Last night I dropped a can of shaving cream. I'm always scared it's going to explode, and shards of metal are going to hit me like shrapnel. I could go blind!
Clowns. Squirrels. Birds. And anytime I walk down stairs with an open rise, I'm pretty sure something is going to grab my ankles from under the staircase. Eek!
Spiders and clowns. I can't even be in the same room with a super tiny spider and anytime a stupid clown jumps out on TV, I'll hide behind a pillow or blanket.
I also don't like feeling trapped. Like when H has his arms around me in bed, sometimes I spaz and freak out. But I know where that fear comes from and I know H would never hurt me.
I have a lot of irrational fears. One silly one is that when I try on a shirt at a store, I get scared that the edge of the price tag inside the shirt is going to scrape up my eyeball. So I always close my eyes when I try on a shirt.
I WILL NOT be present when people are setting off amateur fireworks. They are just so dangerous, I'm convinced something (like the house) would be set on fire or someone would be seriously injured. Over the holiday there was an accident involving fireworks at a party that sent 4 small children to the hospital with serious injuries.
Maybe not completely irrational, but I'm probably overreacting.
I didn't have a ton until I had kids. Now, I'm very paranoid about everything!
I drive over a huge bridge every day and now I'm afraid I'll go off of it. I'm afraid of getting carjacked at a stoplight. I'm afraid of someone randomly attacking me. I'm afraid of someone breaking in the house.
I had a panic attack the night before taking a flight last year because I was convinced the plane was going to crash.
my fears: bird pooping on my head, forgetting to lock the doors or turn off stuff before leaving the house, garbage disposal, falling into a sewer grating (esp. in Asia) my H's fears: the tip of an umbrella poking him in the eye when ppl holding them walk by and ants..he's terrified of ants
Snakes under my desk. I used to work on the ground floor at my old employer and my office was right inside the entrance and there was a snake under my desk once. I only knew it was there because it slithered over my foot. I fucking lost it. Now I glance under my desk every morning, every day.
Also, spiders, but more specifically spiders behind the toilet. When I was growing up there was a hole where the toilet pipes went and it wasn't sealed. As I was sitting on the toilet I looked behind me and there was a massive spider sitting behind the toilet. It was killed but they kept coming back until I plugged up the hole with tooth paste. I've been checking for spiders around the toilet for something like 20 years now.
Snakes under my desk. I used to work on the ground floor at my old employer and my office was right inside the entrance and there was a snake under my desk once. I only knew it was there because it slithered over my foot. I fucking lost it. Now I glance under my desk every morning, every day.
Also, spiders, but more specifically spiders behind the toilet. When I was growing up there was a hole where the toilet pipes went and it wasn't sealed. As I was sitting on the toilet I looked behind me and there was a massive spider sitting behind the toilet. It was killed but they kept coming back until I plugged up the hole with tooth paste. I've been checking for spiders around the toilet for something like 20 years now.
Oh my God, this whole thing is like my personal hell come to life. I work on the 27th floor of a downtown highrise, and I will now check under my desk every single day.
Also, I am afraid of snakes in the toilet. About a year ago, someone told a story about sitting on her toilet (in town, not even out in the sticks or an outhouse or something) and finding there was a snake IN THE TOILET. She only realized it was there when she reached down to wipe and it TOUCHED HER HAND. I now check every toilet, every time.
Also, I am afraid of snakes in the toilet. About a year ago, someone told a story about sitting on her toilet (in town, not even out in the sticks or an outhouse or something) and finding there was a snake IN THE TOILET. She only realized it was there when she reached down to wipe and it TOUCHED HER HAND. I now check every toilet, every time.
Now I have to look for spiders AND snakes. omgomgomg :-(
I have irrational fears about random acts of violence and civic unrest (a la the Taliban, Syria, Bosnia, etc). Too many times people have been outsted from their middle class lives by crazies and been killed or forced to flee and/or live in refugee camps. If I think about these things too much I seriously lose sleep over it.
Post by UnderProtest on Jul 9, 2012 11:04:07 GMT -5
I have a couple driving related ones. I think bridges are going to collapse as I drive over them and I will plunge into the gorge below. And I hate driving through tunnels because I'm afraid of a huge multi car accident and resulting fireball. I'm better if someone is driving even if they generally are worse drivers than me.
I'm also afraid of things poking me in the eye. Pretty much anything that comes near my face is suspect.
Post by definitelyO on Jul 9, 2012 11:06:04 GMT -5
I don't like to stop on the road under bridges - I'm afraid a car will fall off the bridge and land on my car or that someone will throw a rock or something off the bridge and it will crash through my windsheild.
The toaster oven catching fire and burning the house down (I insist on it being unplugged except when in use) and I also have an enormous fear of getting pregnant and having a c-section. This began after our neighbor nearly died of a blood clot after having one.
Open/deep water. I have issues jumping off a boat in the middle of a river, for example. If I wade in I'm fine but just jumping in where I cant touch the bottoms scares me. This is partly bc I am scared of sharks, even in a lake (irrational right?) and partly bc I'm afraid once I jump into deep water I won't reach the surface again. This aspect of my fear applies to swimming pools as well (high dives are not my friend.)
Oh, and also driving underground, like in Boston's tunnels. There was a major traffic jam while we were down there and I thought I was going to have a panic attack. I don't know if it's because I think they will collapse or I'll be trapped down there for some reason or what, but I haaaaate them.
Post by RitzyHeifer on Jul 9, 2012 11:16:07 GMT -5
Driving over bridges makes me nervous - I can't articulate what I fear, it's not like I picture a collapse or driving off the edge. Partly I feel a little trapped, there's no shoulder to pull on to should the oncoming car(s) do something crazy.
I used to travel by car a lot for work and would plan my routes according to what bridges I would have to cross - there are a few I refuse to use...
Living in a ground floor apartment. I am convinced that there will definitely be burglars and rapists breaking into my apartment all. the. time. if I'm on the ground floor.
Falling on the train tracks, but this is my mother's fault. When I was little she scared the crap out of me whenever I got too close to the train tracks... to this day I still stand way far away when waiting for the train.