Question Being human.

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

I'm takophobic, meaning I have intense fear of pregnancy and childbirth. This fear is one of the reasons I don't have children.

 

[XanderesqueMan]

I'm takophobic, meaning I have intense fear of pregnancy and childbirth. This fear is one of the reasons I don't have children.

I'd never heard of that before. I did a quick search. Apparently, it's not that uncommon, around 14% in those who have given birth and in the neighborhood of 1-2% for those who never have. I guess you learn something new every day. That's what they tell me anyway.

I'm cleithrophobic. It's often confused with claustrophobia, but where claustrophobia is a fear of small spaces, cleithrophobia is the fear of being trapped in spaces. I can ride up in an elevator. But I worry about being locked in walk-in freezers.

 

[Joan the Vampire Slayer]

I'd never heard of that before. I did a quick search. Apparently, it's not that uncommon, around 14% in those who have given birth and in the neighborhood of 1-2% for those who never have. I guess you learn something new every day. That's what they tell me anyway.

I'm cleithrophobic. It's often confused with claustrophobia, but where claustrophobia is a fear of small spaces, cleithrophobia is the fear of being trapped in spaces. I can ride up in an elevator. But I worry about being locked in walk-in freezers.

Yeah, being afraid of pregnancy and childbirth is just common sense! Many women still die in childbirth, even in America. It's very risky.

My mother - may she rest in peace - always said "you learn something new everyday" too! She was definitely right.

Dude, I have an intense fear of walk in freezers too! I've never heard of anyone else who has this fear. My coworkers make fun of me, because wherever I go into it, I announce it: "I'm going into the walk in. If I don't come back in two minutes, please come check on me."

But in all fairness, there is a basis for this fear. At the current bar I work at, one night I was closing alone, and went into the walk in to turn off the CO2, and the door slammed shut on me. This has never happened before. I was absolutely terrified. I ran to the door, and thankfully it opened.

Also, I'm a big fan of horror, and I vaguely remember seeing a film where someone gets trapped in a walk in and dies, so maybe this contributes to my fear. The name of the film escapes me though.

 

[thrasherpix]

While I don't have a general fear of tight spaces or being trapped, I do avoid caves. I've explored one large cave, but not very far, and it was one for the public. But I've heard so many terrible and even terrifying stories of deaths in caves. People who get trapped (sometimes in underwater caves), and the thought of getting trapped (especially upside down where the blood rushes to your brain) scares me. What a horrible way to wait to die.

I can't remember the specifics of one that has stayed with me...a student got trapped in an ice cave. Though it was ice there were many mites or other very tiny bugs that invaded her lungs, presumably for the warmth. She'd have died of cold anyway, but the bugs that invaded her lungs were enough to asphyxiate her. Whoever did the autopsy said the dead lungs were still moving from the bugs inside of them, and I'd have been scared to been that coroner right then (with fresh lungs)!

 

[DeepBlueJoy]

After watching Buffy dig out of her grave i realized that my fear of being buried greatly exceeds my fear of being burned. I will NOT be buried even though most of my background choose burial and that had been the original plan. No idea what that phobia is called but i definitely dont like being under the ground, especially tight spaces. No caving for me.

Probably for the same reason, thou i love water, deep diving does not appeal (also have ear & pain issues below about 20 feet.)

Oddly though i love being high up, i really fear edges. Always afraid i will fall. Being high up does not bother me at all.

I sont think i would want to go into space for an extended period. Too confined.

 

[NotASlayer]

I'm cleithrophobic. It's often confused with claustrophobia, but where claustrophobia is a fear of small spaces, cleithrophobia is the fear of being trapped in spaces. I can ride up in an elevator. But I worry about being locked in walk-in freezers.

I hadn't heard of this but I can relate. I think I have a bit of both. Lifts are fine. Broken lifts not so much. But tight spaces can also cause issues.

After watching Buffy dig out of her grave i realized that my fear of being buried greatly exceeds my fear of being burned. I will NOT be buried even though most of my background choose burial and that had been the original plan. No idea what that phobia is called but i definitely dont like being under the ground, especially tight spaces. No caving for me.

I can go into a decent sized cave and have done it - Poole's Cavern, the Blue John Mines and the Dolaucothi Gold Mine - but small ones, not so much. I read a book (The Weirdstone of Brisingamen I think, or maybe its sequel; if you've ever read it I think you will know exactly the bit I mean) when I was about ten and there's a passage in that which still causes my heart to race when I think about it. Definitely no spelunking for me.

I'm takophobic, meaning I have intense fear of pregnancy and childbirth. This fear is one of the reasons I don't have children.

I wouldn't say I'm afraid of it but it is distinctly unfun, going by friends, and as you say still potentially dangerous with long term health consequences even when nothing bad happens. One friend decided drugs meant you weren't as close to the baby during birth. She's now of the opinion just say yes to drugs. And at the end of it you wind up with something you have to take care of for 20 years or so. No backsies. 😀

 

[DeepBlueJoy]

I hadn't heard of this but I can relate. I think I have a bit of both. Lifts are fine. Broken lifts not so much. But tight spaces can also cause issues.



I can go into a decent sized cave and have done it - Poole's Cavern, the Blue John Mines and the Dolaucothi Gold Mine - but small ones, not so much. I read a book (The Weirdstone of Brisingamen I think, or maybe its sequel; if you've ever read it I think you will know exactly the bit I mean) when I was about ten and there's a passage in that which still causes my heart to race when I think about it. Definitely no spelunking for me.



I wouldn't say I'm afraid of it but it is distinctly unfun, going by friends, and as you say still potentially dangerous with long term health consequences even when nothing bad happens. One friend decided drugs meant you weren't as close to the baby during birth. She's now of the opinion just say yes to drugs. And at the end of it you wind up with something you have to take care of for 20 years or so. No backsies. 😀

I can go into thise big airy caverns. I cannot go crawling into anything. Wont willingly. Rember when those people got trapped in nepal? When the water came up and trapped the kids? Listening with fascination to the rescue. At the time i was part of a fire department (just doing the EMT side) - i would have joyfully volunteered to do swift water rescue but crawling into tunnels of fallen broken buildings in fire i could not cope with. Tunnels of rock hundreds of feet under the earth that could flood? A world of no.

Fortunately one of the tests to see if you are a good fit for firefighter is to crawl through a long dark tunnel, no light or space up at the academy - and do it in a minimum number of minutes. Even when i was near fit enough, i lacked the headspace to do it. So i never crossed trained to do fire. They needed EMTs more since more calls are medical, so they allowed volunteers to do EMS only.

 

[wolfheart]

Afraid of heights. dephts, to be locked up, big crowds, balloons, horses, snakes, clowns and super large dogs..