sometimes, when im awake and alone. i start to create pictures of a zombie coming towards me. so thats very,very bad. and many times i have had zombies trying to kill me. i have to tell someone about this and i noticed this webpage and i wanted to post about my fear/phobia towards zombies. im also afraid of dark, so that makes it even worse. very often people want to watch like scary movie. shaun of the dead. etc. and they all think im a coward cause i dont want to watch them for "specific" reasons. is this a thing you can talk freely with a psychiatrist? cause this has been bothering me for the last 3years 9months and 12days..... and now, its making me go insane.. please, if someone has the same phobia/fear please. id want you to send me email to this address; Jesse-0960 at hotmail.com... Please..
A nightmare on Zombie Street by: Burgs
wow, just read most posts etc and its not just me then...seems a common thing! i have always had a mild phobia from when i was a child/young adult when i first watched Zombie Flesheaters, but for the past few years since and the remake of dawn of the dead, and the likes of 28 days later etc....its become worse, one main fact is because they (the zombies) have become fast all of a sudden, they used to be slow. i cant even watch shaun of the dead without a nightmare. i even struggle to watch "survivors" even though its not about zombies. the icing on the cake was that one of my playstation games called call of duty world at wor, when you completed the game (all about world war 2) it gave you a bonus level, yes guess what " a zombie level", i couldnt even play that. anyway its nice to know (or not if you know what i mean)that i am not alone. guess what i am going to be dreaming of tonight after writing this!...i think i may have a few glasses of wine and watch match of the day. anyway, thanks from: Lee (married for 15 years, 2 children, one cat and a baseball bat beside my bed!!
Me too by: Jessica
I had no idea so many other people had this. I suffer from this really badly, and while I don't have bad dreams (I never seem to get any forms of nightmares), whenever people mention Zombies my heart starts to beat really fast and I just want to get out of there.
I'm like Zombie Stopper, if I'm on my own, occasionally I just want to run and find people, because I feel like there's a Zombit just around the corner and it really freaks me out.
It's not the old fashioned Zombies that creep me out (although they do to a certain extent), its the new ones. I had a panic attack at a friends house when she put on 28 Days Later, and when our Media teacher made us watch the Descent, I left the class and cried behind the cafe.
Its just the idea that a creature is out there with the sole purpose to kill me, and I can't persuade them at all with words, like a cerial killer or something like that. I know that if it came to a 'kill or be killed' situation, I would not be strong enough to kill, or fit enough to outrun them.
Now I'm going to go eat some chocolate... I need to destress.
Thank Christ by: Rachael
It's not just me.
dreams? by: Anonymous
I cant get to sleep most nights because if this. walking down the street thinking about zombies and survival, trying to make plans, but I live in new york so no plans would ever work. trying to rationalize out what zombies would really be like, fast or slow, or able to survive for more than a week. its really a problem. and the worst part is that I know its a culmination of all the other fears I have: not wanting to get eaten alive, having to constantly run and fight for survival, not being able to trust anything around you. but knowing whats behind it isn't helping. its really not as funny as a lot of people think.
zombayz. by: Anonymous
Woah, I had no idea this was so common. Zombies generally scare the crap outta me, and sometimes I get nightmares that cause me physical pain from being so scared, but I'm working on turning my fear into gamer rage in games like Left4Dead, which is working surprisingly well! I hope you all end up finding a way to conquer your fear, but if the zombie apocalypse comes, I hope to see you at the survival camps. Good luck.
zombie-phobia by: Anonymous
Well i watched 28 days later and while i was watching it i thouhgt what if i was stuck in a taxi with zombies coming at me. What is my little baby bro was there with me and there was nothing i could do to help him, I HAVE THE PHOBIA TO IT'S HORRIBLE, i mean i know zombies aren't and never will be REAl, but theres always a feeling, WHAT IF?
Alone? by: Radd
Zombie-phobia is the most common phobia and is growing at an alarming rate.
So no, you are not alone. There are plenty of people with this.
I currently am dealing with it as well, and plan to write a thorough research essay on the topic.
I am not alone? by: zombegone
Wow, I thought I was the only person with this fear. I too get laughed at when I talk about my nightmares, survival plans and security measures to ward off zombie attacks. My dreams are so realistic that I have hit and bit my boyfriend while I was having zombie nightmares. I worry about how safe my apartment is and where the zombies might break in. I lock my door at night in fear of my roommate becoming a zombie while I sleep. I am also afraid of moving to urban areas as there will be few escape routes and millions of people either infected or congesting my way out of the cities. Yes, this is irrational and yes, I suppose it is funny to the outsider but dammit, it is real and horrifying to me!!!
Zombies! by: Anonymous
I understand your fear! I also have a terrible fear of zombies!
But not really so much the "undead" or "corpses coming back to life" type but more the "28 Days Later" type. (I love horror movies but it's gotten to the point that watching either of the "28 Days/Months Later" movies makes me break into tears of fear)
I feel like that could actually happen. There COULD be a virus that COULD be unleashed on people and it COULD cause them to want to kill one another. This COULD destroy the world as we know it and leave survivors fighting for resources and an escape against the INFECTED.
I think that is the part that really scares me. Fighting to survive against being hunted by monsters that only want to kill.
I regularly have zombie dreams. They usually involve just me or me and those close to me trying to escape a zombie attack. Sometimes we are trying to board up our home in between waves of zombies or infected attacking us. These dreams are terrible. I usually wake up crying and scared out of my mind. This generally leads me to waking up my husband in a weepy mess needing a hug to pull me back to reality.
Everywhere I stay I assess for zombie safety. Are there too many windows? Is there roof access to assess escape routes? Are there adequate hiding spaces? What is the supply situation? Could I escape to my car to make it home and protect myself from there?
It's become a stupid joke among my friends. Yes, I'm scared of zombies. Yes, it's stupid.
But with germ warfare and a new country hating the US each week, is really all that stupid?! Or is just a matter of time before a bomb is made to force us to destroy ourselves!?
Ok, I need to stop this talk. Last night's zombie dream was bad enough, I certainly don't need to bring on another tonight!
Just know you are not alone!
Me too by: vic peralta
You know I also have those nightmares. My friends don't mock at me, because I am not in the phobia place yet, but he idea of a zombie apocalypse strikes me to the bonemarrow.
I have spend some time thinking about the zombies stuff, and I also have a friend who studies film making. I've come up with some ideas having to do with the mexican insecurity, apathy and zombies.
By the way there is a zombiphobia group in Facebook... at the moment there's is just one guy and me. Do you know any sites treating this issue beside just being interested in zombie movies?
zombie stopper by: Anonymous
Sometimes I'll be at work smoking a cigarette by the dumpster behind the store. Then all the sudden I start running for the door because I always think that a zombie is going to run or crawl out from behind the dumpster and eat me. Also, I have zombie dreams up to three to four times a week. And yeah, like the rest of you guys say, everyone thinks I'm crazy, but forget them. I'm terrified and can't help it.
