It just shows you how the memory plays tricks. I was at my mum's in October and we went through some old photos and this was among them and it's nothing like how I remember it. It does show a man leaning over the side of the ferry, but he just seems to be looking at the sea. He doesn't have a distorted face which in my my memory he did. In fact the photo is rather dull and not remotely scary. I am partly relieved, but also a bit disappointed. There is still the mystery of why my mum has kept it but all told it's just a rather boring photo. Oh well, at least that's one fewer thing to keep me awake at night.
I don't share your fear, but I can understand it. It was so different from the operatic style of most Queen songs.
I was in my 40's.
My son watches YouTube videos about that all the time. It does my head in hearing bizarre TV logos from the 70s blaring all day. He's 8!I recall an old website which used to classify the various network IDs, according to how scary they were.
Thames, Granada, Anglia etc.
Maybe half the horror lay in the unsteady soundtracks of these much-played clips of film.
More wow than flutter, in the days when wow was a bad thing.
Oh come on. You can't leave it there. Get that photo and post it here!
Disappointingly when I eventually saw it again it wasn't how I had remembered it and wasn't very scary.
Brilliant book
I have an irrational fear of topiary even if I just talk about it the hair on the back of my neck stands upI think there's overlooking the essential issue:
There is irrational fear and there is a rational fear. We - over generations - have made rational fears irrational. And developed irrational fears too.
Yeah, sounds odd but let me explain.
Rats: associated with refuse and disease, these are actually clean and perform as nature's 'clean-up crew'. Like vultures. But the (past) rational fear of disease - indicated by rats - is now held irrational with our increased knowledge of the creature and likelihood of encounter. Fear of? Rational once but now not.
Spiders: depending on location, spiders may or may not be a real danger. But their appearance is considered unpleasant and parents behaviour informs the child so the child grows up not liking the appearance of a spider. This fear is close to being irrational as in most cases, there is no danger presented by said creature. Fear of? Rational in certain circumstances but now not.
Sharks: Aha! Sharks are dangerous therefore the fear of them is rational. While you are at risk from shark attack. If you are in no risk of shark attack then the fear of them is irrational.Fear of? See above.
I've heard explanations of those who fear spiders etc. that it's the appearance of them - the tail (?) in rats, the way they move in spiders. Now this is harder to rationalise.
I'm really interested in truly irrational fears. The "why are you scared of that" moment. Someone of my acquaintance has an absolute, gut-wrenchingly abhorrence of seeing ships sink, such as watching a film about the Titanic. Just can't bring herself to see it. She's been on ships, she's a good sea-traveler ... but it's the visualisation of it sinking that makes her almost faint. I posited that she's a reincarnation of someone who died in a sinking but, of course, I have no evidence of this. But it might be an interesting avenue to analysis of "irrational fears".
Bottom line is that I find it fascinating to examine what someone is feared of and why.
Equally what is fascinating is why some people are terrified to the point of phobia of things that ARE dangerous, and yet other people aren't. If fear of things like snakes, rats, spiders, sharks is an evolutionary advantage (to keep us away from things that might bite, maul, poison or otherwise harm us), why don't we ALL have the same innate revulsion?I think there's overlooking the essential issue:
There is irrational fear and there is a rational fear. We - over generations - have made rational fears irrational. And developed irrational fears too.
Yeah, sounds odd but let me explain.
Rats: associated with refuse and disease, these are actually clean and perform as nature's 'clean-up crew'. Like vultures. But the (past) rational fear of disease - indicated by rats - is now held irrational with our increased knowledge of the creature and likelihood of encounter. Fear of? Rational once but now not.
Spiders: depending on location, spiders may or may not be a real danger. But their appearance is considered unpleasant and parents behaviour informs the child so the child grows up not liking the appearance of a spider. This fear is close to being irrational as in most cases, there is no danger presented by said creature. Fear of? Rational in certain circumstances but now not.
Sharks: Aha! Sharks are dangerous therefore the fear of them is rational. While you are at risk from shark attack. If you are in no risk of shark attack then the fear of them is irrational.
I've heard explanations of those who fear spiders etc. that it's the appearance of them - the tail (?) in rats, the way they move in spiders. Now this is harder to rationalise.
I'm really interested in truly irrational fears. The "why are you scared of that" moment. Someone of my acquaintance has an absolute, gut-wrenchingly abhorrence of seeing ships sink, such as watching a film about the Titanic. Just can't bring herself to see it. She's been on ships, she's a good sea-traveler ... but it's the visualisation of it sinking that makes her almost faint. I posited that she's a reincarnation of someone who died in a sinking but, of course, I have no evidence of this. But it might be an interesting avenue to analysis of "irrational fears".
Bottom line is that I find it fascinating to examine what someone is feared of and why.
This is a case in point. I have absolutely no fear of snakes and will cheerfully handle them. So - why? Why do I lack that fear that could keep me safe?
I will guess that your area has no venomous snakes. Ontario (pretty sure all Canada) has one venomous snake, the Massasauga Rattlesnake. My area is slightly southern to its range and I don't camp "up North" so have never seen one. Snakes startle me, but I'm not overly frightened. I have handled garter snakes, to move them out of harm's way, with few qualms.
Those are good bugs, so try to be a little less scared and send them outside. Yes, I know, they tend to appear from nowhere and usually in the shower
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I am against killing anything, I even put the spiders outside, I would be able to pick up a mouse if they didn't run so fast, but these things are so huge, I can't even bear to look at them, Mr. R has to take care of it!Those are good bugs, so try to be a little less scared and send them outside. Yes, I know, they tend to appear from nowhere and usually in the shower
Me too, I could handle a snake - but if a centipede is in the house, I run down the stairs and out the door!
The drawback to this is that my mother was terrified of snakes. My best friend is terrified of snakes, many of the people I work with are repulsed by, or terrified of snakes. We were all born and brought up with no venomous snakes.
My godmother couldn't even look at a picture of them...
Yes, I know a fair few people who are quite phobic about snakes. Which is a shame, really. But then, I'm not much one for spiders.
Were they radioactive?
