Fears, Anyone ?

I actually checked all 26 pages of this section and couldn't find a thread about this (I was shocked really.) So as the title suggests, what are you guys afraid of ? Be honest, I bet anything you're afraid of, I am as well.

To get the ball rolling, I'll start off my list :

Spiders

I'm actually afraid of those things ! They're icky, gross, have long legs and are absolutely terrifying. It doesn't matter what size the spider is, they all scare me. I actually screamed and cried because there was a spider that was, maybe half the size of my pinky nail, right next to me on my pillow. (That was one of the worst moments of my life.) The worse part about it all is that they seem to gravitate towards me. I swear spiders can sense fear or something because they always approach me. I can't even kill a spider; They scare me to that degree. When I see one I'm almost paralyzed, somebody else usually has to save the day by either killing it or transferring it somewhere else. Ughhh... Spiders >_<

The Dark

Doesn't this sound like a five year old fear ? It's true though, I'm actually still afraid of the dark. I've been trying to get over this fear for the past 6 or so years, I mean come on I'm 18, but I can't ever seem to conquer it. I'm making improvements though, I used to sleep with a huge lamp on at night, but my mom bought me a Twilight Turtle that shines the constellations on the ceilling when you're trying to fall asleep. My soon to be second cousin will have one too. If anybody here has any tips that will help me with this one, I'd more than appreciate it. I'm going to University next year and I'd prefer not being the person who has to sleep with some form of night light on. However, my Twilight Turtle looks pretty beast, so it could be worse.

Being Out Late At Night

I'm one of those people who are out past 3 o'clock in the morning in the summer, but it actually scares me a bit. When I'm with friends, I'm all right, but it's when I have to go home by myself when I start to feel panic-stricken. I've always had the irrational fear that somebody is going to mug me, or worse, I'll be sprayed by a skunk. It's terrible really, I usually have to run home or stay at somebody else's place because the thought of walking home by myself is horrifying. Now, I live in a quiet little neighborhood, imagine what will happen to me when I live in a larger city. I'm clearly going to have to live by the buddy system for the rest of my life.

Being Home Alone

Now this takes the cake ! Being home by myself is too creepy. Again, I'm afraid that somebody will break into my house and beat me (?). Usually, when I'm alone for the night I sit amongst our hoard of dogs and watch movies like 13 Going on 30 or Charlie and the Chocolat Factory; You know, those happy cheery movies. This fear is manageable though because all I need is for somebody to live with me and I'll be fine.

Planes

I don't know how many times people have told me that planes are more safe than cars, but let's face it, planes still scare me. I don't care if I'm more likely to die in a car, atleast I'm not umpteen feet off the ground. Now I'd like to travel when I'm older, namely to Australia or Sweeden, so I'm going to have to find a way to deal with this one. Frankly, boats scare me too, so I'm in a real pickle here. People have suggested that I should go see a therapist and I'm starting to understand why.

All right, that enough of me. I'm afraid of more things than what is listed here, but I could be here all day. So what are you guys afraid of ? As for me, I'm probably going to have to live in a vacuum sealed box T_T

 

Bees are scary, I scream and run away from them too. I've never been stung and I don't ever want to be.

Not puppets ! I was watching tv the other day and there was a show called "My Strange Addiction" (or something a long those lines) and there were people who had thousand of dolls at their house. Could you imagine all of their little eyes staring at you ? Talk about creepy.

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Here's two more of my larger fears that I had forgotten earlier.

Earwigs

Some people are just mean when it comes to this one. Granted, I've been afraid of them for ages; When I was younger I actually used to call them 'Snapper Crappers' because they have some weird pinchers on their butt. Anyways, somebody had told me a story that an earwig had entered her aunts ear and because they can't move backwards (long bodies = terrible reverse) she had to get it surgically removed. Blegh, I couldn't imagine an earwig crawling into my ear ! I'm absolutely terrified that one of them is going to get me some day T_T

Horror Movies

Self-explanatory, horror movies scare me. I'm one of those people who can't fall asleep for weeks after watching one and I usually have to sleep with my bedroom light on for atleast a month. Even the commercials for horror movies can cause me to have trouble sleeping at night.

 

I'm so comforted in knowing that I'm not the only person who's afraid of the dark. I find it's unnerving to not know what my surroundings are, or that somebody could be lurking in the dark and I wouldn't know. It's so true that it's a fear of the unknown and I would love to get over this one someday >_<

The thought of the cable breaking is always present in the back of my mind. I just get a little freaked out when there seems to be too many people in the elevator. (Really, how much weight can those cables take ?)

I have a sister fear to this one though : Escalators. Escalators have terrified me since I was a child; It's a fear that I'll be sucked into it. I'm always afraid that my pants will get caught or something and it's improbable that I'll magically get pulled in, but the thought scares me. It doesn't help that the most recent Final Destination has somebody dying from a freak escalator accident. I'm quite fortunate though because whenever I have to ride an escalator, random strangers always hold my hand as I go up them. (People are so nice these days, or maybe it's a Canadian thing)

Man, I hate it when people jump out at me. I always seem to scream T_T