What is your phobia?

[Clueless Morgan]

For me, it is definitely a fear of heights, aka acrophobia. I have stood on - well, near - the top of a mountain in Scotland with no fear at all, since as far as I was concerned I was on the ground; notwithstanding that the ground was however-many-thousands of feet above sea level at the time. Once I climbed the few steps of the gift shop that was standing there on its stilts (seriously!), that's when I lost it. Even though I was only about four feet off the ground, the sudden realistaion of just how high I was turned me into a zombie.

Wow, that's kind of fascinating. Was it only because you were thousands of feet above the mountain that you had such issues with the extra steps of the gift shop? In other words, are you also irrationally afraid of climbing a set of steps at sea level?

Here's a funny one.

I'm ok with Injections.
I'm OK administering injections (including nerve blocks which are tricky). I have to be, I do it daily.
I'm OK with students, who've never done it before, sticking an inch or so of needle into my ankle whilst shaking like a leaf in a gale and accidentally spearing my tibial nerve (which fricking hurts) so they can practice.
Buuuut, I'm not OK with watching the above on any kind of screen. It makes my squeam curl up inside me like a fern. I once made an instructional video on ankle blocks where I administered some, and was the dummy for others. That was fine but I refused to help with the editing because watching it weirds me out.

Not a fan of needles AT ALL, though not scared enough of them for it to be a phobia. I can't watch myself getting an injection or vaccination or having the needle inserted to have blood drawn, but I can look after the needle has been put in.

I also have a hard time watching needles being put into people on TV.

And if you want to talk funny, you should watch me watching the movie Arachnophobia some time. (I just gave myself the super heeby-jeeby chills just thinking about that movie.) I saw it over two lunch breaks at school one time. Screwed me up for a couple days and it gave me whole new things to worry about with regards to spiders.