childhood fears

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Absurb things that terrified us when we were younger.

megamatt @megamatt (14290) • United States 18 May 10

When we are children, we tend to believe a lot of things. A lot of things that in turn terrify us witless. When we look back on it, it is silly and quite absurd, but it didn't seem so absurd when we were children. I think the...

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childhood fears...'don't turn off the lights mom, someone's in the closet!'

mario_stevens @mario_stevens (6964) • Malaysia 4 May 10

were you ever scared or afraid of anything when you were a small kid? i had this terrible fear of the dark. i always thought that there was a monster or something that is hiding in the closet, and just outside my...

being afraid as a kid

childhood fears

scared of the dark

scary things when i was small

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What in life scared you as a child?

PeacefulWmn9 @PeacefulWmn9 (10420) • United States 2 Sep 09

All of us are scared of something as children...and well, as adults too LOL. But for this discussion, what things scared you most when you were a child? Mine: Losing my parents Robbers breaking into the...

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What were your childhood fears?

gwendovere @gwendovere (1279) • United States 26 Jun 07

I was afraid of the dark & monsters under the bed and "Mr. Punkin Man" ~ an imaginary scary man with a pumpkin for a head. What about you?

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Scared of BigFoot? Childhood Fears

renizans @renizans (80) • United States 26 Mar 07

As a child I was so frightened of Bigfoot. There were In Search of... Documentaries on TV all of the time and they scared me to death. I thought Bigfoot would look in my window at night or reach in a window to grab me. I finally...

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Childhood Fears: What are yours? Have you conquered it?

lirael @lirael (501) • Philippines 25 Feb 07

As a child, I have always been afraid of clowns and mascots. I am so unlike the other children who likes to have them in their birthday parties. Even when going to the mall, I will avoid those mascots that gives freebies to...

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Name one of your childhood fears.

rawpoet @rawpoet (2045) • United States 27 Nov 06

I was scared to death of the dark, and slept with a light on until I was about 10 years old. What about you?

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What you need is monster spray!

loved1 @loved1 (5328) • United States 22 Oct 06

This time of year my children tend to develop new fears of monsters under the bed and in the closet. We always give that child a small spray bottle of Febreeze and tell her it is monster spray. She can spray all the corners of...

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