Topic: Your childhood fears

[The Bizarre Trooper]

I'm honestly afraid of the dark because it evokes diferrents type of fears but mostly th fear of the unknown!

[JR]

Spiders, after a very terrible incident of an entire nest falling on my head.

Yikes. I've always feared spiders as a kid (and pretty much still hate them as an adult), so I couldn't imagine how much I'd freak out over something like that.

Never liked heights, either. The first time I got up on my roof to clean the gutters, I was practically crawling, and that was only a few years back.

As a kid, I found the concept of eternal life somehow terrifying. Death isn't a great alternative, either, but just the idea of life going on with no end, ever, scared me.

I also remember my dad used to rent horror movies a lot...the slasher films of the 80s. They'd freak me out and give me nightmares, but something always compelled me to at least sneak a peek every time. I could never just leave them alone.

As an adult, I developed an intense fear of public speaking, so bad at one point that I'd dread getting haircuts because I'd have to tell the stylist how I wanted it cut. Pretty pathetic, huh? But now I'm on some pretty mild anxiety meds, and my job as a manager involves speaking in front of my direct reports every day at the start of shift. No problem at all. I get a bit nervous if I have to do more formal presentations (department meetings, etc.), but they end up going smoothly.

I also developed a fear of needles a few years ago...or rather, the pain associated with them. I'm totally okay if it's a flu shot or a TB skin test, because those don't really hurt. The ones I dread are mostly IV injections...when those hurt going in, it makes me feel nauseous, dizzy, and faint...it also makes me sweat a lot. Had this happen again recently with a cortisone injection in my shoulder, and I'll probably have to go back to get another one. Still not as bad as an IV.

[X]

I also developed a fear of needles a few years ago...or rather, the pain associated with them. I'm totally okay if it's a flu shot or a TB skin test, because those don't really hurt. The ones I dread are mostly IV injections...when those hurt going in, it makes me feel nauseous, dizzy, and faint...it also makes me sweat a lot. Had this happen again recently with a cortisone injection in my shoulder, and I'll probably have to go back to get another one. Still not as bad as an IV.

What about acupuncture? I myself hate needles. I even had one of those very large (and long) needles that they use for testing out muscle reflex. it was put into my upper thigh and I had to flex it...T_T  But once I went through some acupuncture treatments I was actually quite relaxed. Heck, I even fell asleep through one of the sessions. That would never happen with any other needle.

[theANdROId]

I'm not sure if I'm really "afraid" of anything or not.  I mean, there certainly things I really hate/dislike and avoid.  For example, I don't know if I'm really afraid of spiders, but I don't have any desire to touch or play with them, and the bigger they are and closer they are to being in my house, the more I want them dead.  I don't know that I'm really afraid of ticks, but considering the fact that I found one in a very...um...personal area early one morning when I was a kid I really don't like them, and I am careful to avoid places or activities where I might get one.  I suppose you could argue that I have some germaphobic tendencies, and I have a bit of a space bubble.

To me those are just things I hate/dislike and try to avoid, but I guess they could potentially be considered a fear?

[JR]

What about acupuncture? I myself hate needles. I even had one of those very large (and long) needles that they use for testing out muscle reflex. it was put into my upper thigh and I had to flex it...T_T  But once I went through some acupuncture treatments I was actually quite relaxed. Heck, I even fell asleep through one of the sessions. That would never happen with any other needle.

Acupuncture sounds like it would be fine...those are really small ones they use for that, right?

[X]

Acupuncture sounds like it would be fine...those are really small ones they use for that, right?

Yup. And they don't go in very deep either. Which is also a relief 

[Aceearly1993]

I hate spider webs and don't dare to see them because I happened to be sticked by them when I was a kid (I 'm not afraid of spider itself though)

Dogs also frightened my younger self since a dog with giant and strong body was barking at me constantly, it almost bit me when I was about to find the "goods" which I had appointed to find out with my fellow childhood friends and believed it was there , "guarded" by that dog *like a typical 3D action game boss*

[beingthehero]

Porcelain dolls at my grandma's house. I was convinced their facial expressions changed out of the corner of my eye.

I'd never ever live in a house with those things, no sir.

[theANdROId]

We probably all do the ninja thing when we accidentally walk through a web...am I right?! ;-)

[zangetsu468]

Porcelain dolls at my grandma's house. I was convinced their facial expressions changed out of the corner of my eye.

I'd never ever live in a house with those things, no sir.

Did you see the Seinfeld episode where Susan (George's SO) has a doll that looks exactly like his mother?

Old Dolls have creeped me out ever since then :/

[X]

We probably all do the ninja thing when we accidentally walk through a web...am I right?! ;-)

Yes... 

[TheouAegis]

My fears are a bit tame insofar as I don't know if I have any that make me reel in disgust/terror all the time.

I can stand looking at spiders - I even tried to hold a one-sided conversation with one before (if you ever worked the grave shift at a store, you'd understand). And if I see one on the wall, I can look at it just fine. Don't mind them running around the walls. But if I see one in the shower or sink, I'll turn on the water and flush it down the drain. If I try to be nice and lure one up on a paper or into a bowl so I can release it outside, if it gets out of the bowl or climbs too far up the paper toward me, I'll spaz out.

I'm worse with moths. I won't even try to save a moth or talk to one. I hate moths, but not really terrified. But they're so big, I generally try to shoo them away - and spaz out when they fly close to my face.

I used to be terrified of ghosts (saw Ghostbusters when I was 5, I think that was the source of my fears). Nowadays I get jumpy at shadows and I hate the dark because of my fear of ghosts as a child, but for the most part I'm over it now.

Decapitation has always been a big no-no for me, though. From horror movies to shows like Gam eOf Thrones, to shit like Faces Of Death, and even in anime or just paintings of it - both human and animal alike - I cannot stand decapitations. I can force myself to look at them, but I wouldn't be surprised if I have uncontrollable nervous twitches when I do. If something had a head, it should continue having a head indefinitely. In real life (as opposed to in film), I can't stand viscera either. I won't even look at roadkill.

I might have a minor fear of [human] corpses. I mean, other than my grandpa's and possibly my mom's cousin's, I don't think I've even looked into coffins. Might have stemmed from when I was watching a parade sitting in front of the funeral home and I had to take a piss, so I went into the funeral home looking for the restroom and walked into an "occupied" viewing room accidentally. But if i see them on TV or whatever, I don't mind.

Biggest fear is my cat getting outside (sans kitty carrier/tote). My cat's an indoor cat because I don't trust the outside world with her.

[theANdROId]

Did anyone ever see the commercial for the postal service when they first had the boxes with that, "If it fits, it ships." thing going?  It had a creepy little clown doll (porcelain too?  I dunno).  I always thought it was funny, but I guess if those sort of things bother you it may not be so amusing.

[Mooning Freddy]

Back when I was a kid in the 90's there was a Russian TV company with the creepiest opening and logo to their programmes ever.
They had a statue of an Asian man with a frog on his head as a logo. Most disturbing logo ever. I was always turning away from it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsyKdgmUzQE

[theANdROId]

I feel like I read or watched something about creepy openings and logos of TV companies or something...maybe it was something someone here posted (in another thread) but I only have vague memories of it so I'm not really sure... :-/