Jump to content
  • Welcome to the TransPulse Forums!

    We offer a safe, inclusive community for transgender and gender non-conforming folks, as well as their loved ones, to find support and information.  Join today!

What Do You Fear?


Guest Wry

Recommended Posts

So, yeah, what do you fear? It doesn't have to be some paralyzing phobia; any little thing that frightens you counts.

I'm afraid of:

Bees/wasps (that buzzing sound)

Cops

The Ocean (bad incident as a kid; plus I can't swim <_< )

Aging (I'm vain, really, really vain)

That annoying alarm clock sound (to many years waking-up to that; I now have an internal alarm)

Large dogs (you just never know when they're going to snap)

Link to comment
Guest Jessica Hazelet

lol I can't help to think of the movie "The Replacements" when I hear this question. Anyway if you have never seen it, the coach asks what they are afraid of. One says bees, others agree, then spiders and what not. Well they get to the root of it when Shane Falco says "quick sand". I really love this because I think that is me too. Getting stuck and trying to get out, the more you stuggle the deep you get stuck. That is my fear and I owe it all to a pretty cheesy football movie. Yeppers....Quick Sand.

Jessica

Link to comment
Guest Elizabeth K

Razor sharp blades (SLASH SLASH SLASH)

I would rather be shot than stabbed!

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ SHUDDER ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

Lizzy

oh oh oh - reaching into a hole and having a snake bite me!!!

Link to comment

What do I fear - is everything and everyone too general of an answer?

I am afraid of heights, small spaces, crowds, endings of relationships (to the point I virtually never start one), rejection, abandonment, flying insects, crawling insects, all arachnids, snakes, eels and isolation.

That is just off the top of my head, I am sure their are more that I am not aware of.

Love ya,

Sally

Link to comment
Guest Donna Jean

My biggest fear is getting stuck halfway in my transition....

Not female enough and too female to go back...

That terrifies me!

I need to see this through...I have bad dreams of a doctor telling me that I can no longer be on HRT...

I suppose that if that were to happen ...I'd take matters into my own hands!

And, Helicopters....I REALLY hate helicopters!

Donna Jean

Link to comment
Guest Sotha
Nothing

pfft.

Well, I am arachnophobic, but I'm getting better. I'm somewhat claustrophobic, like, I don't mind being in tight spaces; it's the atmosphere that gets me, the stagnant air. There are other things too, like some sort of permanent and disfiguring disability or family members dying in horrible accidents, but those are more normal. Abandonment and isolation also scare me a bit, but they kind of go hand in hand.

And I agree with DJ about the getting stuck halfway through transition. That would not be fun.

Link to comment
Guest RachaelAnn

I'm extremely claustrophobic. I'm also afraid of heights, water, flying, humiliation, and escalators. Going out female and everyone knowing otherwise. And lastly, being in another gang fight. Long story.

I'm not sure about why on some I just know I don't do well with them.

Rachael

Link to comment
Guest ~Brenda~
Nothing

At my age, and what I have been through.....

I no longer fear even death.

I have reached a level of understanding that I cannot explain.

Fear is fleeting.

Brenda

Link to comment
Guest Maelee

I have a ton of fears. Guess it means I am a bit messed up :P

Rejection, confrontation, tall edges (heights don't bother me, just being near the edge of one, lol), ants and other swarms of buggs, being on a sinking boat (so I guess really drowning, but more just stuck on a sinking ship), being alone during and after transition, imprisonment, knives and blood (sometimes picking up a knife makes me shudder)

Those are the ones I fear the most. I bet if I thought more I could add more but I want to get to bed.

Love and *hugs*

Mae

Link to comment
Guest Blindheart

Doctors, Hospitals, calling people i don't know on the phone, being alone, crushing my fingers.... last one makes sense tho since i have had them crushed in front doors and car doors and while setting up the stage when i was in high school. its amazing i can still use them at all now that i think of all the times they have been crushed over the years.

gawd and now i just scared myself thinking of hospitals, I'm seeing the girl bleeding head to toe crying uncontrollably in the ER when i was 7 again, scary scary. I'm gonna stop thinking about this now i still need to go to bed.

Link to comment

Heights is my worst nightmare, my home is pretty high up and cleaning the gutters terrifies me i put it off as long as i can, now that i have lost so much strength i dought i can even move the ladder into position.

Paula

Link to comment
Guest SuperKali

Mice. Being alone. Pain. Small spaces. Wasps. Mosquitoes. Flies. Centipedes.

I do NOT fear spiders though. In fact, I find them to be beautiful, strong, elegant creatures.

Link to comment
Guest Maelee
Mice. Being alone. Pain. Small spaces. Wasps. Mosquitoes. Flies. Centipedes.

I do NOT fear spiders though. In fact, I find them to be beautiful, strong, elegant creatures.

Spiders never used to bother me till I lived 2 years in Texas. Way to many nasty ones there, so I came to fear them all.

Link to comment
Guest Flistan

I used to have a MAJOR phobia of parasites... >.> I lived in a house surrounded by fir trees and adopted an indoor-outdoor cat. Fir trees+outdoor cat=TICS. T.T Childhood trauma right there. I caught them crawling on me, but if they bit me I'd be screaming, running around everywhere and run into a wall then pass out. Then I felt weird about eating ham about tape worms... then this and that. I'm not that strong about the fear now, but it still gives me the creeps... ><

I'm uncomfortable around large crowds/large groups of friends, pregnant women that want you to feel them (weird I know but it really makes my skin crawl terribly), I have nightmares of people not listening to me and then bad stuff happens to them or me, I'm afraid of seeing my cat hurt or sick- I'd rather give him away and never see him again before he got old than to see him in pain... 3: I love him too much to remember him going through something like that in the future.

I used to be afraid of my dad, but that doesn't bother me anymore. Because of that I used to be afraid of making people upset and/or angry, so I would always be submissive/over-giving to others. I'm trying to pay attention more to my own needs than being a butt-kisser just because I'm afraid of yelling and unhappiness in others. I used to be afraid of arguments...

um, I guess that's it.

Link to comment
Guest Elizabeth K

I fear the dreaded 'MINX."

Its a female creature that slinks around and jumps out at you in the dark - AUGGGGGGG

run run run

Lizzy

Link to comment

I suffer from the most dreaded and crippling of all phobias.

Dictaphobia: The fear of running full-speed backwards--naked--into a cold doorknob, I shared this fear with Johnny Carson.

And of course hippotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia ... which is the fear of long words - which is why during my verbose and oft circumloquacious narratives it is somewhat increasingly probable that I will eschew the obfuscations of a plethora of polysyllabic entomological entities.

*translation - when I ramble in often wordy stories I will try to avoid the confusion of unclear wordings or the use of too many long words.*

Love ya,

Sally

Link to comment
Guest Elizabeth K

Another fear? Women running after me with bis black iron skillets!

... which is why during my verbose and oft circumloquacious narratives it is somewhat increasingly probably that I will eschew the obfuscations of a plethora of polysyllabic entomological entities.

I minored in "Verbose' in College - let me translate:

...which is why during my periods of "insanely weird" need to "overuse" descriptive terms in my writing - my need to use $2 words, and not ask for change - that cause you to wonder 'WHAT THE......." when reading my stuff.

Specific definitions for your information:

circumloquacious - slang words used in a circus, a special lingo meant to confuse the 'marks' in con-games. Also a type of cloud formation.

eschew - a sneeze. Also a pinch of tobacco used between cheek and jowl

obfuscations - fortifications at the top of castles to protect the archers - also a undefinable crossword puzzle word, usually 57 or 89 across in the Sunday TIMES puzzles

plethora - the space between the ceiling and the attic. Also a certain type of flatworm.

polysyllabic - a reference to the various diseases brought back to Europe by the Spanish, after the conquest of South America. Also a kind of water-soluable fat.

entomological entities - the study of insects - specifically 'lady-bugs" - also a description of a type of space alien. (Sci Fi)

I hope this helps!

Lizzy

Link to comment
Guest Flistan
plethora - the space between the ceiling and the attic. Also a certain type of flatworm.

Ew you said flatworm! >< *cringe*

T.T

More parasites...

They are pretty at times though...

Link to comment

Lizzy - I just added another fear!

Someone actually using that dictionary of yours!

Put down the Justin Wilson Dictionary edited by Norm Crosby and use my Polo English Dictionary (I am a bit too casual to use the Oxford one).

Donna Jean's biggest fear is called -Hottamalephobia - an insane fear of any spicy foods. (This condition was magnified by Lizzy in one memorable dinning incident in Memphis - involving a baby ear of corn from a Kung Pow Chicken dish)

Love ya,

Sally

And I am actually interested in Ladybugs. :)

Link to comment
Guest Elizabeth K

And I am actually interested in Ladybugs

Me too - I just love a ladybug! So feminine, so pretty... so good to hold and look at. GOD's gift to us - those ladybugs!

Lizzy

Link to comment

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
  • Who's Online   5 Members, 0 Anonymous, 108 Guests (See full list)

    • MaeBe
    • MomTGDaughter
    • kristinabee
    • VickySGV
    • Ladypcnj
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Forum Statistics

    • Total Topics
      80.8k
    • Total Posts
      769.7k
  • Member Statistics

    • Total Members
      12,077
    • Most Online
      8,356

    gender_equality_nccu
    Newest Member
    gender_equality_nccu
    Joined
  • Today's Birthdays

    1. Alexa Amorosa
      Alexa Amorosa
      (48 years old)
    2. Bluestem
      Bluestem
      (39 years old)
    3. CharlotteSW
      CharlotteSW
      (26 years old)
    4. Daisy91
      Daisy91
    5. jriddle1990
      jriddle1990
      (30 years old)
  • Posts

    • Mirrabooka
      I’m posting this here because maybe it is a sign that I dislike my natal self in some ways that I hadn’t thought of before.   A situation happened yesterday which ended up giving me a good ol’ reality check. It left me feeling quite deflated. As a result, once again, I’m questioning my place on the trans rainbow spectrum. It’s not so much that I feel like an imposter, but rather, I feel like an alien.   Our oldest daughter is a single mom and her daughter, our granddaughter, is going on seven. They had a special event at her school yesterday; it was Special Person’s Day, where parents or significant others were invited to participate in some out-of-class activities in the last hour with the students. Since our daughter was working, my wife and I were glad to attend in her place and our granddaughter was thrilled to see us.   My wife isn’t disabled, but she’s not especially capable of doing physical stuff. So, it was always going to be me holding onto the tug-of-war rope with half a dozen mothers against the kids, just as it was to get in the rock/paper/scissors comp where the loser went to the back of the line and the winner had to sprint madly along the line to mee the next contestant. It was nice to be doing something amongst a group of lovely women, not that they knew that I was emulating them. There was some small talk and a bit of gentle banter with these strangers, and it felt nice; I felt included. Of course, these women were just being good humans and not actually including me as one of them. Not that I expected them to do so.   Then we went to the art room and waited outside until the previous group finished up. I became observant during this time, not ogling the ladies amongst the throng at all, but just taking in their hairstyles and clothing choices and the spontaneous, intuitive conversations between them. I started to get a sinking feeling. I was nothing like them, not just in appearance, but in womanly ways. Once inside and assisting the kids, I found it impossible to interact with any of the mothers at all. It’s as if I could see their large pink auras all intermingling, and here was I with my tiny blue (purple at best) aura tied to an anvil and unable to think of myself as anything but an outlier. I almost felt embarrassed to have long hair.   It doesn’t matter how womanly I feel inside, or what feminine mannerisms automatically happen, or how I might display myself to keep my inner woman happy – I am missing the naturality of it all. And that's what gave me the feeling of being deflated.   Just had to get this off my chest.    
    • Cynthia Slowan
      Good Morning!!    I hope everyone has a nice day.  I love rain but am happy to see the sun trying to peep through this morning in North Carolina.     I have been in the foothills for about a week visiting friends and family and will be heading home to the coast in a few hours.     I have to pack my car before I can enjoy my morning ☕️ then hope to have a pleasant five hour drive.     💗Cynthia 
    • Betty K
      I remember this well. I used to spend two hours getting ready every time I went out! But yes, going full-time put paid to that. I still like to look good, and I totally agree about standing out vs blending in — plenty of cis women stand out and seem happy to do so, so why shouldn’t we? — but I also appreciate the comfort I feel in relatively more casual (but still feminine) clothes these days.    As to the fetish thing, ugh, you did well to put aside that concern. Billie Eilish just told Rolling Stone that she masturbates to her own reflection in a mirror; if that isn’t “love of oneself as a woman” I don’t know what is.   
    • Kait
      This post made me chuckle, because I wrote my first (intro) post here about two days ago and used the exact same phrase.    My answer would be yes. I do. There's a wide variety of thoughts going on in my brain, so I've always got something to entertain me, and if I want to, there's always the ability to pick a thought and really drill down to the deepest implications of it.    For example recently I've been thinking about 'the philosophy of mind' and really trying to dissect what it is to be a 'mind'. It's complicated and muddy, but I feel I'm actually making progress towards a fully definable position, free of obvious self-contradictions. It would be cool if I can accomplish that and maybe someday even publish works on it.   What about you? Is your inner life one you would describe as 'rich'? 
    • Mirrabooka
      @Birdie I'm glad things are looking up.   I've lost 5kg this year! Not a huge amount, but encouraging.   I accidentally skipped a shave this morning for the first time in months and I'm definitely not used to how it feels! It's like my face is covered in velcro hooks! 
    • Mirrabooka
      In 1979, when the Skylab space station was crashing back to earth, some debris was strewn across outback Australia. The mayor of a nearby town fined NASA $400 for littering! 
    • Heather Shay
      First heard this, thjs morning, impressed.... Colossem with Gary Moore - WOW. and then just GARY MOORE (played with Thin Lizzy and - lead on one awesome song of Travelin' Wilburys)  
    • Heather Shay
    • Heather Shay
      Do you have a rich inner life?
    • Heather Shay
      Struggle to redefine inner protective's role.  
    • Heather Shay
      At its core, emotional pain is an intense feeling of distress, anguish, or suffering that stems from non-physical sources. Unlike the ache from a stubbed toe or a headache, this type of pain originates from events or circumstances that hurt us deeply on the inside.
    • Heather Shay
    • Heather Shay
    • Heather Shay
    • Davie
  • Upcoming Events

Contact TransPulse

TransPulse can be contacted in the following ways:

Email: Click Here.

To report an error on this page.

Legal

Your use of this site is subject to the following rules and policies, whether you have read them or not.

Terms of Use
Privacy Policy
DMCA Policy
Community Rules

Hosting

Upstream hosting for TransPulse provided by QnEZ.

Sponsorship

Special consideration for TransPulse is kindly provided by The Breast Form Store.
×
×
  • Create New...