Biggest fear(s)?

rachie1019

What are you afraid of? Even if it seems irrational... Or what gives you anxiety?
Do your kids seem to have any fears yet?

Heights (but not until recently)
Definitely claustrophobic
Clowns (

DS doesn't seem to have any fears? I actually call him fearless. I would like for the whole stranger danger thing to kick in soon. He is just so friendly. The girls are too little to exhibit fears. DS will have an occasional nightmare, but I think that's from his active imagination.

rachie1019

Ok so the Clowns thing is random and rare. But day to day, I get pretty anxious at night when DH is OOT for work, which is weekly now. Oh and DS might be a bit scared of the dark? Nothing a dim lamp can't fix at bedtime.

AKB090609

I don't know about real 'fears' I'm pretty rational and adventurous. I do have a lot of anxiety about things happening to my family and I have a hard time staying calm during storms if I am totally alone.

ToastieSimons

Balloons popping

nonoemily

Balloons give me anxiety. Also snakes.

I don't think I'm afraid of anything else, though? I forced myself to push through a lot of situations that used to make me uncomfortable.

dmartin726

Fears? Pretty much everything. I have anxiety and am pretty much afraid of the world DH says. It sucks, but I manage it well.
DD I thought was fearless but the other day she saw a moth and jumped on top of her chair and screamed at me to get it. Oh and the "monster" in frozen...
DH isn't afraid of anything. Lucky.

Lindsay9911

I'm extremely claustrophobic and TERRIFIED of mice. I know in my mind they can't do anything to me but I can't handle them. Enough that I may have stayed at my parents when I saw one at our house when we were newlyweds and DH was working nights.

notreallyirish

Heights, particularly if I'm holding a baby. I envision myself tripping and throwing the baby off a balcony.

Bodies of water around small children. Even toilets and puddles.

I also just have generalized anxiety and play out worst case scenarios in my head about everything.

zbeesma86

Elevators, bugs/spiders, & sharks

notreallyirish

Forgot to add DS1 is also afraid of heights. All the kids at his gym class love the zip line but he refuses to do it.

That also reminds me that I did go zip lining in Costa Rica despite my fear of heights...and I got hurt. I couldn't stop myself and my leg swing up into the line and I got a massive bruise all over my thigh. Not quite Toby on the Office, but still painful.

EandIMommy86

Heights, spiders/bugs

rachie1019

SPIDERS!! How did I even forget this one? I am terrified.

Chapter79

I'm afraid of elevators, bugs (spiders, mainly) and going on small boats.

DD is afraid of bugs and lightening. 

joyfullyfound

Caterpillar nests.

Drowning by being stuck under the surface and not being able to get back up. 

Anything life-threatening happening to my kids. 

DS is afraid of being farther than 3 inches away from my breast. DD is afraid of any kind of cookie shortage. 

Hollylb3

EandIMommy86 said:

Heights, spiders/bugs

This. That's about it for me.

For DS, not much at the moment. Nothing I can think of, actually.

caybeh

Snakes. I can't explain why, they just creep me out.

I also can't watch anything about zombies, demons, serial murderers, rape, or anything considered a horror movie. I will have nightmares and they will freak me out.

DS is only two and doesn't like going down slides.

LoriLee14

I don't like other people playing with knives. If they are using them properly, no biggie, but showing them off or throwing them.... I'm outta there

 

Little man doesn't like loud noises. There are some toys that scare him and he runs down the hallway screaming "no!" but if we are outside he loves when a truck makes a loud noise or the weed eater.

rachie1019

Chapter79 said:

I'm afraid of elevators, bugs (spiders, mainly) and going on small boats.

DD is afraid of bugs and lightening. 

So she doesn't like lightning bugs then? LOL sorry.

rachie1019

joyfullyfound said:

Caterpillar nests.

Drowning by being stuck under the surface and not being able to get back up. 

Anything life-threatening happening to my kids. 

DS is afraid of being farther than 3 inches away from my breast. DD is afraid of any kind of cookie shortage. 

Ew a caterpillar nest? Yuck! Dare I ask what one looks like?

And aww about your kids' fears. I love that! That should be the extent of fear for little ones. It warms my heart to hear that.

jnksmom

I'm afraid of snakes and natural disasters...especially tornadoes. 

DD is terrified of thunderstorms. She wakes up EVERY time and I can feel her shaking. She also is afraid of bugs and snakes.

DS doesn't really seem to be afraid of much. 

dizzycooks

Oh boy, in a scaredy cat for sure.
Heights
Flying
Speed
Wood ticks
Snakes
Needles/blood work/shots
Plus lots of random irrational thoughts. If I gave it enough thought, I'd be terrified of sink holes, hitting ice while driving, driving on wet concrete, to name a few. I am a serious worrier and it's gotten worse with age.

dizzycooks

Oh and the dentist and cavities.

nonoemily

@mamaalysson‌ my XH was scared of moths, too! I didn't even know that was a thing people were afraid of.

A few years ago I had a terrifying incounter with approx ten million moths in the desert, and ever since then I am not laughing.

hayleydeee

Claustrophobic, and stuffed animals, they creep me out. 

But what really gives me anxiety is the fear of something tragic happening to one of my kids or DH. I The thought of losing them terrifies me. 

ETA: And earthquakes. I HATE those things!

KatieKim0815

Hair on the floor
Hair on food
Spiders
Rodents
Aging ( not in a vain way as in not being around for my kids etc)

bumpuser924057

In order of severity:

Spiders

Falling

Driving over bridges

Spin313

Bees!

And falling from heights...not the height itself, but the idea of falling through/over a railing or the glass breaking. Being high in a tall building with floor to ceiling glass and no balconies...yikes!

Chapter79

rachie1019 said:

I'm afraid of elevators, bugs (spiders, mainly) and going on small boats.

DD is afraid of bugs and lightening. 

So she doesn't like lightning bugs then? LOL sorry.

hah! I bet she actually wouldn't mind those.  It's more of the creepy crawly bugs she doesn't like.. spiders, etc.

raraavis28

I didn't think I was afraid of anything, but then joyfully mentioned a cookie shortage....:-0

Teeth freak me out. I hate the idea of losing a tooth, chipping a tooth, can't watch someone wiggle a loose tooth...and I have a recurring nightmare about my own teeth falling out.

zbeesma86

thecheshirekat said:

Driving over bridges

my mom has this fear. bad. she panics when we drive over a bridge- even as the passenger. She will map quest something and if it has a bridge she won't go. I feel so bad for her. is it the same for you?

Icjt

I'm afraid of heights and lightening. DD 1 is afraid of bare windows at night. It has to have a curtain or she will panic and can't sleep. DD 2 & 4 are afraid of the dark. DS doesn't seem afraid of anything yet.

zbeesma86

Z is afraid of my big workout ball and our neighbors Harley- only because when he starts it up it shakes our house.

magentawarped

I'm in the "driving over bridges" camp, and anywhere else high up, like fly overs and mountain roads with a drop off on the side.

Being abandoned.

Someone breaking in to the house while we're home.

Someone taking my kids.

I also make up random scenarios in my head a lot, like the cashier at a store getting confrontational and wanting to fight, or thinking a huge dog will run around the corner and attack me. Not all the time, but I have anxiety and my brain goes weird, scary places sometimes.

ETA: My kids aren't consistently afraid of anything yet that I know of, though DD really doesn't like toys that have moving mouths when they talk. It's odd.

jlp0528

Me-
Falling and getting hurt/knocked unconscious while I'm home with LO and no one finding me (h travels a lot for work).
Someone breaking in while h is away and hurting LO/me.

Things that give me anxiety/not total fears-
-bugs of all sizes
-heights
-other people's hair on me
-things in the ocean
-driving over bridges across large bodies of water

rachie1019

hls19 said:

thecheshirekat said:

Driving over bridges

my mom has this fear. bad. she panics when we drive over a bridge- even as the passenger. She will map quest something and if it has a bridge she won't go. I feel so bad for her. is it the same for you?



My Nana (Dad's Mom) had a major panic attack on the bridge connecting Indiana to Louisville, KY like 35 years ago, before I was born. My Mom and Dad were moving her down to Gulf Shores, AL. Her Mom (Grandma Rose) was really sick at the time so she was anxious and just froze on the bridge. Stopped her car in rush hour! We *always* tell that story when we cross that bridge. I miss her so much!!

fivesecondrule

Heights and flying. Driving is bad too. Over the last few years ive started to get panic attacks in the car. I should probably go to counseling but I cant fit it in at the moment.

kimmycup

mamaalysson said:

Moths!! God I hate those big, fat, hairy moths. And I really dislike birds as well. I imagine moths and birds flying into my hair and eyes and I freak.

Add another one for moths!! eeeeeccchhh

notkateanymore

Snakes, being buried alive, DH and I dying together and leaving the kids alone, DH dying and leaving us alone, unrestricted heights {like standing on the side of the grand canyon and falling through the fence!}

Disneygeek77

This is will sound strange and I will do my best to describe it, but I have something called trypophobia or the fear of clusters of holes.  Yeah a bunch of holes, like in a hive or say a lotus pod give me the creeps.  

I also don't llike reaching for stuff in our garbage disposal because I am afraid it will magically turn on while my hand is down there.

magentawarped

Disneygeek77 said:

This is will sound strange and I will do my best to describe it, but I have something called trypophobia or the fear of clusters of holes.  Yeah a bunch of holes, like in a hive or say a lotus pod give me the creeps.

I've heard of that one, and always wondered how one develops such a specific phobia.

rachie1019

letranger said:

Yep, pretty much this is my fear