I’ve always feared I’d forgot something important. I write down a bunch of stuff and have a bunch of lists in my notes app, even though I never check them
My lighter exploding in my pocket and my pants catch fire. Then it’ll also be a liar liar pants on fire moment for someone to laugh at me if it’s caught on video and posted online
I know that sounds ridiculous. And it wasn’t an issue with my first baby. But with my second, I can’t stand having others hold him. Not even my husband. It never feels like they’re doing it right. Like he’s going to fall and be permanently hurt. And people that one hand hold him because they talk with their hands, I just can’t.
I don’t want to feel this way. I don’t have any other type of postpartum anxiety. It’s only when people hold him. I just hate it, it scares the shit out of me. I do my best to just to look away while they have him greatful for their help. But if anything, I just want them to put him down or give him to me.
I have no fear of wasps/bees just sitting there, or even watching them from a distance. The second they get behind me and in reach of my head i get panicky or even full on panic attacks
Fear of my phone being stolen. Perhaps not such an odd fear as I am sure many can relate but I’d sooner have my wallet taken from me without realising than my phone. I have too many precious memories in my camera roll on my phone (my fiancee and our children, mum and dad and my dog who’s pretty much my little bro). I’m terrified of losing my phone for the loss of my pictures. Fuck money, money can’t replace what I’ve experienced
I have a two year old. Every morning, EVERY morning, I wake up and wonder why I can’t hear her…I’m always so relived when I hear her make a noise for her mum or I go to wake her up and she smiles at me.
Having my belly button exposed and something happening to it it’s haunted me as a child seeing a Kyle XY commercial I would never open my closet door shirtless because I thought someone might be hiding in there waiting to take it. I still don’t like being shirtless due to having the button exposed
Not going to lie – I’m terrified of Bigfoot. Go on and laugh cause I know it sounds ridiculous.
But I have had this fear since I was a little kid and it hasn’t gone away. You know those videos on Youtube where an unidentified sound is played over the backdrop of a creepy forest? That’s enough to reduce me to hiding under a blanket and sleeping with the lights on.
I have a weird fear that a big tyre is huring towards me from somewhere. When I’m outside, I’m always looking around. I’m convinced one day it’ll happen.
Water leaking. Can ruin a house. I’m overly protective on this, have a normal sump pump and a water powered backup. I am checking the hole all the time when it rains. Not just rain either…snow, a washing machine overflowing, a tub, leaky icemaker…anything.
Sometimes i have this nightmare about this factory producing aluminium foil. Kilometers of foil on conveyor belts. Everything running smoothly. I am the responsible manager. And then, suddenly, hell is breaking loose. A machine failure. Foil chaos everywhere.
hamsters. i freaking hate them sm and idk why they freak me out sm its just their stupid little faces and their eyes i just have an instinct to throw them out thr window anytime i see one. everyone always makes fun of me about this and honestly i understand but something about those freaky little fucks just messes me up
That my flat burns down. When I was still living with my parents I had that fear too. I’m not scared of fire but scared of losing all the memories and things I have. Same goes for my phone, I don’t care about the phone itself but I care about the pictures and chats. I’m scared of losing that.
That a tsunami will begin while I’m out kayak fishing. I’d be fucked if I’m out in the bay or open water. My only explanation is “that would be pretty much the worst-case scenario” even tho I do not live near any active fault lines.
Maybe it’s something that you don’t find so easy on a normal day in your life.
But the simple fact of running into a group of randoms who believe in a supposed god terrifies me with the mystery of knowing what crazy things or ceremonies they have.
Bees. I got stung in the past, but nothing traumatic. I had no fear of them for so long, until a few years ago. I don’t understand but my body goes cold and I get like shivers on my back. Ruuuun 😂
When I was a kid, I was so afraid whenever those big trucks were close. Specifically their tyres. It’s like I’d get goosebumps if they’re close by, even if it’s stationary.
Looking back now, I think the scene in Toy Story, where they were at a gas station and a truck pulls in, almost running over Woody. Yeah I think that might’ve caused it lol
Sprouting potatoes. When you forget about them in the cupboard and they start growing and morphing into some terrifying creature. My food shouldn’t continue to grow inside my pantry.
i always have this random thought of the interface behind the observable world crashing and i’ll be alone on some plasma grid in infinite space indefinitely
someone finding my old name/identity and using it to find me now. there’s a show in the uk called heir hunters, and while i know noone’s leaving me any money, i don’t want them tracking me down. (not a criminal or in witness ptoection, just not cis.)
Those K-rails that are on the freeway for construction. Sometimes they sit right on the line that divides the lanes, which makes it uncomfortably too close to the driver’s side. On the passenger side, it doesn’t bother me.
I’m scared of drains, and it terrifies me that I can’t see what’s going on down there. I stepped on a swimming pool drain once when I was about four years old and my foot ever so slightly suctioned to the drain for about .02 seconds… Cue: absolute panic! I freed myself with minimal effort a moment later but it forever left me with a phobia! I won’t step on a shower drain, sewer grate, or anything else that I can’t see what’s down there. Thank goodness I never saw “It” until I was an adult, because I’m sure that would have made the fear worse..
Terrified of large birds (and some small ones too). Parrots and such absolutely freak me out and I could never be one of those people who go on a tropical vacation and hold one for a photo.
Something following me slowly and never stopping. It Follows felt like it was made in a lab to be the perfect horror film to get under my skin. Since I was a little kid my one and only recurring nightmare involved me being a shapeshifter, with another shapeshifter chasing me – always knowing where I am and what I have turned into. Just a never ending chase that would never end.
Very specifically, having the tendons behind my knees and/or above the backs of my feet (at the heels) sliced horizontally with a large machete. And I can’t stand to be touched in either place by anyone.
Zombies. I refuse to live near graveyards and funeral homes. I won’t go to funerals unless they’re immediate relatives. Even then, I dont stay long. I’m also very freaked out about mass disease events. During covid, I was a nervous wreck, and I’m very anxious about the bird flu/measles outbreaks. Idk. Like, I know there’s not ever gonna be zombies, but…you can’t tell me it could never happen with 100% certainty.
I was always careful with caramel and hard candy-making. Until that one time that I moved the cookie sheet with silicon mat without first setting down the pot I was pouring from.* Rookie error. I knew better. The burns on my hands were bad enough but then I realized I hadn’t put on goggles. Thick long sleeves? Check. Apron? Check. Hair covering? Check. I was lucky that time. Worse yet: my youngest was in the kitchen and I was screaming to get away, go, go, go away! I was afraid of what might happen when I set the caramel down — would it splash? Would the kid get splashed?! Now I have nightmares about hot caramel in my eyes and how badly that would hurt.
Two things now: I wear goggles or my glasses when I do any hot sugar work, and . . . my caramel has been a disaster 4 times out of 5 since then. I have The Fear™️ now. And I keep effing up. Do-overs galore! Christmas was a nightmare.
Also, the youngest is now a caramel whisperer. No fears, makes caramel apples, candy apples, hard candies, is calm, has no issues. I’m the Mom in the corner, praying, wringing my hands, trying not to let my nervous fear show. But the kid is awesome. (They’re all awesome, but the youngest is awesome with the candy-making in particular.)
I’m not scared of the ocean. I watch sailing youtube videos all the time. I actually feel fear if I see a picture of a massive cruise ship or cargo ship. I walked by a cruise ship once and almost had a panic attack.
Reptiles in general. It just feels like they have no souls and are incapable of love. I know they can express affection, I’ve seen it, but the idea they can’t isn’t swayed.
Looking into a mirror in the dark, I always think I’ll see a ghost. If I go to the loo in the night, I wash my hands with my head turned away from the mirror above the sink.
They’re not even dangerous to humans, as they can’t even bite lmao. They’re totally harmless, and I KNOW they are. But I’m terrified of them. If one comes anywhere near me, I’ll be running a mile screaming. 😅
Everyone has seen blood clot, but you know what happens next? It congeals, dries out and becomes like sand.
It makes my whole body have a physical reaction bc it is such a foreign thing that my body rejects it. Every time I have to open up a heart I have anxiety, sweating, holding my breath, shaking, hair stands on its end the whole shebang of a flight or fight response all for fear that inside will be clumps of red sand. There’s not much that can make me wretch. I have lost count of the of number of necropsies I’ve done, even rotting ones, Blood sand though, every time. Nope, nope, nope!
When i was a child living in the county and had to run the trash out to the dumpster at night i would scream and cry running all the way over and all the way back afraid werewolves were going to get me.
Being shoved from behind by a stranger for no reason. Hate people loitering behind me. This has never happened but for some reason I’m 100% certain it will someday.
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I’m scared of fish
I’ve always feared I’d forgot something important. I write down a bunch of stuff and have a bunch of lists in my notes app, even though I never check them
I just cannot wear flip flops or sandals out in public for fear of some emergency or thing going down and I can run or act
Scared of the ocean, it’s deep vastness, swimming next to something huge like an orca or ship.
Uncanny valley gotta be one of my worst fears.
Shoelaces untying mid-stage – instant faceplant terror.
Cooking with oil
My lighter exploding in my pocket and my pants catch fire. Then it’ll also be a liar liar pants on fire moment for someone to laugh at me if it’s caught on video and posted online
Intimacy
My fear of titties
When other people hold my baby.
I know that sounds ridiculous. And it wasn’t an issue with my first baby. But with my second, I can’t stand having others hold him. Not even my husband. It never feels like they’re doing it right. Like he’s going to fall and be permanently hurt. And people that one hand hold him because they talk with their hands, I just can’t.
I don’t want to feel this way. I don’t have any other type of postpartum anxiety. It’s only when people hold him. I just hate it, it scares the shit out of me. I do my best to just to look away while they have him greatful for their help. But if anything, I just want them to put him down or give him to me.
i’m scared of showering in the pitch dark. idk why.
Insects getting into my ears.
I have no fear of wasps/bees just sitting there, or even watching them from a distance. The second they get behind me and in reach of my head i get panicky or even full on panic attacks
For the record: it happened to me more than once
Stickers.
Fear of my phone being stolen. Perhaps not such an odd fear as I am sure many can relate but I’d sooner have my wallet taken from me without realising than my phone. I have too many precious memories in my camera roll on my phone (my fiancee and our children, mum and dad and my dog who’s pretty much my little bro). I’m terrified of losing my phone for the loss of my pictures. Fuck money, money can’t replace what I’ve experienced
I have a two year old. Every morning, EVERY morning, I wake up and wonder why I can’t hear her…I’m always so relived when I hear her make a noise for her mum or I go to wake her up and she smiles at me.
I get really freaked out sometimes when I see ominous-looking hubble telescope pictures of strange galaxies/stars/nebulae/etc.
Elmo…
Having my belly button exposed and something happening to it it’s haunted me as a child seeing a Kyle XY commercial I would never open my closet door shirtless because I thought someone might be hiding in there waiting to take it. I still don’t like being shirtless due to having the button exposed
Drinking something form “tooth mug”. A mug with the ring of human teeth around the rim. Search google images and u will find ur nightmare fuel.
Bananas.
Death
I am scared that a bug is going to crawl into my hairdryer, and when I go to turn it on, it’s going to shoot the bug into my hair.
Not going to lie – I’m terrified of Bigfoot. Go on and laugh cause I know it sounds ridiculous.
But I have had this fear since I was a little kid and it hasn’t gone away. You know those videos on Youtube where an unidentified sound is played over the backdrop of a creepy forest? That’s enough to reduce me to hiding under a blanket and sleeping with the lights on.
Fear of space. Like the never ending of it. Who created it? Whats beyond it ? I don’t know why it freaks me out.
Bridges. Hate them. Unfortunately I have to cross one every day to get to work.
Licking something as in I might like it
I’m afraid that something’s going to crawl up the toilet and bite my ass. Specifically like a rat, snake, or crocodile.
This fear only occurs if I wake up to pee in the middle of the night
Butterflies. I love looking at them and seeing them but I freak out if they come near me.
Moths. Love butterflies but terrified of moths
I have a weird fear that a big tyre is huring towards me from somewhere. When I’m outside, I’m always looking around. I’m convinced one day it’ll happen.
Light bulbs exploding in my face when changing them.
I’m afraid of a can of something that is just going to randomly explode.
I am genuinely terrified when I’m out in public because I think somebody is going to throw acid in my face.
Nictaphobia – the fear of backing into cold doorknobs. :/
First time say to a girl “I love you” After that I have fever 104*
I can explain it, it just take 43 hours. The fear of being a father. I can mitigate disasters on a large scale, but being a dad is where I fail.
Bridges, suspension bridges in particular.
I once drove an extra 150miles to avoid one.
Water leaking. Can ruin a house. I’m overly protective on this, have a normal sump pump and a water powered backup. I am checking the hole all the time when it rains. Not just rain either…snow, a washing machine overflowing, a tub, leaky icemaker…anything.
Sometimes i have this nightmare about this factory producing aluminium foil. Kilometers of foil on conveyor belts. Everything running smoothly. I am the responsible manager. And then, suddenly, hell is breaking loose. A machine failure. Foil chaos everywhere.
hamsters. i freaking hate them sm and idk why they freak me out sm its just their stupid little faces and their eyes i just have an instinct to throw them out thr window anytime i see one. everyone always makes fun of me about this and honestly i understand but something about those freaky little fucks just messes me up
That my flat burns down. When I was still living with my parents I had that fear too. I’m not scared of fire but scared of losing all the memories and things I have. Same goes for my phone, I don’t care about the phone itself but I care about the pictures and chats. I’m scared of losing that.
Crazy fear of accidentally missing an exam
That a tsunami will begin while I’m out kayak fishing. I’d be fucked if I’m out in the bay or open water. My only explanation is “that would be pretty much the worst-case scenario” even tho I do not live near any active fault lines.
Religious sects.
Maybe it’s something that you don’t find so easy on a normal day in your life.
But the simple fact of running into a group of randoms who believe in a supposed god terrifies me with the mystery of knowing what crazy things or ceremonies they have.
Getting into a vehicular accident with an 18-wheeler while driving in a car on the highway.
Bees. I got stung in the past, but nothing traumatic. I had no fear of them for so long, until a few years ago. I don’t understand but my body goes cold and I get like shivers on my back. Ruuuun 😂
Dying at work is one of mine lmao
I thought my phone had automatic backup, and I’ve just sorted it now on Android! Thanks, my friends!!
people touching my belly button … for some reason i’m convinced it’s my weakest spot
Fear of falling off an airplane
Fish hooks. I won’t go within 20 feet of someone who might cast their line at any moment.
And eggs.
Bleeding without knowing what caused it.
Reddit.
Fire. If I smell that something might be burning I’m getting g a huge panic attack. Also breaking bones, nope nope nope.
Water hitting my face legitimately makes me feel like I’m drowning. I realize how ridiculous this sounds as I’m typing it out.
I’m afraid of sharks when swimming … even in a small pool. Makes no sense, lol. Can’t help it though.
Overflowing bath!!😫
Sinkholes.
The ground is supposed to stay put and be solid.
When I was a kid, I was so afraid whenever those big trucks were close. Specifically their tyres. It’s like I’d get goosebumps if they’re close by, even if it’s stationary.
Looking back now, I think the scene in Toy Story, where they were at a gas station and a truck pulls in, almost running over Woody. Yeah I think that might’ve caused it lol
Sprouting potatoes. When you forget about them in the cupboard and they start growing and morphing into some terrifying creature. My food shouldn’t continue to grow inside my pantry.
i always have this random thought of the interface behind the observable world crashing and i’ll be alone on some plasma grid in infinite space indefinitely
Fear of uncertainty
Pretty sure I have colon cancer and no doctor will take me seriously.
I’m terrified of putting my phone in the washing machine
Breathing in dryer lint / dust, i have a small panic attack every time i can’t hold my breath long enough lol
Watching balloons float away into the sky.
someone finding my old name/identity and using it to find me now. there’s a show in the uk called heir hunters, and while i know noone’s leaving me any money, i don’t want them tracking me down. (not a criminal or in witness ptoection, just not cis.)
Those K-rails that are on the freeway for construction. Sometimes they sit right on the line that divides the lanes, which makes it uncomfortably too close to the driver’s side. On the passenger side, it doesn’t bother me.
I’m terrified of whips
I’m scared of drains, and it terrifies me that I can’t see what’s going on down there. I stepped on a swimming pool drain once when I was about four years old and my foot ever so slightly suctioned to the drain for about .02 seconds… Cue: absolute panic! I freed myself with minimal effort a moment later but it forever left me with a phobia! I won’t step on a shower drain, sewer grate, or anything else that I can’t see what’s down there. Thank goodness I never saw “It” until I was an adult, because I’m sure that would have made the fear worse..
Terrified of large birds (and some small ones too). Parrots and such absolutely freak me out and I could never be one of those people who go on a tropical vacation and hold one for a photo.
Something following me slowly and never stopping. It Follows felt like it was made in a lab to be the perfect horror film to get under my skin. Since I was a little kid my one and only recurring nightmare involved me being a shapeshifter, with another shapeshifter chasing me – always knowing where I am and what I have turned into. Just a never ending chase that would never end.
Big buildings/huge objects. Either they invoke fear or complete admiration
I’m afraid of the bus doors at the back of the bus that you have to push open yourself to exit.
It’s not my fear but my sibling is scared of m&m cookies. Specifically keebler brand or any with big m&ms
Very specifically, having the tendons behind my knees and/or above the backs of my feet (at the heels) sliced horizontally with a large machete. And I can’t stand to be touched in either place by anyone.
Zombies. I refuse to live near graveyards and funeral homes. I won’t go to funerals unless they’re immediate relatives. Even then, I dont stay long. I’m also very freaked out about mass disease events. During covid, I was a nervous wreck, and I’m very anxious about the bird flu/measles outbreaks. Idk. Like, I know there’s not ever gonna be zombies, but…you can’t tell me it could never happen with 100% certainty.
I just can’t with zombies.
That something is going to grab my feet from behind steps without the kick plate. Open back stairs in basements specifically.
Snake biting me while I’m sitting on a toilet
Bed bugs.
That if everything isn’t plugged in correctly, it will cause a spark and the house to burn down.
I don’t share my fears
Tape getting stuck on my fingernails. Idk why. But I can’t even use bandaids on my fingers. I can’t stand the thought of tape there.
Wind turbines. Terrifying. They come in packs.
The toilet seat will be loose and violently slide to one side when I lean to wipe and basically act like a giant cigar cutter on my junk.
zombies….as if an apocalypse would happen in the next decade
Hot caramel in my eyes.
I was always careful with caramel and hard candy-making. Until that one time that I moved the cookie sheet with silicon mat without first setting down the pot I was pouring from.* Rookie error. I knew better. The burns on my hands were bad enough but then I realized I hadn’t put on goggles. Thick long sleeves? Check. Apron? Check. Hair covering? Check. I was lucky that time. Worse yet: my youngest was in the kitchen and I was screaming to get away, go, go, go away! I was afraid of what might happen when I set the caramel down — would it splash? Would the kid get splashed?! Now I have nightmares about hot caramel in my eyes and how badly that would hurt.
Two things now: I wear goggles or my glasses when I do any hot sugar work, and . . . my caramel has been a disaster 4 times out of 5 since then. I have The Fear™️ now. And I keep effing up. Do-overs galore! Christmas was a nightmare.
Also, the youngest is now a caramel whisperer. No fears, makes caramel apples, candy apples, hard candies, is calm, has no issues. I’m the Mom in the corner, praying, wringing my hands, trying not to let my nervous fear show. But the kid is awesome. (They’re all awesome, but the youngest is awesome with the candy-making in particular.)
I have a fear of really big boats.
I’m not scared of the ocean. I watch sailing youtube videos all the time. I actually feel fear if I see a picture of a massive cruise ship or cargo ship. I walked by a cruise ship once and almost had a panic attack.
Ferrets coming up the toilet and biting my butt
Black oceans. I’d rather be in space than on a boat.
Satellite images of the ocean and it’s so deep, it’s black.
Just this fear of waking up one morning and finding all my things stolen. Live alone and a heavy sleeper.
Getting bit on my Paola or butt when I sit down to pee
I HAVE to check the toilet EVERY time before sitting on it
Reptiles in general. It just feels like they have no souls and are incapable of love. I know they can express affection, I’ve seen it, but the idea they can’t isn’t swayed.
Looking into a mirror in the dark, I always think I’ll see a ghost. If I go to the loo in the night, I wash my hands with my head turned away from the mirror above the sink.
I have a HUGE phobia of Crane Flies.
They’re not even dangerous to humans, as they can’t even bite lmao. They’re totally harmless, and I KNOW they are. But I’m terrified of them. If one comes anywhere near me, I’ll be running a mile screaming. 😅
Everyone has seen blood clot, but you know what happens next? It congeals, dries out and becomes like sand.
It makes my whole body have a physical reaction bc it is such a foreign thing that my body rejects it. Every time I have to open up a heart I have anxiety, sweating, holding my breath, shaking, hair stands on its end the whole shebang of a flight or fight response all for fear that inside will be clumps of red sand. There’s not much that can make me wretch. I have lost count of the of number of necropsies I’ve done, even rotting ones, Blood sand though, every time. Nope, nope, nope!
When i was a child living in the county and had to run the trash out to the dumpster at night i would scream and cry running all the way over and all the way back afraid werewolves were going to get me.
Mirrors in the dark, like… what if your reflection blinks and you don’t👀
Being in large bodies of water. I get freaked out even when I’m playing video games.
Orangutans. If you look em in the eye you can tell they know more than they let on 😳
Being shoved from behind by a stranger for no reason. Hate people loitering behind me. This has never happened but for some reason I’m 100% certain it will someday.
That I’m not really good at anything and have somehow faked it through almost a 40 year career.
GIFs, constantly repeated small actions like people clinking drinks together, or a thumbs up etc. Creeps me out and I can’t figure out why.
That I will be at home on a vacation or sick day from work and the entire building will blow up or collapse and everyone that I work with will die.