What were you afraid of as a kid? Are you still afraid?
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ANSWERS: 37
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Werewolves..and no.
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Sharks. Hate 'em. I've killed every one I've ever come across. Worked on a fishing boat a few years. Never cut them a break.
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Spiders. Still afraid to this day.
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As a kid I was even afraid of my own shadow:). the thing I was most afraid of was dogs because a few of them had chased me when I was very little. Now, no. I am not afraid of dogs or my own shadow. :~)
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Worms...I can be near them now, I just don't want to touch one.
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Family (most memorably my parents) dying at night in their sleep and me waking up the next morning and finding them. Nah am not scared anymore it's part of life I suppose
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I was afraid of the lads that use to drive around and do hand brake turns up at th shops and no Im not as scared of them at 20 :)
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Aliens, not so much anymore.
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When I was a kid I was afraid of vampires. I'm not afraid of them anymore.
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I was afraid of dogs. No me gusta.
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cats and other people...I got over my fear of cats still afraid of some people
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I got scared of swimming or being in water deeper than my knees since I was 13....I had a close call with drowing. I'm now 16 and still won't swim. But it's also 'cause I hate wearing swim suits lol
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being drowned, shot, burnt alive or left without a mother ~ no
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Shadows shaped like people or monsters but couldn't find a reasonable explanation for what was making the shadows. I don't really have this problem anymore but it would still scare me if I saw one.
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spiders - yes rejection - yes abandonment - yes betrayal - yes growing up - kinda but not so much getting a b (because i'm such a nerd) - not at all
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My parents would not let me watch Seasame Street because I was 'fraid of Cookie monster. No, I now like Cookie very much.
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I used to watch x-files with my dad when i was younger, and even though i was terrified i would still watch it because he liked it too. I was a weird kid. haha.
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im always scared that some nut job is going to break in my house and start going all out Micheal Myers, i dont know why
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i was afraid of my family, now i don't let them have that power over me. they were/are very overbearing people who didn't like me, now i'm 34 and they like me even less ( if that's possible ) i haven't seen them in years, now i'm not afraid of them, just glad i don't have to be around them anymore.
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From the time I was 5 til about 8, I was scared shitless of thunder and lightening, LOL! We had to walk to school and I would make it about a block and always run home crying like a little wimp! Needless to say, I never attended school during those days. I have no idea why I was so terrified of them because I love them now; I think they're really cool.
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Public speaking. Yes.
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Snakes Yes Grew up in the country and there were lots of them around. Not in the country now, but still can't handle the idea of running into one. lol
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The mother and waterbugs..I'm still afraid of waterbugs :)
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My uncle Joey "the nose" You don't want to mess with that guy.
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I was always afraid to get into bed. I thought there were alligators under my bed that would grab my legs. Sometimes I would jump from as far away as possible onto the bed. It was safe when I was on it but not getting into it. Very strange.
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Sometimes when my mom and her boyfriend got into a fight she would say just before leaving " I am not coming back" and then I would worry that I would never see her again. Now I am a grandma so, no I don't worry about that anymore... and havent for a long time.
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Chuck E. Cheese. I hated that thing. But could you really blame me? I mean, it was a giant rat.
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The monster that lived under the bed! Even now sometimes I'll turn of the light and leap into bed as fast as I can. I'm 30, I know their is nothing under there, but still just in case...
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I was afraid of the dark. I had to sleep with the closet light on. It wasn't until I was in my late 20's that I started feeling comfortable sleeping in the dark.
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As a child I was afraid of women's undergarments, and no I'm no longer afraid. ><
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As a kid I was afraid of throwing up and seeing a person throw up, it wasn't as bad back then though as it is now. Now I see a counselor for , it's horrible.
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"Thunder & Lightning!"
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Mainly, the dark. I was a very scaredy little girl and I was always whining about something scaring me. Now I'm afraid of not living my life to the fullest, but I'm doing something about it!
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buggies lol like centiipedes and ohhhhhhh yeahhhhhh i am stil but do you know or anyone know a way to keep them out of your home? lol
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The mosters coming to get me when I flushed the toilet... and the skeleton pulling me under the bed... and men- sometimes that one still scares me
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The boogeyman hiding under my bed or closet. Then, it was fantasy thinking.
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Losing my mother. I was less afraid as I got older and learned how to be independent. She died when I was 30. Now the only thing I fear is that my son might not make it to heaven.
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