Writer's Block: Fearsome

[sereneorange]

[Error: unknown template qotd]Oh great. Here is where the crazy will really show.

I was afraid someone was under my bed, and if I walked to my bed, a hand would reach out and grab my ankle. To insure that wouldn't happen, I would jump from the bathroom door to my bed which was about 4 feet or so.

I would lay on the side of the bed that I landed on, then every so quietly would inch over to the other side of the bed to sleep. The reason was so the thing under my bed would attack the wrong side and I would have a chance to run away.

Also, at least 4 nights out of the week, I would plan my various escape routes in the even the house caught on fire. I would decide what clothes to throw up, locate the animals so I could grab them, and make sure I knew where my clarinet was.

Comments

[jbluemoon.livejournal.com]

I'm with ya on #3.

and now even more so as an adult because of all those videos showing how quickly fires become infernos in under 1 minute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwBiZtfjioU

[1-rhiannon-1.livejournal.com]

I was afraid of that too - I'd run to the bed, jump on it before the hand had time to grab me, and I'd yell for mum to turn off the light *grin*

[tubesoxrock.livejournal.com]

That's alright. I was terrified that while I was peeing, a snake would come out of the toilet and bite my ass and I'd die. I always always checked the toilet before going to the bathroom and I tried to go as quickly as possible so I could get out of the way of the anticipated danger.

LOL. Toilet snakes.

[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

I had the same fear :(

[fragbert.livejournal.com]

...and make sure I knew where my clarinet was.

Certifiable.

[meowvatar.livejournal.com]

Ha, that is about as rational as my childhood fears. I'm glad I wasn't the only one. :)

[squidflakes.livejournal.com]

After watching the first Poltergeist movie, I was terrified of the space under my bed for nearly a year.

[rubygloomrox.livejournal.com]

Lots of people did that.