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7. I know that they are supposed to make people laugh, but yes they are creepy and scary to me.

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Is there anything you are afraid of? To me it's clowns. We went to a party today and they had clowns [View all] debm55 Jul 2023 OP

Snakes. It can be only a 4 inch garter snake and I will scream or faint. sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #1

usually I deal with parades and such by shutting my eyes. Which I did, but it didn't work. debm55 Jul 2023 #5

sinkingfeeling, I know what you mean. debm55 Jul 2023 #9

A'holes carrying AR15s-- which is devoid of any humor, unfortunately hlthe2b Jul 2023 #2

A neighbor of mine cuts his grass with a gun strapped to his hip debm55 Jul 2023 #25

The dark. Total darkness is 😟 scary. Polly Hennessey Jul 2023 #3

Yes, it is. debm55 Jul 2023 #6

I am with you MOMFUDSKI Jul 2023 #8

My lady friend finds clowns creepy. Silent Type Jul 2023 #4

I know that they are supposed to make people laugh, but yes they are creepy and scary to me. debm55 Jul 2023 #7

A sensible fear, given Pennywise. Different Drummer Jul 2023 #52

Clowns never made me laugh as a kid ailsagirl Jul 2023 #53

Heights (even a picture looking over a cliff makes me uneasy) Mr.Bill Jul 2023 #10

Thank you Mr. Bill, I guess we all have our fears. debm55 Jul 2023 #11

I know a fear of clowns is not uncommon, Mr.Bill Jul 2023 #13

All clowns debm55 Jul 2023 #16

Entitled assholes driving a car. grumpyduck Jul 2023 #12

So, BMW owners, huh? Mr.Bill Jul 2023 #14

I'm afraid of experts bucolic_frolic Jul 2023 #15

Been lucky to have had several great doctors as well as teachers. They cared about healing emulatorloo Jul 2023 #17

I'm not good with heights n/t TexasBushwhacker Jul 2023 #18

Me too. Archae Jul 2023 #30

Me three. debm55 Jul 2023 #32

I'm afraid of taking off my clown makeup Effete Snob Jul 2023 #19

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Yes, several. Quakerfriend Jul 2023 #20

Yes, I understand. debm55 Jul 2023 #27

A couple things Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #21

I check out stores now to find the exits. debm55 Jul 2023 #34

Spiders happybird Jul 2023 #22

spiders-yes debm55 Jul 2023 #28

Being caught outside in a bad thunderstorm. Chainfire Jul 2023 #23

That happened to me last month, I started walking the dog. The wind was blowing. We got half way on debm55 Jul 2023 #26

Cockroaches. Aristus Jul 2023 #29

When I was in college, my girlfriend and myself decided to drive from Pittsburgh to Dallas to look debm55 Jul 2023 #31

When I was stationed in San Antonio I got "introduced"... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #38

Public speaking, Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #33

Believe it or not, I have no fear of public speaking--maybe because I was a teacher for 45 years. debm55 Jul 2023 #35

That's interesting, isn't it? Aristus Jul 2023 #36

It's funny because Elessar Zappa Jul 2023 #58

Bees, wasps, and hornets. I get an instant surge... 3catwoman3 Jul 2023 #37

Yes, they will frighten you. Please be careful of the ones that build their hive under the ground. debm55 Jul 2023 #39

Wasps. Definitely wasps. Bayard Jul 2023 #40

High bridges. I even have nightmares about them. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #41

The one going out over the Chesapeake Bay is a nightmare. Water completely around, bridge is low and debm55 Jul 2023 #45

The one that really got me going is the Leo Frigo bridge in Green Bay, Wi. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #47

I remember that --you are very lucky. debm55 Jul 2023 #48

Ironically my city is full of bridges. In order to get anywhere Ocelot II Jul 2023 #51

I live outside of Pittsburgh. Our city and surrounding areas all full of rivers(Allegheny, debm55 Jul 2023 #56

Mice. They elicit an automatic scream and shudder. Silver Gaia Jul 2023 #42

Weddings Emile Jul 2023 #43

Not a fan of bats or deep water Mad_Dem_X Jul 2023 #44

Yes bats. debm55 Jul 2023 #46

I seldom if ever come into contact with any but... ailsagirl Jul 2023 #54

Deep water-- yes ailsagirl Jul 2023 #59

I don't like enclosed spaces. Paladin Jul 2023 #49

I agree. Sometimes you get on an empty elevator on a lower floor and as you go up, more and more debm55 Jul 2023 #50

Definitely, same with me ailsagirl Jul 2023 #55

Distorting mirrors, and anything with a distorting-mirror effect, like looking into a metal tap LeftishBrit Jul 2023 #57

Mice, heights, clowns. Luciferous Jul 2023 #60

In my childhood, I was deathly afraid of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's... Different Drummer Jul 2023 #61

Driving in a thunderstorm, pouring rain, unable to see ahead of you from the driver's seat. Stuart G Jul 2023 #62