Anyone have an irrational fear

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I have several, here are some of them:

I have a recurrent fear that someone is in the backseat of my car when I drive at night.

I have a recurrent fear of being attacked every time I walk around in a certain area around of my parent's house at night, though I have never been attacked.

I have a recurrent fear that someone might be hiding in the house when I am alone or everyone is asleep. I frequently check closets and behind shower curtains under these circumstances.

I have a fear of moths, Mayflys, Giant gnats; most flying insects. Moths and Mayflys in particular. I am fine with slow moving, non-flying insects. In fact I used to have a pet giant millipede. I very much dislike house millipedes (Scutigera coleoptrata) though. I cannot be in the room with one, I will freak out.

I have Thalassophobia, fear of being in the Ocean. This extends to lakes, but not pools, hot tubs etc. as the main fear is being attacked by something in the water. I used to have an extreme fear of needles, but I am much better about it now.

Long list coming your way!

Dentists
Hospitals
Spiders
Thunder
Fire Trucks
Police (don't ask why... I just start melting down around them)
Bugs
Talking on the phone (unless its my mom)

I also have fears of things popping out of nowhere... like at haunted houses or in those really suspense sort of situations where you don't expect things to happen.

I also have a fear of riding elevators. I don't like the feeling of them when they move. It's not so much meltdown-induced but certain ones make me really unnerved. It depends on how they operate.

I also have an extreme fear of anything related to horror and goriness... like seeing someone's brains being spilled out... blood gushing, heads being cut off... anything like that. I also hate anything with suspense and horror... just basically anything that is unexpected in movies that I don't have prepare for... can really freak me out and give me nightmares and keep me up for more than even a week. It's such a bad fear that I literally have to avoid these things or it fills my head so much that it plagues my mind like a scratched record.

I used to have a fear of drowning and I would only rid that fear by wearing goggles because I thought they helped me swim better. I stopped wearing them after a while since my pool isn't that deep and I feel safe.

I have tons of fears that usually come and go.

Hmm...WOW! My irrational fears...

going blind
the dark
going in public
going to sleep!
talking to people
illness
being an invalid
GOD

The fears go on and on!! ! They probably have something to do with OCD too but I don't know. Laying awake in bed makes all my fears worse...and waking up in early morning...don't know if anyone else does that though. Suppose its just me!

I have arachnophobia (who doesn’t?), hydrophobia, and (I’m surprised there’s a name for this one) siderodromophobia. Look it up.