Strange Fears You Had As A Kid

[danjuno]

What are some strange fears you had as a kid that don't really seem that big a deal as an adult?

When I was a kid, I was actually scared of anime because of the big, shiny eyes they typically drew characters with, I couldn't watch Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, or Naruto. It wasn't until in my early teens that my dad showed me some Miyazaki movies that I really learned to like it.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

There was a time when I was afraid of the Moon. That round, white thing hanging in the sky seemed unnatural and strange, and I would just freak out whenever I caught a glimpse of it. I went through a period of time when I insisted that all the curtains had to be closed at night, or I wouldn't look toward the windows.

I don't know why that was. Now I love the Moon. I'm grateful to live in an apartment where I can actually see something of the night sky (too much light pollution to see much in the way of stars, unfortunately). I get a great view of the Moon and Jupiter, though.

I talk to the Moon sometimes - saying hello and goodnight. It was a gorgeous view last night.

 

[Narz]

Any books with photographs I'd turn upside down when I was getting dressed. I didn't like the idea of them seeing me naked even tho I knew that was crazy.

 

[Hygro]

Perhaps my greatest existential terror for a few years, maybe at 5 years old, was to be a Roman galley slave, chained to the boat and rowing for a war I didn't believe in, until I died at sea. You can guess what Easter special I had just seen.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Sometimes you have to do what the people in Harry Potter do with fear: Counter it with humor.

Ben-hur's Pizza Delivery!

 

[Aiken_Drumn]

I am not certain of its origin, but at home I would always run up there stairs at night.. because I had convinced myself some dogs were chasing me.

 

[Broken_Erika]

I used to have nightmares about trains.
Usually along these lines

 

[Kyriakos]

I never watched horror movies until I was in highschool - because I was getting frightened even by seeing the posters at the video clubs.

 

[Angst]

edit actually this thread is about strange fears that shouldn't scare you. so nothing much really.

 

[9gkj548hkm20vk79dj689bnj4]

dragonflies will sew your lips together. my grandfather insisted it was true.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

When I was a kid, I was actually scared of anime because of the big, shiny eyes they typically drew characters with

if you want to pass this on to future generations, only more cursed:

search "among us" with "anime crying eyes".

have fun trying to unsee that if you do