I have a friend that won't eat anything with a bone in it. No fried chicken, no pork chops nothing. I went down to his lake house and brought rib eyes one time. He ate it but had to have his wife cut it off the bone so it wouldn't be on his plate.
Weird phobias
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He must not be that close of a friend otherwise you would have mocked him mercilessly until he stopped acting like a 5 year old.
midgets and antique furniture
Driving in to work before a blizzard descends and being stuck there.
Weird. Mine is old midgets and little furniture.
Looking up at tall things: flag poles, buildings, etc. Not scared of heights though.
I used to work with someone who freaked the hell out when she got near a mascot. She doesn't ever go to any sporting events now because of this.
My dad has big time fear of the number 13. A couple of different times when I was a kid we were in a store and our total was $13.13, he always bought something else to change the total, and he would always take a vacation day on Friday the 13th.
My dad has big time fear of the number 13. A couple of different times when I was a kid we were in a store and our total was $13.13, he always bought something else to change the total, and he would always take a vacation day on Friday the 13th.
-thought i was the only one. Not a phobia per se...but definitely an unsettling feeling in the pit of my gut.
Can't you read......he said, "the guy didn't eat anything that had a bone in it"........
Clowns.
And I blame it on my father watching the nightly news and Gacy being on there every night.
I don't have any love for mime's either.
I'm not really scared of either, I just want to beat the s*** out of both of them.
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Antique furniture made by midget craftsmen.
You better not ever get an eye injury. I went 4 days without seeing what I was eating.
Fun fact about me: I'm deathly afraid of amusement park rides... any and all kinds... I had a bad accident on a carnival ride when I was like 8 that sent me to the ER and about 8-10 stitches in my head, blood everywhere. I legit don't think I could get on most rides, certainly not a rollercoaster. If it's something I'm strapped into, no thanks.
My fear of horses came from being run over by one in Florida when I was a kid and then stepped on by one when we were getting them out of my uncles barn that had caught fire. I don't go near them.
Yeah, gacy ruined people’s memory of clowns like emmett kelly. i hate mimes too.Clowns.
And I blame it on my father watching the nightly news and Gacy being on there every night.
I don't have any love for mime's either.
I'm not really scared of either, I just want to beat the s*** out of both of them.
Wood. Probably. Wait, assuming that is a woman of course.Carneyophobia?
Got a buddy who faints at the site of a needle. Fainted when he got the vaccine. He is in his mid 40's. 
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Carneyophobia?
Haha, that doesn't even bother me one bit. It's the rides. IDK. I grew up in a farm town that had a pretty big carnival/fair every summer. I was fine on rides until around 8-10. Now I hate them
Last one I went on was the Pirate ship, was persuaded to go on, sat in the very middle (the ***** seats), and I legit had an anxiety attack the whole time. Crazy what a one-off incident as a kid can do to you.
I always hated ferris wheels. it would stop at the very top and i’d sit there rocking back and forth, freaked me out. always enjoyed roller coasters though. go figure.
I have a weird claustrophobic habits. I can’t look into enclosed spaces like my glove compartment or our lazy Susan.
Clowns.
And I blame it on my father watching the nightly news and Gacy being on there every night.
I don't have any love for mime's either.
I'm not really scared of either, I just want to beat the s*** out of both of them.
When I was a kid everyone at my school knew someone that had a cousin that had a friend that was kidnapped by a clown. Everyone had a story about someone being picked up off the street by a clown. I didn't realize until I was an adult that it was John Wayne Gacy
Can't do those either. I just generally don't like being on moving things that I can't control.
People running carnivals are well trained professionals.
I've been to the top of the Sears tower and the Empire state building. Been on plenty of planes and roller coasters. Never had a problem with heights.
Until a little over 4 years ago. Friend and I stayed a hotel in Indy. We wanted to be on the top floor. It was an atrium style building. We got to the top and I went and looked over the edge to see how high we were. At that point I realized that the bannister preventing me from falling to my death was so short that anyone could have pretty much just nudged me and I'd have gone down.
Ever since then I can't even LOOK at pictures of high places like that. I saw Spiderman: Homecoming in the theater. When that Washington Monument scene happens and Spider Man looked down, I went numb and almost had a panic attack.
My fear of heights has progressively gotten worse as I get older. I get very nervous and don’t like to walk next to the railings at tall hotels. I don’t mind flying on a plane and I can ride the roller coasters and those rides at the amusement parks that take U up then drop down. I am not happy necessarily but it’s strange how certain things bother me but others which should do not. Just funny how these things work in our mind I guess. My dad is pretty similar he has also gotten worse as he’s older. He has a major fear of closed spaces ha to take Xanax on a plane or if he has to get an mri. He was never scared of closed spaces until maybe the last 15-20 years of his life.
Riding roller coasters are weird for me. It has been about 5 years since I have been on one, but I do enjoy them. Generally speaking the way up the first hill I will have major anxiety, but once the ride down starts I'm good.
I will say the first time I rode Firehawk (RIP) at Kings Island I legit had a panic attack on the way up the first hill. mainly because you are looking straight up and can't really tell how high up you are until the drop. Now I have ridden it a couple of times since then and loved it.
The last time I rode I ended up sitting next to a couple of kids. They were LOSING THEIR MIND about riding it and their mom pretty much made them. I just kept telling them it'll be fun and you'll love it. They were crying the whole way up.
When the ride stopped they were both like "THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!" and one of them said "I wasn't scared at all!" despite all the tears.
I will say the first time I rode Firehawk (RIP) at Kings Island I legit had a panic attack on the way up the first hill. mainly because you are looking straight up and can't really tell how high up you are until the drop. Now I have ridden it a couple of times since then and loved it.
The last time I rode I ended up sitting next to a couple of kids. They were LOSING THEIR MIND about riding it and their mom pretty much made them. I just kept telling them it'll be fun and you'll love it. They were crying the whole way up.
When the ride stopped they were both like "THAT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!" and one of them said "I wasn't scared at all!" despite all the tears.