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[Blargonaut]

Well, tall grass is pretty unsafe. Wild Pokémon live there. You need your own Pokémon for your protection.

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sorry

You would not BELIEVE the amount of jokes like that in school

I totally know this sounds suspiciously like Pokemon, but grass made me legit shook, and the weird thing is that I love Pokemon :/

I wasn't the worst one though in class, there was this other guy who afraid of squirrels and chipmunks, and straight-up shivered when he saw one. Now THAT'S worse, right?

RIGHT

TELL ME I'M RIGHT

 

[Freaky Fred]

Dying. I used to think about death constantly when I was a kid.

besides that, it was that damn troll from Ernest: Scared Stupid. Dude was horrifying for a movie that's supposed to be funny.

 

[Red]

You would not BELIEVE the amount of jokes like that in school

I totally know this sounds suspiciously like Pokemon, but grass made me legit shook, and the weird thing is that I love Pokemon :/

I wasn't the worst one though in class, there was this other guy who afraid of squirrels and chipmunks, and straight-up shivered when he saw one. Now THAT'S worse, right?

RIGHT

TELL ME I'M RIGHT

No. Squirrels can at least bite you.

 

[terrisus]

When I was little, Bloody Mary.Now it's this. I'm 19 right now. If I don't meet my wife now then all is lost.

you're nineteen

nineteen

Yeah, I wouldn't say all hope is lost.

But, I'm very glad I found my wife when I did, since I can't imagine anyone who had come along later having stayed with me through everything that I've gone through, or anyone wanting to be with me now.

Being put to sleep and having surgery.

My fear came true when I was in my late 20's and had to have part of my thyroid removed (Benign tumour).

It turned out that I was scared for nothing. It all went fine and I didn't feel a thing

Yeah, when I had surgery for my cancer a couple of years ago, my father had sent me a whole bunch of pictures of everyone waiting around for hours while I was in surgery. I had the easiest time of it - I wasn't aware of a single thing going on.

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On the other hand, I was also the one who had cancer.

 

[zeemumu]

you're nineteen

nineteen

I know, right? I shouldn't have wasted my 9 preparation months sitting around doing nothing in my mom's womb. I'm already so behind.

 

[poppabk]

For the longest time I was terrified of killer bees. Also serial killers.

Yeah killer bees for me. Watched that crappy Michael Caine movie and then shortly after saw a documentary about them. It was like finding out that Freddie was real.

 

[MikeDip]

Falling into a bathtub of honey or maple syrup. Not because of drowning, I just do not like getting sticky.

This fear still persists to this day.

 

[Volimar]

When I was a kid, I was always afraid to go into a room without turning the light on. Not a fear of the dark, but fear of closing the door before turning the light on...

 

[skyfinch]

Vagina. Even today, as a 43 year old man, I try my best to avoid them.

 

[Princess Viola]

Being home alone and the power going out.

I'm still afraid of that actually.

 

[SoldnerKei]

Spiders

but I got a tarantula in my hands once, I can die without regrets

 

[Enzom21]

St. Bernards after my mother let me watch Cujo when I was 5.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

To give some context, I was severely abused as a child.

I could never confront my shitty ass mother, and I was completely petrified of confronting her, and the rest of the assholes with her blood..fuck me..

I had this insane dream, right after I saw Ghostbusters, where I had actually stood up to that cunt as she tried to grab me. I bit her arm, and it was made of slime..she then transformed into something that I just can't describe..but I woke up ready to kill. She's dead now..

Spoiler

it weren't me..thanks, cancer

!

All these years later, it's a recurring damn dream..fucking lottery..

 

[Acorn]

Snakes, even though I live in a climate where only grass snakes live. Seriously though fuck snakes.

 

[Blargonaut]

No. Squirrels can at least bite you.

But imagine all the ladybugs and aphids that live in grass snowballing on your body as your frolic through your local city park, the ladybugs eating aphids off your skin and clothing, terrified aphids crawling all over you as they try to escape, defecating their tiny little insect shits around your pores and the only warning you get of their existential nightmare is a mild itch

Falling into a bathtub of honey or maple syrup. Not because of drowning, I just do not like getting sticky.

This fear still persists to this day.

That is an awesome fear

If you were totally immersed in honey or maple syrup, would you actually still 'feel' sticky trying to move around, or would you just feel like you were dipped inside a very thick viscous fluid? Would the sensation of thick fluid override the sensation of sticky?

 

[Jane Mansfield]

Mushrooms.

I always thought all mushrooms were poisonous.

 

[Air]

Heights probably.

 

[WhereAreMahDragonz]

Spiders.

Still is my biggest fear.

 

[ThreePiMatt]

When I was young watched a lot of alien "documentary" stuff, unsolved mysteries, and all that other crap. It made me extremely scared of being abducted by the greys, to the point I was scared to even look out the windows at night. I got so paranoid one night I even thought I saw lights out in a field behind my house, and was was pretty much convinced they were coming for me. Worst was when my family would go stay at my uncles out in east Texas, out in the middle of no where. It pretty much fit the stereotypical alien abduction site.

The worst of all was this though:


The movie communion. Scared me shitless for years, that even this picture gives me the creeps to this day. I started to overcome the fear after I actually read the communion books and realized this guy was just a big loon.

Dude, I know what you're talking about. I remember when I was like 11 I saw Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County That movie scarred me shitless. I went a week without turning my light off when I sleep and even after that I had to sleep with my TV on for longer than that. That last scene where the dude is in the bathroom with the camera and he turns around and the alien is there, fuck that shit. No thanks. It was made worse because at the time I was living pretty close to a Lake County (I actually live in Lake County now). This was also like just before the whole "Found Footage" horror movie genre exploded with Blair Witch, so at first I actually thought that shit was real.

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

Chucky from Child's Play. Those movies scarred me to the point where I didn't want to watch them as an adult. I finally did and realized they were just plain bad movies.

 

[terrisus]

Oh yeah, speaking of movies. I have no idea what the movie was, but I remember seeing a movie at my babysitter's house, back in the 80s (maybe early 90s, but probably 80s) where some kid had braces, and they somehow get connected to the house's power circuits and he gets electrocuted or something.

I wouldn't say I had a fear as a result of it or anything (and I've never needed braces anyway), but it sticks out in my mind as just being absurd.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Mushrooms.

I always thought all mushrooms were poisonous.

I'm allergic..your thoughts are my facts!

 

[nintendork666]

Gooey Gus from the Ghostwriter episode, "Attack of the Slime Monster". He gave me so many nightmares.

 

[6.8]

There was a transformers episode where the dad character got a chip implanted on his left ear and became a husk for the decepticons.

I slept with my blankets on top of my ear until my teenage years. Terrifying.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

Gooey Gus from the Ghostwriter episode, "Attack of the Slime Monster". He gave me so many nightmares.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[deejay8595]

Dude, I know what you're talking about. I remember when I was like 11 I saw Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County That movie scarred me shitless. I went a week without turning my light off when I sleep and even after that I had to sleep with my TV on for longer than that. That last scene where the dude is in the bathroom with the camera and he turns around and the alien is there, fuck that shit. No thanks. It was made worse because at the time I was living pretty close to a Lake County (I actually live in Lake County now). This was also like just before the whole "Found Footage" horror movie genre exploded with Blair Witch, so at first I actually thought that shit was real.

LMAO! That makes 3 of us. Posted my story on 1st page.

 

[Anbokr]

Snakes.

 

[Magnet_Man]

Grasshoppers. Just everything about them, how they look, how they move, THEY CAN FLY, and the sounds they make as they move still freak me out.

But something that scared me when I was younger was the fear of being crushed. It happened when I was like 5 or something and a Ninja Turtle toy got knocked under our couch. I couldn't reach it normally, but this was a fold out couch so I figured I'd just lift up the bedding and reach under it. I lifted it up and squeezed myself between the huge bed contraption and the couch frame and reached out for the toy when I lost grip on the bedding and it pinned me into the frame. What was really scary about it was that I could feel my ribs being pressured way more then they every had and it honestly felt to me that they would snap. Thankfully my squirming got me far enough to push my hands against the floor and get enough force to hold the bedding up for my sister to help me out.

It was a very quick experience but my little brain made it seem much worse. The fear of being crushed to me is that you'd experience your body parts shattering and ripping apart before finally dying, so it's like that "would you rather be shot or stabbed" question. "I'd rather be shot because it's quick and instant while you're there the entire time as a knife stabs you.

Oh and the stop-motion Medusa from Clash of the Titans. Fuck that thing.

 

[Red]

St. Bernards after my mother let me watch Cujo when I was 5.

Only one movie ever really scared me. Images from it were stuck in my head for years. I must have been 3 or 4 when I saw it. It's one of my earliest memories. My mom was watching TV late at night and fell asleep. I was beside her on the couch, and flipped through channels until I found a cartoon. It was different than any cartoon I had seen before. There was a motorbike chase. I kept watching. It escalated into violence. People exploded. I think there was a rape. At the end, one of the main characters turned into a grotesque and massive fetus. I was a teenager by the time I figured out I'd seen Akira.

 

[Miguel81]

Great white sharks in the pool.

I should have never watched "Jaws" when I was five. That scarred me for life.

 

[Astorgh]

Clowns, I think. I couldn't stand those fuckers.

 

[MYE]

Pennywise from the movie "It"

Fuck that thing. Why did I watch it at the age of 6?!!

 

[Switch Back 9]

Alien abductions, thanks to this fucking movie.
Ruined me for YEARS.

 

[bobeth]

Anything from Unsolved Mysteries. God that was so scary.

I came in to post this. That show freaked the hell out of me.. I can still hear the fucking music.

 

[OmegaFax]

The Chucky doll from Child's Play. I saw it when I was four and it scared the piss out of me.

 

[Aurongel]

Alien abductions, thanks to this fucking movie.
Ruined me for YEARS.

Same for me, Fire In The Sky is a fucking nightmare. The needle in the eye bit was the worst for me though, it helped contribute to my adult fear of anything related to eyeballs.

That doesn't come close though to the demon plants from Jumanji:

Even to this day I have never been more terrified by anything in film the same way I was about that damn thing in Jumanji. Even seeing stuff like this freaks me out now:

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

Still scared of Chucky.
Also after watching America's Most Wanted I would think the criminals would be at my window.

 

[Lucian Cat]

The Chucky doll from Child's Play. I saw it when I was four and it scared the piss out of me.

THIS. And slappy from goosebumps. Still scare the shit out of me to this day. Thankfully the nightmares went away ;___;

 

[Aesius]

Aliens
Home invasions
Ghosts

 

[Philia]

I had an irrational fear of ghosts. Knowing this though, I still watch a shit ton of ghost movies. American version of The Ring and Grudge scared the fuck out of me.

Former with the tv scene and the girl's expression (found dead in the closet), latter with some girl noticing the ghost outside of her apt (excellent suspense build up here) and she ran into her bed covers. But no, that fucking bitch is INSIDE the covers.

NIGHTMARES cannot be prevented by the blanket anymore!

 

[CMojicaAce]

Zombies.

I used to think that there were zombies in my closet at night

 

[caesar]

Fire.. Sandor pls

 

[BumbleB]

The Blob

 

[Canon]

Bugs maybe. But not bugs outside, I don't care. But bugs that get near me or are inside. It makes me feel unclean and I hate it.

How do y'all keep spiders out?

 

[Malvolio]

Bugs maybe. But not bugs outside, I don't care. But bugs that get near me or are inside. It makes me feel unclean and I hate it.

How do y'all keep spiders out?

If you hate bugs, why keep spiders out? They eat bugs!

 

[Syf]

Small tunnels, as in both shoulders touching the sides. I still can't handle them lol even seeing them in movies makes me squirm.

 

[gugi40]

When I was around 8 or 9 I remember being really scared of walking through grass. I was really short even as a kid, so the thought of that green tentacle shit with all sorts of ants and scary insects poised on their edges, waiting to pounce on my body as soon as I brushed past those leafy stems fucking terrified me.

I ran like fucking hell through parks and fields until I was around 12, when I got a bit taller and eventually lost the fear :/

I would be scared of tall grass too if there was a chance to encounter a random legendary!

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Seriously that must have sucked growing up Glad you are fine now though

I had/have a fear of trains, it is not as bad now but when I was a kid they scared the shit out of me.

Also very scared of aliens back then more than now, it was because of War of the worlds (1953). That movie planted the seed of fear.

 

[Necromanti]

Abandonment.

 

[Canon]

If you hate bugs, why keep spiders out? They eat bugs!

I hate spiders just as much as I hate other bugs? And in my case, they don't keep bugs out. I used to have fleas, they sure as hell didn't help with that. Nor anything else. Plus I vacuum every day, so I don't need spiders looking ugly and making webs and catching nothing.

I hate this apartment...

 

[RkOwnage]

Surprised I am the first one to say clowns. Ever since I was a kid...I had a nightmare about clowns killing me when I was in bed...and it's a fear I have not grown out of...and don't expect to. When the guy in the UK dressed as a clown and watched people it kept me up for days...thanks Are You Afraid of the Dark....