Childhood fears
I'm mostly okay now, but my childhood was full of a lot of odd fears...

I used to only walk up or down the right-hand side (as seen from the bottom) of the stairs at home, because if you walked on the other side, I'd turn into a skeleton.

I used to have nightmares in which the bath would have an extra plug hole. This would be larger than the usual plughole, and it wouldn't have a "guard" over it, and inside would be lined with spiky metal teeth. The plug was also black and yellow, to indicate danger.

Also I was terrified of getting air in my bloodstream. And kidney failure. When I first found out about dialysis machines, I was absolutely terrified of getting kidney failure. This is related to needle phobia.

Needle phobia is my one persistent "irrational" fear. It's not really a "fear" as such... just the thought of having a metal tube pushed into my body makes me pass out.

I do still get a lot of "nightmares" about being chased by the alien off of "Aliens". "Nightmares" is in quotation marks because I actually enjoy these dreams. They're very exciting. And I'm now so used to being chased by an alien, that if I ever met one in real life, I'd probably just wave and say "hi".
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Tue 27 Jan 2004, 20:30, Reply)