What were you afraid of when you were young?

The Wicked Witch of the West (had recurring nightmares about her)Vampires, after watching a movieThe Exorcist moviegrizzlies, after watching a moviewhen I was very young, the lights from the cars outside traveling around the room.

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Hi Schrafinator...I read somewhere it is a sign of intelligence and possession of a vivid imagination to be a fraidy cat.

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Think of all the dumb brutes who stood there and got eaten while the more intelligent critters beat feet.

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You know how people talk about how dumb and fearless teenagers are and that they engage in a lot of risky behavior? They think that somehow, bad consequences will only happen to other people and that somehow they will be safe.I rarely thought like this. I ALWAYS figured "why wouldn't it happen to me?

I just remembered how frightened of our basement I was whan I was small.It was forbidden for me to go down there, which was good because it held a great many dangers for a little child; concrete steps with no railing, a workbench with dangerous tools, etc. I built it up in my mind to be a very scary place indeed.When I got a little bit older, say 5 or 6, I remember jumpily going down there with my mother and jumping a foot in the air as the gas funace I was standing next to loudly WHOOSHED on.