Why am I such a sissy boy?

[Raziaar]

It's instinctual to fear things, even if you "know" it's not a threat your body still reacts.

It's like if you look at a naked woman "ok it's just photons entering my eyes and being procesed in my brain" no matter how you think of it, you'll still get aroused, unless of course there's something wrong with your male functionality.

HOLY SHIT! There's something wrong with my male functionality!

HAHAHA. No. I'm kidding. But yeah, I understand what you're saying, but most adults don't seem to be affected by these things. Their fears are different. Marriage, love, hardship. Things like that. I'm stuck on fearing monsters and ghosts and the unknown, and brutal, horrible things.

 

[Dog--]

Sleep with a gun. And the saftey on! Hurray!

 

[Nat Turner]

It's like if you look at a naked woman "ok it's just photons entering my eyes and being procesed in my brain" no matter how you think of it, you'll still get aroused, unless of course there's something wrong with your male functionality.

It's always strange when we have instinctual behavior that is in direct conflict with rational behavior. Both are very necessary.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

It's always strange when we have instinctual behavior that is in direct conflict with rational behavior. Both are very necessary.

Instinct has realized its irrelevance, and it will NOT go down without a bloody fight. - Breen

 

[VirusType2]

Brian Peppers Faster Than Light? Ooh, scary.

I do know what it really means, BTW.

Oh cool, you know of FTL software? Faster than Light? They made my favorite game Dungeon Master in the late 80's. I notice your avatar resembles that of the last boss in that game. Have you heard of this game?

no, FTL means "For the Lose" - basicaly a joke, deriving from "FTW" meaning "For the Win" a cheer like "For the Horde!!" all of these i first saw when playing World of Warcraft, but i don't know if thats where they originated from.

So like, if I said, "Rocket Launcher FTW!!" that would mean that either; I have won with, or plan to win by using the Rocket Launcher.

Likewise, if i said "Rusty Sword FTL", that would mean that (1)I had fell in battle becuase of my low quality weapon or (2)I don't really stand a chance in battle since i have a rusty piece of shit weapon equiped.

lol

 

[Jack_Karverboy]

That'd be freaky if you woke up and goatse was stretching his anus out right in your face

 

[Skaadi]

That'd be freaky if you woke up and goatse was stretching his anus out right in your face

SHUT UP! I already have enough nightmares about goatse. :x

But than again, i also have night mares about this

 

[Kouler]

HAH! The thread title is joking of course, but I figured it'd provide you a laugh.

Anyways, I've discussed this in a couple of other non-related threads, but wanted a full on thread dedicated to it.

I want to get straight to the point. Why is it that I retain childish fears of the dark, the unknown, and the generally scary/spooky? I've recently started to not enjoy games or movies that I once would in the past, because of the content they contain... I get disturbed by it, spooked out and sometimes silently terrified. I don't panic or freak out because of any of this, but it grates on me and disturbs me to no end.

For instance. Games that wouldn't bother me before, are starting to seriously effect me, and I cannot provide a logical explanation for it. Lets take Psychonauts for example. Its a fun, great game, but on the second half it starts to get sort of dark, yet not really in a way that should warrant these uncomfortable feelings of fear or uneasiness that I experience. I could be sitting in my dark living room, playing away. Start to feel shivers, and constantly look around me into the darkness, half expecting to see something terrible and monstrous ready to get me. I know nothing like that will never ever happen, but it doesn't stop my concious from thinking it.

It doesn't apply just to games, it applies to my every day living. I have any incredibly overactive, vivid imigination that I personally believe could rival that of professional scary story writers. I "see" things in my mind that don't exist, but that I imigine. And by that I mean I create this image in my mind, perfectly detailed in every single facet of its construction, of whatever monstrous thing it may be. When i'm walking past a mirror, looking into a mirror.... Using the shower, using the toilet. You name it. I can just picture and imigine these things peering at me, looking at me through the mirror, grabbing me from behind. Coming up on me out of the ground while i'm using the shower, or up through the faucet/toilet drain. Slipping up from beneath my bed or out of my closet.

These things usually associated with children and childhood fears, i'm experiencing as an adult that I NEVER experienced as a child. It's starting to turn into some sort of mild paranoia, and I cannot explain it. Am I alone in this, or what?

Stop playing scary games, like FEAR and Doom 3 for example.

 

[Raziaar]

I don't play scary games, like doom or fear! But I want to be able to play these games without having irrational fears! I want to be able to garner a sense of enjoyment out of them like a normal person, being scared shitless and then forgetting about it shortly after. Instead, I don't even touch them and the whole thing is starting to eat away into my life.

 

[Kouler]

Well, take up a hobby that you will think about a lot. For example, i like to play metal on my guitar. I would practice my guitar almost every day, and when i go to bed at night, i just think about it. And also the other things i like.

 

[Raziaar]

Well, take up a hobby that you will think about a lot. For example, i like to play metal on my guitar. I would practice my guitar almost every day, and when i go to bed at night, i just think about it. And also the other things i like.

I do have hobbies that takes up alot of my time. Hell, gaming is one of them

I dunno, I guess it might be a little hard for you to understand. I could be so totally engrossed in something, and still this sort of thing finds a way to pierce my thoughts, even if briefly. Sometimes it gets so bad i'm afraid to go and take a shower, but usually do it anyways(or I put it off at night and take an extra good one in the morning).

Its crazy, stupid shit like that, that it bothers me.

Oh well, i'll just have to learn to live with it, or harness it in some way that it can work for me. There is a plus side to it all... without this overactive imigination, I wouldn't be as good at my favorite hobby, writing.

And by the way, the link in your sig, the pic of the day on planetdoom. That's a broken link now.

 

[Kouler]

And by the way, the link in your sig, the pic of the day on planetdoom. That's a broken link now.

Those bastards took it down

 

[Boogymanx]

But than again, i also have night mares about this

I think they just insulted my mom!

 

[Skaadi]

I think they just insulted my mom!

lol, I'm not even going to ask the similarities between them.

 

[Danimal]

I had my Christmas tree at a certain angle last year, whenever I walked out late at night and looked at it, I thought it was someone staring right at me. Scared me every time.

 

[MiccyNarc]

http://pepperstruth.ytmnd.com/
http://allenpeppers.ytmnd.com/

It's complete BS.

 

[Raziaar]

Update:

I dunno why. I don't know what has changed recently, but when i'm watching scary movies or something, or just in general, I don't seem to be spooked out anymore. Nowhere near as much.

Which is funny, cause I don't know what has changed. I still think the same crazy, creepy things, but they don't bother me as much. If I imigine for example, these cold, undead hands crawling out from under my bed at night to touch and tug me, I just laugh to myself and say in my head, "Yeah yeah, keep putting your filthy, dead hands on me, you ****ing perverts, see if I care."

I'm also watching the grudge 2 right now, and its not affecting me.

lol

 

[OvA]

Update:

I dunno why. I don't know what has changed recently, but when i'm watching scary movies or something, or just in general, I don't seem to be spooked out anymore. Nowhere near as much.

Which is funny, cause I don't know what has changed. I still think the same crazy, creepy things, but they don't bother me as much. If I imigine for example, these cold, undead hands crawling out from under my bed at night to touch and tug me, I just laugh to myself and say in my head, "Yeah yeah, keep putting your filthy, dead hands on me, you ****ing perverts, see if I care."

I'm also watching the grudge 2 right now, and its not affecting me.

lol

So it went from scary to kinky? Sounds like fun.

 

[Lucid]

But than again, i also have night mares about this

:|...
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...Word.

 

[P43.2/1Gig/X800P]

I'm affraid of 1 thing and thats Chucky the Doll he still freaks me out at the age of 24 . Somedays i feel like hes right behind be getting ready to cut the backs of my feet. OUCH!!! I've been always affraid of dolls.

 

[Raziaar]

I'm affraid of 1 thing and thats Chucky the Doll he still freaks me out at the age of 24 . Somedays i feel like hes right behind be getting ready to cut the backs of my feet. OUCH!!! I've been always affraid of dolls.

Dolls are incredibly creepy. That'll be one thing that forever freaks me out... imigining them walking down the hall, taking little teeny steps.

 

[NotATool]

Dolls are incredibly creepy. That'll be one thing that forever freaks me out... imigining them walking down the hall, taking little teeny steps.

Dolls are inanimate objects. They don't walk.

 

[Raziaar]

Dolls are inanimate objects. They don't walk.

It's a thing called imigination.

 

[Stigmata]

This thread would scare me as a general rule, but giving a first listen-through to The Downward Spiral at the same time is probably making the imagery worse.

I'll make a decent contribution soon.

 

[Codcommando]

I spent about 30 seconds looking at this thread.But based on the title "ahhahahaha".

Slipping up from out of my closet

AHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Raziaar]

I spent about 30 seconds looking at this thread.But based on the title "ahhahahaha". AHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA

Thread title was made for you to laugh. Glad you enjoyed.