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What phobia/fear do you have?

TLDR: What phobia/fear do you have?
In the forum thread, participants discuss their various phobias and fears, sharing personal experiences and offering support to one another. Martee opens the conversation by recounting a childhood incident in Norway where a fear of drowning in shallow water developed, despite overcoming this fear in pools. Harry empathizes with Martee, acknowledging the lasting impact of childhood incidents, and admits to his own cautiousness around vehicles due to frequent news of accidents. WhippedCream brings up the concept of exposure therapy, questioning its effectiveness, while Harry expresses skepticism about facing one's fears directly due to potential trauma. Safeinsanity reveals a paranoia about being poisoned, and other users like willowtigger and Nerdface share fears of burning and medical procedures, respectively. Shole mentions an inexplicable phobia of whales, and iamSharon talks about monophobia, the fear of being alone. Nova and DudeThatsErin discuss acrophobia and fear of heights, respectively. Sincerem, Ravenfreak, and El Sueno express fears related to financial security, spiders, heights, and death. Overall, the thread is a mix of support and shared experiences, with users connecting over common and unique fears, discussing coping mechanisms, and the psychological impacts of these fears.
I have quite a few phobias myself, some of which I have had all my life and others that I realized I had as I got a little older.

I have had a huge fear of spiders and also heights right from being a kid, these are two fears I have never been able to get out of.

The next one is a fear of dying, I never knew that I had this fear until I had kids and I sat one day and I thought about it and it really upset me.
 
I have no real fears, but I do have a couple of phobias - Spiders and Wasps! I don't fear them, but I will go out of my way to get rid of these potential invaders in my home. Deep water - which is a shame in a way, as I wanted to join the Royal Navy when I left school; not exactly a quality they look for in potential recruits, lol. It's not the thought of drowning, I just don't fancy having chunks ripped out of me by those predators of the deep. Other than that, I reckon I'm pretty stable ;)
 
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