What is an irrational fear that you have?

[jewelz617]

Date: 1/18/2010 9:54:46 PM
Author: Octavia
My biggest fear is developing postpartum depression. I've never been pregnant and don't plan to be anytime in the very near future, but the thought of PPD scares the heck out of me...and I honestly don't know why, but I have this horrible feeling that I will deal with it someday. I've already started educating DH about it, just in case. If I get through childbearing and never have to face PPD, I really don't know what else I'll fear (except that I'll probably develop mommy-fears like some of the other ladies here).

I had it. It's very manageable once you let your doctor know.

 

[Octavia]

Date: 1/18/2010 9:59:27 PM
Author: PinkAsscher678

Date: 1/18/2010 9:54:46 PM

Author: Octavia

My biggest fear is developing postpartum depression. I've never been pregnant and don't plan to be anytime in the very near future, but the thought of PPD scares the heck out of me...and I honestly don't know why, but I have this horrible feeling that I will deal with it someday. I've already started educating DH about it, just in case. If I get through childbearing and never have to face PPD, I really don't know what else I'll fear (except that I'll probably develop mommy-fears like some of the other ladies here).

I had it. It's very manageable once you let your doctor know.

I'm sure it is, for some reason the thought of it just seems scarier than pretty much anything else I can think of. I guess that's why it's my irrational fear -- realistically, I know that if it happened, I'd get through it, but from a purely emotional standpoint, it cmpletely freaks me out.

 

[packrat]

Date: 1/18/2010 9:44:39 PM
Author: doodle
Palmetto bugs. I have seriously injured myself trying to get away from one before...not to mention that, in the process of typing this, I just almost snatched my hair off the back of my head because my braid grazed my shoulder and scared the hell out of me.

I shouldn''t laugh, but I couldn''t help it! I''ve screeched and slapped at myself so many times thinking there was a spider on me and it would turn out to just be a little fuzzy from a shirt or something!

 

[Amber St. Clare]

Well, clowns skeeve me.

I have a fear of being thrown into a car trunk and being left to die.

Can''t do heights. Not even theatre balconies.

 

[Porridge]

I can't think of any! I guess I don't scare easily. However, I have two friends with really irrational fears.

(I think there was a thread like this before, so my post will be the same as that because this is just so freaking weird...)

One just cannot be in the same room as fruit. It terrifies him. He says he always thinks there's going to be a worm or a slug in there if he bites into an apple. One night on holidays we put fruit in his bed. I guess we didn't realise how serious this fear was because he FREAKED. Couldn't get to sleep, had to swap beds with someone. And this is a big, otherwise very manly man, never heard him admit fear to anything else!

But the other friend takes the biscuit - she has koumpounophobia. It's a fear of buttons. Google it. She just cannot touch them, has clasps on her clothing rather than buttons. Plastic ones are the worst. The plastic buttons with four holes terrify her. The thought of thread going through the holes makes her want to vomit. If they are there purely for decorative purposes, that is just unbearable. Her worst nightmare is a jar or little basket of buttons. She has had it since before she could talk, she screamed when her mum put a button down jumper on her as a toddler. Again with her, she's a pretty tough nut, I've never known her to be afraid of anything else. She keeps that particular phobia under wraps, in case she gets locked up

I actually came across a guy recently at a party with the same phobia. Surprisingly, it's common enough.

 

[D2B]

Dying or becoming incapacitated before my child reaches adulthood. I really worry about all sorts of minor ailments and check things out religiously. I dont care what happens when my son is an adult, but just want to make sure I am around to be a parent while he needs it.

 

[Luckyeshe]

I don''t do well around frogs or lots of ants. They give me the crawlies. I also get weird when it comes to heights. You won''t be seeing me jumping out of a perfectly good plane...ever.

 

[Kunzite]

Date: 1/18/2010 8:58:07 AM
Author: ZoeBartlett
I have a few:

* Things catching on fire:
1. I''m always afraid of furniture being too close to baseboard heaters.
2. I won''t ever buy an electric blanket because I''m terrified of them.
3. Leaving lights on too long (''cause the light bulbs could catch on fire).

* Tarantulas: I don''t live anywhere near where they''d be found, but I hate seeing pictures of them.

* Feeling panicky in public. I have panic attacks occasionally, and they''re really bad when I''m feeling overwhelmed and stressed. The WORST is when they happen in public. I''m not sure if this is really an irrational fear, but it''s one I have.

Oh Zoe, me too! I forgot about that one. I refuse to have an electric blanket even though I''m always cold!!

 

[NY Princess]

Okay this fear is completely irrational especially because of where I live (not NY)..... one huge fear I have is that I''ll be in a car crash on a bridge and my car will fall into water and I won''t be able to get my children out in time because of the car seats. I''ve even had nightmares about this.

 

[Lauren8211]

Flying. This is irrational because nothing even remotely scary has ever happened to me on a plane. Yes, I''m the girl on the plane crying during take off and turbulence.

Spiders. That happened after my traumatic experience in Puerto Rico.

Being trapped. I can''t go anywhere without my own car or I instantly have the urge to escape. I MUST have an escape at all times. If DH and I are messing around he holds me down I FLIP OUT. Full on panic.

Toilets. New ones make me nervous, and I have recurring dreams about overflowing toilets. I cannot open the top to a toilet or I become terrified.

 

[katamari]

Mayonnaise. I literally shuttered when I typed the word. I cannot see it, be near it, and, if I start thinking it might be in my food, I will become unable to eat.

Revolving doors.

There are a few other that I find rational, but these are my irrational ones.