Your most ridiculous irrational fear

[Chilli_Heeler]

Im not sure if this has been said but i really dont like depths, like when you cant see the bottom of water when on a boat or like when you see an image of beach and the sea and theres an obvious drop off, makes me shudder just thinking about it.

 

[Sibz]

Looking out a window at night incase there's someone/something out in the dark looking back!

 

[HowlOwl]

It was a childhood fear, but if I didn’t have the sheets pulled up quite high, “the witches would get my ears”.

I still have ears, thankfully - so I must have been thorough with the sheet arrangement. Not sure where the idea came from, though!

 

[Souffle]

It was a childhood fear, but if I didn’t have the sheets pulled up quite high, “the witches would get my ears”.

I still have ears, thankfully - so I must have been thorough with the sheet arrangement. Not sure where the idea came from, though!

“I still have ears”

 

[watermelon sugar]

Pigeons and my mums mash! I can’t go near pigeons and I get really anxious if their flying above me!

whenever my Mum says she’s making something with mash I get a sweat on and have to make sure about 20 times she’s not giving me any!!! I’m traumatised after how bad it was when I was younger

 

[klarakluckbag]

I can't bear sharp knives, especially if they're all metal and "clangy". We have a set at home and I can't watch if anyone is using them, I literally have to leave the kitchen, and I'll sit in the living-room, trying not to think about knife-related disasters.

My mum was always cutting herself (by accident!) when I was a kid, she was never without a huge plaster on her thumb and a blood-stained tea towel somewhere in our kitchen. Then a few years ago, my husband cut himself badly, he nicked an artery and it was a proper ambulance dash, he had to be stitched up in A&E, he was right on the threshold for a transfusion as he'd lost so much blood. Most of which was on my kitchen floor, I had to clean it all up when we got home, 8 hours later. It was all congealed, and it had splattered right up to the top of one of the kitchen cupboards .

 

[What's your point]

Fish either in tanks or in rivers/sea, the thought of fish knocks me sick. Wont even go in a room with a fish tank in! Never used to be scared of them, I have had fish tanks myself but I once had a tropical tank with a red tail shark in and overnight it bloated, turned white and kind of exploded worse thing I have ever seen.

Also like someone else has said fear of someone getting in my house through an open door/window and hiding. But that probably comes from being burgled whilst I was in bed once.

Swimming bath changing rooms. All those manky wet feet walking round in a humid environment with athletes foot and verrucas. They always smell pissy too.

Snot, cannot stand the sight of snotty nosed kids when they sniff it back

 

[Nelly's mum]

I find the concept of outer space scary - I don't think I can get my head round the back idea of infinity. And it's silent too...

It gives me a weird feeling, like vertigo 🪐

 

[Begborrowsteal]

Not being able to move my legs or arms. If my OH or kids sit on my legs, it causes total panic in me

 

[Sibz]

Someone opening the door while I'm on a public toilet. I always give it a little push/pull to check it's locked even though I just locked it

 

[rainbowlemon]

That if I have children they will end up feeling the same way I do about my own parents.

 

[Mamacita]

Forgetting I'm in a meeting and letting out a fart

And swans. But don't think that's irrational, they're scary af

 

[Flojo89]

OH MY GOD I have this exact fear about my house falling down i limit my possessions so the house isn’t too heavy an get anxious when my sister brings big suitcases home! I didn’t take a bath for ages for fear of the weight of it too!! Xx

Oh wow! I have never in my life known anyone that has this. Heavy suitcases freak me out too. It’s not constant for me - luckily or I’d have been committed lol - but when I get the thought in my head I want to curl up in a ball.


I lived in a bungalow for about 3 years and they were (looking back) the most stress free years of my life.

Thank you fellow weirdo, I actually feel emotional and validated xxxxxxx

 

[HelloStereo]

I’ll be in bed at night and I’ll hang my leg out the duvet over the edge of the bed and something in my brain tells me a hand is going to grab my leg from underneath the bed. So I have to quickly put my leg back under the cover

I have this and I also have to sleep with the duvet over me otherwise I think ghosts will touch me in the night

 

[Begborrowsteal]

It was a childhood fear, but if I didn’t have the sheets pulled up quite high, “the witches would get my ears”.

I still have ears, thankfully - so I must have been thorough with the sheet arrangement. Not sure where the idea came from, though!

I used to near on suffocate myself sleeping with the blanket tightly over my head, with the smallest area to breathe out of, cos I was so scared of ghosts!.

 

[Begborrowsteal]

Eyes/touching eyes/the idea of eyes coming out
Whales, nothing should be that big. They are terrifying.

The fear isnt funny but the 'nothing should be that big' cracked me up!

 

[User name taken]

Being tickled, I hate it, it makes me physically sick. Especially my feet, if anyone goes near them they'll get yeeted into next month.

 

[Sally1993]

I second the person who said mirrors. I have a fear of looking in the mirror at night/on my own, and there being someone else in the background of my reflection.

 

[butterfliesandhurricanes]

I am scared that my ceiling fan is going to fall down on me whilst I’m lying in bed and chop me to pieces. I should laugh, but it genuinely scares me.

the final destination movies have a lot to answer for when it comes to these sorts of fears I’m afraid of stuff like this too.

 

[LouBug19]

Maybe not ridiculous but death. It freaks me out so badly.