What are you afraid of...

[LLEBREKNIT]

Originally Posted by AlwaysImagineer

Any Sudden sounds! If I'm in bed and the washing machine suddenly turns on... I freak out!!!

I do the same thing!

I can get very jumpy, especially when I am home alone.....

[knittingknerd]

I didn't realize it until a few days ago but big cats running free. Like mountain lions or bobcats.

[frecky]

Heights. Im fine on roller coasters and such, and I can go hiking in the mountains as long as Im nowhere near the edge. When I was little my dad took me to the Sears tower in Chicago and we went to the observation level and I walked to the windows to look out and completely freaked when I saw how high we were.
I hate flying also, which is funny since I work at an airport

Im dealthy afraid of snakes and bees as well.

[belle]

Originally Posted by frecky

Heights. Im fine on roller coasters and such, and I can go hiking in the mountains as long as Im nowhere near the edge. When I was little my dad took me to the Sears tower in Chicago and we went to the observation level and I walked to the windows to look out and completely freaked when I saw how high we were.
I hate flying also, which is funny since I work at an airport

Im dealthy afraid of snakes and bees as well.

I am terrified of heights too and I am also ok on roller coasters. I HATE flying with the passion. And I have to get on a plane Monday. SO not happy about that.

[steamboatpete]

1. Werewolves. When I was a kid, I watched The Boy Who Cried Werewolf at night, by myself, while my parents were across the street. It scared me witless. I've never fully recovered, even though I saw the movie again as an adult and found it lame. I won't tell the kids this, but every time we spend a weekend at a cabin in Yosemite, I spend the night keeping one ear listening for werewolves.
2. Hanta virus. The average guy who drops dead of Hanta virus is about my age, in about my lot in life. He generally lives in an area like, say, my neighborhood, in which humans have recently encroached upon previously uninhabited areas with previously unencountered mouse populations. It is my irrational fear of Hanta that I use to justify keeping my insane, but mouse-catching, dog.
3. Al Qaeda sleeper cells. If my country's leaders are afraid enough to cancel several flights every other week, that's good enough for me. And the suitcase nukes thing freaks me out more than a little. I know the odds are slim that I will be one of the unfortunate few the next time al Qaeda strikes the U.S., but that offers little comfort to the back of my mind, where these fears reside.
4. Tsunamis. Sometimes, you get warned several hours in advance. That's enough to pack up the beach house and get to higher ground. Sometimes, you have just minutes. We live in earthquake country. When the big one hits, I hope I'm not lounging on the sand, especially if the kids are down by the pier.
5. SARS. Ebola kills faster and more effectively, but SARS has killed people in cities I have visited. And it can get from China to Los Angeles, to me, by plane, in a single day. Plus, I noticed in college that the smartest kids were the Asians, so when I see news video of Asians walking around city streets wearing medical masks, I'm going to worry about whatever they're worrying about.
6. Mad Cow Disease. I've seen videos of the infected cows. I don't want any part of that. The problem is that I can't tell, by looking at my taco, whether the meat donor had any of those mad cow proteins coursing through its veins, or spinal cords, or brain, or any other cow parts. That makes me feel uneasy.
7. Sharks. The little ones you can carry to the shore aren't too scary. The big ones, though, come out of nowhere and rip you to shreds. Not good. And that stuff about lawyers and sharks and professional courtesy? It's just an urban legend.
8. Deer beyond my headlights. I do not fear the dark, per se. But what you can't see can kill you, and deer that step in front of cars kill about 130 Americans every year. Sharks, by the way, only kill about one.
9. Coconuts. Coconuts landing on people's heads take about 150 lives per year, worldwide. I don't want to go that way. And, with the exception of black licorice, coconut is about the only candy ingredient I do not like. So pour me another beer, but get the jagermeister shots and piña coladas out of my face. And, at the risk of sounding like Yosemite Sam, no, I don't want the table under the coconut tree.
10. Railroad crossing arms. You need to stop well behind them. If you stop too far forward, they might chop your car right in half. Maybe you, too. Or so I was convinced for my first ten years or so.

[SusieP.]

Originally Posted by missmonkey

Hands and feet are never to be hung over the edges of the bed because something might grab them. Eep!

Ohhhh, that's true for me too! I usually sleep with one arm under my pillow and there is a gap between the mattress and the headboard, and I hate it when my hand is off the edge there.

And in general, I just startle really easily. If my husband walks in the room and I don't hear him, it will scare the bejeesus out of me and I'll start to cry instantly.

[<3WillTurner]

Ladybugs, i have a serious fear. I shriek if one touches me. They just scare me so bad. No laughing

Sharks, uh.. *duh duh duh* swim and chomp your leg.
Spiders, Creepy Crawlies, Insects in general, they're just unghh! They give me the willies.
Waves, i was tossed around under water when i was little by a big wave and i got sand rash all over my body.