Flick of the Elbow
Guru
- Location
- Pentlands & West Lothian
If they were close enough to fire a gun at it point blank then surely they were close enough to push it away with the muzzle ?
Do you have any phobia's..
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lazybloke
Priest of the cult of Chris Rea
- Location
- Leafy Surrey
Two for me. Blood and ropes.
As a teenager I went to a blood donor session, not to donate but to watch. Was fascinating to see cannulas going in and blood coming out, but eventually I started to feel iffy, culminating in crawling out of the building on all fours feeling very nauseous.
To this day I'm mystified at the experience - how can I be fascinated to watch something, NOT be disgusted, yet still be nauseated? Brain needs a rewire maybe.
These days it's more a white coat syndrome. I don't often have a strong reaction but I have had one full blown vasovagal syncope following a holiday jab. Woke up to find a nurse putting a BP cuff on my arm. Can't remember how low the reading was, but the nurse sprinted out of the room to fetch a GP.
(Which is a lot better than the usual 3 weeks to get an appt).
The ropes phobia is just a variation of heights. I can climb to the top of a climbing wall no problem, but ask me to abseil down and I have the biggest problem letting go : I'm phobic about trusting the safety rope & harness. Every few years I give it a go again, either a climbing wall, a Go Ape, or a zip wire; I'm trying to conquer my fears, but in over 3 decades of trying it's not getting much easier.
As a teenager I went to a blood donor session, not to donate but to watch. Was fascinating to see cannulas going in and blood coming out, but eventually I started to feel iffy, culminating in crawling out of the building on all fours feeling very nauseous.
To this day I'm mystified at the experience - how can I be fascinated to watch something, NOT be disgusted, yet still be nauseated? Brain needs a rewire maybe.
These days it's more a white coat syndrome. I don't often have a strong reaction but I have had one full blown vasovagal syncope following a holiday jab. Woke up to find a nurse putting a BP cuff on my arm. Can't remember how low the reading was, but the nurse sprinted out of the room to fetch a GP.
(Which is a lot better than the usual 3 weeks to get an appt).
The ropes phobia is just a variation of heights. I can climb to the top of a climbing wall no problem, but ask me to abseil down and I have the biggest problem letting go : I'm phobic about trusting the safety rope & harness. Every few years I give it a go again, either a climbing wall, a Go Ape, or a zip wire; I'm trying to conquer my fears, but in over 3 decades of trying it's not getting much easier.
Slick
Guru
As best as I can remember, any delay would have resulted in a bite.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
This. Bad enough to have to change channels when shown on TV.
I'm another one, bizarre, seeing as I ran a roofing business for years.
Apart from heights, moths, they give me the creeps. Some don't have mouths
they are the scariest things in the world
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
We have glass ones. They had to be 'slowed down' as people thought they were falling. My nick name is the 'Tower of Terror'. Dead handy though, as you can tell which door they are arriving at when waiting for one.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Heights with me. Not too keen. Nothing too bad, but not comfortable.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Oh, you would love paternoster lifts then!
They are mostly being scrapped now because they are only really convenient and/or safe for able-bodied adults.
IBarrett
Über Member
- Location
- Nottingham
Pregnant women.
They genuinely make me want to throw up.
A couple of friends had sprogs in the last few years and were brilliant with my daft phobia and did all they could to help.
I suspect I was too impressionable when I saw Alien.
They genuinely make me want to throw up.
A couple of friends had sprogs in the last few years and were brilliant with my daft phobia and did all they could to help.
I suspect I was too impressionable when I saw Alien.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
I don't think I have any phobias as such, but I'm very squeamish, which I suspect is in the same sort of ball park. I have to look away when they do any kind of operation on the telly. My nearest and dearest find it hilarious. "You know they're only pretending, right?" "Yes, thanks. Just tell me when it's finished, ok?"
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Oh, you would love paternoster lifts then!
They are mostly being scrapped now because they are only really convenient and/or safe for able-bodied adults.
I'd love to find somewhere that used them - bet there has been none in use for over 20 years.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
We've actually found the glass lifts less oppressive, people actually talk to strangers in them, more so than you would in a fully enclosed one, due to it being open.
Not good with heights ... fairground rides are a no-go (panic and try climbing off when they're in motion) ... and I recently discovered claustrophobia when I had a panic attack during an MRI scan. Felt proper daft, but just had to get out of the "torpedo tube". The bigger scanner at another hospital on the other side of town helped a bit, but I still only managed 5 mins before I "lost it" and had to bail. Thankfully it was enough to get the doc the answer he needed. Phew! 
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Roller coasters. I have done them, but don't like them. I 'had' to do Alton Towers a few years on the run as we were doing 'Disney'. I've done enough of them 'for the kids'. I have a good excuse now with my back not to do one again. I did bail on smiler (before the accident) - we'd been stuck in queue's from mechanicals, and when I got there it was, I'll see you at the finish, and made a sharp exit as the rest of my family got on. It's a 'control thing' with me, even though I've been badly injured on bikes many times.
