February 9, 2002
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What freaks you out?

The reality that there are people out there who can harm children. In my growing up days, the Cold War and its nearing us to World War 3.

Triana, 29
Austin
, TX   USA

Spiders. Spiders really freak me out. Can't stand em. Worst movie for me to ever watch was Arachnophobia. argh, that was gross.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park
, KS  USA

Bugs. Well, not all bugs. I can handle grasshoppers and spiders, things like that. The ones that get me are roaches, maggots, and assorted creepiecrawlies.  That's really the only thing that freaks me out, at least that I can think of.

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
, NV   USA

spiders
ghosts

Nathan

Roaches. I welcome the exterminator every three months to keep them out of my house.

Laney
TX  USA

I guess, judging by earlier this week, making mistakes totally freaks me out. I mean, when I was shifting the entire file room, because our section moved next door, it got to be highly complicated, and I kept making mistake after mistake, after mistake, which totally freaked me out....someone actually had to send me back to my desk to calm down. Making mistakes filing really buged me, since I have been doing it for four years, I should know how to do that...The best way I can describe how I felt about all my mistakes is summed up by two sounds, spliced together, from the wit and wisdom of Homer J. Simpson..."Feeling stupid, I know I am..." and then 32 different Doh's...Getting in an accident freaked me out...nobody else was involved, it was purely my own stupidity...at any rate, once inside the car, I used up every curse word I can think of...since I do not have collission insurance, well, I was a bit miffed about that..and my filing mistakes probably just pushed me over the edge...other stuff freaks me out, but I do not wanna take up the entire web page...not my bag.

Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown

retarded people, 3 legged dogs, mustaches, old women with many cats, plants with names, people who talk to those plants, things that crawl, the smell of young children, graveyard caserole, things that stare, invertibrates, bald ass monkeys, tube socks, and "mystery meat".

A-Dog, 19
McMinnville
, OR  USA

My husband's thoughtlessness. Picture this: I've been home from work for a week with the flu. There are dirty dishes in the sink, piles of laundry to be washed, beds to be made, and just walking through the living room is like taking your life in your hands.   Although I'm still weak, I drag myself off to work. After a long, hard day I arrive home from work, looking forward to just sitting down and taking it easy, and there, in the middle of all the mess, sits my husband, playing his flight simulator game on the computer. This FREAKS ME OUT!

Reba, 50+
Silver Spring
, MD  USA

The thought of not seeing a loved one ever again. Oh, and also throwing up...that's a big thing with me. I haven't done it since 5th grade and I think I'd rather croak than throw up...it's like a phobia for me! I can't even stand to be anywhere near someone else throwing up. Ewww.

Fisch, 46
Preston
, CT
USA

People who know me, but I don't know them and can't imagine where they'd know me from.

Firelady, 23
Dallas
, TX   USA

Not much!

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

Not much. Most of my freak outs are caused by general mental wear-and-tear.

Alias Irrelevante

Poor grammar and the corpses of dead vermin.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

I once saw a man who had just been stabbed. A crowd was around him, it was raining, and the ambulance had not arrived. The blood from his wound was running down the sidewalk with the rain water and int othe gutter. It was the most disturbing thing I had ever seen.  I almost puked and had to cross the street to get away from it. I don't think the blood freaked me out, but the thought of that man's pain and the violence freaked me out.

On a more minor note, when driving late and tired, I have on occasion dozed off at the wheel (only couple of seconds). Realizing what is happening completely freaks me out.

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA   USA

Nothing, really.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

Creepy, unexplainable things...and driving alone in the dark on roads with lots of trees and little or no civilization nearby.

Angela, 18
Bella Vista
, AR  USA

The dentist!!!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ  USA

Life

Talia, 24
Wilton
, CT    USA

When my husband sneaks up behind me and suddenly makes a weird noise. Also, when my husband talks in his Mickey voice.

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA   USA

When I really start to think about it, the internet and all the information out there freaks me out.  That and mimes.

Ryan, 28
Riedlingen  GERMANY

Hmmmm...what freaks me out? Well, first let me say that one of my definitions of freaking out is to lose normal control of my emotions. With that definition, I will say, first, when I know someone has abused an innocent helpless being, like a child or an animal, I freak out. It makes me wanna seriously hurt the person or persons doing the abuse. It makes me nuts, whether I see it with my own eyes, or hear about it, or even think it's happening. When I realize God just showed me something or told me something, I freak out. Cause, it's so awesome. I freaked out the other night because I woke up at 3 in the morning with the worst headache i'd ever had. My head had been hurting the whole day before I went to bed that  night. And when I woke up, it was still there, but worse. So I got up and walked around, I was slapping my head with my hands trying to relieve it, and finally it got so bad, that I woke my husband up and told him I might have to go to the emergency room. He mumbled and went back to sleep

I didn't want to have to go to the e.r. but I had never had a headache like that in my entire life. I was walking through the kitchen when I started to tingle all over and I thought I was gonna pass out, so I ran into the bathroom and grabbed a makeup remover cloth to wipe off my face, and I woke up my husband again. That's when I started to freak out, cause I was really scared, I thought something was wrong with me. But I tried to calm down, I sat down on the bed and did some deep breathing, I was so dizzy. After a while I calmed down, and the tingling went away, so I pet my cat for awhile and lay down, still afraid if I closed my eyes, I was gonna die in my sleep...lol. But thank God, I woke up that morning, and it was gone! I really freaked out that night.

Lisa J., 23
TN   USA

I can't handle gross movie or TV shows with lots of blood or surgery. Dismemberment, disembowelment, beheading, It just makes my stomach queasy.

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick
, NJ  USA

Hate and large insects.

Eric, 19
Beverly Hills
, CA  USA

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