My Childhood Fears

I’ve never really watched any horror movies when I was younger, but I recall having nightmares after watching this scary one with clowns in it. Not just any ordinary clowns, but clowns who are possessed by spirits. Imagine scary-looking clowns going around murdering people with their sadistic laughs and not to mention the usual thick make-ups plus the creepy smile of theirs! What a perfect combo to ruin a child's perfect memory of clowns eh? D: And I guess that's one of the main reasons why I never really liked those 'normal looking' clowns we usually see in the carnivals. Maybe I was too traumatized by the scarier ones? Lol.

And here comes the main one, this funny little phobia of mine called the Ailurophobia, which is also known as the fear of CATS. Yes, you heard me; I have a fear of cats. I know it sounds ridiculous. Not that I’ve encountered any scary-looking cats during my childhood days. It’s just that I don’t like it when they “manja” around my legs! They think that they’re cute but they’re not, not at all! All I see are scary monsters crawling around my legs; Scary monsters that will scratch me with their sharp claws if I don’t give them food. And that was when all the nightmares started; Nightmares of me seeing different kinds of cats appearing in my house. I once dreamed of myself overcoming this phobia of mine, just because all the cats in the world look exactly like my dog, Belle!

Maybe one day I will learn to overcome my childhood fear. Well, actually they can’t be considered as childhood fears because I have yet to overcome them! Sometimes I feel ashamed of myself, 17 years old and still afraid of so many things. Ugh, I need to grow up!