NWR: Do You Have Irrational/Paranoid Fears?

I have 4..

#1...every since FI got robbed at gunpoint TWICE a few years ago...I fear it happening again and the robber actually pulling the trigger...although we moved out of that area and it's been years, I am still fearful of it.

#2...I have a big fear of driving...I don't know why, I've never been in an accident or anything, but just the thought of me driving sends me into a panic.  I passed my drivers ed class in High school by buying my teacher a bucket of KFC chicken because I didn't want to have no parts of learning :/  I can say I am a little better, because years ago, I would have panic attacks just being in a car with someone else driving, I would not sit in the front seat and I was very selective of who I got in a car with.  Now, I am comfortable with being a passenger...every now and then if we are on the highway, that anxiety creeps up.  I want to learn...and every year I say "this is my year to learn how to drive"...but the anxiety and fear always wins.

#3..Something happening to me before my kids are old enough to take care of themselves.  I know FI would take great care of them, but it's nothing like their mother taking care of them.

#4..this is just weird...I cannot watch any kind of crime shows at night!!!  I dvr them and watch them in the daytime...because I am convinced that if I watch the show at night, the criminals that are portrayed in the show, will come and get me...so lame, lol!!!

I have an insanely irrational fear of heights. I have panic attacks on ski lifts (The bar has to be down), and an insane fear of flying (I have to take Xanex to knock me out)... but I've been para sailing and sky diving. Explain that??!?!?

You just reminded me...I forgot...I have a real fear of flying!!  I cry, I shake...everything.  I had to force myself to fly to Chicago last year and I was sooooooo scared...a complete stranger sat beside me on the flight and held my hand and talked me through to the layover stop...and then she had to leave...and I took the rest of the flight alone...I was praying the whole way.  And then of course when I was due to fly back to Philly, there was bad weather and it just sent my nerves into overdrive...but I survived!!!

I am going to have to fly again in the next 3 months, back to Chicago...and I am not looking forward to it!

Oh... oh yes.

• Aliens. But I know that rationally, they aren't here. Or anywhere near here.
• Spiders. But I refuse to admit it's irrational because they can kill people.
• Cleaning or doing anything behind a fridge, under cabinets, etc. Those "never see them" places because I imagine there's something that wants to eat me.
• Toilets in the process of flushing.
• Someone breaking into my house. Especially because when DH is in school I spend a lot of time alone. I have a little .38 but I worry about not being able to get to it in time, etc. I say it's a little irrational, because we live in that "leave your doors unlocked" world.
• Getting raped? Does that count?

I dislike being in extremely crowded places....as in "excuse me please, I need some air" dislike!  :(

I am terrrified of heights!!! I'm like you mwalch I have a huge panic on ski lifts and have to have the bar down.  However I'm not scared of flying (weird) but I get scared when I'm hiking up too high (I think I'm more terrified of falling) Chances I'm the same way you are with crime shows at night, can't watch them I have a fear they will come get me too...crazy right?  I hate crowds too, don't know why but I always feel like they might push me over and I won't be able to get back up.

I am fearfull of spiders...no matter what size.

I can not sit on a toilet! no matter if I just cleaned it and disinfected it....i can't do it!!!!!!

FI will not like my dress

Something terrible will happen to someone I love

- snakes - that's the worst!

- crowded places

- height

I swear I have a laundry list!

- I also hate flying

-I am horrible with heights. If I am in a 2+ story mall I feel weak in the knees- something about being able to see the bottom floor and the ceiling wigs me out! I also can't do stadiums.

-Aliens, ghosts, anything supernatural. 

-I have a serious fear of being kidnapped, like to the point where I look over my shoulder all the time, and check the door to see if it is locked multiple times, etc. (A little back story with this one- when I was younger multiple girls my age were kidnapped from my hometown so I am pretty sure thats where this stems from)

-I have a serious fear of public speaking. To the point where I feel like I am going to give myself a heart attack.

@chances - one flight, the person who sat next to me held my hand and prayed with me while we were landing cause I was having an anxiety attack. It didn't help that it was a little prop chop. And when I flew home from St Thomas USVI - the pilot announced that we needed to bring children to the front of the plane and adults in the back so we could take off! WHAT?!?!