Weirdest fear you had as a kid
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Wolves. For some reason I KNEW there were wolves out to get me. I'm not sure I had ever even seen a dog when I was that age, so I'm not sure why I thought they would come after me on an American military base in Japan... But there were out there, hiding behind my school.
I had this weird, inexplicable fear of jaws. Not just in the water mind, but everywhere I went. See, in the movie there is a scene where a guy talks about sitting in a car with another car blocking him from leaving. or something like that, I can't remember but the part that terrified me was that he walked over to the guy in the car, and saw that he had been killed. Normally that would have scared me of burglars, because that was what he was talking about. But we only watched the part where he talked about finding the guy dead. I wasn't aware that was a burglary, and I had heard of jaws before. Obviously, said my young mind, Jaws could get on land, and had straight up murdered a dude.
Did it make sense? no. Did it still scare me senseless? yes.
Did it make sense? no. Did it still scare me senseless? yes.
Dogs, dogs scared the CRAP out of me.
Every time i dog would bark at me i would start to sob
But then my best friend got a dog, so i over came THAT fear...
Then it was water, i couldn't swim and almost drowned as a kid so i had this fear of water for the longest time.
Then i learned out to swim... and everything was alllll right.
Every time i dog would bark at me i would start to sob
But then my best friend got a dog, so i over came THAT fear...
Then it was water, i couldn't swim and almost drowned as a kid so i had this fear of water for the longest time.
Then i learned out to swim... and everything was alllll right.
Uncovered windows at night, especially large ones. Always expected to see something cryptozoological outside. Also open closet doors when I was trying to sleep, though that one was because I woke up in a panic as a child and went into my closet instead of the hall and couldn't find my way out. It was pitch black and I kinda just broke down crying until my parents woke up and found me. I was 4 or 5 so it kinda left an impression. Also everyone knows thats where the monsters are.
I still have a crippling fear of clowns and mascots. Yahtzee's review of epic mickey brought back really bad memories
I had this ca-razy fear that everyone I knew and loved were connected to me by some cosmic thread that if severed or disrupted would thrust me and the person into divergent dimensional timelines. It wouldn't be too scary if it wasn't for the though of the new version of them being a total jerk or evil lovecraftian horror.
I only thought about it though on and off and mostly when out in public. To this day I have no clue what caused it.
I only thought about it though on and off and mostly when out in public. To this day I have no clue what caused it.
When daniel morcombe was abducted, which was massive news in Australia, I developed a fear of being abducted. Was pretty bad, for a while I was terrified of riding to school and would have nightmares about being abducted. took a while to get over it actually.
And the dark, which sucked because I had to ride home from tennis practice in the dark and I was absolutely terrified. I was even afraid of putting the garbage out at night...
And another thing. When I went to bed I thought if I didn't put my head under the sheets for a while a ghost would come and get me, though I knew it was irrational...
And the dark, which sucked because I had to ride home from tennis practice in the dark and I was absolutely terrified. I was even afraid of putting the garbage out at night...
And another thing. When I went to bed I thought if I didn't put my head under the sheets for a while a ghost would come and get me, though I knew it was irrational...
In all honesty, I can't remember ever being actually afraid of anything as a kid, but I have a suspicion I must've been afraid of SOMETHING.
I know I had concerns about alien invasion, which I still think are a fairly reasonable concern for a kid, since it's not impossible. I'll blame the X-Files for that.
I had suspicions about shadowy things darting out of sight in the peripheral of my vision.
I don't think I actually feared either of those things though. They just made me uneasy.
Hell, a couple years ago I realized that I don't actually fear for my own safety now. Like, my fight or flight response instinct to get the hell out of the way of danger and fight back still exists, but the fear component of stuff like nearly getting shot, or nearly dying in a car wreck don't even get my heart pounding (which concerns me a bit...).
I far too frequently find that I've literally barely escaped a horrible death.
All my fear nowadays is in the form of concern for family, friends, and especially loved ones. .....and extremely high-powered radiation (which is what I work with...) because it's basically an unstoppable force of nature over which humans have little sway if something goes wrong.
I know I had concerns about alien invasion, which I still think are a fairly reasonable concern for a kid, since it's not impossible. I'll blame the X-Files for that.
I had suspicions about shadowy things darting out of sight in the peripheral of my vision.
I don't think I actually feared either of those things though. They just made me uneasy.
Hell, a couple years ago I realized that I don't actually fear for my own safety now. Like, my fight or flight response instinct to get the hell out of the way of danger and fight back still exists, but the fear component of stuff like nearly getting shot, or nearly dying in a car wreck don't even get my heart pounding (which concerns me a bit...).
I far too frequently find that I've literally barely escaped a horrible death.
All my fear nowadays is in the form of concern for family, friends, and especially loved ones. .....and extremely high-powered radiation (which is what I work with...) because it's basically an unstoppable force of nature over which humans have little sway if something goes wrong.
