Me too! I don't fall on them very often, but especially down long flights, I ALWAYS keep my hand on the railing and I don't go down very quickly.
I'm also afraid of heights, but I know lots of people are; I guess it's not irrational but still....
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Week 9 ish: What is Your Irrational Fear?
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I'm also afraid of heights, but I know lots of people are; I guess it's not irrational but still....
I used to do almost the same thing! I always had to set a clock across the room, because if I could stay in bed and hit snooze, I just keep snoozing! LOL!Originally Posted by clixpix
I don't know how "irrational" this is. In your case, it sounds like it's based on reality.
For me, it's not an overwhelming fear, but I'm always afraid I'm going to oversleep. I'm a nightowl, so getting to sleep is difficult. Staying asleep is easy! So, to make sure I don't hit the snooze and oversleep, I've slowly developed a system:
Day off, or a day when I don't have to be at work until 3pm: I set one alarm clock on my nightstand. Also, a battery-operated one also set to go off five minutes later (what if the power went off!).
Day off, or don't have to work until 3pm, but I really don't want to sleep too late: First alarm clock on the nightstand, battery clock further away where I have to really stretch to reach it.
Day I have to be at work by 11am (early for me...remember I'm a nightowl), or God forbid I have to be somewhere even earlier than that: Nightstand alarm is moved to my dresser across the room, where I have to get out of bed to turn it off. Battery clock is set for five minutes later, and in the same location as for option two (see above).
You know, now that I write this out, it actually seems kind of crazy...please don't judge me!
It is pretty interesting to read this thread. I didn't think I had many fears, but I definitely get the creeps in parking garages...I can park in them, but they scare me.
I used to have a LOT of trouble being alone in a house...since I have dh and 3 kids...I don't think I am ever alone anymore! At least, not at night! LOL! But my ex was in the Navy, so I spent a lot of nights alone, or just me and a baby. That is when I quit watching scary movies, because they definitely made it worse. I also started sleeping with a large protective dog in my bedroom...and I still have one today. My dogs definitely help me feel "not alone", and much more safe. I also live in a very safe town, and out in the boonies. Trust me, no one is coming out this far, to this home (handy man special) to cause me any grief!
Sharks...um, I don't live anywhere near an ocean but they still scare me. Heights, my eyes being hurt ( I go through haunted houses with my hand in front of my eyes so no one will hit me in the eye...duh..)
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Elevators...weird huh?
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These replies are still fascinating. Some of the ones I read just make think, Awwww...
Tyrannosaurus Rex.
No, really! I had recurring nightmares as a child about T. Rex chasing me throughout the town, tearing houses apart trying to find me! (Imagine when Jurassic Park came out, *shudder*)
No, really! I had recurring nightmares as a child about T. Rex chasing me throughout the town, tearing houses apart trying to find me! (Imagine when Jurassic Park came out, *shudder*)
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I almost forgot... I'm also afraid of ghosts!
what's really irrational about it is that I don't believe in ghosts.
what's really irrational about it is that I don't believe in ghosts.
I just remembered one. I am totally petrified by dust mites! Never mind that I know they're everywhere, and that doesn't bother me if I don't think about it. But the second I do...let's just say that the new steam cleaner I just bought wasn't just to clean the floors.
I steamed all my bedding this weekend with a "Die dust mites die!!!!!!"
You'd be scared of them too if you first ran across them like this...
I did some research in my senior semester undergrad in a lab that worked with C. elegans, which is a tiny little nematode about a milimeter long. We grow them on little petri dishes, and you have to look under a microscope to see them. So I'm in the lab one Sunday, only half the lights are on so its kind of dark, and no one else is even on the same floor, much less the same lab as me. I'm looking in the microscope, and I see worm, worm, worm, worm, HUGE SCARY ALIEN DRIPPING GREEN GOO!!!!!!!! I was so freaked out that I had some kind of mutant creature living on my plate, or that I had brought something that would destroy everything in the lab. I found out later that dust mites like to live in old plates, and that the head professor owned the infested plates, but I think that scarred me for life!
You'd be scared of them too if you first ran across them like this...
I did some research in my senior semester undergrad in a lab that worked with C. elegans, which is a tiny little nematode about a milimeter long. We grow them on little petri dishes, and you have to look under a microscope to see them. So I'm in the lab one Sunday, only half the lights are on so its kind of dark, and no one else is even on the same floor, much less the same lab as me. I'm looking in the microscope, and I see worm, worm, worm, worm, HUGE SCARY ALIEN DRIPPING GREEN GOO!!!!!!!! I was so freaked out that I had some kind of mutant creature living on my plate, or that I had brought something that would destroy everything in the lab. I found out later that dust mites like to live in old plates, and that the head professor owned the infested plates, but I think that scarred me for life!
Roller coasters, spiders, driving in the snow, bodies of water, saying stupid things (so I just don't talk and people think I'm either stupid or a snob)....
I love roller coasters! Due to pregnancies etc over the last few years I haven't been on one for like 3 years - I miss them! We used to drive down from Toronto to Sandusky Ohio to go to Cedar Point - they have the best coasters there!
the thought of them literally make me sick. Sick. The sight of them makes me nearly faint. I can ride some weird things but roller coasters are not for me. When I get on them, about halfway through I can calm down a bit, but it's the getting on or even getting near them that's the problem..
i hear on the radio that dust mites die in light & air - so if you neglect to make up your bed, it's worse for them. making up the bed gives them a nice, warm, dark place to live...Originally Posted by Sandtigress
I just remembered one. I am totally petrified by dust mites! Never mind that I know they're everywhere, and that doesn't bother me if I don't think about it. But the second I do...let's just say that the new steam cleaner I just bought wasn't just to clean the floors.I steamed all my bedding this weekend with a "Die dust mites die!!!!!!"
I have an irrational fear of queueing. If i'm stood in a queue and i'm the last person in that queue then i am fine but if someone stands behind me i get panicky and start feeling sick. I'm also a social phobic aswell which i think is totally irrational and wish i could overcome it.
For me it's needles, spiders and moving staircases (is that the proper expression? it's on the tip of my tongue, but I'm not sure
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The needles/injection thing is most bothersome in everyday life, especially if - like now - I need to have my blood checked every few weeks! Just seeing somebody sitting with their arm extended before they get stung...ugh!Makes my stomach turn
A few months ago, the doctor's assistant just couldn't catch my veins...left arm, right arm...I kept twitching with shock and when eventually the other assistant came and just rammed the needle in the back of my hand...
I clutched the chair and after a moment or so one of them asked if I was ok (must have turned quite pale after that 'attack') and since I felt very dizzy and
shaky, they led me to another room for me to lay down...just in time before I fainted!
Spiders have been a great fear of mine for many years...I remember as a very young girl that I didn't mind them, but then I had some kind of a weird dream where bugs and spiders were creeping all over me....help!
I've managed to cope with it, though, learned about spiders and they turned out to be really fascinating...as long as they're about thumbnail size, I'm ok, but then...
My bf and I once went to the garden center and they had a tarantula there. While it was just sitting there, fine, I was watching and amazed. Then one leg moved and my bf couldn't see me no more - after a while he found me shivering and shaking in the fish dept.!
As for the staircase thing...I really have no idea where I got that from - my mum says her mum was just the same, couldn't face getting on a moving staircase, but I doubt it's genetical
Actually for me it's just going downstairs that gives me the chills (I'm afraid I might trip and fall) and though I tell people it's because I once fell downstairs as a child, that fear has been there long before...
The needles/injection thing is most bothersome in everyday life, especially if - like now - I need to have my blood checked every few weeks! Just seeing somebody sitting with their arm extended before they get stung...ugh!Makes my stomach turn
A few months ago, the doctor's assistant just couldn't catch my veins...left arm, right arm...I kept twitching with shock and when eventually the other assistant came and just rammed the needle in the back of my hand...
Spiders have been a great fear of mine for many years...I remember as a very young girl that I didn't mind them, but then I had some kind of a weird dream where bugs and spiders were creeping all over me....help!
I've managed to cope with it, though, learned about spiders and they turned out to be really fascinating...as long as they're about thumbnail size, I'm ok, but then...
My bf and I once went to the garden center and they had a tarantula there. While it was just sitting there, fine, I was watching and amazed. Then one leg moved and my bf couldn't see me no more - after a while he found me shivering and shaking in the fish dept.!
As for the staircase thing...I really have no idea where I got that from - my mum says her mum was just the same, couldn't face getting on a moving staircase, but I doubt it's genetical
escalators.Originally Posted by Minerva
For me it's needles, spiders and moving staircases (is that the proper expression? it's on the tip of my tongue, but I'm not sure)
Don't encourage me to be lazy! I don't need encouragement!Originally Posted by laureen227
i hear on the radio that dust mites die in light & air - so if you neglect to make up your bed, it's worse for them. making up the bed gives them a nice, warm, dark place to live...
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SPIDERS. Oh my.
Oh yes, and sharks, I cannot face the shore when I at the beach and in the water, looking out to sea is the only way I can relax at all!
Oh yes, and sharks, I cannot face the shore when I at the beach and in the water, looking out to sea is the only way I can relax at all!
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I worked there one summer! They do have great coasters, but since I was pulling taffy, making cotton candy, and hawking their fudge 60 hours a week, I didn't get much chance to enjoy them!
hahahah I have a new one!
I'm afraid I'm going to catch a scary zoonotic disease from the animals at school. One of the dogs has leptospirosis and I just learned about how it can infect your through your skin... YUUCK.
I'm afraid I'm going to catch a scary zoonotic disease from the animals at school. One of the dogs has leptospirosis and I just learned about how it can infect your through your skin... YUUCK.
