Had you some irrational fear as a kid?

[JuanSnz]

So, I was wonder if you guys/girls had as a kid some kind of fear that now looking back you wonder why you could call 'irrational', you know, a fear that doesn't have a reason to feel, something like 'I have fear that a rocket from the space fall in my head'.

In my case, I had this fear of when I entered the bathroom in my home, to see in the shower, a skeleton sitting in the floor, as I remember what I imagined, with the arms raised like its hands were tied or chained to the ceiling or something like that.

I remember well, this not always happen, not always when I went to the bathroom I needed to check behind the curtain if there was a skeleton tied, with its head down, pressed again its chest, like it was on purpose forgotten to die and rot.
And the funny thing, it is that it never occurred to me that how a skeleton would get in there in the shower, if someone of my family drop it there. I mean, it was not like, 'oh I hope not found a skeleton tied in the bathroom that probably my dad or mom or brother or sister bring it from somewhere'. No, no, that never cross my mind.

Now, I had this theory of why I had this 'irrational fear':

Back in the early 90s, here in my city, a local TV channel (in that time in home we don't had TV cable) on Saturday at 10 PM shows horror/thriller/suspense movies, but mostly horror films from the 80s, you know 'Friday the 13th', 'A Nightmare on Elm Street', 'Critters', 'Pet Sematary' and so (not a bad selection of films, you know); And in that time I had 6-8 years old, I had anxiety and a vivid imagination, and I remember that I really hated that kind of movies, probably because late that night I 'dreamed' and I couldn't sleep.

Anyway I bet that I prefer to watch in other local TV channel in the same time slot some action movies, specially with martial arts, and, of course, my brother and my sister that in that time were teenagers, and always 'win', so in some way I was 'forced' if we dinner before, to go to sleep early if I don't want to scare or dinner watching my plate, or my feet. My mom and dad, also watch the movie, but I bet they didn't like it. Actually, I don't remember why my parents don't complain about the movie showed (This mean that they also liked horror movies?). I think I should ask this.

I don't know, besides it was something weird, when I look back at my childhood this is not one of the thing that come first. That are riding bicycles, buying candies, playing football (soccer for Americans) on the street, but not this fear.

Had you some irrational fear as a kid?

[RCMerchant]

No. I was too busy being afraid of real life.

[Trevor]

I grew up during a civil war so my fears were all too rational and way too real.

[Alex]

Going to the toilet while watching Jaws for the first time aged 4.

[RCMerchant]

I was afraid of my parents. I had no time to be afraid of spiders or the dark. As I grew up, I was never afraid of anything. Angry- very much so. But never afraid.

[RCMerchant]

Some things give me the willies that are very irrational.

For example- men with man buns give me the creeps. Why, I don't know, but I find it creepy.

[ER]

Anubis terrified me when I was little, after seeing him get somebody on a TV show. After that I was sure he was going to come in our house and I kept thinking about that expressionless jackal face of his.

My dad told me Anubis was nice and only lived in Egypt; my mom said Anubis wasn't real. Young as I was I knew there was a flaw there since something that wasn't real couldn't live in Egypt, and I wasn't comforted.

If you think about it, the concept of Anubis sneaking into our house at night made as much sense as the fact Santa and the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy somehow found their way in.

Those were some scary few weeks.

[Trevor]

Going to the toilet while watching Jaws for the first time aged 4.

Oy 

[JuanSnz]

Reading my first post sounds like my parents forced me to eat my dinner watching a horror movie, every Saturday, but actually, if was not like that.
What I remember it was we were dinning and in the TV was 'House' (with 'The Stuff', in Spanish 'La Cosa', are two of the movies titles that I remember well, the title 'House' was not translated to Spanish, don't know why), and as the movie is more funny than scary, probably I was not feel scare, but I remember that in a scene I was looking my plate and, in other scene, my lap (not my feet as I said before).

Again, I should ask my parents, and probably my brother or sister about those Saturday night.

No. I was too busy being afraid of real life.

Well, in some point all we had trouble as kid.

I grew up during a civil war so my fears were all too rational and way too real.

Sorry to hear that.

Going to the toilet while watching Jaws for the first time aged 4.

I think that a lot of kids (and some adults) in that time avoid water, specially the sea, after watched that movie. Even pools.

If you think about it, the concept of Anubis sneaking into our house at night made as much sense as the fact Santa and the Easter Bunny and the tooth fairy somehow found their way in.

Do you mean, Anubis sneaking in your house take someone to the Underworld, like the Grim Reaper?

[Trevor]

I grew up during a civil war so my fears were all too rational and way too real.

Sorry to hear that.

I was born in what was then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe: it was both the best and the worst of times.

[Allhallowsday]

No.  I was fearless.  When I think of the dangerous things I dared to do, I wouldn't try any now.  However, I have always had an aversion to Blue Jays.  Ick. 

[JuanSnz]

No.  I was fearless.  When I think of the dangerous things I dared to do, I wouldn't try any now.  However, I have always had an aversion to Blue Jays.  Ick. 

You said Blue Jays in capital letters, are you talking about the birds or the baseball team? (yes, besides I'm from a country that know more about football/soccer than every other sports, and probably know about football/soccer more than other subjects which are not relative with sports, I know, not much, about baseball)

[retrorussell]

The OPERATION board game terrified the absolute hell out of me.  Up till I was about 11 or so.
Something about the angry, creepy look of the patient and the loud BUZZ if you touched the sides just freaked me out.  Even the box got to me, with the doctors gleefully digging inside the patient.

[ER]

Do you mean, Anubis sneaking in your house take someone to the Underworld, like the Grim Reaper?

No, my fear wasn't so cogently defined, Anubis was just archetypally scary to me at four and a half.

And according to the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Anubis doesn't come for you, you go to Anubis so he can weigh your heart to see if you've done more good than bad in your life. If you've been good you safely cross the path into paradise beyond a sea of reeds; if not a giant crocodile eats you and that ends your existence.

Sounds fair to me.

Actual footage of Anubis at work:

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[Allhallowsday]

No.  I was fearless.  When I think of the dangerous things I dared to do, I wouldn't try any now.  However, I have always had an aversion to Blue Jays.  Ick. 

You said Blue Jays in capital letters, are you talking about the birds or the baseball team? (yes, besides I'm from a country that know more about football/soccer than every other sports, and probably know about football/soccer more than other subjects which are not relative with sports, I know, not much, about baseball)

No, I meant the birds.  I think it was a typing reflex... I used to be a Baseball fan.