Irrational Fears

adamar15

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : Yeah, I just don't run the crock pot while I'm not home. I know they're designed to do that, but I'm paranoid. I do have the sticker for the firefighters indicating that there's a dog in the house. Hopefully if the unthinkable happens they can rescue him.
Posted by daffodil_jill[/QUOTE]

I just peeled that sticker off of the door at my old house :) 

musicalsunlight

I didn't know there was a sticker like that, Daff. I will need to get one. That is totally one of my fears, that poor pups will be stuck inside when I'm at work and a gas line bursts and blows up the house. Which i guess if it blows up, they are SOL. But you get my point.

[Deleted User]

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[QUOTE]I'm not caught up on this yet, so not sure if it's been mentioned, but I am terrified of plane bathrooms. I think I'm going to get sucked into one and tossed out of the plane or something completely insane. I will do all I can to avoid going on a plane. Posted by Febechick[/QUOTE]

This is my mom. She is terrified of getting sucked out of a toilet plane.

Wally, I'm not that bright, ha. My brain just doesn't work right. And YGPM back.

willywally5

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[QUOTE]I have an irrational fear of driving down long highways at night with no cell phone coverage.  I'm convinced there'll be a polar bear (and it's always a polar bear) in the woods, and all I'll have to defend myself will be a blow dryer and a cell phone that doesn't work.  I give it 10 minutes before the polar bear eats me. ETA:  I should add that I'm afraid my car will break down.  That's how the polar bear will get me.
Posted by Holly4212011[/QUOTE]

<div>Are you sure it's a POLAR BEAR? Maybe it's just an albino regular-old-lives-in-the-woods bear? </div><div>
</div><div>: ) </div>

Febechick

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : Ahh the book where the girl wakes up to her room in flames but she thinks shes dreaming so she goes back to sleep and in the end you find out she died in the fire and has been a ghost haunting the new family all along...I didn't sleep for days after reading that. I also couldn't watch Are You Afraid of the Dark? by unless I hid around the corner. Our dining room had an arch with walls that extended out further than the living room did and I would peek around the corner to watch the non-scary scenes. And speaking of creepy books...<strong>Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn</strong> is by far the scariest book I ever read for kids.
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]

I completely forgot about that book until reading your post, and then it all came flooding back. So thanks for that. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-tongue-out.gif" border="0" alt="Tongue out" title="Tongue out" />

[Deleted User]

LTB! I figured it out. It's Haunted Island by Joan Lowery Nixon.

willywally5

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[QUOTE]Wally, nope, it has to be a polar bear.  I wouldn't be worried about a regular bear - that would almost normal.  A polar bear is certainly not normal.
Posted by Holly4212011[/QUOTE]

<div>Well, polar bears are pretty badass, so I can see why you'd be scared. </div>

calixtine

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[QUOTE]This isn't too irrational because there are a lot of crazy people out there, but I am terrified that I will be kidnapped.  I get anxiety even thinking about it. Also- I have to check the back seat of my car and underneath my car as I approach/before I get in.
Posted by Brandi0714[/QUOTE]

I always take a quick peek in to the backseat of my car before I get in.  There was a story I read as a kid about this girl driving down a lone highway, a car behind kept flashing their brights at her and she was freaking out thinking this guy in the other car was trying to get her to crash or was trying going to kill her.  She finally gets home and runs into the house to tell her parents, they come storming out to see if they could catch the person that was following her.  Only to see that guy in the other car, pull in to their drive way and confront another guy that was IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE GIRLS CAR THE WHOLE TIME.

This is a horrible retelling of the story but it is basically why I am afraid of being killed by a guy that is hiding in my backseat.

ZombieNates

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : There was a poster on theknot or thenest awhile back who had her dishwasher running when she left for work, and the running dishwasher somehow caused a fire and she lost her pets. It was tremendously sad. I never leave my appliances on during the day now because of that.
Posted by daffodil_jill[/QUOTE]
Holy shiiit, that's terrible. And I can't use the crockpot when I'm not home, either. Everyone says I'm being ridiculous, but we live on the second floor, so it's not even like Bax could figure a way out if something happened. I'm just not having it.

lbarr088

I'm also terrified of the dark room at work.  I mean there's one way in and one way out and clearly there's no one in there with me but everytime I shut off the red light I find myself sprinting towards the door like someone is going to reach out and grab me.

willywally5

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : Holy shiiit, that's terrible. And I can't use the crockpot when I'm not home, either. Everyone says I'm being ridiculous, but we live on the second floor, so it's not even like Bax could figure a way out if something happened. I'm just not having it.
Posted by ZombieNates[/QUOTE]

<div>It would be so horrible to lose pets in a fire. It'd be horrible to have a fire, period. </div><div>
</div><div>Once, I shot a house fire for the paper and you could hear the family's dogs barking. Utilities workers were in the neighborhood so got there (to shut off gas, etc.) before FD. One of the guys figured out where the dogs were, but couldn't get to them. By the time FD got there a few minutes later, the barking had stopped. So sad. That house went up SO FAST it was insane. Newer house, too. </div>

mmmendi

Calix that gave me goosebumps from my elbows up across my scallp. That is horrifying

willywally5

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : I always take a quick peek in to the backseat of my car before I get in.  There was a story I read as a kid about this girl driving down a lone highway, a car behind kept flashing their brights at her and she was freaking out thinking this guy in the other car was trying to get her to crash or was trying going to kill her.  She finally gets home and runs into the house to tell her parents, they come storming out to see if they could catch the person that was following her.  Only to see that guy in the other car, pull in to their drive way and confront another guy that was IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE GIRLS CAR THE WHOLE TIME. This is a horrible retelling of the story but it is basically why I am afraid of being killed by a guy that is hiding in my backseat.
Posted by calixtine[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>AGGHH! I never want to let my girls drive anywhere alone! CREEP-O-RAMA!

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willywally5

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[QUOTE]I'm also terrified of the dark room at work.  I mean there's one way in and one way out and clearly there's no one in there with me but everytime I shut off the red light I find myself sprinting towards the door like someone is going to reach out and grab me.
Posted by lbarr088[/QUOTE]

<div>Do you work at a paper? </div><div>
</div><div>And if so, they still have a dark room?</div>

ZombieNates

I know this will sound crazy, but I'm so glad I'm reading this at home, with the dog next to me, and not at work. Seriously, I would be speeding home to check on him, that's how irrational my fear of something happening to him is.

lbarr088

Wally-  I work in a research lab.  For certain experiments we have to develop film through a developer machine and the film is light sensitive so we have to do it in a dark room.

Brandi0714

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : I always take a quick peek in to the backseat of my car before I get in.  There was a story I read as a kid about this girl driving down a lone highway, a car behind kept flashing their brights at her and she was freaking out thinking this guy in the other car was trying to get her to crash or was trying going to kill her.  She finally gets home and runs into the house to tell her parents, they come storming out to see if they could catch the person that was following her.  Only to see that guy in the other car, pull in to their drive way and confront another guy that was IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE GIRLS CAR THE WHOLE TIME. This is a horrible retelling of the story but it is basically why I am afraid of being killed by a guy that is hiding in my backseat.
Posted by calixtine[/QUOTE]

I've heard about something like this which is why I do it. OMG  I would freak out and probably crash on purpose.

texasgurly13

I'm afraid of geese and ducks...They get near me at parks and I start hyperventilating.  It might have something to do with being chased and bitten by one as a toddler (I don't remember it, but my parents told me about it).

mehgank

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : I always take a quick peek in to the backseat of my car before I get in.  There was a story I read as a kid about this girl driving down a lone highway, a car behind kept flashing their brights at her and she was freaking out thinking this guy in the other car was trying to get her to crash or was trying going to kill her.  She finally gets home and runs into the house to tell her parents, they come storming out to see if they could catch the person that was following her.  Only to see that guy in the other car, pull in to their drive way and confront another guy that was IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE GIRLS CAR THE WHOLE TIME. This is a horrible retelling of the story but it is basically why I am afraid of being killed by a guy that is hiding in my backseat.
Posted by calixtine[/QUOTE]

I remember that story too. The guy would flash his lights every time he'd see the other guy in the back seat reach up to grab her, or something like that. I can't remember if it was an urban legend or not, though.

But, as rule #31 of Zombieland say: always check the backseat.

ZombieNates

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : I think its from one of those Spooky Stories to Tell at Night (or something like that) books for kids. They had a black cover, white font and had multiple volumes. I really remember too much about books.
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark!

willywally5

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[QUOTE]Wally-  I work in a research lab.  For certain experiments we have to develop film through a developer machine and the film is light sensitive so we have to do it in a dark room.
Posted by lbarr088[/QUOTE]

<div>Ahhh, I see. </div><div>
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sarabellam

Add me to those terrified of log trucks. I refuse to travel behind them. My first boyfriend in HS told me about someone who got decapitated by a log that slipped off a truck.

texasgurly13

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[QUOTE]Add me to those terrified of log trucks. I refuse to travek behind them. My first boyfriend in HS told me about someone who got decapitated by a log that slipped off a truck.
Posted by sarabellam[/QUOTE]

<div>Along this line, we have a bunch of construction trucks going up and down the interstate right now because of the 281/1604 flyover project.  Anytime I get stuck behind one of those, or any truck with stuff in the bed, I get panicked and immediately have to change lanes.</div><div>
</div><div>I actually narrowly missed getting in an accident when a chair that wasn't properly tied down flew out out of the bed of the truck.  It was late at night and it was raining.  Thankfully, no one else was on the road, and I was able to get over, but it scared the schitt out of me.  </div><div>
</div><div>ETA:  grammar.  my brain is on off today.</div>

sbc2013

I think this is perfectly rational, but I'm deathly afraid of spiders. When I had insomnia and took Ambien to sleep, I would wake up in the middle of the night and hallucinate THOUSANDS of spiders crawling all over me. And I felt them too. That med is trippy.

I'm also really afraid of sitting down in public areas, like movie theaters, restaurants, etc. When I was young my dad told me that people with blood-borne diseases like to stick infected needles into seats and when you sit down you get infected, too. Apparently these people also put needles into vending machines and the hand pump at gas stations. Then there was that news story recently about the needle found in an airplane sandwich, so now I obviously feel my lunacy is rational. I carry a flashlight in my purse when I go to the movies so I can check my seat.

calixtine

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Fears : It would be so horrible to lose pets in a fire. It'd be horrible to have a fire, period.  Once, I shot a house fire for the paper and you could hear the family's dogs barking. Utilities workers were in the neighborhood so got there (to shut off gas, etc.) before FD. One of the guys figured out where the dogs were, but couldn't get to them. By the time FD got there a few minutes later, the barking had stopped. So sad. That house went up SO FAST it was insane. Newer house, too. 
Posted by willywally5[/QUOTE]

This made me tear up a little.  I am terrified of this happening to my dogs.  It was worse when I lived in an apartment because who knows what kind of stupid shiiiit your neighbors do when you aren't home.

I was also terrified of getting in and out of the shower when I lived alone.  I was always afriad I would slip and fall and break my neck.  I was convinced it would be days before anyone would find my dead naked body in my bathroom and I may or may not have been nibbled on by my dogs in my imaginings.  That would be a horrible way to go.

midgetthemighty

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[QUOTE]I just quit my job today and I'm worried about how long it will take me to find a new one.
Posted by MeganLindsay5685[/QUOTE]

Everything okay?

Anysunrise

Fvcking lady bugs scare the sh*t out of me.

midgetthemighty

Any, you and my H both.

Megan, I'll be leaving shortly but feel free to PM me on FB if you need anything.

emeejeeayen

Shots.

Not needles, shots. And blood tests.

I've never had a blood test, and it's because I'm terrified. It's not the needle going in or coming out, it's this concept of suction even thought I know that's not what happens. I know it's fine, I just can't do it. Ugh I get so freaked out thinking about it. 

willywally5

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[QUOTE]Fvcking lady bugs scare the sh*t out of me.
Posted by Anysunrise[/QUOTE]

<div>Oh gheez. In the spring, we get these nasty little bugs that LOOK almost like ladybugs but they are African Lady Beetles or something. They leave tracks behind them of I-don't-even-know-what, maybe Lady Beetle dung? They are gross. They are more orange-y than real ladybugs. Icky. </div>