This thread is helping me see how many phobias I've overcome (balloons, spiders, etc)! Maybe I can totally take on the bear and cougar one! But not heights and bungee jumping. Just no.
This thread is giving me new phobias I never thought of before. I think I'm doing it wrong!
I think this is one of my most favourite threads found on the MMM forum yet! I'm laughing along with you all as there are so many of these that I'm thinking
oh my gosh, that's terrifying, I hadn't thought of that or similar sentiments.
Some of my personal fears in varying levels of rationality include:
On the more serious side:
- We travel quite a lot, and I can send myself into a tailspin convincing myself we are being kidnapped in certain situations. (eg. Last week we were on a dive boat in Panama, and I managed to convince myself that the dive shop was a cover story for a human trafficking or ransom type scenario. It wasn't. We had two good dives and saw tons of sharks!) Thankfully this particular fear doesn't prevent me from traveling, but it does make me more cautious.
- Bearing an unhealthy child and not being able to mentally cope with the challenges that would pose is one of my biggest fears.
On the lighter side:
- Losing teeth, or my husband losing teeth. The reality that one of us may lose a tooth (through contact sports, or with age, or whatever) is reasonable, but the level at which that bothers me is completely unreasonable.
- Still afraid of the dark (mostly what intruders may be lurking in the dark, especially if I am home alone)... this one is completely irrational and makes me laugh most of the time - which it obviously comes out as a squeaky, scared laugh generally, which only makes me laugh more, though does nothing to dispel my fear in the moment. It can be quite comical.