What Scared You?

[Xidelt]

Anything with UFOs or aliens. It always led to bad dreams.

However, nothing is more anxiety-inducing for me than playing volleyball in gym class. I still REFUSE to play it to this day.

[barbino]

One of my childhood friends told us about "Mary Worth" & her legend. After that, I was always scared to go to the bathroom at night in the dark because I'd always think of the story.

[carnation]

Is that like "Bloody Mary"? Two of my adult daughters still won't look into a mirror at night!

[barbino]

I think that it is similar. I don't remember much about the story, but supposedly if you looked into a mirror in the dark she would show up. If you did it with a group of kids & chanted her name she always did (a bunch of kids could always imagine this). It was sort of like a seance, which we did a few times. One time the mother of one of my friends joined us & that time it was really scary.

[tinydancer]

My mom took me to see Wizard of Oz when I was about 3. It was in one of the old big theatres. It scared the beejeezus out of me and I cried all the way home.

I still don't like that movie.

[lilykkg]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

Anything with UFOs or aliens. It always led to bad dreams.

I'm the same way! Except, I still watch all those shows knowing it'll scare the crap out of me.

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

My parents let me watch Labyrinth when I was four. Jareth was terrifying to me, and I hated when I would see David Bowie's music videos on MTV in the 80's. It wasn't until I became an adult that I began to appreciate David Bowie's music.

My parents also let me watch The Peanut Butter Solution when I was four. That movie scared me so much. I was afraid I was going to get kidnapped by a creepy man and locked up and forced to work in a paintbrush sweatshop. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peanut_Butter_Solution