We’ve been discussing people’s irrational fears today. Some things that people are afraid of are quite interesting! Take mine for example. I have a total and complete fear of being in my car, and being stuck under or close to a bridge, a freeway overpass or a pedestrian overpass for the following reasons.
1) You can not control idiotic drivers! And I know that one of these days; some intoxicated “hoochie” male or female will crash into the guard rail while s/he’s trying to talk on their cell phone. The car will rip through the guard rail and fall a few stories and land on top of my car, killing me instantly.
2) If I’m going to die in an earthquake, I don’t want to die by having a freeway bridge come crashing down on me, again snuffing out my life instantly. I’d rather die in my house with the roof caving in or something. What is the lesser of two horrible endings? Undecided at this point.
3) When it comes to pedestrian overpasses my rule of “assuming positive intent,” quickly turns into “assuming absolute worst intent.” I always get apprehensive driving close to a pedestrian bridge and seeing teenagers [a.k.a. Children of the Devil] more than likely up to absolutely no good! I always assume that some frozen turkey is going to be projected down onto my windshield, thus killing me instantly, or being the onset of a belaboring end to my life.
What are you irrational fears?
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
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wow, and isn't it your birthday today and you're writing on doom?! :) Happy Birthday, by the way.
My irrational fear: when I wake up in the middle of the night, no matter what, I have a difficult time because I'm certain the following is going to take place:
1. somebody is going to break into our home (or they're already in it, if it's a noise I hear in the kitchen that wakes me)
2. they will come and shoot or stab Geoff and me to death.
3. they will steal our daughters from their beds.
I know, unlikely. But I'm certain, in that nocturnal moment, that it will happen. It's taken a few years of going through this to calm myself down and remind myself that I'm being irrational.
...I hate waking up in the middle of the night...
I have similar fears to Lefty. But I also irrationally fear cats in that I think they are going to leap on me and scratch my eyes out.
dan,
i thought i was the only one w/the bridge thing. i actually called the state patrol to asked what they think would be the safest lane to travel in when i asked about SR99. we're a kindred spirit. how about heights?
I am afraid of crossing pedestrian bridges holding my babies. Whenever I walked Hyrum to the bus stop on 145th street and had to cross the bridge holding Scottie I would be afraid that somehow I would trip and he would fly over the rail and be killed on the freeway down below. Yeah, not likely. Hyrum always grips his cell phone and keys hard when he crosses the Montlake Bridge, afraid he will drop them down the grating and lose them forever in the lake.
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