#irrational fears

[pratchettquotes]

Victor remembered being frightened of tigers when he was young. In vain did people point out that the nearest tiger was three thousand miles away. He'd say, "Is there any sea between where they live and here?" and people would say, "Well, no, but--" and he'd say, "Then it's just a matter of distance."

Darkness was the same thing. All dreadful dark places were connected by the nature of darkness itself. Darkness was everywhere, all the time, just waiting for the lights to go out.

Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures

#victor tugelbend #moving pictures #discworld #terry pratchett #childhood #childhood fears #tigers #nightmare #logical #irrational fears #distance #darkness #scared of the dark #just a matter of distance

[bookwyrminspiration]

wait random question did anyone else have a really specific random irrational fear as a kid they grew out of and is just part of their backstory or is that just me?

for example: until I was like nine/ten I was terrified of flushing the toilet. there was not enough money in the world to make me flush that toilet any sooner than the last possible second because I was so afraid of it

#random #shitpost #irrational fears #or if you still have it that’s fine too #I just remember that was something I was high key afraid of and went. this can’t be a unique experience #wonder what the mentally ill gay people in my phone would say #so. now we’re here #obviously I flush toilets no problem now #but seven year old me? nuh uh. she’s /sprinting/ away as soon as she touched the handle #not. not a joke #i really did that #for like five plus years

[discotitsposts]

going to the dentist today what if they tell me to open wide and then spit in my mouth

#irrational fears

[justanechoflower]

Who do you hate bees so much? They're just little flying buddies!

4/5 - Bees

#undertale #flowey #ask flowey #ask blog #art #ask undertale #small artist #undertale fanart #undertale art #paper art #flowey undertale #M!A #bees #traditional art #anon #irrational fears #theyre just little guys

[why-are-you-still-awake]

Irrational fear | Sasuke x reader

CW: Emetophobia

no use of y/n

Anyone else have a fear of throwing up? …………………………………………………

You had gone out with friends and ate something bad because suddenly saliva was collecting in your mouth like you were going to throw up and this immediately freaked you out. You swallowed several times to try and prevent the inevitable but it was no use. You suddenly stood up and dashed to the bathroom not even bothering to tell your boyfriend, Sasuke where you were going.

“Hey!” He said standing up and following you. “Are you okay?” You didn’t acknowledge him before rushing into the bathroom and kneeling down over the toilet, tears staining your face. Puking always made you panic, the feeling, the taste, it was all very overwhelming. Sasuke stood in the doorway before fully coming into the bathroom with you.

He knelt down beside you. “Hey…..what’s wrong?” He sounded slightly concerned which was out of character for your boyfriend.

“I-“ you managed to stutter out before gripping the side of the toilet, fearing the worst, even if it was irrational it always felt very real in the moment. Almost like you were going to die. “I- I feel like I’m going to throw up….” You mutter out, tears dripping down your cheeks.

Sasuke sighs, gently pulling your hair out of your face out having been through this routine with you before. Something happens that makes you feel sick, you start panicking about the possibility of throwing up and inevitably puking your guts out and being fine.

“Try to breathe.” He said with a neutral expression with a glint of concern in his eyes “Even if it’s slow.”

“It’s better to get it out of your body.”

“I-I know but…” you say quietly, saliva dripping from your mouth. You cut yourself off, attempting to take a deep breath only to make yourself gag. You knew it was going to happen but you still tried to avoid it, you put your hand over your mouth even if it was futile. Sasuke gently but firmly grabs your wrist and takes it away from your mouth.

“You know you have to, it’s the only way to feel better.” Sasuke stated calmly.

You nod concededly , resting your head on the edge of the toilet before throwing up violently with Sasuke holding your hair out of the way. When you’re finished puking, Sasuke wipes your face with a paper towel before looking at your with those dark eyes of his asking if you’re okay without verbalizing it.

You nod weakly, finally letting out a sigh of relief that it’s over. You sit on the floor suddenly remembering your surroundings feeling absolutely horrified that you just left your friends without explanation. Sasuke can sense your turmoil and uses his fingers to tuck a strand of hair behind your ear.

“It’s alright, you don’t need to explain yourself to anyone.”

He stands up and offers his hand to help you up as well, you take it and readjust your clothes feeling embarrassed for what happened.

“I’m sorry…” you say quietly, Sasuke waves the apology off dismissively

“Don’t be.”

“But-“

“I already said don’t be.”

You nod and smile, both of you walking back out into the restaurant and sitting back down at the table with your friends.

“Are you okay, dattebayo? Naruto asked, concern lacing his tone

“Yeah, I’m fine, just something I ate.” You nod reassuringly

The rest of your friends drop the topic before going back to eating.

“See?” Sasuke whispered to you

“I guess you’re right.”

“I’ll help you fight this fear….” Sasuke muttered, so you could just barely hear him

“What?”

“Nothing.” He said with a small smile, resting his hand on yours

Maybe you could get over this phobia

………………………………… A/n: i didn’t put this through grammarly or had it proofread so it could possibly entirely suck. But I hoped you enjoyed it.

Love, Rei <3

#sasuke x reader #naruto fanfiction #naruto #not beta read #sasuke uchiha #naruto fandom #cw emetophobia #irrational fears #I don’t know how to tag

[skylarkking]

Sometimes as a valveplug enthusiast/artist you get these sort of irrational fears.

I am always TERRIFIED that my sister or someone I know IRL will find my shit. My sister already KNOWS I have a Tumblr page (but my ancient one I forgot I had from 2012). But just... the fear.

#art #drawing #sketch #valveplug artist problems #irrational fears #im a grown ass adult #why am i scared of being caught #drawing gay mf robots? #transformers #hi mom

[alien-thembo]

Does anyone else have the horrible fear that while you're out in public someone will video you for looking or acting weird and it'll go viral and then you'll be bullied because the internet tends to do that to people that are different? It's a nagging fear I always have in the back of my mind and already being anxious and paranoid while outside does not help 💀

#agoraphobia #actually anxious #social anxiety #irrational fears

[rue-rue-thebestever]

"How is your dad immature? He's 52, theres no way he cant take something seriously."

Fine. Here is a list of things he's made fun of that are serious

My: tics, occasional stutter, situational speaking, anger issues, mental health, physical health and "irrational" fears.

#immature parents #emotionally immature parents #tourettes #situational mutism #anger issues #mental health #physical health #irrational fears

[selectivechaos]

irrational fears. 

i always got confused between these but i think:

rational fear is a response to stimuli that present a threat. eg. if you’re caught out in a bad storm. 

fear is irrational when it has no direct link to a threat. like fear of the dark. 

when listing fears, most of the ones i can think of are things like bugs and heights. which are irrational fears. i think this is probably because we don’t use the word ‘fear’ for rational fears; we prefer to call them ‘dangers’. 

but the fact that it is still counted as fear whether irrational or rational shows that the quality is the same. fear is not an object; it is a response. 

my social anxiety fears are of things that are unlikely to happen. they are irrational fears because they are cognitive distortions; fears based on trying to predict the future or guess what others are thinking of me. things i can’t know.

and i know in my head that that person doesn’t hate me, and that other person probably doesn’t think i’m annoying. but no matter how unlikely or even impossible the object of the fear is, the response is still fear. 

your fears are valid because the feelings of dread, panic, anguish etc that you feel are real experiences. 🌹🌹

#irrational fears #social anxiety disorder #social anxitey #social anxiety tag #phobias #irrational fear

[duomaxwellandducks]

Explain your fear of orange juice. It seems like you have good reasons for this

yeah i was pretty sure at least one person was going to ask about this but i DO have reasonings

i have this fear of it being those mac and cheese flavoring packets mixed with milk or water or smth. i just take a sip and i need a moment to reassure myself that it isnt just cheese sauce. it never is but when i take a second sip im like "are you SURE it isnt cheese sauce?" like no it isnt but i get scared whenever i see it now. its even worse with pulp because then i start thinking that its a clump of cheese powder.

what even is pulp? you're telling me that in my orange juice there is just CLUMPS? in the juice? and if i dont want clumps i have to purchase No-Pulp Orange Juice but why should i even have to? why is pulp INCLUDED? ive never heard of lemon juice with pulp or cranberry juice with pulp. ITS STUPID AND UNSETTLING.

why is it opaque? like seriously, whats up with that color. no other juice is opaque like that. like dark grape juice isnt opaque its just dark but orange juice is LIGHT. SO WHY DOES IT LOOK SOLID? i cant even tell if its frozen or if its liquid or if its cheese. it all boils down to cheese.

its something about the flavor. like in lemon juice it tastes exactly like lemons. in apple juice its reminiscent of apples. in artificial grape juice, it tastes absolutely nothing like grapes. but in orange juice? it starts off like "oh this is oranges!" but theres just a lil something off and i dont know what. pesticides? other fruit? cheese? I DONT KNOW WHATS HAPPENING WITH ORANGE JUICE HELP.

#orange juice #irrational fears #mental breakdown

[sirlonius]

My irrational fear is driving and at the exact moment I'm forced to close my eyes while sneezing is the exact moment where I'll miss out on avoiding someone hitting me.

#thoughts #irrational fears #fears

[sincerely-angel1]

❌ Fears/Triggers ❌

(Some of these are specific or odd and no I will not be elaborating)

👻 Fears 👻

Drunkenness/Drunk Men

The Ocean

Guns

Gluttony

Body Dysmorphia

Sex/Sexual contact

Insects

Snakes

The Fear That if Something Were to Happen to me, No One Would Believe me

Failure/Bad Grades

Losing my Mom/Someone Really Close to me

Dementia/Forgetting

Schizophrenia

Intimacy

Darkness

Health Problems

Being Lost (particularly in a forest)

⚠️ Triggers ⚠️

Being Ignored

Feeling Powerless

10/2/21

Doors Slamming

Feeling like Someone is Mad at me

The Smell of Cigarettes

Being Pushed/Pinned

Kissing/Being Kissed

White Dresses

Being Dismissed

Depressing Music

My Old School

#irrational fears #facing fears #haha #trigger warning #triggers #my triggers #my thoughts ig

[stuffymcstuffsworld]

There's nothing like screaming at the sight of a dead rat on the stairs.

That blood curdling shriek of pure shock. Not because of the rat itself. Not even because it's dead.

Why do I scream then? Because the bugs have started swarming it already, and I am far more afraid of bugs than anything else.

One of the neighbors hears me and scrambles out their door and comes over with a bat ready. Only to see what I'm screaming about.

Now they scream and I'm crying and laughing.

Honestly, you'd think there was a murderer or something at the way we're flipping out.

Finally this other neighbor come up the step to yell at us, then they see the rat and their like "aw hell no" and walks back downstairs.

Maintenance is out for the day and both me and neighbor 1 ain't touching it.

QUE KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR

My babe comes up the stairs with major sees the rat and tosses the leash to me. Proceeds to use one of those poop scoop bags and puts the body in that. Calmly walking down the stairs like nothing happen and they aren't tossing a dead body.

Me and neighbor look at each other and laugh.

#my partner #irrational fears #rats #dead things #bugs #neighbours #screaming

[parketmansion]

One of my fears is that I'll one day become famous through writing novels, but one well-meaning person is going to try and cancel me for plagiarizing the story idea from online, and then I will have to prove my innocence by revealing both my Wattpad and my Tumblr accounts

#irrational fears #funny fears #wattpad #tumblr

[thatmoththoth]

Top ten reasons I’m scared of theatrical fly systems:

If that thing breaks it’s taking you with it.

Theatre teacher instilling fear of the fly system (reasonable)

You could accidentally kill someone with it.

Someone could accidentally kill you with it.

They don’t pay taxes, you pay them taxes

Wow I sure love living *snap* *crash* *splat* *dead*

I don’t know the statistics but they probably kill more people than vending machines.

My relative died on stage. It wasn’t necessarily because of the fly system but I don’t doubt it was the mastermind behind it.

Why are you suspending bricks and heavy light fixtures 10ft in the air with rope?

They probably run the government

#theatre #theater #mad respect for people who run the fly system #couldn’t be me #shitpost #irrational fears #actually no it’s very rational #scary

[franknfurterstriangulardinosaur]

I think my stupidest fear is my fear of lifts. I’m absolutely terrified of them but I cannot walk down the stairs. I fall over too much on stairs and then I cannot stand up because my legs lock. Also the falling down makes my heart rate rise and I faint. Stairs are not accessible for me. Since I have decided I’m going to use a wheelchair, stairs are definitely not accessible. As much as lifts make me faint, they are a lot safer for me but additionally they’re terrifying. They move and they’re a box where you could get stuck.

#ambulatory wheelchair user #fears #wheelchair user #wheelchair #pots #postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome #cerebral palsy #disabled #disability #disability needs contrasting #physically disabled #irrational fears