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It really sucks when you have an irrational fear, and everyone just thinks you're joking, amirite?
by Anonymous11 years ago
Murderers. Everyone laughs, like yeah duh. But really, I have bad suspicions about big vans. And nightmares.
by Anonymous12 years ago
Oh my god, YES. My needle phobia is not a joke. :/
by Anonymous11 years ago
Pigeons.
by Anonymous11 years ago
I adore pigeons! Why do you fear them?
by Anonymous11 years ago
I get panic attacks when I'm sprayed with cold water. When I tell people this, they like to test it...
by Anonymous11 years ago
I can't take cold showers. Pools are still so I can cope with them, if I get in slowly.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Rainboots - yeah, that's pretty much how it is for me. But your cousin might be slightly different of course.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Spongebob in my opinion is the creepiest fuck in the world and I don't understand how people can watch the show.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Most spiders aren't poisonous.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Worms, rainy days are like hell for me.
by Anonymous11 years ago
=O rainy days how can you be scared of something so beautiful
by Anonymous11 years ago
I like rainy days, just not the sidewalks during them.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Why the side walks
by Anonymous11 years ago
I have a fear of getting old.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Arachnophobia, yaaay.
by Anonymous11 years ago
I used to be afraid of fake spiders.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Dolls.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Celine Dion carboard.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Clowns.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Gorillas.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Snails, slugs, people touching my Achilles heel, people grabbing my wrist, and being submerged in cold water.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Bees. I'm not allergic, but bees, wasps, and flying biting insects just scare the hell out of me!
by Anonymous11 years ago
Being underwater. I don't know what it is, but it kinda feels like I'm enclosed.
by Anonymous11 years ago
POTD anybody?
by Anonymous11 years ago
I have an irrationally fear of POTD too!
by Anonymous11 years ago
The typical moaning noises zombies make. Not the zombies themselves, just the noises. I'm getting better with it, but I still get anxiety spikes during things like Minecraft when I hear one.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Almonds... The taste/smell of almonds makes me cry.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Seriously, fuck everything about people who don't take other's irrational fears seriously.
by Anonymous11 years ago
I'm afraid of lying flat on my back.
by Anonymous11 years ago
How come?
by Anonymous11 years ago
It limits what I can see and stretching my neck like that makes me think someone's going to slit it.
by Anonymous11 years ago
I understand this. When I was little I thought if I fell asleep on my back I would become a mummy and die. Still get weird dreams about it.
by Anonymous11 years ago
I've heard that when you fall asleep on your back you're more likely to have bad dreams. I'm pretty sure it's something about feeling vulnerable.
by Anonymous11 years ago
When something touches me unexpectedly (especially if I have my eyes closed). My lower back starts to tingle and my legs kick the shit out of anything around me.
by Anonymous11 years ago
When people pick me up. Even if they lift me like a millimeter off the ground I flip my shit... Probably because I flew down a flight of stairs when I was young due to a caught blanket and not being buckled in my carrier... Thanks mom. 👍
by Anonymous11 years ago
But honestly, there are some fears that are just so irrational that they become funny. I remember meeting a person who was afraid of chickens. Chickens, man.
I mean I'd be afraid to touch a chicken what with all the ticks or diseases they might have, but I don't become afraid of pictures of them.
by Anonymous11 years ago
No one picks what they're afraid of. Some people had horrible incidents that happened to them when they were younger which scarred them emotionally. Some people witnessed terrible things which caused their brain to react a certain way with certain things.
It aggravates me when people make fun of someone just because they're afraid of something that most people aren't afraid of, no matter how "stupid" that fear may seem. They don't what to be afraid of that thing and they can't control the way they react.
by Anonymous11 years ago
I realize that, but sometimes it's just so out there that you also can't help to find it funny.
I always ask when someone tells me a fear that's just way too out there. "What happened?" Most of the time, it's just a barely dangerous incident that happened when they were a kid. Like...god, what was the chicken one? I think he went to a petting zoo or something and it pecked him? I can't even remember.
When you have a fear that's ridiculously irrational, you have to try your best to get over it. When you can laugh at your own fears, they don't become as scary as you'd think. Well, they're still scary, but it's nice to laugh it off. It doesn't become //as// scary. I think that's why people laugh after they jump during a scary movie, otherwise you'll become too scared for your own good.
by Anonymous11 years ago
You are 100% true.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Giggle at the ghosties.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Rattly elevators and down escalators. My friends think it's funny to jump around or fake push me down.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Oooh I understand the elevator one. I've been in several hotels where I've had to take the stairs up about seven floors because the elevator would shake like crazy and drop a few feet right before letting you out.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Riding in the backseat of cars. I have panic attacks.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Black people
by Anonymous11 years ago
How come?
by Anonymous11 years ago
Thanks for being honest?
by Anonymous11 years ago
Chewbanshee may have an actual fear of dark skinned people, I just wonder why.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Missawesomeness cause they're just really scary. You're very welcome anon
by Anonymous11 years ago
I'm black myself so I just wanted to know. They media just portray us as menacing people so I sort of understand.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Yeah, you mug leople and dwell in gangs. Its scary
by Anonymous11 years ago
Just realized you're black...
I'm an idiot.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Hornets and water.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Dying. :/ I can never tolerate the fact that one day my life will end and I will cease to exist; what if I die a painful death? What if I die young, and by young I mean in my 50s; or even before? How is life really after death? I never actually thought about the matter as deep as I just did right now because I just really don't like thinking about it.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Fear of death is a very common fear. I don't think you have much to worry about. Just...well, don't die.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Yeah I guess it is. And I don't exactly worry about it. Also my death isn't the only thing I fear, it's also the death of a loved one; and I know that everyone is afraid of that as well.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Many fears are linked to fear of death. It's just a natural fear, and for a very good reason.
I wouldn't say all fears are irrational, but most are. Fear of death isn't irrational at all, so long as you don't obsess over it.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Oh I never obsess over it, I think this is the first time I even talk about it! And yeah I know a lot of fears are related to death, like fear of heights or darkness.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Whenever I see a snake on tv, real life, or even a fake little toy plastic snake, I start feeling like they're slithering all over me and I start crying/having a panic attack. It takes hours for me to stop.
by Anonymous11 years ago
The Oompa loompas from Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory
by Anonymous11 years ago
Frogs. Especially poison dart frogs. Which makes no sense because I live in New York but they still scare the crap out of me. My friends find it very amusing...
by Anonymous11 years ago
Cockroaches. People don't understand. Even if they're dead. If I see one or even just thinking or talking about them makes me start to cry. Even writing this. I'm freaking out.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Vampires. Not like the Twilight vampires, the vampires from old movies. Sometimes I'll even just see a picture of one and I get terrified and I have to turn all the lights on. I know they're not real, but still I have to sleep with my neck covered by a blanket because I get scared.
by Anonymous11 years ago
Baseball games...
by Anonymous11 years ago
Swimming underwater in video games. For real, just in video games. In the real world I love swimming.
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