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What were you afraid of when you were younger that seems silly to you now?
Submitted by wandie

I have more silly fears now than I ever did as a youngster. I think the irrational fears surface when we think too much about things. Or... maybe I'm thinking too much.

I am petrified of anything yellow & black & stingy. I'm working with it, and have been for a few years now. And I was never the type to run screaming. But if you see me freeze or back away slowly with a wild-eyed look of panic, I'm probably desperately avoiding a tiny little creature with a Stinger Of Doooooooooooooooooooom™.

I am afraid of the power going out while I shower. I am worried that I'll turn the wrong knob the wrong direction and either pass out from shock or cause myself 3rd degree burns. Or I'll slip on the way out of the tub and bang my head on the faucet. Or I'll make contact with an electrical outlet with my wet body and cause a pretty white fireworks show.

... I guess that only makes sense if the lights burn out in a bathroom with no window (like the one where I live now), as a power outage would result in no POWER from the outlet. Right? ;)

And I'm afraid of rejection. Desperately so. The monkey on my back says I'm not smart enough, not pretty enough, not spiritual enough, not worldly enough, SOMEHOW inadequate to the task. Thus far I've accumulated a lot of evidence to back that up.

But my fears are irrational and they need to be checked at the door and replaced with giant leaps. So here goes nothin'.