Mom will you check for monsters under the bed plz?

Sirfetch’d

Guest
    • 0
    Posts
    What irrational fears did you have as a child? How did you overcome them?
     
    Even now, sometimes I get spooked. My overactive imagination will start telling me that the figure I see across the room at night is a man, and then I have to turn on my flashlight on my phone and assure myself that that's not what that is. I can't fall asleep until I reassure myself that it's just a shirt or a lamp or the TV. And I need my closet to be closed for some reason, otherwise I get really creeped out and can't fall asleep either. And I need my feet to be underneath the sheets otherwise I'm creeped out. And when I get out of bed in the dark, I have to jump a distance away from underneath it so nothing grabs my feet. And I have to run back into my room when I come back from the kitchen, and turn on all the lights along the way. And I check behind my shower curtains for murderers every time I go to the bathroom. And I get freaked out when I'm washing my hair and keep my eyes closed.

    Oh I'm 22.
     
    I was afraid of cancer and other various diseases. Every headache was a brain tumour, every sore neck was the start of meningococcal disease... it never ended, I was always petrified I was dying.

    I don't know how I overcame it really - I guess I just grew up a bit?
     
    ALIENS MAN

    omg I used to watch shows when I was little about abductions and crop circles and it would scare the crap out of me. then at night when I would be in bed I would imagine aliens outside my window or coming down and abducting me. also I have a field in my backyard and I was always afraid I would look out and see little aliens making circles or bright orbs or just wake up to a ♥♥♥♥ing crop circle. I really don't care how stupid this sounds it truly frightened me!!!

    I guess I overcame it by not watching alien shows anymore lololol.
     
    Katholic Nun said:
    I was afraid of cancer and other various diseases. Every headache was a brain tumour, every sore neck was the start of meningococcal disease... it never ended, I was always petrified I was dying.
    Click to expand...

    This was me, all the time. Every time I felt a pain in my chest, especially at night, I'd cry out to my parents that my appendix was going to burst any second, haha. Honestly, I haven't really improved too much from that mindset. I still get worried when I have unexpected pains, and if I have a headache for an extended period of time, I do still start having those thoughts. :c
     
    Like Virgo, I was afraid of aliens when I was younger. My father watched a lot of shows about alien abductions when I was younger, and I was also a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Both of those things combined with my over-active imagination, and I thought aliens were everywhere. I was afraid of the moon even, when I looked at it through a telescope and started to cry. There was one night where I dreamed an alien was in my closet, and I refused to sleep in my room for weeks.

    How did I get over that fear? I grew up and read a book series where aliens are just misunderstood creatures that are just trying to communicate with us.

    Though I still get nervous when I stargaze at night, but that's because I'm reminded of how insignificant I am compared to everything else out there.
     
    i was afraid of thunderstorms when i was young....and still am at 21 years old. i dont know why but when i hear that loud crack of thunder and boom of thunder at the same time, i just feel like curling into a ball and proceeding to cry.
     
    I used to be terrified of going to the bathroom at night and seeing the Crypt Keeper from Tales From The Crypt standing in the bathtub/shower, staring at me. It didn't help that everybody seemed to keep the curtain closed, so I'd have to move it.

    Reference Picture:
    Spoiler:


    I grew out of it by watching Tales From The Crypt as an older, more mature person, and realizing how hilarious the Crypt Keeper really is.

    Spoiler:
     
    Last edited:
    When I turn a light off at night, I still run back to my room sometimes getting the heeby-jeebies on my neck like some monster is chasing me. :)

    That would probably be the one thing I was so irrationally afraid of as a kid. Darkness always freaked me out, but I am over that fear (mostly). :P I think I run to my room "in fear" to relive a little bit of my childhood.
     
    I used to be afraid of the snowplow that went by our house. XD I don't know why, I just got all frightened, thinking it was out to get me. I would always have to hide from it when I heard it coming.

    I did get over it after we moved to Arizona. XD
     
    I was afraid people would break into my house and murder my family in my sleep. That may not seem irrational to some people, but my logical head knew that even if it did happen, my mom slept in the living room so they'd have to kill her first and I'd hear it. So my illogical side decided someone was going to sneak into the house with a syringe of poison and poison us all quietly in our sleep so I would never hear him coming.

    For a long time I could only sleep if I thought my mom was still awake so she could catch poison needle guy.
     
    As a kid, I used to believe that all my toys were actually alive, but won't show unless everyone goes to sleep, and nobody nearby is awake. Due to that, whenever I found myself awakened, I'd always check on these things to make sure that they haven't moved from where I left them. Aside from that, I also used to be hugely afraid of dark, and would keep them all lights turned on in my room before going to bed. My mom would come in every once in a while while I'm sleeping to turn them off, but most of the time, that would end in bad results, haha.

    I'm still afraid of dark to this day, but just not as much. Not really sure if I'll ever get over it, but it honestly wouldn't bother me if I don't.
     
    I used to be afraid of trees in winter and dead trees. I was a weird kid.

    Open if you want to know why i was scared of trees:
    Spoiler:


    My story is real. If you don't believe me, that is fine. But i would never lie about something that made me almost never leave the house, and when I did, I avoided any tree that had no leaves.
     
    I used to be scared of thunderstorms, and I would hide under a pillow so I wouldn't see the lightning or hear thunder.

    It doesn't really bother me anymore, but sometimes I'll be startled by a flash of lightning and a loud clap of thunder.
     
    I saw an overweight guy on the newspaper when I was little. I thought that he'd come at night, and kill me by sitting on me.

    Looking back at it, I just... I don't know, you guys. I was a stupid child.
     
    You must log in or register to reply here.
    Back
    Top