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Can you remember, when you were a child, you were afraid of something, night time, a person, a dream. Maybe you still have that irrational fear?

It seems No-0ne has.

I have huge fear of being crushed by rocks. [in dreams].
why. i have no idea. As i have no fear of caving. i would be good fun.

I fear humanity. It is stupid and cruel. and oft.. no species of mine.
when i was 5 .. the banksia man from May Gibbs the gumnut classics.
scared me .
but then i read about pooh. and all was well.

The future of our race is in the minds of our children.
teach them well.

Hjarloprillar

I remember my mother would read that story to me The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and I was fascinated by the "mouths" all over those banksia men and their skinny hairy legs. I still have my book.

My greatest fear as a child was the boogie man.......... in the cupboard. Still is sometimes. LOL

No irrational fears but a quite rational one, acrophobia. Well perfectly rational to me, irrational to everyoe else. On the other hand I find everyone else irrational for not having it.

Good that somebody can ignite this forum some, it started to get real unnaturally quiet for a while now.

I got frightened of the burning of man on a fire when watching the movie "The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film)" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_o ... 1992_film)

I still remember it quite well.

But when it comes to fear, I've had lots of minor dislikes, from spiders to snakes, but outright fear or phobia I don't seem to possess much of, I can approach them both if necessary, except of course a phobia against being part of systems, though this developed much later but as a sum of my childhoods experiences of being controlled and bound.

Then you really need to see this movie, perhaps the finest horror movie ever made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEOQqnHMSMc

Old movie, not very scary.

The Voice of Time wrote:Old movie, not very scary.

Indeed. but still a pretty good movie though.

well, as long as i can remember i've had fear of flying and My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash.

Grendel wrote:No irrational fears but a quite rational one, acrophobia. Well perfectly rational to me, irrational to everyoe else. On the other hand I find everyone else irrational for not having it.

I agree. I never even consider stepping close to 'edge'.
When asked . are you afraid of heights.. yes. not the height.. the bloody impact that results.
i respect gravity.
Then again i love flying. and would without a qualm step out to skydive.

Its the parachute you see. It makes all the difference in the world.
i even had a private license for a time. to fly light planes. boring..

prll

reasonvemotion wrote:I remember my mother would read that story to me The Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie and I was fascinated by the "mouths" all over those banksia men and their skinny hairy legs. I still have my book.

RvE

I have original aussie 50's copy of all gibbs work. With pics.. I need pics. the banksia man was scary in the original line pic,
I was always snuggle pot. but as a lone child there was no cuddle pie..

want the job? hehehehe

Doc says im evil. [sniker]

prill

The Wicker man . The link flakes out.

Yes a scary flick at end.

True freaky is like.. THE RING. that is great scary movie.
I should know im a movie buff with thousands stored on TB drives. As a PC tech its a breeze.
My nickname is " every SF [science fantasy] flic made"

prill

'Dr. Who' terrified me as a child. It was a delicious terror though, like being tortured and enjoying it.

"Dr. Who' terrified me as a child. It was a delicious terror though, like being tortured and enjoying it.

a delicious terror. excellent
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hey why does your dog never move.. ? It just stares at bowl of plastic yummies.
my god.. its eyes are glass...is this joke?
sniker

Hjarloprillar wrote:"Dr. Who' terrified me as a child. It was a delicious terror though, like being tortured and enjoying it.

a delicious terror. excellent
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Dr who is an enemy of the darleks
EXTERMINATE.
More user friendly than nazi's
and stupider.
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hey why does your dog never move.. ? It just stares at bowl of plastic yummies.
my god.. its eyes are glass...is this joke?
sniker

It's a fox.