Week 9 ish: What is Your Irrational Fear?

I'm deathly afraid of imposing myself on people or bothering people in some way. Any cue I get from people that they may not like me and I back off. I'm also afraid of disturbing people in lots of ways... when my neighbors downstairs listen to music, I can hear the base echoing in my apartment... yet when I listen to music, I'm always afraid of having it loud enough for them to hear it. What if they don't like my music?

I suppose I have a lot of fears in my life but most of them are because its all real and unavoidable.

My fear that I get teased by DH with (so I guess its the most irrational) is CLOWNS. If one even comes on TV I get squeemish and feel like tossing up! If we're out in public and I see a clown up ahead I will walk the other direction just to avoid the clown. The are just creepy!!!

Originally Posted by Ali012281

I suppose I have a lot of fears in my life but most of them are because its all real and unavoidable.

My fear that I get teased by DH with (so I guess its the most irrational) is CLOWNS. If one even comes on TV I get squeemish and feel like tossing up! If we're out in public and I see a clown up ahead I will walk the other direction just to avoid the clown. The are just creepy!!!

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I agree! I think clowns are awful! I don't like anything where you can't see a persons face, any costume which covers the face just freaks me out.

Originally Posted by Ali012281

I suppose I have a lot of fears in my life but most of them are because its all real and unavoidable.

My fear that I get teased by DH with (so I guess its the most irrational) is CLOWNS. If one even comes on TV I get squeemish and feel like tossing up! If we're out in public and I see a clown up ahead I will walk the other direction just to avoid the clown. The are just creepy!!!

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Two of my sisters get the creeps from clowns too. For one it's because of the movie Poltergeist, but I don't know the reason for my youngest sister.

My stupid irrational fear is of being in water when I can't see or touch the bottom. I saw Jaws when I was really little and I still think about it today!! The funny thing is that I did all the training for a lifeguard when I was younger but would only do it at an indoor pool

Doctors! I am deathly afraid of going to the doctor.

Waterbugs (also known as oriental cochroaches). I'm not particularly fond of any bugs, but waterbugs totally freak me out. We had them bad in my old apartment building. I can't even deal with them when they're dead. I even wore sun glasses when I had to go down basement to do laundry so I wouldn't be able to see their grotesque little bodies lying all over the place. And forget getting close enough to sweep them up.

Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

Two of my sisters get the creeps from clowns too. For one it's because of the movie Poltergeist, but I don't know the reason for my youngest sister.

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Um ... because clowns are just plain CREEPY? I mean, I'm not afraid of them, but they do creep me out.

I don't think I have any irrational fears. Oh, wait. Yes I do. I can't stand the thought of something sharp near my eye. It doesn't happen all the time, but like if I'm mending something and I think about it, I have to put the needle away.

I have an irrational fear of winter sports.

I'm also afraid of feline leukemia and my friends forgetting about me.

What a list, right?

I have a fear that I am going to be walking say on a bridge or anything high off the ground that I am going to lean over and my glasses will fall off. Until I started typing this I guess I never really thought of what I would do after this happened. Am I by myself?? I am pretty nearsighted but I think I could see well enough to get out this situation!!
Also I am afraid that the the garage door won't stay closed after I back out of the garage so I back out, hit the opener and wait for the door to close and then put on my seat belt. Maybe because I'm afraid that some strange reason the door from the garage into the kitchen will somehow open (the doorknob sticks??) If I don't follow this routine I will be down the road and turn around and drive back into the driveway to check (its always been closed). But as I don't drive the car much (that garage door has been known to magically open) I shouldn't worry when driving the truck!!

Originally Posted by Pombina

I also have to put moisturiser on my hands as soon as I've washed them or had any water on them whatsoever otherwise I can't touch anything, even the cats. I have to take it everywhere with me and if I forget it I won't wash my hands until I can get my moisturiser. Mark says I have OCD but it's not as bad as that

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I have something similar to that! I am unable to sleep or even feel at all comfortable unless I have so much moisturiser on my hands and arms that they literally feel wet!

Originally Posted by Sar

I have something similar to that! I am unable to sleep or even feel at all comfortable unless I have so much moisturiser on my hands and arms that they literally feel wet!

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I know! its awful! it actually becomes a real pain in the backside! Im like that at night with my feet, I can't let the sheets touch my feet if I don't have buckets of moisturiser on them.

Originally Posted by Pombina

I know! its awful! it actually becomes a real pain in the backside! Im like that at night with my feet, I can't let the sheets touch my feet if I don't have buckets of moisturiser on them.

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At least we now know that we're not the only ones! We'll be a barrel of laughs at the meet up!!

Actually, if my hands aren't drenched in moisturiser, I actually stop breathing - it's very strange and immensely irritating!!

When I pull up to a train crossing and a train is going by... if I'm the first car there, I always stay at least 3 car lengths back. My theory is if the train tips over (LOL) I don't want it to land on my car!

OK... haha, as I actually typed that... the more "irrational" it seemed.

Originally Posted by Sar

At least we now know that we're not the only ones!

We'll be a barrel of laughs at the meet up!!

Actually, if my hands aren't drenched in moisturiser, I actually stop breathing - it's very strange and immensely irritating!!

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Oh my god!!! me too!!! Sometimes at night I've been in the bathroom and go to the bedroom to get my moisturiser and its on the bed somewhere but the beds all messed up and it means Im gonna have to move the covers to find it, so I have to get Mark because I can't touch the sheets... it gets me so stressed out and panicky.

I can think of 3 (geesh I must be paranoid).

The first one is parking garages. I will do everything in my power to prevent myself from having to park inside of one. There are some instances where I have not been able to avoid it and I literally feel sick when I have to walk through. I feel extremely uncomfortable and certain that someone is going to attack me. This is my only fear that doesn't get comforted when I am not alone. For exemple, in October we were in Atlanta and I wanted to go to Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. We had to park in this run down parking garage and I was terrified. My fiance was with me, but I didn't feel safer. I felt that if I was going to be attacked, he would be to. I don't feel comfortable in my garage at home and am always sure someone is going to be hiding inside. I always watch very carefully when I open and close the door to make sure nobody runs in

My second is staying home alone at night. I am fine until about 11:00 or so, but then I am pacing through the house making sure all the windows are locked. The smallest noises make me jump. I have a huge fear someone is going to break in. My fiance was out of town for 4 nights and I swear I didn't get a wink of sleep. I even took Tylenol PM before bed and it didn't help. I think of all my fears this is the worst! I was robbed at gunpoint when I was 18, and I think this plays a role in this.

The third is spiders. I absolutely can't stand the things! I won't kill it if it is over my head, on a wall for example. I make someone else do it because I think it is going to land on my when it falls. It's silly I know, but I can't help it. The sight of a spider gives me goosebumps immediately.

My irrational fears are most kinds of bugs and spiders. I've gotten better at dealing with it though. When I was really young I would just scream bloody murder and lock myself in my bedroom until someone came to take care of it. Now, I get panicked and nearly start crying as I try and kill it with bug spray. It's definitely an irrational fear because I'm never afraid of these things hurting me, I'm afraid of them simply because of how disgusting I think they are. They gross me out so much that they petrify me. If I wake up in the morning with a spider bite or something it doesn't even phase me, so it's definitely not a fear of being hurt by them. Unfortunately here in Florida we have some huge spiders and the WORST: palmetto bugs (or flying cockroaches). Palmetto bugs can set me into a frenzy because I'm so afraid the disgusting things will fly at me and actually touch me with their nasty selves. ugh!!!!!!

Originally Posted by jeanor

When I pull up to a train crossing and a train is going by... if I'm the first car there, I always stay at least 3 car lenths back. My theory is if the train tips over (LOL) I don't want it to land on my car!

OK... haha, as I actually typed that... the more "irrational" it seemed.

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Me & my mom are the same way!! I will NEVER park right next to a train when its going by - I'm always afraid that something is gonna fly out from underneath the train and come and hit me!

My biggest fear is my parents and grandparents dying before I get married and have a child. They are my best friends and without them being there with me, I don't know what I'd do.

I want them there to see me get married and see my children

I'm scared of heights.. but only if I know I can fall. If I'm in a building and looking out of a window, or something like that, it doesn't bother me, but if I'm on something that I know I could fall off of, like a tall ladder or something you have to climb up, I get really scared.

I'm also scared of spiders and needles..

Originally Posted by squirtle

My second is staying home alone at night. I am fine until about 11:00 or so, but then I am pacing through the house making sure all the windows are locked. The smallest noises make me jump. I have a huge fear someone is going to break in. My fiance was out of town for 4 nights and I swear I didn't get a wink of sleep. I even took Tylenol PM before bed and it didn't help.

I think of all my fears this is the worst! I was robbed at gunpoint when I was 18, and I think this plays a role in this.

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I used to be exactly the same as this when I was about 16. If my mum and step dad went out Id be ok until 9pm when my step brother and sister went to bed and the house was silent.
I used to walk round with the lights turned off so that nobody on the outside could see me, and close all the curtains and close every single door, checking to make sure there was nobody in the room before I closed it. I carried a knife round while I did this.
Then I'd close the hall door and go to my bedroom. I had an En Suite at my mums so if I went to wash my face before going to bed, I'd litterally have turned the tap on and think there was somebody behind me so Id get my knife, turn around slowly and walk to my bedroom door, then open it and look down the hall to make sure the door was shut.
In the end I gave up trying to wash my face or do anything for that matter, I just used to sit on my bed in the dark with the TV on almost silent until they came home.
I would also not be able to stop myself phoning my mum absolutely hysterical, and I ruined so many of her nights out but I couldn't help it.
I don't know how I got over it, it just faded out. Its ridiculous when I look back at what a mess I got into.