fears throughout your life that were considered odd

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I forgot to mention im a huge Germaphobe, a head cold or respritory infection i dont mind but everything else scares me, mostly because im scared if doctors will have to touch me, when i was 2 i was burnt badly by chicken broth and was hospitalized, they tried to put a cathador in me but my dad stopped me and ever since then i have a fear of doctors touching me

Re-read my post, along with others, and realized that I didn't cover my oddest fears --

** The little red guy in the remake of Island of Dr. Moreau (Brando version). Just looking at him scared me so badly that I had a severe panic attack and had to medicate myself. I have yet to watch the movie again for fear of the same reaction. I have NO idea why I would have such a reaction.

** I'm a bit of a hypochondriac. I mostly have a fear of having a heart attack, but stroke, cancer and suffocation are up there as well. Any pain or sensation in my body that could even slightly be referred back to one of those things will set off a panic attack.

** Clowns. Actually that's not quite true. I'm not afraid of clowns so much as they just creep me out.

The biggest irrational fear I ever EVER had was a fear of a famous French mime in the 60s named Marcel Marceau. Rrrr...even typing his name kinda freaks me out, and he's been dead for 12 years. I don't know what it was about that guy, but I was completely utterly terrified of him. I remember an incident once where he was on TV -- he was on the old Red Skelton variety show quite often -- and my mother tried to get me to come out of my bedroom and watch him. I went into complete hysterics! Her efforts ended after she tried to actually DRAG me into the living room, and I was screaming and holding onto the edge of my mattress, practically pulling it off the bed. To this day I can see a picture of him and it will STILL freak me out. Even out of makeup the man is creepy-looking. He's in two movies that I know of -- Silent Movie (in makeup) and Barbarella (out of makeup.) I've been teased and mocked because of this fear because no one can believe anyone could be scared of a mime. And I'm not scared of all mines. Just this one...

I was scared of getting dirty and getting all sweaty when I was in my pre teens.

In childhood and into my teens I had the nausea/vomit one and also a general fear of getting sick. I'd sit there sweating when my parents watched the news and they would talk about this year's killer flu outbreak or meningococcal. I also had an OCD about walking in a room at night without turning a light on too. It was weird, I had this rule that I could keep one hand outside the door holding the frame without turning the light on if I just wanted to look inside then walk back out but if I wanted to go all the way in the room the light had to be switched on.

I have a fear of walking up the stairs when I'm at home. I always feel like there's someone behind me.

When I was young I had a fear of the toilet flushing. I would open the bathroom door, flush and then leg it out of the room as quick as I could. It sounds a bit silly now.

I was also afraid of the sound of the water being sucked down the plughole in the bath.

I have a fear of walking down the stairs without looking at my feet. I always worry I will miss a step and fall and break my neck.

I have a fear of walking up or down the type of stairs where you can see the ground through the gaps in them.

I think it stems from childhood, where I thought I was gonna fall through the gaps.

i forgot im also very afraid of Mascot uniforms, once barney came to my school and he scared me so bad i started crying while everyone hugged him and said hi

A bottle exploded in my face this summer. Ever since I can trigger that millisecond without thinking. Not just with bottles of drink either, but with this computer I'm sat in front of and malfunctioning machinery. Hand driers seem to be good at doing it. I'll be drying my hands and suddenly imagine the hand drier exploding; just hearing the loudest, shortest sound and realising I have its shards embedded in me and I'm covered in blood, so the extent of this fear is clearly odd/irrational. The fear's dulling now but it's still unpleasant. It's an intrusive thought.

I had a fear that triggered a lifelong perseveration.

When I was a little girl there was a show on television called Perry Mason. About half of the program took place in the courtroom. Perry Mason would be questioning a person and ask. "where were you on [such and such a date] at [such and such a time]?"

it scared the hell out of me. I thought that if someone asked where I was at a certain time,and that I could not remember, that I would be convicted of murder.

So,I started documenting everything that occurred in my life. After over 50 years, it is only in the past year or so that I have slowed down on this.

Toilets, in particular automatic ones.

Big Leaves, and plants in general.

Lettuce. I'm still terrified of lettuce.

I remember when I was little, my father took me to the airport to see planes and other aircraft do their thing. A C130 was about to take off. The engine had a creepy sound to it. The whole thing was so overwhelming and creepy, so I cowered in fear behind my dad. I'm over the fear now, but when I hear a C130 or a Blimp's engine, I kinda feel just a little bit icky inside of me.
I also remember I had a fear for the smoke detector/alarm in my old house's main hallway. The lights on it had creepy and haunting patterns. I kinda had some concern about its function and world though. I remember one night I asked a family member if the neighbors had a smoke detector (Our house was meant for two families, so it was basically a double apartment). Ironically, the house burned down the next morning.

I was afraid I'd go down the drain if mom didn't take me out of the tub before the water got too low.
She had to lift me up over the threshold of the end of the escalator and the floor because I couldn't step over it and also thought I'd go down the crack.
When the car overheated and steam came out of the hood.
The washing machine that "walked" away from the wall if it was off balance. This actually invoked utter terror in me!
My neighbor's dogs.
For a while, I didn't want to ever leave the house because I was afraid we'd come home to find it burned to the ground.
The sound of the garage door closing.
Today I hate bridges and don't want to travel for fear of bringing bed bugs home. I've never even had them but I want to keep it that way. I also hate flying.
Wow, I had a lot, lol!