Funny Irrational Fears

LittleMissTimeLord

@noelietrex I've never thought about how fish don't have eyelids. That's going to haunt me.

@bbrooke92 What does one DO with 23 chickens? Do they just hang out?

@ashleygemini24 I make sure to shut the closet doors before bed or else I'll wake up in the middle of the night convinced there's a person standing in the closet.

@fiancb For the first couple years after a friend of mine lost her virginity she always used BCP, condoms, AND withdrawal. All three. Every time. And she was still convinced she was pregnant every single time.

WickiBaby

My NBR fear:  That someone is watching me through my windows at night.  Also, when DH is gone out of town I'm worried someone is going to hack into our alarm system and turn it off so I don't know they are in the house. 

I'm also afraid of stopping on a bridge as well.

TTC fear: I'm afraid I'll forget we are TTC and drink a bunch of wine and then find out I'm expecting.  

WickiBaby

sldp123 said:

*child mentioned*

This isn't really a funny fear, but it is irrational (I hope). I have a son from a previous marriage, and I sometimes worry that I will die during childbirth and he will have to live with his dad full time. DH and I have a very stable home and his dad just... doesn't. 

I know I'm much more likely to die doing any number of other things, but sometimes I feel guilty taking on the extra risk by TTC. I know that sounds crazy though.

I get fears like this as well.  I had a CS with my first and I am hoping for a VBAC with number two.  I was in my car thinking about all the risks associated with VBAC and RCS and was kind of freaking myself out.

I think it is irrational, but very common to think that way.  I have felt the guilt.

vampirina

I'm definitely afraid of the ghost in the basement. Doesn't seem to matter what basement we're talking about, there is ALWAYS a ghost down there.

marajay6

Not really too irrational...I just got back from a trip to the Southwest. We did a lot of short day hikes and many of the paths and viewpoints had large drop offs with no rail. I have a healthy fear of heights and was pretty freaked out by how close some of those people would get to the edge.

JournoGrl23

@anj27 I think you're right based on what I've looked up before too! It definitely makes sense because I always have that dream when I'm really stressed out or worried about something.

Also I'm with some of you ladies on here about being a hypochondriac! I forgot to mention that one. I always think something's wrong with me when I feel a twinge or an ache.

Katm89

My Big fear that my husband thinks is nuts is when I hear a plane but cannot see it... I will run around the house and be like "where is it and I will grab my chest if the sound appears to be coming closer" I think its going to fall on me or drop bombs lol... weird huh...I just think you should look up so you can run if its falling lol

bbrooke92

@sd2012 lol pretty much! H & I live in the country on a ranch so we let them out in our yard & we have absolutely no bugs. They eat all the bugs which is amazing. Then we sell our eggs to people too. Fresh eggs are the BEST!

ButterMyBiscuit

Katm89 said:

My Big fear that my husband thinks is nuts is when I hear a plane but cannot see it... I will run around the house and be like "where is it and I will grab my chest if the sound appears to be coming closer" I think its going to fall on me or drop bombs lol... weird huh...I just think you should look up so you can run if its falling lol

I have this fear! We live near a small airport and not many commercial planes come through but when they do, they are SO loud! It terrifies me because I am just totally convinced that they are crashing down on our house. I get a crazy adrenaline rush and have to calm my ass down.

My other irrational fear is that one of the many ginormous trees behind our house will collapse onto the roof - more specifically, over my son's room. Ahhh!

FiancB

Yes! I live fairly close to an airport, so sometimes the planes are pretty low or there's a helicopter doing some crop dusting or something. I always think about bombs. 

Sometimes I think about what it would be like if a loved one dies and after a bit I've practically convinced myself that they have or will die and give myself a panic attack 

Katm89

@ButterMyBuscuit I didn't think there was anyone out there who felt that way lol. Everyone always says I'm crazy

OrangeEv

@Katm89 hahahaha the picture in my head..

Katm89

@OrangeEv that's pretty much what I'm like except I grab my husband and tell him to look out the window to see where its coming from... and he laughs at me and I'm like it could happen!!!

MamaBish

I have an irrational fear of large flags. I have no idea why but they scare me!

charmedlifex3

I'm terrified of cotton balls. Yes, I know, it's ridiculous.

My husband has to open all medicines, JIC. I think it stems from having braces as a kid - those blood soaked cotton rolls. Blech.

 

OrangeEv

@allisun29 aw why so much blood for getting braces on? That visual has me shivering.

Sometimes when I am lying in bed, I have to tuck my knees way up because if the bends behind my knees are exposed, I get the feeling like someone is gonna stab them with a knife.

charmedlifex3

@orangeev - adjusting them! See? It's terrifying!

FiancB

I really did have a vomit phobia. I am much better about it now, though feeling nauseous or knowing someone else does makes me pretty anxious. I think it stems from regular road trips through the redwoods as a kid- when one of us would inevitably throw up (curvy roads and all), my dad would get pissed. I feel especially anxious if I feel sick and there isn't a good private place to run to to puke. I feel much better if I have a bag on hand, or if it's really bad I will go lay down in the bathroom, just in case. There are times I would be much better off if I'd let myself puke, but I can't unless I am extremely sick. 

Fingers crossed I will be like my sister when pregnant and not have a whole lot of morning sickness...

MNturnsVA

@MamaBish      I was in my car last night on my way to a massage and passed a car dealership with a HUGE flag flying.  I wasn't afraid necessarily but I did think man, that is  HUGE flag!!  I think that every time I pass one.

I would say that my non TTC fears would be in relation to bridges and ledges, and some of the other things mentioned above.  Being home alone and somebody breaking into the house.....

Also, when I first moved out to VA, I lived with my brother and we were living in one townhouse and moved into another not long after I got out here.  Well the new place we moved into had been empty for about a year before we moved in.  So my brother and his roommate had been noticing some strange activity and had asked me about it.  I had not noticed anything but I was also working a lot and going out of town to see my ex every other weekend, so I was barely there.  We got a huge snow storm and the roommate was out cleaning off his car and one of the neighbors was talking to him and eventually where we lived came up.  The neighbor said they had wondered when the unit we were in was going to be rented out after the guy died in there.......Say what?!?!?   Apparently one of the old residents of the home was very depressed and physically challenged and had to depend on his wife for everything and took his life in the basement.  My brother later found blood stains on the curtains downstairs and carpet that had not been cleaned very well and got the police and EMS records and verified what had happened.  I refused to go in the basement after that.  Actually, none of us went in the basement after that.  My brother had an awesome theater set up down there and we used to watch movies down there, but that all ended rather quickly after we found all that out.

My TTC fear is 1) its going to take forever   2) its never going to happen

OrangeEv

@MNturnsVA Ooooo that is super creepy, especially the blood part. I think anyone would be freaked out by that. Also it sort of seems like you're having a down day so here's a internet hug. Hope your day finds its way to a happy end!

MNturnsVA

@OrangeEv      Apparently it wasn't cleaned very well before we moved in and when they moved out!!  It was creepy!!  Thanks for the internet hugs....I'm in a better mood than I was to start the day for sure.  I also realized there is a good chance I'm PMS ing.....so there's that.  tomorrow is another day and closer to the weekend!!!  Thanks again for the hugs  

lunanova9

A lot of my irrational fears have already been mentioned, but since I'm awake because of an irrational fear/nightmare I thought I would mention it. I have this irrational fear of being in trouble or some sort of emergency and not being able to dial 911. Not because I don't have a phone but because it's a smartphone, and a touch screen and I keep bumping the wrong numbers repeatedly. In my dream I even tried to get Siri to call the number and she couldn't either.. Ugh!! Another irrational fear I have is when I go to sleep I can't have my feet sticking out of the blanket, or a ghost will come and tickle them in the night.. Typing that out and reading it really makes me feel crazy! Haha!

sldp123

@FiancB I could have written your post about the vomit phobia, right down to feeling much better if I have a bag. When I used to take public transportation, I was obsessed with always having a barf bag with me, even though I had never thrown up in a vehicle before so there was no reason to think I would start. I'm a LITTLE better about it now, but still have a lot of anxiety if I feel like I'm going to throw up. 

FWIW, I had zero morning sickness with my first pregnancy. I did get the stomach flu during it, but that is the last time I threw up and my son is 7. 

FiancB

sldp123 said:

@FiancB I could have written your post about the vomit phobia, right down to feeling much better if I have a bag. When I used to take public transportation, I was obsessed with always having a barf bag with me, even though I had never thrown up in a vehicle before so there was no reason to think I would start. I'm a LITTLE better about it now, but still have a lot of anxiety if I feel like I'm going to throw up. 

FWIW, I had zero morning sickness with my first pregnancy. I did get the stomach flu during it, but that is the last time I threw up and my son is 7. 

Yes! I take the bus to my clinicals for school and I have a bag in my backpack, just in case, even though I have no reason to think I would get sick other than it being very early in the morning. It really bothers me there is no garbage can on the bus...

remington870

I take x-rays all day and even though I follow all the guidelines and take all precautions. I sometimes have a moment where I think it is giving me cancer. And the hypochondriac in me starts feeling pain in my stomach or head.

RachelT1234

virginiaham said:

Anytime the in-sink disposal is on, I'm terrified someone is going to lose a hand. Like H or I would ever stick a hand down a dark gross sink drain with the blades going, but still I cower. I blame it on a Stephen King book I read in 7th grade.

Eta because it's not a dish disposal

This is mine!! And i also read stephen king's firestarter, i just never made the connection. H always tells me to chill, and even showed me how far the blade is (while it was off), but that doesn't matter, still freaks me out.

I'm also terrified of centipedes. *shudder*

charmedlifex3

TTC fears? I'm afraid I won't be able to work after we conceive. I'm one of the last of my friends to have a baby, so I have heard / seen too much! One friend lost control over one full side of her body, another was on bed rest for 7 months, another in the hospital for 3 months on bed rest.

So, quasi irrational, because all of that stuff is relatively rare, and most of my friends have had happy healthy normal 9 months (in fact the friend on the 7 mo bed rest had a normal 2nd pregnancy).... but but but.

riri111

LittleMissTimeLord said:

@ashleygemini24 I make sure to shut the closet doors before bed or else I'll wake up in the middle of the night convinced there's a person standing in the closet.

This!!

chanfa

Zombies, did anyone say that one yet? I can't look at one without having bad dreams for 2 weeks... it's pretty bad... 

MrsDho11

Alright, late, but since others added on today, I will too.

TTC related: I'm a swimmer-- I swim about 6 days/week, and even though I know it isn't true, I'm irrationally worried about the chemicals keeping me from conceiving.

NBR: lizards. I know they aren't going to hurt me and there are like no poisonous ones, but I am terrified to the point of crying over them semi-regularly when I see them.

Also heights, but I maintain that's totally legit! (Okay, maybe not when I'm standing on a table, but otherwise...)

nuttymask

TTC- It's not going to happen.

Non TTC- I'm going to lose my phone, so I keep checking to make sure I have it. Once I think I actually lost it in the process of checking whether I had it in my bag.

NovaSaysNo

TTC - Labor/delivery. I have a severe blood phobia so the labor/delivery part is terrifying to me. It's not one of those "oh blood is gross!" things, I will actually go into shock or black out. I can't control it at all, I've tried my entire life. Even just hearing stories about something bloody or a bad injury will end the same way... with me on the floor. For some reason the only blood that doesn't make me pass out/go into shock is AF (thankfully). That could get REALLY awkward. I'm getting lightheaded thinking about this now...

NBR - Spiders. Nope, can't do it. I'm good with any other animal (land or sea). Spiders are a NOPE.

Edited because images are hard and I give up.

PeggyOlsonFTW

@novasaysno As the one giving birth, you probably won't see much blood. I didn't see anything. DH on the other hand....

My irrational fear is that there's something under the bed and it's going to reach out and grab my ankle as soon as I turn the light off and walk towards the bed. 

NovaSaysNo

@KDHB13 that's true. I should have mentioned it's blood and bodily injury so I guess the thought of tearing (and everything else) just scares me, probably more than it should. I'm the last of my siblings and their spouses to have kids. They all sat around and told horror stories a couple times. REALLY freaked me out and didn't help my stupid fear.   Thank you for saying that though, brings me out of my crazy thoughts and back to reality. X_X to

And yes! I didn't even think of the under the bed thing. Mine is that if my arm or foot hands off the bed it will get grabbed.

AmandaaaJ

PocketFullofShells said:

I'll bite - though I'll be honest most of my irrational TTC fears revolve around drinking alcohol or caffeine.

An irrational fear I have (that is NBR) is that I am terrified of hitting a deer. Not because of my insurance premiums or because of the damage it may do to my car, but I have an irrational fear of the deer coming through my windshield and either impaling me with its antlers or kicking me to death with its feet. I used to live in a very wooded area (now I'm in a Philly burb). I also used to worry that I would be shot by a stray bullet during hunting season. 

I'm sure I have tons more NBR fears, but I can't think of them right now. 

I have this same exact fear! Lol

vmgoodell

My TTC fear: laying on my stomach. Because that will harm the microscopic being, right?! Lol.

My NBR fear....blow up yard decorations, especially Christmas ones. I have had dreams of getting all tangled up in them and being suffocated. Or that they will somehow come alive and chase me. Totally irrational and never going to happen....but yeah....you never know.

nwshay

@Allisun85 I'm not afraid of cotton balls, but they do give me the heebie jeebies. The squeaky feeling they have when you squeeze them makes me cringe.. Those and SOS pads. Nope.

My irrational fear is home invasion! I am CONVINCED every time my DH is gone for the night that there is definitely someone hiding in my closet. That and I have 11 skylights through out my house, so naturally someone has to be peaking through 1 of them right? I know one day, I'm going to look up and see a face. 

Also- When I'm driving at night I know that someone (probably bloody) is going to run out from the woods and I'm going to hit them. Sometimes I go like 20mph just in case.

TyrannosaurusBex

I find non cutesy Halloween decorations scary! I'm a well-functioning normally rational adult, but Halloween decorations make me jump a little. Spiders and pumpkins are fine, but witches and ghosts really scare me! I run at night sometimes (with my dog with me for safety), and during the month of October, I actually get scared when I see the decorations. The other day it was foggy out and I stepped outside to go to work, and the neighbor has ghost decorations hanging from her tree, and my heart skipped an beat and I gasped, thinking, "DEMENTORS!" It's ridiculous!

gardeniagirlknits

I snowboard, but I WILL NOT ski.. And the only reason I can come up with is that I may tumble onto my own poles and they could peirce through my body... Ugh...

Also... The ice skating over fingers business... That is why I won't ice skate.

Also, we backpack in the back country... And I'm always super scared that a cougar is going to attack me from behind while I'm peeing in the woods in the middle of the night. What a way to go out....