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

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Shinamae Wed 20-Jan-21 14:11:17

Mine is and always has been since I was a small girl deep,dark ponds. Obviously as it’s irrational I have no idea where this came from but I have been to ponds when my ex used to go fishing for pike,used to go to a pond in the middle of nowhere big trees all around it and this deep dark pond and I could feel my heart beginning to race just looking at it. Also there is one on Exmoor again right in the middle of nowhere and it is quite famous locally I believe, we went for a picnic there years ago to take the children and my then husband wanted to see it and I had to stay about 50 yards away from it and I can guarantee if you had offered me £1000 to swim from one end of that pond to the other there was no way I would do it....???‍♀️.....

Kate1949 Thu 21-Jan-21 09:39:30

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.

susieboo Thu 21-Jan-21 09:38:06

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

Jamcee Thu 21-Jan-21 09:37:37

Birds-especially pigeons and hens. Absolutely terrified!?

Sussexgran Thu 21-Jan-21 09:35:20

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

Newatthis Thu 21-Jan-21 09:32:27

Cockroaches which cause me to hyperventilate and run.

Iam64 Thu 21-Jan-21 09:20:51

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

Froglady Thu 21-Jan-21 09:18:22

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.

Greyduster Thu 21-Jan-21 09:12:25

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!

Nell8 Thu 21-Jan-21 09:02:25

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!

Viridian Thu 21-Jan-21 08:54:53

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.

emmasnan Thu 21-Jan-21 08:16:34

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

Claudiaclaws Thu 21-Jan-21 01:59:30

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

GrannyRose15 Thu 21-Jan-21 01:48:29

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

welbeck Thu 21-Jan-21 01:08:18

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

welbeck Thu 21-Jan-21 01:06:03

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.

rascal Thu 21-Jan-21 00:50:47

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

nadateturbe Thu 21-Jan-21 00:08:33

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

Easypeasylemonsqueezy Wed 20-Jan-21 20:32:28

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.

Oldbat1 Wed 20-Jan-21 20:27:16

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

Chewbacca Wed 20-Jan-21 20:27:12

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.

petra Wed 20-Jan-21 20:16:02

I'm terrified of heights but I love bridges. Never been able to work that one out ?

Glorybee Wed 20-Jan-21 20:10:42

Those long green flowing weeds in rivers. I always imagine if you went in they’d wrap around your legs and drag you down!

LadyGracie Wed 20-Jan-21 19:47:00

Black holes as I see them, cellars, attics and caves, I won't even go out to the bin when it's dark, I'm petrified.
I think it stems from a peeping tom when I was a teenager. Two eyes peering at me through the glass window slats in the bathroom when I lived in Malaysia.

WishIwasyounger Wed 20-Jan-21 19:14:09

Oh I can't stand spiders or any otehr creepy crawly. No idea why. I once jumped on a chair just like the films when I saw a mouse run across the room.

Shandy57 Wed 20-Jan-21 16:33:49

Getting on a train, I fear I might go down the gap. Far too fat and it'll never happen, but I can't approach the door to get on which is limiting!