Late-knight randomness (or any time when other activity is low)

[revelryintheart she/her]

Passion just to be contrary.

[Channelknight Fadran]

Who decided that those two were seperate?

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

Truth or ideal?

[Hen she/her]

1 hour ago, Truthless of Shinovar said:

Truth or ideal?

Depending on your definition they are the same thing. *cough cough* Lightweavers *cough cough* 

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What do you think of that tree?

[FriarFritz]

I think it's a 7. Maybe an 8, unless it's a 21. Or perhaps it's just a tree. I could be wrong, and so could you. Some questions just don't have a right answer. Generally that would mean they're a wrong question, or at least asked in the wrong setting.

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1 minute ago, FriarFritz said:

Some questions just don't have a right answer. Generally that would mean they're a wrong question, or at least asked in the wrong setting.

I actually thought I was posting in Ask Fadran Anything.

[FriarFritz]

See? Observe how astute I am 

[Eluvianii he/him]

Do you guys have an ironic phobia? It's a really specific question but I'm realizing I both

1. Have a pretty good tolerance to pain.

2. Am terrified of injections (or was it shots? Syringes? I still struggle with this language a bit)

Gotta love the irony.

[FriarFritz]

I think all of those work. English is like the Frankenstein's Monster of languages, so it has LOTS of words what mean the same thing.

I don't have any ironic phobias, but I do have a really strong fear of heights. I first realized how bad it was when I was climbing a tower in the LEGO LotR video game, and I had a moment of vertigo.

[+Sorana she/her]

1 hour ago, Eluvianii said:

2. Am terrified of injections (or was it shots? Syringes? I still struggle with this language a bit)

I feel you!

I have to admit, I'm a huge coward and scared of a lot of things, but syringes, hospitals and medicine are my number one, shortly followed by spiders (and other smaller creepy animals). My issue with the whole hospital part is, that I always feel so helpless. They can do anything to me, and I lack the knowledge to judge the effects it will have on me and my body and brain. That makes me so anxious I usually prefer to avoid all of it, unless it's really, really, really neccessary. Add to that the fact that I'm scared of anything damaging my body (yes, I don't even have whole for earrings) makes a real bad combination. Weird, I know, but it really freaks me out. The prospect of ending up in surgery or catching a severe illness gives me nightmares.

Edited July 30, 2020 by Sorana

[Hen she/her]

I’m not sure you would call it a phobia, but I am very very very scared of talking on the phone. 

[Gears]

I am terrified of aging.

[revelryintheart she/her]

2 hours ago, Hentient said:

I’m not sure you would call it a phobia, but I am very very very scared of talking on the phone. 

Same! Yesterday I had to call about scheduling a job interview, so I went into another room so my mom couldn't hear me. About 20 minutes later I emerged. My mom asked me if I had called them and I was like no I kinda just stared at the phone for 20 minutes panicking.

Edited July 30, 2020 by revelryintheart

[Hen she/her]

16 minutes ago, revelryintheart said:

Same! Yesterday I had to call about scheduling a job interview, so I went into another room so my mom couldn't here me. About 20 minutes later I emerged. My mom asked me if I had called them and I was like no I kinda just stared at the phone for 20 minutes panicking.

It has been a long time since I felt something as hard as I felt this. 

[Gears]

Sometimes I hate being human.

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

28 minutes ago, Gears said:

Sometimes I hate being human.

Hang in there. “No feeling lasts forever.”

The thought of invisible cars kinda freaks me out. I could be pulling out of the neighborhood, onto a clear road, and BAM! I would be t-boned

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

10 hours ago, Eluvianii said:

Do you guys have an ironic phobia? It's a really specific question but I'm realizing I both

1. Have a pretty good tolerance to pain.

2. Am terrified of injections (or was it shots? Syringes? I still struggle with this language a bit)

Gotta love the irony.

I am the same way!!! I'm fine with (this might be a tad weird, no judgement please) sticking safety pins into the callouses of my hands and feet, but as soon as I'm getting a flu shot or something, I freak out.

[Channelknight Fadran]

3 minutes ago, DramaQueen said:

I am the same way!!! I'm fine with (this might be a tad weird, no judgement please) sticking safety pins into the callouses of my hands and feet, but as soon as I'm getting a flu shot or something, I freak out.

I think it's a control thing; you're not the one doing the vaccine. It's that random lady you don't know.

Either that or it's the overwhelming smell of antiseptic.

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

9 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

I think it's a control thing; you're not the one doing the vaccine. It's that random lady you don't know.

Either that or it's the overwhelming smell of antiseptic.

No, it's the LONG SHARP NEEDLE STABBED INTO MY UPPER ARM.

[Channelknight Fadran]

Just now, DramaQueen said:

No, it's the LONG SHARP NEEDLE STABBED INTO MY UPPER ARM.

As opposed to, say, the long dull needle stabbed into your upper arm?

[DramaQueen she/he/neopronouns]

3 minutes ago, Channelknight Fadran said:

As opposed to, say, the long dull needle stabbed into your upper arm?

Yes, exactly. Thank you for understanding.

[Eluvianii he/him]

10 hours ago, FriarFritz said:

I think all of those work. English is like the Frankenstein's Monster of languages, so it has LOTS of words what mean the same thing.

I don't have any ironic phobias, but I do have a really strong fear of heights. I first realized how bad it was when I was climbing a tower in the LEGO LotR video game, and I had a moment of vertigo.

Well, good to know. Probably still better than the Russian roulette we call Spanish. By using the same sentence in one country you get cake and in the next you just insulted someone's mother.

That's a really interesting way confirm your fears by the way. I don't see many games where the height feels real enough.

9 hours ago, Sorana said:

I feel you!

I have to admit, I'm a huge coward and scared of a lot of things, but syringes, hospitals and medicine are my number one, shortly followed by spiders (and other smaller creepy animals). My issue with the whole hospital part is, that I always feel so helpless. They can do anything to me, and I lack the knowledge to judge the effects it will have on me and my body and brain. That makes me so anxious I usually prefer to avoid all of it, unless it's really, really, really neccessary. Add to that the fact that I'm scared of anything damaging my body (yes, I don't even have whole for earrings) makes a real bad combination. Weird, I know, but it really freaks me out. The prospect of ending up in surgery or catching a severe illness gives me nightmares.

Oh, I know what you mean there. Last time I went to the dentist the procedure was simple and mostly painless but everything was so out of my control it felt terrifying. All I could do was be as still as possible so I didn't cause the least of troubles. Then of course the doctor tells me I'm not bleeding as I see him pulling bloody instruments out of my mouth. I don't care if I bleed or not, it's an operation after all, but lying to me does not make me feel any better.

 

1 hour ago, DramaQueen said:

I am the same way!!! I'm fine with (this might be a tad weird, no judgement please) sticking safety pins into the callouses of my hands and feet, but as soon as I'm getting a flu shot or something, I freak out.

Exactly, I've been bitten enough to bleed like half a dozen times during the past two weeks and it's no big deal, but the moment I see one of those I just panic.

[+Sorana she/her]

17 minutes ago, Eluvianii said:

Oh, I know what you mean there. Last time I went to the dentist the procedure was simple and mostly painless but everything was so out of my control it felt terrifying. All I could do was be as still as possible so I didn't cause the least of troubles.

Exactly. And then I don't know why they want to give me some kind of medicine or why something is neccessary and I have to trust a stranger. If they make a mistake, I have no way to help or undo anything or even tp judge why and how.

And then the syringes... uhhh...

Although honestly I'm glad I'm not the only one around here who's scared of them. It always feels so childish to me, as if, as an adult I should be able to deal better with these things.

Right now, I might need some surgery and while it's only a low possibility, the fact that it might be neccessary alone is causing me sleepless nights already. Which is stupid, because things will be fine. They just have to.

[NameIess]

53 minutes ago, Sorana said:

Right now, I might need some surgery and while it's only a low possibility, the fact that it might be neccessary alone is causing me sleepless nights already. Which is stupid, because things will be fine. They just have to.

Well, I can't speak for the specific surgery you might be having, but in my experience, surgery isn't too bad.

Edited July 30, 2020 by Nameless