Stupid Irrational Fears

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Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

I fear that one day I'll have to draw my sidearm... and the trigger will refuse to depress.

Like, seriously, straight-up nightmares at least once a week about it.


That and the way my cats will occasionally lick my face at random in the middle of the night... as if they're juuuuuust checking to see if I'm still warm, and thus inedible.
 
Dave

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I won't drink milk if it's past the date on the label. Intellectually I know it's still good, but I just can't drink it. I gag.
 
HowDroll

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Dave said:
I won't drink milk if it's past the date on the label. Intellectually I know it's still good, but I just can't drink it. I gag.
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This. I sometimes throw things out if they're even close to the expiration date, just in case, even if they smell/look totally fine.

Also, fish. I love eating them, but I've developed a huge phobia of fish to the point where I get nervous being in open water. I'm a great swimmer and I'm not afraid of drowning, but I'm worried I'm going to feel a fish brush past my legs. *shudder*
 
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SeraRelm

*checks off another* This is coming along fine now. Shego, how's your list going?
 
Terrik

Terrik

Jumping spiders aren't so bad. It's those long-legged spiders, hanging above your head, floating slowly down to suck out your innards.
 
Hylian

Hylian

I have several but here are the first two that came to my mind.


Every time I see a storm drain I am terrified of somehow losing my keys,phone,etc down them. I always end up gripping whatever is in my hands extra hard and if I have it in my pocket I feel my pocket to make sure it is still there.

Anytime I look down from a high place I am afraid that my glasses are going to fall off my face and I am going to lose them . I have been wearing glasses for practically my whole life and it has never happened but I continue to be concerned over it.
 
Frank

Frank

Are there big spiders in Mississauga? I know in Alberta, the biggest they get is like a couple of cms long.
 
checkeredhat

checkeredhat

Frankie Williamson said:
Are there big spiders in Mississauga? I know in Alberta, the biggest they get is like a couple of cms long.
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I don't know. Never seen any but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Never seen them in Oakville either.
Back home we have dock spiders though. They're pretty huge and horrifying. That's only about an hour north of here so they must have them here too, but you don't see them much away from lakes and stuff.
 
North_Ranger

North_Ranger

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Sea weed. I know it's silly, but something about their clammy texture just gives me the willies. Plus, you can never know what lurks hidden within them...

Otherwise my irrational fears are rather mundane. I don't have the best of balances so I steer clear of ledges out of fear of falling; changing a lightbulb in my living room is a bit scary because I need a stepladder to reach the lamp, and not four feet away is the window... with a two-story block straight into pavement. And even though I'm careful as hell, there's always the fear I've forgotten something when I go out; whether it's the passport when travelling, or leaving the stove on in general.

Rational fears, however... *sighs* Well, you know my situation. Sometimes I just find myself thinking what would happen if the treatments didn't work. How much time would I have, how could I spend it, trying to tell the bad news to friends and family... I just try not to think about it and hope for the best. Sometimes that fear just gets to me...
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Food with bones in it.

I have no idea why, and it only started in my late teens, but my teeth scraping bone just makes me gag.
 
North_Ranger

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Bowielee said:
Food with bones in it.

I have no idea why, and it only started in my late teens, but my teeth scraping bone just makes me gag.
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At least we the people who know you can now rest easy, knowing that should the world end in a nuclear armageddon, you will not be gnawing on our bones in the postapocalyptic aftermath.
 
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