Your irrational fear.

[IamQ]

I don't wear my hair in a ponytail, because I fear someone will just cut my hair short with scissors. It took me years to grow my hair out and is super important to me.

How long is your ponytail right now, and how long did it take?

I'm trying for one right now. 'Been growing my hair for a year and only trimmed it once in may, and I can get all my hair into a ponytail, sort of, if you exclude the fringe of my hair.

OT: When I'm alone, I hate being in the kitchen. Our windows face the street, and I don't know why, but when I'm alone in the house, I'm strangely afraid of the fact that the street can see me. So much that at times I have to hurry out of the kitchen, into the living room, calm myself down, and then go back in again.

I also jump the last 3 steps of the stairs when going up, because I somehow think that if I hurry the last steps, then the people trying to catch me, won't see me going up the stairs.

[sub][sub](There are no people trying to catch me)[/sub][/sub]

 

[CaffeinatedBandit]

Deep water. Considering that for most of my life, I've swam 2-3 hours every day, it seems silly, but I just can't stand it. This site provides a summary:
http://www.thegimcrackmiscellany.com/2011/03/why-we-are-all-afraid-of-deep-water/

 

[IndianaJonny]

When things wobble for longer than they should...yeah, it's just a bit spooky.

 

[ungothicdove]

Sharks, specifically great whites. I'm landlocked from the ocean by at least a thousand miles on every side. I suppose that if I went vacationing to the ocean though it could be slightly more of a realistic fear.

 

[Magicmad5511]

I don't have any rational fears to begin with. Lets go

Spiders
Creepy little things but I don't actually know why I'm scared of them

Deep Water....mostly in video games
Scared of big fish and stuff coming up from below or out of the murkiness

Most flying insects
hate them buzzing round me but especially moths. I hate the damn things

Trypophobia
Difficult to explain. Mostly when I imagine or see images of it involving skin or something.
Creeps me out

And then all the stuff like burglars, fires, muggers and other things that are basically me being paranoid

 

[Zantos]

Speak for yourself, I intend to find a way to be permanently surrounded by Grey Knights. I did once apply for that job in the Inquisition. Well, the night before my first job interview I dreamt I'd applied for the Inquisition, close enough.

Pfft. They can put on all the terminator armour they like. Necrons are powered by freaking gods.

Grey Knights are powered by gods. God-Emperors. Well, one, The God-Emperor. By the light of his will. Praise the god-emperor. Heretic.

 

[AgentLampshade]

Tomato sauce. Yep. Terrifies me. I throw up if taste the stuff though, so I guess my fear isn't too irrational. Nobody likes being sick.

 

[Zipa]

Spiders. I know they can't do shit to me (in the UK anyway).
Phil Jupitus sums it up best.

 

[Zantos]

Speak for yourself, I intend to find a way to be permanently surrounded by Grey Knights. I did once apply for that job in the Inquisition. Well, the night before my first job interview I dreamt I'd applied for the Inquisition, close enough.

Pfft. They can put on all the terminator armour they like. Necrons are powered by freaking gods.

Grey Knights are powered by gods. God-Emperors. Well, one, The God-Emperor. By the light of his will. Praise the god-emperor. Heretic.

Heretic? Oh you don't know the half of it.

Oh hai. How's Lionel Johnson?

Fine, just, you know, napping in the Rock. Waiting to reunite with Guilliman and Russ so they can kick some right royal heretic arse. When they decide to. They're fine, really.

 

[HalfTangible]

Crapping in public restrooms and wasps.

The former should be pretty self-explanatory - public restrooms are gross. Except it's also there when the restroom is clean as a whistle.

The latter has actually caused me to walk ALL THE WAY AROUND MY HOUSE just to avoid getting stung by the thing... I'm not even allergic, I'm scared out of my wits of them

 

[HalfTangible]

Speak for yourself, I intend to find a way to be permanently surrounded by Grey Knights. I did once apply for that job in the Inquisition. Well, the night before my first job interview I dreamt I'd applied for the Inquisition, close enough.

Pfft. They can put on all the terminator armour they like. Necrons are powered by freaking gods.

Grey Knights are powered by gods. God-Emperors. Well, one, The God-Emperor. By the light of his will. Praise the god-emperor. Heretic.

Heretic? Oh you don't know the half of it.

Oh hai. How's Lionel Johnson?

There's a rumor Cypher's trying to redeem himself by reforging the Lion's sword to present to the primarchs and terra when they return.

 

[Bloodstain]

Someone touching me without my clear permission.
Someone touching my possessing without my clear permission.
Me accidentally touching something someone else has touched before.
Me having greasy fingers (I never eat anything even remotely greasy with my bare fingers because of that reason).
Not being able to move my arms -- maybe it's a form of claustrophobia, but I flip out if I can't move my arms. Similarly, confined spaces. I could never crawl through a ventilation shaft.
Those ear pincher bugs. They are made of evil and wickedness.
Being on the loo when someone else is near. Especially bad when you're at someone else's place and their guest. The horror.

I do have one irrational fear: Every so often I think of some moment or situation (typically involving something that ONLY I would happen to remember) where I embarrassed myself, or that I look back on and cringe at the memory of, and worry that someone who was there will bring it up and embarrass me in front of others.

Yes, very much this.

 

[SpectacularWebHead]

I'm scared that the rednecks, Y'know the ones that say anyone who isn't also a redneck will go to hell for all eternity, are right. I'm pretty much fucked by existing. I'm mixed race, bisexual and I believe women are equal to men, so I'm pretty damn screwed if the rednecks have got it right.

 

[ParanoidAndroid]

I can't walk past lawnmowers without covering my face because I always think that a stone or something will get caught in the blade and hit me in the eye. I don't even know how it started.

Have you ever watched The Final Destination?

No, but now I don't think that I ever will.

 

[JWAN]

Ladders.
Ive never gotten past the 3rd step on any of them. Good thing I'm tall!