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Estee's Take: Being Irrational isn't Always Irrational, or is it?
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Monday, 16 June 2008
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There are not many things that I am afraid of. I am not afraid of heights, needles, lions escaping from the zoo or a New Kids on the Block reunion. On the other hand, I am definitely not immune to the everyday fears that parents have, such as war, unemployment or that Breuklyn will run off with a long-haired tattooed drummer from an acid rock band. I deal with those fears in a very , I’ll worry about it tomorrow, kind of way. It’s the irrational fears that get me. Those are the ones that keep me on my toes.
For example, I am afraid of crickets. As I am sitting here the legs of my jeans are shoved into the top of my socks. Amazing visual image, I know. We seem to be having a sort of cricket epidemic here at the moment and I watched one hop across the living room floor about 20 minutes ago and have thusly tucked in my jeans. I am absolutely convinced that if given the proper opportunity, the cricket would jump up my pant leg. I’m not exactly sure why he would choose this course of action, but I have a feeling that it has something to do with a bet that he made with his other cricket friends. This is exactly why my preferred method of dealing with crickets involves throwing something, preferably something heavy in the general direction of the jumping action. I can not step on one because that would just be giving him the perfect pant leg opportunity.
I did mention that these are irrational fears, right?
Last Monday I had a root canal. It probably would have been avoided if I had gone to the dentist immediately after the filling fell out, but the mere thought of going to the dentist makes me panic. I don’t know exactly what I am so afraid of. The last time I checked, dentists are not allowed to do anything painful just because they want to. Brad drove me to the dentist, forced me out of the car and then locked the doors so that I couldn’t get back in. I kept trying to negotiate with him, “I think I was just exaggerating, my tooth doesn’t really hurt! Let’s go home!” Pounding on the passenger window of my vehicle in the parking lot doesn’t exactly paint a picture of sound mental health.
The Root Canal specialist guy wasn’t very interested in my fear and decided that nitrous oxide would cure me. Only after being given a liberal, and by liberal I mean enough to float a balloon at the Macy’s Day Parade, dose of the nitrous oxide was I able to relax. I was then given these awesome sunglasses that made me look like Tom Cruise in Risky Business. In theory the sunglasses were to protect my eyes from the glare of the lights. In reality, however, all I could do was sing “Old Time Rock and Roll.” When Root Canal specialist guy returned to check on me before the procedure to find me rocking out to Bob Seger, I think he regretted his decision. I know he is counting down the days until my follow-up appointment.
In my defense, I did tell him that I was scared, he just chose not to listen. Now, back to the cricket at hand…
That’s my take for this week! What’s yours? I know that I can’t possibly be the only one with irrational fears. Since I can’t afford real therapy for everyone, how about some retail therapy? I will choose one winner this week to receive a $20.00 gift certificate to the Scrapbook.com Superstore. Just leave me a comment!
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Irrational fears....Oh my list goes on an on. I am a big chicken. But I think at the top of my list is the DARK!! I can not stand being in the dark. I fell like I cant breath, my heart starts to pound and I just know the boogey man is gonna get me. Or something to that effect. I have night lights in almost every room in the house. I use the excuse that the boys need them if they have to get up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom, or to find mommy. But the truth to it all is the night lights are FOR mommy. So there ya have it.... I am 34 years old and I'm still scared of the dark.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 3:12:22am
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haha...you must have had the same root canal specialist I did!
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16-Jun-2008 @ 4:48:34am
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Your dentist story reminds me of how my DH thought he was going to the DRs as moral support for me. When the DR came in is when he discovered it was his appt.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 8:00:27am
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My biggest irrational fear is of bridges. I'm okay when I'm in a car but if I'm on foot or bicycle, I freak out. I even freak out when it’s a little one over a small stream. And it’s not because I am afraid of water or can’t swim. I was a lifeguard as a teenager. No, it’s just an irrational fear and I don’t know what to do about it.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 8:41:06am
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I TOTALLY get the cricket thing!! I have the same irrational fear of pretty much any bug. I nearly drove my car off the freeway on-ramp once because a spider chose that moment to descend on a silken thread right in front of my nose. The spider was maybe the size of the head of a pin, but I was convinced that if it touched me, the world would come to an end. I somehow managed to swat it out the window and get my car back on the road - not an easy feat at 55 mph!! And how would I have explained THAT one to my insurance agent?! So tucking your pants into your socks makes perfect sense to me.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 9:08:07am
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A while back while getting my own root canal... as I was passing out from the lovely nitrous (I'm such a lightweight). I remembered vaguely hearing that moose flatulence was contributing greatly to global warming. Seriously? That's what the dentist was talking about the the assistant. Of course I convinced myself that I must've been dreaming, but you know I had to google it when I got home, AND it's true!
I am totally with Capucine on the fear of bridges. I hate bridges. We have a really long one over Lake Ponchatrain here. It's the longest bridge in the world according to their website... http://www.thecauseway.com/ Well... about once every 6 months there's a news article that someone drove off of it and died. It's so terrible. Once it was a Dad and his kid! Ever since I heard that I am terrified of driving over it! But it's the quickest way to get to New Orleans for Jordan's Dr. appointments at the Children's Hospital. So over it I go, I grip the wheel so tightly that my knuckles turn white and my hands ache all day afterwards. I know the it's unlikely that I'll be the one to go over... but I replay scenarios of what order I'd have to get the kids out, and if I'd be able to keep all 3 of their heads above water without them drowning me, if we were able to get out of the car! Ugh. I hate that bridge, and thousands of people cross it every day without incident so it's definitely an irrational fear, but it's very REAL to me.
I hope your crickets go away! I hate bugs. Ewwww.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 9:19:36am
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Oh Estee!!! Love the mental image of you sitting at home on probably a hot day and your wearing jeans and socks tucked into one another....Are your feet propped up too so appropo (sp?) hehehe!!! You are too funny!!!
I have the irrational fear of spiders and SCORPIONS!!! YEW!!! I have never seen a scorpion other than on TV and I literally freak!! I have to walk out of the room...all goosed bumped and squemished...AGH!!!!!
But my real irrational fear/phobia is when a stranger comes to my front door.... Man...do I hate it!!!! I don't know if you can consider it a fear....only because of the way I react....I know it's one of my greatest fears....but lets just say if you happen to be on the recieving end of this...You'd think you've just run across one of the nutiest people you will ever meet!! Well lets just say...someday there will be a sign erected in the neighborhood stating that the crazy lady lives at number 98!!!!
When answering the door...I have already checked you out from every percievable window...I come to the door with TOTAL attitude...and my demeanor would probably resemble a cat all arched up and ready to pounce... the hair is literally sticking up all over my body....goosebumps all over my flesh.... a bat behind the door!! really!!My tone of voice is like a drill sargent from Bootcamp...all I want is for you to leave my property...I'll spout something like....WHAT DO YOU WANT! Followed by I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS...or DON"T WANT ANY...I don't even listen to what they have to say...I'm NOT interested...and am in total defense mode....This is usually followed by a slam of my front door..If you ever hear of someone seriously injured while selling magazines door to door ....remember the crazy lady who lives at number 98...who was nothing but scared out of her wits!!!
I don't know why I react this way....it is soo bad...and it happens every time, half the time I won't answer the door. I HATE pushy people with a passion...so if it is summertime and you have the arrogance to yell through a window...then the crazy lady will come flying out of the house, screaming obscenities at you!! Guaranteed something big in one hand...
I really am a nice person...but I hate strangers and pushy, arrogant ones at that...
Do I qualify? Or should I say....Am I certifiable? hehehe!!! God Bless Estee!! have a great day!!!
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16-Jun-2008 @ 9:37:07am
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We've had those cricket epidemics here too; like last year was REALLY bad. It was due to all the rain that we had and we had a second "swarm" of them because of it. Lucky us. They totally freak me out and they were EVERYWHERE. Thankfully not in my house or I don't know what I'd do. But they were in stores and restaurants everywhere. I'd literally run from there wherever they were and wherever I was.
I also do not like spiders nor bridges. I can't imagine having to drive over one..a bridge that is:). Luckily, I've not had to do that yet and hope I never will. I can't even look out the window of a 3rd story building without feeling woozy:(
And I really do not like small spaces, like the elevator or those kids play place thingies you need to climb through. I HATE getting into an elevator with lots of people. I'm afraid we're going to get stuck and all the people are going to suck up all of our oxygen:)
Also don't like the dentist:( I will avoid going at all costs. Fortunately...or unfortunately...whichever way you'd like to interpret it:)...my BIL is a dentist.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 12:43:24pm
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Irrational fears? I probably have a ton of them! Wind...I do not like wind...wind causes tornados and windows crashing in and all sorts of scary things. Back at our old house, it seemed to ALWAYS be windy. Even if it was only windy and not even raining, I'd lug a ton of blankets and pillows and make everyone sleep downstairs in the livingroom. Well, everyone knows it's windier UPSTAIRS! DUH!! LOL Also don't like bugs especially spiders and scorpions. Don't like small spaces, heights, large bodies of water...are those irrational fears or just fears?? LOL I'm just a big scraredy cat! Oh, I don't like waking over those metal grid things that are sometimes on sidewalks or parking lots. I am convinced that as soon as I walk over one, it will fall in! LOL Oh, and I hate the dentist too! :)
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16-Jun-2008 @ 12:59:27pm
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Crickets creep me out, too! If they're in your house, use the nozzle feature on the vacuum cleaner to suck them up! Works great and no chance of any of those critters getting up your pants leg.
As for irrational fears, I have NONE. Every single one of my fears are very rational!
The dark ,well, from a stubbed toe to a monster waiting to jump out at me, those are very rational fears. I have stubbed my toes on many occasions. :p
Teenage son never moving out. Do I need to go into details for that one? ... I didn't think so.
Cheese in Asian foods. That is just wrong in so, so many ways!
What the FDA allows in our foods. Totally rational here.
And my biggest fear is that my grandsons will forget me now that they've moved away. Of course, I'm taking steps to remain memorable but the fear is still there.
Then there's the standard snakes and spiders (all the more reason for son to move out!!!).
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16-Jun-2008 @ 1:47:22pm
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After reading the others, add moose flatulence to my list. :rofl:
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16-Jun-2008 @ 1:47:59pm
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One word for the root canal fear: valium. Insist on it and you won't much care what they're doing to your teeth. It's the only way I can go to the dentist, just having pre-lim x-rays made me have to take a xanax because I was freaking out.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 2:47:58pm
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Hmmm..... Dare I share? Ok, I'll bite. My fear is actually quite humiliating and I have NO CLUE when it started or why. Since as far back as I can remember I've had this insane fear of balloons. I'm talking full-on heart racing, palm sweating fear! I was probably the only kid who didn't have balloons at my birthday parties and as far as going to any other party as a child or even still as an adult if balloons were involved it was/is an anxiety attack waiting to happen. Worse yet, every one of my children LOVES balloons which I've been told is completely appropriate on the mental health scale. I'm not convinced. We've had quite a few occasions where we've gone out to dinner and have seen those *balloon artists*.... whether or not we've had the kids with us is irrelevant.... I SWEAR those sadistic, so-called "artists" know all about my irrational fear! While at TGIFriday's one night this guy was determined to sell me on a palm tree hat. I very quietly and very politely declined MULTIPLE times. There were dozens of kids on the other side of the restaurant pacing, whining, and trying to wave this guy on over to no avail. I tried to whisper that I really didn't like balloons and to PLEASE move on. He replied by asking loudly "You don't like balloons???" & honking the clown horn on his hip. Then stated that he was going to fix me. "I know what can change that.... a nice big flower!" "How would you like a nice big flower?" By now he had drawn the attention of everyone dining at TGIFridays. It was like one of those old E.F. Hutton commercials. Even the kids on the other side of the restaurant were patiently awaiting my answer. I thought to myself "take the flower, you can leave it at the table & he'll shut up... YOU CAN DO IT!" but before I could open my mouth he decided to probe a little further. This guy was soooo in the wrong field of work! I've watched those that have been heckled by comedians that have been scarred less! He wanted to know what exactly caused my dislike.... "Is it the squeaking?" squeak, squeak, squeak... "or is it the static electricity if I rub it on my head?" rub, rub, rub By now I was having visions of punching him on his big, fat, red clown nose & I'm not a violent person at all! DH came out of his trance just in time as he threw some money down on the table and quickly escorted me out to the car. Haven't been back to TGIFridays since. Hmmm.... should I add that place to the list?
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16-Jun-2008 @ 3:28:54pm
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Oh, I love it!! The cricket & the root canal story, especially the part about your husband locking you out of the car & you banging on the window. I got the whole image!!! I am DEATHLY (I mean I scream bloody murder & jump all over the place & run out of the house) scared of spiders. I won't even kill the things!! If there is no one at home to kill if for me, I just leave & let the thing have the house all to itself. EWE, I get chills just thinking about it!!!
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16-Jun-2008 @ 4:00:23pm
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earwigs. can't stand them.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 5:26:59pm
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Found an irrational one! Princess Erin Jo's avatar! :rofl:
And thanks, Drex, for that reminder. I had to look up earwigs to be sure of what you were referring to. Yep, what I thought and up unto I read your post, had blissfully forgotten about. :p
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16-Jun-2008 @ 6:07:10pm
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As always, an awesome blog. I am scared of any kind of bug...so I understand your rationale. *lol* My dentist does "sleep dentistry" and my sister swears by it. Just the mere thought of the dentist sends her into a major IBS overload. Thanks for sharing. I happen to love that Bob Seger Song!
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16-Jun-2008 @ 6:30:51pm
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I must say thank you for the awesome mental picture! I can only imagine. It reminds me of the 80s when girls would tight roll their jeans and have like 3 pairs of slouch socks up over the bottom of the jeans. Oh, weren't those the spectacular fashions?!
I don't know if I would call my fears irrational... lol. I am fairy afraid of heights, which is crazy because I used to love climbing trees and things like that as a kid, and totally terrified of the thought of a tornado. I've hung out in the basement with some pillows, a flash light and a radio too many times. Most of those times were probably unnecessary. Ok, enough of me thinking of those sorts of things. lol
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16-Jun-2008 @ 6:47:20pm
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Well, here's my story. I had a lot of fears: spiders, tornados, bridges and probably more. Then I marry into a family with more fears than I can count or even imagine and I realize that I now have to be the fearless one. So now . . . I am . . . (sort of) . . . fearless. :)
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16-Jun-2008 @ 7:53:29pm
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here mine ships little small doesnt matter now i know alot of people would think iam a little nuts but i have turned down cruises i keep thinking titanic but i married a sailor go figure
and clowns what are they hiding behind that makeup? they have always been on the more irrational list for me
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16-Jun-2008 @ 8:09:28pm
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My biggest fear is bees and wasps. I'm not sure why, I've never been stung. I guess that's why. But they freak me out. I scream, I run, I do all the wrong things when encountered by them. I have also had one in the house and left until someone was around to go in and kill it. Seriously. Don't care much for other bugs either but I don't know if that's a fear or just being gross. Thanks for sharing Estee, you always have such good stories!
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16-Jun-2008 @ 8:25:18pm
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Okay...since we are sharing and I'm new to this site, I might as well jump in with both feet. I am deathly afraid of going to the bathroom at a camp site potty. (Or in the woods for that matter). I just KNOW that a racoon is going to sneak up on me and bite me on the bottom. Yes I know, racoons are not real common at Arizona camp sites. Nor are they in the habit of taking chunks out of peoples booties, but you did say irrational. My poor husband has learned two things from me 1. I only have a "holding" capacity of about three days". and 2. Roughing it means no mint on the pillow.
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16-Jun-2008 @ 9:37:07pm
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Spiders and sleepwalking children! Totally irrational, none of my children sleep walk. But I continue to worry that they may start any night soon.
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17-Jun-2008 @ 9:07:11am
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Ok Ok Ok, To keep the boogeyman that lives under every bed I have EVER slept in, away - I NEVER let fingers, toes, hands or feet hang over the protective edge of the bed. It's like an inviting appetizer for the boogeman. Even sleeping without at least a sheet for coverage is just plain asking for trouble. I never let my piggies out during the night - nope - not worth it. It's true - there IS an invisible barrier that borders the edge of every bed and it's protected me for the last 45+ years and I'm sticking with it.
Rules, people, we have to have rules. If stuffing pants into socks is one of your rules - I'm with ya baby!
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17-Jun-2008 @ 9:30:07pm
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Let's see: dentist, bees, spiders, driving behind logging trucks full of trees that are sticking out, having my blood drawn, getting cancer or any terminal disease, .... I could go on but my dh just told me that "We have busy, Woman," with a load full of clean clothes in his hands and pointing at the second load on my bed that needs to be folded. Hehehe. Oh, did I mention that I am dreadfully afraid of folding clothes. He didn't believe me either...lol.
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17-Jun-2008 @ 11:28:59pm
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My lovely irrational fear is of moths. Yes, moths. They are not pretty like butterflies, and them seem to flutter faster and crazier than a butterfly. So I don't like them. I loath them and their crazy flight.
But, in my case I know where my irrational fear of them came from. This one time, (not at band camp) but at the lake, my sister and I decided we wanted to sleep in this old pop-up camper that we had instead of in the cabin. And being kids, we of course pretty much never shut the door to the thing. So, when we went to go to bed that night, there were millions (okay probably about 5) of moths in there! They fluttered around violently the entire night. I was too freaked out to get out of the bed and run up to the cabin because I could of been attacked! Can you even imagine the horror of a moth fluttering near you or God forbid LAND on you?!?! I slept (or should I say did not sleep) with the sleeping bag over my head the entire night and did not move until my dad came to wake us up the next morning.
To this day, I will run and scream irrationally if a moth comes near me. Those moths and their crazy fluttering, darn them!
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18-Jun-2008 @ 7:44:55am
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Irrational fears? Yep I have some of those. Like when we used to cross a bridge that when over a large body of water and I'd get on the floor of the car cause I'm afraid of water where I can't see the bottom.
Or when I look under every piece of furniture in my house just to make sure there are no snakes. Why there would be I don't know but things happen.
Or when I see a spider web I have to furiously clean everything cause spiders are evil and I don't want them anywhere near me. They might attack me. Well they could! I will kill them but then I must scream loudly when they fall to the floor. Did I mention I kill them with bug spray? They curl up, die and fall to the floor.
I definitely have irrational fears.
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18-Jun-2008 @ 8:27:48am
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I have an irrational fear of the boogie man. I am just so sure that some creature is waiting to grab me in the area of the house used less often. So anytime I have to go downstairs I have to take my jack russell pup with me to make sure that there is no boogie man in the basement. My jack russell can run way faster than me, let alone hide under the couch, so he isn't much help. Anyway, when I am done working in the basement I'll turn off the lights and run up the stairs as fast as I can and wait around the corner to see if the boogie man followed me. It's totally irrational and I swear I'll never tell my hubby about this.
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18-Jun-2008 @ 10:33:47am
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My other irrational fear is driving underneath an overpass, but only if there is a car on it. I am always sure that if there is a car on it the bridge won't be able to hold it and it will all collapse on me. So... I hold my breath driving underneath overpasses, grit my teeth a little and speed up until I'm safe.
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18-Jun-2008 @ 10:35:29am
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Ooh ooh ooh - pick me, pick me! I could go on for HOURS about my irrational fears. Let's see - SLEEPING BAGS! I am HORRIFIED of sleeping bags! When I was little my friends "trapped" me in my sleeping bag at a sleepover - I honestly thought I was going to die. When they finally opened it up, I was upside down chewing a hole in the bottom so I could get out. Really - I'm not kidding.
Let's see - what else - snakes, mice/rats, spiders, clowns - yeah - I'm a wuss.
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18-Jun-2008 @ 11:16:39pm
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I have a few irrational fears, I don't mind crickets so long as they are outside and they don't jump out at me from let say my laundry room basket while I'm digging through looking for my DD's lost softball sock...Uggg...it's warm weather here in Las Vegas and every specie (spelling is horrible) of cockroach is breeding. Now these ugly horrible roaches come with WINGS, can you believe that, they don't just crawl in, or fly in, they dive in for the kill and they land with the nastiest thudd you have ever heard. I have this fear that they will purposefully land on me and not just one but a bunch. I hate going to many places at night as that seems to be when they (like all roaches) surface. We had a mouse once, it came in when the freeway behind our house was being widend, I wish I could say "poor things house was destroyed" and maybe if he hadn't made a beeline for my OPEN sliding glass door, I might have thought "poor thing" So even though my hubby tried to reassure me that he (the mouse) was more afraid of me then I was of him. BET ME!!! Those suckers can run. My DH got my DS's beebee gun and shot it with one hit. Now normally I wouldn't condone that kind of thing but let me tell you I was quiet happy with the kill and my house was once again rodent free.
One last irrational fear is the rain and thunder at night. It can storm like crazy all day but I hate thunder storms at night. I should say that this fear has come on the heels of my DH working 6 nights a week and I don't remember being such a whimp when he was home.
I just read a few of the fears and find I am not alone but one that I can totally rationalize with is from pinkysue and the campsite potties, ok they are holes in the ground and I never thought of a snake crawling up to bite my rear but spiders and flies landing on my behind EWWWWW...I have 7 kids 6 of which are boys so we do a TON of camping. Boys have it so easy. I wonder if they feel the same as we girls when it comes time for them to HAVE to sit??
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19-Jun-2008 @ 1:13:36am
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First,, I love the picture you painted in my head of you and crickets!! LOL,, Those I'm not afraid of,, I like their sound,, but I'm a country girl.
But that doesn't make me immune to those irrational fears! I can now control myself when we cross the Mackinac bridge,, unless it's windy,, and that bridge is moving,, I will not cross it,, and I've never drove across, being a passenger is bad enough!
I can tolerate a spider long enough to kill it, hate earwigs, and other crawly things, but can handle it now. I don't like pitch black dark, have to have some type of light, from the moon or something!
My irrational fears,, SNAKES !! Hate them,, can't breath if I see one, and cannot watch them on television!! Almost stepped on one as a kid and have never liked them but for some reason, when I see one now, my throat closes up and I can't breath! If I get a scream out,, all the neighbors for at least a half mile around can hear me! And I move so fast I don't even remember jumping on top of a picnic table or getting to the house,,, it's all a blurr!
Another one,, and don't laugh,,, is looking into a mirror without lights on,, if the power goes out and we have to use candles, you will never ever see me look into the mirror at night,, you know there was that scarry storry girls told each other as kids, about saying 'that' name into a mirror three times at night, well it got me good!! and to say those words into a mirror even if the lights are on! NO WAY !! I won't even type them,, I am that bad!!!
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19-Jun-2008 @ 11:42:25am
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Estee, your cricket cousins are living with me. Mainly in my basement and disrupting my Wii playing and scrapbooking. Every time I open the door to my scrapbook room, someone is already in there. They CREEP ME OUT. But not as much as the HUGE black widow spider I found recently in my pump house... I doused her liberally with hair spray (the only aerosol I could find....) and haven't seen her since.
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19-Jun-2008 @ 11:54:48am
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Centipedes. Way worse than crickets. Well, maybe. Now I am not sure. Crickets and grasshoppers are 'jumpy' and that is not good. Centipedes, they are just nasty. I also would never want to be caught in port clinton (oh) during mayfly season. Ewww!
But here is a really weird one. I have a fear (and have had for as long as I remember) of my teeth falling out. I often have a dream of this happening. I am usually trying to talk to someone and my teeth are all just hanging in my mouth so I cannot say a word or ask for help. (told you it was weird)
Name withheld (LOL)
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19-Jun-2008 @ 8:44:19pm
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Little fast moving lizards scare me. Actually, anything small and quick drives me to a chair. I have to admit, I did laugh while reading the root canal part. I on the other hand, have no fear of the dentist and daze and amaze my coworkers by having a root canal for lunch and returning to work afterwards.
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20-Jun-2008 @ 6:50:26am
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OMG, this is so what I needed to read this morning...I was laughing so hard and eating cereal at the same time trying not to have milk come out of my nose!!! LOL!!!
I have the same fear about spiders!!! Everyday, when I go out to check the mail...I start out by opening the door slowly and looking all around the entry way...no spiders, ok I step out, still looking all around me, because I am convinced that they are after my jugular! If my neighbors are ever watching, they probably think I am NUTS!!!! And now, I'm afraid I have passed on the same fear to my daughter....she is constantly looking out for bugs!
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22-Jun-2008 @ 8:26:41am
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I'd have to say snakes....Hands down...I know they are out there...that doesn't bother me...But once there is a "confirmed sighting" I just jumping at everything. DH said he saw one on the deck....and I have since started using the front door...He did say he "moved" the snake over the fence into the neighbor's yard...but still...They are out...So now he has to mow the yard too :D (I'm one of those weird people that actually enjoys that task because I consider it my "exercise" for the day/week/month whatever..lol
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22-Jun-2008 @ 10:27:14am
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I learned that when you go to put your outside shoes on, don't just flip them over thinking that will dislodge any creepy-crawlies. You have to actually pick them up and look in them. Having a large cricket crawl across your bare toes in a desperate attempt to escape your shoe is not a sensation I recommend to anyone.
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22-Jun-2008 @ 8:16:25pm
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Ok, I am laughing hysterically here and have been all week!!! I think we should all move in to some sort of compound together to brave out the scariness!!
I let Breuklyn choose the winner this week and she loved the dolphin in PinkySue's avatar, so PinkySue you are the winner!! Please PM me your email address! :)
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23-Jun-2008 @ 12:28:32pm
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I have to say, since I became a mother my fears grew exponentially! I do know of one, pre-mothermood fear: Spiders. On second thought, that fear has generalized into a fear of anything with more than 4 legs. Anything with 4, 2, or no legs is cool with me, but I detest multi-legged crawlies! Spiders evoke panic and sometimes tears from me. I can't get close enough to kill them, and I can't be in a room where I've seen a live spider and know it's still alive. They literally send chills down my spine. My cure to this problem? Get a big bowl (the more circumfrence, the further I can stay from the 8 legged frog food!) and trap the spider! Then tell DH to kill the web weaver!
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23-Jun-2008 @ 9:41:38pm
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