Silly Things That You Were Afraid Of When You Were Nine...

[AprilR]

Not really a fear, but when i was a Child i thought there was an immaterial "ministry of annoyances" that was responsible for things going wrong in your life. Kind of like Murphy's law except i didn't know what it was.

 

[GrownupGirl]

Growing up.

I still am.

 

[GrownupGirl]

Public toilets, and the skull and crossbones label on containers of poisonous household substances. Apparently kids nowadays think it means you'll turn into a cool pirate if you drink it.

 

[tree]

I still am.

A particular concern of mine, at age nine,
was that I'd have to marry some man that
I'd never met.

It didn't occur to me that if I got as far as
marrying somebody, I would have actually
met them. It was the idea of some unknown
person that bothered me.

 

[Ella Spell]

Black Diamond cheese logos.

They were black and orange so they reminded me of Halloween, especially against orange cheddar cheese.

They seemed too bold and sinister.

 

[NB79]

There was a rumor between the kids, that there was a black van going around with bad people that kidnapped children to take their organs. lololol.

 

[NB79]

I was so scared of The Nothing.

the black wolf scared the crap out of me. I liked that movie though.

 

[NB79]

My neighbour had a small dog, adjacent to my some backyard/scrapyard that was near my house, i went to play there all the time, one day the dog bited me in the leg, since then i was scared to go there and the dog for a long time.

 

[Luca]

One of the people who took care of me always said “Don’t run or you’ll fall and crack your head open.” She used it as a fear tactic.
So for my entire childhood I was afraid that I was going to literally crack my head open.

 

[tree]

One of the people who took care of me always said “Don’t run or you’ll fall and crack your head open.” She used it as a fear tactic.
So for my entire childhood I was afraid that I was going to literally crack my head open.

wow

That just reminded me of what my father's mother was so worried about:
choking.

She feared choking, so she very anxiously advised me on being careful.

I was not afraid of choking on the sucker I had that day.
It didn't even fit in my mouth.
One of those huge bigger-than-my-fist sized lollipops.

It didn't occur to me to be afraid of it.

 

[Gift2humanity]

The hole at the bottom of 170's spherical light shades, where you put the bulb in, it just gave me the creeps.
I even gave it a name but feel too embarrassed to put that here.
I imagine this one hung up with the hole at the bottom.
It scared me more when the light was off.
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