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Is there anything you would not likely do just because you have a fear or phobia of doing it?

Not likely I would swim across the ocean alone due to my fear of being eaten by sharks or swallowed by a whale.

Posted - June 20, 2021

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  • 11108
    Yeah cross over a body of water on a bridge. I have a crazy fear about that  so I have to cross by boat or plane and a few times when a bridge was the only option  a friend ruppied me so I wouldn't freak out. Cheers! This post was edited by Nanoose at June 20, 2021 6:33 PM MDT
      June 20, 2021 11:16 AM MDT
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  • 1953
    No way in hell would I ever skydive, fear of heights. 
      June 20, 2021 11:21 AM MDT
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  • 44614
    I don't fear heights, just falling.
      June 20, 2021 12:04 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    It's the sudden deceleration that I'm afraid of. This post was edited by Walt O'Reagun at June 22, 2021 10:33 PM MDT
      June 21, 2021 2:08 PM MDT
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  • 2128
    My  7 year older brother leaped from a plane in  1977 and I saw him land and holding his head while walking off the field holding his parachute. When he landed, he hit his head too in Orange Massachusetts. I wouldn't dive now. Or scuba dive like he does too. It takes about half an hour to put the suit on. This post was edited by CosmicWunderkind at June 20, 2021 7:15 PM MDT
      June 20, 2021 5:47 PM MDT
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  • 1953
    Wow!!! That's impressive skydiving at 7 years old. :)
      June 20, 2021 7:00 PM MDT
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  • 2128
    High rise window washing.
      June 20, 2021 11:25 AM MDT
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  • 10639
    Look out the window of a skyscraper.  
      June 20, 2021 11:43 AM MDT
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  • 2999
    Riding in a balloon, anything related to be high up in the air such as a sling shot ride or a two seater plane scares me to death.  Being in a body of water and unable to see the land.  Swimming in the ocean without swimming fins.

     
    This post was edited by Honey Dew at June 22, 2021 6:48 PM MDT
      June 20, 2021 12:02 PM MDT
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  • 44614
    I would not enter a room full of naked, grossly obese women.
      June 20, 2021 12:08 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Quite a few things, yes. 

    I'm not going to any gun ranges, shops or shows. None of those 'escape rooms' for me, either. 
      June 20, 2021 4:21 PM MDT
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  • 53509

      I burned the gold-inlaid invitation that was sent to me to attend the Mayonnaise and Guacamole Convention being held at the Vegemite Valley Meeting Hall in Fremantle, Australia on July 9th to 11th, 2021. I don’t know who sent it to me, but I think it’s a trap.
    ~
      June 20, 2021 5:38 PM MDT
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  • 13395
    That's paranoia.
      June 20, 2021 7:17 PM MDT
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  • 53509

     

      It’s self-preservation. (Wait, maybe you’re in on the plot. You’re the Canadian Connection. Grrrrrrr.)


    ~

      June 20, 2021 9:14 PM MDT
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  • 6023
    Just about any activity that could end in broken bone(s).
    I have an extreme fear of compound fractures. {shudder}

      June 21, 2021 2:11 PM MDT
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  • 10052
    Oh, man. I think I might have just caught that fear from you! But I'm not going to stop doing certain things, so now I just have another thing to worry about! Thanks a lot. 

      June 21, 2021 5:45 PM MDT
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  • 44614
    Don't worry...eat cookies.
      June 22, 2021 7:54 AM MDT
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  • 10052
    Almost time to bake again! :)
      June 22, 2021 6:44 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Looking down from high places as I have acrophobia.
      June 22, 2021 6:52 PM MDT
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  • 581
    Swim in the ocean.  Just think how many fish (they estimate that there are 3.5 Trillion fish) have peed and poo'd in it.  It would be like swimming in sewage.
      June 22, 2021 7:17 PM MDT
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  • 16781
    So dilute that it's cleaner than any inland waterway or swimming pool.
      June 22, 2021 9:49 PM MDT
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  • 16781
    Be completely alone for an extended period. Nothing much scares me, but that does.
      June 22, 2021 9:48 PM MDT
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