Phobias. Fears. Whatever you want to call them, we all have them. I know, we all have that one friend or family member that claims that they can't be frightened, or that they don't scare easily. Which, in any case, is impossible because we all have to be afraid of something. Even Clark Kent was afraid of kryptonite, and he's supposed to be a super human with amazing abilities, right? Shout out to all of my DC comic books nerds, because I am not one and I don't know why I put that reference in my article, but you get it. There will always be something in the world that the population is afraid of, and a great concern right now is a Trump presidency, and I wish I were joking, but alas, I'm not. So, with a little humor, I've decided to tell you my most irrational (or rational) fears that I have.
1. Movie Theaters
...What? Is this girl crazy? Maybe it's because I have an over-active imagination, or maybe I pay too much attention to the media and what they have to say about the topic of movie theaters, but since the shooting in Colorado, which I know happened in the 2010s, I have been terrified to step into a movie theater, even when I have people around me. Whenever they play the 'here are the exit signs' part of the previews, my eyes and ears and glued to the screen. I don't play around. As soon as I sit my butt down in that broken movie theater seat, because let's face it, sometimes they are broken, I have an escape plan ready to go if someone comes in with a gun or a knife. Now if they have anything else, I'm screwed.
2. Elevators
Correct me if I'm wrong, and I'm wrong a general percent of the time, but this is a common fear. Most people have the fear of being stuck in an elevator, and so do I. But my mind kind of plays the 'what if?' card too much and then I get into over-analyzing what would happen if I was stuck for a long period of time, if the call for help button failed or if I was stuck in there with someone who had a homicidal past/tendencies. I'm dead.
3. That People in the Library Can Hear My Music/Videos
I'm not watching anything XXX in the Clarion Library, and I'm not downloading any illegal content. Mostly I'm browsing Youtube or listening to Pandora while I try and pound out as much homework that I can. I tend to sit away from most of the people in the library, one because I'm asocial as f***, and because I don't want them to hear what I'm listening to. This one more has to deal with the judgement of others and what they think about me, not a general fear.
