Hey Pandas, What Were Some Of Your Childhood Fears? (Closed)

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The sound that wind makes when it blows through power lines in the street. It always felt worse when it was winter and late afternoon and I was walking home from school. One one else around made it scary. Every time I hear the noise I remember.

I was afraid of lions, I never saw one in real life but I kept having this nightmare that would show a red eyed lion chasing me and I always woke up when it caught me and my back would hurt. So like whenever I saw a lion picture I’d freak out slightly.

I was afraid of dark. For many years I always slept in one place (eg corridor or night light) with the light on. Do you know what's interesting? I cannot sleep when the light is on somewhere right now. It has to be completely dark - like irony.

I thought bees would attack me if I went outside after eating candy.

I used to be really scared of ghosts. One time, I was at my grandpa's house and he was watching Ghost Hunters. I was super scared.

I also for the longest time feared sleep, idk why I just didn’t like the idea

Went to The Neverending Story in 1984 aged 8/9 with neighbourhood friend unsupervised.
Still traumatised till this day & have
N E V E R been able to watch the movie since; I'm now 45! 😨🎟️🍿

ok i'm afraid of the dark. i sleep with a stuffed animal because it makes me feel safe, and i close my door. also afraid of heights. and anglerfish, which i know it makes no sense to be scared of, but they're pretty creepy and sinister.

i was terrified of my little brother

I don't think this is as funny as some of the other answers, but suddenly losing my ability to communicate with people close to me or losing contact with others.

I'm also afraid of being alone in a quiet room, I haven't grown out of it.

I have a lot of fears with my anxiety but as a kid I was terrified of being robbed and I would leave my door open so if we did ever get robbed my dad could come save me. Now I leave my door closed. I'm still scared of getting robbed but it's easier on my mind now.
Another thing I used to be terrified of is my best friends basement. I'm not since we turned it into our most awesome hangout space.
Lastly, I used to be scared of the power going out but now I just nap when it happens because it's like a free nap invitation. How wonderful.

Hearing the garage open when you forgot to do the dishes

The ghost head that lived in my parents basement. My brother told me it wanted to cut off my head and use my body so it can live again.

The dark because of “monsters,” eating/brushing my teeth because I thought I’d get poisoned, glow sticks because I almost died from breaking one in my mouth (does not taste good), dentists, bees/wasps, and ghosts/paranormal stuff

I am scared of pain, Sometimes I can bear it, but it worries me of other people

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I was always scared that someone was watching me in the bathroom. So I would open all the cabinets, look in the closet, and look behind the shower curtain before I could go. And I was scared that someone was hiding in the bottom of those pit toilets they have at campsites. Also quicksand and black widow spiders

Everything that was meant to be spooky.

I was raised religious and had occasional night terrors, so I believed every campfire story was true. Constantly waking up my parents or too scared to turn off lights. I eventually got over it - and now I write and publish horror fiction. Go figure. I kind of miss being scared.

Just fun scared though - like Halloween stuff. Not real stuff like murder and stuff. That's still scary.