Walking into a public bathroom that uses motion sensors and it’s dark when I walk in. Guaranteed comfort, you’d think? Nope, according to my brain, I’m probably going to find a body.
The worst thing about these (apart from all the dead bodies obvs.) is that the timer is never long enough for a decent dump. You’re just about ready to start cleanup and all the lights go out!
Aliens walking in the distance.
Like if they’re running right at you with violence in mind, that is a completely rational fear, no problem.
But if I were standing on my front porch and saw an inhuman alien gray walking down the street, even if it didn’t look my way, I would freak the fuck out.
Even the idea, the thought of that happening can make my hair stand on end.
My shoelace getting caught in an Escalator.
Just ride barefoot.
Easy. Next!
Is that irrational?
I’m kind of weird. I can’t stand the idea of swimming in the deep ocean. It makes me skil crawl and want to run as far away as I can… despite loving the ocean. Just don’t make me swim in deep ocean waters.
That’s a perfectly normal and healthy fear, for those mortals who dare display hubris towards the endless sea shall be met with a fate most grim
Yeah. It’s so weird imagining that there is so much dark space below oneself, where anything could be lurking.
And stop moving, and you’ll sink deep down. No safeguard that stops you at some point. You’ll just sink and sink and sink.
I’m not sure if those first two sentences are connected. 😉 Anyway, that fear is called thalassophobia, and is very common.
Human interaction, but that pretty common and boring…
I take my shirt off to poop if it’s convenient. It’s the irrational fear of the splash back getting my shirt wet.
Blowers. It’s what I called pool drains (and lights and vents). Still hate them.
And this one is more of a ‘it would be terrible and now I can’t stop thinking about it’ thing, but steep hills, and how awful it’d be to just roll back down them. In a car or on foot. You just suddenly lose control and start plummeting backwards. I got it worst when I was in San Fran.
Showering with the lights off. And having my teeth fallen. I suffer from cavities, I don’t even know why I have so many, I brush my teeth twice to thrice a day. :( so I’m seriously scared of ending toothless at some point.
Floss. I have some floss picks near my bed, computer and bathroom. I just idly use the floss picks a couple times throughout the day, usually watching YouTube or something and have only gotten 1 cavity despite going through really bad depression and poor dental hygiene.
I use floss, too. :( .every morning and night. I still don’t know the reason for it. A dentist told me it was just a genetic thing and I should be way more careful than others. Another dentist told me it could probably be anemia. But I’ve read that bulimia causes cavities (I used to be bulimic for a long period)
Your fear is very rational then haha. It also helps to consciously scrape the front and rear tooth with the floss. Much easier to do with floss picks.
Other than that you can look into some blood work for that anemia and any other anomalies. My condolences man, that sounds so fuckin tough.
I have this irrational fear of anything that makes a fire. Like seriously I’m scared of lighters. Well if that means I will never smoke then I’m fine with that. Secondly, I have this fear of height that makes me kinda scared of ladders. Kind of a pain in the ass when I need to fix stuff around the house. And finally, I have a fear of even the smallest dogs just because I got bit by one this one time on the way home in 7th grade. It’s been close to a decade and I still can’t really be near a dog. I’m fine with cats tho. I have one and he’s my whole world.
Getting evicted. I don’t do anything wrong or break my lease in my apartment, and have never had a complaint against me but for whatever reason I get super freaked out when someone knocks on my door. Even if it’s just a delivery driver.
I remember one time I actually called off sick at work because I saw my landlord on my ring doorbell tape something to my door and I was literally worried sick. Started thinking I had to start looking for another place.
Turns out it was just a notice saying that they were going to give residents a free fire extinguisher in the coming days. All that panic for nothing.
Gravity reversal. Like suddenly gravity switches to a universally repellent force and everything on the surface of the Earth starts falling into space (me included). Eventually you’d just “fall” away and the atmosphere too and you’d suffocate.
Holy hell wtf why did you make me think of that?! That’s worse than deep water!
Oddly shaped fruits.
I love fruits more than anything else in the world, but I am weirded out by tropical fruits with an odd shape and/or color (dragon fruit for example)
I hear you! Rambutans ( Nephelium Lappaceum) are a no go for me because of the outer texture. Pineapples are Ok
It looks like a virus, just looking at it gross me out haha.
Pineapple, I love. But we grew up with canned pineapple, so that’s why it doesn’t weird me out.
Do durians count? Those are amazing once you cut them.
This person is telling you lies
Durian taste like wet onions with a bit of fruit to me. It’s like cilantro I guess, you either love it or hate it.
But durians do count for me.
Irrational - being kidnapped and not having access to feminine products. Totally rational & terrifying- clowns.
Why is the last one the rational one while the first one is irrational?
Lots of people are afraid of clowns and I’m probably not likely to be kidnapped. Hope i didn’t just jinx it.
I don’t think the first one is irrational
I thought it was just one of those weird things to worry about until i read this. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/mar/05/my-period-has-become-nightmare-life-in-gaza-without-sanitary-products
I don’t know if it’s physically possible, but I sometimes think what if my office chair breaks and the hydraulic piston shoots through the seat and impales my colon.
Real Final Destination shit right there.
Possible trigger warning…
I read an article a few years ago about this happening in China. There were graphic photos from the ER which I won’t discuss here, but If I remember correctly it was a teenager and he actually died because it ruptured an artery in his colon or something like that. Ever since then I’ve always been ok with spending a little more money for a quality chair. Especially if it’s something you’re going to use every day.
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It’s got so many 5-star reviews, like “Works great;” from Bobson M. in the United States and “Excellent Chairs!!” from K.J Genny in the United States! Ships direct from Guangzhou in 5 business days for a low price of
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- “Does this chair have adjustable armrests?” “It depends”
- “will the red color match my rug?” “My blue chair matches my lavendar silk curtains!”
- “is the chair cushion firm or soft?” “I didn’t buy this exact chair, but mine is prefect”
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“its design is very human.”
Needles. Oh, and getting cut on my wrist or Achilles heel.
i mean, that last one did in Achilles, and that dude was basically invincible. On a normal person like you or me, that’d obliterate us in an instant.
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Like the signs that say, “closed” or like logos that never are left opened and are a closed loop?
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Isn’t that Klasky Csupo?
Ah, no not me I guess. Seldom will images scare or disturb me. I may be more susceptible to auditory fears more than anything.
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I can hear everything in the voice now.
