What are your IRRATIONAL fears? (Page 3)

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Ha I always swing out wide but it rarely works. I recall at Chicago '07 being held under by some guy who was drowning, or thought he was, while he screamed `AHHHH!' and then being elbowed in the eye, opening a nice gash. I think that's when it all started. Thankfully I composed myself and took off swimming. I debated just getting out of the water at that point, though.

My sister has a pug that will not walk over sewer grates either. He's awfully stubborn about it, too.

I will run as fast as I can from anything that has adhesive.  It's completely uncontrollable.  I go into survival mode and take off if someone approaches me with a sticker or a post-it or anything similar.  My twin sister has the same issue although not as severe.

Spiders.  It is hard to even type that word.

I just realized the purpose of this question - Yanti is collecting data on us all.  One more piece of her plan to take over the world.

Now, dear. Is that a rational or an irrational fear?

Aha!  You will notice she deflected.  No confirming nor denying.  Hmmmm.

Thou shalt not hijack my thread. The only way to honor thy OP is to admit it's an IRRATIONAL fear.

Emoticons.  I think they'll take over the Innerwebz and cause destruction.  I know they are plotting against us.  *runs away screaming*

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For free?

I'm pretty good with the doggie fears.

Seriously? You could extinguish my gecko fear?

Really??? Even my irrational fear of shrinks??? 

Analysts have an expression: "The fear is the wish".  It means the thing we say we fear is actually the thing we want to have happen (as in "I am scared my mother will die" really means "I wish my mother would die" - but since the wish is unacceptable, it gets expressed consciously as a fear instead). 

Personally, I think I am OK with Yanti taking over the world. As long as she removes the logs from the river beds.  When I dive in the Cooper in South Carolina, logs are where the gators hang out.  Seeing a bed of logs freaks me out, and I get very anxious.  I am certain there is a gator juuuuuust beyond my flashlight, waiting for me to turn my back to grab me and eat me!

YAAAAY! {{{MELON PRESS}}} that is my secret weapon, you know.

And I am fine with you wanting to be gator-ed.

Could this actually be some kind of desire to be sponsored by Gatorade?

Aha!  Yanti is admitting to her plan of world domination. 

Falling into water/open water... doesn't matter how deep, I hate floating docks and docks without a railing of some sort.

My dog is afraid of ironing boards which I think may be more irrational than my fear of falling into water.

Clowns.  Avoid 'em at all costs.

needles!  i know they don't hurt, i have tattoos and piercings, but i can't even hold my dog while he gets his vaccinations.  they just eek me out.

You can put your hand in it as long as it's not turned on. I used to fear the garbage disposal as well. I think it was from growing up and my mom constantly telling me not to get my hand anywhere near it or I'd lose my whole hand. This persisted until my early 20s when I installed a garbage disposal in my first house. Once I saw the insides and how it works I have no issues shoving my hand down the drain to retrieve something so long as no one is near the switch.

Is it okay then if you can't see the needles?

I've been trying to think up some irrational fears.

- Needles would be the closest. But it's not a fear, it's just that I don't like watching them go in. I've gotten better with this over the years and can watch needles put into other people. I still prefer to not watch them put in me. If it's a really big needle, I prefer not to see it before hand. I think that has more to do with the anticipation, and knowing that a big needle usually means more pain.

- Another borderline irrational fear was the night my wife moved my daughter's cd player onto the shelf and it was completely surrounded (both sides and on top) with stuffed animals. The kid listens to a cd of lullabies every night and then the cd player sits on all night. I tried to go to sleep but all I could think about was that it would catch fire because of a lack of ventilation and my daughter would be killed before we could get to her. I had to get up and move it back to the top of the dresser. I think that was is borderline. The chance of it catching fire is very slim, but I just couldn't shake it. Not sure why my wife thought it needed to go in the closet surrounded by animals.

- I also worry about the seemingly bad trajectory out society is on and how this will impact my children's quality of life.

- I worry that my wife and I will die and my daughter will be left alone at a young age.

Oh, and I approve Yanti as supreme overlord.

well...if i don't EVER see the needle, i prob wouldn't freak.  but just watching a nurse get a syringe out of it's sterile wrapper will set me off.  ridiculous, right?  once i just see it (not even see it puncturing the skin) i am sufficiently freaked out.