My Phobias

1) ENTOMOPHOBIA...
...Or, to roughly translate, a fear of insects... all of them. This began as a healthy enough case of arachnophobia (hereditary, I might add) and slowly developed to a rather less than healthy fear of most if not all insects... Especially included are: moths, daddlylonglegs (even the name makes me shudder), woodlice, wasps, and anything else remotely fluttery or scuttley. Flies irritate me and I just want to kill them, but I'm including them here for completeness' sake. I hate insects... but I refuse to let it take over my life even if I do freak out occasionally. Nothing a good can of fly spray and a sturdy broom won't kill...

2) FEAR OF HEIGHTS...
...well not technically of the actual heights, but more of being PUSHED OFF from a height onto a nasty hard surface... although I think that's actually just paranoia. I can't lean over anything and if anyone so much as THINKS of walking past me while I'm on a balcony they can just think something else, thank you very much! As soon as I sense a presence behind me I completely freak...

3) FEAR OF ZEPPELINS...
...or blimps, or airships, or whatever you want to call them. They scare me, no matter what name you give 'em. It was nice to discover that I'm not the only one, mind you. I never used to be scared of these until a couple of years ago, when I had visions of a huge orange one floating silently over the house (which in all honesty is enough to frighten anyone!) and I will never forget the day I saw three within the space of about 12 hours. That's plenty for one lifetime, let alone one DAY... OK, you can all stop laughing now... Stop it!

4) FEAR OF WITCHES...
...well, one specific witch, goes by the name of Blair, you may have heard of her... that film scared the hell out of me and I still don't know why. And THAT is what scares me more.

5) OTHER GENERAL FEARS...
... yes, there's more! I really am that much of a wimp! Here's a list of several other things

• Sheep - have you ever been in a field full of them for about five hours (well that what it seemed like at the time), when the only sound you hear is "Maaaa"? It's a scary experience.
• Mould - what? It's green and furry... It's freaky!
• Dead frogs - ohhh the dead frog incident. How could I forget being scarred for life? The story goes something like this... I was still at school (I think it was year 11) and I was casually informed by a friend that there was a dead frog outside near the science lab. We all thought this was pretty cool. We checked - no frog. OK, we thought, that was fun, let's just forget about it. So on the way to the canteen (in the rain), I was happily walking along,and I looked down, only to see my foot merrily poised above said frog and heading right for stepping in it. I panicked and nearly stood on my friend instead (scaring the hell out of her too!) and basically spent the entire day just saying "Ewwwwwwwwww!" I have never recovered from this... Live frogs I can cope with. Dead ones? No way.
• Old darkened/boarded up buildings - apparently, according to one source, this has to do with my star sign... but whatever the reason, I hate them. Bad vibes.
• Scary woods - part of the blame lies with 4), the other part is plain common sense.
• "Nosferatu" - yes the old 1920s movie, the original vampire movie. But not the movie itself (although it IS freaky), the fact that it's SO old it's spooky. All those people are probably dead, and the film is still here (albeit in dodgy condition) as a testimony. Just a weird thought. (I can say the same for most movies that old. I could even say it for "The Wizard of Oz", because it's stood the test of time so well, but it doesn't work because I've liked that since I was 6. All my phobias are self-developed, I admit that, I just can't get rid of them!)
• Specifically for my AIM buddies, THAT GRIN! You know what I'm talking about!