Comments on: A Fear of Kites http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/ Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:04:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bruno http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1948 Bruno Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:53:59 +0000 #comment-1948 Well, if they have a name for the phobia of peanut butter on your pallet, then they should have one for kites :S. I'm just always afraid of letting the kite go, or of being pulled into the air myself. I look up at the kite and get really uneasy and have to look down and hand the kite over before it gets too bad.I'm not even that afraid of heights, but when I see someone or something (especially if I'm controlling it)being somewhere high, it makes me sick :S. Well, if they have a name for the phobia of peanut butter on your pallet, then they should have one for kites :S.
I’m just always afraid of letting the kite go, or of being pulled into the air myself.
I look up at the kite and get really uneasy and have to look down and hand the kite over before it gets too bad.I’m not even that afraid of heights, but when I see someone or something (especially if I’m controlling it)being somewhere high, it makes me sick :S.

]]> By: Andie http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1934 Andie Fri, 23 May 2008 04:12:06 +0000 #comment-1934 Oh thank the sweet baby Jesus, it's not just me. I have the same symptoms that the rest of you talked about -- and something mentioned in the blog struck me -- the loss of control. Maybe.. It just makes me break out in a sweat just thinking about it! Maybe there is no word for it because the greeks and romans (the founders of our language) were smart enough not to invent kites? :) Oh thank the sweet baby Jesus, it’s not just me. I have the same symptoms that the rest of you talked about — and something mentioned in the blog struck me — the loss of control. Maybe.. It just makes me break out in a sweat just thinking about it!

Maybe there is no word for it because the greeks and romans (the founders of our language) were smart enough not to invent kites? :)

]]> By: eric http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1406 eric Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1406 I have the same phobia...what a trip. I have the same phobia…what a trip.

]]> By: Me http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1407 Me Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1407 I have the same phobia - just as you described. I was looking around for the word for it on the internet too, because my husband thought it was a really weird phobia to have. It's always seemed extremely valid to me, however, so I figured there must be a word for it. It seems like a more logical fear than many. Apparantly, however, there are only the three of us. Sigh. I have the same phobia - just as you described. I was looking around for the word for it on the internet too, because my husband thought it was a really weird phobia to have. It’s always seemed extremely valid to me, however, so I figured there must be a word for it. It seems like a more logical fear than many. Apparantly, however, there are only the three of us. Sigh.

]]> By: Rhya http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1409 Rhya Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1409 I had a fear of kites. I also have a fear of heights and I was afraid the kite would pull me up into the sky. I finally flew a kite and got over it. But my husband won't let me hear the end of it. I had a fear of kites. I also have a fear of heights and I was afraid the kite would pull me up into the sky. I finally flew a kite and got over it. But my husband won’t let me hear the end of it.

]]> By: moe http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1565 moe Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1565 i have had this phobia for years now, and i too wanted to know if it had a title! cant explain what it is i am am actually afraid of about kites, all i know is that the thought of holding the string, or for that matter, even being close enough to someone else holding the string of a kite that i can hear it flapping, makes me feel quite sick! i even have nightmares about them! will keep dropping in on the website to see if anyone ever comes up with a name for our "problem" i have had this phobia for years now, and i too wanted to know if it had a title! cant explain what it is i am am actually afraid of about kites, all i know is that the thought of holding the string, or for that matter, even being close enough to someone else holding the string of a kite that i can hear it flapping, makes me feel quite sick! i even have nightmares about them! will keep dropping in on the website to see if anyone ever comes up with a name for our “problem”

]]> By: Noleen http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1575 Noleen Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1575 Oh my God, I thought I was a freak! I'm afraid of kites too. I don't know what it is about them. But I get really nervous and stomach sick. The higher it goes, the more nervous I get. I've tried flying kites but I just can't get over it. I only realized recently that it was a fear that I have. And it's completely irrational which I guess makes it a phobia. The list of phobias that Daryl had there were funny though. I don't think that fear of being buried alive is really a phobia... I mean really, who isn't afraid of being buried alive? Oh my God, I thought I was a freak! I’m afraid of kites too. I don’t know what it is about them. But I get really nervous and stomach sick. The higher it goes, the more nervous I get. I’ve tried flying kites but I just can’t get over it. I only realized recently that it was a fear that I have. And it’s completely irrational which I guess makes it a phobia.
The list of phobias that Daryl had there were funny though. I don’t think that fear of being buried alive is really a phobia… I mean really, who isn’t afraid of being buried alive?

]]> By: Jeff Kraus http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1589 Jeff Kraus Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1589 Sorry about your fear of kites. I won't even get into the Japanese sport of kite-fighting, in which contestants attach blades and glass shards to their kites' tails to attack their competitor. I don't exactly fear kites, but I have always kept a wary eye on them since watching someone try to fly a kite one very windy day on St. Lucia Beach on the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa. The guy had his wife hold the kite at a distance from him, then toss it up in the air. Quite often a wind gust would slam the kite back into the ground, narrowly missing the poor woman. That beach also has a notorious shark problem. By the way, I found your site by looking up "bathysiderodromophobia", which currently appears on ads in the New York City subways for Superpages.com. They claim they can find it for you. I tried it and got a list of psychotherapists! I knew that the word included "deep", "iron" and "track", but couldn't put it together into "subway." Oh well. Sorry about your fear of kites. I won’t even get into the Japanese sport of kite-fighting, in which contestants attach blades and glass shards to their kites’ tails to attack their competitor.
I don’t exactly fear kites, but I have always kept a wary eye on them since watching someone try to fly a kite one very windy day on St. Lucia Beach on the Indian Ocean coast of South Africa. The guy had his wife hold the kite at a distance from him, then toss it up in the air. Quite often a wind gust would slam the kite back into the ground, narrowly missing the poor woman. That beach also has a notorious shark problem.
By the way, I found your site by looking up “bathysiderodromophobia”, which currently appears on ads in the New York City subways for Superpages.com. They claim they can find it for you. I tried it and got a list of psychotherapists! I knew that the word included “deep”, “iron” and “track”, but couldn’t put it together into “subway.” Oh well.

]]> By: Paul http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1637 Paul Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1637 Hi Fellow scaredy kites! I think we were alldoing the same thing, looking for a name for our fear to prove it is not just us. I remember saving up to buy a kite as a kid. I really wanted one with a long tail that could do tricks in the sky. And so I saved all my pocket money and that summer holiday in Scotland I got what my heart had desired so much. But my joy was soon short lived the feeling of the pulling on the string terrified me and made me cry. All my saving had been a waste of time. I have no idea why I was scared or really what I was scared off, I just knew I was scared. As Moe says I can't even look at someone flying a kite without getting that feeling in the pit of my stomach. I am the same with holding umbrellas or balloons in the wind, so I have concluded that it must be the pull and the fear of being blown away. Yet I have no fear of wind if I am not holding something. As you will all know it is very hard to define but somehow the connection between being on the ground and attached to the air is the crux of the matter. Anyway enough of my ramblings, it is nice to know that I am not the only one. Hi Fellow scaredy kites! I think we were alldoing the same thing, looking for a name for our fear to prove it is not just us. I remember saving up to buy a kite as a kid. I really wanted one with a long tail that could do tricks in the sky. And so I saved all my pocket money and that summer holiday in Scotland I got what my heart had desired so much. But my joy was soon short lived the feeling of the pulling on the string terrified me and made me cry. All my saving had been a waste of time. I have no idea why I was scared or really what I was scared off, I just knew I was scared. As Moe says I can’t even look at someone flying a kite without getting that feeling in the pit of my stomach. I am the same with holding umbrellas or balloons in the wind, so I have concluded that it must be the pull and the fear of being blown away. Yet I have no fear of wind if I am not holding something. As you will all know it is very hard to define but somehow the connection between being on the ground and attached to the air is the crux of the matter. Anyway enough of my ramblings, it is nice to know that I am not the only one.

]]> By: Krysta http://daryl.learnhouston.com/2004/02/22/a-fear-of-kites/#comment-1687 Krysta Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-1687 Hi...My name is Krysta, and my poor mother has this fear...it doesnt bother her normal life..but it does bother her to be driving and see a couple of kids flying kites on the side of the roadshe calls people crazy everytime they fly kites..mr. paul..i think you and my mother have pretty much the same feeling...as goes for the rest of the people here....she is scared of looking up and being attatched to the sky...she shakes and shivers if i try to get her to hold a kite while im flying it...who knows?...she use to fly planes as a kid all the time...and kites..but nothing has ever happend for her to not like kites...ill have to get her to hold an umbrella or a balloon in the wind to see if it affects her...bye fellow kite-a-phobiacs.....thanks...you made her feel more comfortable knowing she is not alone... Hi…My name is Krysta, and my poor mother has this fear…it doesnt bother her normal life..but it does bother her to be driving and see a couple of kids flying kites on the side of the roadshe calls people crazy everytime they fly kites..mr. paul..i think you and my mother have pretty much the same feeling…as goes for the rest of the people here….she is scared of looking up and being attatched to the sky…she shakes and shivers if i try to get her to hold a kite while im flying it…who knows?…she use to fly planes as a kid all the time…and kites..but nothing has ever happend for her to not like kites…ill have to get her to hold an umbrella or a balloon in the wind to see if it affects her…bye fellow kite-a-phobiacs…..thanks…you made her feel more comfortable knowing she is not alone…

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