Irrational fears, what is yours?

[dotfurio]

Heights/elevators. And FWIW I think my fear of flying is perfectly rational

 

[Planogirl]

Riding in things like gondolas and ski lifts. It's likely that certain Disney resorts will be off my list in the future. It's weird because I can handle a monorail. Maybe because it's bigger and enclosed? Ferris wheels also terrify me.

 

[UncleMike101]

No more irrational than me being afraid of the movie "Riki Tiki Tavi". I had an Aunt who was scared of cats.

Perhaps you were a cobra in a previous incarnation.....

 

[Caseheidi]

I have issues with birds and mice. But my most irrational fear is a fear of appearing stupid. It is something I have had to overcome due to life situations, but I get all worried about different situations, and then after reanalyse situations to see if I think people think I am stupid. I think I developed this in high school when fellow students all kept telling me I was way smart, and I didn’t agree with them. I felt like I had to live up to their standard that they had set for me, and I felt inadaquit. You would think I would be over this, but 30yrs later I am still afraid that I am really not smart!

 

[mya1k9]

As I get older it just gets worse. Open staircases, I'm afraid of falling through, heights, hence the open staircase fear I guess. And my biggest, though probably not irrational, is losing my kids in some horrific accident. That actually keeps me up at night, just worrying.

 

[Marchand63]

redheads

My DH says he has that fear on occasion too



ok I am terrified of the Zombie Apocalypse. I had to get a crossbow and build a Lucille.

 

[aprilchem]

Dentists. I'm not sure you can call it irrational, necessarily, because I've had two very extremely traumatic experiences involving dentists that caused me to develop the fear. In both of them the dentists behaved unprofessionally (although one was much, much worse than the other) so it's probably a pretty rational fear.

 

[DisneyMomx7]

SNAKES! Although I consider this a rational fear

Irrational fear- being trapped in a tanning bed

 

[ronandannette]

Me too! A couple of months ago, I was home alone and walked right by a snake. In. My. House. IN. MY. HOUSE!! (Granted it was about the size of a very large earth worm, but still! It was In. My. House!) I very quickly jumped up on the couch and kept it within eyesight (because once you lose sight of it, you will never feel safe again until it is found and dealt with). Luckily, it was slow moving. I called DH (he works about 5 min from the house). And he had the nerve not to answer his phone. Repeatedly. Like 30 times repeatedly. Finally, I decided I had to take action. Since it was so slow moving, I ran to the kitchen and got a large plastic popcorn bowl. I came back and waited for him to move away from the baseboard. Then I tossed the bowl on top of him and ran up on to a chair to watch him (in case he was able to free himself). I continued calling DH (he finally answered). I suggested we burn the house down afterwards, but DH said no.

Your only mistake there was not burning the house down before asking your DH.

Have you ever had an MRI? Knowing how I am, when I had to get an MRI, I requested an open MRI. Got there and nope. Couldn't do it. Had to find a place where I could do a 'standing' MRI.

I have to have them twice a year and since they are brain/spine, they can’t be done in an open machine. I have to be sedated every time.

The irrational part is that I’m scared I will get trapped in the machine when there’s a shooter in the hospital. My head is enclosed in a cage that’s attached to a board so it would not be easy for me to just wiggle out. Every time I go I have the staff show me how to undo the cage from the board. They’re obviously used to it because they show me every single time.

Oh dear Lord - I can't even think about having another MRI. I went into the first one without having any idea; how bad could it be, right? Mine was the head-first-into-the-tube-locked-into-the-face-cage kind and involved an injection of tracer-dye part of the way through that I couldn't see coming. Bar-none the longest 42 minutes of my life. Honestly, I am a very cool-cucumber but I barely made it through and I simply don't know that I could bring myself to have another one.

 

[kimblebee]

Your only mistake there was not burning the house down before asking your DH.



Oh dear Lord - I can't even think about having another MRI. I went into the first one without having any idea; how bad could it be, right? Mine was the head-first-into-the-tube-locked-into-the-face-cage kind and involved an injection of tracer-dye part of the way through that I couldn't see coming. Bar-none the longest 42 minutes of my life. Honestly, I am a very cool-cucumber but I barely made it through and I simply don't know that I could bring myself to have another one.

I have many sleepless nights in the week coming up to my next one. There probably will come a point where I’ll start declining. It’s not a preventative thing, or treatments are based off it, it’s just to see the advancement of lesions. That happens whether or not it can be seen and it’s getting depressing to know I now have eight areas of my brain that are dead.

 

[North of Mouse]

Snakes - alive or dead!
Going on a ferry with vehicles!
Flying - no longer fly - will make myself if a true emergency!

Until my 20's - tall elevators! State Capitol in LA is tallest (of state capitols), and man does that thing go fast! Still don't like that one, but am not exactly afraid anymore.

 

[ronandannette]

I have many sleepless nights in the week coming up to my next one. There probably will come a point where I’ll start declining. It’s not a preventative thing, or treatments are based off it, it’s just to see the advancement of lesions. That happens whether or not it can be seen and it’s getting depressing to know I now have eight areas of my brain that are dead.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - MS is a tough, tough row to hoe and all too common an affliction for Canadian women.

 

[kimblebee]

I've said it before and I'll say it again - MS is a tough, tough row to hoe and all too common an affliction for Canadian women.

Thank you. I wasn’t posting for sympathy, though, I’m just at the dgadarn portion of my life lol

I am ignoring my doctor and nurses right now because I’m tired of doing the monthly blood work. This year marks 20 years since I was diagnosed..and I’m ‘only’ 42. Im tired of the whole thing.

Sorry, mini vent done

 

[ronandannette]

Thank you. I wasn’t posting for sympathy, though, I’m just at the don't give a darn portion of my life lol

I am ignoring my doctor and nurses right now because I’m tired of doing the monthly blood work. This year marks 20 years since I was diagnosed..and I’m ‘only’ 42. Im tired of the whole thing.

Sorry, mini vent done

I hear you.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Being trapped in an mri machine

I had an MRI early last summer. My head wasn't even entirely inside, just up to my nose or so. The technicians were in a booth behind me. After maybe five minutes, there were loud repeated beeps and other weird noises. After a few minutes of that I started wondering if something was seriously wrong, like the hospital went on emergency lockdown or there was a fire close by. How do I get out of here? Thankfully it stopped after a few more minutes, but the whole situation had me shaken for a short while.

Sorry to hear that you need to go thru that frequently.

 

[kimblebee]

Had to google it - I hear you.

I edited it because I think it would have earned me points..

 

[mrsheppo]

Dentists. I'm not sure you can call it irrational, necessarily, because I've had two very extremely traumatic experiences involving dentists that caused me to develop the fear. In both of them the dentists behaved unprofessionally (although one was much, much worse than the other) so it's probably a pretty rational fear.

I have that same fear. I was sexually assaulted by my dentist as a teenager and no one believed me. To this day, I have an anxiety attack every time I have to go to the dentist. Luckily most have been very understanding but 40+ years and therapy when I was an adult still haven't alleviated that fear.

 

[Mickeynutty]

I hate to go to the doctor. I don’t mind needles but I hate having my vitals taken. Sometimes I refuse. Irrational fear. My doctor is super understanding and usually by the end of the appointment I’m okay with having it done. You should see the look on the nurse’s face when at the beginning of the appointment she wants to take my vitals and I say no. I feel like such an idiot. Then, I explain it’s an irrational fear and not anything they have done wrong.

 

[Hikergirl]

Being struck by lightning

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

Spiders