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I nearly drowned when I was two, so naturally I've been morbidly afraid of water since then. I didn't learn how to swim until I was 12 and even now I still literally can't make my body go underwater.

This fear led to a nightmare I got a lot when I was a kid, where I was at the beach with friends and relatives, and high tide came in, and just kept coming =)

Then it would always lead to us driving away from the beach in our car, going down a specific series of streets, trying to make it home before the ocean enveloped us. I didn't quite get the mechanics of motion at that age, so I had water rising up around the car and us driving through it. For some reason we were always in a convertible, and the water would eventually get higher than the doors and start spilling into the car. At which point the dream ended.

Then when I was 14 I had another water dream. This time, I was at my high school, but me and all the other students were little like 6 year olds. I watched as the teachers loaded up every kid onto a conveyor belt inside a tube filled halfway up with water. Any kid who moved while on the conveyor would cause it to dip down and submerge him under the water, and it became clear to me that anyone who didn't stop trying to escape would drown, but those who relaxed would not. A message from beyond about how to overcome my fear of drowning? I don't know, because I haven't been in a swimming pool since then.

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I've been afraid of starving to death for as long as I can remember. I almost always eat more than I need to, and plan my whole life around meals, and panic if I find I have to miss a meal break or eat less than I had planned to. I've even eaten expired food because it was there in front of me, even though I wasnt hungry, and became violently ill almost immediately. Perhaps the fear is reinforced by the fact that despite my eating more than 4000 calories a day, I never gain weight and have been rather small and thin all my life.

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The oldest dream I can remember was about being chased by an elephant. I was always afraid of elephants. Once when I was 7 years old I had a temper tantrum and screamed out "Elephant! ELEPHANT!!" because it was the worst word I knew.

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I have a weird phobia of puke. Probably came from my mother. We were driving from a doctors appointment, when suddenly she pulled over and puked in a bag! In front of me! Ever since then, I've been afraid of vomit.

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One time I had a dream where I was in this giant type of gym sort of thing and if I walked outside I would fall into the sky. Some big spaces creep me out.

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I have an unnatural fear of people in black shirts.

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Every week i get the same nightmare of me falling off a huge building and waking up before falling on the ground dead

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I am absolutely terrified of sharks, ever since I dared to watch Jaws.
One time my dad dragged me into the sea, and I stood on something slippery and rubbery. I looked down and it was a big shark shaped toy, that had been dropped into the deeper parts of the sea. I honestly think I would have sh*t myself if my dad hadnt of dragged me out.
To this very day, I havent set foot in water above my chest.

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I have a fear of people named Chad. My doctor told me laughingly to call it Chadophobia, but I take it seriously and thought it would be nice to get it out there.

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I HATE tires.
The smell, the feel, the look.
It makes me shudder.

I'm aware this isn't a fear of anything, but I thought it might fit in.

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