Another fear of mine is throwing up, especially throwing up in public during a panic attack (which sounds like the perfect symbolization of loss of control).
Finally, I am terrified of being sexually assaulted. It's unfortunate that most women feel this way, but if I'm out by myself, I always have an eye out for strange, lingering men even in broad daylight. It's totally nuts and I would never do this, but sometimes I wish it was normal to walk around with a giant uhaul box on so people couldn't look at my body...specifically by men who undress you with their eyes. They make me want to crawl under a rock and puke...but not in public, of course.
You're the second person I know with emetophobia (fear of vomiting). We were hanging out once and I accidentally ate gluten at a restaurant and was using every ounce of control to not vomit until we got home for her sake. haha! Spiders are the worst, also. If it makes you feel better in terms of living out west, I never saw a tarantula in the wild during the 2 years I spent in Santa Fe. I only saw 2 black widows and a couple of (very small) camel spiders, and I spent a LOT of time outside.
ReplyDeleteI feel you on being completely terrified of spiders. I like to think I'm better than I used to be. But I still refuse to go into our basement because of the huge spiders down there. I tried, one time, and it ended in screaming and hysterical tears, and having to stand in the shower for awhile as it was the only thing I could think of to rid the feeling of spiders on me. I have gone a full day without power in our living room because I blew a fuse and can't go into the basement to reset the fuse box. I feel like that probably puts me in the 'arachnophobia' category.
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