We wanted to know – what things give you the heebies the most?
Mind Diseases
“Becoming schizophrenic or getting dementia/Alzheimers. No longer being able to trust my pov.”
Mind Diseases
Another user agreed: “Also afraid of this. Watched two relatives develop late onset schizophrenia growing up. It happened rapidly.”
Bug Wings
“When a big bug you are observing opens its shell to reveal wings. F****** run.”
Bug Wings
“Those things are terrifying. Like the bite wasn’t bad enough they have to be heinously agonizing, too.”
Kids
“I prefer teenagers over little kids. I taught high school for over 30 years… I can relate to them. I’m basically just an old teenager at heart. I couldn’t handle first graders though.”
Emergency Alert Siren
“The U.S. one scares the s*** out of me as well. It makes me think of eerie thoughts.”
Emergency Alert Siren
Another user weighed in: “The sound the US uses was specifically chosen to scare the living s*** out of you. They don’t want people ignoring it.”
Meeting Etiquette
“Let’s go around the room and introduce ourselves.”
Meeting Etiquette
“Just did this today and I’m proud to report I did not die though it was truly a close one.”
We Need To Talk
“My mother texted me “call me” without any context. Never has it been important, but she still does it, and it still freaks me out.”
We Need To Talk
“In my house saying that means someone is dying or dead.”
Deep Ocean
“We haven’t explored a vast chunk of it and still have managed to find scary as hell fish.”
Deep Ocean
“What’s the actual possibility of megalodon having survived in the deep somewhere?”
Jail
“10 hours in intake was enough for me. Even with a TV playing, it was still hell.”
Jail
“Do not commit crimes, people. It’s not worth it.”
Kids Getting Hurt
“Something happening to my kids. Literally terrifies me to my soul.”
Kids Getting Hurt
Another Reddit poster agreed: “I want to create a perfect world for her of sunshine and rainbows and happiness and good people and it just breaks my heart that I can’t.”
Murky Water
“Getting my feet/legs touched by something while I’m in a murky body of water.”
This guy wasn’t the only one: “Ohhhh something touching my leg in the water is pure nightmare fuel.”
Sleep Paralysis
“I’ve had it many times. Last time it turned into a lucid nightmare, and I couldn’t will myself awake like I normally can.”
Sleep Paralysis
“In the dream I decided to thrash around and scream, hoping to make some noise irl to wake up my wife so she could then wake me up. Blew my mind when it worked.”
Wasting Life
“Feeling like I’ve wasted my life and it’s too late to do anything about it. I’m 46 and still have no idea what I want or who I really am.”
Fascism
“The increasingly real possibility that America could descend into a fascist authoritarian nightmare world.”
Fascism
“We need to start riots. This is unreal. I’m conservative, and I won’t even vote red.”
Social Interactions
“Making people uncomfortable or coming off as rude or creepy. I go as far as actively avoiding social interaction with people because of this.
Social Interactions
“It’s not good, and I’m trying to work on it, but honestly I don’t know how to actually fix it.”
Needles
“I have had this fear since I was a child. I get poked and prodded on a weekly basis right now (fighting cancer), and I still can’t look at the needles.”
Tokophobia
“Extreme fear of childbirth”
Tokophobia
Not uncommon: “That’s one of the more rational fears.”
Parasites
“I’m not actually scared of a lot, but the idea of having something inside of me, feeding off me, killing me from the inside out while I’m totally unaware gives me mad heebie jeebies.”
Inflation
“Thinking about how expensive it’s going to be in the future just to stay alive. I’m scared.”
Inflation
“Feels like that future is already now. I haven’t eaten in 3 days because I have to choose between rent and food, and I work 60-hour weeks.”
Drowning
“I’ve almost drowned twice, once when I was eight and again when I was 50. Not the recommended way to die .”
Drowning
“I almost drowned when I was 9. Told them I didn’t know how to swim, and they got so angry at me the woman grabbed me and threw me into the lake. I just remember waking up from CPR later.”
Losing Your Pup
“The death of my dog, the soul I loved most, in all of time. There could be a ten-foot venomous spider made out of razor blades perched above me on my bed right now, and I wouldn’t bat an eyelash.”
Losing Your Pup
“When the worst has already happened, what else is there to be scared of?”
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