Irrational Childhood Fears & Beliefs That Still Affect You

[712xx]

These are all really good; and I can related to many of them that I've totally forgotten about, lol. I'm torn between throttling myself for making the thread that brings back so many crazy things, and laughing at the nonsense. :laugh:

* Pots of gold at the end of the rainbow. I'm still unsure how that bit got started, but my mind goes there every time I see a rainbow in the sky. :p

 

[Srain]

Looking for "flying tires" coming up over cement barriers while driving on freeways. :eek: (This happened once to us when I was a kid, the tire flew up over our hood just barely missing our windshield.) Actually, I have issues with tires period, I've never had much luck with them at all so I won't start my car up without first saying mantra re:tires, breakdowns, getting tires, or accidents.

Wifeof...I get the whole earwig thing..they are about the only bug we sometimes get in the house here...ack!!

I still believe that if you say something bad might happen to someone it will. :(

 

[CraftyCath]

Crane flies (Daddy Long-legs with wings) My brother used to put them down my back.

Hights - Any kind. I'm just plain terrified.

Being held under water - Someone did this to me as a child to.

Math - I could never grasp it and as a child it was taught as a fear-based subject.

Polystyrene - I can't stand the squeaky sound it makes! It goes right through me.

Travel - Makes me anxious and agitated and always has.

 

[Whitneys story]

Earwigs, which I have not thought about for years. They will crawl up the nose or into the ear and enter the brain!

 

[ericaboo]

That there is a such thing as "fair"

 

[Muzikluvr]

That I can live through anything.

 

[Tinyflame]

Afraid of water, street sweepers, and yes- junebugs!! :roflmao:
Oh ya, not a big fan of thunder, either. And often avoid the sidewalk cracks. :)

 

[Loloma]

• Noises in the night, whilst in bed.

• The door bell and people at the door.

• Storing food for lean times.

• Loud noises, shouting, screaming, horror (movies).

 

[Srain]

Ah yes, the horror flix! When I was young and high(during my reckless youth :rolleyes:), my boyfriend at the time told me were going to a comedy, I thought GREAT! It turned out to be The Omen! I unable to get out of my seat and ended up sitting in stark terror the length of the movie. :(

I always was told earwigs go into your ear, blech.

 

[freakofnurture]

I'm still combating the idea of unlucky things. For example if I put my socks on the wrong way (right <-> left) I think it will make something go very wrong during the day. I have (with reckless bravery!) proven to myself over and over again that it doesn't, but I still get the idea in my head and that feeling of impending doom.

Other forms of magical thinking have survived, too. Like, when I think or even talk bad about someone it will give me cancer or at least bad karma.

I also feel pure, absolute evil around me sometimes, just like I did when I was little. These are the only times when I'm still scared of the dark.

 

[Loveneverfails]

I don't blame ANYONE for earwig fears. Unbelievably, I went swimming in a neighbors pool as a kid and had one try to rescue itself by crawling into my EAR(ironic, yes?). Horrible experience.

Have to sleep with lights on, afraid someone or something will be there waiting in the dark.

(same as 712) can't look at my reflection without all lights being on or I thoroughly creep myself the heck out.

 

[freakofnurture]

I used to have problems with looking at myself in the mirror even with lights on. I kept expecting that my reflection would blink or do something, or that I'd see something behind me in the mirror.

I get paranoid occasionally, but all in all this fear disappeared - like my fear of the dark - the moment I moved out at 'home'. I find that telling.