(07-10-2012 03:36 AM)Melirune Wrote: I'm scared of going to Japan ... in the end I'm just going to have a weird alien ghost monster ninja put its tentacles inside of me whether I like it or not.
To each their own. If you happen to come across a plane ticket to Japan I will gladly take it off of your hands for you. :3
As for what I am afraid of, it varies. A lot of my deep personal fears come from a history of trauma and psychological abuse so i'll keep those separate, but some of my more "reasonable" fears include:
- Mirrors (in dark): Rationally, I know the Boogeyman isn't going to be in the reflection, but I still can't look at them.
- Portraits (in dark): I have poor vision in one eye which leads me to see things 20/20 with one eye, but fuzzy in the other. In dim light this causes the illusion that the eyes/mouths of the people in the pictures are moving and it creeps me out.
- Mushrooms/fungi: It's not so much looking at a picture of one, but being close to them, as I have this feeling in my head that in doing so I'll get spores on me and they'll grow. I understand that some mushrooms are intended for food and are "safe" and I can pick those off of pizzas and stuff, but wild ones scare the hell out of me.
A funny fear-related story I'd like to share happened to me when I stayed with my friend and his father out on their ranch. The guest room had the following: a large mirror and a painting of the Virgin Mary's face. Of course, at night this was going to bother me, so I covered the mirror with a sheet and took the painting down and turned it around. I intended to fix these when I left, but forgot. Weeks later my friend tells me "my dad thinks you're weird" and then tells me that I left the sheet over the mirror and the painting down.
I'm sure his father thinks I am a vampire or something.
