What were you scared of as a child?

[Spinneret]

Fireworks

 

[BrianL]

I had recurring nightmares about "monsters" that lived in our house - some were really more just like threatenitng guys than monsters - but I thought they were real. They had specific areas of apearance and I was generally very afraid to be alone in those areas. One of them came out of the toilet, but could only come out when you flushed, so I would hit the handle and run out as fast as I could.

 

[TLSnell1981]

Not much...still thinking!

 

[MamaMermaid]

The dark, for sure. I hate sleeping alone.

 

[luvnwdwgal]

My older brother

 

[Mysterian]

Sharks and zombies!

 

[Mysterian]

I had recurring nightmares about "monsters" that lived in our house - some were really more just like threatenitng guys than monsters - but I thought they were real. They had specific areas of apearance and I was generally very afraid to be alone in those areas. One of them came out of the toilet, but could only come out when you flushed, so I would hit the handle and run out as fast as I could.

"Come back, Brian! I have important news about your automobile's extended warranty! Reeeheeeheeeheee!"

 

[VFL]

The buzzer on the game Operation.

 

[TCRAIG]

Clowns and gorillas

 

[BrianL]

"Come back, Brian! I have important news about your automobile's extended warranty! Reeeheeeheeeheee!"

Yeah, I had never even seen that movie. The "man in the toilet" though was more just a guy who would come out and thne use a lasso to rope you and pull you down the toilet. I was like 3, but I still very vividly remember several of those dreams.

 

[TippyThomas]

Foster families.

 

[KayMichigan]

I was terrified of the headlights of the cars as they came down our street. My bedroom was on the second floor and I could see the street from my bed, and to me the headlights looked like eyes. I guess I didn't get that they were car headlights.

I also saw the movie "Those Mysterious Monsters" and became convinced that Bigfoot lived in the woods behind our house. I was afraid to look out of the windows at night in case I saw Bigfoot looking back!

 

[goooof1]

clowns !!

 

[LoveSpringsteen]

Thinking about my list, I’ve come to realize there’s a common denominator:
1) Spiders - that always seemed to be in our basement.
2) The basement - specifically when no one else was in the basement when I was going downstairs.
3) Monsters - that I was sure were going to attack me once I got to the basement.

 

[willowsnn3]

Tall buildings.
I lived in a rural area until about age 10. Whenever we would go to "town" to visit my cousin, she would always want to go walking. Two doors down from her house was a church with a steeple. I was terrified to walk past it. Was sure it was going to fall over on me. Looking back, it was a very small church with a very small steeple, lol.
My mom took me to a larger city once & I was traumatized by the tall buildings.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

The closet in my room. The door didn’t close all the way and I could see in there, and it was dark.

 

[SandyinMonterey]

I watched Don't Be Afraid of the Dark movie. The little demons in this old house freaked me out. Had nightmares about it for a long time. Had to look under my bed, in my closet, sleep with lights on for a long time.

 

[Chupaca bruh]

Drama masks...the happy face and sad face.
Peacock feathers... they had and eye in them.

 

[bcla]

Cats. I remember a classmate who got to school in the morning and his palm had claw marks that were deep and maybe three inches long. I freaked out thinking that cats were psychotic sadists that would attack on a whim.

And later I did realize that cats are way unpredictable, but generally don’t seriously mess with people and some individuals can be quite affectionate or playful. I suspect that he was probably harassing the cat that attacked him.