We all have them. You know, the those out-there worries that something terrible is going to happen to your hampster, or you will be struck by lightning of that your jaw will dislocate when you are brushing your teeth, or anything else, really. My best friend fears that she left her hair iron on and that her house is going to burn down. Actually, this may be more of a case of OCD than irrational fear, so get help, lady (just kidding). And then sometimes you find someone that has the same irrational fear as you and you realize that you aren’t alone (though you may both be crazy). Here are a few of my irrational fears:
1.) That I have chronic fatigue syndrome. I have been very tired lately, but I think this is due to either an overactive thyroid or just gettnig older and needing more sleep. Blood test reults are coming back next week so we will see what the heck is wrong with me, if anything.
2.) That I left the oven on when I am at the movie theatre. After a stressful evening a few months ago, I blame Mr. Leah for this irrational fear (that is not actually that irrational after all, I guess.)
3.) That I am going to get fired. Maybe this is because I am young and new in the field, but I always think I am essing up big time at work. The opposite is true here, because I love my job and my team and in my supervision meeting this week my boss complimented me big time.
4.) That I will never amount to anything in my life and will spend my life living paycheque to paycheque. I don’t think I am alone in this one! I am going to work hard and do my best and I am sure that I will get somehwhere in this world.
Do you have any ridiculous (or realistic) irrational fears?
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I also fear that i weill never amount to anything in life.. that’s one of my biggest fears, another fear of mine is that i am a terrible mother to my boys and they’ll end up just being a drain on the world instead of contributing to it in a positive way. and I’ll be stuck in my mother in laws basement for the rest of my life.. ( that’s my most ridiculous because I gave Ian a deadline.. hahaha )
Most of those fears aren’t irrational if you ask me. I am also afraid of not amounting to anything and living paycheck to paycheck. I don’t think it’s irrational, this is life for many people. I often think that budgeting etc. should be a mandatory course in highschool, it relates more to my life than shakespeare.
I often fear, in a rather irrational fashion, that people are talking about me behind my back (see parania). Sometimes I get pretty worked up about it but most of the time I get over it pretty fast by reminding myself that I a rational and awesome person.
I’m with Allison. I alllways think that people are talking about me behind my back, and watching me. Especially when I’m walking alone at school. It suucks.
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Just to reassure you about #1 – CFS has many more symptoms than fatigue, including a sore throat, fever/chills, orthostatic intolerance (dizziness &/or increased fatigue on standing upright), difficulty maintaining steady body temperature, post exertional malaise (feeling much worse for long periods of time after exercise or unusual activity) etc. For the best diagnostic protocol: http://www.cfids-cab.org/MESA/ccpccd.pdf So if fatigue is your only symptom, it’s not CFS
I think almost every 20-something has fear 4.
I am terrified of centipedes/millipedes. Any other creepy crawly can crawl their way all over me, but if there’s a centipede in the apartment I have to get someone else to kill it for me!
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1) Hair straightener, obviously a problem that I am working on
2) That I will have to get one or both of my feet amputated
3) Nose bleeds. I used to be that kid in grade 2 that had a nose bleed EVERY DAY. This is why I don’t like anyone touching my nose/nasal area.
4) I worry there are spiders living in my bed.
5) And of course – money. Effing money.
I would be the one who always worries about leaving the hair straightener on and am going to burn down the house. I call home at least once a week to make sure I haven’t. I also don’t like to leave the dryer on when I’m asleep or not home.
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i wouldnt say those last few are too irrational… i think everyone has a fear of getting fired and a fear of not becoming anything in life. but i think that its what pushes you to become better.
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The last one. The last one is definitely something that haunts me… especially as I see-saw between between so motivated and being so afraid to fail. But lately I’m forcing myself to just jump and risk failing because if you don’t try, you will never know right?
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Every time a couple, who seemed so great together, breaks up, I feel blindsided and have a mini-freak out for about 2 days while I fret that my boyfriend is going to do the same thing to me! It’s irrational and he’s never given me a reason to think that, but I just can’t help it.
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I’m always afraid of getting fired–it’s constantly on my mind! I’m afraid of people “getting me” when I’m running and it’s dark outside, jumping out of a vehicle or from behind a tree, etc. (maybe that’s not so much an irrational fear but common sense!) I’m afraid of owls and fire.
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Hey Leah…I’m commenting on your blog (hehehe)!! But I totally love this question. Like you I totally have the fear of not amounting to anything. I’ve actually felt like that for the last year or so. I call it my quarter life crisis. It happened right before I turned 25 and has been going on ever since. But it’s definitely pushing me in the right direction because it’s that fear that’s motivating to work hard and get my butt in gear. But I have funny fears too…I always get this weird vision of me breaking my ankle. I’m the clumsiest person ever and I’m surprised I haven’t broken it yet for how many times I’ve injured it. Weird…I know!!!
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Leah I fear I am going to do nothing with my life every day. In fact I came on here to read about what you were doing so I could think about something else! It was so much easier though when every day I could wake up and ask you what I was going to do with my life…because then you would comfort me by saying you were going to crawl into a dark hole with me!
Oh and I ALWAYS call Jono and make him check if the straightener is on Natalie! It’s perfectly okay to be a little OCD!!
My fear is that I’ve already had my biggest success and it’s downhill from here. Or even worse, that if I believe my worst fear, I will make it come true.
xo Evie
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I am afraid of anchors. I can’t even look at a boat on tv. The long big ropes that tie the boat to the dock petrify me. I try to look at a picture of a boat, but it scares me to death. The funny thing is if the boat is not in water or if an anchor is on land, I’m ok. It’s just when they’re in the water. I can’t look at the water, especially in the evening. My heart is racing as I write this just visualizing a boat in the water and the long ropes and the anchor. How can I get help??