What is your irrational fear? (lemmy.world)

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[-] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I have this irrational fear of anything that makes a fire. Like seriously I'm scared of lighters. Well if that means I will never smoke then I'm fine with that. Secondly, I have this fear of height that makes me kinda scared of ladders. Kind of a pain in the ass when I need to fix stuff around the house. And finally, I have a fear of even the smallest dogs just because I got bit by one this one time on the way home in 7th grade. It's been close to a decade and I still can't really be near a dog. I'm fine with cats tho. I have one and he's my whole world.

[-] Bizarroland@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Aliens walking in the distance.

Like if they're running right at you with violence in mind, that is a completely rational fear, no problem.

But if I were standing on my front porch and saw an inhuman alien gray walking down the street, even if it didn't look my way, I would freak the fuck out.

Even the idea, the thought of that happening can make my hair stand on end.

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Human interaction, but that pretty common and boring...

I take my shirt off to poop if it's convenient. It's the irrational fear of the splash back getting my shirt wet.

[-] mrspaz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Gravity reversal. Like suddenly gravity switches to a universally repellent force and everything on the surface of the Earth starts falling into space (me included). Eventually you'd just "fall" away and the atmosphere too and you'd suffocate.

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[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Needles. Oh, and getting cut on my wrist or Achilles heel.

[-] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 2 points 9 months ago

i mean, that last one did in Achilles, and that dude was basically invincible. On a normal person like you or me, that'd obliterate us in an instant.

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[-] Lennnny@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Blowers. It's what I called pool drains (and lights and vents). Still hate them.

And this one is more of a 'it would be terrible and now I can't stop thinking about it' thing, but steep hills, and how awful it'd be to just roll back down them. In a car or on foot. You just suddenly lose control and start plummeting backwards. I got it worst when I was in San Fran.

[-] JustaSweetBean@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Showering with the lights off. And having my teeth fallen. I suffer from cavities, I don't even know why I have so many, I brush my teeth twice to thrice a day. :( so I'm seriously scared of ending toothless at some point.

[-] weeeeum@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Floss. I have some floss picks near my bed, computer and bathroom. I just idly use the floss picks a couple times throughout the day, usually watching YouTube or something and have only gotten 1 cavity despite going through really bad depression and poor dental hygiene.

[-] JustaSweetBean@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 9 months ago

I use floss, too. :( .every morning and night. I still don't know the reason for it. A dentist told me it was just a genetic thing and I should be way more careful than others. Another dentist told me it could probably be anemia. But I've read that bulimia causes cavities (I used to be bulimic for a long period)

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[-] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Showering in dim/no light is fucking amazing.

Hot and dark. Mmmm.

Also, I ripped one of my own teeth out at 16. (I congenitally lack 4 permanent ones so the milk teeth they were supposed to replace never fell out. Had the last one taken out at 18.) The crunchies while wiggling the tooth was actually not unpleasant. Nostalgic, it was.

Also, we're doing pretty well for a drug which could regrow teeth, so you can worry less about ending toothless.

https://www.euronews.com/health/2023/08/05/a-drug-that-makes-teeth-regrow-scientists-move-closer-to-clinical-trials

[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Windows, but only at night.

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[-] Drusas@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Sharks in dark swimming pools

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Nice try.

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