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Hey Pandas, What’s An “Unreasonable” Fear To Most People, But Not To You?
We all have fears that others might brush off as silly, strange, or even irrational — but to us, they feel very real. Maybe it’s escalators, balloons, deep water, clowns, or something as simple as making a phone call.What’s that one fear of yours that others don’t quite understand, but you know isn’t unreasonable at all? Share your stories (and maybe a laugh or two) below!
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#1
Spiders. Snakes. I'm totally chill with spiders and snakes. It's the needles that Drs use that gives me the w*****s...
Final score:
4points
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#2
people touching me, not like, inappropriate touch (which is a very valid fear) but the fear someone is going to touch me.
every time I meet a new person (or think of it) I fear they are going to try and hug me or tap my shoulder. while I'm not completely adverse to touch (I'm autistic but high-mid functioning) I do get a little freaked at sudden touch.
Final score:
3points
#3
Being alone, dying alone. I'm autistic, and that's what i want.
Final score:
3points
#4
Being placed in a 100% prone position for anything medical, such as dental cleaning. I have run out crying from an attempt at getting braces. I have been given extra anaesthesia when arguing with an eye surgeon over lying flat for a cataract removal. I simply cannot handle it!
Final score:
2points
#5
People.
When you encounter an animal, it usually has a fairly simple thought process that essentially boils down to one of:
1, Argh! Human! Run!
2, Dinner is served.
3, Come near my babies I will tear your internal organs out one by one.
People are not like that. They'll be all smiley and friendly while stabbing you in the back. Or they'll vocally wish for you to die because your presence offends some ideal that they hold on to. Because they're jealous of something you have or are, because they can't tolerate anything different to themselves, or maybe because it just amuses them. But, overwhelmingly, simply because they have been brought up to fear the unknown and the unknown is anything that isn't like them.
Better yet, these fears are malleable. A person can end up hating somebody they previously liked because somebody *else* told them lies.
So, people. That's my unreasonable fear.
Final score:
2points
#6
So I am rather confused about the question, as worded. If I am afraid of A, and a friend of mine is also afraid of A, am I supposed to judge them on that fear?
For example, I will never skydive, which is a reasonable fear. But how I I supposed to judge that as unreasonable to another?
I would suggest that the question is really what fears do you have that you share with others and how do you find them unreasonable.
Final score:
2points
#7
Used to be spiders, but now 100000% cockroaches. After having one of the big ones crawl up under my blankets and cuddle up next to my arm (the barbs on his legs made it feel like he BIT me) I get pins and needles EVERY TIME I'm trying to sleep. Now I prefer spiders to cockroaches, cause the spiders we have are Huntsman spiders, sure they're big as heck but their bites are harmless. Roaches on the other hand spread diseases so I am definitely keeping Mr. 8 legs creepy crawly over nasty as hell roaches.
Final score:
2points
#8
I can't walk on vent grates in the sidewalk - I have to walk around them. My brain knows that they are (probably) safe, but something inside me believes that I will fall through. It terrifies me to walk on them.
Final score:
1point
#9
I'm afraid of dolls and mannequins. Last night I had nightmares about dolls again. Even as a child I had nightmares about dolls and I often had nightmares about a certain rag doll that my grandmother gave me as a gift. The doll tried to strangle me while I was sleeping. It was so bad that I finally taped the doll in a plastic bag and threw it in the trash in the morning. I was probably afraid for half a year that it would come back. I'm also afraid of mirrors and had to sleep one night on a vacation in a room with mirrored doors in the closets the entire width of the room, or I didn't sleep but was literally afraid of my own reflection in the mirror the whole night. I have no idea where I got my fear of dolls because the Annabelle or even Chucky movies hadn't come out.
Final score:
1point
#10
Needles don't bother me. If I ever had any fear, it dissipated during my 3-month stay in the hospital.
Final score:
1point
#11
Some of the things that don't bother me much but get to others: Talking to large groups, snakes, being out in the bush at night, emergency situations, being alone. Some of it is just the way I came from the factory other bits are due to training/experience. All good as long as spiders aren't involved :P
Final score:
1point
#12
I have two. Large crowds make me uneasy. As a teen, the deaths at the 1979 Who concert from crowd surge made me realize the dangers of crowds with limited entry/exit points. I also fear escalators. Always feel like they will eat my feet at the end.
Final score:
1point
#13
Singing or reciting lines in front of 3,000 people alone during my 13 years of public school without a hint of fear or discomfort which I save for tiny spiders.
Final score:
1point
#14
I, for some reasons, have phobophobia, but for other people, If I see someone reacting to their phobia, I have a breakdown
Final score:
1point
#16
Well, I just picked up a wolf spider from the bathtub. A little larger than usual, this monster was almost as big as my hand (note: I live in France, not Australia!). I carried it outside, placed it on the wood pile, and told it that this was a more appropriate place for spiders than stuck in a bathtub.
It raised a leg as I walked away, I like to think it was saying thanks.
My mother, on the other hand, used to scream "Riiiiiick!" if she saw any spider-shaped thing that wasn't a cooked crab. Hmmm... ;)
The UV lamp by the kitchen door catches the moths, and the spiderwebs catch the flies and mosquitoes. So... I'm okay with spiders.
Final score:
1point
#17
Lawnmowers. Those things terrify me and shoot chunks of grass and wood chips in every direction, not to mention the horrendous amount of noise they make.
Final score:
1point
#18
Getting my haircut. Something about the sound of the clippers, and a stranger all up in my personal space. Stressed me out so much. I need a pint or two afterwards to relax me.
Final score:
0points
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