Phobia categories

General animal phobias

I have a morbid fear of gorillas. If I see one ANYWHERE, it triggers a panic attack (I have anxiety) and I feel paralyzed.

The thought of a gorilla (any type, but mostly silverbacks, big males) running towards me, roaring and just barreling towards me... *shudders*... they scare the crap out of me.

Jessika
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Bigfoot

I've been terrified of Bigfoot for as long as I can remember. I'm 27 and can't walk up the stairs to bed with my finacee unless I am first - just in case he is behind me. There is also the fear that he'll grab me through the bannister and that he's in the corner of the bedroom. I spend a long time staring at the corner making sure.

I can't go near the cat flap at night either just in case he grabs me. All curtains must be closed at night because if I ever saw anything moving outside I'd collapse.

Attics are particularly scary since they have water tanks and Bigfoot would likely be behind the tank.

I'd die of a stroke (if I was lucky) if I ever came face to face with a Bigfoot. If I was unlucky I'd simply collapse to the ground and freeze.

Jake
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I have the BIGGEST fear of Barnacles... Especially when they are attached to the bottom of a boat... i cant even look at them... they give me goosebumps and make me feel dirty and like i need to have a shower... the thought of them growing on me or touching me... ahhhh

Anon
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I have an extreme phobia of wasps. As soon as i hear a buzzing i freak out, and if a wasp has come near me i am constantly on edge after that, flinching whenever an innocent fly drops in my eyeline or even a speck of dust!! However, i'm not too embarrassed about this phobia as wasps are very aggressive in nature and i KNOW that they take great delight in stinging people (unlike bees who are just fluffy and cute)

J
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Daddy Long Legs and Spiders. If I see one in my house, i can't relax until my husband kills and/or removes it. I have to actually see him do it to believe it is gone. I stay as far away as I possibly can while being sure to see that it is gone. After 30 years of marriage, he seems to be getting tired of rescuing me. help, I need a new "Knight In Shining Armour."

Sue
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I have an extreame, extreame, phobia of Bees wasps or anything that buzzes and hovers and looks like that. flies and other flying insects im fine with but even the sound of them sends me running. I also don't like dead fish they creep me out I can't eat seafood and expired food is another thing I don't even like to touch it and I can not stand bare feet on the floor but the worst of all is definitly bees

Anonymous
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I. Hate. Slugs. I'm terrified of them. Unfortunately, they like to live in my back yard and stick to the side of my house. The sight of them makes me cringe.

Anonymous
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I have an irrational fear of bugs. Spiders, insects, whatever. Every kind, no matter what size. I've been known to cower from tiny ants.

Anonymous
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I have had a phobia of crickets for years. I do remember a time when I wasn't afraid of them when I was very young, but I don't know when or why I became afraid of them. However, I'm completely fine with grasshoppers; they're cute. Go figure.

Tiffany
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when I was younger, I stepped on a slug while running into my Aunts house. It was on the sidewalk, and no, i had no shoes on. I remember how hard it was to get that icky stuff off my foot! its really, really hard to do. So, Ive always had a thing about slugs, I dont want to see them, dont want them near me, they make me feel icky all over. I can think about them, it makes me feel that way. I have no other words to describe this feeling, but "icky".

Vicki
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I am afraid of bugs that sting and fly like bees.I know they won't hurt me if I don't bother them.I just don't like being around them.

jbob
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I have an unnatural fear of small spiders. I think the large tarantula ones are interesting and i even want to own one someday but the small ones scare me badly. If i see anything (a moth, spider, ect.) creeping down my wall, i jump out of my bed (which is a loftbed making it dangerous) and run to the opposite corner of my room, squeling. Once a spider was hanging on a peice of it's silk from the ceiling in my mother's bathroom, i didn't go in there for 2 months.

Rima Redmoon
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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.

Soap
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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.

Kate
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i am terrified of bugs. all bugs. especially really little ones. whenever there is a bug around me i will flee to the farthest possible corner and even after it has been killed i will twitch and ring my hands in fear. god forbid it should be actually be crawling on me. no one can concole me by saying "they are so much smaller than you..." or something like that because i think that the smaller they are the more easily they can crawl into an oriface and lay eggs... *twitch*shudder*twitch*

Ophelia
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I'm insanely afraid of cats of all kinds and all sizes. Not just the animal, but also the sounds or pictures of cats. I can't watch any commerical or e-mail with cats on; if I see or hear a cat, I would move quick and escape. If I can't walk away fast enough, I would get a panic attack.
When I was a child, my dad used to have a cat which he tried to let go but came back home. Eventually, he drowned it, not in front of me, but I was told about this later (or few years later). Ever since, the scene was imprinted in my mind and subconciously, I was deeply afraid of cats.

C.S.
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Ever since I was little, I've had this horrible fear of daddy long legs. I know they're harmless, but they're so ugly. It's the big ones that hang around the side of brick buildings that especially scare me.

Queeny
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A molting penguin--my first, I was 10--at the Stanley Park Zoo in Vancouver so repelled and fascinated me that bile still rises in my throat and my sinuses tingle whenever I let myself think about it.

Anonymous
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Moths. Dusty, chaotic flyers.... winged demons. When I was a kid my Mom was talking to me on the porch. The porch light was on, there were moths flying around and one went into her house. She started choking. It finally was coughed out of her throat. She said she could feel it flying around in her throat. Horrifying.... Ever since then they seem to seek me out and they fly drunkenly all around my face. It's irrational, but I cannot stand them.

London
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I can’t deal with winged beetles. Every summer there are these June Bugs that slam themselves repeatedly against our screen windows like their lives depend on breaking in and attacking me, and there’s something so demented and aggressive about them. I’ve always wanted to go to Costa Rica, but I hear there are Rhinoceros beetles that burrr around like toy helicopters and bang into your face, so I’d have to wear a helmet.

Anonymous
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