му υѕєяηαмє: booklover789
ηαмє σƒ тнє мυтαтσ:In Umbra Luna Est
яєαѕση ƒσя ¢нσσѕιηg тнє ηαмє:In Umbra Luna Est is a line in one of my favorite songs, "The Moon Rises." But that's not the only reason I named this Mutato as I did.
In Umbra Luna Est means
The Moon Is In Shadow in Latin. To me, moonlight is a very beautiful thing. But when moonlight is hidden behind a cloud or a patch of mist or fog, it becomes shadowed, and the light must filter through whatever is obstructing it. This phenomenon causes moonlight to transition from being a thing of beauty to a thing that may frighten certain people - and horror movie directors and novelists alike use this transition to their advantage.
The Moon Is In Shadow is also a phrase that could refer to the New Moon. The New Moon is a phase in the Lunar Phases/Phases of the Moon where the moon is completely obstructed from view due to its closeness to the sun. While not literally being obstructed from view by a shadow, it does appear to be so. The only time the moon is truly in shadow is during a Lunar Eclipse, a phenomenon which happens when the moon passes behind the earth, and thus falls into the earth's shadow.
Information on the moon and the Lunar Phases can be found here, here, and here.
ωнαт gινєѕ уσυ тнє ¢яєєρѕ?I have
Automatonophobia (fear of ventriloquist's dummies, animatronic creatures, wax statues, or anything that falsely represents a sentient being) and
Pediophobia (fear of dolls). I have gotten rid of some of my dolls I had as a child for this reason. I was NEVER obsessed with dolls as a child - I've always preferred stuffed animals. I don't like dolls very much, but what creeps me out most is their human-like qualities. I don't like their faces, particularly their eyes. I really don't like ventriloquist's dummies, for mainly the same reasons as dolls. I don't like mannequins, either - but I can handle the ones without heads. The ones with heads, especially with eyes, make me uncomfortable. I've never seen a wax statue, so I'm not sure if I fear them, and I am strangely okay with animatronic creatures - however, I've mainly seen animal animatronic creatures, and very few humans.
Acrophobia/Altophobia is the fear of heights - and I have had this fear for a long time. I can barely go past the third step on a ladder before I start feeling like I'm going to start hyperventilating. A couple times in my life I have actually climbed up an entire ladder...though getting down was quite difficult.
Chiroptophobia is the fear of bats, and I recently discovered I have this. I found out when I was visiting a zoo - we were in a cave-like place, and there was a cage filled with shrieking bats, flying about. Their shrill cries and screeches made me VERY uncomfortable...and they smelled pretty bad, too, so there's another reason why I don't like them. At the zoo, I nearly freaked out when I was near the cage. Thankfully a family member wheeled me away from them (I was in a wheelchair at the time because of a toenail surgery) after a couple minutes, but even just sitting there, with a cage protecting me from them, I wanted to scream, "GET ME OUT OF HERE!" when I heard their frantic screaming and the fluttering of their wings. I noticed that I had started breathing heavier, as well, and could feel myself growing more wary of the beasts with every passing second I sat less than two feet away from their cage... *shudders*
I also have
Claustrophobia, which is the fear of confined spaces. I don't like elevators for many reasons, and this is just one of them.
I also have a mild case of
Agoraphobia, which is the fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets...it can also be the fear of leaving a safe place. I HATE being in a place where I don't think I'm safe. While this place may be an open space, it is not necessarily always one - take crowds for instance. I a have mild case of
Demophobia/Ochlophobia/Enochlophobia, which is the fear of crowds. I get very uncomfortable in crowds because I feel less safe in them...but if I'm alone in a large, open space where I'm vulnerable to being attacked, I am just as uncomfortable, if not more so.
I also have a mild case of
Atelophobia, which is the fear of imperfection. While being perfectionistic about most things, I am not perfectionistic about EVERYTHING. My
Atelophobia is caused by my
Atychiphobia - the fear of failure. Because I don't like to fail, I try to make everything perfect...by my reasoning, if it's as perfect as it can be, it's less likely to fail...if I make something as perfect as I can, I'm less likely to fail.
In addition to these fears, I also have a mild case of
Achluophobia/Lygophobia - the fear of darkness. I have difficulty sleeping or even staying in a room that is 100% dark - I have to have at least a little bit of light coming in from somewhere (a cracked curtain with moonlight streaming through, a small nightlight, etc.). If I find myself in complete utter darkness, I generally freak out, and usually have difficulty breathing. In a completely dark space, I feel a certain "walls are closing in" sensation - it's like I can feel the room getting smaller and smaller with every passing second. If I have to stay in a dark room for even a short period of time, I feel very
Claustrophobic. If I absolutely HAVE to sleep in a dark room I will - but usually I have a difficult time falling asleep.
I also have
Insectophobia/Entomophobia, which is the fear of insects. The little things aren't called "creepy crawlies" for no reason. I don't really like them very much - some of them scare me more than others, though. The flying ones are scariest to me - bees, mosquitos, and beetles in particular. Weirdly, I love butterflies, pill bugs, and lady bugs...and I can usually handle small moths and praying mantises...but most other bugs I don't like. What's even stranger is that I don't like large bugs of nearly any sort - big praying mantises are kind of creepy, and I still shriek whenever I see a large moth. It's the size of the bug that usually matters to me - the bigger they are, the creepier they are. I also have a mild case of
Arachnophobia/Arachnephobia, which is the fear of spiders.
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Good luck, everyone!
