irrational fears
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Do you have an irrational fear?
I ~don't~ mean being scared of heights or snakes - those are actual things people are often confronted with. I'm talking bat *kitten* crazy fears over things that will never ever happen.
I have two.
1 - When I'm at the zoo, I am terrified my kids will fall into the hippo pool. (hipposRDangerous - you totally remind me of this) No, my kids aren't scaling the pool enclosure or anything, but it's pretty much the only thought in my head while standing there.
2. - When driving by any body of water, I fear the car will go in and I'll be faced with 3 kids in car seats that I will have to somehow hold my breath and save them all - AFTER the car is totally filled with water (mythbusters taught me how to get the door open underwater) and it scared the crap out of me. Like cold sweat fear.
I ~don't~ mean being scared of heights or snakes - those are actual things people are often confronted with. I'm talking bat *kitten* crazy fears over things that will never ever happen.
I have two.
1 - When I'm at the zoo, I am terrified my kids will fall into the hippo pool. (hipposRDangerous - you totally remind me of this) No, my kids aren't scaling the pool enclosure or anything, but it's pretty much the only thought in my head while standing there.
2. - When driving by any body of water, I fear the car will go in and I'll be faced with 3 kids in car seats that I will have to somehow hold my breath and save them all - AFTER the car is totally filled with water (mythbusters taught me how to get the door open underwater) and it scared the crap out of me. Like cold sweat fear.
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i cant drive withanyone else driving, havent rode in a car with someone else driving in 10 plus years!!0
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Everytime there is a log truck coming toward me I always feel nervous that somehow that the load or just a single log will come off the truck just as I get to it.
I wouldn`t call it a fear exactly but it definitely is irrational.0 -
Everytime there is a log truck coming toward me I always feel nervous that somehow that the load or just a single log will come off the truck just as I get to it.
I wouldn`t call it a fear exactly but it definitely is irrational.
heh - now that you mention it - i think of that too.0 -
When I am in a movie theater, classroom, etc I always sit next to the exit in case someone tries to shoot up the place. Maybe that is just paranoia.0
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When I am in a movie theater, classroom, etc I always sit next to the exit in case someone tries to shoot up the place. Maybe that is just paranoia.
hey - just because you're paranoid does ~not~ mean they aren't after you.0 -
To me those are totally rational. But I suppose that's why I take pills for severe anxiety :bigsmile: My most irrational (to other, that is) is that when its really windy and the street signs and stop signs are wobbling, I'm afraid it will come loose in a big gust, chop through the windsheild, and cut through my carotid artery.
These are the things I deal with every day. Le sigh.0 -
I don't like dirt or ugliness. Basically anything un dashing.0
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When I am in a movie theater, classroom, etc I always sit next to the exit in case someone tries to shoot up the place. Maybe that is just paranoia.0
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I'm sorry to laugh, but your fear of hippos reminded me of taking my class to the Adventure Aquarium & one of them threw this ball he had just bought from the gift shop in the seal tank! He demanded I go in & get it & totally flipped out!! Then he actually put his leg over the side of the wall & was going into a tank with seals!!0
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i was just thinking about this on my run! Vampires and werewolves- don't know why. Avoid all films and most books with them in, or skip the scariest parts. Definitely just sped up my 11.30pm run!0
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I hate moths.
I don't know what's wrong with me. They freak me out. I will jump and scream and throw my hands around like it's a swarm of bees. All other insects, scaly creatures, rodents...totally fine.0 -
I posted this before, but ill give some new people nightmares xD
I am ungodly scared that I will be on the toilet (very vulnerable!) and a spider or bug will appear.
Best way to describe it so people know what I mean:
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fire in a bar, store or something. Any time i go into anyplace..bar...whatever. I look and find the rear exits. if there is a fire, everyone runs to the way they came in . That way we can get out the back without being crushed.0
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I have anxiety issues... Last time I had a bad attack, my fear was pencils. Yes... pencils. I just knew one of my kids was going to stab themselves in the eyeball with a pencil, by falling. Didn't matter that they acrry their pencils in cases, in their backpacks. And pens and colored pencils weren't the problem. Just those stupid #2 pencils they needed for math.0
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the look of tiny clusters of things (holes, bumps, ridges) freaks me out - for example porous things like the inside of a bone
taste buds, the look of skin under a microscope, honeycombs, and so on
oh and the scales on fish which leads to me to my fear of fish lol0 -
I am much like Carl, I can NOT be behind any kind of semi carrying a load. Logs, apples, pipes etc. I really do not like to be between two semi's with a load either.
I can not to go to a cemetary alone at night.0 -
I am absolutely terrified of bridges, be it walking or driving over them. I start sweating, shaking and sometimes burst out into tears. I have no idea why. Well, last year, a year ago today as a matter of fact, I crashed on a bridge! I hit black ice and ping ponged all over the bridge. My fear is through the roof now. Worst part, I have to cross 3 bridges to and from work each day. Uggh!0
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when driving at night i just about get a panic attack every time a car is driving in the opposite direction! I always worry its gonna smash right into me.0
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To Sunshine_88....
I think I'm gonna vomit. Spiders make me break out in a sweat and have a panic attack.0
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