“Porcelain dolls. I couldn’t sleep at my grandma’s house because they were everywhere … watching me.”
“I had an irrational fear that a sinkhole would randomly open under me. I would walk around grabbing onto nearby objects just so I’d have something to grab onto when the Earth inevitably tried to consume me.”
“Mustaches. Being a small child in the 80s was rough, man.”
“My grandparent’s old TV making weird noises at 3 a.m. I’d be up to get a glass of water, and this old TV would play a random noise that sounded somewhere between a cat and a crying baby.”
“It was sloths for me. I used to have nightmares of a sloth slowly chasing me. You can never run fast in dreams.”
“I’m STILL scared of pool drains.”
“The THX sound before movies.”
“Those Russian nesting dolls.”
“Mr. Toilet Man from Look Who’s Talking.”
“Furbys. I’m 32, and still can’t be in the same room as one. They fill me with terror for no reason.”
“Automatic flushing toilets in public places.”
“Car Washes. Apparently, I would panic, scream, and cry if we went through one.”
“When I was really young, like 3 – 5 years old, I thought the vacuum would come to life at night and try to suck out my lungs while I slept.”
“Windsocks. Absolutely no idea why.”
“My Grandpa’s dentures.”
“The mirror. Someone told me that if you look into a mirror, you’ll see the devil behind your shoulder. So, no mirrors for me.”
“The garbage disposal.”
“Gremlins.”
“The drain in the bathtub. The tiny whirlpool of water would suck me down with it.”
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I was so f@#king scared. Imagined the stairs to come down. Imaged to drown on the pond.
I returned as an adult. The waterfall was about 2m high and the pond maybe 10cm deep, you just couldn't see the ground
I'd watch that movie.