What's one of your most irrational fears?

[beebella]

Mine is that I'm going to be in the middle of taking a shower when a catastrophic event occurs and I'm going to have to run out of my house wet and naked. 🤣

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

Something happening to my family and me not being there or not being able to help them.

That scares me the most.

Once, I was in China, having a lunch break at work and it was my mom’s birthday.

I called her to sing her a Happy Birthday song.

She didn’t answer.

I went to internet just to browse and I got the news that our apartment building at home exploded. I have all my family there.

I remember the feeling of feeling weak in my knees and I had to hold onto something so I’d not fall down out of agony that I felt.

They survived. Thankfully, the fire didn’t get to our home. They managed to go downstairs on time. My Godfather passed away though.

I was for a long tome haunted by the thought that I wasn’t there with them, that they had to save each other, I wasn’t there to help.

I could imagine the fear my brother felt and the heroism he did, when he evacuated our two little cousins.

I imagined my mom and dad felt.

And I wasn’t there.

It ended well, but it still haunts me to this day.

I can break legs thousands of times and will get back on my feet everytime, as long as I know that they need me.

[LaFemmeFatale_1]

I think once is more than enough though :P

[wolfcat87]

Zombie apocalypse. Dawn of the Dead was the only horror movie to really scare me even though I was obsessed with horror movies growing up. Talk about a work of art. I've been obsessed with zombies movies and also terrified it will actually happen ever since. When my kids were babies, I was afraid to leave the house alone with them, because I might not be able to save them if it happened while we were out. I still think about it on a regular basis. Where to put the chicken coop to protect it from zombies so we will still have food. How tall to make a fence, what material, etc to keep us safe if it happens. How to build a bunker. Etc.

[Andres77]

Climb a tree. You’ll be fine…😉

[NathanDavis]

it might be the fact that... right after I clean and sanitize my entire sink, and mirror area... and even NASA would approve, I still get that eerie feeling that it's not clean enough yet... and I don't feel like touching a thing

the cleaner my sink and mirror are, the more it can trigger my mild germophobia, lmfao...

but, I don't clean it again... that's under control, I just chuckle and forget about it, lol

[Andres77]

I don’t think I have any irrational fears. I used to participate in sword fighting. One of the guys was big, 375 lbs. his armor weighed about 125 lbs. do the math.

One day my youngest daughter asked “dad, are you afraid of anything?”

I responded “I fight Brad, so, no, I don’t think anything scares me.”

except, of course, that something would happen to my kids and I can’t save them.
that scares the crap out of me.

[Beckybooboo]

When I’m cooking, I’m always terrified someone is gonna hit a handle on a pan or pot of boiling water and burn themselves. Especially when small children are around. I put the pots of boiling water on the back burners and turn all handles inwards. It’s total insanity!

[strateguy632]

that one is actually rational and cook books warn it!

[Surely]

@strateguy632 All of that should be considered common practice when cooking. Even with no one else around!

[Beckybooboo]

Thanks guys! I never really thought it was an insane thing to do but everyone always told me I go overboard, especially when I do it at other people’s houses.

[petitedollbabee]

When I’m cutting up veggies to prepare for cooking, my cat likes to rub against my legs or flop over on the ground by my feet. I’ve had an irrational fear for the last 2 years where ‘what if the knife slips out of my hand and accidentally falls on her and it lands blade down and severs her legs and then she bleeds out while I’m stuck standing there in shock’ 😖 I get intrusive thoughts about this scenario very often, it makes me cry sometimes just imagining it.

[YesterdaysChild]

You might have to get the cat some body armor.

[Caramelpie]

Whatever you think about happens..

I’ve always used to be scared of stitches and how they look and I ended up having C section few months ago, my worst nightmare became reality and I had to live with it forever after my baby was born. 🥺❤️

[strateguy632]

i get that luckily you cover the scar almost 24/7. i see my scars too, so don't worry.

[Caramelpie]

@strateguy632 how did you know? 😳

[NikkiBabyOo]

I’ve seen that happen before. There was a fire drill at the hotel we were staying at and this girl had to come outside in nothing but a towel. There were a ton of boys there so I know she felt awkward. My intrusive thoughts kept telling me to yank her towel off, can you imagine 🤣

[Lynx122]

Most of the time I don't have any irrational fears but there are some times where I do have them but it's usually dependent on the situation so it can be different fears. But in everyday life I don't have fears that just grip me :)

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

My irrational fear is, wake up with America in the middle of another terrorist attack.

[Anime_person]

I'm Athazagoraphobic, Kakorrhaphiophobic, coulrophobic, pediophobic, arachnophobic, and scopophoboc. Im just a scaredy cat lol

[strateguy632]

that is lots
i only recognize one. at least you aren't acro-phobic too. free of heights.

[MasseurDeMojo]

Falling out of a plane while flying over the ocean.

[Agape93]

Not so much a fear, but a deep dislike. Lawn gnomes.

[exitseven]

I am afraid of heights. I wss not always like this. I dont know how it happened.

[Bricealan]

Being a MOD... on GAG !!! Oh my god, that is frightening !

[The-Stud]

Nothing scares me like beer at room temperature!

[Andres77]

Modelo Negra is pretty good at tepid temps.

[The-Stud]

@Andres77 Thanks for the recommendation... should try!

[ThrillSeeker01]

Like people seeing me when I'm not aware of them. Like if I'm getting dressed and someone sees me nude through the window, or something.

[LiamJHayden]

I've said it before on this site. Polar bears. Irrational because I live on the Southern California coast.

[HouseMoat]

Oxymorons. It's irrational to be afraid opposite things, right?

I mean, why should I be afraid of military intelligence, or jumbo shrimps?

[Still-alive]

Getting nuked lol. sometimes them low flying planes can give me flashbacks to seeing documentary footage of hiroshima.

[Fuentes]

Lol sounds like a bay watch episode. Only fear I would have is being broke

[Worst]

A woman rejecting me

[beebella]

I thought you'd be used to that by now.

[Worst]

wtf...

[beebella]

Hehehe

[Worst]

uncalled for...

[beebella]

I apologize.

[Worst]

thanks lol just manipulated you

[beebella]

😭😭

[Andres77]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUNt4veCFk

[Friendlybro79]

They're going to take away our carbs

[Anonymous]

Spiders