What are your biggest silly/completely irrational fears?

[PlayNice]

The phone ringing spikes my anxiety something fierce.

And the furry skin on peaches....

[ozeymumof5]

The phone ringing spikes my anxiety something fierce.

And the furry skin on peaches....

I also don't like the phone =anxiety big time, same with numbers ; alarms, cash registers, money...I refuse to deal with any of them at work.

[Sairz]

Loud exhaust fans above my head in the shower. In fact any fan above my head.
Banshees, the thought of hearing that scream through the house at night

[Tinkers]

Im scared of birds. It's their pointy beaks. Crows, magpies, chooks and turkeys freak me out the most! For some reason I'm scare they will peck me to death.

[misskittyfantastico]

Balloons popping. My kids and my DH think it's hilarious and love to torment me!

[peanutmonkey]

Moths. I am absolutely petrified of moths. And toads. I sometimes have nightmares about giant sized moths and toads chasing me trying to kill me.

My DH is terrified of cotton wool balls.

[LoveLivesHere]

Elephant beetles

[Calstar]

Flying plastic bags

[TaylorMade]

I am terrified of birds, but I think it's completely rational. They are pure evil. With wings.

[HillDweller]

i have an irrational fear of being eaten by a shark .. so i dont go to the beach and we live 3 blocks from one of the most gorgeous beaches in Aust and we have lived here 8 years and ive never gone in the water..

Yep. Me too. Of anything I can't see in the ocean really! So I don't swim in there at all.

Paddle pop sticks. They gross me out and I can't stand to touch them much less even lick them. I can't even stand it when other people do it. Ick

And canned spaghetti. So gross. Can't buy it or see it or smell it or clean it up or watch a kid eat it. It's revolting. Home made spag bowl is fine though, go figure

Ugh yes! Both of these!!

And the furry skin on peaches....

All the hairs on my neck stood up just reading this - 100% yes! I like the taste of peaches - someone just needs to take all that fur off first!


I'm terrified of spiders. Actually, that comes with some caveats - I'm terrified of big spiders and spiders jumping out at me. Daddy long legs and small spiders don't bother me. Even if they're poisonous - I don't have a problem with redbacks, but can't even move if I see a huntsman (actually, even typing the word has set my heart racing). As you can imagine, living in the bush is not great for this fear! At least I'm not scared of other insects or rats, I'd definitely have to move!