Irrational fears?

List em'!

I'm irrationally afraid of:
Nocking my teeth out
The tip of my dong touching the toilet water
Dogs (any size)
Having something/someone grab my ankles when I'm getting into bed
Getting food poisoning
Large crowds
Strangers touching me
Germs (I'm a closet germaphobe)
Elevators

I'm sure I'll think of more....

I have an almost debilitating fear of Dogs. I got attacked by two dogs when I was about 10 and I'm just flat out terrified by pretty much every dog now. My dog weighs 8 pounds so I know I can kick his ass if he decides to get all crazy on me, but big dogs like Rottwilers and Pit Bulls scare the shit out of me.

*shrug* can't really think of any irrational ones. the 2 phobias (i guess that's what they are) that i can think of are:

1) razor blades, but that phobia is kinda intentionally inflicted, to make sure i never use them to cut myself again and

2) being abandoned by the people i love. a phobia cause it's happened to me more than a few times

I dont think i've got any irrational ones anymore. but i used to.

When i was about 10 i was fishing and trying to pull the line in by hand when the fish took off. totally cut my hand all up. so when i started playing guitar i was totally paranoid of sliding my finger up on the high E string for fear that it'd slice right into it. i've gotten over that one though.

*shrug* i think fears that really are in the best interests of self preservation, like "fear of having a loaded gun to your head* aren't really irrational . . . i kinda view the 2 fears i listed in that category . . . well at least the razors one, i guess the fear of abandonment might be a bit irrational

Well, zombies are a real and present threat. you'd better look out.

heights and flying...

i am zoophobic (animals) and microphobic (germs) to some degree.
i am scared of women and failure and success as well.

I am afraid of:
finding dead bodies in public bathroom stalls, dark closets, murky water...of finding dead bodies
things grabbing my ankles while I am swimming and dragging me down
snapping my wrists if I try to do a cartwheel
the shower window at home
being pinned in a car and burning to death
cancer cancer cancer any kind of cancer
that everyone knows something that I don't and thats why they don't seem confused as often
nuclear war
mad cow disease
wow it just goes on and on...

Oh man, and curb stomping. And rapes with knives...or pointy things...of serial killers getting me...

I'm also irrationally afraid of...

Any body of water I can't see the bottom of
Spiders climbing in mouth when I sleep
Someone breaking into my house at night
People hearing me pee
Sneezing and having snot or spit fly on to someone
Stubbing my toes
The barber nicking my ears with clippers (it has happened)

speaking/preforming in front of groups. A common fear, I know, but still irrational. Most audiences are pretty receptive and understanding, until they see your nervousness and fear, and then they eat you alive with their tittering derision.

Well...that's what my irrational fears tell me they'll do, anyway...

no. not all fears are irrational. it is quite rational to fear many things.
fear is a function of our self-preservation instinct.

now, fearing zombies is irrational for certain...

have a nice day and eat your veggies.

[Edited on Sep 18, 2002 by cypher]

hmm...

ghosts, people trying to kill me, spiders crawling on my face, people trying to break into my apt, my teeth falling out, scary little kids...especially singing ones, clowns, midnight, porcelain dolls...geez this list is getting weird...

xoxo csilla

Hey man, zombies are a real actual threat. they dont care who you are. they dont care if you're a hot chick on a webiste, or you're a loser. they will still eat your brains!

Never underestimate zombies.

I hate popsicle sticks and coffee stirrers and green peppers (I like all the other colors) and the sound of those hand vacuum cleaners.

Germophobic people make me nervous because I am SO not scared of germs. I never get infections or am hardly ever sick and think most of it is psychosematic. Not that I walk around with poo on my hands or anything....

i think it can be as simple as knowing with certainty that you are going to die or be seriously hurt. it is rational to fear such a situation.
are you speaking of it being logical or not? because fear IS illogical. for that matter, can you actually separate rationality (or irrationality) from instinct..? primal instinct, certainly...but one could argue that everything we do is instinctual to some degree.
one cannot separate the thinker from the grey matter, and the grey matter IS part of the animal....right?
are emotions all irrational, then, according to your thought? i cannot agree with that thinking, but i'd like to know what you or anyone else thinks...

as i see it:
rational fear is fearing some direct danger.
irrational fear is a fear of something which is not (necessarily) dangerous.

hospitals creep me out a lot. im not scared of them exactly, but they give me an uncomfortable feeling, even if im not around the sick people.

and i get nervous when im in any sort of building by myself and theres no background noise. its not that im alone, its more the complete silence.

im not afraid of death, but im absolutely terrified of the idea that there is nothing after it. that will be absolute proof to me that there is no real purpose to anything. i dont really see it as irrational, though.



[Edited on Sep 18, 2002 by catXboner]

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