Childhood Fears

I dont like the dark

when i was a small child growing up in the bay area in california, i remember the very first time i was ever REALLY scared, and it carries over to this day, there was a serial killer loose known as ´THE ZODIAC KILLER", and the community was terrified, he had no pattern, everything was so random, and there were very little clues, on top of that, he was craving attention, so he was taunting the police through the news media and television, so it was always the lead story on the news. to see the grownups so scared...my father was a tough man... and he was nervous.. that made me very afraid... terrified...i NEVER saw my father afraid of anything.. so this guy must be a monster !!! well.... they never caught the zodiac killer...and to this day, when i here the word "zodiac".... even in a astrological sence...i get.... at least for a brief moment...a little afraid, and remember what it felt like to be a scared and helpless child.

I remember that Dr Who episode Cat! it was scary too.
It´s always been moths with me....those big furry white ones...we call them Bobhowlers around these parts... don´t know what triggered the fear but i´ve always had it xx

i dont like red paint on walls when i was small we lived in an old victorian house .. which also had a basement which lead through 2 the back garden .. and on the wall ajoining 2 next door was red paint .. my nan said it s where a man was shot .. and i believed her .. red paint dont scar me as such .. but if i see it it reminds me of the basement wall xxx

my chidhood fear os spiders it still is today
they never use to bother me .... i was ok as long as it didnt get on me
but i was allowed to stay up one night and wach thew spider film with lots of spiders in it ( i carnt rember the films name ) but thare was millions of them in it killing ppl with one bite
i carnt be in the same room as them now
if i see a spider in my room i carnt sleep in thare till its gone
after i watched the film a friend thorght it was funny to put one on my coat ..... i ended up crying .. i was shakeing knowing it was on me .

i am scared of granny´s...just ask noo´s

Diane, I´m terrified of gas masks too! My mum showed me one when I was tiny and I totally freaked out! I´m the same still. I remember an episode of Dr Who with the ghost of a boy from the war who was looking for his mum. That chap who played Victor Meldrew was in it.....
It was horrible. Every person the creepy little boy touched, their face turned into an empty gas mask...! Chilling!

watched a movie last night called drag me to hell, had to pretend i was tired and went to bed before the end lol scary movie

Poor you that´s awfull.
Im 45 too & most of the time im quite rational but not at the foot of the stairs xx

Yes I do! When I was three, living in Dundee, my brother four, our parents were acting in a play, so we had some babysitters. We played this silly game as we got into our bunkbeds. The girls would pull the sheet up over our faces, and when they pulled it down, they would be wearing a silly hat or wig that they found in the attic. One girl pulled the sheet up to my face and when she pulled it down, I came face to face with a...WW2 gasmask! Not the sort of thing to show a child! It was black, rubber, with small eyeholes, and a long ribbed tube and filter box at the bottom. I went crazy! I even hallucinated dozens of gasmasks jumping up to attack me! Even going to my cousins house, they had a shower fitment above the bath taps, with the ribbed tube and I freaked, thinking that was like the gasmask. When I´ve had operations through the years, including the gall bladder removal in 2005, I´ve been in a state over the anaesthetic room, incase I have a black rubber mask on my face or even LOOK at one! I tense up and can´t breathe when I see a fire engine, or hear the fire alarm, because the firemen wear their breathing apparatus. I´m 45!
I watched a video recording of a nanny course I did in Oz, but before looking through the camera, the guy had to remove the eyepiece. Guess what it was made of: yes, black rubber! A hot water bottle needs a cover on it!