Dumbest fears as a kid

[SCS 7,443]

I was terrified of vampires back in the day. I still don't really understand why those scared me more than most anything else in terms of fictional things.
 
In terms of real-life, whether or not I realized it at the time I think my biggest fear was abandonment/being lost. When I was a little kid I had multiple dreams in which I was lost in some way, and I had multiple dreams in which my parents had disappeared and I was trying to find them. Thankfully, my parents were (and are) always there for me in real-life, so while it was a deep fear of mine it didn't manifest in reality.

[Mr. Mustang 647]

Needles, OH GODS. I remember when I had to get my shots, I screamed like a filly.

[mars 4,861]

In terms of real-life, whether or not I realized it at the time I think my biggest fear was abandonment/being lost. When I was a little kid I had multiple dreams in which I was lost in some way, and I had multiple dreams in which my parents had disappeared and I was trying to find them. Thankfully, my parents were (and are) always there for me in real-life, so while it was a deep fear of mine it didn't manifest in reality.

... I had fear or being left alone too. It even manifested into dreams...

 

 

This is so embarrassing. One reoccurring dream I had was basically :

 

I was with my family at the beach. I was probably like six or seven. I was making a sandcastle. When I was finished, I looked up to show my parents. Everyone was gone. The beach was empty. And I hear A distorted voice saying, "Ohhh yeahh". I look and.. The Kool Aid Man was coming towards me in slow motion. I woke up from that "Nightmare" often.

 

 

I was scared of getting sucked down the bathtub drain, admittedly.

[tKestrel 243]

Biggest fear.... hmmmm

Ok my biggest fears as a kid were fear of the dark, heights, and creatures under my bed and in the closet (only at night though) 

 

Now ive realized my biggest fears were actually fear of whats in the dark and what I cant see, fear of falling from a high place (probably because im so clumsy, I fall up stairs) and fear of the unknown. After taking the time to understand the fears I had as a kid and the fears I still have, I can learn to face and combat them.

[Alex Z 848]

I used to be scared of Chucky from Child's Play as a kid. Nowadays I can watch those movies without a problem.

[Starshine 16,330]

Spiders. My mom always have these fun stories on how I completely froze whenever I see a spider, no matter how far or small it actually was. Darkness was okay for little young me, height I could enjoy, but god forbid if there's an eight legged freaks somewhere in my periphery.

 

Nowadays that fear had transformed into a very destructive tendencies where I would spare no expense on making sure that the little prick is dead and splattered under whatever heavy things I can grab without looking away :okiedokielokie:

[Miss.RariDash 44]

I was afraid that in the bath I would be pushed down the plug hole by my rubber duck and squished... I was a weird child   (All because of that Cbbc television show!)

Edited October 15, 2014 by Miss.RariDash

[DubWolf 16,623]

I was afraid of the car wash. All the moving parts like the spinning brushes always intimidated me, plus it was rather loud so I would go as far as to open the door and walk out if my parents were thinking about driving in .

 

And a whole lot of other stuff (like dogs, roller coasters, heights (lol), bleh).

[Twilightlover6 193]

Skeletons....and being away from my parents.

[Haruhi-chan 486]

I was afraid of the snowplow that went by our house. Every time I heard it coming, I would hide. I have no idea why I was like this. XD

[Dewdlz 938]

Sink drains, bathroom tub drains, anything small and "holey" I was so afraid of. Why you ask? I watched Stephen King's IT when I was young and it practically scared me on a daily basis. I got over it though. I was also afraid of underneath dark stairways, from of course, Stephen King's The Crate. He's a genius in making me afraid.

[Cactus 155]

The idea of being tiny and swallowed alive by someone, I don't know why. It also made me terrified of The Magic School Bus.

 

Quite the opposite of a fear now though.

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

The fire drill at my elementary school scared me and I feared it almost everyday. The school bell was a bit scary as well.

[Twisted Cyclone 🚓 6,221]

When I was a kid, I had a fear of falling into the toilet. I was also a little scared of the dark.

[~Sugar Sprinkles~ 637]

I was scared to get sucked down the drain in the bathtub.

 

I almost never wanted to take a bath because of that, but my mother forced me to xD It was such a dumb fear, I mean, being scared of the dark was more explainable than mine. I was never scared of the dark though, but sure enough, a bathtub drain would suck me down xD bahaha.

[Yoshi89 5,291]

I used to be afraid of the dark. I slept with a night light until I was seven. I was also afraid of what was in the dark that didn't really exist like ghosts and monsters.

[Away 2,077]

My dad. I was always afraid of getting him angry. Our family was troubled back then, to say the least.

 

But nowadays me and him are on good terms, thankfully

[Shadowed Watcher 183]

Heights/falling, generally stuff in that boat. Pretty funny thinking about it now because skydiving and all that stuff really interests me as I got older. I want to jump out of a plane. I want to fly. Falling counts, as long as I... y'know, survive.

[King Sejong 858]

   The Blob was my childhood fear, whether it was the original 1958 film, or the 1988 remake, this formless slime scared me, particularly the fact that nothing could stop the blob, shooting it, setting it on fire, or obstacle could stop the blob, only cold could paralyse the blob, for I had a fire extinguisher in my room, that provided me some comfort while I dealt with that fear, since CO2 fire extinguishers were used in the first film to freeze the blob, it worked until the blob no longer scared me, now I watch both movies and enjoy them.   

[PROJECT: Simon 3,953]

Spiders, Darkness, Zombies, Ocean, Sharks, Giant Squid, Giant Octopus, Giant fish, heights, Murderer, etc. 

[Raini Skies 78]

Heights, sleeping in the dark, and the police. Even though I was a good child, I still was afraid of the police for no reason whatsoever. They just... were scary, and that they would take me away for a crime I didn't do.

[Scootaloodle 1,621]

I used to be scared of the paranormal, more specifically ghosts.

 

It was the creepiness of it I found terrifying as well as fascinating.

 

I also used to hallucinate a creepy ghost woman in the garage of my house as a kid. I still can't look into the garage at night until the light has come on.

Edited November 25, 2014 by Scootaloodle

[Yoshi89 5,291]

I also used to hallucinate a creepy ghost woman in the garage of my house as a kid. I still can't look into the garage at night until the light has come on.

Now that you mentioned it, I used to think there were bats living in my garage, too.

[Kapitan zur See Hans (Daz) 883]

Tornadoes, still are my fear, storms and lightning are fine, but not tornadoes.

[Mort 73]

I was afraid of TV/Computer screens in the dark. Now, I wonder what kind of horror movie could scar someone like that.

Now I'm just afraid of thugs in the street and clowns. Not much of an improvment.