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Completely 100% irrational? (E.g. I don't count things like fear of flying as there is a chance you might actually die)

I am afraid that there is cum in public soap dispensers .
 
I have a fear of bees and wasps. I think knowing that they can sting me is what makes me scared of them. Even if it has no reason to sting me, I always feel as if it will at any moment.
 
Irrational fears:

  • Something happening to my hands (arthritis, thumbs removed, etc.) making it impossible for me to play videogames
  • Dying before I get to see the new Star Wars movie
Semi Irrational fear:

  • Going blind (my eyesight is horrible and staring at a computer screen all day isn't helping)
 
John Harker said:
Have experience in the matter?
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Yeah, I was diagnosed but prefer to not talk about my own case in public. You're free to PM me if you wanna ask stuff, I have experience with medication as well. I'm not even on them anymore so I feel like I could help out with some good tips and tricks.
 
The bees. Any insect that can sting me or draw blood.

Molten lava or magma, lightning strikes, heights, tornadoes, bad drivers, eyes, and things with a lot of holes.
 
I'm terrified of public speaking for whatever reason. And it's weird because I'm a pretty social guy. Got through my best man speech in front of hundreds though and it actually went fine.

That's honestly the only thing that scares me in my life. I'd rather swim in shark infested waters than speak in public.
 
Sesuadra said:
people. i hate people in rl and afraid of them. well, except for my girlfriend and best friend.

i mean. i wish we could all just get along, have fun with each other and like/love each other.

but as soon as i go outside, everything is so rough and everyone is so..i don't know, hard? hard to each other.

example: at the supermarket, someone has to pay and he/she/it forgot 5cent..why give this people shit? just get 1cent from everyone in line and do not scream at them or be mean..just help each other out.

or at the university with the talking behind each others backs...
maybe i am to empathic. or sensitive. sensitive is the word my father used when i was a child.
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This post really stood out to me. I get what you are saying in a way. The world is hard. So many people are selfish, competitive, and just mean. But where I live, so many people are also kind, compassionate, and caring. I think it has a lot to do with where you live. I used to live in a small "hick" town and I hated it because everyone there seemed to lack basic compassion and it felt like one big competition. But then I moved to a very liberal "hippy" town and people generally tend to be much kinder to each other.

Business is the worst for this though. Everything is dog eat dog, dick waving, competitive as hell, and just generally Machiavellian as far as I can tell. Still looking for a way to make the monies without all of that garbage getting in the way.
 
For me:

Cops, especially on the road, even when I'm driving fine, not buzzed, and not "riding dirty". I always think there's something I'm not thinking of that they will pull me over for.

Swimming in deep water where I can't see the bottom. I love snorkeling around ocean reefs, or swimming in little lakes or the pool. I will never be able to join my wife on her scuba diving adventures because of my fear of deep water.
 
That the earth will lose it's gravity in a way or it'll reverse and everything will fly up. Like the floor becoming the ceiling. Sometimes when I'm in open rooms or out even driving I feel like I'll just slip and fall upwards and die. I get that "I'm about to fall" feeling just in normal rooms or wide spaces
 
AllIsOneIsNone said:
I'm terrified of public speaking for whatever reason. And it's weird because I'm a pretty social guy. Got through my best man speech in front of hundreds though and it actually went fine.

That's honestly the only thing that scares me in my life. I'd rather swim in shark infested waters than speak in public.
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I used to be terrified of public speaking...then one day I almost blacked out/ fainted in front of a class while teaching my first lesson, I thought "there is no way in hell it could ever be worse than this" immediately felt better and have been a decent public speaker ever since
 
Insects

Bugs

Pests

Flying? Even worse

Buzzing? Even worse!

Smash them, Spray them, Burn them, Bash them. Kill them all.

And I don't even find this fear "completely irrational". The only part that applies is that most of them don't actively hunt to bite you. Aside from that, their hideous faces and crawling spaces are more than enough reason for me to take out every one I can.

It's why I keep a "Flying Insect" Raid can and an "Ant and Roach" Raid can next to me whenever I'm sitting down at home. I have to strike first.
 
I don't do birds. Any birds but especially pigeons. They terrify me and i often cross the road to avoid them, or simply walk in traffic to avoid them. I don't even know what it is about them... just no.

Some people seem to think it's a good idea to try and scare them off because i guess they think it'll help me but that just shits me up even more.
 
That my towel hanging on the rack in the bathroom is completely filled with cockroaches on the inside of it, where the two parts overlap. So as soon as I disturb it they just swarm out like a sunburst of wriggling black and brown and crawl up my arms, while some inevitably fall from the rush of hundreds of insect bodies moving and upon hitting the ground, scramble up my legs.
 
I'm very scared of old houses, because they sometimes used harmful things in them.

I probably wouldn't hurt myself. But I'm scared anyway.

I'm also scared of peeling paint if I don't know how old it is.
 
An irrational fear I overcame.

I'm well over it now but when I was younger (around 14/15) until I was 23 I had a fear of sitting on the toilet for a number 2 due to the film arachnophobia.

Now I'm not scared of spiders but that scene stayed with me. For the entire duration I mainly went to the loo at home unless I physically couldn't wait to be home, never out at school/work/public toilets and whenever I went I sort of squatted over the toilet.

I felt so stupid about this.

Meeting my current girlfriend and staying at her house made me face my fear and conquer it.

This is the first time I've told anyone about this.
 
Height. I absolutely hate being on tall places. In fact, floor 6 or onward I can't look at the window. Nope. Impossible. I start getting anxious.

Another fear is elevators, but that may be because I almost got trapped in one back when I was a kid. After that, stairs unless elevator is a must.
 
H.Protagonist said:
Loud popping noises.

Trying to get one of those canned pizza dough or cookie dough things open that require you to peel until they're perforated almost always drives me to tears. (Usually because they never work and I have to stab at the container from afar for ages until they pop.)


Aaaaaah stabby stabby aaaahhhhh stabby stabby aaaaaaaaah stabby *POP* AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
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What about champagne bottles?
 
NateDrake said:
I have a fear of flying.
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I would think this is more common. Good flights are some of the most amazing things you could experienced. Bad flights are, well, terrifying.

Here is my completely insane irrational fear.
...I have globophobia.
The fear of balloons
It's not just that, but any inflatable object or object that fails to retain its shape (ie: blobs which wobble violently)
Heck, even in games, I can not play them if they have a blob monster or any sort of monster that inflates or has sporadically inflatable parts.

I literally could not play Lost Planet because of this.

I used to be scared of elevators, but that was only because I saw Final Destination 2 at a young an impressionable age.
 
My fear of snakes is completely rational. Fuck snakes. Fuck snakes. Oh god, I have to go take a shit. What if a snake comes through the toilet and gets me. AHHHHHHHHH
 
H.Protagonist said:
Loud popping noises.

Trying to get one of those canned pizza dough or cookie dough things open that require you to peel until they're perforated almost always drives me to tears. (Usually because they never work and I have to stab at the container from afar for ages until they pop.)


Aaaaaah stabby stabby aaaahhhhh stabby stabby aaaaaaaaah stabby *POP* AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH
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Just smack it on the edge of the counter/table.
 
I live alone in my own apartment and every time I have heartburn or don't feel well or get pins and needles in my leg or arm or something I worry I'm going to have a heart attack or stroke or something and no one will be around to help me...Living alone has given me mild hypochondria :/

(though perhaps this isn't that irrational lol)
 
A moderate fear of heights. What makes it irrational is how it presents itself.

Airplanes? No problem.
Top floor of a tall building? No problem.

Being on the top of a house or the top of a tall fence? Anxiety levels at 100%.

It's almost a fear of falling from heights as opposed to being scared of heights I guess.
 
Bedbugs. I'm absolutely terrified of getting an infestation of them, and everytime I see a little bit of fluff or something on my bed I freak the hell out.
 
For the longest time I was terrified of eating watermelon seeds in fear that a watermelon would grow inside my stomach and kill me.

Thanks, Rugrats.

Now? I'm terrified that I'm going to be accused to shoplifting every time I enter a store. I'm so scared of it that I essentially become a paranoid mess. The minute I start shopping, I start worrying that I'm standing too close the shelves and that the workers who walk by are going to think I'm stealing, so then I back up. Then I realize that I have my phone and/or keys in my pockets, causing some strange bulges in my pants and I start thinking that the workers are going to think my phone and keys are small objects I took from the shelf. So I start taking out my phone and playing with it just so they can see that it's just my phone.

When I get to the cashier to check out, I start wondering if they wonder if I have anything on me, and I become aware of my keys and phone again and start thinking once again that they're going to think my keys and phone are stuff I stole. Once I'm finished there, if they have a metal detector at the front of the store, I start to panic thinking that it's going to go off on me because the cashier forgot to unmagnetize something or my keys set it off.

I also like to look around for security cameras for some reason when I'm shopping, but then when I find them I start thinking that the security people in the store are going to think I'm looking for the cameras so I can find a safe spot to steal something.

Never shoplifted anything in my life and I've never even considered doing it, but I still think others are going to accuse me of doing it.

edit: thought i'd expand on my fear some more.
 
White birds.
I got attacked by a swallow once maybe 15 years ago, and I still remember it clearly as day.
I rode this boat out to a small island at a tour, walking and minding my own business on the path set up by humans, I came across a large rock on the side. Suddenly two giant white swallows came down from the skies attacking me full force. I had no other option than to quietly and shamefully and quickly turn around and wakl back to the boat house, not letting the other tourists know I had been attacked by a little bird.

Birds of all other shapes and colors I can handle fine and actually like, but white ones. They are devils incarnate.
 
people hitting my car when im not around to see it and do something about it.

shaking peoples hands.

people inviting me to events i don't want to go to.

pubes, snot, spit, cum, etc in my food when i eat out at restaurants.

OD'ing on certain drugs.

birds, flying insects, hanging insects.
 
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