Krepostnoi
Increasingly disenchanted
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Oh, absolutely. It's the only reason Ilt was the Groan; what did you expect?
Oh, absolutely. It's the only reason Ilt was the Groan; what did you expect?
Never heard of that one F. Is it lifts in general or just the doors?Not sure if I still have this as I haven't tested it for many a year, but, walking past lift (elevator) doors in say a multi story carpark. I'm ok if I'm with someone or other people are around, but if I'm on my own it's terrible. I have to get as far away as I can and walk very fast to get past them. In fact any closed door in an 'industrial' type area like that.
Hey Pete, I used to think it was mainly to do with the lift shaft, but I've realised it's more to do with any door where I don't know what's behind it and I'm on my own.Never heard of that one F. Is it lifts in general or just the doors?
I've read this this whole thread to see if anyone shares my phobia but nope I have an irrational fear of Topiary even mentioning it has made the hair on the back of my neck stand up
I'm a big Stephen King fan but the phobia predates reading the shiningDid you read the book of The Shining at an impressionable age? (It's not in the film, they had a maze instead)
I'm a big Stephen King fan but the phobia predates reading the shining
It's not so good now everyone seems to have topiary globes hanging next to there front doors I'm not aware of being attacked by an unnaturally shaped hedge in this life or a past one. I'm not mad keen on mazes eitherOK, that is a "good" phobia, though, I've never heard of it before. I won't press you for details!
So that's what the feckers are used for - wonder if they'd be any good in threading fishing hooks ?Don’t all sewing kits come with a needle threader?
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It's not so good now everyone seems to have topiary globes hanging next to there front doors I'm not aware of being attacked by an unnaturally shaped hedge in this life or a past one. I'm not mad keen on mazes either
Indeed it's a small victory hopefully that's not the next in thingI guess most people don't have mazes on their front lawns, so that's a blessing for you.
Ooh ooh - East Bloc weightlifter in the 1972 Olympics on telly was doing the clean and jerk and as he lifted more than his bodyweight into the overhead position, his leg muscles really bulged out and then one sort of 'exploded'. The agony in his face - steroids, don't do them kids!I have to admit- I have a total phobia of watching Ballerinas standing on the points of their feet... I just can’t watch it, I have to look away- I think it started when I were a bub, seeing it on tv, I suddenly had a vision of their toes just, well suddenly collapsing/ crunching down into a bloody pulp...
Downhill ski-ing looks like that to me. I imagine them falling over and one ski staying on and digging into the snow, and going end over end and twisting their leg off like a corned beef can key, leaving a long smear of blood down the slope.I have to admit- I have a total phobia of watching Ballerinas standing on the points of their feet... I just can’t watch it, I have to look away- I think it started when I were a bub, seeing it on tv, I suddenly had a vision of their toes just, well suddenly collapsing/ crunching down into a bloody pulp...
I guess that you don't want to hear that it is in fact very uncomfortable, deforms the toes, and scrunching toes is not uncommon. You may note that they don't stay up there all that long continuously however.I have to admit- I have a total phobia of watching Ballerinas standing on the points of their feet... I just can’t watch it, I have to look away- I think it started when I were a bub, seeing it on tv, I suddenly had a vision of their toes just, well suddenly collapsing/ crunching down into a bloody pulp...
Not sure if phobias are catching, but I now feel ill looking at the ballerina on music box!I have to admit- I have a total phobia of watching Ballerinas standing on the points of their feet... I just can’t watch it, I have to look away- I think it started when I were a bub, seeing it on tv, I suddenly had a vision of their toes just, well suddenly collapsing/ crunching down into a bloody pulp...
Remember that the blood is inside you, so if you're afraid of it, you are caught in a logical contradiction - a 'fear loop', if you see..Maybe I afraid of blood, too ?
I am SO familiar with this!Remember that the blood is inside you, so if you're afraid of it, you are caught in a logical contradiction - a 'fear loop', if you see..
Recently I read that this is a kind of beneficial "mind wandering" where the mind tries to remind you of the fact that "there is a certain risk with knives". Can't remember the book though, because I'm reading 10 at the same time ...The older I have gotten, I have developed a new phobia.
Beside fear of enclosed spaces and heights, but now I am afraid of knives.
Sometimes in our kitchen, our kitchen knives start to bother me as in my mind I see a skin cut and blood flowing out.
This is weird because I give myself insulin shots for years.
Maybe I afraid of blood, too ?
Had the same type of thing. I was violently sick on three occasions when I was young, immediately after eating roast chestnuts, tomatoes and crisps, respectively. I didn't eat any of those things for about 15 years. I still don't much like chestnuts or crisps.A slight variation, not exactly a phobia - when I was a child I got something which was at the time put down to Glandular Fever although it may’ve been what’s now called M.E. It lasted months. Anway I remember it seemed to come on suddenly, whilst I was eating a hard-boiled egg. As a result I wouldn’t eat a hard-boiled egg for years afterwards.
A friend has a similar thing with mushrooms. As a child she was given some dodgy/iffy tasting mushrooms & to this day avoids them. If they’re mixed in & disguised as a small part of a dish she’ll eat them but otherwise no.
Did they tell you how that happened, Erinaceus?Something very similar happened to me. I was eating fish and chips when I felt a severe pain and started sweating profusely. I rang the NHS helpline and they sent an ambulance which arrived within ten minutes. I was being operated on a few hours later for an upside-down stomach, which is a fairly unusual type of hernia and potentially life-threatening. I didn't eat fish and chips for a long time after that.