Irrational Fears
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Gas stoves and parking lots0
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Spiders & Ear wigs.. They're creepy, bity and gross.
I also have an irrational fear of drowning. Like swimming in a river and suddenly getting sucked downstream to my death. It even sets off anxious feelings watching my dogs swim in rivers. If I'm on a boat in a lake (even on something pretty safe like a pontoon boat) a slight fear of sinking in the middle of the lake looms in the back of my head. I can repress this fear pretty easily and have fun anyways, but still. I'm pretty sure the source of this was when a storm flooded our boat when I was 4. In my 4 year old mind, we were marooned and were going to die a watery death. The reality was, my dad hopped out of the boat, and walked it to shore, lol. We were in like 3ft deep water.
We may be on a chartered fishing trip on the gulf coast this summer. Fun, right? I'm actually pretty excited as I have never fished on the ocean before. But, I'm sure images of the show " I shouldn't be alive" will be running through my head at first when we get on the boat. 
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Versicolour wrote: »orangegato wrote: »Fear of someone breaking into my home at night when I am there alone.
Been there, done that. Twice. It's not that big a deal. Of course, neither of them were armed and there was only one each time. So that was probably a big factor
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I saw a dracula movie when I was little and ever since I've slept with my ears covered with the blanket.
Then I saw this move about vampire bites and they attacked this guy's face and into his mouth and stuff so then I started sleeping with my mouth covered with the blanket.
THEN I had a night where I had a mosquito go ham in my ear for like 2 minutes and I was emotionally scarred, so now I sleep with my ears covered.
I'm literally suffocated by blanket.
Then I'm also convinced because I'm SO afraid of sharks, it is surely the way I will die.
I'm also pretty fearful on my daily commute when we go through the Lincoln Tunnel - I'm so nervous the water is gonna burst through and I'm going to drown.
I now have heightened anxiety after reliving these through typing them haha2 -
I love to watch lightning, but I am afraid of thunder.1
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Getting a flat tire on the hwy
cash flying away when it comes out the atm
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SuperOrganism2 wrote: »spanish_liza wrote: »Getting a flat tire on the hwy
This happened to me last year...it sucks! Changing a tire at rush hour is a little unnerving. I told myself I would get AAA or something but I kind of forgot about it.
It does really suck, though.
Omg you enhanced my dear cause a flat during rush hour is like nail biting scary to me0 -
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I used to have a fear of flying cockroaches. If one got in a room I would freak out and scream so bad I was paralyzed. Then I lived in a terrible apartment next to a restaurant and I had to get over that fear!
Ever since I was a child I've been afraid to walk over grates on sidewalks. I was afraid they would give way or something would come up through them.
My father in law is desperately afraid of popsicle sticks. He is afraid of getting splinters in his tongue. He is so afraid that if you even say the words "popsicle stick" you can make him writhe.0 -
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Cockroaches crawling up the drain when I’m using the sink or shower (and in a cockroach-prone zone).
Also terrified semis are going to swerve into my lane when I’m passing.1 -
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When I lose someone reasonably close to me, there is usually a period of time when I get super panicky about any person being even like 5 minutes late. A coworker I don't even like is 5 minutes late to the office and my mind immediately thinks "dead on the highway"...it sucks.1
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I saw a news story once when I was younger about a family who found snakes in their toliet...that freaked me out for life1
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Making or getting phone calls. Thang goodness texting came about3
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sharks, alligators.... which is strange... I live in Canada LOL0
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My Daughter is terrified of bugs...like any bug. A few days ago she saw a centipede in our downstairs, and she now refuses to go down there at all. Which is inconvenient as her bedroom is down there so she has been sleeping on the couch upstairs for 3 nights now. I think I am going to have to lie and tell her that I found it and killed it.2
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Irrational Fears? Not sure they are irrational, but....Not crazy about heights or enclosed spaces.
Tried skydiving, rappelling and zip line tours to overcome it. I can force myself to confront these fears, but I can't overcome them.
Rational fears? That I would live one second longer than one of my kids. Or my wife, for that matter. Selfish. I know.
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A spider coming down while I’m driving2
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i hate ladders (climbing) but not afraid of heights0
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