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Illustrator Turns People’s Deepest And Darkest Fears Into Comics
Illustrator Fran Krause asked people to tell him their weirdest and most irrational fears to turn them into witty comics. Sometimes these irrational fears can be traced from the early childhood memories or come as a result of some vivid world explanations grown-ups used to tell you. But sometimes, however, they are just inexplicable. The project, which started with Krause‘s own phobias, now features comics of more than a hundred of craziest and darkest fears readers sent him. When reading through the comics, you can see that even though your fears might be silly, they aren‘t that uncommon. If you feel brave enough, you can submit one yourself! More info: Tumblr | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | Shop (h/t: designtaxi)
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I'm always afraid I'll look into the mirror and see something that shouldn't be there.
I'm feeling less alone. What I hate the most : when you see the door behind you closing/opening by itself, and it's just the wind but...
Load More Replies...I'm afraid to watch myself in the mirror with the lights off. I feel like my eyes belong to someone else and she's watching me back.
I have always been terrified of mirrors!! Can't go in bathrooms with out the light on!
I am 18 and I cover my mirror EVERY night before I go to sleep because I don't want to glance up and see some standing in the corner of the room
I've always hated mirrors, I run by them. I don't think it's a reflection watchin me but somethin more, u look up & somethin's behind u.
see i have a mini vanity mirror, and a loft bed, i keep it under my bed so it wont look at me when im sleeping
I never knew that another girl had this dreadful fear of mary the virgin thing. my parents even named me mary the virgin, i was terrified!
So , from what this comic says, she listens to slayer because of the fear of being the next mother of god's son? heh... poser... also yes, I don't say "god" with a capital g.
It doesn't work that way. And, that's not funny in my perspective.
Omg you just made my day..unless it's real then sorry but seriously lmfao
Load More Replies..."...so that anything that may be in my room has a chance to hide... ...from me."
If it hides in the bathroom in the morning, then it gets an eyeful when I wake up.
This happened to me once. Thankfully I only had a little wound in one finger.
I saw that happen once. I don't know how many fingers the person lost - but: ooohh all that blood!
Had this happen a decade or so ago, nearly lost my little finger - still have no feeling from the knuckle up and gnarly double blade scars
Something like that happened to me three years ago. I have all fingers but also a big scar through my left hand
This is a constant paranoia I have; I try to think things and see their reaction, after 10 mins I feel like I've wasted my time.
i dont do that, i think of static so they cant see my thoughts
That's not possible since you can only dream of people you saw since the human brain can't make up a face Scary thing is you dream of people you don't know at all yet you have to have seen them before :O
I have almost this exact fear apart from I fear I've been in a coma for 20 years and nobody I know now is real.
I wish my life would be a dream, so I could wake up from this nightmar. :/
This one is actually FUN- cause at least the dog like others said, well taken care of- but if it was an abused animal... THAT'S SAD.
I think of this in a different way, my fear is if I'm in a coma and this is all a dream
Your mom is evilly cruel. There's no "for your own good" lies in that. I won't accept that.
I got my shoelace caught on my 12th birthday its terrifying and embarrassing and it still haunts me! Nobody even tried to help! Awful :(
My shoe lace got caught once and while my parents and I tried to get it out everyone else just got annoyed that we were blocking the exit and walked around me. I was five and my foot was dangerously close until my dad ripped the shoe lace.
I feared gotting sucked under but I never heard the mall cop part! What a horror!
I saved a kid whose laces got stuck in an escalator. I'd noticed just in time to catch him and pulled the laces from the crack.
I worry that too. Forgot about the embalming part.
Load More Replies...If you become a mummy, you will only see people who go to museums and have to listen to their pretentiousness and bratty kids.
I'd take a quick cremation over mummification; feeling my brains scrambled and ripped out through my nose? No thank you.
i just have a fear that one day ill be dead and while they are cutting me open in the morgue, i come back in the middle of being cut open
Definitely had this fear when I was younger. Didn't want to be cremated cause it would hurt more lol
I live this every time I visit my Mother-in-law. I bring my 13 yr old daughter and I'm concerned she may be thinking this too.
Load More Replies...That would be horrible if it happens. I have this fear, too, but I keep it a secret (thus 'deep' and 'dark').
i have a fear that rat's will come out from the toilet while i'm pooping or a crocodile.
I have a fear that some kind of monster or demon will come out and drag me in... may have watched too many horror movies.
Load More Replies...that happened to me once, im not ahsamed as everybody has peed their pants at least once in there lifetime, but i had a dream i was using the twolet, and peed my pants
I had a dream where I pooped out a baby cockroach in public w/ people watching me lol
My fear when I'm peeing or pooping is that a snake or small reptile is going to come up the plumbing and bite me on the a*s O_o
My fear is that a snake is going to come out of the toilet. I always go as fast as I can.
I'm afraid that when I go to the bathroom when it's dark outside a creepy clown will appear in the mirror instead of my reflection.
This happened, but it was my sis in a clown mask on the day before my tenth birthday. Happy birthday to me....
I dreamt this once and after I woke up and went to the bathroom I was afraid to go back to bed for fear someone would be there!
I have to go to the bathroom during the night to and i'm worried a monster will appear in the mirror instead of my own reflection.
OMG NO JOKE this has happened to a student at my school 😱 it was as horrifying
Is there a 911 FB page ion case your speech is not understandable?
I don't think so,I hear voices and I'm probably not a schizophrenic.
Load More Replies...I was thinking the exact thing.. would make for a great screen play
Load More Replies...Actually this is possible if a child dies and is reincarnated. But the original owner won't make you leave - two spirits will live together.
I did that ! But I worried I couldn't go back and I'd have hurt my family for disappearing
Right goes to one dimension, left to another. Turning back doesn't return you; only perfectly retracing steps (in reverse!) had a chance.
I never thought about the time-warp aspect but I have thought of my actions hurting those I love.
I used to think the same thing, except it was when I stood to fast and got a head rush.
I did that, but it was every time I closed my eyes during the bath. After that I've tried to pay attention to everything to find any "fail in the matrix".
i always thought the doctors cut open your stomach and took the thing out
This fear is pretty common for girls especially when they're on their period!
I never knew until high school. I never cared about it until marriage.
Same here! Like once I wondered where babies come from so I asked my mom whenever she poops are they shaped like babies then I'll check mine
People used to do that. Even wrote stories for children supposedly scaring them into proper behavior.
Load More Replies...I'm happy to report I've been picking my nose for around 30 some odd years and I've only had to wrestle the finger back once.
My grandma told me this once, scared me for about a week but then proceeded to pick my nose anyway anyway.
Mom told us worms lived in the dirt so I always washed my hands and never sat bare-butt on dirt.
My grandma told me, if I do this, a worm will see it.It will think, my finger is his mate, and he will follow him into my nose.
When I was little, my mom was cooking chicken and I asked her to cut open the heart so I could see Jesus...
This is what I imagined as a kid that Jesus lived in a little house in my heart!!
Yeahhhh us christians really need to work on this literalness thing with kids lol
Yeah, that's right..., we really need to. and fast
Load More Replies...same thoughts when i have when i'm eating watermelon.. the seeds grow inside my stomach..
Same thought. When I was a kid, many people told me that if I eat fruit with its seed, the seed will grow inside from my stomach, creepy ...
My mom told me that, I never believed it but man I've swallowed so many cherry seeds ; )
Digestive fluids will eliminate everything, or at least they'll go on and you'll poop them. No way they stay there long enough,rest easy
Once I picked a raspberry right off the plant that somehow had a bee inside it. It stung the inside of my mouth and ruined raspberries. -_-
nah not this one, I only fear swim in the sea because there might creepy creature live under me
oh that feel! i know that feel !! Damn i always hated it when i remembered that!
You don't have to be at sea or a river to get pulled by water. How are your floating skills?
This is sometimes how recreational (and maybe professional too?) divers die, being so deep down, and not knowing which way is up.
hey friend you could look at where the sun is in the sky or look for the north star or something when you start to worry about it
Heh! Had that happen to me in Tofino B.C! Honestly, if it wasn't for a surfer, I possibly could have been washed away...
I hide all sharp objects around me before going to sleep at night. I fear I'll kill myself using one of them in my sleep.
Do you push it away cause you fear you will grab it? I do the same. I also don't trust myself not to jump off bridges when I'm on them.
This is very much what it's like to have OCD. I'm always afraid I'm going to accidentally kill myself with a knife (everyone has these intrusive thoughts but they are much more livid for the obsessive compulsive)
That just means if you're caught in a split second life or death situation you will not be able to reach a weapon in time to fight back.
This makes sense. I place sharp knives in one compartment and butter knives in another.
Slow temporary sensory function is plausible with certain kinds of maladies.
This is why I always eat the heads off of shape cookies first. Nobody deserves that. Not even cookies.
This is a recurring nightmare I'd have as a kid, except I would waste away to a skeleton while making trips around in the world via outer space while being chased by my sister, who was the one eating me alive.
It actually works like that. People who die like that is better than those who die from the head down.
All basements should be required—-by law—-to have a light switch right by the door, or better yet outside the door. If I found my dream house at a crazy good price but the basement had a light you had to be IN the basement to turn on and off, I wouldn’t buy it, because you know the price was set low to get someone to buy it with monsters down there.
Don't worry about the things in the basement.They are not as interesting as you might think.
They can say that you were sensitive and were scared for no good reason. Somebody notices you... and has kind feelings and memories
Load More Replies...Ah! This has always been my greatest fear. Watching the movie Gravity was way scarier than it should've been.
I highly recommend you watch the movie Upside Down.
Load More Replies...This is true story its called Casadastraphobia, I had this fear when I was child
When I think this I look around to see what things are stuck to the ground so that I can hold on in case it happens!
OMG! I was actually wondering if this fear would appear. Im not alone... and I will save this image and be terrified a little more now.
I watched the Truman show when I was younger (no older than 9 or 10) and ever since then have had this fear.
Load More Replies...IM THE SAME NOBODY UNDERSTANDS IT (im not emo XD) IM LIKE "do you ever wonder if life is fake, just a TV show?" they give me a weird look
I had a fear that I was really going to a school for special needs kids and that no one would tell me so that it would seem normal to me.
The was compound by my mom frequently joking that she paid people to be my friends.
Load More Replies...OH MY GOD i totally fear that ever since i was little and watched the movie Bolt
My wife's uncle told her that is she played with her belly button, her arms and legs would come off.
I honestly hope your wife got over that coz that'd be a hard thing to live with... :S
Load More Replies...My mom told me that if i played with my belly button i would die. I am 19, and i don't play with it until today.
I wonder if this is why my 37 year old husband freaks out if I touch his belly button. He can't stand anyone touching it. -_-
Load More Replies...My dad used to tell us that if we played with our bellybuttons our butts would fall off.
My mom told me that touching your belly button could kill you and to this day I have an extreme phobia of belly button touching
I was scared that a corpse was buried in our shower wall... Made me scared to shower when nobody was home.
That's horrible - and she thought that would do the trick - replace one fear with another? :-(
I get more and more sad to read this..... I think my own childhood was not as bad as I always tought it was. Make me happy :):)
For those people saying this is a cruel thing to say - I can tell you that frustrated parents say many things they immediately regret. -_-
I've said some awful things to my 4 year old followed immediately by the, "Oh god, why did I do that?!" thought.
Load More Replies...my mom said that its not my fault because its somthing to do with my kidnies or somthing...
I live alone, and I am afraid that when I die, I won't be found for days, letting my body rot away.
Same here, you are not alone in this. I also fear that I will die outside, nobody will find me and my pet will die of starvation... alone...
Load More Replies...when i was young, everytime i go to bed i have to keep my feet within the bed boundary or else i'll wake up with my feet chopped off.
I must admit I still fear this and still sleep entirely covered with nothing out of the limits of my bed and I am an adult.
Load More Replies...Since I was a small child I sleep with pajamas on for fear the house will catch fire in the middle of the night. I don't want to have to go
When I was little I tried to treat all my stuffed animals equally so on or more of them wouldn't get jealous and kill me in my sleep
I was an a*s as a kid..i used to tell my little sister that all her stuffed animals came to life and had parties, while she was sleeping. She asked me one day while they didn't do it while she was awake and i told her it was because she was a pest and they didnt like her, so they didnt want her at their parties.. I've apologized, now that we're adults
Load More Replies...Ive always had the fear of being completely aware but immobilized during a surgery
When i am a boy, i terrified when i swim in the swimming pool alon, suddenly shark or croc will spawning from nowhere and i cant escape
As a child I always thought a tentacle would come out of those jet thingies on the sides and pull me in... that freaked me out a lot lol >_<
Load More Replies...I live alone, and I am afraid that when I die, I won't be found for days, letting my body rot away.
Same here, you are not alone in this. I also fear that I will die outside, nobody will find me and my pet will die of starvation... alone...
Load More Replies...when i was young, everytime i go to bed i have to keep my feet within the bed boundary or else i'll wake up with my feet chopped off.
I must admit I still fear this and still sleep entirely covered with nothing out of the limits of my bed and I am an adult.
Load More Replies...Since I was a small child I sleep with pajamas on for fear the house will catch fire in the middle of the night. I don't want to have to go
When I was little I tried to treat all my stuffed animals equally so on or more of them wouldn't get jealous and kill me in my sleep
I was an a*s as a kid..i used to tell my little sister that all her stuffed animals came to life and had parties, while she was sleeping. She asked me one day while they didn't do it while she was awake and i told her it was because she was a pest and they didnt like her, so they didnt want her at their parties.. I've apologized, now that we're adults
Load More Replies...Ive always had the fear of being completely aware but immobilized during a surgery
When i am a boy, i terrified when i swim in the swimming pool alon, suddenly shark or croc will spawning from nowhere and i cant escape
As a child I always thought a tentacle would come out of those jet thingies on the sides and pull me in... that freaked me out a lot lol >_<
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