Which of your irrational fears would you ditch?

binary_jester

This *kitten* gives me the heebee jeebees. I can't come back to this post.

But you know you will come back

kaytedawg05

I also have a weird fear of having my Achilles tendon severed.

Hello Pet Sematary Buddy. *shivers* I don't even like being touched on my Achilles heel.

Reading this thread has made me realize I need to seek professional help.

The razor blade across the Achilles tendon and the one across the mouth seriously gave me shivers.

glad someone understands... i was almost over this childhood fear of what's under the bed till i saw that movie... and one more thing just to reiterate that cockroach fear is NOT irrational... lol



tell me that thing's not looking at you?

earwigs too... omg... i gotta get away from this post before i realize i'm scared of everything LOL

kimmerroze

These suckers are why I will never EVER visit the middle east... along with everything else in the middle east. lol haha

I am also afraid of being alone in the house by myself at night... if I hear the slightest noise, it about brings me to tears I am so terrified.

What the hell is that thing? It looks like something out of a horror movie!!!

It is two camel spiders hooked together I think.. I don't think it is Just one. But they are HUGE! like 12-24 inches long/

foreverjade

want to talk irrational fears?? i am afraid of the PHONE. seriously.

I can't call people, i can't pick up phone numbers I don't know... and if I have to call them BACK it gives me so much anxiety that i need to lie on the floor in the fetal position. no joke. it seriously hinders my life! I try to make scripts, and i rehearse like crazy. I can't make my own appointments or even order a pizza!! I'm even afraid to call family members or close friends unless it is their direct cell phone number.

AdoraK

I will not do buffet’s. I saw a kid sneeze while at one once and he was not tall enough for the glass protection shield. So saw the spray go all over the food in front of him. I was in line next – well needless to say I went back to my seat and ordered off the menu. I have not eaten from a buffet since.

LuckyLeprechaun

I have a terrible problem with needles. Injections, inoculations, blood draws, even a TB skin test is an experience for which I must be sedated.

Piercing and tattoos are in a totally separate category in my mind, and neither of those scare me like medical/dental procedures requiring needles do.

shander7

Bees/hornets/etc!! I have NEVER gotten stung before, but if you put anything with a stinger near me I will run away! I cried in class in high school because my teacher wouldn't let me leave the room with a bee in it and I was so scared! It makes summer way less fun and I LOVE to be outside... as long as I don't see any!

XFitMojoMom

deep ocean... yep - like a perfect storm ocean, or getting lost at sea like that movie with the honeymooning couple who get forgotten while scuba diving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc7-biVJlJQ

While I'd probably scream like a child looking at one of those camel spiders, I wouldn't be afraid to stomp it - although I read they like to leap up (onto the camels belly to feed...)

123456654321

I also have a weird fear of having my Achilles tendon severed.

Pet Cemetery?

AngelsKisses75

Get a cat. No more bugs.


I fear speaking in public. Though you can't shut me up any other time.

I have two cats and still have centipedes... I swear those thing look right at me and start gunning for me.

I was actually told that house centipedes are a sign of another problem. They like to eat fleas, spiders, water bugs, roaches, flys, termites .... yum right? So clear out their food source and they will also leave.

kyodi

Get a cat. No more bugs.


I fear speaking in public. Though you can't shut me up any other time.

My cat leaves them without any legs and curled up backwards; as if he tied a thread to the head and tail and pulled up on the thread in the middle. I appreciate his efforts, but I think he needs a therapist.

reese66

I also have a weird fear of having my Achilles tendon severed.

Ouch

Triquetra

Mine is easily avoidable.....I have a fear of underground parking garages....I can't drive in them, if someone else is driving have to close my eyes til the car stops and then dash for the elevator and get out of there as quick as possible....no reason really just iirational!

fteale

All my fears are totally rational. Dying, being decapitated, anything involving razors, blood, roads/water and my children.

I think the centipede is rather cute. I hate Daddy Long legs, but it's not a fear, I just don't like them.

reese66

Get a cat. No more bugs.


I fear speaking in public. Though you can't shut me up any other time.

I have two cats and still have centipedes... I swear those thing look right at me and start gunning for me.

I was actually told that house centipedes are a sign of another problem. They like to eat fleas, spiders, water bugs, roaches, flys, termites .... yum right? So clear out their food source and they will also leave.

Oh forgot about the fear of waterbugs that explains it...

Too Kill a Waterbug.... Watch for it paperback, coming soon...

azlady7

mine is long distance driving. Semi's scare the crap out of me bends in the highway if a car is near me or a semi and cliffs. although i think it is rational my hubby has been tempted to duct tape me and give me valum (sp?).

Scentlessapprentice

Butterflies because they are the work of the Devil. Just evil and vile and anyone who likes them is just plain weird!

Jovialation

Im scared of driving over bridges. An extremely small part of why I dont drive.
If Im in the car with someone and we go over a particularly old bridge I will start babbling like a maniac and staring at the other end until I see we're where the road meets the ground again.
It's worse when it's over water, too

BettyMargaret

Hahahahahaha! "We have nothing to fear but fear itself!" ... and spiders... and zombies... (stupid zombies!)

mikeyml

I forgot to add elevators. I just do not like elevators. I'm not claustrophobic, but the thought of being stuck in one for a long period of time gives me a panic attack lol.

binary_jester

How about falling? Not heights. I can look over the edge of the Grand Canyon, without issue, if I have a firm grasp on something. Put me just on the edge...nothing around me. I would have to crawl on my hands and knees.

bbygrl5

mine is long distance driving. Semi's scare the crap out of me bends in the highway if a car is near me or a semi and cliffs. although i think it is rational my hubby has been tempted to duct tape me and give me valum (sp?).

I can relate a little bit. I am this way if my husband is driving the car, even though he's a great driver. If I'm driving, all those fears disappear. It's a fear of lack of control. My life is in his hands and even though he's certainly capable of keeping me safe, it makes me a little nervous.

Twylyght

In my mind all of my fears are rational!! I am deathly afraid of bridges over water! There is no way if my car went into the water to be able to wait til the car filled up with water to open the door (to much pressure to open it before then) I would drown and die!! I am also nervous in elevators when there are more than 4 people in them. I am fine in a small space by myself, but throw in a couple people I think my world is closing in and I'm dying (okay, maybe a lil irrational there) And of course I am terrified of clowns, and I hate them too! They are evil, one of the few things on this earth that I think are 100% evil! Spiders scare me but I will kill them and be fine.

annrum

Anything with more than four limbs... totally wrong. Spiders get by unharmed if they a) stay far away from me and b) eat the other unacceptable bugs, but only nowhere near me. I had to skip to the end of this topic thanks to the icky pictures

robin52077

Creeped right the F*** out by those Camel Spiders. Oh my god if I saw that in real life I would literally start crying. It's an abomination that those mutant freaks even exist.
And all the other bugs....like the one eating the BIRD! I need to go take a shower now, I feel dirty and itchy.

otr12

want to talk irrational fears?? i am afraid of the PHONE. seriously.

I can't call people, i can't pick up phone numbers I don't know... and if I have to call them BACK it gives me so much anxiety that i need to lie on the floor in the fetal position. no joke. it seriously hinders my life! I try to make scripts, and i rehearse like crazy. I can't make my own appointments or even order a pizza!! I'm even afraid to call family members or close friends unless it is their direct cell phone number.

Me too!!!
I can't even talk to my family. I don't call my own mother on mothers day. I've been know to keep a bad job for several years because the phone calls required to get a new job are too much for me to handle. I'll go into a full blown panic attack just talking to my husband.

helenium

*whimpers and runs away*

kimmerroze

Creeped right the F*** out by those Camel Spiders. Oh my god if I saw that in real life I would literally start crying. It's an abomination that those mutant freaks even exist.
And all the other bugs....like the one eating the BIRD! I need to go take a shower now, I feel dirty and itchy.

Oh this cracked me up! lol

It is an abomination that they exist. lol and yes I feel all itchey too.

Patchworkperson

Anything with less legs than me or more legs than my dog!

Bobbejo

Swings... I can't even push my kids on them