Let’s talk stupid and random fears, for a laugh

[WheelieBinPrincess]

To have a break from people being up in arms about pancakes or being vaporised in a nuclear war, let’s talk really random fears.

I’ll start. Sometimes in the middle of the night, I think a rat might swim up the bowl while I’m having a wee and nip my bum.

Also when I’m walking near a body of water, I think, what if I throw my handbag in there? And hang on to it a bit more tightly.

If I have bare feet on the floor while I’m watching a horror movie, they’ll get attacked. Socks are fine.

I'm terrified of ET.

I can't make a car journey without thinking 'I might crash and die during this journey'. I assumed this was normal but a survey of close friends showed me it is not.

Oh and big things. Tall things. Too overwhelming. Can't bear being in the ocean as it's just too vast.

I hate it when a lorry is close up behind me in the car, especially when you're both stopped in traffic, it's just so menacing and feels threatening, I keep peering in the rear mirror which makes it worse. I don't like the sound they make either.

I had an irrational fear as a child that I would die if I didn't get down the stairs (or into bed if it was at night) before the toilet finished flushing. My mum said there was a a comedy sketch about it so I must have got the idea from there. Even now, I will still dash down the stairs out of habit at my parents' house- we have a downstairs bathroom at home so I'm safe. It only applies to upstairs toilets.

I'm also very afraid of very large objects that move in a sort of smooth, sinister way. The worst is planes, it's not being on one so much as how big and sort of predatory they look, like sharks. Those big super-fast trains and massive ships are not much better, but planes are horrible.

I also had a fear of vampires as a child that resulted in me sleeping with my teddy bear draped over my throat in a protective stance until I was in my early twenties.

NC for this as so many people know this about me.

The word COLANDER
Truly, even typing it makes me cringe. I can use one but my mouth can't say it. I mean, it could, but it can't. It makes me want to rip my tongue out.
All my friends and family now know that when I need the (Insert disgusting word here) I ask for the coriander instead.

Stupid thing is, my mouth can say the coriander but hates the taste of it 🤦🏻‍♀️

Oh and Zombies and Tidal waves are my biggest fears.
Silly thing is, I have an obsession with watching films about them because knowledge is power.
I'm convinced that the more I watch things to do with them, that I'll be better equipped to escape from them
Needless to say, I don't sleep very well at night

I think it's called trypophobia. Yes it is. I have it. Definitely don't Google it, it'll mentally scar you for life!!

Trypophobia

Fear of abandoned water parks. Especially if there's no water in any of the pools

Tin foil
Just thinking about it makes me feel ill
I swear it will unravel itself from its box and wrap itself round me and then I’ll die

Octopuses and squid-I just can’t-they don’t have bones and they are not natural
I can’t bear the thought of going near one

Snot-I can’t bear it-kids with runny noses makes me gag

Blood-I go all funny inside
I do a job where I have to deal with blood on a more regular basis than you’d think (customer care in a well known fast food outlet)
I’m known for running away,every single time
I remember looking over once,to see a kid covered in what looked like tomato ketchup-it wasn’t,he’d fallen and hit his head
My colleagues dealt with him while I had a panic attack just out of sight

Cats eyes glasses-anyone who wears them is a witch and they will eat me

I’m fucking 44 and you’d think I’d be all grown up by now

Discovering dead bodies I’m okay with.
Toads with holes on their back made me puke a bit in my mouth there.

Do you think rats can climb up first floor toilets?

Wasps. It's not that I'm bothered about being stung by one, but it's the low, ominous buzzing and the tiny wasp's waist that really freak me out. I hate them so much. If I see multiple wasps at the same time I feel physically sick.

I have that thing with heights where I really like being high up and looking around, but I'm also terrified I might jump off. I have no reason to jump off a bridge/cliff/whatever, but sometimes get the urge to and it makes me very uneasy.

Irrational fear of beer drop doors outside pubs. I saw a man fall down one as a child so maybe it stems from that. But the vibrational noise when someone steps on one while it is locked gives me the shivers. I am holding my breath waiting for it to pop open. Totally bizarre.

@Wineat5isfine

I always think I’m going to throw my phone in water, whenever I’m near the river! Very strange.

I can’t look in mirrors when it’s dark, the lights have to be on.

I hate driving in the dark - I’m convinced something is going to jump out in front of me and I’ll have an accident.

Walking over water - on a bridge for example, terrifies me. I almost feel like I’m going to throw myself in.

Don’t read this thread then, definitely won’t help with your driving fears! I’ve had 10 years of driving country lanes with no problem - was definitely a bit twitchy driving the other night after reading this.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4486761-What-did-we-see-last-night

If I drop my keys anywhere at all they will fall down a grid.

And if I hurry across the road my shoe will fall off and it will get crushed by a car.

Bagels omg cannot look at them never touched one. No idea why

Flying ants. They make me genuinely hysterical, it’s my only real phobia. I’m fine with all other flying insects.

I am also scared of moray eels and that one day they’ll work out that megalodon isn’t extinct after all and it’s just deep in the ocean. The other day on TikTok I learnt that a species of human had existed at the same time as megalodon so theoretically our very distant ancestors once looked out at the sea and saw a shark the size of a Boeing 747. I had a real crisis about it.

Oddly, I LOVE all other sharks, including great whites and I’ve swum with them. I’m also not scared of any similar prehistoric beast being found, like livyatan or mosasaur. And my fear predates the movie

I have a thing about horses falling down. Watching the races makes me feel sick and if one falls down during a race I literally start heaving. Just typing this now is making me sweat because I can picture them jumping over the bush and ... frig I can't even finish this sentence. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

@NeverChange

Clowns.

I'm a fully grown adult but they freak the hell out of me. There is something so sinister about a grown man or women dressing up as a clown. It's a disguise. My mind goes straight to child abuse etc.

I know I sound batshit crazy but I can't get past it.

Given the activities of John Wayne Gacy that doesn't sound crazy at all.

I'm always scared that slugs might come into the kitchen. I lived for years in a house where they did.

Another one for stairs. Especially if I'm the last one downstairs. I have an irrational but terrifying fear of something grabbing me and dragging me back down.

Mirrors, I never look in a mirror at night or when I'm alone.

Toilets and flushing at night? Never unless there's no choice. The toilet monster is real and will get me before I get into bed safely.

I'm scared of the dark inside the house nut find it safe and comforting outside.

I'm nearly 44 and still have to sleep with the covers over my neck because vampires

Ladybirds, can't stand them

Heights, I feel like I'm going to jump.

I worked in a nursing home where rats came out the toilet

I can’t step on a crack on the sidewalk.
I’m over 60.

I have a dreadful dream I have dreamt it many times. I fall down metal stairs and I watch myself with people crowding around me. Bizarrely I told my Mum once and she said when I was 3 she fell down metal steps and broke her hip. I was with her at the time but sat on a step. She wondered if I could have remembered it but I was barely 3 so unlikely. I absolutely hate going down steps though even if not metal and metal fire escapes I just can't go on them.

I have to change the time of day I do certain things because I worry that I might "wear out" 6:40am if I always get up at that time. I change the alarm by a couple of minutes each day, back and forth. I am worried I might fall through the fabric of time if I keep doing the same thing at the same time every day. It's a bit strange but makes sense to me.

@BorisBooster

I fear when walking the dog I'll find a dead body

That happened to me and my parents when I was 10. We found a body washed up on the beach while walking the dogs.