What scarier, is when you're dreaming about a T-Rex leaning over you in bed, then opening your eyes, and seeing your sister leaning over you..
It freaked me out because it was dark and I thought that she was the T-Rex, and later, I was thinking "Wait.. how did I know something was near my bed?"
It still confuses me.

Replacement, you need not worry. Your experience is not unusual. Humans, most animals infact, are often susceptable to ESP during sleep.

Sometimes I even see the last stages of my dream before my eyes in a waking state! For example, one night I was dreaming about a monster. When I awoke, the monster stood by my side, and slowly faded away. A temporary dillusion while full consciousness returned.

Fear is the great Mind Killer.

Or is it the great mind survival tool? We wouldn't have blankets without fear of cold, nor would we have locks without fear of intrusion. The list is endless.

Mmmm, if we weren't scared of running out of oil, we wouldn't be invad---

Okay I'll stop

Yeah the mind is a very powerfull tool, in both ways good and bad

I don't think it's irrational to be afraid of rats,(which can bite and spread disease) or really anything that could possibly harm you. I think an irrational fear would be more the open closet thingy (eerie feeling there myself), or a fear of spoons or computers or sponge baths, that kind of thing. You can't give a thorough explanation WHY you fear it, it can't cause you any real harm, and it's a little silly to others, but to the person with the fear, its a BIG thing!

i have a fear of leeches and of people who are very old

Goldie Hawn.

I'm going to need to add bedbugs and fleas to my list of irrational fears.

Not much scares me more than the thought of BUGS in my BED.

The fear of sharks. I do not like swimming in the ocean because of this.

Cockroaches and any other bugs that are bigger than the nail on my baby toe.

I have a fear of the dark & I don't like my feet sticking out of the covers because I imagine something touching my foot! I too have a fear of sharks, although I don't swim in the sea, I do get freaked out at the swimming pool swimming near the filters, imagining sharks being released into the water, insane I know but I can't imagine a worse death, drowning whilst being eaten alive! I don't even like watching sharks on the tv, I have respect for them & think that people are playing with fire when they decide to swim in their territory. They look very scary when their eyes roll back when they are just about to bite.

SPOOKY....

1) The fear of Spiders!! Those creepy crawly things freak me out!

2) The fear to Love!! All those I ever loved, died and left me all alone. So I'm scared to love, because I don't want to deal with a broken heart anymore.

well, I'm afraid of getting anywhere near the bottom of my bed
not that I think that there's anything under there but just the idea freeks me out...
so imagine the difficulty i have getting in my bed if I can't walk towards it...

I know I know I'm weird...

Okay, I have a healthy fear of total silence.

P.S. Falco:

Did you know male penguins could go four months w/o food?

Well...I don't have any irrational fears or phobias but I simply HATE house lizards, especially the big and smooth ones. Yeech!

it is so interesting to read this
i lose most of my fears as I grew up, but I think I was quite right if I used to fear those things... a fear is a kind of respect...and we just forget it

Eeeek... my fears:
1. Talking animals (i.e. Nytol Lamb, Snuggles the Bear) seems demonic.
2. Heights - I always think I'm going to die from falling off something.
3. Red Wasps - they sting like a beeeotch.
4. Exceedingly tall women, just seems weird.

I have a fear of large bodies of water. I can swim though, so its not drowing its sharks I'm scared off, so much so I wont go near a bath (now THATS irational ).

Only ever take showers, and like rain.

when i was a kid i used to take a running leap onto my bed because i was so scared that something was going to reach out from under it and grab my ankle. also i used to make sure that my hair never hung off the edge of the bed or was anywhere near the edge so it couldn't be grabbed.

i used to pass out everytime i had to deal with needles but i went through therapy and now i'm better with that.

sharks still scare me though. especially those aquariums where you walk underneath the sharks swimming all around you...creepy!

LOL. I still do this sometimes. Hubby hates it.

My only really irrational fear is something happening to my kids....I can't shelter them 24/7....but I'd like to.....

I fear chickens. They scare me. As a child a rooster pecked my ankles the whole way to the bus stop. I am forever tramatized.

I have a fear of old people too. Stems from when my Grandmother lived with us until she died. Scary scary woman.

falling down the sewer grates that are on the sidewalk

i'm absolutley terrified of balloons, when i was about 2 a balloon was popped in front of my face and i have had a phobia of them ever since, i also don't like heights, i'm ok climbing up, but once i'm there, i get so frightened i nearly pass out and then i need someone to rescue me.