid.

wow :o you're my bee hero :wtg:



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01 Mar 2016, 9:37 pm

Mine too. I've almost been in some pretty nice accidents because of bees/wasps/stinging-flying-things and/or spiders in my car. I've jumped out of a MOVING CAR because a wasp flew out of the dashboard (luckily I wasn't driving).


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01 Mar 2016, 9:44 pm

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Mine too. I've almost been in some pretty nice accidents because of bees/wasps/stinging-flying-things and/or spiders in my car. I've jumped out of a MOVING CAR because a wasp flew out of the dashboard (luckily I wasn't driving).

wow :o I hope you're alright after all that. I never open my car windows unless I'm trying to shoo an insect out. less of a chance for a bee to get it.



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01 Mar 2016, 10:30 pm

I have an irrational fear of both boats and aeroplanes.

Never had a bad experience with either and rationally I know that likelihood of something going wrong is very unlikely.

But my worst and probably most irrational fear is polystyrene...

As soon as I see it, my mouth goes dry and I feel like I am going to vomit, the noise it makes while being crushed is worse than any other sound I have ever heard even thinking about it is making me feel weird.



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01 Mar 2016, 11:14 pm

auntblabby wrote:
Brittniejoy1983 wrote:
Mine too. I've almost been in some pretty nice accidents because of bees/wasps/stinging-flying-things and/or spiders in my car. I've jumped out of a MOVING CAR because a wasp flew out of the dashboard (luckily I wasn't driving).

wow :o I hope you're alright after all that. I never open my car windows unless I'm trying to shoo an insect out. less of a chance for a bee to get it.



Yeah, luckily, I was the passenger in my friends SUV as she was pulling out of a bank drive-through. She thought it was hilarious. It had flown in HER window (her AC didn't work well), and I jumped out while she was doing her transaction. Then she said it went out, so I got back in, and she started to pull away. It flew at me, and I flew out the door (while the car was moving). She almost didn't break because she was laughing so hard.

Needless to say, that situation comes up frequently.


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01 Mar 2016, 11:15 pm

dratted stinging insects! :x



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02 Mar 2016, 12:26 pm

People think my Monkey-phobia is irrational, but I think all fellow Autics should be afraid of Monkeys. They're smart, they could kill you in lots of smart ways and worst of all, they're grabby. I'm going on a field trip soon to Mauritius where they have monkeys in the deep forest. I'm just not going to go into the woods I'd be scared if one grabbed me and it might kill me if I don't have food... 8O



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02 Mar 2016, 1:33 pm

For me its mainly people! doesnt help in a world of 7 billion of them eh!? lol... going into rooms of more than 1 person, or someone sitting next to me, or large groups and shops!... The other is relationships, most of my friends are women, but when finding love i am often/always used and seem to attract the ASPD spectrum, recent experience no exception! Its pure hell when you put your trust in someone and they trample you down and not only dump you but also try to make you feel even worse on top of that so they can create an inner excuse that it wasnt their fault! cant understand that mind mentality, people that cant take responsibility for their own destructive actions.



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02 Mar 2016, 2:15 pm

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I have emetophobia too, although I'm not afraid of puking myself, but seeing or hearing others puking, even on TV, greatly disturbs me.  I despise the movie Pitch Perfect because it has several unexpected and random scenes of violent projectile vomiting, and I left the room because I couldn't deal with watching them.

One of my most irrational fears though is those hole-in-the-ground toilets like you get at campsites.  I'm always terrified I'll fall in and drown, because my babysitter once told me a story of a little girl who did.  My sister, hearing the same story, shares my fear, and neither of us will actually sit on them, rather, we sort of hover over the edge of the hole while holding on tightly to the handrail.  It's especially creepy when you have to use them in the middle of the night and it's dark (something I'm also afraid of, but not to phobic levels) and there's no one else around to hear you scream if you need help.


I also have emetophobia, so much that I have OCD because of it. I mentally block out words pertaining to "it" when reading something that mentions it and I definitely make sure to stay out of the room if my sister is going to watch Pitch Perfect.

My sister is terrified of those camp bathrooms! They freak me out but its not quite a phobia. I will not use them at night though and during the day I still don't sit on them all the way,  just hover as you said. 

My other main phobia is needles. I acted quite childish the last time I needed shots and when I needed an IV for an MRI I had tears streaming down my face the whole time it was in (I was quite embarrassed). I know they don't hurt and that its irrational, but it won't make it any more fun when I have to get blood work done soon  8O


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03 Mar 2016, 11:01 am

Ecrins wrote:
People think my Monkey-phobia is irrational, but I think all fellow Autics should be afraid of Monkeys. They're smart, they could kill you in lots of smart ways and worst of all, they're grabby. I'm going on a field trip soon to Mauritius where they have monkeys in the deep forest. I'm just not going to go into the woods I'd be scared if one grabbed me and it might kill me if I don't have food... 8O



I don't have it, but I know someone who is also scared of monkeys. And it isn't irrational. If people knew enough about them, they would also be afraid of them.


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03 Mar 2016, 7:42 pm

I read about that poor woman whose face was torn off by somebody else's "pet" monkey, so I understand the totally justifiable fear therein.