We all have those things that don't bother some people, but that frighten us to death. For me, it's stinging insects and the remote possibility that I'm going to look up and see a murderer's face pressed against an un-curtained window after dark. For other people it's spiders, or parties, or whatever.
If you're curious about the "normal" things that freak some people out, these 16 people are ready to share.
16. I just got a shiver. Ick.
When cockroaches starts to fly.
Muffled buzzing behind the drawer.
You know it's there, but can you catch it in time?
Will it fly straight at your face if you move the drawer?
Will it rush under the bed?
15. Isn't anxiety fun, y'all?
A phone call and if it's a video call, i can feel my soul leaving the body.
14. Because this is something no one should be doing in this day and age! Text first!
Unexpected knocking on my door.
I have nothing to hide, all my bills are paid but for some reason I get a mild panic attack when someone knocks.
13. I didn't see this one coming.
12. This fear is not irrational at all.
11. Yeah, television scenes with tooth injuries are the worst.
10. Huh. I wonder what it is about that particular noise.
9. Gives me the heebies, too.
Confrontation.
From knocking on a door to eye contact.
8. Someone has seen Psycho too many times. So, once.
Closing my eyes when shampooing.
I've seen too many horror movies to enjoy darkness.
7. This is one household job I refuse to do.
6. The seed that grows a horror novel.
This is gonna sound weird but seeing things in the middle of the road at night.
I was once driving home one night and turn a corner to see a dog in the middle of the road. Nothing weird right? Completely normal sight in a suburb. Every instinct in my body was telling me to get out of there NOW.
When I see stuff in the middle of the road at night it doesn't matter what it is I get chills, goosebumps, my airs stand on end and my palms sweat.
It's happened with deer, dogs, people, raccoons, and even a trash can once. Can't explain it but it terrifies me
5. Definitely someone's idea of torture.
4. The scariest thing it could be.
Distant motionless silhouette.
Quiet and still, but the fact that it's on a flat empty surface pulls your attention to it.
Especially bad if there's no turns and you have to pass it to keep going.
It's not a weird or unwarranted fear, it's a common trope in horror. And I'm pretty sure it's evolutionary; a motionless silhouette in the night is how most nocturnal predators appear, like the big cats. The scariest thing it could be, for me, would be a disheveled woman standing in a weird and unnatural way.
3. I think many people have this fear.
2. This is our brave new world.
1. You never know what you're going to see in there.
Some of these honestly surprised me - I never would have thought?
What everyday thing scares you? Confess in the comments!
