What are your irrational fears?

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  • doilymaker
    doilymaker Posts: 7 Member
    Being impaled scares me. I saw a re-enactment of a car accident where the driver ran into a picket fence. The driver was impaled by a post through his neck. Also seeing someone in movies fall on a fence or other sharp objects. YUCK!

    Spiders and bugs also freak me out!
  • childofArtemis24
    childofArtemis24 Posts: 334
    Zombies, I HATE THEM!
    elevators, i am afraid that the line will break and I will die.
    tornados
  • DarlingThief
    DarlingThief Posts: 78 Member
    Exploding teeth
  • strongformygirls
    strongformygirls Posts: 8 Member
    I am soooo tuned in to all of my physical ailments that I fear that they are all something life threatening. It's what one might call "irrational/ crazy/ hypochondria" , haha. I laugh but it's really not a good time. Hope I don't pass this one on to my daughter!
  • BCKS
    BCKS Posts: 287 Member
    driving in the snow

    YES!!! I lived in Illinois for three years and HATED Oct. through April because I'd have to drive in the snow. Scared the heck out of me!! :sad:

    Sooo thankful to be back living in the desert again. :bigsmile:

    Except my other fear is lizards! :laugh: Seriously! CREEP ME OUT! :noway: :noway:
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    I don't have any. I rock.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I'm afraid of something being under my bed. I turn a flashlight on and lay it on the floor so it's shining under my bed while I get ready for bed at night so nothing will grab my feet. That fear comes from watching too much Alfred Hitchcock when I was a kid. :frown:
  • _snw_
    _snw_ Posts: 1,298 Member
    midgets.


    which made it very scary for me when a midget stripper tried to climb up into my lap awhile ago.
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    Cockroaches.

    I literally shuddered just typing that.

    Also, the air in tunnels.

    I always have to hold my breath
  • jennp1129
    jennp1129 Posts: 277 Member
    I don't have any. I rock.

    Hmmm... Maybe you do and just don't know it yet. ;-)
    Although I'm certain you rock regardless.
  • alegnafireproof
    alegnafireproof Posts: 26
    anything with more than 4 legs
  • margieward82
    margieward82 Posts: 406 Member
    Opening umbrellas inside! To the point that when my daughter tries to open her fun ladybug umbrella in the house I totally freak out! ... Then she walks saying "no open, no open momma. Bad luck! No open"
  • JeepBaja
    JeepBaja Posts: 1,824 Member
    Car batteries, electrical sockets and anything gas related in the house.

    Oh and clowns. I hate clowns.
  • Bucky83
    Bucky83 Posts: 1,194 Member
    To me, having a fear of animals is a rational fear.

    My irrational fear is not finding love. I have this massive fear that I'll never be good enough for any man and that I'm destined to be a fat ugly spinster with no kids. I'm not kidding.
  • futuremalestripper
    futuremalestripper Posts: 467 Member
    I have some hardcore OCD/paranoia so I always question myself. Say I turn the stove off, in my head I'm going "is it really off?" and I'll check it like 10 times. I'm always fearing that what I perceive isn't correct and it takes me forever to convince myself that what I am perceiving is right. That being said, I'm afraid of nothing rational. Nothing "real" scares me at all.
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    Balloons popping in my face and earwigs. Also, heart attacks - my own or anyone around me having one.
  • wonderwomanwannaB
    wonderwomanwannaB Posts: 111
    swimming with fish.

    They breathe underwater. I don't and I'm on their turf.
  • MelMoly
    MelMoly Posts: 1,303 Member
    Drowning... (I'm a swimmer...) ticks! And ET omg I really hope I don't have a nightmare over typing this...
  • jazziesaj11
    jazziesaj11 Posts: 351 Member
    The sound of rubbing flour on a wood/plastic rolling pin :sad: omg.... ugh that sound send chills immediately up and down my spine! I'm dead serious here- :laugh:

    Slightly more normal fears are, spiders, bees... rather any flying bug except butterflies, never eating chocolate again, and numerous fast food restaurants. :noway:
  • twelbies
    twelbies Posts: 31
    Yarn. Elevators. My teeth falling out. Those three things freak me out beyond reason.
  • syncynlyn
    syncynlyn Posts: 39
    Big freaking water bugs. I just shivered typing that down. I scream bloody murder when I see one. I don't know how the heck they get in the house but on occasion they do and OMG I cannot handle that at all. If I see one I get my hubby to chase it down while I go to another room and close the door. Then for days after I feel paranoid and like something is crawling on me.

    Did I mention that they make a lot of noise? Once I was in the shower and I kept hearing this scratching noise. I thought that maybe a squirrel got in the attic or something. I am hurrying so I can get out and when I open the shower curtain to grab my towel I look up as I hear the noise and I see a freaking antanae and leg peeking out of where the heat lamp is. Somehow it got behind the bulb and was stuck. Ugh!

    BTW, still have shivers and goosebumps thinking about them.
  • RMuske
    RMuske Posts: 271 Member
    I can't walk on things I can see through. It all started with a nightmare I had when I was a toddler where I fell through some stairs like these:

    Omg me too. I am terrified on stairs when I can see through the open slats! Crazy!
  • autumnk921
    autumnk921 Posts: 1,374 Member
    I don't know if this is irrational or not (I think it is) but I am so terrified that someone is going to break into my house while my son & I are sleeping...I booby trap the doors, make sure all windows are secured & have various weapons throughout the house just in case...Also, I don't sleep at night very much (which is why I am on here still at 2am almost)..If I hear the slightest noise I am up & looking through the house & turning on lights so people outside trying to get in know that I am awake...I hate living alone b/c of this...

    Also, spiders bring chills up my spine...I have seen so many lately that I lift the toilet seat up to check for them before I sit down b/c I heard of a lady being bit by one on the toilet & having some flesh eating disease from it & had to get her leg amputated...Crazy s@#t!!

    There are more but I would be going on all night....Clowns, & porcelain dolls - I think they come to life at night... :noway:

    Thank goodness I have a boy b/c I wouldn't allow dolls in this house...No way!!
  • anels449
    anels449 Posts: 3,187 Member
    Sticking Qtips in my ears.
  • munkey418
    munkey418 Posts: 139
    my teeth falling out is my biggest fear! i think it started when i got braces and my teeth loosened and shifted. They're fine now, not loose at all but i wake up in a cold sweat after nightmares of losing teeth. I also have an issue with slimey hands like from too much lotion or something. even when taking a shower i have to wash shampoo on my hand off each time i touch my shampooed hair
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    Spiders.
    Stairs somewhat... going down stairs definitely gives me anxiety.
  • KyliAnnHobson
    KyliAnnHobson Posts: 551 Member
    Automatic car washes.
  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    Don't like snakes. Don't like bugs. Act irrationally around any insect and completely avoid snakes.
  • autumnk921
    autumnk921 Posts: 1,374 Member
    Automatic car washes.

    This too...I feel claustrophobic & think the spinners are going to smash the windows & the truck/car won't move to get out.... My truck stays pretty dirty on the outside unless we get some good rain...lol
  • HLeAnn
    HLeAnn Posts: 261 Member
    Moths and butterflies...also I have this really weird irrational fear that if my feet aren't covered up in bed something from under the bed will grab them lol.

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