What is your most ridiculous fear?

With the words “nuclear meltdown” becoming part of our everyday speak, there’s a real reason so many people are frightened.  But what about the fears that make no sense, the completely unfounded fears.  Site Manager Lana has many of these. Many. Really, a lot.

Needless to say, she’s not doing so great this week but we persuaded her to unfold herself from the foetal position in the corner of the office and focus on some of her less……nuclear fears. She writes:

“I am a person who thinks too much, I care too deeply and I cry at the drop of a hat (Lord, I sound like a catch) but mostly I just worry too much and I’m scared of most things. Here are three of them:

1. I worry about terrorists on planes.  I always have, long before September 11.  I am always quite sure that the plane I am going to travel on is filled with terrorists – even if is just a flight is from Maroochydore to Brisbane.  I am constantly on terrorist spotting alert and while it gives my husband much laughter mileage, I  think he is actually insulting residents of Brisbane thinking that  terrorists might not want to visit their city.

2. I worry about being singled out at a public event like a concert or performance. I cannot sit near the front just in case someone heckles me or calls me onto stage.  I have been known to hide under seats (or at the very least try and merge with the chair back) when anyone on stage looks directly at the audience. I freeze when I see buskers looking for volunteers and then I sprint.

3. I am always terrified that my body will be shown on TV in a slot on A Current Affair or Today Tonight when they talk about obesity or people who eat junk food for every meal.  I’m not obese and I do not eat junk food for every meal but I am still petrified that one day I will be watching TV and there I will be.  This is the reason I never eat while walking and I never wear distinctive pants (that and I don’t particularly like distinctive pants).

Analysts would tell me that I am shy, I am just saying I don’t want my bum on TV!”

What is your most ridiculous fear (yes we know it doesn’t FEEL ridiculous to you, that’s why you’re scared of it but you know what we mean……)?

About the Author: Lana was destined to a life of editing and organisation when her parents named her Anal. It was just a fortuitous twist of luck that the person drawing up the birth certificate wrote backwards so she has always been known as Lana.

Lana wants to be a writer when she “grows up” and also work on the fact that she cries very easily. She is married and is the mother to a very beautiful son and a very spoiled dog. In her spare time Lana writes for her own blog which lives here and tweets here.