I'm not terribly afraid of much, but I do have a pretty irrational fear of hot air balloons. I'm not afraid of heights, or flying, but you couldn't pay me to get into one.

Ocean .. I will not swimming in the ocean. I will sail, boat, jet ski 

Elevators. 

I just don't like them. I would rather take the stairs than the chance of getting stuck in one. 

Heights, or more specifically, standing at the ledge of something high--regardless of railings, windows, etc.

I don't like being close to horses.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Elevators. 

I just don't like them. I would rather take the stairs than the chance of getting stuck in one. 

I will say, the thought of being stuck in a crowded elevator doesn't sit well with me. I don't like crowds, so a crowded elevator is hell for me. Being stuck alone wouldn't bother me that much.

posted by ptown_trojans_1

Elevators. 

I just don't like them. I would rather take the stairs than the chance of getting stuck in one. 

So.....you take steps to avoid them. 

:-)

posted by BRF

So.....you take steps to avoid them. 

:-)

^^^ Just yesterday, I drove past a place where several hot air balloons were being launched and thought: you will never see me in one of those. 

posted by vball10set

Heights, or more specifically, standing at the edge of something high--regardless of railings, windows, etc.

This. I'm the sort of person who'll know there is a railing, so things are perfectly safe as long as I'm not being an idiot, but I'll still be three feet away from it and a bit nervous that I'm still too close.

posted by Heretic

but I'll still be three feet away from it and a bit nervous that I'm still too close.

That's when someone behind you should give you a little shove. :-)

Standard poodles. 

posted by BRF

That's when someone behind you should give you a little shove. :-)

It's all fun and games until I have a panic-stricken heart attack, fall over the rail and my last moments are feeling my chest seizing up as I plummet, wondering what will kill me first — my heart or the landing!!!

Can’t think of any. Driving through underwater tunnel in Norfolk isn’t my favorite but I’ve seen Diehard 3 enough times I think I could survive if it collapsed 😀

posted by BRF

That's when someone behind you should give you a little shove. :-)

This happened to me when we were at a wedding in Cleveland and stayed at the new Hilton downtown. They have an outdoor patio bar/restaurant up on the 32nd floor (appropriately named Bar 32), and I was standing back a good 3-4 foot behind the plexiglass 'railing', and a buddy of mine came behind me and slapped me on the back (knowing my fear). It's been years since I actually punched someone, but my stomach was in my throat and it was almost a reflexive reaction. We laugh about it now, but I sure didn't then.

Spiders. They all need to die in a fire. All of them! 

We can replace their utility with praying mantis'.

Team mascots in costumes - I feel about them the way some feel about clowns

Other people's spit

Birds. 

Rational:

• Terrified of ledges. Not heights...just the ledge. I could be 300 feet up in the middle of a deck and be fine, but inch me towards the edge and I might die.

Irrational:

• Absolutely petrified of floating off into space. The movie gravity, when Clooney floats away, almost made me puke.

posted by Fab4Runner

Standard poodles. 

Outside of a dog show, I've never seen a standard poodle. They've always been those little teacup bitches.

Flying: I really hate flying, more specifically turbulence and the thought of the plan crashing/terrorist attack.

Secondly, Job Security. This is probably due to graduating college in 2008 and having to work shit jobs just to get by for a yr plus. I've never been fired, but anytime something little goes wrong at work I get all worked up thinking I'll be getting fired.

Those helmet-cam videos of guys climbing 1500-foot radio towers to change the light bulb at the top give me the willies.

posted by CenterBHSFan

Outside of a dog show, I've never seen a standard poodle. They've always been those little teacup bitches.

They are very tall, and their noses look like pointy beaks. 

posted by Laley23

Rational:

• Terrified of ledges. Not heights...just the ledge. I could be 300 feet up in the middle of a deck and be fine, but inch me towards the edge and I might die.

Irrational:

• Absolutely petrified of floating off into space. The movie gravity, when Clooney floats away, almost made me puke.

Weren't you the one who posted a picture of yourself on a cliff ledge?

I hate snek.  Spiders don't bother me as much as they used to, but snek is bad.  I surprisingly haven't seen any this summer, but I know they are lurking in my pasture.

Also, as I get older, heights bother me more and more.  Wouldn't go so far as to say that Im frightened by them.

Motorcycles- will not ride one.

White water rafting- will never do this.

I guess most of this comes from having friends killed in motorcycles and rafting accidents.