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What’s your smallest fear?

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Mimmy352 · 06/09/2023 19:29

We all know the common biggest fears: Dying, losing loved ones, spiders, etc

But what’s your smallest fear? The type of fear that has no bearing on your life other than being this strange little thing you worry about/dislike?

Mine is fish, and fish tanks. Why? Because there’s no such thing as a clean fish. They swim around in water and form that weird little congealed coating that being in water too long creates, and once they enter a fish tank, that fish tank is never clean again - no matter how hard you try. I hate fish.

I do, however, love sushi

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HippyChickMama · 06/09/2023 22:41

The thought of eggshell in my mouth. If I eat soft boiled eggs, I spend a ridiculous amount of time peeling away the shell to make sure none of it falls into the egg and ends up in my mouth 🤢
I refuse to eat pre packed sandwiches with egg in just in case

Woahtherehoney · 06/09/2023 23:01

Clothes labels - the ones in clothes that have like washing instructions on. Small ones I can just about handle but big ones make me physically heave and I get really shivery. I make DP cut them out of all our clothes. Zara, New Look, Adidas and Primark are the worst offenders i’ve found so far.

No idea where the fear come from, my mum said it’s been the same since I was little.

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Mimmy352 · 06/09/2023 23:02

ElizaWinter · 06/09/2023 22:34

Having to say my name and what I do in a work meeting. You know where one by one everyone introduces themselves. I'm not listening to any of them, I'm just planning what I'm going to say when it's my turn and hoping I don't fuck it up.

Oh ew I hate these! I always say the same thing

”Hello, my name is Mimmy352, and I work in . A fun fact about me is I absolutely hate these things and can’t wait to stop talking.”

It usually makes people laugh and no one has ever given out to me for being honest so far!

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Greensleeves · 06/09/2023 23:04

Catching my toe on the edge of our bed when I'm stumbling to the bathroom in the morning. It's happened about five or six times in the 20 years I've lived here, so just often enough that it now crosses my mind every morning and I wince at the thought.

Physiologicalmalfunction · 06/09/2023 23:05

Accidentally poking my eye on a pencil.

It will never happen but every now and again, if I'm near a pot of sharp pencils, I get a bit nervy.

emmaf798 · 06/09/2023 23:05

Getting lost in the London Underground 😂

mynameiscalypso · 06/09/2023 23:07

ElizaWinter · 06/09/2023 22:34

Having to say my name and what I do in a work meeting. You know where one by one everyone introduces themselves. I'm not listening to any of them, I'm just planning what I'm going to say when it's my turn and hoping I don't fuck it up.

I always worry I'm going to say someone else's name by mistake.

RicherThanYews · 06/09/2023 23:10

Having to wear any shoes other than trainers when I can't find my pop socks, I fucking hate bare feet in shoes. HATE IT.

Tilllly · 06/09/2023 23:12

SquashPenguin · 06/09/2023 20:16

Dropping my keys or phone down a drain. Never done it but I get so paranoid and have to hang on to my things if I walk over one.

Oooh not just me then!

ErrolTheDragon · 06/09/2023 23:14

BitOutOfPractice · 06/09/2023 22:38

If I lean over anything to take a picture I am completely convinced I will drop my phone. I never worry it’ll just drop it randomly any other tone. Just then.

Oh yes. I hate seeing other people insouciantly holding their phone out over balconies etc too, I get that nasty feeling in the pit of my stomach.

We dropped our car keys down the drain in front of our previous house, a neighbour we'd never really spoken to lent us a child's fishing net and we managed to retrieve them. That was back in the days when a car key was a key not a load of electronics, fortunately.

WarmSausageTea · 06/09/2023 23:15

Stepping into or out of a lift, and it drops while I’m half in and half out.

I don’t think it would ever actually happen, but still, I don’t dilly-dally with lifts.

miserablecat · 06/09/2023 23:15

@Drews There was a half marathon near where I live, on a really windy day. One of the portaloos blew over with someone in it! They managed to get out....and they won the race!

Tilllly · 06/09/2023 23:16

Level crossings

Just worry that they've gone wrong and I'll get hit by a train

MargotBamborough · 06/09/2023 23:16

I hate chalk. I don't want to look at it, touch it, smell it or hear it. Ugh.

MargotBamborough · 06/09/2023 23:18

Tilllly · 06/09/2023 23:16

Level crossings

Just worry that they've gone wrong and I'll get hit by a train

Oh, I'm OK with level crossings but I hate tube platforms. Whenever the train is coming I check behind me to make sure there's no one who looks like a nutter who might push me in front of it. But I don't think I would call that a small fear, it feels quire legit to me.

ElizaWinter · 06/09/2023 23:19

@Mimmy352

*Oh ew I hate these! I always say the same thing

”Hello, my name is Mimmy352, and I work in . A fun fact about me is I absolutely hate these things and can’t wait to stop talking.”

It usually makes people laugh and no one has ever given out to me for being honest so far!*

This is a great idea!!

TenOhSeven · 06/09/2023 23:22

Running out of fresh orange juice. I have a glass every morning. It was one of this things I made sure I always had in during the pandemic when I was only shopping once a fortnight so I think my "fear" is a hangover from the dark days of lockdown.

Sgtmajormummy · 06/09/2023 23:26

I have a low level fear of cutting myself on a sharp knife in dirty dishwater.
Zzzzik. (Aargh)
So they get washed at the end in clear water and put straight back in the block.

ikno · 06/09/2023 23:27

Not sure if it counts but my small fear is sleeping through my alarm for work. It’s a small fear as I can work from home and quickly log in. I also have a work phone which shows my Teams status as online 24/7 so no one would know I was late if my phone is on.

EconomyClassRockstar · 06/09/2023 23:30

Being in a welcome meeting and being asked to get into pairs and learn something about one another and then share it with the group. I am still traumatized from one time when I was asked to be the first person to share and all I could remember was he was from Swindon and he was FURIOUS that I'd forgotten his very long and boring story

Catsmere · 06/09/2023 23:31

Losing my car keys when I'm out. Nearly happened once, now I'm more nervous about making sure they're in the right pocket and it's zipped as soon as I've locked the car.

RantyAnty · 06/09/2023 23:35

Hair in drains

sjpkgp1 · 06/09/2023 23:36

Irrational feeling that you will drop something precious.
Oh, and wasps. Everyone laughs.

justanothermummma · 06/09/2023 23:39

Level crossings and driving over them, even when there is someone in that box who has opened the barrier because no train is coming - I proper panic and get the shivers whenever I cross one - convinced I'm going to get wiped out in my car. So irrational.

Deadringer · 06/09/2023 23:41

The ceiling falling in. At home if anyone is walking around upstairs i worry that they will come down through the ceiling, expecially my son, who is rather heavy. I was in a restaurant today and I couldn't take my eye off a beam on the ceiling, it had a crack in it and I was convinced it was going to collapse.