Doom, Death, and Pretzels

[Direwolf]

I was reading one of the DOOM III threads in the gaming section, and someone brought up the topic of things that scare them.
So I thought I'd pose the question: what scares you guys?
I've never considered myself easy to scare, and have become really desensitized to most of the dumb horror cliches. However, I recently dove into reading a lot of H.P. Lovecraft's stories and have found that his stuff gives me the willies unlike anything I've ever watched or read. I think this owes in part to my rather vivid imagination, but anything that can keep me up at night has to be some strong stuff.
You?

 

[AudioRage]

I see no pretzels.

You sir, are a Liar.

 

[Direwolf]

Well?
Are you afraid of pretzels or not?

 

[marksmanHL2 :)]

I am scared of heights..

Its not a phobia...

Its not an irrational fear after all. I can deal with heights up to the height of a very tall tree. But... some things. Wow, I can do them... but I definatly do not like it.

 

[Murray_H]

Nothing does, my balls are the size of basketballs.

(I am scared shitless by butterflies/moths)

 

[ray_MAN]

I am afraid of not much. Seeing as how I concured the ultimate fear, death, I find nothing scares me.

 

[Direwolf]

No scary movie, game, or relative ever gets to you? I suspect there has to be something.
Edit: How about spelling?

 

[Letters]

I'm scared of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. And Rosewell aliens pointing at me. ;(

 

[evil^milk]

I'm afraid of climbing something tall, going upside down and looking at the sky... it feels as if I'd fall upwards or something.

 

[Shippi]

I don't like heights... but it depends. I love flying, and I hope to start working towards a private pilots licence if I ever get the money...

..but I can't bring myself to go to the edge of cliffs. Inside or on buildings, I am fine, but open drops freak me out totally.

I hate the sea too. I can't go in water I can't see the bottom of, it creeps me out. And I won't touch seaweed. I think the fact that my brother used to chase me round with seaweed contributed to that

 

[PvtRyan]

I'm scared of the hl2.net mods :stare:

* No Munro, not the belt!*

 

[Direwolf]

....thats deep.
I forgot to mention: for anyone with an interest in horror or the macabre you MUST read some Lovecraft. The man is a genius.

 

[FoB_Ed]

open drops freak me out too, whenever I'm on a really high balcony or something or a cliff I always feel dizzy and that I'm gonna fall

 

[craig]

I'm petrified of hospitals, and the smell of fermeldahyde.

Hospitals because I've only ever been in one to see loved ones die and they are just full of bad memories and fermeldahyde because the only time I've ever smelt the stuff is to go and see a dead loved one.

 

[Dr. Freeman]

Well?
Are you afraid of pretzels or not?

lol Direwolf

I am scared of heights..

Its not a phobia...

Its not an irrational fear after all. I can deal with heights up to the height of a very tall tree. But... some things. Wow, I can do them... but I definatly do not like it.

same here.
i been around mountainy areas.. and the thought of going down a level of a mountain was a bit of a scary proposition..

 

[galoot3000]

i am scared of those weird silences that you get, like in hospitals where everything echos but the only thing you hear is a beeping sound every 3 seconds or something (jesus, this doesnt make sence)

 

[Stigmata]

Galoot,, maybe that's a fear of the unknown/loneliness. I know nothing of psychology, but that sounds right... :cheese:

Me, I'm a little bit afraid of the dark (usually only if I was recently exposed to scary movies or TV shows about ghosts and spectres [damn you Discovery Channel!] ). But mostly I'm afraid of invertebrates, and a number of vertebrates (such as big fish, scary fish and those eels that are in Lake Huron).

 

[nw909]

Spiders and some heights.

Spiders because they have too many long legs I guess.

and heights because of the obvous "OMG IM GONNA FALL" idea.

 

[Direwolf]

I've mostly conquered my fear of heights by jumping off of tall things.

 

[MrWhite]

I'm not "afraid" of heights but I have vertigo so if I'm high up I get really dizzy and loose perception in just about everything.

I am deathly afraid of bees. That's why I have a phobia of them. and i'm allergic.

 

[madFive]

i'm smiling because they haven't found the bodies yet...

lets see...i'm afraid of sunlight, afraid of crowds, afraid of being ignored, afraid there will be razorblades in my hamburger somewhere, afraid of brussel sprouts, afraid of being stranded in a restroom with no toilet paper, afraid there will be razorblades in my toilet paper somewhere, and afraid of broken guitar strings putting my eyes out.

but i am definately not afraid of heights, doom, death, or pretzels...

 

[JonTheCanuck]

i can usual just avoid thinking about it, but if i start using my imagination... swimming in dark water scares me. Something about being in a lake where anything can be 2 feet away from u and u'd have no idea.

 

[el Chi]

I can't stand anything to do with teeth (broken teeth, teeth knocked out, etc.) or fingernails (severely torn fingernails, fingernails pulled out, etc.)
Swimming in the sea scares me. It's just the idea that there could be anything down there and it's not in any way in my direct control. The last time I went snorkelling, I practically started to hyperventilate even though there was quite clearly nothing to be afraid of and we were next to a boat. I think it's a mixture of a fear of the vastness (in both distance but more in terms of depth) of it all, the thought that something could get me from areas where I'm vulnerable (ie: below) and that I wouldn't be able to see it properly. That and the fact that I may have watched Jaws one too many times.

 

[FictiousWill]

I can't stand when exoskeletons go crunch, and open drops are teh scary. Being in a building is fine. Plane, whatever. Danger = scary. That's about it.

 

[DreamThrall]

You PANSIES!!! I HAVE BALLS OF STEEL!!! STEEEEELLLLL!!!

 

[FoxDie]

You PANSIES!!! I HAVE BALLS OF STEEL!!! STEEEEELLLLL!!!

Did your originals get bitten off by sharks, as El Chi mentioned being afraid of? That's really too bad, I hope you didn't want kids :upstare:

 

[Zeus]

The open ocean, just the thought of being in the middle of nowhere. Also fear of lonliness sometimes.

 

[evil^milk]

don't be afraid of death... there's nothing you can do to stop it...

unless you want to NeoMatrix your way out of death.

 

[Dedatorv]

The open ocean, just the thought of being in the middle of nowhere.

Thats one thing I am scared of as well. The ocean is so massive and I'm so small that my brain just starts going crazy thinking of all the jaws/giant squids that could be out there.

Another thing I am scared of is Spiders. I hate the damn spiders.

 

[AudioRage]

Failure. Yes.

 

[sHm0zY]

any kind of insect...

 

[Gunner]

I'm afraid of idiots with weapons.

 

[h00dlum]

The open ocean, just the thought of being in the middle of nowhere. Also fear of lonliness sometimes.

then u will find this movie scary excellent horror movie idea btw..

http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/open_water/

sorry to go off-topic..

 

[Jack_Karverboy]

then u will find this movie scary excellent horror movie idea btw..

http://www.apple.com/trailers/lions_gate/open_water/

sorry to go off-topic..

thats based on a true story,

 

[ThomasToad]

The main things that scares me are my dreams usually dealing with otherwordly forces taking control of people and sometimes my family which really freaks me out. I also have a fear of eternity when pondering about an afterlife I suppose. I'm also deathly afraid of spiders.

 

[ScopeD]

I'm scared of shit!

 

[Raziaar]

I'm scared of my own imigination. It's so vivid and wandering sometimes, anything can freak me out. I could be walking along my cozy home at night, and be fearful that something is gonna jump at me from the shadows. I hear pennywise laugh and taunt me from the drains, and see him waving at me from outside when I go into the kitchen to get drinks.

It's all in my mind, and I can't actually hear or see those things... but my mind imigines what it would be like if it happened, and so I fear it.

 

[Jack_Karverboy]

I'm scared of my own imigination. It's so vivid and wandering sometimes, anything can freak me out. I could be walking along my cozy home at night, and be fearful that something is gonna jump at me from the shadows. I hear pennywise laugh and taunt me from the drains, and see him waving at me from outside when I go into the kitchen to get drinks.

It's all in my mind, and I can't actually hear or see those things... but my mind imigines what it would be like if it happened, and so I fear it.

Same with me, except I dont see pennywise

 

[Raziaar]

Same with me, except I dont see pennywise

Well.. Pennywise the dancing clown, from Stephen King's IT. Heh. I dont see him... I can just imigine that he could be out there and I might see him. It's funny how the mind works... you know you don't see something, yet you imigine that you could.