Top 10 Phobias

When I was 3 years old, my dad and I were in a department store. I was looking in the toy section, and my dad thought it would be hilarious to throw a huge rubber spider at me.

Well, I was hysterical and have had a phobia of them since then (although it's embarrassing). I'm also terrified of real ones. I've had bad experiences with them all my life. They bring on awful panic attacks, and I go back to being like that 3-year-old girl.

The main point of this story is my dad is an idiot!

I think spiders are really nasty, creepy creatures. I can't even look at them without feeling sick or screaming my head off.

I once saw a spider in my shower and didn't get in that shower for maybe 6 months. I am mostly terrified of the really big hairy ones. I have never seen one in person and don't plan to.

It depends. As long as I feel safe, I am not afraid of heights. If it involves going on a really high ride, I would rather feel amazed at the view than scared.

Just as long as I have some buckle on or there is a floor, I am not afraid of heights. In fact, it is a cool view to me. If I feel unsafe and there is no protection, then it is scary.

No, no people. Come on. A Ferris wheel has a bar or a cage.

Standing on the edge of a 100 ft cliff or the outside sill of a window 20 stories up is terrifying. I mean, some people can do that. Should I still consider it a fear? It still freaks me out at much, much lower levels. Say about... 12 feet up a ladder.

Maybe I'm being a little bit callous. I'm being honest here.

I used to love the dark (aka me being an emo). Now, I'm terrified of it. I love to watch scary stuff at night, but I need a night light. That's how bad it can get, especially when someone shows me lights out.

This is me. I have a very severe case of Nyctohylophobia where I can't sleep in pure darkness. I usually stay up late because I'll start getting anxiety and hearing things. For me, it's screw the dark.

Fear of the dark, fear of the dark.
I have constant fear that something's always near.
Fear of the dark, fear of the dark.
I have a phobia that someone's always there.

Who remembers it?

Clowns really are horrible - I don't like them at all!

It's been that way since I saw IT. Pennywise scared me so much, and it was worse that he turned into a giant spider at the end. I think that might be part of the reason I'm terrified of spiders.

After watching "The Brave Little Toaster" as a kid, clowns are the face of the devil in my mind. I once had a school trip to the circus, and I broke down crying when this one clown gave me this huge smile and asked for my name.

Clowns freak me out. I try not to cry or scream. In our school's haunted house, my friend dressed like a clown, and I screamed.

I had a dream about clowns last night, and I woke up screaming quietly. I didn't want to wake people up.

People will all die naturally, so it's best to accept that death will someday come for us. If you're prepared for it and have accepted that it will eventually come, it won't be as scary as you thought.

Remember to give your loved ones a final farewell hug and say "I love you" shortly before you rest in peace. Also, remember there is an afterlife for you, so you can still visit your loved ones as a ghost and enjoy everlasting harmony in paradise.

Look at all the rest on this list: sharks, snakes, heights, spiders, wasps, and vampire bats. Those are scary indeed, but dying is another thing. You literally never know what happens to you when you die or after you die. No one really knows.

I have other fears too, but I fear death the most (though it's pretty interesting and you will never be able to avoid it).

I hate tiny spaces. I feel like everything is starting to slowly move towards me, trapping me and keeping me prisoner. It's so terrifying. I can't help but get terrified in boxes or tiny rooms.

I can't really explain, but having claustrophobia feels like whenever you walk into a confined space, it's like a lobster trap. You can get in, but you can't get out.

I have this severely. I can barely stand being in a classroom full of students without feeling uncomfortable.

I am scared of people combining 5 words from another language to make a phobia name. Also, this phobia makes no sense at all.

Someone comes up to you and says, "Be opportunistic," and you say, "That is scary."

I don't know about you, but I think the people who came up with these names are going a little too far.

WOW. A phobia that makes the person afraid of the name of their phobia. That's like a dog that's allergic to dog food.

These things are creepy. I can't even look at one in a book, never mind a live one! I hate everything about them. This is my number one phobia.

I just started getting terrible nightmares about everyone dying and me being the only one on earth. I'm desperately trying to run away from the killer, the disease, or the fire (it's a new way to die in every dream) but also hoping they kill me.

I don't care about being alone in my room. It's just the thought that you will be totally alone, with no one there to help you or protect you. I kind of have a phobia of close people dying too.

I honestly hate being by myself because I tend to feel emotionally depressed after a while, depending on how long I'm alone. I start having thoughts (or think about things) that make me sad and tear up.

This goes with arachnophobia because it's about the number 8.

I have legitimate astrophobia. I hate when people talk about space and always ask to change the subject. I'm never going to be an astronaut.

The deep emptiness of the dark descent of space, with massive planets and a chance of an exploding star. A big ol' bag of nope!

I love outer space. I have a book about it.

Due to the number and percentage of attacks that occur seasonally and yearly, I will not be willing to set foot into carnivorous fish-infested waters.

More people are killed by vending machines each year than sharks. Watch out for those sneaky vending machines.

Whenever I go in a pool or the sea, I'm always really scared of sharks. It's mainly because of movies such as Jaws and because if one person gets attacked by one, the news spreads really quickly.

But it might turn out the man that got "attacked" by a shark just had a shark near him.

I may not entirely be afraid of crossing bridges, as I know that they can be fun to go bungee jumping off of.

However, after searching up what the most terrifying bridges in the world are and their locations, my whole perspective on them changed permanently.

My girlfriend is horrified of going under and over bridges because she feels as if they will fall on her.

Yes! It's so scary -- any second, the cables could break and you could fall to your death.

I could never work at a funeral home.

There is also a fetish called "necrophilia," which is an attraction to dead bodies. How ironic.

Sheep completely terrify me! I can't go near one. They just freak me out. Their eyes make them look like they come from hell!

Absolutely terrifying. I can't be anywhere near them or see creepy photos of them without my heart rate rising!

Unless they're Polyphemus's flesh-eating sheep (see the Sea of Monsters), I'm laughing my butt off.

I don't exactly have this. I'm kind of shy when standing in front of a lot of people who are looking at me.

What kind of idiot makes someone speak in public?

I have social anxiety, so I have this.

I have had this phobia for as long as I can remember. Just the thought of it makes me really upset. I hardly ever go to the park. Every time I see a dog, I either freeze or have a panic attack.

My mom's brother was killed by a dog when he was only 3. Never knew my uncle. I find them scary.

Dogs scare me when they bark at me.

Good Lord, it's dreadful to have to always look at the sky on a stormy day, at the clouds that look like they could be forming a funnel cloud at any moment. But because there are mountains in Idaho, tornadoes are highly unlikely to form.

It's the same with hurricanes, which I also dread. Hurricanes, ugh, I'm so glad that I'm not in the southwest.

When there's a watch, I cry and panic. When there's a warning, I go in a dark corner and cry, scream, and have severe panic attacks, scared that the apocalypse is near. I hate tornadoes.

If it means nearly every single phobia imaginable, then I suppose it counts. But the fear of the word? That's silly.

I pretty much have every one of these phobias, so I'm picking this.

I wouldn't know how to handle that kind of situation besides panicking.

I would rather die if I was buried than wait for rescue.

I'm super scared of that. I would freak out until I die.

That is definitely the scariest thing a human can experience in their life.

This actually is a real phobia, but why would someone be scared of sitting? People are weird.

Really, I don't think anyone is scared of sitting. Who came up with this?

I have been afraid of ghosts and zombies ever since I was 6. The two are so closely related that they go together.

I cannot sleep without hiding under the covers of my bed. The thought of the undead just creeps me out.

I used to have an irrational fear of ghosts. Now I find them to be really cool.