What irrational fear did you have as a child? Do you still have it?

that stupid leprechaun movie and now I see it I panic for a second and then I’m like dude chill..hahaha

Oh, don’t even get me started on Leprachaun. And to quote myself from another thread:
I totes used to sleep all cocooned up with only a hole to breathe through, I was convinced It (Pennywise) would take my fingers and toes, Chucky would stab me, and Freddy Krueger would slice off my ears. My blanket was a shield to all of them. It’s a wonder I ever slept. Oh, and an episode of Sliders with a witch doctor made m think someone was going to drill a hole in my skull as I slept and siphon out my brain. I still tuck in the edges of my blanket, but it’s not really a fear thing, just a comfort thing.

I also saw thirty seconds of a movie once when I as like five where a cheerleaders neck was snapped by a monster coming out of a vent in the bathroom. I used to flush the toilet, wash hands, and run like hell out of public stalls.

I clearly should not be allowed to watch movies.

Ahhh, The Leprechaun, I remember that movie; As a matter of fact I recently found myself talking to a friend about it, specifically the part with the pogo stick. Horrifying.

@aanuszek1: I did not need that reminder, thank you very much.

I was scared of flushing toilets. Maybe roaches would come out or poo. I would run from stalls and the bathroom.

When I was 4 or 5 I was deathly afraid of vaccuum cleaners. Needless to say, at the ripe age of 25 I’m over it now ;)
The movie “It” scared the crap out of me when I was little too. I’m still nervous about keeping my eyes closed too long in the shower!

Bridges. I always hated driving over bridges. Now I love the beauty of them. I actually pulled off a sort of famous bridge “double play” a couple weeks ago. I drove the Bay Bridge over the Chesapeake near Annapolis in the morning and flew to Tampa and did the Sunshine Skyway in the afternoon. Oddly, I drove over the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis about 10 hours before it collapsed, but it didn’t even freak me out to think about it.

Jessturtle: I was also scared of flushing toilets because of “la llorona” I thought she was going to come out of the cut.
Aanutsinsack: ahhh!! I’m going to have nightmares tonight thanks

I used to spread my baby blanket under me when I went to sleep and I thought if I moved any part of my body over the edge, someone or something would reach up from under my bed and pull off that body part and eat it.

Men with long hair horrified me. I can remember having NO bad experiences with any man that had long hair when I was younger, but they scared the shit out of me. I would grip my mom or dad’s hand if I had to walk by one, I would go so far as to cross the street if I saw a guy with long hair was going to pass me going the opposite way, etc.

To this day, it’s completely bewildering. My parents even thought it was bizarre and couldn’t figure out what the hell was wrong with me. No idea…

The flying monkeys in the wizard of oz.

Groundhogs. Freaked out that a groundhog (whatever that was) could predict the arrival of winter. Who was this hog and how did he know so much??

i used to be really scared of those flying monkeys too

1. turning the lights off in one part of the basement (still get the willies to be honest)

2. Getting beat up (this one has been replaced by getting killed on the road by a dumb ass which is not an irrational fear)

3. Tarantulas in the Bananas at grocery stores (that one is gone as well)

I was terrified of getting lost while driving – well I was a kid – so it was more like lost while riding. I was also convinced that there were alligators under my bed and terrified to dangle my feet off the bed at night. Since I moved to a new town I found I have an excellent sense of direction so I no longer fear getting lost. The alligator thing still freaks me out.

@Bri: Did you listen to too much Harry Belafonte as a child?

The snapping of twigs in the night during my childhood Cubscout campouts. I was feeling pretty cured until I saw that fuck’n Blair Witch Project shit. Now I’m piss’n in my sleeping bag again!

I forgot about the flying monkeys and bridges.Time to switch topics. Has anyone here been to see Madam Butterfly?

hehe. Only on the Muppets.

my daughter is still afraid of clowns.