Page 3 | Fears - what everyday things are people scared of

FairViewRosie25 · 2025-06-15T21:45:34+00:00

I’ll start - sounds stupid but I am scared of the top stair. As soon as I have started down the stairs I’m fine but it’s just that first step.

Linnet · 17/06/2025 00:06

Thunder, I don’t mind the lightning but the thunder really scares me. Thankfully we don’t get a lot of thunderstorms where I live.

GrimTimes1 · 16/06/2025 23:52

Relatively recently I seen a picture online of a heaped bowl of rice, but every grain was neatly aligned in a too perfect way (it was probably an AI image).
Anyway, something about the picture made my blood run cold and I could almost hear myself screaming in my head. I have no idea why, but ever since then uncooked rice has given me the creeps.

Jollyjollyjollygoodie · 16/06/2025 23:39

Looking out through the curtains when it’s dark outside.

When I was 13 we lived in a bungalow and my dad was away working. Something woke me up in the night, I thought I could hear voices outside. I woke my mum up and my older sister. They both told me I was dreaming and to go back to bed. Convinced I had heard something, I opened a curtain in the living room and a man was standing right outside the window. I was terrified.

i will never open a curtain and look outside when it’s dark.

UnctuousUnicorns · 16/06/2025 22:56

Scenes of urban dystopia - abandoned shopping centres, theme parks etc. - are a very real fear for many, it seems.

nopiesleftinthisvehicle · 16/06/2025 22:53

BrickHare · 15/06/2025 23:34

It’s because of the scene in Final destination? Don’t look it up if not but that scared me as a child 🤣

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There's a scene in the original Omen involving a pane of glass being carried.
Gave me nightmares for years. Bad Idea to watch it as a child 😶‍🌫️

UnctuousUnicorns · 16/06/2025 22:49

RaraRachael · 16/06/2025 22:11

I'm shuddering just reading this! 😪

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Sorry! 😔

Thelnebriati · 16/06/2025 22:47

Walking into the house when its dark outside, I feel like I'm being chased. No idea why, its never happened to me.

BlondieMuver · 16/06/2025 22:47

Anything to with doctors or hospitals scare the life out of me but I'm fine with dentists and opticians.

SillyMillie90 · 16/06/2025 22:38

Not an every day thing but quarries or similar big open abandoned spaces. Even if I see them on Google Maps it freaks me out. Gives me fight or flight.

Mechanical or man made items under water.

Caves.

Thepollonator · 16/06/2025 22:34

GhostInTheWashingMachine · 16/06/2025 02:36

People.

Being looked at.

Dentists.

Driving.

What an excellent user name! 🤣

BugBugTheTornado · 16/06/2025 22:26

Mannequins. Which was more problematic than it sounds, as my mum was a window dresser and the starey bastards were everywhere in my childhood 😩

mediummumma · 16/06/2025 22:24

Spiders, cockroaches, wasps, moths

Flying, particularly when taking off and landing

Small spaces or feeling like I cannot escape (cannot ride rollercoasters etc as freak out when the bars lock)

Driving in icy conditions or snow

Pinkroom · 16/06/2025 22:18

Looking out of a window when it's dark outside, gives me the absolute creeps, I always think I'm going to see someone standing there and they're waiting for me to notice them!
When potatos start to sprout and look like little aliens. Actually any roots in general. I hate gardening for this reason.

RaraRachael · 16/06/2025 22:11

UnctuousUnicorns · 16/06/2025 21:37

Ah, I place my open palm a suitable distance away, then tap the back of a toad with the finger of my other hand, so it leaps onto my palm. Teeny tiny toads are especially adorable. 🥰

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I'm shuddering just reading this! 😪

UnctuousUnicorns · 16/06/2025 21:37

RaraRachael · 16/06/2025 19:27

Frogs and toads give me the creeps . We used to have a neighbour with a pond and I would find bloody frogs in the garden. I couldn't go anywhere near them

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Ah, I place my open palm a suitable distance away, then tap the back of a toad with the finger of my other hand, so it leaps onto my palm. Teeny tiny toads are especially adorable. 🥰

MistressoftheDarkSide · 16/06/2025 20:54

Ooh, getting on and off escalators. Especially the really big ones into the London Underground. Probably related to the height / vertigo thing. Adding in movement and surging crowds of people gives me a really panicky feeling. Going down is far worse than going up of course. And also I have long hair and wear alot of scarves, and the horror of being strangled or choked after falling is very real.

HLL80 · 16/06/2025 20:28

Stairs. Unless I can hold on, I struggle to walk up or down them. I made me and DH a coffee in bed the other morning and had to bring them up separately as I couldn’t go up without holding the banister.

booknerdhead · 16/06/2025 20:08

BrickHare · 15/06/2025 23:34

It’s because of the scene in Final destination? Don’t look it up if not but that scared me as a child 🤣

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Never seen Final Destination and will steer clear thanks!
Fear of broken glass is called Spasmenagaliaphobia (!).
My mother felt the same and it ties in with squeamishness and knives. I can’t watch operations or anything gruesome. I get shooting pains up my legs😁

Having said that, I’ve had a few ops, but don’t want to know any details and blank them out of my mind.

Fernticket · 16/06/2025 19:45

tiredoflondonbutnotlife · 15/06/2025 23:43

I’m Jewish and I’m genuinely scared how many people hate Jews. I’ve been in a state of constant anxiety since Oct 7. Sometimes I’ll be reading comments on social media about seemingly innocuous things and then, bam!, someone blames the Jews for something bad.

I’m also scared of spiders but they seem like a walk in the park for me at the moment in comparison!

💐💐💐.

blueshoes · 16/06/2025 19:37

Dead fish, the way they float up to the surface and look all pale.

I used to have an aquarium growing up and had to remove the fish and clean the tank. Brrrrrrrr

RaraRachael · 16/06/2025 19:27

MyKingdomForACat · 16/06/2025 19:05

Frogs. Can’t even stand typing and looking at the word

Frogs and toads give me the creeps . We used to have a neighbour with a pond and I would find bloody frogs in the garden. I couldn't go anywhere near them

MyKingdomForACat · 16/06/2025 19:05

Frogs. Can’t even stand typing and looking at the word

tiredoflondonbutnotlife · 16/06/2025 19:01

Brucha tiheyi @DeSoleil . Thank you.
The other thing that terrifies me is most people's silence about it.
(We all know how that ended up in the '30s, don't we?) 🙄

DeSoleil · 16/06/2025 17:45

tiredoflondonbutnotlife · 15/06/2025 23:43

I’m Jewish and I’m genuinely scared how many people hate Jews. I’ve been in a state of constant anxiety since Oct 7. Sometimes I’ll be reading comments on social media about seemingly innocuous things and then, bam!, someone blames the Jews for something bad.

I’m also scared of spiders but they seem like a walk in the park for me at the moment in comparison!

Chazak u'varuch. 💐🕊️

RaraRachael · 16/06/2025 17:19

smashedhen · 16/06/2025 16:52

Chinook helicopters terrify me, the sound they make is horrific. Sadly they appear around here all the time

I see a lot of them too and am always mystified how the 2 sets of blades don't collide with each other but admittedly I am an aviation dunce.
Still don't like them flying over me.