Irrational Childhood Fears

[Potterfanme]

My fear as a child was air raid sirens.  Now, those of you living in 
Europe may wonder why this is irrational.  I live in the US.  Every 
time I hear one of those sirens, I have the same nightmare.  I am 
running up a hill somewhere in Germany.  I can see the cover for the 
shelter but I just can't seem to get there.  When I finally do reach 
it, someone else is running up to it so I help them get into it.  And 
on it goes.  I never do get inside, I usually wake up in a cold 
sweat.  

One of the towns near us had an air raid siren for their fire siren.  
My dad was in the army in WWII and I can remember waking up in the 
middle of the night and he would be watching an old black and white 
war movie.  I always snuggled up next to him and we watched until I 
fell asleep.  They always had those sirens.

I still get a chill up my back when I hear one but the dreams are few 
and far between now tho not gone altogether.

Susan