Non-clicky poll: What (irrational) thing scares you?

BlueRidge8 · March 2011

We all know normal human fears (safety, health of family, etc.) but what irrational or silly thing gives you the goose bumps?

BlueRidge8 · March 2011

For me: mirrors at night. Holdover from 4th grade sleepovers with Bloody Mary.

We keep a mirror in LO's room for playtime (she loves the baby in the mirror) but I always put it in the closet before she goes to bed.

VABride2008 · March 2011

I have a crazy, crazy fear of spiders. There have been several times I will be dreaming and I will jump out of bed and start screaming, ripping my clothes off and freaking out. I get this cold sweat when I see a spider and my heart starts racing. My husband gets quite the show.

I also love roller coasters, but right before getting on one, I start to think about what if something went wrong?

LILBIT1221 · March 2011

Clowns and Bridges. I am convinced that I will die by clown / bridge death in some way shape or form. ::shivers::

MotuCat · March 2011

Going into the bathroom at night and thinking there is something behind the closed shower curtain. Especially if I hear a noise. I know there isn't anything, but I have to check. The whole time I'm thinking "Hey, this is when the dumb chick in the movie always gets it. When she pulls back the shower curtain."

Nicole287 · March 2011

I can not stand long hallways at all. If I have to walk down one I have my head down the whole time. I have no idea why but they just freak me out.

I also can't stand looking out the window at night. For some reason I always think I'm going to see some scary face when I do. I also don't like looking at mirrors at night for the same reason.

kellelle01 · March 2011

I refuse to get the laundry out of basement if it's dark outside. I'm convinced someone is down there waiting for me, even though I was down there an hour earlier when it was light out when I started the wash. I make DH and the dog go get it together or we take a "family trip" to the basement together. I'm ridiculous.

samanthat09 · March 2011

I hate elevators! they always seem unstable! And my step mom use to think it was funny to jump when we were in the elevator and it would scare the crap out of me!

AMossy · March 2011

1.) Sirens -- always have, even when I was a baby, my mom has told me. They used to give me panic attacks. I've had to go to therapy for it.

2.) Escalators freak me out. I'm super slow about getting on them. I think it stems from a Resuce 911 episode when I was little about a small boy getting his shoelace caught in it.

scoutkate · March 2011

It's probably more of a gross-out than a fear, but I am extremely anti-sponge. Just looking at a sponge gives me the willies, unless it's fresh from the wrapper.

erincon8 · March 2011

I hate being home by myself or just me and Kylie. I will turn on lights on each floor and have the TV going on each floor. Everyone makes fun of me b/c I have done this since the 1st time I was ever left home alone, even if it's just for 10 minutes.

MrsG NC · March 2011

samanthat09:
I hate elevators! they always seem unstable! And my step mom use to think it was funny to jump when we were in the elevator and it would scare the crap out of me!

Elevators for me. I don't care if I need to go to the 48th floor of a building..I'm taking the stairs. I have a terrible fear of them.

Your stepmom would have gotten a big throat punch from me! That would scare me to death.

KJmashup · March 2011

Fog. I feel like it suffocates me.

RunningWife · March 2011

Demonic possession.

It's so out there, but movies like The Exorcist, etc...I cant' watch them. The glowing eyes and weird voices freak me the freak out.

JuberP · March 2011

AMossy:
2.) Escalators freak me out. I'm super slow about getting on them. I think it stems from a Resuce 911 episode when I was little about a small boy getting his shoelace caught in it.

This happened to me as a little girl - I rode an escalator down into a busy hotel lobby and my shoelace got stuck in the grate. I was laying on the ground with my shoe stuck and all of these people staring at me. I think a bellman ran over and yanked it out. It was very tramautic for me at the time.

I fear that I'm going to hear a man's voice in the baby monitor...I heard a door creak through the monitor the other night and just about peed my pants. Do you face your fear and save your baby (of course) or hide under the covers?

Libby1978 · March 2011

I'm scared of roaches, but only my husband considers that irrational. Those things creep me out.

My irrational fear is that I'm still afraid to let my 12 year olds eat hard candy because I think they might choke! I'm sure they eat it when I'm not present, but I won't let them eat it with my knowledge! I know, I'm a freak!

AMossy · March 2011

JuberP:
AMossy:
2.) Escalators freak me out. I'm super slow about getting on them. I think it stems from a Resuce 911 episode when I was little about a small boy getting his shoelace caught in it.
This happened to me as a little girl - I rode an escalator down into a busy hotel lobby and my shoelace got stuck in the grate. I was laying on the ground with my shoe stuck and all of these people staring at me. I think a bellman ran over and yanked it out. It was very tramautic for me at the time.
I fear that I'm going to hear a man's voice in the baby monitor...I heard a door creak through the monitor the other night and just about peed my pants. Do you face your fear and save your baby (of course) or hide under the covers?

The baby monitor scares me too!!!

nikipau144 · March 2011

U-Haul or other rental trucks on the road. I always feel like the people driving them are not experienced enough since they are rented. Mind you, most people are fine when driving them, however the fear when driving next to one is always there. LoL

Also, ticks. To the extreme. I find ticks to be the ultimate when it comes to gross.

nikki368 · March 2011

AMossy:
JuberP:

AMossy:
2.) Escalators freak me out. I'm super slow about getting on them. I think it stems from a Resuce 911 episode when I was little about a small boy getting his shoelace caught in it.

This happened to me as a little girl - I rode an escalator down into a busy hotel lobby and my shoelace got stuck in the grate. I was laying on the ground with my shoe stuck and all of these people staring at me. I think a bellman ran over and yanked it out. It was very tramautic for me at the time.

I fear that I'm going to hear a man's voice in the baby monitor...I heard a door creak through the monitor the other night and just about peed my pants. Do you face your fear and save your baby (of course) or hide under the covers?

The baby monitor scares me too!!!

The baby monitor thing freaks me out too! I'm paranoid that I'm going to hear someone or something over it that shouldn't be there! The video monitor freaks me out too. We don't have one for this very reason. I'm afraid I'll see someone in his room!

armywife0528 · March 2011

So funny you should ask this. The other night a friend of mine came to stay with us because she was evacuated from her home due to an encroaching wildfire. She was telling the story of how she saw the fire, and she said she saw her neighbors outside looking at something and then they started running. Immediately, and without really thinking about it, I told her that if I saw my neighbors suddenly running with no precipitant I could see, I would instantly think it was zombies. Freaking zombies. Yeah, that's rational, right? It's totally true, though.

Sometimes when I am outside at night, and it is really quiet I think, "The zombies might be attacking right now. If they showed my house in an aerial view, you would probably see hordes of zombies and blood spatter on the street." After I made this little confession to my friend, we googled my irrational fear. It's called ambulothanatophobia. The other thing is that it's not really an irrational fear for me. It's just something I kind of matter-of-factly think. Quiet neighborhood = massive zombie attack.

aabreu32 · March 2011

BlueRidge8:
We all know normal human fears (safety, health of family, etc.) but what irrational or silly thing gives you the goose bumps?

Getting hooked by a fishing hook

aabreu32 · March 2011

LILBIT1221:
Clowns and Bridges. I am convinced that I will die by clown / bridge death in some way shape or form. ::shivers::

Oh this too - Clowns - and they can sense it. If I am ever near a Clown they single me out to mess with me.

BlueRidge8 · March 2011

armywife0528:
So funny you should ask this. The other night a friend of mine came to stay with us because she was evacuated from her home due to an encroaching wildfire. She was telling the story of how she saw the fire, and she said she saw her neighbors outside looking at something and then they started running. Immediately, and without really thinking about it, I told her that if I saw my neighbors suddenly running with no precipitant I could see, I would instantly think it was zombies. Freaking zombies. Yeah, that's rational, right? It's totally true, though.
Sometimes when I am outside at night, and it is really quiet I think, "The zombies might be attacking right now. If they showed my house in an aerial view, you would probably see hordes of zombies and blood spatter on the street." After I made this little confession to my friend, we googled my irrational fear. It's called ambulothanatophobia. The other thing is that it's not really an irrational fear for me. It's just something I kind of matter-of-factly think. Quiet neighborhood = massive zombie attack.

I totally have a Zombie evac plan.

historychick79 · March 2011

Getting stung by a bee. I've never been stung, and imagine the pain really can't be that bad. But every time one gets too close I am outta there.

historychick79 · March 2011

kellelle01:
I refuse to get the laundry out of basement if it's dark outside. I'm convinced someone is down there waiting for me, even though I was down there an hour earlier when it was light out when I started the wash. I make DH and the dog go get it together or we take a "family trip" to the basement together. I'm ridiculous.

FWIW I had an apartment with a really creepy basement once. It was always super freezing, my roommate and I would find the clothes basket full of clothes turned upside down without explanation, or the detergents would be somewhere we clearly wouldn't have put them (floor behind dryer). Once I went down there at night to switch from washer to dryer and seriously swore I heard an angry male voice whispering to me 'get out, get out, get out.' Ran and never went down at dark again. After that, friends of ours did a pagan/wiccan cleansing spell down there and it seriously calmed down the atmosphere, but I was never comfortable there.

Bella Moochie · March 2011

Clowns, clowns, clowns, clowns, clowns! My friend collects clowns. Every time I go over to her house, I have to stand/sit in the far corner so all of her clowns are in front of me and not next to me or beside me. I know, I sound like a total freak show!

hopkins5 · March 2011

Bella Moochie:
Clowns, clowns, clowns, clowns, clowns! My friend collects clowns. Every time I go over to her house, I have to stand/sit in the far corner so all of her clowns are in front of me and not next to me or beside me. I know, I sound like a total freak show!

You're not alone *shivers

Brian'sWifey · March 2011

VABride2008:
I have a crazy, crazy fear of spiders. There have been several times I will be dreaming and I will jump out of bed and start screaming, ripping my clothes off and freaking out. I get this cold sweat when I see a spider and my heart starts racing. My husband gets quite the show.

This is me exactly. I can't even kill them with a shoe because I can feel their bodies crunching and splattering underneath the shoe. Also, my brother killed a spider once and a million baby spiders came crawling out. :shivers:

snansley · March 2011

Ants. Sugar ants overran my playroom as a kid.

Rushing water. I love the ocean, but tell me we are go white water rafting and I will cry.

Aloe0l · March 2011

nikki368:
AMossy:
JuberP:

AMossy:
2.) Escalators freak me out. I'm super slow about getting on them. I think it stems from a Resuce 911 episode when I was little about a small boy getting his shoelace caught in it.

This happened to me as a little girl - I rode an escalator down into a busy hotel lobby and my shoelace got stuck in the grate. I was laying on the ground with my shoe stuck and all of these people staring at me. I think a bellman ran over and yanked it out. It was very tramautic for me at the time.

I fear that I'm going to hear a man's voice in the baby monitor...I heard a door creak through the monitor the other night and just about peed my pants. Do you face your fear and save your baby (of course) or hide under the covers?

The baby monitor scares me too!!!

The baby monitor thing freaks me out too! I'm paranoid that I'm going to hear someone or something over it that shouldn't be there! The video monitor freaks me out too. We don't have one for this very reason. I'm afraid I'll see someone in his room!

The monitor doesn't freak me out - but, thinking about it TOTALLY reminds me of the movie "Paranormal Activity" which, brings me to my irrational fear that there is/will be a demon or an evil ghost in my house that will attack me. There are times I'm just totally creeped out and will "run" from my bed to the bathroom and back in the middle of the night. Man, being pregnant and having those irrational thoughts with having to pee 5x's a night SUCKED!

jrolls79 · March 2011

hopkins5:

Bella Moochie:
Clowns, clowns, clowns, clowns, clowns! My friend collects clowns. Every time I go over to her house, I have to stand/sit in the far corner so all of her clowns are in front of me and not next to me or beside me. I know, I sound like a total freak show!

You're not alone *shivers

I'm TERRIFIED of clowns! And the Easter Bunny. And I don't like people touching the nape of my neck. I don't know why but I freak out if someone touches my neck.

insertclevername · March 2011

armywife0528:

So funny you should ask this. The other night a friend of mine came to stay with us because she was evacuated from her home due to an encroaching wildfire. She was telling the story of how she saw the fire, and she said she saw her neighbors outside looking at something and then they started running. Immediately, and without really thinking about it, I told her that if I saw my neighbors suddenly running with no precipitant I could see, I would instantly think it was zombies. Freaking zombies. Yeah, that's rational, right? It's totally true, though.

Sometimes when I am outside at night, and it is really quiet I think, "The zombies might be attacking right now. If they showed my house in an aerial view, you would probably see hordes of zombies and blood spatter on the street." After I made this little confession to my friend, we googled my irrational fear. It's called ambulothanatophobia. The other thing is that it's not really an irrational fear for me. It's just something I kind of matter-of-factly think. Quiet neighborhood = massive zombie attack.

I have an irrational fear of zombies as well. I never knew it was an actual fear. I used to bartend and whenever I was walking back to my apartment at 3am I would be on high alert for zombies. I also tried to plan where I would hide if there was a zombie attack. I decided that I would hide in the dryer but now that I have DH, 2 cats and LO we wouldn't all fit.

JuberP · March 2011

Aloe0l:
The monitor doesn't freak me out - but, thinking about it TOTALLY reminds me of the movie "Paranormal Activity" which, brings me to my irrational fear that there is/will be a demon or an evil ghost in my house that will attack me.

Exactly why I couldn't see this movie. I saw a preview and knew it would feed into my fear too much!

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Jessi+Aiden · March 2011

Blue food. Snow cones, blue drinks, blue frosting, it all freaks me out. If my DH doesn't want to share a sweet with me he knows all he has to do is buy something blue and I wont touch it!

nlionberger · March 2011

nikipau144:

U-Haul or other rental trucks on the road. I always feel like the people driving them are not experienced enough since they are rented. Mind you, most people are fine when driving them, however the fear when driving next to one is always there. LoL

Also, ticks. To the extreme. I find ticks to be the ultimate when it comes to gross.

My car got ran over by a Penske truck my senior year. True story. And ditto on the roaches. *shudder*

MrsH44 · March 2011

I'm afraid of deer (yeah, like Bambi) and drive through car washes (can't do it).

LuJackCity · March 2011

Let me give you the condensed version.

1. Being impaled by something flying off a truck in front of me while driving.

2. Getting some sort of parasite

3. One of the kids falling and hitting their head and a brain bleed going unnoticed

4. Ummm... Everything to do with escalators. I can't handle them

5. Getting a splinter and dying from an infection

I see the danger in everything, it's not a good way to live life. I wouldn't say I'm overly cautious though.

J+MS · March 2011

I second demonic possesion.

Also, ever since Izzy was born, I have anxiety about driving in a car with her. I'm really nervous if we have to take a long drive, it's almost stopped me from running errands but I just tell myself to stop being ridiculous.