Irrational fears?

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I have a severe irrational fear of electric bells. Just looking at one on the wall makes my mouth go dry. It made my school life hell, because when we had to line up in the hallway right near a bell that was due to ring, I would anticipate it and nothing could distract me from it. I'd stand there white as a ghost, shaking with the anticipation. I was afraid to put my fingers in my ears because of the other kids might make fun of me. Sometimes I would stand further down the hallway away from the nearest bell, which made me look totally antisocial. But my fear of the bell overtook my school life. The science classrooms had an unnecessary loud bell in them, which made science lessons unbearable because I was worrying in case the fire alarm would go off.
My bell phobia actually make me look more Aspie than I really was. But I was too embarrassed to tell anybody.

as a child I hated and feared the high-pitched turbine whine coming from the vacuum cleaner.

Wow!! !! you guys really have the anxiety stuff going. I am so very glad I don't have most of these anxieties.

Not meant as a put-down, but I'm just relieved that the things that freak you all out, don't freak me out.

Mine too. I've almost been in some pretty nice accidents because of bees/wasps/stinging-flying-things and/or spiders in my car. I've jumped out of a MOVING CAR because a wasp flew out of the dashboard (luckily I wasn't driving).

I have an irrational fear of both boats and aeroplanes.

Never had a bad experience with either and rationally I know that likelihood of something going wrong is very unlikely.

But my worst and probably most irrational fear is polystyrene...

As soon as I see it, my mouth goes dry and I feel like I am going to vomit, the noise it makes while being crushed is worse than any other sound I have ever heard even thinking about it is making me feel weird.

dratted stinging insects!

People think my Monkey-phobia is irrational, but I think all fellow Autics should be afraid of Monkeys. They're smart, they could kill you in lots of smart ways and worst of all, they're grabby. I'm going on a field trip soon to Mauritius where they have monkeys in the deep forest. I'm just not going to go into the woods I'd be scared if one grabbed me and it might kill me if I don't have food...

For me its mainly people! doesnt help in a world of 7 billion of them eh!? lol... going into rooms of more than 1 person, or someone sitting next to me, or large groups and shops!... The other is relationships, most of my friends are women, but when finding love i am often/always used and seem to attract the ASPD spectrum, recent experience no exception! Its pure hell when you put your trust in someone and they trample you down and not only dump you but also try to make you feel even worse on top of that so they can create an inner excuse that it wasnt their fault! cant understand that mind mentality, people that cant take responsibility for their own destructive actions.

I read about that poor woman whose face was torn off by somebody else's "pet" monkey, so I understand the totally justifiable fear therein.