What scares you ???

mixed_biscuits

mixed_biscuits

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I too detest small talk, especially at formal occasions like weddings, or semi-formal things like dinner parties. However, if I'm in the right mood, I can steer the conversation into a mode which I prefer, like 'banter', inanity, serious talk about what they do professionally or, if I'm in a particularly pointless mood, I either make up tall stories or put on my best RP and boast.

I also hate walking up flights of steps in front of tall buildings (a kind of upside-down vertigo), wearing fancy dress and the sound of a broom brushing against a rough surface.

Unlike many people, I absolutely love job interview-style situations.
 
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baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
mixed_biscuits said:
Unlike many people, I absolutely love job interview-style situations.
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Me too. I find it quite liberating to just talk shit about myself/embellish the truth for an hour in a supposedly professional setting.

other fears: marrying the wrong person (a big fear), discernibly adopting my parents' worst habits, my tastes becoming ossified, being surrounded by people whose opinions become more and more reeactionary as they age...
 
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craner

craner

Beast of Burden
And clear seas - I was in sardinia last year & the sea was ridiculously clear, you could be 30-40m above the seabed and see everything on it. 40m vertical is subjectively a very long way down, so I was experiencing a constant mild vertigo.
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That sounds so cool. I( want to do that.
 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
Do not think your house is a hideout it is a telephone
Do not think you walk on your own road, you walk down a telephone
Do not think you sleep in the hand of God you sleep in the mouthpiece of a telephone
Do not think your future is yours it waits upon a telephone
Do not think your thoughts are your own thoughts they are the toys of the telephone
Do not think these days are days they are the sacrificial priests of the telephone
The secret police of the telephone
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I am terrified of phones, like Ted Hughes.
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
I concur, when the telephone rings unexpectedly I always think it's bad news (what fresh hell is this?) which is weird 'cause I'm normally very upbeat and optimistic. Also, I hate (but also love) the idea of a dusty telephone ringing and ringing in an abandoned house, that sends a shiver down my spine. Or when the phone rings and there is no-one there or you get some totally random and peculiar message that isn't for you.
Think this kind of thing probably stems from films - that bit in Memento when he's on the phone for ages and then he notices that one of the tattoos on his arm says "never answer the phone" and in a panic he says "who is this?" and then the phone goes dead. Also Ring has some scary phone scenes. Or there is Seconds where he keeps getting phone calls from his friend who is dead.
Apart from that though I reckon I'm just scared of boring stuff like being on my own in the dark.
 
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alex

Do not read this.
I am really terrified (but fascinated) by sharks, even seeing them on television is enough for me, its like i dont want to see it, but im way too interested to pull my eyes away from it..

that and cancer, obviously
 
mixed_biscuits

mixed_biscuits

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My brother is also terrified of phones - he'll let the phone ring out rather than pick it up. It's very unhelpful of him.
 
craner

craner

Beast of Burden
I do have to force myself to pick up. I always expect it to be something disasterous. But that may be to do with my messy life. What's weirder is that I'm also averse to doing something that is usually pleasant and productive - ringing friends. This is why I class it as a phobia, rather than mere aversion.

I am really terrified (but fascinated) by sharks
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To be fair, this is not irrational at all. After all, sharks have been known to eat people and stuff. What's weirder, and really powerful, is the magnetic attraction to really dangerous sharks. Like you, I get transfixed by large sharks and I really, really want to go on one of those South African cage dives.
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
"I do have to force myself to pick up. I always expect it to be something disasterous. But that may be to do with my messy life. What's weirder is that I'm also averse to doing something that is usually pleasant and productive - ringing friends. This is why I class it as a phobia, rather than mere aversion."
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Ah, I don't have a problem ringing someone else. I'm sure that with me it's the fear of that little slice of the unknown suddenly pushing its way into my life. Of course with mobiles that tell you who is ringing a lot of that disappears, it's hard to be too scared when you see your girlfriend's name on the display - but when you get a withheld number that little comfort you've grown used to is snatched away and suddenly it seems more scary than ever.
I like that bit in Neuromancer when the artificial intelligence is trying to contact him and he's walking past this line of phones, each of which rings as he nears it. Phone boxes have a whole, slightly different scariness to them as well. It's weird when you hear one of them ringing, who rings a phone box? I'm sure that answering such a call could lead you into misadventure. What's the film where he does that only to find that a sniper is training his gun on him? Also, La Cabina, now that is a very scary and surreal film about a phone box. If you haven't seen that it's well worth spending half an hour to check it out on youtube.
 
IdleRich

IdleRich

IdleRich
Oh aye - any good?
Seriously though, check La Cabina if you haven't seen it. Love the way that everyone has the same experience of seeing it - and they're spot on, it changes from a surreal comedy to absolute bleak, faceless horror and you can't put your finger on when it happened.

During the 80's the BBC used to have a Saturday night horror double bill. On one particular Saturday a sporting event had messed up the scheduling so they stuck a short Spanish horror film on called La Cabina which the subtitles displayed as 'The Telephone Box'. It was only around 1/2 hour in duration and had English subtitles but I thought I'd sit through it while waiting for the real horror movie to come on. So imagine my surprise when this oddity turned out to be one of the most disturbing things I'd ever seen. Now, if I ever need to use a public telephone box I always ensure my foot stops the door from closing!
A big thumbs up for this little shocker
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I saw this movie in the early 1980s, possibly as a matinee before Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, and it made such a deep impression on me that i paid no attention to the main feature! It starts off quite simply with our hero becoming stuck in the telephone box [La Cabina] and develops through his efforts to free himself with the assistance of onlookers who are initially amused,then concerned and finally bored to the point where they ignore his plight.Shades of Candid Camera i thought,but nothing prepared me for the terrifying finale when he learns his fate.Like "The Haunting"[1963] this film work on a deeper psychological level,playing on our fear of being in situations we cannot control and the ending seems all too plausible. Not one for the kids, but an easy 10/10
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I saw this film in the 1970s and even as a late teenager it gave me the creeps. For many years afterwards I kept my foot between the telephone box and the door. Silly I know but.. There are only a handful of films that have left their mark on me and this is one of them. Have been searching high and low to buy a copy for many years and often wonder how dated it would seem now. I know of only 2 other friends who have seen it and it has left a similar impact on them. The story is a simple one and you know that it seems silly and he will eventually get out and have the mickey taken out of him. I was certainly not prepared for the ending.
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craner

craner

Beast of Burden
Very wise. The phone at work's been going mad for about two hours. I don't know who it is, but stop it.
 
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