Do you guys ever experience real-life fears (spiders, snakes, rats, heights, competition etc.) in video games?
How do you deal with them?
Yes
I don't play them
No, because the video game equivalents are often nothing like their real life counterparts besides appearance.
Spiders are always a great example of this poor translation. What makes spiders spooky in real life is the fact that they're almost always completely motionless, and then suddenly burst at high speed. Video game spiders are almost always too big to hide anywhere, and move in a slow, organic, and ultimately predictable fashion.
There's also the fact that your character is usually armed to the teeth, and pests like snakes or spiders realistically pose no threat.
>>343755546
I'm really scared of heights, and sometimes a long fall will scare me a bit, but besides that, no.
>>343755546
no, i evade dating sims, and games that force you to experience social interaction.
the only thing im scared of is the ocean so i usually mute the volume and look away when playing subnautica
>>343755546
I don't experience real life fears.
I can't handle flying insects in games, fuck that noise. Bugs in general, but fuck bees/wasps/hornets.
>those beehives in crash bandicoot that instagib you if you get too close. Also you had to run some of those levels backwards so they pop up on your screen instead of you running toward them in the background
>hidden stars you could only get from destroying beehives in mario sunshine
>maggot lair in d2
>everything silithus in vanilla wow
>arboretum in FFXIV (still havent done that dungeon, havent even unlocked it)
If you're a game developer and put bees in your game fuck you
>>343755829
>spiders are almost always too big to hide anywhere, and move in a slow, organic, and ultimately predictable fashion.
binding of isaac rebirth's spiders are terrible and made me feel the real life spider tingle before I got used to them
>still
>little moving closer
>little moving away
>fucking diagonal 10 yard dash into your face
>>343755546
Games with underwater creatures always make me a bit nervous. I just avoid them.
>>343756085
>hating bees
But bees are you friend anon.
Though fuck wasps/hornets
![latest[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/6BXWe2w.png "latest[1].png")
I have a phobia of flying insects. If it's sufficiently large and flies sufficiently fasts, it scares the shits out of me. This includes wasps and big fucking flies, but not mosquitoes for examples.
I obviously had problems with pic related
I solved that problem by carrying an anti-material rifle or a YCS/186 at all times.
>>343755546
>Do you guys ever experience real-life fears
yes
>How do you deal with them?
If it's heights I just deal with it if it's the ocean I just don't play the game
>>343755921
>when you're playing a first person game and you jump off a REALLY tall cliff and aim the cam straight down
I love heights but that shit makes my stomach turn
>>343756191
t.bee
>>343756191
Fuck bees, people have this weird boner for them because they pollinate flowers and some shit. I'm sure we'd find a way to keep the world chugging along just fine if they went extinct.
If it's flying and has a stinger it's better off dead.
The only phobia I have is trypanophobia. Games can make me queasy with needles but I so rarely encounter them and they're usually not being used in such a way that I can see them. It's not a big deal usually.
I do have a bit of a hangup with ER and hospital settings sometimes. Ended up with a lumbar puncture in the ER, ended up back in the ER from the headaches that caused from low spinal fluid pressure. I had a panic attack that time and developed a mild PTSD. But, the only time I can really recall it bothering me was going to the theater to see some Hunger games (or whatever movie it was) and they had a hospital room with the same awful yellow light I had in the ER and that set off a pretty strong anxiety attack.
>>343755546
I shoot them.
>>343755546
I'm really scared of ghosts so whenever I play a game with ghosts in them I freeze up. The idea that they could come through the wall at any moment terrifies me.
Thankfully I've only experienced this once in real life.
I'm afraid of horses because of a bad past experience with one. Sometimes in games I actually get freaked out, particularly if one is coming right at me or being ridden towards me.
I remember having trouble in Skyrim because of it, most recently.
>>343756079
>because I just fear life
>>343756026
>almost drown in ocean 20 years ago was 7
>suppressed the memory of it
>remember it 5 years ago, when i said, well im going into the ocean.
>get inside, i fucking scream and cry for no reason, until flashes of that memory strikes my thoughts, still cant stop screaming and crying.
>everybody staring at me, laughing and speaking between each other.
>15 years of my life i believed i didn't liked to go to the beach because of hating sand getting inside everywhere.
and thats how i developed my social phobia.
A well done ocean makes me uncomfortable as fuck.
Extreme heights sometimes make my stomach drop in games.
I'm afraid of Big spiders but they don't bother me so much in games, just kind of cross me out a bit.
>>343755546
In games no.
But I do find it odd that in real life I have absolutely zero fear of heights, while when I am dreaming I am consistently terrified of them.
My biggest fears are heights and death.
And neither have been triggered by videogames. Even mirror's edge and standing on the edge of a building didn't give me the usual sweaty palms/tingling in my feet.
>>343756405
>Developed a mild PTSD
Fuck off.
>tfw legit height vertigo
>get up too far from ground and my sense of balance literally goes to shit, I get pissed but it goes to shit
>no game has made it happen yet
>don't want to check VR for it
Only fear I have since it means I can break my neck.
I actually have friends with insect/etc. phobias. My care and love for those creatures freaks them out. Their eyes get so big the moment I catch a flying, harmless insect or a big spider that will do really no harm. No sense in killing them.
>>343755546
Not really since I don't have any unusual phobias or whatever.
I used to be scared of dogs and heights as a kid though but I got over those.
>>343756387
>if they went extinct.
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140502-what-if-bees-went-extinct
>As far as important species go, they are top of the list. They are critical pollinators: they pollinate 70 of the around 100 crop species that feed 90% of the world. Honey bees are responsible for $30 billion a year in crops.
>We may lose all the plants that bees pollinate, all of the animals that eat those plants and so on up the food chain. Which means a world without bees could struggle to sustain the global human population of 7 billion. Our supermarkets would have half the amount of fruit and vegetables.
>>343756587
Ended up going through therapy for it. Had panic attacks. Still have issues of racing heart if I'm near a hospital. How about you take your own advice and fuck off a cliff into an ocean of giant wasps.
Not really a fear but I get very disoriented if I look straight up while moving and that translates to first person games entirely
>>343756628
great, now i fear bees getting extinct, thanks a-asshole.
I was irrationally afraid of sharks until I played Depth and got gud at it. Now my fear is strictly at rational levels. I'm no longer afraid of pool sharks or being attacked by one on dry land for example.
>>343756674
t.oversensitive easily triggered pussy
>>343755546
>How do you deal with them?
by not being a little bitch
>>343756550
Pussy chicken shits the thread.
Have fear of sharks since forever.
I couldn't finish Tomb Raider 2 for months until I finally worked up the courage to play through this segment until I could use the level skip cheat.
I still actively avoid Ocean related games.
>>343756026
I'm sort of like that. I'm generally scared of the ocean but I love diving so I'm constantly challenging my fear hoping to overcome it some day.
However GTAV fucked me up.
>Fuck off miles into the ocean with a boat
>Jump off
>Resurface and the boat is nowhere to be seen
>Frantically scramble to the load button
That set me backwards a few years I reckon.
>>343756598
>since it can break my neck
But lots of everyday things can break your neck. Tripping on your shoelaces, crashing with a car/bike, falling from a stepledder, you name it. The height from where you fall doesn't really matter.
i don't understand why people are so afraid of sharks, they're docile as fuck and they're usually not interested in humans
Falling from great heights makes me uncomfortable in my stomach.
I also have fear of insects but it's more about little shits crawling all around your body which is pretty hard to replicate in games.
Here's another question: Have video games ever helped you to overcome a fear?
>>343756736
How about you get stabbed in the back and develop such serious headaches that you can't eat, can't sleep, and develop a two week period that you literally can't remember anything except thoughts of suicide because of the pain. In that period I lost over 10% of my body weight because of it.
It has to be pretty particular. Animal fears don't bother me. I'm afraid of spiders for instance, but only to the point of them being on me. Vidya can't replicate that.
Only heights and being in deep dark water have made me feel afraid in vidya, but since it's vidya it's exhilarating so I don't really have to "deal" with it at all.
>>343756906
Sorry, that was more a way of saying 'killing me'. I know how fragile the human body is and I've survived some fucked up stuff. To think a slight fall at the right angle could end me is horrifying.
I've already slipped on ice enough and rammed every side of my skull into something.
>>343756598
i fear falls that cant kill you instantly, but can fuck your shit for sure.
dance on the edge of the roof of a 50 floors. no problem
do the same on a one floor roof? i fucking shit my pants.
>>343756952
After marathoning the first three Silent Hills as a teen I found out darkness didn't scare me anymore. That was nice because it was getting embarrassing.
The only thing I'm scared of is losing my arms, hands or fingers in an accident or something like that so I won't be able to play games anymore. And eyesight and hearing of course. I can do without anything else.
>>343756983
If you're ever stupid enough to genuinely consider suicide you should go through with it because that makes you a blight on this world.
Spiders and Hornets can both fuck off and die forever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BCYA9fWSow
>>343756983
Bawwwwwww, kill yourself. Go write a tumblr blog about mean words on the internet now.
I'm afraid of parasites and worms of all kinds. Games with these creatures make me shit my pants. Still haven't beaten RE4 because of that.
>>343756430
tell me story
Commitment
>Walking around the level
>Suddenly a spider runs towards you out of nowhere
>You die
>Instead of respawning at the usual area, you are now in some kind of spider nest, hidden somewhere in the level
>Good luck getting out
>>343757113
Can't quite make out what you said. I think your mom's teat was still in your mouth.
I got attacked by a shark in Bermuda some years ago, the oceans in farcry 3, gtaV, and assains creed really fucked my shit up
I mod spiders out if I can (which I only did for Skyrim)
Get through the area that has them as fast as I can if it's not that long
I didn't play Dark Messiah cause I saw videos with the spiders.
>>343756267
>mfw Cazadors
I love NV but god I hate those things.
>>343757356
You should play Rayman 2.
I fear height and something really stupid, it's probably related to ithelium balloon and kitesalso sometimesspace rockets
In videogames it's rare that it's scare me, because it's the upward motion that is so dreadfull, and they're often tied.
Thought in gmod they always make me uneasy.
>>343756983
What a fucking pansy. I had a spinal column clamping that lasted (more like took three fucking months to locate it and treat it properly) for three months. There wasn't a single moment in the day where I wasn't suffering and I still managed to smile, laugh and go along with my fucking life just fine.
Kill yourself.
>>343757219
My sister and I were staying the night at a friends and they had a big house with a large curved stairwell. Middle of the night I get up to go to the bathroom and see a dark haired woman climbing the stairs. None of my friends were dark haired nor is my sister. I nope'd back to bed.
>>343756983
Ignore those faggots, anon. They're just shitposters or children who haven't developed sympathy yet.
Getting stabbed sounds like literally the worst pain imaginable and I hope you never have to experience something like that ever again. Have this space wallpaper to soothe the nerves.
>>343757320
I said if you're ever enough of a dumbass to actually think that killing yourself is the right thing to do because "muh life is pain and suffering", then you should stop being a pussy and do it.
fucking heights, although the only game that had me genuinely sweating with unease was the original mirror's edge, whenever I fell of a building I had to take a break
>>343757462
I doubt it.
Aliens, and I mean the little gray shitters.
I hate those bastards.
>itt: i hurt more than you
>>343757113
Oh look at big strong man here, never gone through anything traumatic in his life.
Spoiler faggot, not everyone who says they've been through some shit is a tumblr pussy doing it as the only source of attention in their lives.
i suffer from extreme homophobia, but you luckily never have do deal with gay shit in video games, unless you play some bioware garbage
>>343757576
Still can't quite make it out.
>>343756983
I doubt it.
>>343757581
That's free-healthcare in the second world for ya.
>>343755546
Not really. I feel uncomfortable around both wasps and spiders, but their video game counterparts act and hardly look anything like the real thing, and no matter how huge the devs make them, they just aren't scary at all. It's a shame, as I'd like something to play with my fears, but it just doesn't compare.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9ovLBZD1dw
>>343757590
>>343757590
ayy lmao
>>343755921
>>343756285
jfmsuf
i wasn't afraid of heights that much desu, but it changed few months ago
my stomach hurts when i need to jump off something in fps, so most of the time i close my eyes when i do that
>>343757638
>Oh look at big strong man here, never gone through anything traumatic in his life.
I lost my wife and the twin boys she was pregnant with to cancer. I've been shot in two different places in my left arm. I was homeless for a year and a half at one point. You don't hear me complaining.
>Spoiler faggot, not everyone who says they've been through some shit is a tumblr pussy doing it as the only source of attention in their lives.
I never said they were. I'm saying that if you consider suicide an option, you should actually go through with it and kill yourself.
>>343757912
I get more scared of video game heights than in real life.
I have to take slow, heavy breaths whenever I come up to a part in a game that deals with extreme heights.
I'm deathly afraid of heights.
I don't play games with spiders in them.
>>343757958
Tim Buckley, is that you?
>>343757958
Even if that were true, it doesn't mean everybody needs to be as strong as you. It also doesn't mean people shouldn't be able to have terrible thoughts in their worst moments. Anon got through it and only brought up what happened in the first place because some anon got triggered at the mention of PTSD.
>>343757958
Thank god your family died or they'd have to suffer living with an edge lord like you.
Heights. I have to look away whenever I fall from any height that's big enough for my character to be harmed.
>>343758081
I chuckled
>>343758130
PTSD is reserved for those with actual traumatic experiences. Going to war, seeing piles of dead bodies, witnessing a terrorist attack, being trapped in a well and being told to put lotion on or be sprayed with a hose, etc. Anon's bad memories don't count as PTSD
>>343756983
Comparing struggles to another. This is not to say yours aren't harder, but most people won't understand and react differently due to their environments and upbringing. You can boast the intense suffering of one thousand, something incomprehensible to some, but just a few being shaken will ruin them due to their life experience.
If what you post is true I hope you're doing okay, man. I'd buy you a beer irl.
>>343758256
Still got a daughter and a dog though. She's almost old enough to go hunting with me.
>>343756983
>10% bodyweight
>a lot
>>343758430
Better stay behind her. She'll probably be aiming for the back of your head.
>>343755546
Spiders. Only time it fucked me up was when I played that first Skyrim dungeon.
The majority of video game spiders look too cartoonish to actually scare me.>>343758081
For some reason oceans and deep water dont scare me in games even though im a terrible swimmer and drowning is probably one of the worst ways i can think of to die.
I guess I don't relate to the ingame character that much - but spiders and shit will still scare me because, even if they're just pictures, I'm the one looking at them.
>>343758335
PTSD, like most psychological ailments exists on a spectrum. The type of pain he's describing is actually sufficient for a MILD case. And when anon said mild, he probably means mild. He sees something related to the incident and reels a bit. There's a difference between that and war induced trauma and I'm sure he knows that.
>>343758469
I'm sorry, who's the edge lord again?
>>343755957
Well, if you consider videogame characters "people", which you seem to do if you don't like the Sims specifically for this, than you can't play pretty much every game ever apart from racing games or something.
>>343758459
if he is american and weights about 200kg thats a lot.
>>343758560
The faggot telling people they should kill themselves because their pain and suffering isn't as great as their own.
It's not really fear, but sometimes when I jump from really high places in open world games I get the same feeling of void in the pit of my stomach you get in in the real world.
>ophidiophobia
>cleithrophobia
Hasn't happened much actually.
>>343758469
Hemingway please go.
>>343758607
Good job, your use of the singular "they" makes it completely impossible to know who you are talking about now
>>343758419
It was two years ago now. I'm doing well now. ER visits are never a fun or easy thing and I hope to never have another. Certainly hope no more lumbar punctures as I'm not sure how I'd take another.
>>343758607
I'm not saying that at all. I'm saying that they should kill themselves because they considered it an option. If you genuinely consider suicide, you're a psycho. The only people that will want to be around you are other psychos, and they're a blemish on the face of mankind.
I'm afraid of heights, but it doesn't bother me in games.
I'm terrified of dogs, but it doesn't translate to vidya at all.
>>343758459
In a period of less than 14 days? Yes, that's a lot to lose.
space engine is fucking scary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7zWnA6ocj0
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
>>343758623
same thing here
I'm also uncomfortable around bigger bugs in real life but that's rarely a problem in vidya
>>343758792
Have you ever really had a prolonged, terrible headache? I'm not talking about a bad hangover, I'm talking about what anon's talking about, the type only caused by a terrible physical ailment. Your thoughts aren't clear in a time like that, I mean it really gets hard to think.
You're out of your mind if you think wanting to die in a situation like that and considering it while clear of mind is even remotely similar.
>>343758792
That's a hell of a pedestal you have yourself upon. Best hope you don't fall off.
>>343758929
>>343759091
Hahaha. Looks like a bad SFM. This actually scares anybody?
>>343758792
Again, like a total edge lord. You compare your struggles to everyone else's like yours is the total worst it could possibly get, but because YOU didn't consider offing yourself, you think everyone who does is scum.
Worse yet, you justify it by calling them crazy and saying they're no fun for normal people to be around. News flash, a good portion of people who commit suicide don't display apparent signs of depression or suicidal thoughts. So anyone who's ever had a friend or family member just up and off themselves is a blemish on the face of mankind, a psycho, and are unwanted by the rest of the world.
>>343756479
Lel
>>343759017
just suck it up and play videogames
>>343756674
>literally getting triggered on /v/
>>>/tumblr/
>>343759035
I'm not on a pedestal, it's just that people crazy enough to think dying is a good option are so below the bar that normal, sane people set.
>>343759264
That pedestal is pretty fucking high there.
>Playing GTA Online
>Some fag wants on my Yacht.
>Message on phone
>"Permission to come aboard, Captain?"
>Freeze up
>Panic
>Start
>Find New Session
>Are you sure?
>YES
Help. I didn't know I had a problem, but now I do. I can't even handle social interaction in a VIDEO GAME, where nothing even affects me.
Help me.
>>343759264
So since you're so set on this, how do you feel about people that considered suicide in the pits of despair but continued on living happy that they never did it?
>>343755546
Car accidents, mostly ones involving water and slippery roads.
I avoid GTA and only play most racing games when I can customize my car to have as much traction as possible.
>>343759362
ttbhf
>>343759148
You're right, and I should correct myself.
Anyone that wants to be around somebody that they know to be suicidal is a psycho.
>>343759017
Wanting to die, unless it means saving another you cherish, should never come to mind, no matter what state you're in. There are always plenty of reasons to continue living and if you don't see them then fucking kill yourself.
>>343755546
No, I'm intellectually capable enough to discern real life dangers from video game ones. Only people I know who fear things in video games are 13 year olds and burnt out stoners.
>>343755546
I dont and I cant understand peopel that do. It doesnt make any sense to me. I dont like spiders in real life, but in game I dont mind them at all. They are not fucking real.
I don't like swimming in dark water, so I had some trouble with Oblivion for example.
Speaking of oblivion, the dark brotherhood house also freaked me out a little, when the shortcut wasn't open yet. Scared that someone was following me and would jump up at some point.
>>343759403
They should have gone through with it. It's because of them people think that suicidal thoughts are "normal" and that everyone has them at some point.
>>343756085
I genuinely feel bad for bees when they sting me. They struggle and violently pull their stingers out in an act of suicide, most of the time when I'm no where near their hive, making their sacrifice worthless.
It's a dreadful sight, if their stringers weren't barbed they'd survive.
wasps and hornets can fuck right off though, they string multiple times and bite the fuck out of you.
All this talk and one upping about muh suffering makes me want to replay MGR.
>>343759426
There's a certain irony in you thinking it's pathetic for people to kill themselves and then telling people to kill themselves, but I digress.
You've clearly never had any sort of head or spinal related trauma in your life. Do you not know what it's like to not be thinking straight and that that doesn't reflect on you as a person? The other anon is right, you're fucking high on yourself.
>>343755546
The only time i get this is in games where you have to clear a number of floors or levels without being able to save/leave unless you die (E.G. the item world in disgaea)
It makes me feel like I'm trapped. Same feeling the movie the descent gave me.
>>343756267
>Being exploring
>Having fun
>Suddenly a huge insect in the distance
>It moves fast
>Use my scope to see better
>Legendary cazador and their children
Fucking cazadors man. Desert was nice and cute until those.
>>343755546
I guess the only thing I'm afraid of is heights but it doesn't translate into vidya at all
>>343759515
For one, nobody thinks this except internet nobodies. Get off the computer. Who am I kidding though, you really are fucking pathetic. To say that someone should have killed themselves when they had the strength not to is honestly hilarious disconnected. This may come as a surprise to you, but I think you're a sociopath. It could explain all of the projection.
>>343759453
>>343759362
>Buying a yacht
>>343756267
I have a problem with insects that make a loud buzzing sound. For example if I see a stink bug flying around in another room and can't hear it I don't care, but as soon as it is close enough that I can hear buzzing my hair stands on edge. I also had a problem with the cazadors because of this.
>>343756479
That sucks, i fucking hate murky water but i absolutely love clear tropical waters, ironically it's a lot more dangerous swimming in those waters. Going to Cyprus tomorrow, apparently great sharks and black widows roam there. But fuck those cunts.
Did you swim in a clear or murky part of the ocean, seeing what's beneath you will help a lot.
>>343759535
I mean, I've been in several crashes over the years and have a number of concussions, contusions and the like. I understand what it means to not be thinking clearly. But you have to realize that it is still you that's thinking your thoughts in the end. Whether you'd consider them normally or not isn't the point. They're in your head regardless.
>>343759426
Christ, you really are a piece of work. You like to throw the work psycho around, but you're the person completely lacking in empathy.
Unlike you, most people would be inclined to reach out if someone they knew was visibly disturbed and seemed suicidal.
>>343759637
I'm not a sociopath, I'm a mechanic.
>>343755546
>real-life fears
not realy fear, but social anxiety, so mostly avoiding guilds with loads of activity, or just going solo
>>343759731
No kidding. That guy actually seems to have a serious problem now that I've discussed this a bit. Wanting to help someone you know instead of abandoning them is the completely normal reaction.
>>343756479
I never had any experience like that but heights and deep water do it for me. Also, shipwrecks or any sort of man-made stuff under water. Bonus points if the shipwreck is sticking out of the water or if there is a lot of rust.
I don't feel anything playing games but looking at photos puts literal shivers down my spine.
Never stick your dick in crazy
>>343759725
I bet you believe in thought crimes you fucking nutter.
>>343755546
I'm afraid of heights but in video games I generally enjoy jumping off cliffs and tall buildings. I have no problem swimming in the middle of the ocean IRL but in video games it terrifies me when I look down and can't see the bottom
>>343759802
So was Doug Clark.
The dark makes me feel uneasy. I always sleep in Gothic games before going into the wild.
>>343759731
>>343759814
That's the cold harsh reality of this world. The second somebody finds out that you're suicidal, they don't want you to be a part of their life unless they too are brain damaged. They may claim otherwise, but in the back of their head they know that you're not gonna bring anything but problems as long as you're around.
>>343759928
>I have no problem swimming in the middle of the ocean IRL but in video games it terrifies me when I look down and can't see the bottom
I envy you, then. I can swim, but am absolutely terrified of deep water. Or diving in cramped spaces, that's why I haven't finished a single Tomb Raider game. The older I get the less I feel it, but still.
Always spiders
Thankfully spiders are my biggest fear and it's not an issue in games because for some reason they never act like real spiders with the jerky and ridiculously fast movements.
Closer I got to it was on Bloodborne, not the spiders you fight, those are goofy, butPatches the Spider. When you surprise him, the way he crawls to the table fucked me up
>>343760007
Never heard of him. If I was a sociopath, I'd want to be good enough at it to be remembered.
>>343755546
Thanks for posting that image. I saw a dead one of those fuckers in California one time and was convinced it was a queen ant or some shit. It was fucking terrifying.
>>343755546
>Playing Demon and Dark Souls
>Fear of height
There's a load of moment where i got spooked like shit, especially at the 4Kids
>>343760048
You are disconnected from reality.
>>343755546I'm assuming that you mean more of an irrational fear than stuff that is intended to be scary.
Can't say that I do.
I'm afraid of the idea of WILD snakes, but the one time I actually saw one it was more like "I better not mess with that shit."
In games, there's just no real sense of danger to anything. If a snake parked itself right outside and was sunbathing in my walkway i'd be terrified and kill it immediately. If one was chilling in a game i'd either walk around it or kill it if it dropped something.
>>343760048
No, the world's a pretty terrible place, but that's really not one of the problems. The social norm isn't to treat suicidal friends and family as lepers until they eventually kill themselves.
I know you want it to be like that, but it's not. You sound like you need therapy.
>>343760093
>patches
Fucking terrified me too
>>343759525
>hornets
They don't even bother anyone as long as you don't go near their hive.
I've never been stung or bitten by a hornet.
They are chill like bees and don't aggressively fly in your face like cheeky retarded wasps.
>>343760048
Well, if the only defining factor of someone's life is "being suicidal", then there's probably little reason to hang around said person. Empathy is one thing, but becoming miserable because of friend's mental issues is another. I know how self-absorbed one can get when suicidal, I literally once heard that "I don't know what it means to be a friend".
>>343760206
Not an argument
It's not so much a phobia as an extreme annoyance. I hate flies in general, absolutely disgusting creatures, and having them in video games isn't much better.
>>343760161
At the rate you're going, you'll be there in a year or two.
>>343760048
Survival is a basic human instinct, of course people are going to react negatively if you go against it.
>>343759426
Fuck you. I've been crippled 8 months ago and for 2 months during my darkest times I was seriously considering suicide. I'm still the same now but dealing with it better. Why do you think your suffering is as bad as others?
>>343760295
Can't argue against delusion anon. You seem to think everyone that's ever been suicidal is like what this anon is describing. >>343760289
Get help.
>>343760265
>The social norm isn't to treat suicidal friends and family as lepers until they eventually kill themselves
I'm not saying that the crazies get treated like that (though they should). I'm saying that people treat them nicely. They walk on eggshells around them, being careful not to trigger them or set them off, but in the back of their heads they don't want to have to do all of that. They just want to live a normal life without any suicidal freaks involved.
The only part of Subnautica that freaks me out is when I can't see the bottom.
The sharks in Black Flag triggered me something awful
>>343760048
Alright, i'll admit it: I don't know if this is bait or if you're really this edgy.
>>343756983
>10% body weight
50 lbs.?
Dying alone in a fucking shithole filled with undesirable people
Vidya are supposed to take me away from that
>>343756674
Go home Tumblr girl
>>343760093
dumb drakeposter
>>343760461
>Why do you think your suffering is as bad as others?
It like you didn't even read the thread.
>>343760354
I don't think it's just instinct. I think it's a big part, but any semblance of thought would lead a normal person to believe that living never stops being worth it (except the case I've previously stated where one dies to save another)
>>343760470
I'm not the delusional one here that thinks the world us all sunshine and rainbows around suicidal people. No. They're sick and should either die or be quarantined somewhere.
>>343760048
Jesus, anyone that disagrees with this post hasn't been suicidal.
Your friends support you. Strangers though, they want you to fuck off.
>>343760767
>They're sick and should either die or be quarantined somewhere.
Or, here's an alternative, be given help. I know that's a pretty hard concept for you to grasp you mental patient.
Why are the anons here so mean?
>>343756628
Why don't we just make robot bees?
I'm not sure how retarded this sounds, but I'm scared of the sky and looking up at really tall things. It doesn't translate to video games, thank god.
>>343757958
You'd think someone who has been through what you have would be more sympathetic.
>>343760818
Obviously strangers would rather you fuck off, but that's not what anon's talking about. He's under the delusion that nobody wants to help.
>>343760767
>>>343760354
>I don't think it's just instinct. I think it's a big part, but any semblance of thought would lead a normal person to believe that living never stops being worth it (except the case I've previously stated where one dies to save another)
You're retarded. ever heard of euthanasia?
>>343755921
Ever finished mirror's edge?
I was never able to beat HL2 because of these things.
>>343756267
Cazadors are also pretty creepy but more because of their fucking poison. I solve this problem by shooting them with big fucking guns on a good distance.
>>343760484
My god, you really need to lay off the crazy and the psycho, because it's becoming more and more ironic each time you post.
What you're saying is fucking psychotic. That it'd be better for your own interest for someone suicidal to just end their life, rather than to be a genuine human being, have some empathy for their situation, put a little fucking effort into helping that person get their life back together and having two normal functioning people back in the world contributing to society.
OH NO, but they're not normal people! They're psychos and crazies, just like whoever helped them and didn't turn their back on them.
You are a fucking psycho, a crazy, a sociopath, whatever you want to call it. You are the odd man out. You have so problems that you really should go to therapy for.
I do as well. I'm spending my forth of july arguing with a sociopath on the internet. I've obviously got my own problems.
I think I'll do the healthy thing and just walk away from this fucking insanity.
>>343760941
I wonder what anon thinks of terminally ill patients that wish to be taken off of life support.
>>343760767
>prolonging their suffering by having them "quarantined somewhere else"
having them off themselves would sound reasonable but now you just outed yourself as a steaming edgelord
>>343760896
Suddenly, without warning, gravity reverses and you are pulled off the surface of the earth into space.
It's a pretty common thought for kids. It can manifest as a genuine fear though.
>>343760608Also, why are we still talking about suicide?
>>343756479
>being this much of a bitch boy
I almost drowned too and I fucking love the water. Stop being such a pussy.
>>343760584
What the fuck. I've never heard of a spider doing that for real.
>>343755546
>playing Legend of Grimrock
>get to the spider's den
>>343756387
I'm pretty sure the world would be far better off without weebs.
>>343760836
Nah, because that makes people think that it's normal and can be treated, but it's like cancer because there's no cure. It's not normal. It's a plague on society.
>>343760919
I don't give sympathy to crazies
>>343760975
Sorry to make you so upset kiddo. I hope you have a nice 4th of July!
>>343760991
I suppose that wanting to go out on your own terms when your life is basically over anyway is fine, but if there is even the slightest chance you can recover, you take it.
>>343760993
>wanting them to contaminate society anymore
>>343756285
This shit happens to me too, can't wait to try it with VR
>>343761034
That's me. Didn't know it was common. I occasionally dream about falling into the sky.
Vast, open fields still trigger that fear.
>>343755546
The snakes in Far Cry 3 and 4 are the scariest of all the animals because you can't even fucking see them until they attack you randomly.
>>343761328
>Nah, because that makes people think that it's normal and can be treated
It can, you literal retard. Holy shit, this is either the grandest bait I've seen in weeks or you're the dumbest motherfucker I swear.
>>343760767
I hope you never experience suicidal ideation.
>>343757525
So did you and your sister fuck?
>>343755546
I'm fucking terrified of things like wasps and spiders in real life, but in-game they don't even faze me.
>>343761460
Once a psycho, always a psycho.
>>343761034
I don't think it's that. I just hate looking up at the sky and things like tall buildings and street lights.
>>343758792
Considering suicide doesn't make you make you a psycho
Consider suicide
>>343755546
spiders are the worst by far
remember those fuckers from Dangerous Dave 2?
or the poisonous headcrabs from HF2
Dark Messiah of M&M also had some very nastily detailed spiders that could walk on ceiling and you would typically meet them in narrow tunnels which made it even more unsettling
>>343761552
Given the chance that this was bait, you get full credit.
I'm scared of big guys when I'm on stairs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-_o_W5OChc
>>343761724
>Consider suicide
No I won't because I'm not a crazy
>>343756387
>. I'm sure we'd find a way to keep the world chugging along just fine if they went extinct.
nope. bees are literally the only thing standing between us and mass extinction
Everything that is underwater creeps me. Especially when there are very powerful creatures
>>343756983
>>343757462
>>343757958
You guys think you have it bad.
>12 years ago, when I was 36
>walked in on my parents holding hands
>ran out of their room screaming, stubbed my toe and stepped on a Lego brick
Now I can't look at hands, legos, toes, or parents without having severe hunger pains, being 300 pounds overweight and all.
Think about that next time you're feeling sorry for yourself.
>>343762067
Also, looking up to the sky. It's like I'm falling into space, I hate that feeeling.
>>343762112
Oh fucking yeah pal? One time, and I swear this happened, I spilled my milkys on the ground and mommy took away a whole WEEKS worth of good boy points. Don't talk to ME about trauma.
>>343759681
this desu famalam, fuck that infernal buzzing. It makes me paranoid that im near a swarm of them and they're all going to descend on me or something.
>being afraid of pixels on a screen
how pathetic do you have to be?
>>343759681
What about cicadas?
>>343762067
Deep underwater is scary. The pressure, the darkness, the gigantic creatures, and just how icy cold it is down there. Unless you happen upon a thermal vent and suddenly boil alive.
>>343762251
What's it like to be unable to experience immersion?
Fear is for the weak and the weak should fear the strong.
>>343755546
Oh my fucking god, what the hell are those things?!
>>343755546
Under water segments make me want to avert my eyes from the screen. I won't play any games that are primarily underwater. Like Ecco the Dolphin.
Other than that, no real phobias. I avoid jumping from large heights in first person games, because of the sense of vertigo.
>>343755829
You're putting too much stock in your subjective opinion about spiders.
To me they're frightening due to their physical appearance; the groups of soulless eyes, the giant fangs and the long legs, their speed and my regard of their minds as "BITE KILL FEED FUCK"
Plus the way they feed by paralyzing their prey and then sucking out their juices
All of this translates to video games. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic has been the worst for me so far
>that scene in hunger games where katniss has to saw the beehive off the branch so it lands on those people and she can escape.
fuuuuuck that i was uneasy for days after watching that
>>343762314
Yeah exactly
I remember during World of Warcrafts first year, someone on the WoW message boards demanded all Spiders be removed from the game because they ender the game unplayable to people with Arachnophobia.
>>343756387
>people have this weird boner for them because they pollinate flowers and some shit
Maybe because it's absolutely vital
>I'm sure we'd find a way to keep the world chugging along just fine if they went extinct.
Nope
>If it's flying and has a stinger it's better off dead.
You'd have to go out of your way (or just be a dumb animeme poster) to get a bee to sting you
THERE IS NO REASON TO HATE BEES, AND THIS IS COMING FROM SOMEONE GENERALLY AFRAID OF WASPS/HORNETS
>>343762512
>actually watching or reading the raw sewage known as The Hunger Games
Why?
>>343755546
I have a fear of peacocks and i legit can't play even the most tame of games some times due to it.
>>343762376
Know the weapons of the weak, the weakness of the heart.
>>343755829
This desu. Giant spiders aren't that spooky, but when games bring out hand/face sized spiders that move faster than lightning I shit myself.
>>343760896
>>343761034
>>343761401
sometimes i like to imagine the sky is actually the surface of a giant planet or star (yea its that big) that the earth is about to collide with.
if you somehow survive the impact you're basically going to get drowned and crushed as you get pulled deeper and deeper into a sea millions of kilometers deep.
>>343762686
Bees, unless they're those Africanized abominations, are pretty chill.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4viPMDwayQ
No, because it isn't real.
>>343756479
>>343762687
I dont care for the series fampai, i was stuck at a house party and someone was watching it.
its a good thing i watched it on a dinky television too and not a cinema screen because i wouldve spilled my spaghetti right there.
spiders, bugs in general spook me, but spiders are absolutely terrifyingI live in AustraliaI came home one summer when I was 12 and got in our poolThere was a funnel web spider at the bottom of the poolI freaked the fuck outMy dad came home 2 hours later and scooped it outIt was still alive
>>343760279
and what if they put their hive somewhere retarded, where you are forced to go near it?
>tfw no rat kings in vidya
thank god
>>343762624
There was a mod that replaced all the spiders with bear models stretched and broken to fit the spiders skeleton within a week because of shit like that.
I mean the skyrim spiders are freaky looking but come on now. Your first introduction to them is one getting caught on an invisible hitbox and levitating briefly before falling to the ground soundlessly.
>>343763172
>spiders, bugs in general spook me
>I live in Australia
I'm sorry. That sounds awful.
>>343755546
Loud noises and smells.
>>343763172
To be fair, I can understand why Australians might freak out about spiders and snakes.
>>343755546
Yes. Giant spiders.
I freak the fuck out and exit the game
>>343755546
>Do you guys ever experience real-life fears
>How do you deal with them?
By not being a whiny little bitch.
Man up, faggot.
>>343763172
Do they really have health bars over there?
>>343755546
I actually fear vidya spiders more than real life spiders. I hate all spider related creatures in games.
Fuck that well in Dark Messiah.
>>343763841
No. Life bars imply they can be killed.
>>343756479
Do you have superhuman strength by any chance? What was the last time you got sick? :^)
>>343755546
I have a phobia of bees and wasps. When I encounter some in real life, I just start running immediately until at least 10 metters separate me from them, I can't help myself. But I never played a game where such animals looked scary to me. So it doesn't affect at all the way I play video games.
