CONFESS!! Your secret unreasonable fears:

[Robb]

Myself, I'm convinced one of these days I'm going to drop trou in a public restroom (or worse still be raising trou) and *plop* my wallet will fall out of my back pocket and into the drink.

You?

[Iggo]

1. Eating fruit off the tree from my backyard.

Nope. Uh-uh.

[seabeyond]

2. getting eaten by a bear when walking in forest

or driving on a curvy cliff road i am going to yank wheel to go sailing over the edge. lol. people that know that fantasy arent thrilled to drive with me on cliff roads

and the bear one really ruins the beauty of forest hikes with hubby.

[givemebackmycountry]

3. Bees - any kind but especially wasps

I will knock an old lady down, and push a small child out of the way, to get out of a room with a bee or a wasp in it.
I once (almost) threw a NYC Yellow pages through a sliding glass door trying to kill a wasp.

HATE 'EM!

[seabeyond]

5. golly gee

that had me laughing. i know someone like you. i can just see it all.... funny.

[betharina]

18. bees, wasps, etc freak me out as well.

one day loading my infant and son into a shopping cart a bee kept harassing me and my kids. i kept swatting at it yelling "go away" while both trying to keep it away from my kids and get the hell away from it. i kept yelling at it while running into the store with the cart waving like a maniac.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. Scaredeekhatophobia

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The irrational fear of being afraid.
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Paralyzing, it is.
.

[MrScorpio]

6. That humanity is being tested right now by some unseen and unknown force of nature...

And we're failing.

[Bennyboy]

7. I am deathly afraid of......

dropping my keys down a storm drain or into a porto pottie. Whenever I see a storm drain, I clutch my keys just a little harder.

And I make sure my keys are very secure or not even with me when entering a porto pottie.

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. It involves the Olsen Twins, Folger's Coffee, and a box of McNuggets.

That's all I'm going to say.

[bigwillq]

9. Stairs

I am not a fan of stairs.

[mcctatas]

10. a snake crawling up through the sewer pipes and biting me in the

ass while I am using the facilities. That and the dark

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. That bannister at the end of the hallway.

Whenever I get up at 2 AM to pee, I leave the bathroom, turn off the light, and with my eyes not completely adjusted to the dark I see that thing at the end of the hallway and have a miniature stroke.

It's vaguely reminiscent of this:

[spinbaby]

15. I don't get it

Am I supposed to be seeing something in this picture?

[fizzgig]

17. eeeeee!

:scared:

[pokerfan]

12. losing my car keys down a storm sewer (nt)

[Mopar151]

22. I'm with ya, n/t

[Maine-ah]

13. I am afraid of someone finding out

what I am afraid of.

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[Mopar151]

23. Some fat, hairy, pasty white Quebecois

Sportin' a "Banna Hammock" with T-back and black socks at Old Orchard

[dugaresa]

14. Exercise!

whoa, it was even scary to type that

[rbnyc]

16. A popping balloon will hit me in the eye...

...and cause permanent damage. I am terrified of balloons.

[struggle4progress]

19. I'm afraid I'll get together with my old high school friends one day and learn I'm the only one

who was never abducted by aliens :(

[BlueJazz]

20. When I go under a Train Trestle, I just know the damn thing is going to collapse.

[crim son]

21. Ants. They disgust me beyond all things

and I've had this phobia as long as I can remember.

[denbot]

24. I am terrified that I will be eaten by.. ZOMBIE STRIPPERS!

:scared:

[Alexander]

25. All forms of heights.

This includes:

-Tall buildings
-Rooftops
-Bridges (especially since the collapse of the bridge in Minnesota)
-Balconies
-Climbing trees
-Planes, helicopters, hot air balloons, or any other kind of witchcraft flying contraption
-Mountains with a sheer drop nearby
-Driving anywhere near cliffs
-Elevators
-Chairlifts

Maybe some day I will conquer my fears and go skydiving.

For now, though, I'll stay here on planet Earth.

[Ineeda]

26. Driving

Although I tried many times, I never got my license because of my fear. And people look at me as if it's the craziest thing they've ever heard. It's perfectly okay to be scared of flying, heights, bears, bees and even balloons...but driving? No, that's just weird.

[muffin1]

27. Amen, Ineeda!

I was going to post that, but feared I'd be ridiculed. I frigging HATE driving. I did get my license, but I still avoid driving as much as possible!

You are not alone. :)

[Ineeda]

28. Thanks, muffin1. I used to make up stuff, like

vision problems, physical inabilities, traumatic accident - all sorts of lies. Then I realized, and told the incredulous ones - hey, a scared driver is a bad driver, so thank me for keeping you safer on the road! Funny, though, that I'm absolutely fine as a passenger.

[Mopar151]

30. My sister suffers from this

Has to do with confronting fear - and, in her case, admitting that several of her male relatives (including me) are not primitive beasts. She has told me that it's hard for her to beleive that there is anyone driving a tractor-trailer - and my uncle just retired from 3 decades of petroleum hauling, with an exemplary safety record.

[femmocrat]

42. I have a colleague who is afraid to drive.

Her husband drives her to and from work.

[CBR]

29. I always have this bizarre fear that I will accidently hit a kid

running out in the street while driving and I will be convicted of involuntary manslaughter or something. I hate driving in suburban subdivisions.

[Mopar151]

31. It's not that bizarre. And it ain't just kids. n/t

[Forkboy]

32. Moths can freak me out.

I don't know why. :shrug:

Mothra is ok, but that's the exception.

[Roon]

33. I am scared of belly dancers..

What really sucks is they will sense your fear and single you out to dance with them. I hate it!

[BarenakedLady]

34. Used to be vomiting

Having children sort of got me over that. Still not my favorite thing though.

I do have a fear of my children or animals being struck by cars. I saw my dog get killed that way when I was about 17. I often dream of it happening. :scared:

[Roon]

35. My Mother hit a dog a few months ago

in front of the owners and their kids. My Mother got so depressed she decided to go back on meds for good this time.

[Mopar151]

38. Happened to me years ago.

Bad day. Probably woulda been worse had I not A)put my truck in the ditch trying to avoid the dogs B)wanted to bitch-slap mommie dearest for threatening me and screaming at her little girl.

[Roon]

44. Terrible eom

[Tobin S.]

36. Guys who spell 'Rob' with two 'b's

It just terrifies me for some reason. I think I'll bring it up in my next therapy session. :P

[Mopar151]

40. It's the ones who spell it

Relative Of Boss that give me a case of the ass.

[AsahinaKimi]

37. I don't want to live too close to the beach...

Fear or Tsunami

[Arugula Latte]

39. Becoming the subject of a "Hoarders" episode if I don't clear crap off my dresser.

One thing leads to another ...

[femmocrat]

41. I'm afraid of driving into the great beyond.

When I am driving up a rise in the road and can't see what is ahead, I'm afraid of driving into space. It's just a fleeting second, but it always makes me a little shaky.

[Odin2005]

43. BUGS! I hate bugs.

[emilyg]

45. Not all bugs - just the ones that

move fast or fly. eeeekk.

[Goblinmonger]

46. Yep

Especially millipedes. Damn.

[Goblinmonger]

47. Semi tire will explode as I drive by

You see the remnants of this on the side of the road. It has to happen sometime. All I can think about as I pass a semi.