tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post3164836411874316603..comments2023-10-17T08:59:57.852-04:00Comments on Body Soul and Spirit: Remember Whensday: Fears and PhobiasRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-20193842574679669662009-11-26T20:42:17.638-05:002009-11-26T20:42:17.638-05:00Oh I totally agree with you about snakes. My brot...Oh I totally agree with you about snakes. My brothers would threaten to put them in my bed! They were harmless garter snakes, but still....<br /><br />Waterfalls fascinate me. I don't know why. I just love them.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788733654505792266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-56797884614596979272009-11-26T20:18:22.854-05:002009-11-26T20:18:22.854-05:00Interesting that you can see the source of your ph...Interesting that you can see the source of your phobias through family photos. <br />When you've seen a black mamba in your garden as a child, maybe your fear isn't really irrational!<br />My only phobia is for roaches. I know they're harmless, but I don't think I could force myself to touch one, no matter what.Janiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509431336916594990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-50027652068685505332009-11-26T10:13:32.191-05:002009-11-26T10:13:32.191-05:00Great post about you snake and waterfall phobias! ...Great post about you snake and waterfall phobias! I am glad that your fear has subsided somewhat and that you were brave enough to watch documentaries about snakes with your kids. My only phobia, and it is totally irrational, is public speaking. When I had to give an oral report as a kid, my voice would be hoarse and trembly, my hands would shake and be clammy and my heart would pound. Now Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04587300140099806425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-51572396305577389462009-11-26T08:08:20.937-05:002009-11-26T08:08:20.937-05:00I don't much like snakes or many heights eithe...I don't much like snakes or many heights either. I remember Cuppa going to the edge of the Grand Canyon and giving me conniptions.Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-82726106135934433382009-11-25T10:41:50.304-05:002009-11-25T10:41:50.304-05:00Great story telling. I never liked snakes either a...Great story telling. I never liked snakes either and I'm afraid my face would have reflected that too. I think we always tend to fear things we don't have much experience with. If we were raised handling snakes like we do cats and dogs, we would wonder what all the fuss was about.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890796903959709429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-18614585247008102272009-11-25T08:29:44.231-05:002009-11-25T08:29:44.231-05:00This was so interesting.It Brought to mind some of...This was so interesting.It Brought to mind some of my childhood experiences,which are to long to talk about here.Fear can have a paralyzing effect alright.<br /> Blessings,RuthRuth's Photo Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906250839947271541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-67931410399363493102009-11-25T07:50:42.992-05:002009-11-25T07:50:42.992-05:00My 13 year niece had written a saying on FB last w...My 13 year niece had written a saying on FB last week that fits this too a tee. People are not of afraid of heights, just afraid of falling, people are not afraid of water, just afraid of drowning, etc. I think you could add snakes to this, people are afraid of snakes just afraid of been biten. <br /><br />None the less, I'm with you I don't like snakes either. I get freaked out just cheryl dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-71427886284246678312009-11-25T06:35:58.402-05:002009-11-25T06:35:58.402-05:00I don't have any real phobias per se, but a fe...I don't have any real phobias per se, but a fear of dangerous things is not necessarily a bad thing. :c) Glad they've lessened some over the years.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-431954733030475422009-11-25T04:25:18.539-05:002009-11-25T04:25:18.539-05:00I am not afraid of snakes, but guess hwta my phobi...I am not afraid of snakes, but guess hwta my phobia is? That tiny tiny that goes squeak squeak squeak.<br /><br />You want to swap?<br /><br />My husband thinks I am irrational, but I have a reason to be afraid, it stemed from an in copmplete history of the London plague, and when I was young, my town was flooded every year. The mice and rats would come out of their holes and up on my mums Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪https://www.blogger.com/profile/04399207312968010460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-42686402872083502382009-11-25T02:06:55.830-05:002009-11-25T02:06:55.830-05:00You for got my red bellies, grass snakes, black ra...You for got my red bellies, grass snakes, black rat, and corn snake.<br />Tried for a rattler but could never find one.Sand Land Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11909712883338653243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-89438290575289029662009-11-25T00:43:22.870-05:002009-11-25T00:43:22.870-05:00Ugh. As a fellow MK, I completely understand your...Ugh. As a fellow MK, I completely understand your dislike of snakes. Me too. I don't think there was a nonpoisonous snake on either of the islands we lived on--Phuket and Penang. Our encounters were with cobras and vipers and water snakes, and there were also snake farms in Thailand for milking venom and entertaining tourists. <br /><br />I have never met any compelling reason to force Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14826899900356202742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-72574777335922597602009-11-24T23:36:49.624-05:002009-11-24T23:36:49.624-05:00I still do not like snakes. I know some of them ar...I still do not like snakes. I know some of them are good for controlling the rodent population but just keep them away from me.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing in the RW meme this week.Sally in WAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02986783811683407554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-43152989289637958152009-11-24T23:24:13.132-05:002009-11-24T23:24:13.132-05:00Phobias may be irrational, yet they are real and s...Phobias may be irrational, yet they are real and sometimes we can challenge ourselves past them.<br />As a kid living next to a swamp, a dead garden snake could stop me in my tracks screaming until someone, Dad, rescued me.<br />With my own kids I remember petting a snake at the zoo. Then later as an animal keeper I learned to handle docile and harmless snakes.<br />It's hard to imagine Gaelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05784162697113288888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31176502.post-12096172184273420562009-11-24T23:15:32.547-05:002009-11-24T23:15:32.547-05:00I can't say that I blame you much for a fear o...I can't say that I blame you much for a fear or phobia of snakes. You have lead one of the most interesting lives of anyone I know for sure! Kudos to you for choosing to try to overcome it...I don't know if I would be that brave!Tanyahttp://www.dreamsdiapersanddilemmas.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com