Sunday, December 7, 2008
Gregg
Ever since I was little I would refuse to sleep with and arm or leg hanging over the side of my bed. I know it is crazy, but I am terrified that if I leave an extremity hanging down blood will pool in my hand or foot and not be able to get back to the rest of my body and I will have to get the limb amputated.
Rudi
ok, my biggest irrational fear is a T-rex.
yeah, T-rex the creature known to be dead for 65 million years. Whenever I walk down the street I'm afraid that a T.rex is gonna turn the corner and see me.
My other irrational fear is very large animals, (elephants, giraffes, and such) cause I know that sooner or later they're gonna be pissed off for being locked up in a zoo all damn day.
My other irrational fear is the mentally handicapped. I've met alot of mentally disabled people and they can be some of the sweetest people on the face of the earth, but I always have a niggling doubt in the back of my mind that they want to eat me.
I'm also afraid of anyone finding my porn. It could be Hugh Heffner, Ron Jeremy, and Gene Simmons sitting in a room full of naked women and I wouild be absolutly mortified if they found my porn.
Also when i was a kid I was afraid spiderman lived in my closet, and the sesame street gang was trying to kill me.
yeah, T-rex the creature known to be dead for 65 million years. Whenever I walk down the street I'm afraid that a T.rex is gonna turn the corner and see me.
My other irrational fear is very large animals, (elephants, giraffes, and such) cause I know that sooner or later they're gonna be pissed off for being locked up in a zoo all damn day.
My other irrational fear is the mentally handicapped. I've met alot of mentally disabled people and they can be some of the sweetest people on the face of the earth, but I always have a niggling doubt in the back of my mind that they want to eat me.
I'm also afraid of anyone finding my porn. It could be Hugh Heffner, Ron Jeremy, and Gene Simmons sitting in a room full of naked women and I wouild be absolutly mortified if they found my porn.
Also when i was a kid I was afraid spiderman lived in my closet, and the sesame street gang was trying to kill me.
Peripa
I'm terribly, horribly, afraid of raw poultry. The thought of touching it makes my heart race, and I start to panic. I've been practicing, and I am now able to transfer raw chicken breasts to a baking sheet, with a fork, without crying. Yay me.
I've no idea where this comes from, other than that my mother overcooks poultry because she's worried about Salmonella, so probably from her, I guess.
Fun story: About 6 years ago I decided to be really brave and make a roasted chicken. Problem: I had to take the insides out - the little gizzardy bag, you know? I didn't have any plastic gloves, and there was no way I was capable of reaching into that void without protection, so I taped plastic grocery bags over my hands. Turns out I still couldn't touch it, so I picked the whole chicken up with a couple of forks (bags still taped on) and cooked it with the insides still inside. I couldn't eat it, but my husband said it tasted fine.
I've never attempted to roast a chicken again.
I also have an aversion to houseplants. I'm not so much afraid of them as I think they lean towards me because they can tell I don't like them. So... basically I think houseplants are like cats. Sheesh.
I've no idea where this comes from, other than that my mother overcooks poultry because she's worried about Salmonella, so probably from her, I guess.
Fun story: About 6 years ago I decided to be really brave and make a roasted chicken. Problem: I had to take the insides out - the little gizzardy bag, you know? I didn't have any plastic gloves, and there was no way I was capable of reaching into that void without protection, so I taped plastic grocery bags over my hands. Turns out I still couldn't touch it, so I picked the whole chicken up with a couple of forks (bags still taped on) and cooked it with the insides still inside. I couldn't eat it, but my husband said it tasted fine.
I've never attempted to roast a chicken again.
I also have an aversion to houseplants. I'm not so much afraid of them as I think they lean towards me because they can tell I don't like them. So... basically I think houseplants are like cats. Sheesh.
Brendon K
I can't sleep in a car or plane, as I'm afraid that if I fall asleep it'll crash, even though I know if I was awake, it would still crash.
Ulysses Rex
This only happens when I lie awake in bed at night, but sometimes I begin paying attention to my heart. Like, really close attention. The fear begins with my noticing its beating. Then I ask the inevitable question: why does it keep beating on its own like that? Why don't I have control over it? Then, suddenly, the fear comes: what if I suddenly gained control over my own heart? I start imagining that I am in fact influencing its timing by just concentrating on it. Then I try not to concentrate on it. This happens every single night.
Oh, and I fear my own poop.
Note from Lounsey: I think this e-mail is amazing. A lot of it has to do with how well the fear was described...but mostly it was the last bit, just slipped in in 1 sentance at the end!
Oh, and I fear my own poop.
Note from Lounsey: I think this e-mail is amazing. A lot of it has to do with how well the fear was described...but mostly it was the last bit, just slipped in in 1 sentance at the end!
Lisa Stone
have this irrational fear of being too far from hospitals. I refuse to go camping, I get panic attacks if I go driving in the country, and I pretty much refuse to be more than 10 minutes away from a hospital. I'm horrified that I'll have a heart attack or a stroke or something and be too far from help for them to save me. I can't leave the house without my cell phone with me just in case I start dying and have to call 911.
I used to be terrified of medicine. I wouldn't take any medicine because I was convinced that I was probably allergic to it and that it would kill me if I took it. I eventually got over that when I realized I was fucking insane lol.
I used to be terrified of medicine. I wouldn't take any medicine because I was convinced that I was probably allergic to it and that it would kill me if I took it. I eventually got over that when I realized I was fucking insane lol.
Anonymous
I am absolutely terrified of ventriloquist dummies, full body mannequins, and full body wax sculptures. I am terrified they will become sentient and kill me. In fact, I had a dream the other night that mannequins came to life in a store I was in and went on a murderous rampage and while I was escaping one ripped out my unborn child(I'm not really pregnant, that was just part of the dream, but I am also terrified of losing an unborn baby someday). Ventriloquist dummies scare me the most, and I refuse to see any movie or show with one in it. I have no idea where these fears stemmed from, they've just always been there.
I am terrified that something is hiding in the shower and will kill me while I am in the bathroom. No matter where I am, I have to check behind the shower curtain before I close the bathroom door. I also cannot go into a bathroom with a shower curtain during a power outage, even with a candle or flashlight. I'm afraid I won't see the thing in the shower and that it will tear me to shreds in the dark and that no one will hear me scream.
Everytime I drive over train tracks, my heart flutters and I get a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach and suffer a small panic attack until my car is entirely over the tracks. I have no idea where this came from, as I lived near a train track when I was a kid and no one ever died on it, and I also rode on a train once. Just for some reason I am terrified a train will come out of nowhere and kill me.
This is the only irrational fear that I know the cause of. When I was 15 my 3 year old cousin died in a car crash on a trip to Mexico. The day before my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins left, my grandma told me to call and tell them goodbye and have a safe trip.I said I would and never did because my aunt had started a huge fight at a family gathering the week before and I was mad at her. After my mom woke me up and told me about the crash, and it was confirmed at the funeral a few days later, I started having terrible night terrors. Every single night I dreamt of my dead cousin with his head bashed in, all my other family members dying, my cousin's decomposing bones, or me standing in the road and my uncle swerving to miss me, causing the fatal accident, or I dreamt of other horrific things. I thought I heard voices and I honestly believed that ghosts and things were trying to kill me while I slept, and I began sleeping with the light on. Many times I even crawled in bed with my mother, I was so afraid that something was actually trying to kill me and I was so desperate to get away from the dreams. This lasted until I was 17, when the dreams and spectres only occurred every so often. I still have the dreams occassionally, and I HAVE to sleep with the tv on so I have both light and sound, because I am still absolutely terrified that if I am in the dark and silence, the creatures/ghosts/whatever will seriously try to kill me. I am so ashamed that I am still afraid of the dark and afraid of things getting me in the dark, and I know I must have been the only teenager that crawled in bed with her mother because I was having nightmares. A guilty conscious is a terrible thing. :(
I am terrified that something is hiding in the shower and will kill me while I am in the bathroom. No matter where I am, I have to check behind the shower curtain before I close the bathroom door. I also cannot go into a bathroom with a shower curtain during a power outage, even with a candle or flashlight. I'm afraid I won't see the thing in the shower and that it will tear me to shreds in the dark and that no one will hear me scream.
Everytime I drive over train tracks, my heart flutters and I get a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach and suffer a small panic attack until my car is entirely over the tracks. I have no idea where this came from, as I lived near a train track when I was a kid and no one ever died on it, and I also rode on a train once. Just for some reason I am terrified a train will come out of nowhere and kill me.
This is the only irrational fear that I know the cause of. When I was 15 my 3 year old cousin died in a car crash on a trip to Mexico. The day before my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins left, my grandma told me to call and tell them goodbye and have a safe trip.I said I would and never did because my aunt had started a huge fight at a family gathering the week before and I was mad at her. After my mom woke me up and told me about the crash, and it was confirmed at the funeral a few days later, I started having terrible night terrors. Every single night I dreamt of my dead cousin with his head bashed in, all my other family members dying, my cousin's decomposing bones, or me standing in the road and my uncle swerving to miss me, causing the fatal accident, or I dreamt of other horrific things. I thought I heard voices and I honestly believed that ghosts and things were trying to kill me while I slept, and I began sleeping with the light on. Many times I even crawled in bed with my mother, I was so afraid that something was actually trying to kill me and I was so desperate to get away from the dreams. This lasted until I was 17, when the dreams and spectres only occurred every so often. I still have the dreams occassionally, and I HAVE to sleep with the tv on so I have both light and sound, because I am still absolutely terrified that if I am in the dark and silence, the creatures/ghosts/whatever will seriously try to kill me. I am so ashamed that I am still afraid of the dark and afraid of things getting me in the dark, and I know I must have been the only teenager that crawled in bed with her mother because I was having nightmares. A guilty conscious is a terrible thing. :(
Tallis Horst
Over the past couple years I have developed an irrational fear of bananas, and, because of a t-shirt I recently saw, think that at any moment, a bunch of bananas will suddenly split apart, grow arms and legs, find whatever is handy, and repeatedly stab me with it. I don't know what happened, i used to love bananas, as a small child they were my favorite fruit. then, as I began to mature, I found them disgusting and vile. It is almost tragic, the way bananas and I have turned out...almost poetic, really. Best friends turned to bitter enemies, and now wage a war for all eternity. Destroy the banana republic!!!!
Ixar Raxath
I only had two until I saw that picture, so my first is being the bugger in the front with all those naked people chasing me.
-My second irrational fear is sort-of heights but as long as what I'm standing on is solid (thick tree branch, balcony, etc) I'm fine, but if its a ladder or a small ledge, I wont go further up than I can jump off the ground. Even if Ive watched someone go up the same ladder to the top a hundred times without incident. Maybe I was dropped on my head as a kid. I know I had my head set on fire, but I'm still a pyro.
-My third fear is that someone will sneak up on me from a blind spot and try to kill me. I wear glasses and I have really bad vision so anything I'm not looking directly at is fuzzy and indistinct and looks rather like a person if I'm not paying attention. I'm just afraid it will be so I'm constantly looking over my shoulder.
And Ryan Campeau is right. DOB kicks ass
Note from Lounsey: I am one of those naked people. We were running out of the freezing water after Spencer Tunicks photo-shoot in Dublin (it was freezing cold, windy and raining, and it was 7am)..it was a freaking surreal and great morning.
-My second irrational fear is sort-of heights but as long as what I'm standing on is solid (thick tree branch, balcony, etc) I'm fine, but if its a ladder or a small ledge, I wont go further up than I can jump off the ground. Even if Ive watched someone go up the same ladder to the top a hundred times without incident. Maybe I was dropped on my head as a kid. I know I had my head set on fire, but I'm still a pyro.
-My third fear is that someone will sneak up on me from a blind spot and try to kill me. I wear glasses and I have really bad vision so anything I'm not looking directly at is fuzzy and indistinct and looks rather like a person if I'm not paying attention. I'm just afraid it will be so I'm constantly looking over my shoulder.
And Ryan Campeau is right. DOB kicks ass
Note from Lounsey: I am one of those naked people. We were running out of the freezing water after Spencer Tunicks photo-shoot in Dublin (it was freezing cold, windy and raining, and it was 7am)..it was a freaking surreal and great morning.
Kevin Schroeder
When I was a kid I went to watch Aladdin at the movie theaters and the theme song said that the guards would cut off you ears if they didn't like your face. I had to sleep on my side with my ear and most of my face covered for at least 10 years. Even after they changed the lyrics for the home video.
Anonymous
1. i have this fear of bees, I know this is relatively normal but I go to lengths no one should to avoid them. One particular case being I threw my entire carpet out my second floor window after rolling a bee inside, after which I went to the ground floor and shook out the carpet in attempt to shake the bee free from shag fibres. Thinking I effectively freed the bee I pulled the carpet back inside and realized (to my horror) that the bee was still attached. What followed was a potentially hilarious spectacle including throwing shoes, hiding behind my older brother, and an attempt to "sneak up" on the bee from behind and catch it in a glass cup. This, of course, would've been hilarious had I not been crying the entire time and... 16 years old.
2. My second fear is the whenever I pass anyone who's smoking a cigarette I think there just going abruptly turn around and burn me with it. I will go several paces out of my way to avoid someone who's smoking.
2. My second fear is the whenever I pass anyone who's smoking a cigarette I think there just going abruptly turn around and burn me with it. I will go several paces out of my way to avoid someone who's smoking.
Shaun
So, I've got an irrational fear of aliens. Specifically aliens at night. Whenever I go to get a drink of water at night, I'm always terrified that an alien will be hiding behind a door or corner and I'll see it on the way back or it'll walk out and glare at me. I'm not scared of what the alien will do after I see it, I'm just scared the actual sight of one. I think it's because it'll mean that intelligent life exists that's capable of interstellar travel, and the best thing they can find to do is hide around my house and scare me.
On that same subject, I'm scared that when I look out the window at night I'll see a UFO or alien, specifically ET the Extraterrestrial. I don't know why it's ET in specific and not the Signs aliens or a Klingon or whatever, I mean, I haven't even seen ET's movie.
Also, I'm terrified of cockroaches. I've even written a short story on my encounter with one of them after a shower. I'm pretty sure these buggers have something against me. More have ended up on my upper body than I dare to count (And there was one on my leg once, heading north, but I managed to remove him in a fit of wild flailing and screaming before he got close enough to do permanent mental damage. No other lower body encounters, thankfully), and everytime I see a decently sized one I have to scream or swear. Another weird thing is I'm not at all afraid of cockroaches in videogames or movies (The roach in Wall-E was so cute!), it's just their physical presence that bugs me.
On that same subject, I'm scared that when I look out the window at night I'll see a UFO or alien, specifically ET the Extraterrestrial. I don't know why it's ET in specific and not the Signs aliens or a Klingon or whatever, I mean, I haven't even seen ET's movie.
Also, I'm terrified of cockroaches. I've even written a short story on my encounter with one of them after a shower. I'm pretty sure these buggers have something against me. More have ended up on my upper body than I dare to count (And there was one on my leg once, heading north, but I managed to remove him in a fit of wild flailing and screaming before he got close enough to do permanent mental damage. No other lower body encounters, thankfully), and everytime I see a decently sized one I have to scream or swear. Another weird thing is I'm not at all afraid of cockroaches in videogames or movies (The roach in Wall-E was so cute!), it's just their physical presence that bugs me.
Angeline Purpura
1) That if I have my tongue between my teeth while biking that I will hit a bump and bite it off
2) That if I walk near a window at night a clown/monster/murderer/ET will jump out at me (I get the heebie jeebies just thinking about it now)
3) Toilet snakes
4) That if I encounter my students on the street while I am riding my bike, I will get hit by a car immediately after I cheerfully wave hello to them
5) That I may ever actually see a ghost. The Sixth Sense ruined my life
Katie Logan
1. Getting out of the shower, I have to cling onto something - the edge of the sink, the towel rail, even the shower curtain if I have to - because if I don't, I will clearly slip and break my neck on the bottom of the shower and no-one will find me for hours.
2. On that note, I'm also scared in the shower that it'll start leaking carbon monoxide and kill me, after I heard about someone that happened to. I'm not so scared I'll stop taking showers, but even so, every time I'm in the shower I find myself nervously checking that I'm not getting dizzy or anything. If I start to get dizzy I have to get out. Clinging onto the sink or towel rail or whatever. It's awkward.
3. I can't eat any fish in case there are bones in it. Because if there are bones they will get stuck in my throat and I'll die. Again.
4. Anyone putting their hands on my neck, ever. I apparently trust no-one not to strangle me.
5. I'm also weirdly scared every time I put on a top that I'll tear all my fingernails out. No idea where that one came from.
2. On that note, I'm also scared in the shower that it'll start leaking carbon monoxide and kill me, after I heard about someone that happened to. I'm not so scared I'll stop taking showers, but even so, every time I'm in the shower I find myself nervously checking that I'm not getting dizzy or anything. If I start to get dizzy I have to get out. Clinging onto the sink or towel rail or whatever. It's awkward.
3. I can't eat any fish in case there are bones in it. Because if there are bones they will get stuck in my throat and I'll die. Again.
4. Anyone putting their hands on my neck, ever. I apparently trust no-one not to strangle me.
5. I'm also weirdly scared every time I put on a top that I'll tear all my fingernails out. No idea where that one came from.
Rachel Romeo
1. Cotton. I hate cotton balls. I can not touch them or I will literally start to dry heave and want to pass out. My husband only makes this worse by biting his t-shirts making that cotton on teeth noise... ughh... Also whenever I go to the dentist I make myself look like an ass because I have to tell the doctor not put those cotton balls in my mouth. Usually when they ask why, I say I'm allergic even though I'd be wearing like blue jeans.
2. The dark. Only when indoors though. I mean think about it. If per se there was some sort of stalker/killer on the loose and after you. Would you rather be outdoors where you can run away as fast as you can screaming with the highly probable chance that someone else will notice you and take you to obvious safety. ORRR.. would you rather be in your house where if the killer/stalker were smart, they could just lock you in and take their time killing you. I think I've made my point that this is a rational fear.
3. Anytime I'm swimming, be it a lake, pool, river, or ocean, I swear to every God out there, that I can feel there is a river monster swimming up to get me. Nothing has to touch me or brush my leg or anything, I just know for a fact (when I'm swimming) that out of nowhere the sun will be blocked, I'll look to see by what, and all I'll see are teeth and a gullet. And if you'll notice I did say this happens in pools too.
4. This one comes from a kinda urban legend. My older sister told me about this crazy killer guy who would kill your dog then lick your hand when you were sleeping. I was like 6. So to this day I can not and will not sleep without all my hands/feet/fingers/toes firmly and securely tucked into my blanket. Cause everyone knows the guy can't kill your dog if he can't lick your hand.
5. This last one isn't an irrational fear. It's more of an irrational hatred. Of shortened names. My name is Rachel, and I see red if someone calls me Rach. I will never call someone by a shortened name and I absolutely hate it when others do. Except for Bill. I don't like the name William.
2. The dark. Only when indoors though. I mean think about it. If per se there was some sort of stalker/killer on the loose and after you. Would you rather be outdoors where you can run away as fast as you can screaming with the highly probable chance that someone else will notice you and take you to obvious safety. ORRR.. would you rather be in your house where if the killer/stalker were smart, they could just lock you in and take their time killing you. I think I've made my point that this is a rational fear.
3. Anytime I'm swimming, be it a lake, pool, river, or ocean, I swear to every God out there, that I can feel there is a river monster swimming up to get me. Nothing has to touch me or brush my leg or anything, I just know for a fact (when I'm swimming) that out of nowhere the sun will be blocked, I'll look to see by what, and all I'll see are teeth and a gullet. And if you'll notice I did say this happens in pools too.
4. This one comes from a kinda urban legend. My older sister told me about this crazy killer guy who would kill your dog then lick your hand when you were sleeping. I was like 6. So to this day I can not and will not sleep without all my hands/feet/fingers/toes firmly and securely tucked into my blanket. Cause everyone knows the guy can't kill your dog if he can't lick your hand.
5. This last one isn't an irrational fear. It's more of an irrational hatred. Of shortened names. My name is Rachel, and I see red if someone calls me Rach. I will never call someone by a shortened name and I absolutely hate it when others do. Except for Bill. I don't like the name William.
Jane Skinner
I have a fear of things that are infinite, or things that border on the infinite (although I know that "bordering on infinite" is a contradiction in terms, so be quiet). If I had to guess why I feel this way, it's probably because I was brought up in a fairly religious climate, and I heard too many stories about Hell and eternal damnation and spending all of said eternity roasting in a pit of sulfur. But frankly, the idea of an eternal Heaven is only slightly less scary to me. Wouldn't I get bored? Won't I get hungry? Will there be food and magazines there? I just can't handle it. I like my realities finite and graspable.
I have several fears that stem from this: 1. fear of giant land masses, especially the ocean. And secondly, and most importantly, fear of SPACE. Oh my God. I'm so scared of outer space and everything that has to do with outer space. You know that question about, would you rather spend a week in Paris, or 10 minutes on the moon? I would choose Paris. In fact, if someone offered me a trip to the moon or just staying home, I would pick just staying at home. In fact, if someone MADE me go into space, I would pay them the monetary equivalent of a week in Paris in order to not go. That's right: I would bribe someone to not make me go into space. There are aliens there, and also no air, and also it fucking goes on forever.
I have several fears that stem from this: 1. fear of giant land masses, especially the ocean. And secondly, and most importantly, fear of SPACE. Oh my God. I'm so scared of outer space and everything that has to do with outer space. You know that question about, would you rather spend a week in Paris, or 10 minutes on the moon? I would choose Paris. In fact, if someone offered me a trip to the moon or just staying home, I would pick just staying at home. In fact, if someone MADE me go into space, I would pay them the monetary equivalent of a week in Paris in order to not go. That's right: I would bribe someone to not make me go into space. There are aliens there, and also no air, and also it fucking goes on forever.
Stephanie Fitzner
MY Irrational fear: My totally ridiculous irrational fear is that when I use the toilet a hand is going to reach up and grab and suck me into the sewers. It has gotten to the point where I must watch between my legs while using to toilet to make sure nothing grabs me.
I am terrified to open blinds at night. I'm scared that there'll be a murderer staring at me and then they'll smash through the window and kill me.
Also, I can't look out the window when I'm driving on a highways surrounded by trees at night. I'm scared that I'll see some dead person and they'll be all dead and they'll slowly walk towards the car, then, the car for some reason will stop in it's tracks and the doors'll jam and the dead person will eat us.
I'm scared that when I'm sleeping in the basement and I hear my family walking upstairs that it's really some person with a big machine gun and they'll come downtstairs and shoot me until I'm full of holes.
Also, I fear that when I'm cooking I'll trip and fall face first into the frying pan and my face will fall off.
I am terrified to open blinds at night. I'm scared that there'll be a murderer staring at me and then they'll smash through the window and kill me.
Also, I can't look out the window when I'm driving on a highways surrounded by trees at night. I'm scared that I'll see some dead person and they'll be all dead and they'll slowly walk towards the car, then, the car for some reason will stop in it's tracks and the doors'll jam and the dead person will eat us.
I'm scared that when I'm sleeping in the basement and I hear my family walking upstairs that it's really some person with a big machine gun and they'll come downtstairs and shoot me until I'm full of holes.
Also, I fear that when I'm cooking I'll trip and fall face first into the frying pan and my face will fall off.
Amy Bryant
I fear man-made objects in water. For example, a lake doesn't bother me. But if there is a bridge across the lake, the place where the supports go into the water bothers me. I went snorkeling at molokini (top of submerged volcano in the ocean) and had no problems. But when I had to go back to the boat, I had fore myself t swim towrds it, because being able to see the rotors and hull in the water really bothered me. This applies to pretty much anything man-made. Dead fish, no problem. Rusty pipe, ew. I can repair my toilets, but haveing to deal with the pipes and stuff in the tank creeps me out.
Suzy Philippot
I just visited your blog articles, and after reading through the lists of things that make people's skin crawl, I thought I would divulge to you my irrational fear. And it is whales, and porpoises of all kind. I haven't frequently encountered them in my life, beyond a few trips to an aquarium when I was younger, but the mere thought of Flipper or Shamu crossing my path makes me physically cringe, grimace, and shudder in all forms of company. I've even come up with a list with my Top Four most Fearful Oceanic Mammals:
4. The Humpback- they have those teeth things they have for eating krill... and they're like giant aliens that could be floating under your boat at any moment...
3. The Narwhal- they have horns. Sometimes two, that twirl in the same direction, like an industrially regularized, enviromentally threatened species of absolute horror.
2. Belugas- is that an over sized, floating infant, laughing with the glee of innocent youth? NO. It's smiling at me because it knows my secrets, and wonders what I taste like.
1. Freshwater River Dolphins- they may be extinct. At the least, very, very, endangered. But also, very, very terrifying. You thought you were safe from porpoises by taking a dip in freshwater? THINK AGAIN. And what the HELL is up with their long and probing snouts?? Exhibit A: http://www.spraci.com/pages/muzikman/pinkdolphinpr.jpg Exhibit B (ready to serrate you to death): http://www.dolphins.spirita.net/images/amazon-river-dolphin.jpg
4. The Humpback- they have those teeth things they have for eating krill... and they're like giant aliens that could be floating under your boat at any moment...
3. The Narwhal- they have horns. Sometimes two, that twirl in the same direction, like an industrially regularized, enviromentally threatened species of absolute horror.
2. Belugas- is that an over sized, floating infant, laughing with the glee of innocent youth? NO. It's smiling at me because it knows my secrets, and wonders what I taste like.
1. Freshwater River Dolphins- they may be extinct. At the least, very, very, endangered. But also, very, very terrifying. You thought you were safe from porpoises by taking a dip in freshwater? THINK AGAIN. And what the HELL is up with their long and probing snouts?? Exhibit A: http://www.spraci.com/pages/muzikman/pinkdolphinpr.jpg Exhibit B (ready to serrate you to death): http://www.dolphins.spirita.net/images/amazon-river-dolphin.jpg
Stevie Wilson
A. I am always afraid that when my girlfriend cracks her knuckles/miscellanious body part, that whatever that part is will pop off like a rocket.
B. My neighbours have a rabbit. I am afraid that whenever I let my dog out to do what she does best, that said rabbit will messily devour her with it's giant buck-teeth.
B. My neighbours have a rabbit. I am afraid that whenever I let my dog out to do what she does best, that said rabbit will messily devour her with it's giant buck-teeth.
Sam Walsh
1. I am afraid of walking into a darkened room. I have to walk in with my hands outstretched and turn on the light ASAP. I actually feel my heartbeat accelerate when I go into a dark room.
2. I really don't like when people touch my/their cuticles. I just don't like it. It gives me the shiveries.
3. Mirrors at night. I just know that I am going to see the dark figure of a killer behind me the second I look into one.
4. Finally, porcelain dolls. Clowns I can do just fine, but porcelain dolls scare the living shit out of me.
2. I really don't like when people touch my/their cuticles. I just don't like it. It gives me the shiveries.
3. Mirrors at night. I just know that I am going to see the dark figure of a killer behind me the second I look into one.
4. Finally, porcelain dolls. Clowns I can do just fine, but porcelain dolls scare the living shit out of me.
John Thomas McDole
When leaving a dark basement, the stairwell has to be lit. If it isn't lit and I can see the light at the top of the stairs, then some unknown demon is going to grab me from behind and pull me back down. If it is lit, then I'm in the safe zone.
Anonymous
I am afraid of people hiding in my backyard. I can’t look through the backyard-facing windows of my ground-floor apartment at night for fear I will see a face staring in at me, hideously up-lit from my lights.
I am afraid that I will hear a voice from outside the window next to my bed talking to me at night while I am trying to fall asleep.
I can spend hours freaking out about the nothingness of death – the idea that I won’t exist scares the hell out of me.
I can’t leave parts of my body out of the covers at night for fear that something will touch the exposed skin – for some reason, they won’t touch me if I’m covered.
I’m afraid of leaving doors in my bedroom open at night for fear I’ll see a silhouette in the doorway.
I’m afraid of things eating me from the feet up in the ocean.
I am afraid that I will hear a voice from outside the window next to my bed talking to me at night while I am trying to fall asleep.
I can spend hours freaking out about the nothingness of death – the idea that I won’t exist scares the hell out of me.
I can’t leave parts of my body out of the covers at night for fear that something will touch the exposed skin – for some reason, they won’t touch me if I’m covered.
I’m afraid of leaving doors in my bedroom open at night for fear I’ll see a silhouette in the doorway.
I’m afraid of things eating me from the feet up in the ocean.
Anonymous
I am afraid of people hiding in my backyard. I can’t look through the backyard-facing windows of my ground-floor apartment at night for fear I will see a face staring in at me, hideously up-lit from my lights.
I am afraid that I will hear a voice from outside the window next to my bed talking to me at night while I am trying to fall asleep.
I can spend hours freaking out about the nothingness of death – the idea that I won’t exist scares the hell out of me.
I can’t leave parts of my body out of the covers at night for fear that something will touch the exposed skin – for some reason, they won’t touch me if I’m covered.
I’m afraid of leaving doors in my bedroom open at night for fear I’ll see a silhouette in the doorway.
I’m afraid of things eating me from the feet up in the ocean.
I am afraid that I will hear a voice from outside the window next to my bed talking to me at night while I am trying to fall asleep.
I can spend hours freaking out about the nothingness of death – the idea that I won’t exist scares the hell out of me.
I can’t leave parts of my body out of the covers at night for fear that something will touch the exposed skin – for some reason, they won’t touch me if I’m covered.
I’m afraid of leaving doors in my bedroom open at night for fear I’ll see a silhouette in the doorway.
I’m afraid of things eating me from the feet up in the ocean.
Shawn Meyer
I am irrationally afraid of vomit. Yeah, most people can't stand the stuff either, but I'm actually phobic. At the slightest indication that someone's going to puke within my range of sight/hearing, I have to run away to some corner with my hands clapped over my ears, humming to myself with my eyes squeezed shut. Most people hate flying because they think the plane's going to crash. I'm more afraid of someone being airsick on me than dying in a crash. That's how much I can't stand vomit. The sight/sound/smell of someone vomiting to me looks and sounds like they are dying a terrible death. I really don't know why, either but apparently I'm not alone in my irrational fear. Emetophobia is among the top ten most common phobias.
Evie Morrel-Samuels
whenever i'm using a pencil, i'm afraid that i'll try to erase something, the eraser will pop off, and i'll be left scraping metal against my paper instead. just thinking about how that would sound and what it would feel like in my hand makes me want to implode. the thing is, it happens even if i'm positive that the eraser is on tight, or even if i'm using a plastic mechanical pencil. i've taken to using pens instead, but now i'm beginning to be afraid that the tip of the pen will break or snap off and i'll end up in the same situation. cue all-over shivers and nausea.
Victoria
I know that many people have social-anxiety disorder, or a fear of crowded places, but I'm sure that each of us has a different reason why. Personally, I'm afraid that if I wander into the middle of a crowd, it will suddenly transform into an angry mob. This mob will either attack me or I will be trampled to death as the mob chases after someone else. For this reason I try to avoid concerts and stadiums and I try to go shopping at off-peak hours. If I MUST go to a crowded spot, then I like to hang out near a wall or in the least dense area.
It should be noted, however, that I did seek some counseling, and so my fear is not as strong as it once was. For example, I now go to dance parties, though a year or two ago I would have never considered such a thing.
It should be noted, however, that I did seek some counseling, and so my fear is not as strong as it once was. For example, I now go to dance parties, though a year or two ago I would have never considered such a thing.
Julie
I have a fear of falling down stairs, which seems normal. However, I onlyhave this fear when I'm on the stairs by Towers Lobby at the University ofPittsburgh. I'm always afraid that I'll fall and break my neck, and abunch of freshmen will stand and laugh at me until I finally die.
Anonymous
Aliens. The Grey Skinned Kind with the big black eyes... but mainly peeking around a doorway while I'm in bed. Creeped myself out a little just typing that.
Merc
I'm terrified of heights and cars, which aren't as unusual - but I'm most terrified of being embarassed in my favorite clothes. I'm not even a shopper, but I have some T-shirts that I love and if there's a day where I think I might end up being embarassed, I won't wear them. I don't want to look at that t-shirt and remember how I was embarassed in it - if it's my favorite, I'll want to wear it again someday!
Kandy Chechik
These might not even really be irrational; mostly just habits stemmingfrom fears I had as a kid.
1. I absolutely can't sleep at night without some sort of blanketcovering me. It can be over 100 degrees in my room, but I'll stillneed a sheet or blanket on me or I won't be able to sleep. Not just onmy arms or just on my legs. It has to be completely covering me,except for my head. When I was little, I used to feel like there weremonsters everywhere at night, and the only thing that could protect mefrom them was to have something hiding me.
2. I have to look behind the shower curtain before using the toilet.I'm pretty sure a lot of people have this fear. But this is seriouslyalmost ritual for me. I can't stop myself from doing it. This doesn'tapply to glass shower doors because they would be harder for a killerto pop out of and kill me, but it does apply even to see-throughcurtains.
3. In the same vein as the previous one, I absolutely cannot close myeyes while shampooing/rinsing my hair. I just can't. When I was littleI saw the opening scene from Psycho and since then I've beencompletely scarred for life, and I've been shampooing with my eyesopen since age 7. One day I just know I'll go blind from all the soapI always get in my eyes.
4. I won't touch anything in the public restroom with my hands. I usetissues, toilet paper, or paper towels so I don't need to get thegerms on my hands. I don't have this problem with my own bathroombecause I know the people in my family don't have diseases or defecateon the floor. It can be the cleanest public restroom in the world, butI'll still freak out and not want to touch anything. If it's betweenholding it in or using the public bathroom, I'll hold it in. It's alsobecause I don't want anyone to hear me going, too.
5. If there is a random knife sitting out on the counter or table,I'll keep my eye on it to make sure it's not moving. I have this weirdfeeling that some violent ghost or poltergeist is going to use it tohurt me. Maybe I've just watched waaay too much stuff about ghosts inmy life.
That's all I can think of for now, although I know there are more.I'll send in more when I remember them
1. I absolutely can't sleep at night without some sort of blanketcovering me. It can be over 100 degrees in my room, but I'll stillneed a sheet or blanket on me or I won't be able to sleep. Not just onmy arms or just on my legs. It has to be completely covering me,except for my head. When I was little, I used to feel like there weremonsters everywhere at night, and the only thing that could protect mefrom them was to have something hiding me.
2. I have to look behind the shower curtain before using the toilet.I'm pretty sure a lot of people have this fear. But this is seriouslyalmost ritual for me. I can't stop myself from doing it. This doesn'tapply to glass shower doors because they would be harder for a killerto pop out of and kill me, but it does apply even to see-throughcurtains.
3. In the same vein as the previous one, I absolutely cannot close myeyes while shampooing/rinsing my hair. I just can't. When I was littleI saw the opening scene from Psycho and since then I've beencompletely scarred for life, and I've been shampooing with my eyesopen since age 7. One day I just know I'll go blind from all the soapI always get in my eyes.
4. I won't touch anything in the public restroom with my hands. I usetissues, toilet paper, or paper towels so I don't need to get thegerms on my hands. I don't have this problem with my own bathroombecause I know the people in my family don't have diseases or defecateon the floor. It can be the cleanest public restroom in the world, butI'll still freak out and not want to touch anything. If it's betweenholding it in or using the public bathroom, I'll hold it in. It's alsobecause I don't want anyone to hear me going, too.
5. If there is a random knife sitting out on the counter or table,I'll keep my eye on it to make sure it's not moving. I have this weirdfeeling that some violent ghost or poltergeist is going to use it tohurt me. Maybe I've just watched waaay too much stuff about ghosts inmy life.
That's all I can think of for now, although I know there are more.I'll send in more when I remember them
Courtney
When i was young i afraid to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night because i thought knomes would grab me by the feet. I would kind of run to the bathroom, get on the toilet, and put my feet on the rim because i was terrified these little garden knomes would get me. Then when i was done i would sit there for 10 minutes geting up the courage to run back to my bed. Luckily they were not out during the day, but after bedtime it was anything goes.
Currently i am terrrified of ghosts. I dint think i even believed in them but i must because they scare the shit out of me. And since i dont really know what to do about it, if i ever think there is a ghost around i will either leave or sit in the doorway, earthquake-style. (i also dont know where this doorways-as-ghost-deterants thing came from)also i am afraid to swim in the ocean, lakes, ponds, etc because something (sharks? monsters? weird alien blobs?) might eat me. I will still do it on occasion but i feel like i am going to have a heart attack the entire time. Scuba diving is also okay, though.
Currently i am terrrified of ghosts. I dint think i even believed in them but i must because they scare the shit out of me. And since i dont really know what to do about it, if i ever think there is a ghost around i will either leave or sit in the doorway, earthquake-style. (i also dont know where this doorways-as-ghost-deterants thing came from)also i am afraid to swim in the ocean, lakes, ponds, etc because something (sharks? monsters? weird alien blobs?) might eat me. I will still do it on occasion but i feel like i am going to have a heart attack the entire time. Scuba diving is also okay, though.
Stephanie Asling
I have an irrational fear of hot air. You know when you open the oven and that blast of hot air hits you? It makes me want to flail around and stick my head in a bucket of cold water. And I can't put my head down in my arms on a desk or something because the hot air from my breath makes me scared that I'm going to suffocate. (Okay, maybe that's not so irrational after all.)
I also can't take a bath without closing the shower curtain, because I think a monster or a killer is going to run into the bathroom (locked door or not) and find me sitting naked and helpless in the bath.Sometimes at night, I have to run into my room and make a flying leap for my bed, because I'm afraid something is going to reach out from underneath it and grab me by the ankles.
I also can't take a bath without closing the shower curtain, because I think a monster or a killer is going to run into the bathroom (locked door or not) and find me sitting naked and helpless in the bath.Sometimes at night, I have to run into my room and make a flying leap for my bed, because I'm afraid something is going to reach out from underneath it and grab me by the ankles.
Garrison Bowers
I don't know if you're still taking these, or even where this oneranks on the scale of irrationality but I am scared shitless at thethought of having a fat and or retarded child. It's crippling, andconstantly nags in the back of my mind. Mostly the mental retardationpart. I think it stems mostly for my contempt for fat people, and lackof respect for the mentally ill. I mean what are they going tocontribute to society, unless by shear force of mind power theyrealize that they're a savant and can carve insatiably intricatethings from wood or clay or some other shit. It's irrational becauseI'm fit, eat well and am fairly intelligent... and I can completelyacknowledge that it's irrational. It doesn't scare me any less though.Ugh... the thought of feeding them/watching them eat sends chills upmy arms, even as I type this.
Josie
My major irrationalities stem from specific fears relating to critterdom. I have resided on the island of Oahu for the past nine years, right smack in the middle of rainforest country.
1. B52s: These delightful creatures are mutant cockroaches and I become mildly irrational around them. They can grow to be the size of a small thumb and feast on scum and feces. Lurking quietly anywhere there is moisture, they are known to spring at you..'cause they can freaking fly. Almost always in public places, I have spazzed out whenever one has coming screaming towards me. The locals laugh at me; then they squish them with their slippa (flip-flop sandal.) Gnarly. Really gnarly. I prefer Raid..lemon scented. There are at least four cans in my apartment for just such an event.B52 bombers are a recent addition to my cache of flying-bug fears. Dragonflies blow too; they used to chase me around our meadow as a child. Horrible, scarring memories in that meadow.
1. B52s: These delightful creatures are mutant cockroaches and I become mildly irrational around them. They can grow to be the size of a small thumb and feast on scum and feces. Lurking quietly anywhere there is moisture, they are known to spring at you..'cause they can freaking fly. Almost always in public places, I have spazzed out whenever one has coming screaming towards me. The locals laugh at me; then they squish them with their slippa (flip-flop sandal.) Gnarly. Really gnarly. I prefer Raid..lemon scented. There are at least four cans in my apartment for just such an event.B52 bombers are a recent addition to my cache of flying-bug fears. Dragonflies blow too; they used to chase me around our meadow as a child. Horrible, scarring memories in that meadow.
Adam Tomasz
1. Toilet Spiders - I have to flush the toilet every time before I sit down (I'm fine peeing) just in case there are any spiders hiding under the rim where the water comes out. I don't want to get bitten on the ass while I'm on the toilet.
2. Heaters - I have to constantly make sure (if I'm the last person to leave the house) that all of the heaters are switched off, the fridge is closed, the oven, grill (etc.) gas is off and the taps are not dipping. I also have to turn one of the handles and shake the doors back and forth to make sure that they will stay closed throughout the day. This usually takes me about ten minutes (and makes me late for various appointments) and every now and then I feel the urge to go back inside just to make sure that everything is safe. (This is probably more OCD than anything else)
Anonymous
1. Every time i get the urge to fart I'm terrified I'mactually going to shit my pants instead. i have to sit on atoilet and do it. i am absolutely terrified it's going to happen.
2. i'm afraid of microwaves. when i was younger i saw aprogram and there was something about microwaves being testedas a mind-control device and even though i know it'scompletely harmless, now whenever i use a microwave i have tostand away from it and to the side.
2. i'm afraid of microwaves. when i was younger i saw aprogram and there was something about microwaves being testedas a mind-control device and even though i know it'scompletely harmless, now whenever i use a microwave i have tostand away from it and to the side.
Keegan Ferrari
My irrational fear is I constantly think that the next time I piss is going to be the time that I pass a kidney stone. I have no prior experience with kidney stones or anything of the sort and yet almost every time I start to urinate I just start thinking "Goddamnit I just know I am going to pass one, AGHH, holy shit, please don't!" over and over like some sort of mentally masochistic mantra (note the clever alliteration). I always feel slightly stupid afterwards but man, one of these days....
Nate Harris
The only real Fear I have is the paranormal. Ghosts, poltergeists, all that jazz. People say that they can't hurt you, but WHAT IF THEY CAN? You can't do anything to stop them! Plus, I for one personally believe they can hurt you if they so choose.Some other little things I have that I wouldn't consider full fledged fears:I don't like looking out windows at night for fear that some psycho is going to pop up in front of me ready to kill me.I don't like looking in mirrors in a dark room for fear that I'm going to see somebody behind me ready to kill me.I think I was allowed to watch too many scary movies when I was child. One of those was Stephen King's It and I was always surprised that I wasn't scared of clowns after that, although I couldn't walk next to a rain gutter until I was about 13.
Jess
i live near (about 7 miles) from an airport. we moved here about 4 years ago and when i lay in my room i can hear the planes flying overhead. as they get closer i always think that there falling closer to my house and that one day ill be right and die in a terrible house fire. ive accually had panic attacks over it when they are low flying. its not as bad anymore because they changed the way the planes go and i can barely hear them now.
Grant
1) I am absofuckinglutely TERRIFIED that snakes will come falling out of my shower head as i shower while i can do nothing but cry and sob. I am also terrified that a snake will pop out of my toliet when i flush it so only flush with the lid down, sometimes sitting on it. If i have to go in a public restroom i stand near the unlocked door and flush with my foot, prepared to flee screeching if i hear so much as a hiss. More than once i've been caught by co-workers thinking that i'm being raped when in actually nothing happened.
2) i am scared i'm secretly allergic to something but i don't know what it is so when i try something new at a resturant or at a friends house i always dial the 9 and 1 on my phone first and be sure to get the address from my friends.
2) i am scared i'm secretly allergic to something but i don't know what it is so when i try something new at a resturant or at a friends house i always dial the 9 and 1 on my phone first and be sure to get the address from my friends.
Adrian Swan
My main fear is that something horribly bad will someday happen to my Achilles tendon. I am often checking the ground behind me for the baby from Pet Cemetery or Uma Thurman in Kill Bill.
I also always sit cross legged on chairs that are open on the bottom just in case.Also, since watching the Shining when I was a little kid, I walk through the entire building when I stay at hotels and make sure there's no evil rooms or twins.
I also always sit cross legged on chairs that are open on the bottom just in case.Also, since watching the Shining when I was a little kid, I walk through the entire building when I stay at hotels and make sure there's no evil rooms or twins.
Lauren
Whenever I go someplace and have to use the bathroom, I always have to check behind the shower curtain (if it's closed). I've done this for as long as i can remember because i'm always afraid someone might be behind it, not so much a killer or something, but like an annoying little kid that will pop out when you're on the toilet. I also have an irrational fear of dying or being killed while on the toilet, being in such a vulnerable position...it probably has to do with having seen Jurassic Park at a very young age, where the fat guy gets killed in a porta potty.
Eric Riley
1. Turophobia. i am absolutely TERRIFIED of cheese. i have no reason to be scared, and i love eating the stuff, but i unable to actually handle it.
2. this is potentially my stupidest fear. Essentially, if i do anything the same number of times as i am old, something bad will ALWAYS happen.
3. I am deathly scared of party noisemakers. i hate to hear them and i don't have any idea why.
4. My last is this: i am afraid of anybody who is standing behind me and looking down. they could be looking for a quarter they dropped, but i will still believe they are going to randomly beat the living daylights out of me.
2. this is potentially my stupidest fear. Essentially, if i do anything the same number of times as i am old, something bad will ALWAYS happen.
3. I am deathly scared of party noisemakers. i hate to hear them and i don't have any idea why.
4. My last is this: i am afraid of anybody who is standing behind me and looking down. they could be looking for a quarter they dropped, but i will still believe they are going to randomly beat the living daylights out of me.
Malissa Dills
1)Closets. My fear isn't of closets themselves it's just what's in them. When I was 6 my family moved into a new house and for the first time I got my own room and didn't have to share with my two sisters, I was really exited. Slowly over time (1 year) I couldn't go to sleep if fear that vampires would pop out of my closet and kill me. And I mean real badass vampires not frilly romanic figures that want to turn me so that we can live forever in vampie bliss I mean 'I want to kill you because you're there type vamps. This fear got so bad that I ended sleeping in the room that my two sisters shared, until one of them took it. I guess the fear popped up when we moved because we moved from the city to the county which is in the middle of nowhere, where no one can here you scream and it takes 15 minutes for the police or paramedics to reach your house. This fear still follows me 10 years later, somewhat.
2)Being alone at night. I can be alone during the day and it'll be nothing but the moment it starts to get I little dark I lock the doors. I still live with my parents and I'm not alone that often but my dad is my little sisters fast pitch team and so over the summer he and my little sister would go out of town for days at a time and my mom would go with them because she supports any activity this family does, so I am left alone at home in the middle of nowhere. I freak out because I'm afraid that a serial killer will break into my house and torture me until I die because I can't take the pain anymore. By the way the vampires in the closet thing eventually turned into this.
3)I have to sleep with some form of entertainment device (TV, radio, Stereo ect.). I'm afraid that my house is haunted and if there isn't some form of sound on then I will hear the ghost wondering around my house. I'm scared that when I wake up in the middle of the night and one of them will be on the edge of my bed watching me.
4) Porches. I had a dream one time that I was walking around on some ones porch when suddenly I fell through and landed in hell. I guess I'm not really afraid of porches I'm more scared of being on a porch that leads me strait to hell.
2)Being alone at night. I can be alone during the day and it'll be nothing but the moment it starts to get I little dark I lock the doors. I still live with my parents and I'm not alone that often but my dad is my little sisters fast pitch team and so over the summer he and my little sister would go out of town for days at a time and my mom would go with them because she supports any activity this family does, so I am left alone at home in the middle of nowhere. I freak out because I'm afraid that a serial killer will break into my house and torture me until I die because I can't take the pain anymore. By the way the vampires in the closet thing eventually turned into this.
3)I have to sleep with some form of entertainment device (TV, radio, Stereo ect.). I'm afraid that my house is haunted and if there isn't some form of sound on then I will hear the ghost wondering around my house. I'm scared that when I wake up in the middle of the night and one of them will be on the edge of my bed watching me.
4) Porches. I had a dream one time that I was walking around on some ones porch when suddenly I fell through and landed in hell. I guess I'm not really afraid of porches I'm more scared of being on a porch that leads me strait to hell.
Rebecca Cross
1. I haven't experienced this in a while, since I now have a recliner, but if I sit in an armchair with my legs draped over the arm and my feet dangling exposed, it's not long before I start thinking that someone (or something?) will stab the bottoms of my feet. Why do I continue to sit like that? I don't know.2. If I wake up in the middle of the night, I'm afraid to look at my (open) bedroom door. I'm afraid that I'll see someone walk by. That's all. I don't imagine that the person or whatever it is will come in, but I do think just seeing someone walk by might be enough to give me a heart attack.3. Whenever I ask my boyfriend to run an errand for me, I imagine that something terrible will happen - a car accident or random shooting at the grocery store - and he will be killed, and it will be all my fault because I asked him to run that errand. This fear is really kind of terrible and paralyzing.
Renata
1. Automatic Flush Toilets. This is something that extends to all toilets, but if I am on a road trip, and the only toilet available is automatic flush, I need to find a conventional toilet stat, or I have to hold it in. Longest on record is a little over 7 hours. I'm not afraid it will explode, or gobble me. They are just scary.2. Mushrooms, in the wild, or in those unconstrained baskets at the grocery store, are ominous. They just gather and perhaps it's that they never move, never sway in the wind. They are planning something.3. People with no face. Either completely blank, or that it's been cut off.4. Bugs in my skin. I went through a period of insomnia and that was my first hallucination. Since then, every little itch has me completely freaked out and I begin a head to toe examination to make sure I have not been compromised.I also share the fear of the person who wrote about glancing out the window at night when the room is bright. I'm not afraid of any one thing, just that I will see something terrifying.
Jen
Sunflowers. I am horrified by sunflowers. And by "horrified", I mean that I damn near shit my pants in the presence of a full-blown sunflower. Hell, my sphincter seizes up within fifty yards of the things. They're creepy to me on a number of levels.First, the flowers are as big as my head. Bigger, even. I'm freaked out by any fruit or flower that size. Also, something about that inner dark part of them is just awful. It wants to be fuzzy and inviting but ... it's not. Maybe it's like Velcro that would grab my hair, leaving me trapped. And then! If you look at the seeds in one, the number and closeness of them is unnerving. All those little pods in a pattern. Ugh! They turn my guts to jelly. I searched the internet a few times to see if anyone shared my discomfort with sunflowers and came up empty. Interestingly, though, there seem to be others with a "tube" or "opening" hangup, and as I read their explanations of why, precisely, they were freaked out, I realized that it kind of matched up with the sunflower-seed part of my phobia. It's the pattern. I'm tempted to mention my issues with both cotton swabs and wooden spoons but ... nah. It's more a texture thing than a phobia. And, besides, I'd seem like a fruitcake. Since, you know, a blatant fear of sunflowers is completely unremarkable. Heh.
Rob
1. Ever since I saw the movie "Shaun of the Dead," I have not been able to stretch in public, for fear that zombies will come out of nowhere and tear all my insides out through my armpits. It's completely stupid, but it even affects me at night. the only time I ever stretch my arms out is when i'm alone in a room, and even then I pay close attention to the sounds from outside.2. I also have a fear of windows at night. I have to keep the blinds closed on all the windows in my apartment at night, because I believe that one day I will leave them open and someone will shoot me through the window. I don't know where this came from, possibly from watching too many action movies late at night as a child, but it is a ritual that after 6:00 PM, if a window does not have its blinds closed, I wont go in to that room.
Jessi
I'm terrified of looking over my bed and seeing some kind of dead body over my bedpost or something. I just imagine a cold, lifeless bloody body at the foot of my bed. I also fear when I go pee, or something, that a body hanging behind my shower curtains will be there.Another fear of mine is probably the dark, which everyone fears. I just fear that in the dark there will be someone there staring at me sleep. Just a pair of floating eyes, blinking.I also fear tampons. I'm scared of my vag bleeding or it just being stuck in there. Oh god.
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