Have you ever heard of someone being afraid of their own shadow? Well, I would be one of those people, although it isn’t my shadow I worry about. I’m a bit of a scaredy-cat. Can you blame me? My entire life, my parents made sure that I was afraid of everything and everyone in an effort to keep me safe from all the evils that existed in the 80s (synthetic fabrics and neon?). Actually, I didn’t really realize how many things I truly feared, until I wrote them down. It’s actually quite pathetic. Perhaps sharing my list will help me get over these fears, or provide me with some free psychological assistance (kidding. sort of.)
Fear #1: Vomit
I have always been terrified of vomit. It started young when I was around five or so. My little sister was born with a reflux situation (I call it a situation because she was never diagnosed – my mother didn’t feel the need to do so 30 years ago). Every time she would drink or eat for the first year of her life, she would throw it all up soon after. I unfortunately earned the honour of towel girl. Whenever she threw up, my mother would scream “TOWEL”, and off I went for some random towel, crying the entire time. I can still remember it like it was yesterday. Obviously, my mother had no idea that I would be scarred for life, but I was. Eventually I got over it, and simply avoided any and all vomit situations. Then I had my boy, my son, also known as the king of vomit. He was that baby that after he ate, if you moved him even in the slightest way, he spit up. Tummy time was impossible for him – it was a guaranteed regurgitation. But spit up wasn’t an issue, it was the full-on vomit that I couldn’t handle. On January 18, 2005 (yes I remember the exact date because I’m a loser), he was sitting in his high chair, and I was washing the dishes, and he coughed. I turn around and all of a sudden, it just started pouring out of his mouth. He was so little he had no idea what was going on. He just looked at me, and gave me this “what the hell was that” look. I grabbed him and ran for the bathroom, where he continued to spew orange vomit. My husband was calm and collected, whereas I was a crazy woman. I proceeded to call every one of my relatives that live in town, crying hysterically. I was insane. Sadly, that was not the last time it happened. In his first five years, he has probably vomited close to 100 times, and no I am not exaggerating. Thankfully at this point, I’m kind of “used” to it, and can almost anticipate it. I’m very calm with him when it does happen, so that he can remain calm – but inside I’m absolutely freaking out.
Fear #2: Germs
I am afraid of all germs everywhere. I am constantly thinking about germs, which also appeared after the birth of my children. Purel is my best friend, along with babywipes, soap, water and the avoidance of all things everywhere (that may be a slight exaggeration). Pre-babies I was a relatively sane person (some may argue this point), and normal about the whole germ thing (again, may be arguable). After babies, I became more aware of my surroundings, and the need to keep my kids clean to avoid fear #1. When my son started school, and let me point out that this poor child has zero immunity to anything, he was sick every couple of weeks. It was brutal. We avoided those bouncy castles (germ haven) and the McDonalds climbing thingy (bigger germ haven). Sadly my husband disagrees with my craziness, and has taken him to both of those germ infestations. So far we are all still alive. I wish Purel came in spray form so I could spray down everything in my kids’ path. Hubby says this is crazy talk. Whatever.
Fear #3: Bugs
Ok, so yes I got married, and soon after the hubby realized that he would be the bug killer for all bug-related situations. I am no bug killer. I can handle a mosquito, an ant and the occasional spider. But any kind of bug with any sort of body with any sort of thickness, I’m out. Truth be told however, my greatest fear is of centipedes. They are the most revolting bug and I could not kill one of those to save my life. I remember sitting on the couch one night, with my then 3 year old son, watching television, and I felt something crawl on my pant leg. You have never heard a scream like that come out of a human I promise you. I kicked my leg which made the centipede (yes it was a damn centipede) fly across the room and then I ran for higher ground. My 3 year old had no idea what was going on, but he ran for cover too. My husband laughed so hard, I swear he peed his pants. I didn’t sit on that couch in the dark for weeks. I kid you not. Oh, and when the bug killer is away on business, my neighbour is on call for the job. Just recently I had to call him at 10 p.m. to come over and kill one. If you ever want anything worth alot of money, threaten me with a centipede, and you’re all set.
Fear #4: Flying
I used to love flying. I remember the first time I was on a plane alone, I flew to visit my brother in California. It was a 5 hour plan ride and it was great. I flew to Greece with my sister after I graduated university and we had a blast, even on the plane ride. Then in July 1999, my parents, sister and I flew to California to visit my brother and his fiance’s family – it was a fantastic trip. On the way back to Toronto however, the flight was the scariest thing I have ever experienced. The turbulence was hellish for what seemed like two straight hours. It was so bad you would jump out of your chair. People on the plane were crying, and when I looked back at my dad who isn’t afraid of anything, and he looked petrified, I could have dropped dead right there. Luckily, we landed safely but the damage was done. I was now officially afraid to fly. When we flew to California again three months later, I prayed for 5 hours straight. I was a nervous wreck when we finally landed. When my husband and I flew to Spain for our honeymoon, I held on to his arm the entire time, and when he attempted to sleep, I would wake him up again. Of course, this was all pre 9/11, which just gave me new things to be afraid of. In January of 2003, I had to fly to Vancouver and Calgary for work and it involved 5 flights within 4 days. I remember driving to my little airport in town, and getting on this plane that sat less than 20 people. When I saw that the “flight attendent” was also the pilot, I nearly dropped dead right there. I had a colleague with me so although I was terrified, I played it semi-cool. She told me that she would put ear plugs in her ears and read during the entire flight which helped her fears. So I did the same thing. I read an entire book in a matter of hours, and I still couldn’t tell you what it said, or even what book it was.
I guess having these four major fears isn’t that bad, except I have so many that I couldn’t possibly write about them in detail. I could list them however.
Fear #5: Natural Disasters
#6: Diarrhea – seriously is there anything dirtier
#7: Anything with teeth
#8: Things I can’t see
#9: Things I can see but don’t want to touch
#10: Death: I’m so afraid of this one I’m not even going to talk about it
#11: Slimy things
#12: Anything involving my children, and I mean everything.
#13: My husband coming to the realization that I’m a nutbar, and pulling a Jon Gossellin.
I’ll just stop there. I swear I’m not as weird as I appear. I’m sure I’m not the only person with fears. Do me favour and leave me a comment and share with me what you’re afraid of, and feel free to let me know that I’m not that crazy. Lie if you have to – my husband does it on a daily basis.
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ROFL!
Sorry….I know this is a sensitive subject for you but it had me rolling. I can’t stand vomit either. I am cringing just thinking about it. Bugs are also a NO GO for me. I don’t like killing them. I make hubby do that.
Anything with teeth? LOL!
You don’t have to apologize – I’m not that sensitive about it. A sense of humour gets me through most things. Thanks so much for reading and commenting!!
Maria this post was so funny!!! I loved reading this and do not worry – you are not alone! Maybe it’s a Greek thing? I totally have to do a fear post!!
Thanks Loukia!!
Oh goodness, I’m glad I’m not the only one who gets whiplash trying to get a bug off me. I am also afraid of SLUGS ugh, makes me shudder just thinking about it. When I was maybe 17 I got one tangled up in my hair while I was laying in the grass. Oh god, it makes me want to vomit just thinking about it. Oops, sorry to mention the V word
OMG – just the thought of that makes me want to lock myself in my closet. GROSS!
OMG, that’s hilarious… can I say I’m afraid of all of the above? and I’ll even throw in “the dark.” Yes, I’m a mother who needs to get over her own fear that something is going to creep out of the darkness before she trains her son to feel the same way!
I feel your pain!!! I’m not necessarily afraid the dark, but he’s not my friend either!
Nothing funny about fears -to the person fealing them anyway- My biggest fear? having the unthinkable happen to one of my children or grandchildren.. what is the unthinkable? Give me a minute and I’ll think about it, it depends on the moment anything that takes them out of my sight some days. Oh and spiders – HATE spiders. The wd of God admonishes – FEAR NOT and even Harry Potters books had a good thing about fear – and turning humor on to fight it. Way to go on fighting fear btw and thanks for helping the rest of us!
HAAAAA haaa haaa — “Pulling a Jon Gosselin.” LOVE IT. That douchebag.
I am also ridiculously afraid of death. I cannot deal. I don’t know why. I know that we’re all going to die, but I cannot be within 40 yards of a dead body. No siree!
My hubby, too, landed the roll of ‘Master Bug Lyncher’. My theory is that if it has 3X (or more) legs than I do, I’m out.
That is an EXCELLENT theory to live by!! I wholeheartedly support it!
LMAO!!!
I love your blog. My daughter had an under developed esophagus at birt. As soon as she was done eating you knew to take cover, it was projectile to say the least, so I can totally relate. Luckily she out grew it by 8 months sheesh! Now she’s 20 and stuck to me like glue, not your typical young adult, I think she fears death more than she should.
Cant wait for your next blog!
Enjoy your weekend!
I can totally relate to the bug thing. I can’t even watch movies where bugs play a major role ie. Storm Troopers or Alien (that thing looked like a bug). I also have a fear of being alone in my house at night. Every bump and creak sends me checking my doors and windows to make sure they are locked.
Thanks for sharing and not to worry being a little fearful makes life more interesting.
Thank you for reading!! I hate being alone at night too – it took me a long time to get used to it.
You and I share the centipede thing as you know. I’ve become braver since my kids were born, since I feel the need to protect them from the evil ‘pedes. But still after the adrenaline, my pits are itchy, my upper lip is sweaty and my knees are weak.
LOL. honestly though, it’s a bit freaky: I have ALL those same fears, for mostly the same reasons. I remember one time, when I was on a boat on a choppy waters in the FL Keys for a Geology class of mine, I looked at the Prof. and told him, “Honestly, I never feared anything until AFTER I had children.” It’s understandable (I think). It must have something to do with nature’s way of having mothers protect their offspring. Or so I’m guessing.
Oh my golly. This list is hysterical and the stories are so funny! And I can totally relate to you on so many of these items. SO many.
Fear of flying started after I fell in live. I finally had something to lose! Flying with Hollis now makes me want to scream -and not because he’s a toddler- but because I can’t drug myself due to the whole caretaking thing.
Ha! Not just a fellow Canadian, but a fellow emitophobe too! Funnily enough I’m just reading your blog on a break from writing in mine about one of my other biggest phobias – freaking puppets – and while I’m cool with insects and arachnids centipedes definitely round out my top three. I might have torched that couch, seriously.
Oooo I hate centipedes! I live in Mexico, and in my old apartment they crept out of the drain and crawled up my calf while I was in the shower… twice! Three years and three houses later, I still have to look down at the drain every 15 seconds or so while I shower.
There are also these massive spiders that live in the bathrooms that I see twice a year or so. Their bodies can get about as long as my index finger, and their legs are like daddy-long-legs. Usually I cry and run out of the bathroom screaming when I see them. My Mexican boyfriend is not sympathetic.
Haha… Jon Gosselin.
oh wow, we are SO much a like. When you described your fear of flying and how it all started was like you were explaining my EXACT story. I HATE flying now because of my one bad experience. I seriously had a full on panic attack right in front of my daughter, poor thing. I’m SOOOOOOOOOOO scared, I’m getting all nervous just thinking about it. We’re planning to go on a cruise in a couple months, which means I have to endure a 4 hour flight.
OMG! Germs!!!!! I carry clorox wipes in my purse, diaper bag, and car! I look like a fool when we go out to eat and I pull them AND my mini can of lysol spray out! MY husband says I’m way to OCD. But, UGH! I can’t stand the thought of germs in my house or on my kids! They need to make a spray that I can spray on my kids when they come home from school!
I have a huge fear of flying that started on the way home from my honeymoon. Falling in love and having something to lose will do that to you.
You are not alone.. I have a TON of fears. I wrote a post about it once and thankfully it was a “Thursday 13″ so I HAD to limit myself.
Oh and the vomit phobia… that’s definitely me. I’m afraid of what will happen when I have kids someday and inevitably they will throw up.. but hopefully like you, I’ll “get used to it.”
One of my fears that you didn’t mention is basically anything and everything medical.. but especially IVs and blood draws. Eek!
So funny! I am completely with you on the bug thing. If Hubby isn’t around, they find a new home under a teacup until he does get home. Thankfully, he doesn’t go on many business trips. And even better, I don’t drink tea….would hate to have to actually USE those cups. Haha.
How does one go about killing a centipede? I think I’ve seen one in my entire life and good god, that’d be a huge mess! stopping by from SITS!
Great post! Too funny!
I share many of the same fears as you, esp the flying. (flew to Denver from PA and the ENTIRE flight was turbulance. I am DONE with flying.)
Happy SITSday!
Oh my, this is funny. I completely feel you on the vomit issue. I am USELESS in those kinds of situations. Both the sound of someone gagging and the smell make me want to ralph, myself. ICK.
Oh dear… that is a long list of fears.
Deep breaths… think of happy things. Have you tried yoga?
I’m afraid of drowning.
I’m not scared to be in the water or go on boats or anything, I just have a fear of death by drowning – on the rare occasions that I have bad dreams, it usually involves drowning.
I’m not really afraid of very many things, but I am definitely a worrier! When I was twenty, I married a pilot. I have never been afraid of flying in the slightest, but for some reason, I worried for his safety non-stop. I’m pretty sure that’s why I started going gray so early – it started the very same year I got married.
Oh – and I forgot about the bug thing. I’m not afraid of bugs in general, but the surprise fliers really creep me out! You know – the ones that you don’t expect to see flying until they just suddenly take off and fly into your hair (like cockroaches… big, fat, disgusting beetles just shouldn’t be allowed to have working wings)!!
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Wow, you are a big scaredy cat! I never even flew in a plane so you are braver than I there, I guess. My dad was so afraid of flying that he told me not to fly and I never have, except in my dreams I dreamed I could fly without a plane as a kid.
I don’t generally mind bugs, but not in my house. I will kill them myself. My cats usually find them for me first so we make a good team.
My biggest fear though is bees or wasps–anything that can sting me! I got stung once as a kid and it hurt.
Congrats on your SITS day–following you on Twitter as kzemek.
My what a list!! I love no.13 made me LOL. I have the same worry! Found you from SITS. Great blog, happy to have found it. x
Lol. I’m sure you’re not a nutbag!
This post was great!!!
My #1 is vomit,too! (Others include cows, boats, snakes & calling people on the phone.)
Whew listing those makes me nervous! Haha
What a fun post! I know the fears are real. It was fun to read how someone else deals with them.
Your blog is really funny! Happy SITS day!
Oh, fears! Yes…there are so many. I fear pain – any kind, especially emotional! Makes it hard for me to take a risk! I def fear the future, too…all the ‘What If’s”….
I try to tell myself, “Perfect love casts out all fear.” I know it’s true, but I still struggle.
Found you via SITS, FB! Congrats!
You are too funny! Love this post. Can’t wait to follow your blog!
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Ok I getmany of them BUT I will call you out on the germs one. Actually the attempt to protect ourselves from ALL germs is how we are winding up with the super germs. OUr bodies have no clue how to deal with the smaller level ones that when they mutate we are defenseless. That is not sayign be a pig in filth but realize that we have to build up defenses and the only way is to be exposed to the smaller things first…
But it is still funny, I loathe slugs, bleeech slimy nasty things…
I truly know what you mean when you wrote about your son not understanding what was happening to him the first time he vomitted – that surprised “what the hell” kind of look is engraved on my memory too from the first time it happened to my little boy. Incidentally my two are about the same ages as yours…
OMG…I am so with you on the vomit and the teeth!! AAAHHH!!!!!!
Stopping by from SITS..happy day to you!!!
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Happy SITS day!
HAHAHAHA…. I have tons of phobias too and now I want to make a list to document them all – seriously, it takes a lot to make me laugh out loud before I’ve had my coffee – FYI – death is my biggest fear … along with driving on highways.
I am a retired teacher so I had to learn to suppress most of my fears and touch snakes, let bugs crawl on me at science exhibits, comfort the vomiter, be around germs of every variety, applaud the teeth that finally came out (during class, of course, with lots of blood). About the only thing I am afraid of now is heights and strange places at night.
I’m right there with you on the vomit and germs. I’m a self-professed germaphobic for sure. I’ve had to squelch it down and really work on it, and thankfully, am getting better with it all. I still carry around my Germ-X in my purse, though.:) And I hate shopping carts….yuck! But they’re a necessary evil.:) I empathize with you completely….:)
Oh, and I’ve done the lovely projective vomiting thing with my son too, only it was in the car….ew, ew, ew….thankfully, we survived.:)
Oh man… that is quite a list! Hilarious…. and now I’m NOT going to worry about my flight in March… nope…
Thirteen fears – that’s not bad at all! ;o) Congrats on your SITS day!
Fears are such a paralyzing thing! I have been so afraid of being alone at night my whole life! When my kids were little and my husband had to go out of town I would tell them that it was slumber party time and put them all in my room and lock the door. I wanted us all together so that I could devise and escape plan in case there was a home invasion. They totally bought that, but the thing that threw them off, that this wasn’t just for fun, is when I would move the dresser in front of the bedroom door. How do you make a game out of that? It was weird, but then I could actually sleep all night .
Absolutely Hilarious!!!!
I have a vomit fear too.
Happy SITS day!
I hate flying. I was fine before 9/11 now I drive everywhere. I hate heights, Bridges. All scared something will happen to the kids. Happy SITS day!
Hi from SITS! I hear ya on some of those!
It’s funny how kids can bring up some pretty crazy fears! Hilarious!
Mice ~ utterly and positively terrified of them. Can’t even handle hamsters/gerbils in a pet store. I promise you if I ever see a mouse in my house (and I live in the country on 2 acres so what are the odds, right?) I will leave right then and there, and buy new stuff when I get where I’m going. I can handle any other creature but mice — no flippin’ way. Stopping by from SITS…congratulations on your day!
That’s a lotta fearin’. Kidding of course. I don’t like closed-in spaces. I’m glad I don’t have the bug one. Here in FL we have cockroaches so big, you could put a leash on ‘em and take ‘em for a walk. Eww.
Happy SITS Day! Sadly, I too have a vomit phobia. If someone around me gets sick, I won’t eat for 2 days because I am scared of being sick. I sit on the outside of aisles in case I need to get up. Yep, I’m a freak.
You ARE crazy (fear of anything with teeth?!), but aren’t we all?
I don’t think I am afraid of vomit and poop per se but if I get near it I start the dry heaves, it’s really nice. I am terrified of all bugs and I am becoming more and more a germ phobic, not Howard Hughes but I do get him more now.
Oh and I am actually afraid of thunderstorms.
Such a funny post! I love the centipede fear – mainly because caterpillars gross me out – but number 13 may be my fave!
Hahahaha! You are too funny! I have a major bug fear. And #12-All me!
We have a lot of the same fears. I’m also afraid of heights and anything that is out of my control.
Very funny post!
I agree with the germ phobia – I have to wash my hands constantly, and I have a major fear of spiders… yikes!!! I love your posts – stopping by from SITS
lol. Funny post. I certainly couldn’t write that much about my fears, the worst of which is the eight-legged-things that we don’t name!
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Stopping by from SITS…love this post! Get it all out girl! I’m also terrified of bugs. I will SCREAM bloody murder when I see even the tiniest bug. We live in Florida which is bug heaven 365 days a year. We just bought a house and I’ve seen the random “la cucaracha” as I like to say, run across the ground when I walk out into the garage. but they aren’t the normal little one — oh no — they are like, cockroaches on steroids. Our laundry room is in the garage, so I’m constantly on the lookout for those nasty little things. My fear is that one will be hiding in a laundry basket or something and it will pop out and scare the daylights out of me!
I wouldn’t say I’m afraid of vomit or diarrhea but they’re definitely on my “Avoid at all Costs” list.
I am terrified of spiders! Used to be afraid of puke and diarrhea until I had kids and had to clean up after them. Nothing like conquering your fears head-on.
My biggest fear is spiders. I actually have nightmares about them where I can’t tell if I’m dreaming or hallucinating. All I know is I see them floating down from the ceiling (sometimes they are hot pink & lime green – don’t ask) & I end up on the floor trying to get away.
Happy SITS Day!
I’m afraid of cows and large pigs. That’s about it. Now, this would not be an issue except that I live on a farm and have 5 horses and about a dozen dairy goats I milk each day. I’m not afraid of them nor any of the roosters. I’m not scared of germs, or stepping in poop, or birthing goat babies, even when I have to go inside the mother goat and reposition them. Nope, the things that scare me are things that are bigger than me and who have no love for me, like adult cows and large pigs. I don’t have a clue what they are thinking and you won’t get me out in a field with one, forget it! And my better half wants to raise cows! I told him he’s on his own when it comes to grabbing the truck and a chain and pulling those calves out…..I could see the gears turning is his head when I informed him of that…..I might be safe after all!
Anita
I am deathly afraid of snakes. I’m not afraid of vomit, but I hate to vomit. And if I have to clean it up, I end up vomiting, too. So, luckily I never have vomit duty in my house.
Does anyone like vomit? I can’t stand the sight smell or sound of it. My first and second child spit up a lot and that’s not too bad. My daughter however has a terrible gag reflex so if she has a cough you can bet there will be some vomit involved at some point. UGH!
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Happy SITS day! I absolutely loved your post! I am terrified of bugs, especially roaches. It’s sad, but I must admit the thought of them crawling into my ear at night has kept me awake before. I can’t even watch the late night talk shows when they bring bugs on, and the zoo exhibt, no thanks I’ll skip the air conditioning if I have to look at those bugs. But then there is my wonderful husband who thinks I’m a woss. Everytime I freak out and call him into to kill some bug, he replie “You do it. You have to get over your fear. Do you want your daughter to grow up afraid of bugs.” She’s two! and yes, she can be afriad of bugs. That’s why God put men on the Earth! Loved your blog and looking forward to reading more
I can totally relate to vomit fear. Vomit is something I can’t handle either unless it’s my own. Now that I have kids it’s not as bad.
If you care to have a laugh at my fear I had a post up a while back:
http://chaotickristy.blogspot.com/2009/08/spider-freak-out.html
I think that you are pretty safe about the jon Gosselin. I think he just lost it. Anyway, I have some of those same fears! Germs, eek! Imagine how mortified I was when I watched my 4 year old son lick the car bumper. I wanted him to gargle with chlorox! happy SITS.
Towel!! LOL!! Yeah, vomit is up there on my list too. In fact, I have to agree with you on a lot of things on your list. Especially the “anything with teeth” thing. I’m still traumatized from seeing my grandmother’s dentures fall straight on my plate when she was serving me dinner one day. GROSSSS!!
I am only afraid of dolls. Seriously, is there anything creepier than a doll that has those yucky blinking eyes and when you press a button it chants in a roboty creeptastic voice something out of a Freddy Krueger movie? Nay, I think not.
You are hysterical!!! I have a vomit fear too. I am ok with my son, but anyone else and I want to run for the hills!! I am also an INSANE germophobe. My hubby laughs because I wipe down the ketchup bottle at restaurants. GROSS!!!
Stopping by from SITS…love your blog!
I am afraid of vomit as well. When people are tossing their cookies, I’m not anywhere near them and I am also afraid of vomiting myself (which I have done lots this weekend) it makes me anxious.
We all have to be afraid of something. At least that is what I tell myself.
I’m stopping by from SITS and can totally relate to a fear post. While I’m not necessarily afraid of all the things you listed, I do have some possibly unreasonable fears. One of my main fears, especially lately, is getting in a car crash. Just the thought of experiencing a metal on metal (or rearview mirror, etc.) collision while driving my car makes me cringe. And it’s not just major crashes. Fender benders FREAK me out. Maybe it has something to do with the fear of loss of control. I don’t know, but the immediate fear is still there.
Happy SITS day! I don’t have a lot of fears, but the one really odd fear that I do have is a fear of peacocks. Seriously, I know people think they’re pretty but I am deathly afraid of them.
Bugs! I completely 150% agree with this one. I cannot stand anything creepy crawly. My husband was always the bug killer – even when we were dating. Yes, he got phone calls from his freaked out girlfriend to come over and kill spiders. I’ve gotten a little better in that I’ll calmly, yet firmly, ask him to come kill it instead of freaking out and yelling, “Bug, bug, bug, kill it, kill it, kill it!”
ROFL! You know what? I think being afraid of certain things is healthy – like bugs…um there are certain types that can kill (can you tell I’m afraid of bugs too?). But one weird phobia I have is of birds. It all started when I lived in NYC…I was terrified of those pigeons getting close to me. Mostly bc I knew what they ate and what the bad parts of NYC were like; but mainly bc they are so nasty looking.
I dont know what it is but pigeons in NYC are the FREAKIEST birds I have ever seen. For example I saw a pigeon that had only one leg…(shivers) ugh so gross. And to let you know I now live in MD and see pigeons constantly and none have looked as gross as they do in NYC. Now after that fear started I saw the Hitchcocks the birds…and I will never go near a bird again!
Mice. I can’t even explain what it is about them. It freaks me out just thinking about it. Suffice it to say, I once called the Fire Dept. and made them come get a mouse out of a trap my husband had set and then gone out of town. Also, I once had to get rid of a stove which a mouse had gone into just under the burners and fried himself. No amount of cleaning or sterilazation would suffice. Congrats on your Sits day!
I am so with you on the centipedes. However, I scoop them up with paper and trow them outside! They are nasty!!
Happy SITS day!
You are quite fearful of many things! I am with you on the death thing and I think it has grown more since having children! I fear them growing up without me in their life and me not being able to see them grow and prosper into adulthood. I don’t think there is anything worse than that!
Whoops, guess that means no future trips with the hubby when the kids are grown. Besides there is waaaay too many germs in the airport and not to mention the size of bugs in tropical. Wooo, big uns’!
I guess I’m lucky, there is not much I fear. I will handle whatever comes my way and if it’s my time to go then I’m ready.
Oh, gurrlll, I was fine until you brought up the germs. I have Purell everywhere, my car, my purse, my drawers all over the house and my kids are teenagers! But, just the thought of all the things you touch in a day and all the other people who touch it and where their hands have been…Sorry, didn’t mean to make it worse for you. I was recently in a restaurant and in their bathroom, they had the coolest thing. Everything was touchless and then instead of having to open the door, you waved your hand at a sensor! This germaphobe was delighted. I had everyone at our table come look at it.
You’re flippin’ hilarious! Happy SITS day. I’m so glad to have found you.
Not afraid of vomit, but afraid of the act of vomiting. shudder
Happy SITS day!
Ummm are we related? Or maybe even the same person??? lol My insane phobia besides those same ones you listed, is anything reptilian or amphibian. I can’t even look at a PICTURE of a FR@G or Sna@#^ without the feeling that I’m going to hurl, or pass out. And if one gets near me, I do in fact freeze up or completely hit the ground which is insane since then, I have no way of getting away from the blasted thing! hahaha
And I completely forgot to wish you a happy SITS day!
Having grown up with loads of fears, I was determined my children would not follow suit. The downside of that was that my daughter was/is afraid of nothing…even when she should be!
~Liz
Oh yes, vomit is one of the worst things for me, too. That was one of the hardest things I had to personally deal with after becoming a mother. Dealing with someone else’s puke. Yuck.
Visiting from SITS. You have a great blog!
Love your blog! I am also afraid of some of the same things … I think this inspired me to write about it over at my blog!
Happy SITS day!
that was really weird. it was like reading my own biography. except. “feet” wasn’t listed as a fear.
Ha-Ha!!! Happy SITS day, Seriously, I think that you snuck into my house and copied this out of my journal…or you can read my brain!
Don’t worry, I’ll be purelling after I type this!
Great post! I like you a lot! Thanks for the blog post idea.
Here via SITS! Congrats on your SITS day!
One word…poop. I despise potty training because you have huge poop balls come rolling out of the undies.
So…
This is weird.
I’m pretty sure that you and I are related somehow.
My top 3 fears?
Vomit, flying in a plane, bugs, death… all in that order. I’m not really sure which one I’d rather experience LESS. To tell you the absolute truth, when someone throws up, I faint. It’s an IMMEDIATE reaction. I *hate* it.
I’m sorry for us (because it sucks to be scared of these things), but I’m glad I’m not alone lol.
haha that’s great. I have a random fear of showering when I’m home alone-I am afraid I will fall and hit my head and die because no one finds me for hours…
I know this post was from last year but it’s so funny that I had to comment.
I cannot stand roaches. Just the thought of them makes my skin crawl. They are the nastiest, dirtiest, creatures in all the earth. I had a similar experience of sitting on the couch, in the dark, on my computer. I felt something feathery crawling on my arm and it was a HUGE palmetto bug. I freaked out but luckily didn’t scream. I showered for an hour straight but I could still feel that thing crawling on my arm. Yuck! Makes me want to cry.
BTW…Happy SITS day!!!
You’re not that crazy.
Sorry to laugh, but the way you wrote about your fears was hysterical. My biggest fear is heights. Like I can drive over a bridge, but I’ll try to get in the middle lane so I don’t have to see over the bridge. I can handle it, but if I focus on it, I’ll lose it. My worst fear is falling from a bridge into water and drowning in my car. Oh my gosh, I can’t even believe that I wrote that.
Haha! Fears make us human….and sometimes hard to live with. Not that I’m saying you are, unless you’re also afraid of people w/teeth. Then yeah, it would be hard to live with anyone that couldn’t take them out at random. Anyway…:D
I’ve got a couple of fears….flying, heights, driving a race car. I used to be deathly afraid of spiders…I’m finally getting over it. Unless they crawl on me. Eww and commence screaming.
LOL @ the vomit..ick..
I too am terrified of bugs…unfortunately I passed that fear onto my son..He is 18 and still won’t kill a bug for me. Luckily my younger son will. And don’t ever get me started on centepedes..grosss
Once again, I am laughing too loud for nap time at my house. The flying story is priceless. I am also afraid of flying and would have probably died right there on the flight, but like you once again, I am afraid of death.
Well, at least you admit your fears!! I can relate to the flying one.
I’m over from SITS making a late run! This post cracked me up. Sorry but I don’t have near this many fears but I can relate. I have one question. Do you ever leave the house? LOL.
Hi Maria! I can relate with at least one of your fears and probably more if you had listed them all. I’m not afraid of too many things but the ones I am afraid of, I’m DEATHLY afraid of. Here they are in order of importance from least to most. Height, skunks, bugs, public speaking, and SNAKES (any kind). The last 2 actually make me freeze up. I guess I’m a strange bird, but even death doesn’t scare me. I look at it as the “beginning of a New Life with Christ. Really, I look forward to it. No, I’m not suicidal, I wouldn’t do that. I’m just excited about living for eternity in Heaven. (Maybe that’s why I have such a fear of snakes, could it be symbolism? Anyway, Stop by and chat when you get a chance! I think your blog is super and I will definitely follow!
Love & Prayers,
PJ
I understand what you mean by germs. Being a dental hygiene student, we are taught to be germophobic! I personally cannot stand spiders and get my fiance to get them for me!
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