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As a child, what were the most dumbest fears you had?

 

I would say I used to be scared of the bathtub drain, because I thought it would suck me in or something. Same as the sweeper. I was never scared of how loud the sweeper was (Like most kids) but, I was afraid it would suck me in forever.

 

And what really bugs me is when my parents have to bring up that stuff to people xD I don't get that butthurt about it, but still.

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My dumbest fear was probably going into the basement alone. I refused to go down there if nobody would go with me. For some reason I though there were monsters or something down there.

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i had the drain fear... it was made worse by ghost busters and then confirmed in rugrats lmao. 

 

and sharks in the lake because my brother told me that I would get eaten if i went in the lake.... 

 

Edit: Oh and a fear that's lasted since childhood... I am afraid of going over bridges... I don't know how it started or why, but going over bridges always made me either hyperventilate or hide. I still do and i'm 30 years old... so yeahhhhh.... and no I am not afraid of hights though I don't try to defy them either lol.

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I went through a phase when I was afraid of bushes (don't laugh!), because of a vivid nightmare I had. But that only lasted around a few weeks.

 

I don't remember having any strange long term fears as a kid...

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I was afraid of heights.

 

I am no longer afraid of heights.

 

Unless it's a diving board.

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The dumbest fear that I had was, I was afraid of thorns.

 

I thought they if I touched them, they would take me to an unknown world of my self conscious.

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I was afraid of toilets in public bathrooms... loud flushings... scared the crap out of me. :o

 

That reminds me. I was also afraid of automatic flushing. I dunno, it was just loud and not out of my control to flush! Like, right after you get it, all of a sudden, a loud, atomic bomb explosion sounding flushing would go off and freak me out!!

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There's a zoo nearby, and in that zoo there's a train ride where you go through a tunnel. For the longest time, I refused to go on the train because I thought there were crabs in the tunnel, and I was scared as heck. I don't know how I don't know how I came to that conclusion, nor do I know why I was scared. Ah, childhood.

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White people. Like for real. Growing up around all mexicans, white people with all their niceness and money just seemed creepy. 

niceness and money, you must have lived near a rich neighborhood lol.... those people scared me too though as I grew up in low to middling income with people of all walks... but most of them pretty mean >.>;

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I used to absolutely hate the Garbage Truck in the morning. The loudness of it frightened the shit out of me.

 

I also was scared of monsters in the dark. (I still am actually)

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When I was little I thought you could buy lasers that could cut stuff like light sabers and I was scared that someone would cut the moon in half...I was a dumb child

 

 

 

I used to absolutely hate the Garbage Truck in the morning. The loudness of it frightened the shit out of me.
 

 

Aha, I had the same thing except for me it was street sweepers xD

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When I was a kid:

 

My dads golf clubs. Don't ask me why. I was just totally scared of them. Then, I decided to face my fears and I was like,"Why was I afraid of them?"

 

We had our laundry machines down stairs and next to the machines there was an open sump pump laundry drain. I was totally afraid of that. I thought I would drown ( if I fell in). Mom finally told me that it was only few inches deep. I was no longer afraid.

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One of the dumbest things I was ever afraid of as a kid was this decoration on the staircase at my auntie's house that was a giant doll with its face to the wall. I was afraid of it because I thought it was haunted. Really. Just a giant doll.

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I was terrified of automatic car windows because I thought they would chop me up into thin slices if I put my hand through one. On a related note, I also hated going fast in a car with the window open because I thought I would blow out.

 

I also thought a pink monster would come out of the trash can in our bathroom, so I would stay as far away from it as possible. I think I got the idea from a short cartoon on Nickelodeon that I vaguely remember.

 

Other things I was scared of included:

  • Aliens
  • A section of a local museum about the extinction of the dinosaurs
  • Being executed
  • The dark
  • Giant test tubes 

 

I was not a brave child.

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I used to sleep tucked up like a ball because I was scared of something grabbing my legs from under the covers.

 

I also was scared of the car headlights that showed up on my bedroom wall at night. I don't know why I was scared of them, but they made me really uncomfortable. I hid my fear from my parents by claiming they kept me up at night and got three layers of blinds to keep the lights out. I still have those blinds down every night.

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Going up the stairs in another house, being afraid of the bus because someone told me I would get my organs cut out, no face from Spirited Away and all kind of other things.

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