anyone been afraid of normal things?

[locolala]

I am terrified of mirrors at night. I actually made DH remove the mirror in the bedroom because I couldn't sleep with it in here!

 

[lemondog]

Balloons scare the crap out of me. Don't bring them near me!

Also biscuit cans. Not sure what that one is about. My DH has to open them for me. What's really strange is my brother has the same fear. We decided our mom must have beat us with biscuit cans when we were kids and we have repressed the memory.

 

[cheermom1]

Balloons scare the crap out of me. Don't bring them near me!

Also biscuit cans. Not sure what that one is about. My DH has to open them for me. What's really strange is my brother has the same fear. We decided our mom must have beat us with biscuit cans when we were kids and we have repressed the memory.

LOL my mom can't open biscuits either...

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

I admit to flinching every time I open up one of those biscuit cans.

 

[Disney Darling]

I have always hated those kind of stairs-same exact reasons! I used to be afraid of my grandparents basement and their upstairs. At our home we didn't have an upstairs bedroom, so I was afraid. I was also 7.

I cannot sleep with a hand or foot sticking over the side of the bed. I must have at least a sheet, and then I am tucked in under the arm that is near the side.

My DH does this for fear of the foot monster but I guess it could be the hand monster too.

When I turn off the lights I run like crazy and jump at my bed. For two reasons:
1. Once the lights are turned off, something is right behind me is trying to eat me.
2. something is under my bed and will attempt to grab my legs.
Well at least that's what my imagination makes up

THIS IS ME!!!
I am a grown woman but I do the Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka jump right into the bed!! For the same reasons. And I can't stand next to my bed because I just know there is a hand that's going to shoot out from under it and grab me!

 

[Tinkmom75]

The toilet after you have flushed a spider I hate spiders they really scare me.
I read that Stephen King book too.

Mirrors at night and windows at night sometimes creep me out. Mirrors especially close to midnight cause of a stupid game we used to play as kids.

Cans of biscuits also scare me because of the pop.

ETA: Standing next to the bed at night.

 

[Jennasis]

My oldest sister is terrified of water. ALL water. She is convinced a shark is going to get her...in a lake...in a pool...in the BATHTUB...and even in the shower (she won't let the water collect at all in the shower and won't close her eyes.)

 

[Emme]

I am terrified of elevators! I will not ride them, period. I believe the door won't open and I'll never get out There will be a fire or some kind of evacuation and I'll still be in the elevator waiting for help and everyone will leave me (wonder how a therapist would analyze that one )

This can make for some long climbs up flights of stairs for me in buildings...but hey at least it's worth it to me. No fear of panic and friek out with total strangers in a metal sealed box that slides in-between walls, has a wire cable holding it up, and plays REALLY BAD MUZAK

 

[Jennasis]

My DH does this for fear of the foot monster but I guess it could be the hand monster too.

THIS IS ME!!!
I am a grown woman but I do the Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka jump right into the bed!! For the same reasons. And I can't stand next to my bed because I just know there is a hand that's going to shoot out from under it and grab me!

And you get bonus points for referencing Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka!

 

[clovergirl5]

For me, its wheelchairs anywhere near stairs. I once watched Greatest American Hero as a kid, where there was an empty wheelchair falling down stairs....woo, that gives me shivers!

Seeing a ship up close bothers me too. Especially seeing the propellers. Think titanic bobing up and down, propellers sticking straight up in the air. FREAKY

Also driving at night in the dark on country back roads. I feel like someone is going to jump out in front of me in the road. I watched to much Unsolved Mysteries years ago.

I have a fear of puking and I fear very much, mice. I even hate to say the word Probably comes from sitting down on a toilet at the babysitters house as a kid, looking down at the water and seeing a long rat floating in the bowl I almost peed on it!

 

[englishteacha]

My old roommate was afraid of frogs.
I hate going to the outhouse at the family camp at night. I'm afraid a bear will get me on the way, and a raccoon or something more menacing will climb out of the hole.

 

[pearlieq]

I'm so glad I'm not alone in my underbed monster fear!

I practically vault back in after I get up for my middle of the night bathroom run. If my ankles get to close to the edge of the bed he might get me!

 

[Handbag Lady]

I am afraid of diving into water. I just can't do it and I swear each time I try, I just know I am going to break my neck.

Otherwise, I swim like a fish and love to go snorkeling.


To the OP, I was afraid of something popping out of the toilet for YEARS.

 

[mla1977]

I'm not too keen on stairs myself. Especially stairs with carpet on them. I'm always afraid of slipping and falling. Running up scares me sometimes too (on the marble steps that you find at monuments). I always think I'm going to trip and break a knee cap.

 

[honugirl]

Seeing a ship up close bothers me too. Especially seeing the propellers. Think titanic bobing up and down, propellers sticking straight up in the air. FREAKY

This scares me too. Once I'm on the ship, I'm OK, but I freak out going up the walkway to get onboard. There's something about them that creeps me out, yet I'm entirely fascinated by them.


I have a fear of puking and I fear very much, mice. I even hate to say the word Probably comes from sitting down on a toilet at the babysitters house as a kid, looking down at the water and seeing a long rat floating in the bowl I almost peed on it!

I have a fear of puking too.

I also have to check out the bathroom and the shower before I'll get in it to check for spiders. I'm afraid that they're lurking under the curtain, just waiting to get to me.

 

[mla1977]

My old roommate was afraid of frogs.
I hate going to the outhouse at the family camp at night. I'm afraid a bear will get me on the way, and a raccoon or something more menacing will climb out of the hole.

Oh yeah! Frogs now scare me too. I had a nightmare about a vampire frog trying to kill me at my house (I think I saw it on Man v. Wild first).

 

[sstanaford]

Balloons scare the crap out of me. Don't bring them near me!

Also biscuit cans. Not sure what that one is about. My DH has to open them for me. What's really strange is my brother has the same fear. We decided our mom must have beat us with biscuit cans when we were kids and we have repressed the memory.

I can open them but I hate doing it, not sure why. Guess I am always worried I am going to cut a finger off trying to get the stuff out of that cardboard.

 

[paintnolish]

Great, now I'm afraid of hands grabbing me in various places.



I've been afraid of butterflies since a particular page in a little golden book. They just fly way too strangely. Dragonflies I can handle, but I avoid butterflies.

DH has always been afraid of sunflowers, and it only got worse when his brother (9 years older) lopped off the head of one and put it on DH's pillow while he was sleeping, a la The Godfather. I guess DH freaked out pretty bad.

And then...we had a garden wedding in August. Strange, that.

Butterflies do have a disturbing, unpredictable flight pattern. I totally get that, but moths are way worse! They're like evil, dirty butterflies.

 

[sstanaford]

Butterflies do have a disturbing, unpredictable flight pattern. I totally get that, but moths are way worse! They're like evil, dirty butterflies.

I love this! I hate hate hate moths and that is the perfect description!

 

[wenrob]

Umbrellas, they flip me out... Specifically open umbrellas. I can remember going down the side walk going to pick DD up from school when it was raining and nearly having a panic attack. I do not own one and will not stand underneath one, even if it's pouring.

I also check the toilet before I sit down on it.