Artist Illustrates People’s Deepest And Darkest Fears
Everyone has at least one irrational fear, but it’s often too ridiculous, embarrassing, or simply odd to share with anyone else. Perhaps this is why it’s so amusing to see others’ fears denuded in these morbid comics by Fran Krause, the illustrator behind the Deep Dark Fears.
The deal is this: anyone can submit their own personal irrational fear or a ghost story for it to be illustrated by Krause and presented to the curious public. If you‘re not the sharing type, though, take a look at these cool examples of the craziest, deepest, and darkest fears of others instead.
Parents, be cautious about the things you tell your kids – they can easily become fears that stick around for a lifetime!
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The basement one is similar to mine, as a child. The difference is: I’m fair game to whatever lurks down there until I reach the top step.
when I go to the barber shop, the man told me that I should keep my mouth shut, otherwise I could swallow my hair, and then it would keep growing into my belly until it goes out my mouth.
that was scary…
And we wonder why adults develop borderline personality disorder!!!
Or become “helicopter” parents.
I worry that if I pee outside, a live wire under the dirt will shock me.
Whenever I pee outside I shake my willie a bit at the same so the stream is broken and the electricity can’t travel up and blow my bollocks off. True story.
Reminds me of a Boggart! =)
This is great! They could possibly be helpful in Exposure Response Therapy for those of us who suffer from OCD.
Your relatives are a bit fucked up in the head, I mean we all had cruel stories from parents, said only for our safety BUT they have no idea what impact it has at that age. Will haunt you forever.
true. everything starts out when you’re young. your brain as a kid could only handle too much.
Sounds a little OCD :) Like me
self diagnosed too, isnțt it? fucking tumblr..
Errr?
Or maybe there are people out there that, you know, have OCD.
That t in place of an apostrophe is really bugging me.
Yeah, that’s not OCD. It’s a form of anxiety, perfectionism. Could be even a “side effect” of BPD but not OCD for sure.
A lot of these do sound like they could be OCD to me. For example, the knife one. I heard about a girl with OCD who was terrified she’d hurt someone if she was given a knife. She wanted all the knives locked up so she couldn’t. Remember, OCD’s about irrational fears, like these illustrations, and it’s an ANXIETY disorder, with many people with OCD being PERFECTIONISTS. Of course, if these fears aren’t getting in the way of daily life, and they’re really just little quirks, it’s not OCD, but if they cause unreasonable anxiety and it takes a lot of effort to not let them get worse, then it sounds like OCD.
Yeah that one describes my form of OCD perfectly, also called “Primarly Obsessive OCD” or POCD. I had countless arguments with my parents over scissors and knives left around the house. It can change your mood for the rest of the day in a fraction of a second. It is very hard to try and make people around you understand that it’s not something stupid, and that you’re not crazy; as it’s hard to force your brain to NOT think you want to do horrible things to people you love or frail ones. At least without prescription drugs. But it is possible. You just have to keep consciously working on your thought process and learn to “steer” your mind at the right moment and get used to it, and accept you will likely have to deal with it all life long. The most important thing to keep in mind is that it affects you just how much you let it affect you. It is hard but if you want, you can grow stronger and not give it too much relevance.
I don’t have OCD, but an anxiety disorder. I have obsessive thoughts, and a lot of intense irrational fears. Some of these remind me of those quite deeply. Probably my biggest fear, not just my deepest or darkest but the one that is always on the edge of my mind, is mirrors. I’m afraid every time I see them that the person looking back at me is not my reflection, but someone else, some THING else. It’s studying my movements, my voice and mannerisms, and one day its going to climb out and kill me and take my place. If there’s a mirror in the room, I either can’t look at it, or I have to stare straight at it until I leave the room, so that I see in time to run if it moves. On bad days, I have to take them off the walls, hide the small ones, shut all the doors that lead to ones I can’t take down and I can’t go in there until I’m calm again.
Maybe you’re watching too much movies.
That doesn’t sound pleasant too.
However, I can’t help but feel somehow fascinated by how many different disorders, and different forms of the same disorder can the human mind can develop. Shows how fragile, but also complex and interesting is the human brain.
I need mirrors, the more the better. It lets me know that I am actually there and not a ghost. Or a figment of someones imagination. So totally opposite but so totally the same.
I have the same thing, Dez. It’s a horrible affliction. When it first occurred, I spent two months in clinical depression locked away in my room because I thought I was crazy. When I finally got help, it felt like the world off my shoulders, but even being TOLD what it is doesn’t remove the doubts or the realness of it. The cycle continues. It’s good to know there are others who share the same thing. Best of luck to you. And I hope that maybe one day, you find true reprieve from it.
I know what you’re talking about, mate. At least now that I’ve been knowing what it is for a while I don’t get those panic attacks I had when it all (re)started…
I would suggest anyone that has to face this kind of issues to go see a psychologist as soon as they can, don’t be afraid and get to know what it is; knowing how it all works is a HUGE release, like you said, and the starting point to a much better life.
Thanks for your words man, wish the best of luck to you and anyone else suffering from this condition. Just keep in mind that you’ re much stronger than it and you’re not alone.
Oh. Oh that makes so much sense.
For as long as I can remember, I cannot have the point of a knife face me or any other person. If the point of a knife is facing me, I have this horrible and intense image of me shoving that knife into my stomach. If it’s pointing at another person, I see them tripping and somehow impaling themselves. I HAVE to take the knife and put it away, turn it, or hide the blade under something.
This goes the same for ANY sharp object. Even forks. Pencils. Pens. I really thought it was just me and that I was nuts; I never thought to look it up and just thought I was somewhat nuts.
Other than absolutely having to make sure the point of the offending object is away from anyone or I have a panic attack, it doesn’t really affect my life much. I just look kind of kooky.
BPD yes! I dont like to be near knives. I use to be terrified of being around babies out of fear I’d lose my mind and control of myself and hurt them. I had severe anxiety and paranoia. With BPD.
Not OCD but anxiety. And only if you have more than one of something like these and you feel that when they come up in your mind, you can’t coop with them, can’t control them.
People will call anything OCD that has to do something with anxiety and fear, but that’s not that simple.
I have OCD. Clinically diagnosed. I write about it and am very open about it. One or two of these fears have a touch of “OCD-ness” to them. More specifically primarily obsessive OCD. I’m not saying that whoever made this has OCD and I am not trying to belittle OCD sufferers (as I have it myself!) but I like people to be aware of the symptoms.
What a unique use of artistic skill; Bravo to the artist! Very intense, and while some are funny, some are kind of disturbing. There are apparently more than a few cruel parents/relatives out there!
Thank God!! I don’t have such fears, neither did…not even one.
Congrats Seema, bravo.