Silly phobias that linger from childhood? Clowns are a given O_O

Not gonna lie, I am still kinda afraid of the dark. Not as bad where I need to sleep with some form of dim light anymore, but I feel uneasy in unfamiliar dark places. Though I do walk around the house without a light on at night, sucks when someone moves something and I trip over it! I got over my intense fear of needles and spiders. Oh gosh, I remember when I was five getting held down by three Corpsman while a nurse was trying to give me a tetanus shot. Mom said I was screaming bloody murder and putting up a good fight...

A phobia that still lives on is a phone phobia! I get so anxious whenever I have to call or receive a call. Sometimes I don't pick up since I am so anxious. I am literally breathless after a phone call. I am just fine in person and a great public speaker (so says college professors? I just go with it whenever I have to present something), but hand me a phone and tell me to call someone and I am terrified. The age of texting has become a godsend, but you can't text everyone! I have to practice and wring my hands when I have to make an important call, it can take me nearly an hour to get the courage up to do so.

 

Mine is bridges; can't drive over a bridge. When I was a little girl it was buildings with a high ceiling but that one went away. My mother was a victim of panic her whole life. I think she may have passed on some of her panic to me by genetics and/or some kind of cellular memory...

 

Leeches and slugs are some of my worst fears. Also, being followed and suddenly walked in on

 

Clowns are not a given. One of my SDs and my own DD are both afraid of clowns. I have no idea where that would come from.

I still harbor a fear of heights that stems from an incident as a child and the George Washington bridge; but I've worked hard and have nearly conquered it.

 

Bugs and spiders. *shudder* Also, anything to do with Lavender Town. Sweet Mother Prussia, I can't count how many nights I had nightmares about that ghost.

 

Turkeys, Gypsies, and Escalators.

 

Quote:I used to be scared of escalators, too. I thought they were going to catch my feet and grind me up or something. I only got over that phobia a few months ago.

Hmm, I can't think of any others at the moment.

 

I almost forgot! Hatching eggs. I have a morbid fear of helping out a chick then realising it is blind or something.....

 

I have worked hard to rid myself of my fears but it is hard work. I often make myself do things outside my comfort zone to stretch my boundaries.

1. tight enclosed spaces especially those where I can't move my arms. When I was very young ( less than 3) I crawled under a bed on my stomach and tried to get up on my hands and knees. I got wedged in amd must have been yelling hysterically because my mom had to lift up the bed so I could get out.

2. Spiders although I've gotten much better at it - being a gardener and all. When I was in elementary school a family of boys lived next door and I got chased repeatedly with spiders. After that, even a photo of a big spider when I wasn't expecting it would make me freeze.