Irrational Fear

[Jakub324]

I haven't called this "Phobias" because not all irrational fear are phobias. Example:
Me and some friends went camping on some land my family owns. Apparently, some tent pegs were left behind, so I went back to check. Sure enough, there they were. As I was walking back, bag of pegs in hand, (this was at about midnight, yeah I walk around the village at that time) every sound made me look around, shining my torch and bowels threatening to loosen with catastrophic results. I don't know what I expected to see, but it was creepy. My very vivid imagination didn't help, either: a branch snapped in the tree above me, and I snapped my eyes up, half expecting to see a figure crouched in the tree, clothes torn and dirty, foaming at the mouth with feral, predatory appetite.
Even as I walked, I thought "what am I scared of? There's nothing out here except me and the owls," but another part of me inevitably thought "or was that twig-snap the report of a careless serial killer with a knife and a stiffy?" Even the rational part of me, the voice the that was the first to scoff at the twitchiness of the other parts, thought "oh, shit, what the hell was that?" when a horse gave a panicked-sounding scream.
What scares you, even when you know it's stupid?

 

[Ariyura]

I have an irrational fear of large bodies of water that I cannot see beneath. Something in there is lurking, huge and sinister and will probably eat me. Every time I go out boating on the lake or at sea I cannot go swimming even on the hottest days where everyone around me is having a blast. Though I do love to fish so I go.

I went swimming once and some type of small fish brushed my leg, I nearly hyperventilated and drowned trying to get out of the water.

 

[Al-Bundy-da-G]

I hate cockroaches, I know there's no reason to. they're not dangerous and they don't spread disease.(less than we do anyway) But I c freak out whenever one crawls on me without my knowledge. Besides that landing after a long drop.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

I have an irrational fear of medical conversations and virus/infections being described in detail.

I don't know why but when I hear too many details I just become a complete wuss and end up in a public washroom with my skin crawling.

Biology was a fun subject for me.

 

[kypsilon]

I was trespassing on some private property when some scary looking guy was walking around with a flashlight and a bag of tent pegs. I was terrified as I had no clue what he would do with those tentpegs so I hid up a tree and threw rocks to distract him so he wouldn't see me.

I laughed so hard at this. Well done, bravo!

 

[hittite]

Being in the woods at night (not cities for some reason, even though they're way more dangerous), water I can't see the bottom of, spiders, zombies (although that's more of a paranoia), Weeping Angels. Yeah, that pretty much covers it.

edit: also needles.

 

[Mauso88]

I guess my biggest fear is that all I see around me is not real and that my existence is some kind of delusional fantasy and that I'm really locked up in a psychiactric hospital. But life seems so much more tangible when I've been drinking.

 

[Edd4224]

I guess my biggest fear is that all I see around me is not real and that my existence is some kind of delusional fantasy and that I'm really locked up in a psychiactric hospital. But life seems so much more tangible when I've been drinking.

WAKE UP! WAKE UP! WAKE UP!

Couldn't resist. Sorry.

OT: I suffer from a fear (phobia) of heights and it gets really bad when I'm over a large drop like a bridge or cliff. I hate when I freeze up and can't move!!! Also spiders. Those fuckers are terrifying!!!

 

[A Weary Exile]

I hate cockroaches, I know there's no reason to. they're not dangerous and they don't spread disease.(less than we do anyway) But I c freak out whenever one crawls on me without my knowledge. Besides that landing after a long drop.

This.

I've held a tarantula with my bare hands before, but I can't stand being in the same room as a cockroach. I blame it on being ambushed by one as a young'n. Jumped on my elbow while I was reclining on the couch.

 

[superpirson]

jellyfish, and giant manta rays.
they give me chills... for absolutely no reason.
spiders freak me out as well, but I've never been bothered by sharks.

 

[Xixikal]

I used to have a phobia of needles, but a psychologist helped me overcome that - hypnotherapy works wonders (contrary to common skeptics' believes). There was no purpose to it and it's hard to explain to someone who hasn't experienced the overwhelming fear associated with phobias. I wasn't afraid of the pain or what the needle would to to me, I was afraid of it and everything about it. The very mention of it would sent my pulse racing and my muscles would tense up. It was a horrible way to be, and I found it to be mildly debilitating - though clearly not as much as other phobia sufferers, as needles aren't so commonplace.

Currently I have an intense dislike of close-up finger tips, which i'm monitoring to prevent a relapse in phobia-land.



Fun Fact: Women are 60% more likely to develop phobias than men.

 

[arsenicCatnip]

I'm petrified of being struck by lightning. It's incredibly rare, I know, but the idea of it frightens me beyond description.

Maybe it's because I knew a guy who was struck while at a flea market in my hometown, but he survived. I'm afraid of being killed by it.

 

[chaosyoshimage]

I, like Indiana Jones, have ophidiophobia, the fear of snakes. I guess it's irrational in the vein that even the smallest and most harmless snakes freak me the hell out. None of my other fears are really irrational, even that one isn't too irrational, "A man doesn't get anywhere without a healthy fear of snakes".

 

[Techsmart07]

I used to be terrified of flying, stinging insects (bees wasps hornets etc). I am still uncomfortable with them around, but it is not so bad as to call it a phobia anymore. I used to be the kinda person who would freak out if a bee was within 10 feet of me in any direction. Funny that I am 6'4"(193cm) and terrified of them.
Fly? nothing a size 14 can't handle. Stab in the arm? I can take it. Stick em together, I'm outa here.

 

[Kolby Jack]

EVERY TIME I'm driving at night and I see a pair of headlights come towards me I tense up. My semi-coherent thoughts go something like "Oh crap, he's gonna swerve at the last second and take me out!" Or something similar to that effect, like the other driver may be drunk or something. Haven't been hit yet, but I can't help but freak out a little when night-driving.