Do you have an Irrational fear?......?

Moths. Can't bear to be in a room with one. I was about to go into my office building one morning and suddenly spotted a huge hawk moth clinging to the brickwork, right by the door. Couldn't go in! I had to phone a colleague to come out and get rid of it before I could go in. Urrgghh.

Vomiting! Last time was 1984 when Torvill and Dean got all the top scores. Stupid isn’t it!

Woods and forests. When I was a little girl I had this fear that if I went into the middle of a wood/forest I would never find my way out again. I still feel that fear when we go deep into a woodland.

We have a few tunnels under our local railway. I have to run through in case they collapse. My husband walks calmly behind me.

Yes dead animals and birds. I can't walk past them. I have been known to inadvertently scream!

some ugly or massive buildings, and structures seen close up eg a viaduct from underneath. i kind of shudder at the ugliness of it, worse if verdigris etc. esp if made from small bricks.
there is an ugly victorian disused church that i could hardly go past, had to avert my eyes. but i've needed to go to that location, next to hosp, so often that i've got over it now.
i also had a funny turn on first entering the brompton oratory as a teenager. it's not ugly, but overwhelming in baroque intensity. intimidating.

OP, and some others, do not sound irrational fears, more a heightened sensitivity to possible hazards.

GillT57 - I'm with you on that one. Find it difficult to get to the end of piers.

I too hate moths. And I know it's childish but I'm afraid of the dark.

Moths, can't be in the same room as one.

Swimming near boats, like Woodmouse. We had a boat once and anchored in a river and when I tried to climb back on from a swim my body kept being pulled underneath it, although the current was very gentle. Gross.

When it gets dark I hate being in a lit room with the curtains open. I imagine someone lurking in a shrubbery outside with the crosshairs of a gun focussed on my head. I've obviously watched too many films!

Driving on bridges over large bodies of water frightens the life out of me. I’m also afraid of heights now though I never used to be. Climbed a bit in my youth.
I don’t mind standing up to my thighs in the middle of a river, fishing, but put me in a stationary small boat on a large deep reservoir and I would scream the place down!

When I'm watching something on TV and either the camera films over the edge of a precipice or something similar or one of the characters stand on the edge of a long drop. I feel physically sick when I see this and it seems to be getting worse. There's an advert with Lego workmen perched on a steel girder eating their lunches. This is taken from a picture of real workmen doing the same thing (I presume with the men that's trick photography? I hope) and I can't even watch the advert or think about it as I feel sick with the fear of falling of the girder.

Rats. If I’m in a country that has them, I’d add snakes to the list.

Cockroaches which cause me to hyperventilate and run.

Same as you Oldbat1 - I wish there were a cure.

Birds-especially pigeons and hens. Absolutely terrified!?

Enclosed spaces of any kind , I feel my throat tighten and my breathing quickens

I'm afraid of most things as I suffer with General Anxiety Disorder but my main one is going to see a doctor or anyone medical. I go to pieces and my BP shoots through the roof.

I am OK with mice, don't want them in my home but if there was one I could sleep OK but if I saw a largish spider there is no way I could sleep until I knew it had been 'dealt with'. i have 2 phobias, one is dentists and the other is water, I cannot swim and would love too but now I am 79 its too late for that. not been to a dentist in over 30 years. The other irrational fear is claustrophobia i cannot be in a room with the door shut

Froglady - I believe that picture of the men eating their lunch sitting, high up, on a girder is genuine..........sorry!

I cannot stand sn*kes and hate even typing the word. I hate Motorway travel - even as a passenger and I hate getting on trains because of the gap.......but had to get on one on Sunday to travel to a clinic for my vaccine (it was the best way, by far, to get there.)

Same as Jaxjacky. I almost didn't read this thread in case someone wrote the word! When I saw it, it made me cringe. Same reaction if I hear the word. If I see them (mercifully very rare), takes me hours to get over it.

Mine is of getting stuck when taking something off in a shop changing room. I get all hot and sweaty just thinking about it.
The dread is of being stuck with a dress or top over my face, arms in the air unable to breathe or move or call for help.

It's a real fear that's stopped me trying things on but I can't remember it actually ever happening ?

Caterpillars for me. It’s ridiculous as I’m a professional gardener! I’m always covered up from head to toe so I don’t touch one. I was clearing a bed once talking to the owner at the same time. Suddenly I screamed. She thought I’d snipped my finger but I’d just noticed a green caterpillar crawling up my jacket!