Since young, I'm fear of heights. Yes, one'll probably laugh at that. I feel nauseous whenever I'm at high places. Even when riding escalators, I tend to stand inside. I also don't seeing things from the 2nd floor or other higher grounds for I've this thinking that by standing near the railings, the floor my suddenly collapse. However, I'm a fan of roller coasters. Ironic right? Well, the truth is I don't realize the height during the ride. With the speed, the rush, the adrenalin and screaming my hearts out, I eventually forgot about my fear of heights. :P
Besides that, I also have fear for insects. No matter the size, the number of legs or whatever, as long as they are classifies as insects, then yes, I'm afraid of them. The insect I fear most is cockroaches, flying or not flying, they are still scary. >.< I remember clearly about my first encounter with cockroach where I was still young and needed my mom to bathe me. I was at my hometown. They have this huge tub filled with water. That day, when bathing, I realize this brownish thingy on the wall of the tub. I did asked my mom what was it, and my mom just said it was nothing. "Oh well, since mummy said it was nothing, that means no harm touching it right?" That's exactly what I thought. Then boo, it's a freaking cockroach, and it can FLY. :O Ever since that day, I don't simply touch things, don't wanna repeat that incident now do we. I also fear of ants. I'll have this icky and "geli" feeling when there are lots of ants running around the table. Though one can just kill it within seconds for it's so tiny eeny miny, I'm still scared of them. Some are so big, and they can run fast. ewww...
Darkness was also one of my fears. I used to drag my younger brother every where I go, I feel safer knowing someone is with me. When my brother doesn't want to accompany me, I'll either threaten him or bribe him, such a bad sister I am. I used to tell him ghost stories to scare him into accompanying me. One day, we got in a fight because one of us didn't want to follow the other one. My parents scolded us for that. As a punishment, they locked us in the storeroom. We are completely capable of turning on the lights, but then at the moment the fear that my mom will punish us if we disobey her is more prominent than the darkness. Though, I had a hard time calming down my brother who was crying non-stop when I, myself was scared shitless from both darkness and the creatures who were said to be lurking in the storeroom. Eventually, I overcome my fear for darkness after listening to a speech. "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself", the only solution is to confront it, though it takes time to prepare oneself mentally and physically to face it, but the joy and satisfaction one obtain after overcoming it is the best feeling. :)
