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What was your biggest childhood fear and do you have it to this day? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 8 months ago by patak to c/asklemmy

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Interestingly enough, I had a big fear of dogs. I don't really know why because I've never had a traumatic experience with them (thank God I never got bitten).

I also feared being alone, darkness (but not much) and heights. Woah, I was a fearful kid.

Today, well, I only fear those big, aggressive dogs like kangals and rottweilers. As for darkness and loneliness, nah.

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[–] Donebrach 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Mine was the inevitability of getting looked at by a dinosaur through un-curtained windows at night, thanks to watching Jurassic Park at far too young of an age.

I can safely say that I am no longer worried about getting looked at by a dinosaur, through a window or otherwise, although if it did actually happen it probably would be pretty scary.

[–] Wazzamatter 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

As an adult that's honestly funny, but I could see myself also having the same fear.

[–] Donebrach 2 points 8 months ago

yeah, there was a clerestory in my childhood home that had windows just the perfect height in my child-brain for a T-Rex to look though; unaccompanied nighttime journeys through those lofty halls were very harrowing.