Irrational childhood fears

[bookraptor11]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Wendy" <hebrideanblack at e...> 
wrote:
> "Tracy" wrote:
> 
> > Since it's Halloween season and time to talk of all things scary, 
> > here's a topic.  What basically harmless things scared you as a 
> child 
> > (for example, a certain toy or household item)?  

> Wendy:
> As a child, the "harmless" item that scared me the most were dolls. 
> I hated dolls (still don't really like them, actually), which was 
> unfortunate because my mother is a doll FANATIC. So there were 
dolls 
> everywhere in our house - except in my bedroom, where I wouldn't 
> allow them. I was afraid they'd come to life at night and hurt me.

Me(Donna):

I had that fear too, but only after watching that Twilight Zone 
episode about the killer doll ("My name is talky Tina, and I'm going 
to kill you" -- I still remember the dialogue!) Stupid kid that I 
was, I'd watch it every time it came on and then spend the next few 
nights afraid to go to sleep.

Most horror movies didn't scare me, but what was shown on tv 30 years 
ago was a lot tamer. The goofiest thing that scared me was that WB 
cartoon, One Froggy Evening, the one with the singing frog who will 
only sing in front of one man. It used to disturb me. Was it an evil 
frog, why was it trying to destroy a man it didn't even know? Was it 
punishing the man for being greedy? Nice voice though...

My biggest fear was those big beetles with the pincers. They'd bite, 
so I don't know if that was irrational. I used to be afraid they'd 
get in at night and crawl on my bed. I was afraid of the dark, but 
mostly of the things that could be in it (dolls, beetles, etc.).

Happy Halloween everyone!  And Wendy, if you've never seen that 
Twilight Zone, don't!

Donna