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Irrational Fears?
I'm pretty sure we have done this before but it was a long time ago and I'm too lazy to look back that far. I had to write an essay for school on coulrophobia (the fear of clowns). Coincidentally I freaking HAAATE clowns.
My irrational fears, or so I have been told they are rather irrational, are clowns and ventriloquist dummies. I have R.L. Stein, Stephen King, and John Wayne Gacy to thank for those fears. Ventriloquist dummies are freaking weird and their faces are scary. Clowns dress funny, wear make-up, and you can't trust them.
ETA: I meant to ask if anyone else wanted to share their fears?
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Re: Irrational Fears?
I can't shower alone in the house if the slider into the back yard isn't locked.
I hate spiders a lot.
And I'm sure there are a bunch more but right now I can't think of them.
Photo bomb, yeah!
I'm irrationally afraid of...
Bugs crawling into my ears and laying eggs while I'm sleeping.
Breaking fingers while I'm by myself and seeing them at unnatural angles. I have no idea how I'd get to the hospital due to the fact that I'd be passed out (I'm extremely squeamish, if you can't tell).
Seeing a ghost when I wake up in the middle of the night. I try not to open my eyes in the dark.
Things that go bump in the night.
I don't like eating large mushrooms if I can tell what they are. Something about the gills.
In general though I'm just a paranoid person. I don't like to do anything that might make it easier for someone to hurt me or my family.
Heights.
Staying in hotels on a floor higher than 3 or 4. I have this fear something will happen and I'll be too high up to make it out.
The most beautiful place on earth to me: Glacier NP
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The dark. I have night lights all over the house.
Roaches. They literally make me physically ill.
Red eyes. I saw a creepy movie where the bad guy had red eyes and when its pitch black I imagine those red eyes.
Being alone. Partially why I co-sleep with my babies. I hate being alone, especially at night.
My bedroom closets have to be completely shut at night.
And more recently, I can't get the thought out of my head that if something happens to me while DH is deployed (i.e. I drop dead), no one will know and LO will be by herself. I recently quit my job to stay home with my daughter and while I have acquaintenances here, I don't have any super close friends I see or talk to every day. Ridiculous, I know.
I don't like the dark because I can't see what is in the dark.
I don't like clowns because I can't see their faces. If they attack me or someone else, I can't identify them. That is what bothers me the most about them.
Immediately upon entering a room or building, I make a point to know where every exit is. I start going through plans in my head in case of any emergency. "What if a gun man comes in and starts shooting? What object are around me that can be used as cover? What objects can I use as a weapon? Who else in this building is capable of taking said gunman out? Which people in here look sketchy?" If I ever meet any of you anywhere, you'll know immediately if I trust you to cover my back by where I sit.
I don't like mirrors or closets at night. I have a mirror to the left of my bed and a closet to the right. If J is home, I face the mirror since he is between me and the closet. If he isn't home, I face the closet because, in my silly head, the closet is more of a threat than the mirror.
F3F, I totally feel you on the red eyes thing. I took my daughter to a pet store to get a hamster once. She completely fell in love with a red eyed little booger. I broke her little heart and mad her pick one with black eyes. I couldn't stand the thought of having that thing in my house and having to look at it. **shiver**
I can't deal with worms or slugs. They gross me out.
This is why I'm paranoid of taking a shower with the slider unlocked. I had a friend in college who slept with her slider in her bedroom open and woke up one morning to a stranger standing over her. The blankets had been pulled back and he had a knife to her pajama pants. Thankfully she screamed and he ran off but still totally freaky.
And it does not help that my roommates my first year of college let the creepiest guy in the entire school in my room and I woke up to him standing over me.
I can't sleep with any part of any limb off the bed. I'm afraid something is going to get it.
I also am always afraid of the house burning down when I'm gone with my 2 puppies inside. I won't leave any appliance on when I leave.
I am also guilty of this.
I forgot about this one, but this is my newest fear. I think it stems from when I work all day and M is in the field. I worry something will happen on those days & I wont know until its too late.
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I live in an apartment so I'm terrified some idiot neighbor will set the building on fire with no one to help my poor fur baby
Alas, I also have anxiety problems so I also check to see if she's breathing in the middle of the night too.
Photo bomb, yeah!
This, also.
I used to be afraid of this too, but my Great Dane has an 'irrational fear' of the fire alarm... to the point of the fact that even when we test them, or the power goes out and they beep once, he literally has learned to unlock and open the sliding glass door to the back yard.
I wish my cats could do that! I am also afraid of the house burning down with them inside. My husband asked why we bought a crock pot if I'll never leave it on when I'm not home. I take it to work and plug it in. No joke.
This is awesome! I wish we could teach ours that!
I didn't know you had a Great Dane?!
My most ridiculous irrational fear is that I'm afraid to open a can of biscuits or rolls because the pop is sometimes really loud. I hate it so much I only buy frozen biscuits/rolls. DH will buy the cans and I have to leave the room when he opens them. He finds this hilarious.
This is going to sound mean, but I'm sincere. Is it exhausting having all these fears? It wouldn't have even occurred to me to fear most on this list. But, I'l logical like a Vulcan, so I know I'm the unusual one.
Out of those listed, bugs in my ears is the only thing that creeps me out. Effing earwigs. Also, I do get wobbly legs if I'm up high. It's getting worse as I get older, too. I'm much more timid than I used to be when walking down a slippery mountainside.
I used to occasionally think what would happen if something happened to me while I was living alone, but I never really thought about it beyond curiosity. If I was dead, I certainly wouldn't be around to care. When I had a dog, she would have eventually barked her head off enough for the cops to come.
I fear locked in syndrome and The Stand.
You trusted me!! This makes me happy.