What irrational fears do you have?

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Things that are extremely specific and unlikely to happen. Example: I have an irrational fear that I will accidentally eat a waitress' earring that fell into my food.

MCheetah · Accepted Answer

Shrinking. As in, losing height. I'm already 181 cm (5'11") waking up and only 179 cm (5'10.5") at the end of the day due to spinal compression from walking and standing up, averaging 180 cm throughout the day. But I mean, more than that. Like below even 179 cm. 180 is already sh*t-tier and super-feminine, as it is, and I already loathe being this small and weak, to begin with. But if I lost any more height, I'd be even less of an actual man.

A busy and rushed nurse once measured me at 176 cm (5'9.5") and I was super-pissed off at it, even though I didn't raise my voice, and demanded that she do her job right and not have that lie on my medical records. This was 10am in the morning too and I just woke up an hour before then, so no spinal compression had occurred. She was off by 4 to 5 centimeters! That pissed me off.

Basically putting on medical records that I'm a woman, or the same size as one. If I was 195, like I was supposed to be, or at least, a a solid 185 cm without shoes, I wouldn't have this problem. But already being in the Women's and Children's section of "adults," pisses me off as it is. I can't afford to go even 1 cm below 179, which is already petite and feminine, as I said.

So I wouldn't exactly call this "unlikely to happen." But it could count, to some, as "an irrational fear."

BarryLiverstone · Accepted Answer

That the car that’s been following me for the past 10 minutes and making every turn I have isn’t just coincidently living in my neighborhood. Which causes me to roll right past my house and see if it’s still tailing me.

MermaidPearl · Accepted Answer

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LilyoftheLake · Accepted Answer

When I sit on the toilet, I have this irrational fear that a snake is going to come up and bite my privates.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

I don't know that I have any, anymore. I used to have one about plants, partly because I had no idea what poison ivy looked like and only recently discovered I'm not allergic to it, and, partly because of a few episodes of "Lost In Space where plants did bizarre things (no, not, "The Great Vegetable Rebellion"). And, back in the early `70's when I first heard about Paul McCartney being dead, for some bizarre reason I got this idea that if I didn't race up the third floor stairs to my room at night, Paul was gonna come after me from my parents' room with a huge knife and try to kill me!! I'd turn the corner to go up the stairs and run up on all 4's as fast as I could!!

HippieVeganJewslim · Answer

Liftophobia — fear of elevators.

The fear of awful noises, like footsteps.

The fear of acceleration. Most vehicles are all right, but not so many rollercoasters or elevators.

The fear of people walking directly behind me.

Some fear being an actor in an auditorium. I fear being a spectator in an auditorium.

Claustrophobia — fear of small spaces and Santa Claus.

Acrophobia — fear of very high heights at times.

Also Theophobia. The dictionary says that’s an irrational fear, but I don’t think so. It is a mitzvah to fear G-d.

Aerissa_Jade · Answer

I can't say I have any irrational ones, most of my are perfectly rational.

It probably helps that I am not afraid of dying, so there is no fear there. Guess you could say I'm afraid of being stuck in my own body as a paraplegic, but that seems to be a rational fear to me.

letuswaltzforthedead · Answer

I was scared as a kid (5 to around 10 or 11 years old) that policemen would show up at the door at night while my family slept. I was scared that the cops were going to beat us up, arrest us, and send us away where we would be tortured and denied our basic needs (sleep, food, water, a toilet, etc). I had a recurring nightmare at the time related to this.

Crafteroon · Answer

I don't have any outright irrational fears, I have a fear of heights, but only if the fence is either missing or so weak it swings in the wind.

But everyone can succumb to irrational fears at opportune times. When jumping off the pier and someone shouts "shark", you get shaken, even if you know that the local waters lack any such animals.

Vendela · Answer

Well I refuse to sit on toilet seats without lining them with toilet paper first. Even my own toilet seat after I've just cleaned it. So fear of germs?

I also have a fear that someone will try to open my car door and slaughter me so no matter where I am in my car; my driveway, the store during day time, etc I lock the car doors. I don't think that one is very irrational because I have heard of several stories about people being murdered that way.

dragoblack · Answer

I fear people are all ready to stab me in the back (not in a literal sense) the moment I have my back turned... I've dealt with tons of social abuse growing up from both adults & children, mental, physical, and emotional abuse. mainly in school (constantly targeted by teachers & students as a scapegoat for all problems because i was the shy & quiet kid) and physically assulted by neighborhood kids. So, it is really hard to trust people.

Cherry234 · Answer

One would be getting stuck in an elevator by myself. Another one is getting struck by lightning. Two other ones are becoming paralyzed and being on a sinking cruise ship.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

When I flew in the Navy I had an irrational fear that a wasp would crawl into my oxygen hose. I would always have to hold it up to make sure nothing was in it.

Apulu_Imback · Answer

The feeling that no matter what, anytime I will walk or ride my cycle in wet land then I will slip for sure. No matter what. But it rarely happens.

Anonymous · Answer

that a spider is gonna crawl up my leg and bite me in the nuts

Blackcosmo · Answer

I'm scared I'll get kidnapped and I'll embarrass myself in public.

Anonymous · Answer

I've got an irrational fear of the snuggle fabric softener bear. It really creeps me out.

bean2k21 · Answer

I have a fear that I'll die and my soul will be extinguished like a candle flame.

Aiko_E_Lara · Answer

Balloons as they may pop unpredictably. Weirdly because I'm not scared of fire crackers and guns.

Literalbillionaire17 · Answer

I always have a fear that people are watching me. The only places I feel safe is my home.

BurntKeyboard · Answer

I had a bad dream immediately before my boyfriend broke up with me, now I worry that every bad dream is an omen. Almost never is though.

EaterPeter · Answer

Nothing is irrelevant when it comes to human beings. There is always a reason which we have yet to figure out.

Shy_Steve · Answer

I have an Irrational fear of Approaching People I don't know.

Anonymous · Answer

Getting a body part caught in something (and that's one I recently had to face).

Amethyst3532 · Answer

Falling on metal stairs> it has happen 4x, accidentally eating glass>hapen 1x

loveslongnails · Answer

Getting stuck in an elevator with a trumper

Sparkie460 · Answer

I have a fear of failure.

Luckycharms12 · Answer

Different culture could be difficult

Anonymous · Answer

not much that I can think of honestly

Googlemyahoo · Answer

Close talkers

Iron_Man · Answer

Fear itself

Becca1998_ · Answer

Heights.

shortster · Answer

Dogs

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