You afraid of snakes? I die of fear, what are you scared?why?
By marianna45
@marianna45 (1399)
Romania
March 22, 2010 2:24pm CST
Oh, and I'm scared and worms and frames that look like some smaller snakes.
I have a horror of snakes, when I see on TV or in any pet shop .. I feel like they are and get a place on my skin .
Is an ancestral fear , but i try to control it, i know species that are not poisonous .. try to think it's an animal, like any other , and I horror to go through the thick grass, i do not see where i step .. any water that does not see does not get .
I believe that phobias occur following trauma to the lower or higher intensity.
There are people with phobias to more innocuous things .
Fear of snakes is one of the most common phobia although most people have never seen a snake in reality. Scientists have put the same question, and Research has suggested that man has developed an inclination of birth, to "feel" snakes and spiders, and learn to fear them. Psychologists have found that both adults and children, can detect images of snakes in a variety of objects much faster than she looks not dangerous frogs, flowers or caterpillars. Researchers believe that this ability helped humans survive in the wild.
My doctor told me he believed something happened in my childhood, and that for over the years, untreated, has deepened the fear of snakes, and we need appropriate treatment. You afraid of something? the snakes? What phobias do you have?
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14 responses
@madteaparty (2748)
• Japan
23 Mar 10
Snakes sure are scary! 
I don't have many opportunities to see snakes, so I can't really say if I am specially scared of them or not, but I don't like the idea about being around one 
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About me, I dislike insects a lot. There's something really creepy about them, so I can't stand seeing insects near me
I don't have many opportunities to see snakes, so I can't really say if I am specially scared of them or not, but I don't like the idea about being around one .
About me, I dislike insects a lot. There's something really creepy about them, so I can't stand seeing insects near me 
@machivado (528)
• Indonesia
23 Mar 10
I would scream, jump, and run like a nutcase if I ever found a snake in my house...Seroiusly..normal people should be scared to snakes. Of course we don't want to die just because a stupid bite right? I have height phobia as well...I guess a lot of people so too.
@jennifer611 (2514)
• United States
23 Mar 10
Well, I guess really I can add snakes to my list because I sure dont want to be near them.
people laugh at me all the time because of what I am afraid of...FISH!
I am so afraid of fish it isn't even funny.
I love swimming but my fear keeps me from swimming in any lakes or anything.
I don't care how big or how small it is, I am just scared of it, even a minnow!
even if my husband go's fishing, he'll come back and stuff the freezer with them, I am not touching that freezer! lol
he will cook them and leave the tail and fin things on and I am scared of that!
it's so bad that I just hate it, I wish I could stop being scared of them because I could have so much more fun with my family if I didn't have that fear.
another thing I am just as scared of is mice.
yuck!
I hate them. creepy little things.
@jd107nette (1454)
• Philippines
23 Mar 10
I am really scared of snakes...
I could get really panicky when i see one... I don't know how to get over it... ^_^
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
23 Mar 10
Hi mariana,We are almost the same,I am so much scared of snakes and any that looks like.Even in the Television or in magazine ,I cant see it because I'm afraid of.I remember a hose that shiny and looks like snakes,although I know that its a hose but still I'm scared and I dont want to use it in watering our plants.I dont care using and carrying the pail in watering the plants.My chidren was laughing at me everytime they'll see my reactions.I cant control what i feels about that matter.
@al_abellanosa (16)
• Philippines
23 Mar 10
Me I am afraid of snakes when i was kid but now not so much when i began to understand them. They are only aggressive because they are also afraid, especially under our presence. They are just trying to protect themselves, But still you must be careful because some of them are poisonous while we are not.. unlike them we run when we are afraid but snakes they will bite somewhere in our body when their afraid..
@recycledgoth (9894)
•
22 Mar 10
I used to be scared of snakes until I had my son. When he was little we went to a zoo and they had a display of snakes with their handlers. I didn't want my son to be afraid so I forced myself to get closer. I started talking to one of the handlers and, after a while, he managed to calm me down enough to touch the snake. I'm not scared of snakes any more now
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
23 Mar 10
i guess phobias is just in our mind but if we really just ignore it then we can fight for it. im not scared of anything though i just dont want to touch them even dogs nor cat. i just want to see them but not to the point of playing nor touching them.
i remember when i was child , i used to have a face to face experience with the snake but i didnt have phobia with it. i use to climb trees in our province coz we have lots of trees there. then one time when i climb one tree to get some ripe fruits when im about to grab the fruit i saw the snake just in front of me. i can see his tongue, its only 1 like a stick but at the end its like a V shape like two branches. and his eyelid that open horizontally unlike human that is vertical and their eye pupil is like a long line unlike human that is circle. first thing i thought that time was what my father told me that if i saw snake i should not move so they will think that im only part of those tree as if they see movements they will think it will give them harm.
and so i just closed my eyes and didnt move til i heard the noise of our chicken and so i realize that snake like to eat chicken so i was thinking that maybe the chicken got his attention. and so when i open my eyes the snake was no longer there and since then i promise of not to climb tress anymore.
@1anurag1 (3576)
• India
22 Mar 10
yes i afraid of snakes and even i afraid of many animals. every animal has a different kind of protective weapon with it and they can be used at any time with no thought and you cant talk to him and make them sure that you are not a danger for them. so i just get scared from them and dont run a risk to play with those animals who can be dangerous.
@NoreenNoor (64)
• United Arab Emirates
23 Mar 10
My sister is like that, but I just love snakes and scorpians... I hold them when i get a chance to, but i have horror of lizards, they are really scary to me...
@tigerlily1972 (502)
• Germany
22 Mar 10
I bet you would have jumped out of your skin when you experienced what i have experienced one time. I rented a small room near my workplace before. The room is separated from the house & i have my own entrance door. It was located above the owner's garage. I was alone. I come home after work at 6pm, this is already dark in my country. I always come home to a dark room. One night as i turned on the light, what met my eyes was a one meter long brown snake! It moved slowly toward the corner when it heard my footsteps. I was not scared but was wondering how will i get it out? I wll surely not go to sleep with a snake crawling on my floor. Thanks goodness the houshelper of the owner helped me put it in a plastic bag. Believe me it was not easy. We were both scared to be bitten.
The bag we hanged in the kitchen, also in a separate building?/hse. The next morning, the snake was gone. It made a hole through the bag and must have crawled out.
Now for me phobias... i hate cockroaches, i could scream when one lands on me. I am afraid of centipedes - the big ones bec i had once been bitten by one.
@TheWebGuy (241)
• United States
22 Mar 10
I wouldn't worry about your childhood or try to compare it to something that happened when you were young for the fear of snakes.
This is because the fear of snakes is so common amongst everybody. It is a normal and actually very popular fear. It doesn't mean much as far as you individually.
My fear is lack of success. Not achieving what I wanted to and having to grow older questioning myself as to what more could I have done with my life with more effort.
