I suffer from globophobia, meaning I have a fear of balloons. Well, it's not so much that I fear them but I'm really scared that someone will pop one. I can handle gun shots and explosions just fine, but a balloon popping? NOPE.

Dr. Haggar would like to offer his "conquer that crap" therapy at no charge to you...I prescribe that you buy a bag of balloons, blow them up then pop them with your bare hands. Feel free to use ear plugs at first and maybe something pointy to pop the balloons but slowly graduate to bare ears and bare hands to conquer that crap

I have conquered my fears long ago so I personally know it's possible.

Dude wtf balloons are awesome.

Might as well be afraid of bubble wrap too

Snails and slugs. It is absolutely terrifying to step outside in the evening when it's wet because I might encounter one. They give me a minor heart attack and I start screaming like a little girl. Go figure.

Possible explanation:

By the kitchen door I always make an extra effort to never step on the doorsill as in my head it's always filled with nasty spikes and nails that would go thru my feets

But... but I love popping bubble wrap!

Seriously though, I love balloons and all but I can't stand the idea of someone popping them. Unless I do it, then it's okay.

That won't help though. I'm fine with doing it myself but when someone else does it...

I used to suffer this too as a kid but now I just don't care.

A fear of those little sharp things you can find in clover patches, dont know what they're called.

And the things in the post below me, cant stand them jumping on me, i freak out!

Big bugs. Sure they are harmless to humans, especially here in the north where they aren't even that big, but i can't stand the look of them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tettigoniidae_front-side_view.JPG


A friendly advice: never watch 80's B-Movie called Galaxy of Terror

Bugs. Since it's been raining here recently, we've been getting Water bugs.

But the one that irks me the most are cockroaches. The [censored] are creepy as hell. One of them flew and landed on my feet, I fell out of my chair sideways with the chair with me.
If it's bigger than my finger, it'll cause some fear.

Hell naw, one of those landed on the steering wheel once. Thank God I wasn't driving, accidents would have occurred.

Pathetic? Geez man, that sounds like the most horrific thing in the lowest circle of hell. Urgh, got me having goosebumps now. Irrational fears? Hmm probably just small things that crawl. I hate spiders (I have a kill-on-site policy) but even things like ladybirds/bugs creep me out. Even butterflies. Urgh, how anybody can like butterflies is beyond me. So less of a fear, more of an absolute revulsion. Except spiders. Those things are the spawn of the devil himself.

Some, you mean. Everybody has some sort of fear that cannot be conquer'd (though can be "maintained", in a way)... You can conquer some but never all of them.

My biggest fear is driving... Literally cannot drive without freaking out or passing out.