Phobias anyone?

[rak]

For me its tight cramped spaces. I'm ok for 5-6 seconds, then I lose it.
When I was in Morocco the group I was with was walking between 2 building, along a street, the place so was tight, and cramped, that they stopped ahead, and I was stuck in the middle with people infront of me and behind, I was ready to rage.. before I said "hey.. move it.. we're stuck back here".. few more seconds and I would have been all over the place. I took a photo of the street between the 2 buildings, but it was easier to google what looks to be the same street!

[Anthony]

Damn, no thank you...

[Renee]

Heather I'm really sorry to hear that. I think the ways technology has come over the last few years has somewhat ruined society a little and I'm sure has caused a lot of events like what happened to you. I really am sorry that it happened to you. I wouldn't blame you for not ever liking mobile phones again though. I think it would be warranted.

@ Gabriel - do you not like those spiders because of the look of them/their size or because of how dangerous they are?

I think we have the most dangerous spiders and snakes in the world in Oz. Some spiders actually chase you and try to jump on you, and they are the size of the head of a tablespoon. They are one of the most poisonous ones. Then you have red backs which grow so small you can almost never even see the red on their back until you've been bitten, or a white tip which once it bites you, the wound never heals. It just continues to eat the flesh.

I say all this, but the risk of actually being bitten or even seeing one of these spiders is so minute that people don't even worry about it.

[p.arena]

Living here in Costa Rica I have had a few experiences with spiders, I remember once I went to a cabin up in the jungle and I remember the ceiling of the cabin was full of banana spiders... if you dont know what a banana spider looks like then ill share a link.

Banana Spiders!

lol I had a look at the pics those spiders do seem pretty scary!
Back in uni I studied biology and chose Invertebrate Zoology as one of the subjects, and during one of the practical lessons we studied these St Andrew's Cross spiders that look very similar to those banana spiders you mentioned. There was a big room at the uni that had dozens of the spiders in there with their X shaped markings on their webs and we observed them (through glass hahah).



I don't think I'd be able to fall asleep with big spiders hanging overhead either, and would have slept in my car as well

[Golan.WingateAff]

Banana Spiders!

holy ****! (pardon my language)
they're beautiful..

[Maria F]

lol I had a look at the pics those spiders do seem pretty scary!
Back in uni I studied biology and chose Invertebrate Zoology as one of the subjects, and during one of the practical lessons we studied these St Andrew's Cross spiders that look very similar to those banana spiders you mentioned. There was a big room at the uni that had dozens of the spiders in there with their X shaped markings on their webs and we observed them (through glass hahah).



I don't think I'd be able to fall asleep with big spiders hanging overhead either, and would have slept in my car as well

I have overcome my fear of spiders, but being under a ceiling full of them would flip me out for sure.

[ocreditor]

Hi Guys, its good to hear everybody has weird and different phobias, I guess thats what makes us unique!

I think I have a phobia for spiders and scorpions and those creepy crawlers... but little spiders dont really scare me... I think im only afraid of the big ones, im not sure if thats considered a phobia though! Can people outgrow phobias or are they stuck with it??

Living here in Costa Rica I have had a few experiences with spiders, I remember once I went to a cabin up in the jungle and I remember the ceiling of the cabin was full of banana spiders... if you dont know what a banana spider looks like then ill share a link.

Banana Spiders!

I had to sleep in the car that night, it was a bad experience!

In highschool I had a speaking in public fear! But I worked hard on it through college and was able to conquer that fear, I still get the jiggles before hand but not as bad, I think that normal though!



Heather im very sorry to hear that, my sincere condolences.

I would never sleep again if I were you - are those things poisonous????

[Gabriel_LCP]

haha thanks for understanding, I felt kind of bad because it was a family trip and I was the only one that went and slept in the car, my brothers made fun of me but I just couldn't. I kept thinking that if I fell asleep those spider would just crawl up my face and start eating it or something... haha.

But yeah, I heard they are poisonous but as they always say " they are more afraid of you than you are afraid of them"!

The strange thing is I'm kind of fascinated by spiders... but I don't want to have a big one around me, I guess thats a bit contradicting.