What are your irrational fears?

wiggyslilsis · February 2014

I thought about this last night when I rolled over and saw some of the window peeking through the blinds and freaked out but then had to convince myself to get out of bed because putting your feet on the floor at night is scary.

I am always terrified there is someone outside the window at night. All our windows must be covered.

And of course the monster under the bed that will eat your feet.

And I hate flushing the toilet in the dark. I have to run out of the bathroom.

I'm a weirdo.

RayRay007 · February 2014

Swimming with fish. I cant even water ski or tube in case I fall off in the middle of the lake with ::gasp:: fish!

TheBub · February 2014

Honestly...I spend A LOT of time obsessing about my action plan if we really are faced with a zombie apocalypse.

LuckyDad · February 2014

TheBub said:

Honestly...I spend A LOT of time obsessing about my action plan if we really are faced with a zombie apocalypse.

FFTC: This is one of the reasons I've considered gun ownership. More specifically any sort of apocalypse scenario that brings out the worst in people.

TheBub · February 2014

LuckyDad said:

TheBub said:

Honestly...I spend A LOT of time obsessing about my action plan if we really are faced with a zombie apocalypse.

FFTC: This is one of the reasons I've considered gun ownership. More specifically any sort of apocalypse scenario that brings out the worst in people.

I know what you mean! I am NOT a gun person, but what the hell am I going to do when the zombies come?!?!

Smootchy · February 2014

MrsButt said:

I'm really freaked out by mice

there is a mouse/mice in our attic. That fucking thing was making so much noise last night, I was sure it was eating it's way through our ceiling.

<----didn't sleep a wink.

chardonnay24 · February 2014

I am pretty much always convinced that there is a murderer lurking in or near our apartment. I'm paranoid about having doors and windows locked at night. One night, my H forgot to close the bedroom door and I woke up in a panic thinking that there was someone in our room. I woke him up and made him search the whole house for intruders.

shadypines · February 2014

Open space....

And I try to sit with my back to the wall (most places).

Closet door must be closed at night.

kmm2150 · February 2014

I'm irrationally scared of a house fire. I hate having unnecessary things plugged in for fear of an electrical fire. I constantly strategize how we'd get out of the house.

On a related note I am always afraid to touch things that could burn me (cookie sheet, iron etc) even after I know they aren't hot anymore.

nanabanana06 · February 2014

Things with wings. We're not talking airplanes, but things like birds, bees, bats... butterflies. I once had a panic attack inside of a butterfly house as a child. I really dislike things that fly.

Helenahhandbasket · February 2014

The woods.

Smootchy · February 2014

I always run up basement stairs. No matter who's house.

....because there is a monster/serial killer behind me. ALWAYS.

Ratpasta · February 2014

dirty socks. Not afraid of them per se, but......... :-S

lildevil968 · February 2014

I can't sit with my back to other people. I have to sit with my back against the wall, that way no one can come up behind me, and attack me.

I fucking hate clowns, and mannequins with every fiber of my being.

littlestjerry · February 2014

My most irrational fear is those metal tape measurers that snap back really quick. Fuck those things.

lildevil968 · February 2014

TheBub said:

Honestly...I spend A LOT of time obsessing about my action plan if we really are faced with a zombie apocalypse.

The other day I was at the gym late at night by myself. I heard a crashing sound, and my mind automatically went to Zombie. I almost cried because my handgun was at home, and I was going to get eaten alive.

NeneCakies · February 2014

I had a recurring nightmare about crashing in a car with no brakes that delayed my driving until my 20s until I could control the knee knocking panic I had behind the wheel. I'm happy to report I am now an excellent driver.

I also irrationally fear hurting DDs toys as if they could feel it and get mad at me. I has the Toy Story feels.

Ratpasta · February 2014

lildevil968 said:

I fucking hate clowns

my wife is incredibly scared of clowns as well BUT..... good news!

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/exclusive-national-clown-shortage-approaching-article-1.1616801

"As the “Greatest Show on Earth” returns to Brooklyn Thursday, circus folk fear a national clown shortage is on the horizon.

Membership at the country’s largest trade organizations for the jokesters has plunged over the past decade as declining interest, old age and higher standards among employers align against Krusty, Bozo and their crimson-nosed colleagues."

shadypines · February 2014

Also don't like going over bridges....

studyinpink · February 2014

I'm irrationally afraid of my DH and both DDs getting in a car accident and dying. Like I have that thought every time they leave to go somewhere.

I'm afraid of being in a car accident.

Afraid is crashing into a body of water in a car and drowning.

Seeing a common theme?

Also afraid or creepers at the window which seems to be common.

Maebb · February 2014

I'm afraid of bugs getting on me when I'm naked. Like one time I felt something on my arm in the shower, and I thought, "Oh, that must be a hair," but then I looked down, and it was a spider, and I flipped out. But I don't think that's an irrational fear.

wiggyslilsis · February 2014

I am scared of almost everything everybody has said. I am a scaredy cat!

I am terrified that I am going to wreck my car in water and be trapped inside.

MamatoA2010 · February 2014

Puking. Also, whenever I'm in my basement I run like hell to the top of the stairs thinking there is some scary monster who lurks in the dark waiting to get me.

robyn2201 · February 2014

Pincher bugs: I'm afraid they are going to come at me biting.

And then every night before turning out the lights, I have to make sure there is clear a path to all doors. No toys or what not in case there is a fire. I'm not worried about the fire in a sense but more so about tripping over something or stepping on it in an emergency.

angelashly · February 2014

Car accidents and a house fire. I constantly think about how we would get out.

amberdanielle68845 · February 2014

wiggyslilsis said:

I thought about this last night when I rolled over and saw some of the window peeking through the blinds and freaked out but then had to convince myself to get out of bed because putting your feet on the floor at night is scary. I am always terrified there is someone outside the window at night. All our windows must be covered. And of course the monster under the bed that will eat your feet. And I hate flushing the toilet in the dark. I have to run out of the bathroom. I'm a weirdo.

To the bolded, this is me. I also cant sleep unless the covers are clear up to my neck no matter what and my feet can't stick out from the covers.

virgin4lyfe · February 2014

I am constantly convinced that every time I let my dog out after dark (my house you have to go out the door into the garage and let the dog out another door) is that when I let him in, a murderer has sneaked into my garage and is waiting to kill me.
It's my vivid nightmare. I have to run inside with the dog and slam the door behind me and lock it immediately.
The reason it's irrational is that my dog is loud and no one is sneaking past him into my garage unnoticed any time soon.

BlueRidge8 · February 2014

Mirrors in dark rooms (Bloody Mary, 4th grade, shenanigans)

Oh, thought of another one: throwing something over any kind of ledge. I feel like my arm just going over the thing is going to bring with it the rest of my body.

Also, electronic devices battery power dying. But I'm seeing a therapist about this one.

colliebabe · February 2014

That someone is going to attack me while I'm buckling DD into her carseat..

missymo · February 2014

I have sooooo many irrational fears. Most stem from watching too much Cold Case as an adult and too many horror movies as a child.

Rationally, I know that Basketcase is not coming for me, but get me alone in a dark house and I'm hard to convince.

wiggyslilsis · February 2014

Oooh I thought of another one. We have a really high bridge nearby and we like to go up into the mountains and make snowballs and throw them off the bridge. Our dog lovessnow so we take him with us.

I won't let him out of the truck when we are up there because i have a fear he will jump off the bridge because he doesn't know better.

allrightmeow · February 2014

Lakes because Creep Show

I don't ever force a difficult poo because I will burst a blood vessel and I'll be the lady who died while taking a shit.

I don't like to have the blinds open at night because they're out there.....watching......

Im not a fan of rest stops because I firmly believe 80% of truckers are serial killers.

laurakaz13 · February 2014

That I will be eaten by a shark. Even when I'm in a pool or lake, I still think one is going to get me.

blueyd1 · February 2014

When I was 8 months pregnant, I was thisclose to getting rear ended by this idiot on his phone. I had no where to go as I was sitting at a red light in the middle lane during rush-hour traffic. All I could do was throw my seat far back and put my hands over my belly. He stopped literally two inches from my bumper. Since then, I constantly watch my rearview mirror when I'm at a stoplight.

@CTGirl30: I'm the same way with biscuit canisters. I can't open them because the pop terrifies me. I always have someone else open them for me.

blueyd1 · February 2014

LauraT25 said:

fredalina said:

I always look in the mail box before reaching in. I either saw a Murder She Wrote type show where someone put a poisonous snake in a mailbox or imagined one up, but ever since I was little I have to look first.

I do this too! I don't know what I think is going to be in there.

I refuse to get my mail if it's dark out because I worry there will be a spider in there waiting to bite me. If I can't see into the mailbox, the mail is staying in there.

lollitots · February 2014

Dying after I have strapped DDs in their car seat but before I get into the car myself. Like being hit by another driver walking around the car and no one knowing my kids are strapped inside. I still have this fear even though my kids now and can get out on her own. Wolves. Think they are scary nasty creatures. I can't stand them. I have this reoccurring nightmare where a pack of wolves is chasing me around my childhood home. I am doing everything right, but no matter how many I kill another wolf from the pack is about to get me. I am cringing as I write this! True story - I sent my 5 year old out to get the mail. She is trained to tell me if she sees any big black spiders, as this area has black widows (and they love the kids playhouse). Sure enough, a black widow had taken up residence in our mail box. I don't know how long she was there as I stuck my hand in and out getting mail. Long enough to make an egg sac. The kid just happened to be eye level to see straight into the back of the mail box.

Kitiara5512 · February 2014

zombie apocalypse / alien invasion

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