What are you afraid of?

MypinchofItaly said:
I am afraid as f*** of jellyfish. I can start running on waters like Jesus if I only hear someone says jellyfish.
And wasps. I become hysterical when I see them flying around.
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I recall being in the Gulf of Mexico and diving off the sailboat, right into a bunch of moon jellyfish. It was like an ant bite, except everywhere all at once since I landed in all the nettles. 🙁 The treatment was simple enough, meat tenderizer. The enzyme in the tenderizer breaks down the toxin.

I keep a jar of meat tenderizer in my first aid drawer what with all the biting bugs around here.
 
Heights; I get vertigo. I don't know where this came from, because, as a kid, I'd climb trees like a little monkey.
We went to Chicago about 4 yrs ago, to the (former) Sears building, 94th floor. Everyone pressed against the window, and me, 2 mts back.
I even get vertigo watching Tom Cruise staring over the edge of a mountain top.
Flying, on the other hand, is no problem at all.
 
Barriehie said:
I recall being in the Gulf of Mexico and diving off the sailboat, right into a bunch of moon jellyfish. It was like an ant bite, except everywhere all at once since I landed in all the nettles. 🙁 The treatment was simple enough, meat tenderizer. The enzyme in the tenderizer breaks down the toxin.

I keep a jar of meat tenderizer in my first aid drawer what with all the biting bugs around here.
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Many years ago I was stung on both of my legs by a medium-sized jellyfish, one of those with a blue ring around they head. The pain was unbelievable. Two people who were surfing rescued me, and once we got to the beach they covered my legs with scorching hot sand.
 
Slugs. Snails I'm completely fine with. Well they're not my favourite critter, but you could ascribe the adjectives 'cute' to some of them and 'harmless' since they've got that shell that they go in that renders them dry to touch. Slugs can eff off and if I had my personal flame-thrower with me, I'd burn them all with fire.

Not super keen on deep water either. I'm fine on a ship, but give me a snorkel and even in just 20 feet of pristine tropical water I'm like 'nope' after two minutes as my brain is like 'that coral is the kraken - you should get on the boat now'.
 
Ants

I hate them. I know they are a fundamental part of ecology and life, but I was bitten by many all at once, at primary school, and still remember it to this day.

Wombat457 will know exactly what I mean when I say it takes all takes courage to walk over those large flat ant mounds that form everywhere in the bush in Australia.
 
The serious downer one - Dementia. It’s just so cruel.

The mad one - metal tape measures that are sprung to reel themselves back in.
You know the swines -
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I can’t say they’ve ever landed me in hospital 😂 but as a kid I had my fingers bitten by them far too many times.
If someone else is helping me measure something (because it’s a long distance) I’ll probably say “Don’t let go of it” in a frightened high pitched voice two or three times before we’re done 😂
 
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