What's something that startles/ scares you no matter how many times it happens to you?
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November 2nd, 2009
1. When the Pillsbury Crescent roll can pops.
2. Walking into the bedroom and seeing my husband’s knees bent and sticking up under the covers. I always think there’s a little demon sitting on top of him, sucking his soul out under the covers… just for a second.
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Static electricity shock… everytime!
Making my mortgage payment.
(when the volume is cranked on my comp., and I get an email) My notifier.
Somebody coming up behind me and speaking to me when I am concentrating. All my life it has made me jump severely, and it probably always will. If I am holding something, I usually drop it. Luckily it is most likely to be a pencil.
Spiders. Every time i see a spider i freak the fuck out.
Ditto on the shock and biscuit tin scares. Beyond that- my doorbell. For some reason whoever picked out the doorbell for this apartment wanted to make sure that anyone in a 3 mile radius could hear it.
my excruciatingly loud door bell
Everytime I reach to my lamp to turn it off at night my hand casts a giant hand shadow on the wall and it scares the crap out of me everytime. I’m always like, “Oh, Jesus!” And then I realize it’s my hand on the wall and I nervously laugh it off.
Someone coming up behind or to the side of me when I’m concentrating on something in front of me. I may know who’s in the house with me, I may see them out the corner of my eye but I still jump most of the time if they come up out of silence and then speak or they are immediately close to me.
Spiders, yes. One of a few patently nonsensical notions I grew up with and can’t seem to get out of my head is the one that spiders are scary. The worst thing they can do is make a mess of a corner of your ceiling.
I forgot the biggest one- the last kernel from the hot air popcorn popper. I have the bowl in one hand and the power cord in the other then BAM! Scares the ever-loving jeebus out of me every. single. time.
When I call my boyfriend and he doesn’t answer. Now, my boyfriend has a noisy job with many meetings which is why from time too time he can’t answer his phone. When this happens, even though I am aware of the reasons why he’s not answering his phone, I often go into panic mode and my imagination runs away with me. Has something bad happened to him? Of course as soon as he sees a missed call on his phone he calls me back and then I feel like a dullard for freaking out.
When someone else’s vehicle runs into mine. I hate that sound.
And I almost forgot: whenever our Pit Bull issues his “Bad guy approaching! I will kill him!” bark. Usually he does it whenever the FedEx or DHL guy is at the door.
Seaweed touching my feet while swimming in the ocean.
Paper cuts: they may not startle or scare me much, but it sure does give me the shivers.
Balloons popping.
First popcorn kernel.
Fireworks.
When the aliens come to take me away at night.
Oops, shouldn’t have mentioned that to the public…
When the Eagles don’t win the superbowl… Each time I’m positive they’ll be Super Bowl Champions, and each time I’m wrong.
Injection syringes. Make me shit bricks hours before they are going to become relevant to my personal life.
It used to be weeks, though, and I would practically get panic attacks when they entered my field of vision. They probably really impressed me once when I was a little kid.
I still get the creeps just thinking about them.
@Fyrius – Good thing you aren’t a diabetic. I have to give my husband three shots per day.
Mail from the government.
the phone ringing when i’m in that dreamy almost asleep mood wow, jmah, i love her!
When a patient has a respiratory/cardiac arrest.
Mushrooms freak me out. I crush them because I must feel superior to the mushroom.
When it rains, these huge slugs come out of nowhere and slither across my back porch. And I mean these things are huge! About 3 inches long and ½ thick. So, when I go outside to throw out trash… oh wow… the horror!
shivers…
my son coming into my bedroom in the morning…it’s so bitter-sweet.. he just stands there at the side of my bed waiting for me to wake up…not saying or doing anything… or does he?
lol, my son used to do that but he would pat my cheek !
:-p
edit… oh yes….when he eventually gets into bed with me he strokes my cheek..saying ‘you tired mummy’ .he’s a sweetie x
@Jeruba and @hungryhungryhortence I would LOVE to see a video of you guys watching one of those internet pranks where you have to concentrate really hard on something….and then the MONSTER jumps out at you screaming!!!
When my questions get modded. I feel like such a failure.
getting food out the oven
@Darwin My pitbull does that too! She never ever barks unless something is up and senses someone is at our door that shouldn’t be. The other night she let out this scary low growl and bark while staring out our bedroom window. It scared the shit out of me. Turns out there were 3 teenagers hanging out in our yard smoking weed and causing trouble! I wouldn’t have even known if my dog didn’t warn me. But it still gets me everytime she barks. My heart skips a beat.
@hug_of_war when your eyelashes stick together? or…something else? :-/
Car accidents on TV. I can usually see it coming (especially in insurance commercials). Nevertheless, I jump every time. My husband thinks it’s hilarious.
@faye and @lynneblundell apparently I used to tap my dads forehead and try to force open his eyes!!!
The seemingly infinite number of mice that Milo forces to scamper around my work station. My shriek is involuntary and seems to be programmed genetically.
(I just removed corpse #45 from the LR floor and was less bothered than I used to be. I’ll take a dead mouse any day.)
ooh ooh… the change in air every time I walk outside…particularly in the autumn!!
@oratio – Maybe so but they are not in the formulary at the base, while good old-fashioned syringes are. That makes a difference because there are a lot of things on the market that Medicare and Tricare simply won’t pay for.
Besides, I’m not the one who has problems with needles. That would be @Fyrius .
I can handle snakes, spiders, and bats just fine, but mice turn me into a crying little pansy. I can’t stand them!
Milo here; For a small fee and daily costs, I travel.
@Milo Next time I have a mouse infestation, you’re hired!
@Val123: MIlo here; I do cockroaches also.
@gailcalledMilo I’ll save a bunch for ya!
almost falling off my chair.
@Val123
I should hope that still startles you. If not, I wonder how you managed to get used to the experience without learning not to miss steps on the stairs.
Someone coming up behind me and tapping me on the shoulder when I’m concentrating intently on something.
Some movies/tv shows that I’ve seen multiple times, and I know something’s going to jump out at me, and I still jump.
I’ve seen Serenity >10 times, and the Reaver right at the very beginning still makes me jump. So does River’s “almost awake” moment.
Whenever I’m out driving and I hear the sound of tires screeching (like in a skid), it startles me almost every time because I’m wondering if an accident is about to happen, This stems from the fact that I’ve been in a couple of bad accidents myself in the past and I have also responded to and assisted with some bad ones in the line of duty.
Hitting something on the fan.
the dog when she gives out a sudden bark. Her high pitched sharp bark will give you a heart attack. Usually she is looking out the window and barks at the neighbor across the street when he pulls into his driveway.
People suddenly moving their arms in front of me :x.
my son coughing the middle of the night
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