Originally Posted by
Melody
Though it might be a little odd, I have a rather acute phobia of crabs. It takes nothing more than a piece of crab claw or crab shell in close proximity to make me panic and freeze up completely, and I generally end up shaking or in tears if I try going near beaches or fishmongers. There's something about them that I've found unsettling for as long as I've lived. And one day, when I was about four or five, and my brother threw a small one at me when we were at the beach, those feelings seemed to trigger into a full fledged phobia. I don't remember it very well, but I've been told that I screamed, and just went on screaming and screaming for quite some time...
Besides that, I'm very afraid of large crowds of people. It's not severe enough to really be considered a phobia, but I do make a point of avoiding them at all costs. Being in one-to-one conversation with most people upsets me a fair bit too, unless they're of the quiet, gentle, sensitive persuasion. As a general rule, it's worse for me with boys than it is with girls, but...I tend to have problems with both.