I have weird, hypocritical fears:

I'm afraid of most birds but love bird-watching (I often have dreams that birds are attacking me),

afraid of rodents (because of being bitten a few too many times) but I adore gerbils and rats and the like,

afraid of most insects (I don't like bugs crawling on me except my cockroach and butterflies) but like entomology and love my cockroach,

afraid of men (I have PTSD because of almost being abducted a few years back) but I have many guy friends and my boyfriend,

I'm also afraid of heights, speaking in public, and closed spaces.