Do you have any phobias? How do you deal with phobias if you have?

Yes I do, & most people laugh when they find out, but I don't like ballons latex ballons I dont allow them at my house and my 3yo son loves them but they scare me. I'm afraid of the sudden pop. If theres too many ballons I'll leave.

Hello my friend williamjisir Ji, Well, as such i do not have any Phobia which is a dis-order in our body. A phobia is a type of anxiety disorder. It is a strong, irrational fear of something that poses little or no actual danger. There are many specific phobias. Acrophobia is a fear of heights. You may be able to ski the world's tallest mountains but be unable to go above the 5th floor of an office building. Agoraphobia is a fear of public places, and claustrophobia is a fear of closed-in places. If you become anxious and extremely self-conscious in everyday social situations, you could have a social phobia. Other common phobias involve tunnels, highway driving, water, flying, animals and blood. People with phobias try to avoid what they are afraid of. If they cannot, they may experience Panic and fear Rapid heartbeat Shortness of breath Trembling A strong desire to get away But I do have a phobia of parting with anyone and specially with my near and dear. If one can undersatnd the last part of our marriage system, where Bride leaves the house of her parents, I am just not able to stand and face the music and scenes. I totally become nervous. One must get out of these situations. May God bless You an dhave a great time.

Hi Williamji, how are you? And how is your son? Ha ha.. we two have one phobia in common, fear of height, either i look down at the ground floor standing,even on the second floor,or for that matter, i look up at the mountain, i have some grumpy feeling in my stomach. The second one i can put as sense of dislike, than of a fear, is to go to places filled with jam packed crowd, like going to a cinema theater, and auditorium. Take care friend. BTW friend, how is stock market in china going? Will Shanghai recoup to reach the 52 week high again? Many say that recession has hit China. Do you agree? I am more worried because, of late, Indian Market takes clue( lead) for its trading mainly from the chinese market. Take care friend. Have a good time.

Surely I do have phobia only during during I closed my eyes during bathing or showering or swimming. Although, I am now 48-year-old it still roams in my memory bank. It is all about and related to my faves childhood TV show for 'Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea'. Where, a submarine heading towards me on the screen. This particular scene always comes into my memory every time I closed my eyes during that said time. I don't know how to remove it from my memory bank, I just let it be as it be every time it passes by. No one can help me UNLESS me myself. I called/termed it a 'SUBMARINE PHOBIA'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_to_the_Bottom_of_the_Sea

I am afraid of heights like bungee jumping sky diving. Roller coasters that go upside down. I just stay away from them and dont do those sorts of things. I was always like that when I was a kid.

yeah i share your phobia of heights and also im a bit of claustrophobic, which is the fear of being trapped. I remember sometime ago my literature/english teacher sent us an exposition about phobias, in which all of the phobias had the same recomendations about how to overcome them. Mostly is to take deep breathes and to not get anxiety as that would just worsen the phobia.

I have a few phobias my friend, the main one is of wasps, because one sting from a wasp could prove fatal and I have to carry around with me a special injector pen just in case. I don't like heights, when I went away on holiday with friends they went up in a balloon to view the landscapes, but I stayed on the ground, I couldn't go up, they understood and took filming when they were up there so I didn't miss out too much. I also don't like crowds, so I avoid busy places and I certainly don't go to concerts.

Hello my friend Williamjisir. I hope that you are well. I have a phobia of hospitals. For that reason I have always chosen to have a home birth. Unfortunately I lost two and a half liters of blood after my baby Amber was born. I had no choice but go to hospital in an ambulance. I stayed well enough to stop fainting and get my blood pressure normal again. I couldn't stand the city hospital so I discharged myself and went to my local hospital until I was well enough to go home. My toddler son, Leo, has spina bifida and hydrocephalus so he must attend a lot of hospital appointments. I hope that you are having a lovely day.

I think I have a few but I try to ignore them. Large bodies of water does disturb me as well as noises in the night. Sometimes these things can develop into a sickness. So I ignore them or try to forget them. They don't really happen often with me.

heres a new one. im afraid of those cans that you pop open. you know the kind that have bisquits, cookies, etc. unbaked in them and you have to put pressure on them and they POP really loud... i cant stand that sound even when im expecting it, i cringe im also afraid of hieghts and bridges like you.

Hi williamjisir! I think it is quite normal for people to have some kinds of phobias! You are not alone! I am also afraid of heights! I don't like being up to high and looking down! I also don't like to be in closed in spaces, like elevators or crowded places! I'm not especially afraid of water, I actually am quite drawn to it! I don't like insects, so I guess that is a sort of phobia! I don't care for bridges much either! I never like going over them in a car either because I was always afraid that the bridge would collapse so I guess that is another phobia! So you see, if you stop and think about it we can come up with quite a few phobias!

I will mention one word: spiders!. I have a real phobia of spiders! They are hairy! They are ugly! They walk funny and they have too many legs! I tried watching a few spider horror movies but this didn't work, it just made things a whole lot worse. I know that they are here for a reason, well they rid the world of flies don't they? However, I still have no place for them in my life! Andrew

When I was little stuff I had an issue with heights. Not so much any more. My problem, tho, is with bridges because one eye peripherally sees the level of the bridge and the other peripherally sees the 'down' beyond the bridge, and I tend to drift towards the rail and the thought of falling and going crunch gives me the willies. When I can't avoid crossing a bridge I have to watch the other side of the bridge at foot level and hastily get across...ENJOY!

The phobia I have is very very strange. I am made fun of by my wife and co-workers about it. I have a fear of cotton balls. YES cotton balls. They make my stomach turn just to look at them and shivers go up my spine. I work in a retail store and I cannot go down an aisle that has cotton balls on the counter. It is even hard for me to even think about it.

hello.. we have one same phobia - water !! - especially the sea... i think that has something to do with the fact that i almost drown when i was a little girl... i dare not walk at the edge of a pool - worried that i would just slip and fall in, and drown.. i think i may overcome this 'phobia' with pools, if i learn how to swim - but, unfortunately still not able to commit myself to start any swimming lesson... but.. as for the sea /ocean - i dont there is any cure for that.. the sea is just soooo vast... and to me - is such a powerful force.. you can build the biggest ship on earth, but you put it out in the sea - it becomes a very insignifant dot! - quite helpless and totally at the mercy of the sea... my husband has been nagging at me to take a 'weekend cruise' with, where we dont have to go out the big ocean.. only along the straits of malacca.. but i've said no all the time..

hi willia I am really scared of heights an dwill never walk close' to the railings of a second floor in a mall ,it scares me silly. i hate going up in elevators more than one or two floors. I am also scare of walking across railroad trestles as I may fall or a train might come. i Just do not go up on really high things, as I just do not need to do that.

I have that too.if i see a lizard i very scared n i always run or dont want to see that.i think thats disgusting

mine is kinda wierd but....im afraid of pretty much any organic thing that could move besides humans....if im walking in a dark alley ide be more scared from a lizard or somthing that a bunch of thugs bcuz atleast with the thugs u know y they are there but with animals u never know when they could pounce and attack...oh ya and heights =)