Random phobias

I have an acute fear of lunchmeat ham, ever since I watched this episode of 'House' where a woman got worms in her brain from eating it. I'm aware that such a thing is probably astronomically unlikely, but I just can't bring myself to eat ham anymore.

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I am scared of patterns: plain black lined patterns. They freak me out, just the very sight of them sends shivers down my spine. The more detailed they are, the more I have to fear!

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My ears get extremely annoyed with any high-pitched sound. Plastic grocery bags, popsicle wrappers and poor singing all give me goosebumps.

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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.

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I'm terrified of heights, so much to the point that I am afraid to ride on escalators.

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I was walking through what seemed like a cafeteria, and I stopped at one table that was occupied by people I did not know. I started going on and on excitedly about how I always see those people while I’m eating lunch. They act sort of nice, but awkward. Then I kept walking and ended up in what seemed like an amusement park, but on the left, there was an office. Well, I was walking into the park, and I accidentally bumped into this guy, and everything went dark for a moment, and all I remember is hitting and slapping at the guy and crying, and then when it was light again, my clothes were torn and I knew that I had just been raped. I sat in shock for a bit before getting up and running back to my dad, who was on the other side of the cafeteria I had crossed. He wrapped me up in a large wool jacket (I can still feel the itchiness) and took me to the office that was in the amusement park. I sat down in one of the chairs, and the other two were already occupied by two of my friends. They asked if I was alright, and I just said ‘yeah’ really quietly. Then the person behind the desk started whispering to my two friends, and I realized that she was telling them what had happened to me. The thing is, I didn’t feel scared or anything, but I felt like I was supposed to feel something, so I just looked down and tried to put on a ‘hurt’ face. Then I got scared and started running around again, and I ran around a wall and back to where I’d first ran into the guy, and he was there. I started slapping him in the face, and I noticed that my mom was standing near the office, so I said “Have you met my mom? She knows karate.” and the guy looked nervous, but then he turned on me again and I started running. I ran back around that wall and ended up in my cousin’s house. I ran upstairs to the kitchen before running back down the stairs to get to the front door. I thought I was fine, so I relaxed for a bit, but the guy came back through the door. I started running up the stairs, and he grabbed at me, but my cousin’s dog bit him and he let go. I ran and hid behind my aunt, and said a phrase. I’m pretty sure it had the word ‘marriage’ in it. Once I said it, the guy started coming up the stairs, and my aunt told me that the more I said that, the closer the guy got, but I kept saying it, even though I was terrified. I just hugged my aunt more tightly and closed my eyes, then I woke up.

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I don't know why but I've always been afraid of fish. I have had nightmares about them.And my brother taunts me with them a lot.

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Man, remember those cans of biscuits or cinnamon rolls where you have to peel the paper off the side of the can and then suddenly the can bursts open? I did that ONCE and it freaked me out so much I would just hand the can to my mom and then run into the farthest spot in the house and duck down and cover my ears.

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I'm not usually scared of gorillas, but whenever they're in my dreams, I wake up crying my eyes out. It all started when I had to horrible nightmares in the same night, one of the mayor from "Eight Crazy Nights" dressed in a gorilla suit, chasing me, and another dream of a gorilla trying to break through my back door. Weird... I know.

Also, on a different note, I CANNOT sleep if there is a chair looking at me. It has to be facing sideways, otherwise, I'm gonna wake up constantly to make sure it didn't move.

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I hate the taste of artificial cherries (like in sweets). I have no idea where this dislike came from but it has grown into a phobia - I'll avoid things which *might* have cherry flavouring for fear of that vile artificial taste...

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