Silly fears....
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Silly fears....
We moved into our new home this weekend! We are absoultely loving every last second of it and have been SUPER busy getting settled in. Our move has been quite eventful (stupid rain) but thankfully we should finish up tomorrow.
I had to face one of my STUPIDEST, SILLIEST fears yesterday and it got me to thinking about fears. I'll explain...
I'm on weight limit restrictions due to early contractions already, I'm on a 10 lb weight limit so of oourse I haven't been a whole lot of help. I've been having "baby duty" and have been watching my 3 week old nephew. Well yesterday I was in the dining room putting together a bar stool and I heard a noise in the kitchen. Well since it was just Cayden and myself it kind of freaked me out so I went to investigate. Well I came face to face with my BIGGEST, SILLIEST, IRRATIONAL fears in the form of a 4oz MOUSE!!!
I absolutely HATE mice and I'm TERRIFIED of them! I called mom on her cell and told her about our "visitor" and as soon as she got back home I ran to Walmart to get glue traps.
Well I'm happy to say that "Mickey" has been caught and is now no longer taking residence with us and I hope that he doesn't have any "friends" here with us....
So of couse everyone has been laughing at me and just think it's hysterical that it's not that I just don't like them but I'm actually scared of them... Give me a snake anyday, but not come near me with a tiny little mouse!
So what's YOUR biggest, silliest fear?
Both of my sisters are scared of clowns. My two are DUCKS and MICE, I know I'm crazy lol....
Clowns for me too, but I think the silliest is I'm terribly afraid of starting the BBQ grill (propane with auto start)! I just can't click that start button
snakes. I freaked yesterday in the house, when my dd said she saw one way out back by the blueberry bushes. I won't go near the bushes now.
Snakes and my fear is really bad.. i have nightmares if see them on TV.. It is really stupid and I know it but I can't seem to just get over it.
Although I find snakes and reptiles in general fascinating creatures, I need glass between me and them or I'll freak out! lol My biggest fear/phobia though is the dark. I blame my oldest brother! lol
We've had little brown critters that crawl on the floor and sometimes even small brown flying creatures, too! (bats!)
Some of the mice, we've gotten with traps. One mouse was taken care of by Jasmine.
DH takes care of the bats, which usually aren't too often.
My fears: I think I got this from my dad. I panic a little, being on a BIG HIGH bridge over water. When we crossed from Sarnia, Ontario into Port Huron, MI, on our way home from Niagara Falls, they made the cars go into the far right lane. We were close to the wall of the bridge. If Gary had had a choice, it would have been the next lane over, from the wall (or railing). The Blue Water bridge is VERY high off the water, that leads to Lake Huron, to make room for the ore tankers that travel the Great Lakes. So, I don't know if it was the bridge itself, or just a fear of heights.
Going over the Mackinac Bridge, later in the day, just wasn't as scary.
In South Dakota, the Iron Mountain Road, leading to Mount Rushmore, was twisty and curvy and it was a long way down, if you went over the edge. That scared me, too. I can tell I'm just not used to Mountains! I couldn't even turn my head to look at the pretty scenery! Gary was a very careful driver; there just wasn't much room for error. I don't know how the tour buses do it, since they are so big! It seems so silly now.
Being in my basement, in the dark. Sometimes, when Gary sleeps in the basement, he turns out all the lights. If he is asleep already, I turn out all the lights, except the one by my computer, so it's not completely dark, because I would freak out, if I was down there and it was completely dark. Although, he usually has the TV on, so it's not completely dark.
Praying mantises. My brother used to collect them in a can and dump them on me. I'm fine with mice, snakes, the dark and average heights. I'm not a fan of spiders but I wouldn't consider it a real fear. Oh yeah, if we're talking true phobias, the dentist!
BATS!!! There's nothing that freaks me out like bats!
Really funny...i don't really have silly fears. But what I do have is a silly level of fear. I am most of the time fine, but every now and again that switch flips and I just can't seem to not be irrational.
My big story, hubby is out of town, he travels a lot. So I am on the first floor, playing on the computer about 11 pm. Well the wind is blowing, we had some loose siding, I hear it whistle, the trees rubbing etc. At some point I decided that I was getting a little anxious, so the dog who had chosen not to come inside, would comfort me. So I go to let her in. I call out the front, she doesn't come. Hmmm...i call again. At this point, I know that I have panic. What am I scared of...the dark..i guess. Anyway, so now I am bound and determined to get the dog, because if some psycho was out there, he would hurt the dog. So now I go to the back sliding door. I have all the lights out, so i can't been seen...rofl. We have vertical blinds, but I don't want to open them, again trying not to be seen. So I just pull them ever so slightly open, so I can lean my head out....as I do this and call the dog, I lean and the wand touches my shoulder. I just lost it. I didn't sleep at all that night. I was sure someone had touched me. I even called hubby at that point to calm down. Now my mind knew that again, nothing was wrong, but I never really could convince myself of that. Crazy!
I hate snakes and bats. I'm ok with snakes if there is glass between us and have even picked one up and held it in a controlled environment. But...I hate snake surprises.
I'm not a big fan of bats either but I hate mosquitoes so I'm even considering allowing DS and DH to build a bat house. We'll see.
Kaye, that would have TOTALLY freaked me out! I would have broken into a sweat!
My fear is the dark. I can't even walk through my own house in the dark. When I go to bed, I have to turn on the light by my room, then walk back across the room to turn out the kitchen light, then walk through my room and turn on the bathroom light, go back and turn off the hall light, and then go into the bathroom to get ready for bed. When I am ready for bed, I turn off the bathroom light and practically run to my bed and get under the covers! What a baby I am!! When my dh is out of town, I actually sleep with the hall light on.
Gosh, it's so embarrassing to tell it like that!! LOL
oh, and I HATE snakes. I saw one a few weeks ago while cutting the grass. I stiopped and ran away. THen had to literally talk myself into finishing cutting the grass.....next time the grass was high, I made dh cut it
Patti, I had the same thing happen one time when I was mowing - I left the lawnmower right where it was and dh had to finish mowing when he got home.
Cockroaches/ Waterbugs
Snakes, mice, and a dark house. I can be outside in the dark but I hate being in a dark house. And when DH is gone, lights are on.
A few years ago, I swerved to miss a truck bumper in the road. My SUV went on two wheels and wobbled. I traded it in as soon as I could. I researched cars and went for a high safety rating (Chevy Impalla). I am a basket case whenever I have to drive on 95 (where it happened). My fear is dying in a car crash. I drive my hubby nuts because I really get upset whenever we go on that road.
Give me bugs, snakes, bats, etc any day, just don't make me go on I-95!
Two big fears for me. One is being underground. I can't stand basements, lower level floors, etc. I used to request my library books and then pick them up from the main desk later if I knew they were in the library's basement. Also, being alone in the dark. I'm ok if it's completely dark and someone is in the house (relatives and friends of course), but if I'm alone and it's dark, I have to have lights on.
I am not fond of tight spaces. Large crowds...particularly being in the middle of a large crowd bothers me. This also affected me when I was taking a scuba diving course. I completed the course and I did make myself complete the certification dives, eventually. But it really took a lot of effort on my part to keep from panicking at the bottom of the lake.
I have a healthy fear of heights. I'll go up in tall buildings, bridges, tall roller coasters, airplanes, ziplines, because I do not want to miss out on anything. lol However, I have to stay focused and not let the fear get the best of me.
I am terrified of poisonous snakes. I won't bore you with the stories. Several times I have nearly put my foot down on a copper head. My reaction was nothing less than sheer terror. ha
Big black scorpions the size of my hand and bigger. I cried when that ran across my kitchen floor. 
When my kids were infants I was petrified they would die of SIDS. Or that someone would drop them, etc... So much so, that I had their cribs in my room so that I could hear them breathing all night. I still find myself scared to death at times that something bad will happen to them. I would not be able to live if something happened to one of my kids.
Nancy, I am the same way about the dark house....DH was in NJ on business last week, and I couldn't sleep/left all the outside lights on/left a gazillion inside lights on AND locked myself in my bedroom.
Also do NOT like confined spaces, and particularly a room with no window - I could never stay in an inside cabin on a cruise. The very thought of that sends me into a panic!
I am somewhat afraid of bridges - I have this horrible fear of drowning.
There have been other fears that have come and gone......but those are my biggies.
yija...now that you mention it...I had a recurring dream from about age 12-25 about me in a massive car wreck, in a large white vehicle. You won't catch me owning or driving a white car ever. My first car was white and it was just so hard for me!
Conni, for a few years after losing my first little guy, and then especially after losing Sonja, I had a crazy fear of losing any more of my kids. I have really had to remind myself that I am not at all in control, just to be able to stay sane! Since starting meditation, I have been repeating, "my kids are healthy, happy and safe". It sure makes me feel better, and I'm sure it makes them happier to not have such a completely paranoid mom.
Being upstairs, in the dark doesn't bother me. We have a nightlight, in the kitchen, though, so that helps and our carbon monoxide monitor, has a bright green light, in the hallway at night, so it's not really that dark.
We put the nightlight in our kitchen, because if you've been down in the basement, staring at a computer screen, with other lights on around you, it's really hard to see in the DARK kitchen, when you come upstairs to go to bed. My eyes couldn't adjust that fast. The nightlight is just enough illumination to be able to walk safely.
My bedroom has a room-darkening shade on the window that faces the street. We have a bright streetlight, right outside that window. The shade makes a huge difference. On the other window, we just have the drapes. The light coming in that one isn't so bright and I don't want it completely dark in there, if I have to go the bathroom, or something. The bright lights, from the supermarket, about 2 or 3 blocks away, are enough of a "nightlight" for me!
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