h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Yeah, I've got phobias. Two of them, to be precise. Both are quite random and unrelated to each other, but there you go. The first one is lightning. I hate thunderstorms, just because I hate lightning. It frightens me. I shudder and gasp everytime I see a flash of light, and my heart begins palpitating when I hear a clap of thunder. I got this fear from bad experiences in which I was exposed to much lightning in a potentially dangerous situation. I realized the height of my phobia when I called my boyfriend over the summer. He's from Shanghai, which is thousands of miles away. When I called him, he was in the midst of a thunderstorm, and I could hear the booms in the background. He was fine, but it was making ME nervous! Go figure.

My other phobia is aliens. I don't even believe they exist (at least, they haven't visited earth or anything). But I think it's the thought of sentient beings other than humans running around who happen to be superior to us as well. It gives you a sense of hopelessness and fear. When I saw "Signs", I couldn't sleep that night, not even with the light on. Everytime I closed my eyes, I saw an alien standing before me, ready to work his evil upon me...ahh! I'm going to freak myself out now!

Also, I forgot about my fear of needles. It's not really a phobia, but I can't stand the things. I can't give blood because the thought of needles makes me want to pass out. In fact, the last time I had to get immunization shots, I had to lay down for twenty minutes because I apparantly started going pale and sweaty. Erg! If a movie or show starts showing a needle injection, I can't watch; I start getting sick (that and surgery). I don't know what the cause of this is, but it ended my dream of becoming a vet...

Any sort of creepy crawly gets me running.

My worst phobia is stupid. I pondered for a long time what would be in Room 101 for me and I came to the conclusion it would be anything to do with the devil. Maybe it's to do with being raised a Catholic but I can't watch or read anything to do with black magic or the devil making an appearance. I even had a nightmare once about The Omen without actually seeing the film! It just plain terrifies me.

Actually, I used to have a fear of that, too, though it's lessened somewhat. Once, when I was younger, I saw a picture from the movie "The Exorcist" and it literally kept me up all night, and I was paranoid that I was going to get possessed, or something. But I haven't seen the movie, either! Go figure.

Neutrino