General Discussion

This is a pretty common phobia, but I've had a phobia of flying insects for the longest time. It was at its worst around 6-7th grade for me (at least 6 years ago), where I wouldn't even go outside.

I've always been spooked by bees and wasps, but the real event that triggered the phobia was in 5th grade. I was swimming in our pool in the evening when a bee started buzzing around my ears. Like I said before, I've always been wary around flying insects, and the buzzing was the worst part of them to me. I started to panic and ducked underwater for as long as I could hold my breath. The bee was still there every time I came up for air, along with my dad yelling at me to get over it. I managed to get inside without getting stung, but that caused me a great deal of stress and caused me to be terrified of them ever since.

After a couple years of therapy and time, I can mostly manage a run-in with bees/wasps. But after a few years like that, it never really goes away. :/

@Cranberries
Oh I think I would have to haha. I want to learn how to sew and to needlefelt but I'm not sure if I can manage it :c

i have a weirdly huge fear of elevators and its like?? the most embarrassing thing. i haven't really met anyone who understands it and neither do i really,

i think it's the idea of the possibility of getting trapped for hours with uncertainty of when i'll get out and also the possibility of getting trapped with strangers... it might sound on the claustrophobic side but i'm not really that either. so all i can conclude is that my brain is weird

I have trypophobia and honestly don't know why. o-O Clusters of holes have just always made me extremely uncomfortable ever since I was little.

And I have social anxiety so I'm terrified of talking to people face-to-face, as well as making/receiving phone calls.

Also June beetles?? I freaking HATE those???? They freak me out. Most bugs are okay, but big beetles like that absolutely horrify me. ;~;

You already mentioned my first one, birds, but only because we had a "Bring your parent/guardian to class and talk of their job" day in Kindergarten. One kid's dad worked as a falconer at the local zoo. We all got to come up and touch the bird, it was pretty chill, but it snapped at me and bit my finger. I was the only one it did that to, so I take it as a sign.

Otherwise, the typical clown fear it seems, ruined by a "magician clown" who acted too much like the clown from IT. So yeah.

@Cranberries
I've sewn before, so I hope I can pick it up again and be ok. Because I really enjoy it.

I've got a little bit of a phobia of water. But I guess that isn't considered strange! On the unusual side I haven't really got any strange fears. Despite this I do have a mild fear of failure. Again it's not unusual.