Irrational fears

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  • morgansmom02
    morgansmom02 Posts: 1,131 Member
    I have to be facing the doorway or main entryway when I sit in a restaurant or meeting. I have a fear of someone 'creeping' up on me and surprising me. Also, the husband has strict warnings never to pull any AFV gags on me, either.

    My dad has to sit facing the door wherever we go because he needs to see if we are in any danger!
  • RilantheFirebug
    RilantheFirebug Posts: 207 Member
    Those trucks that carry cars....they are double deckers and carry 8-10 cars on them to dealerships and whatnot. I'm paranoid that one of them will fall off the back or side and crush me as I'm driving/being driven.
  • Beleg
    Beleg Posts: 227 Member
    I also have to be facing the entry way or exit. I prefer the tables by the exit doors that allow you to see everything and not have anything sneak up behind you. Didn't have this problem until i spent 2 tours overseas
  • Beleg
    Beleg Posts: 227 Member
    I think the spiders one is very common. . .I personally dont mind them because they kill other bugs BUT it is pretty humorous to watch a 6'5 ft man scream like a girl when one jumps near him. . . .not that I am naming any names. . . :)


    6ft 2in 300 lb man and I have to call for my 6 yr old to kill or shue them away for me.
  • Jonalee1977
    Jonalee1977 Posts: 415 Member
    Fish.

    I hate fish. I can't even walk by the aquariums in a pet store. *shudder*
  • megalin9
    megalin9 Posts: 771 Member
    I think the spiders one is very common. . .I personally dont mind them because they kill other bugs BUT it is pretty humorous to watch a 6'5 ft man scream like a girl when one jumps near him. . . .not that I am naming any names. . . :)


    6ft 2in 300 lb man and I have to call for my 6 yr old to kill or shue them away for me.

    Ha! That's my husband! Most masculine man I know, and he is worse than a little girl about spiders.
  • ambrwaves27
    ambrwaves27 Posts: 206
    I think the spiders one is very common. . .I personally dont mind them because they kill other bugs BUT it is pretty humorous to watch a 6'5 ft man scream like a girl when one jumps near him. . . .not that I am naming any names. . . :)


    6ft 2in 300 lb man and I have to call for my 6 yr old to kill or shue them away for me.

    Ha ha thats great. . .kids can be pretty handy
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    Injections. Or having blood drawn. Syringes, basically. I would generalize to needles, but I was tattooed, and wasn't scared of that in nearly the same way. Any medical/dental setting in which I might be stabbed with a sharp, or poked with a tool, *shudder* Is the WORST.

    I had to be sedated so I could undergo a TB test.
  • sydnisd183
    sydnisd183 Posts: 247 Member
    Cockroaches. And I live in Texas. Not a good combination. One of my prerequisites for a boyfriend is being able to kill them, it would be a deal breaker for me if he couldn't...

    lol this, i'm in Houston and recently moved to a new place. So far, one in my kitchen, one in my bathtub (what a great wake-up call) and one in my bedroom. There is a large tree (hence the name tree roaches I guess) next to my place.

    I'm scared s**tless of them but it's KILL OR BE KILLED haha so I just saturate them with spray, then go run get a shoe and finish it off. I also sleep with the covers over my head :huh:

    edit: oh and another one is sitting in the back of a car like a Camaro or any car with 2 doors. i fear that i can't get out and i'm trapped back there. I was also part of a function involving law enforcement. They transported us in the back of a police car and I had to sit back there with 3 other people. that plexiglass separator combined with the bars....i had to close my eyes so i wouldn't panic and look dumb in a car full of officers.
  • Mctree20
    Mctree20 Posts: 137
    Ok so last night my daughters and I were making Pillsbury biscuits (you know the ones from the can). I absolutely HATE opening those cans!!! Yes, I know how stupid this sounds but there is something about not know when it is going to *pop* that scares the crap out of me!

    The funniest part is that my daughters, who I have been able to con into opening them the last few times, are freaked out by it too. It was quite a sight.

    What irrational fears do you have? I need a good laugh this morning :)

    You could just make them from scratch? Maybe use a toaster oven? :noway:
  • Troll
    Troll Posts: 922 Member
    To everyone with biscuit can fears: find the seam, DONT PEEL THE PAPER, and WHACK the seam on a cabinet edge. it rarely, if ever POPS :) when i peel the paper they never open so my fiance usually walks in on me smacking the bajeesus out of the can to open it :b
  • DMW914
    DMW914 Posts: 368 Member
    I have a few too, driving over a high bridges with only two lanes & water underneath that can be seen on either side of the bridge. When I have to do it I always drive in left lane (but as close to the middle line that divides the two lanes as possible) looking dead ahead & at least a car length between me and the car in front. I pretty much hold my breath, lock my hands onto the sterring wheel & lock my arms along side me, moving ever so slightly as needed until I get cloeser to the end.

    Any body of water with a drop off like a pool (in which I can see). I can swim a little bit but something about that slope makes me think I'll be sucked down in to it.

    Standing in ocean/man made beach/bay water w/barefeet, past my knees & the sand feels like its pulling you in. I have to wear water socks.

    Jelly fish & dead Horseshoe Crabs creeps me out too.

    Also ABC (Already Been Chewed) gum. I just can't stand that wet, sticky feeling on my finger tips not even from my own mouth & it can't be dried up ready to be pluck from somewhere it didn't belong, like under the tables at restaurants or school chairs *nauseus* :sick: just thinking about it. :laugh:
  • ambrwaves27
    ambrwaves27 Posts: 206
    To everyone with biscuit can fears: find the seam, DONT PEEL THE PAPER, and WHACK the seam on a cabinet edge. it rarely, if ever POPS :) when i peel the paper they never open so my fiance usually walks in on me smacking the bajeesus out of the can to open it :b

    Think this will work if I just chuck it across the room? You can never be to sure. . . :frown:

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