Irrational fear #20294
Irrational fear #20294:
Whenever I am throwing garbage into a dumpster of any type, be it large or small, and I have my keys in my other hand, I am completely convinced my brain is going to make the wrong hand throw, and all of the sudden my keys will be buried in a sea of trash, and I’ll be dumpster diving.
FL: It’s true.
June 14th, 2006 in
re: Eric
Yesssssss! I have this same fear. For seriousness. I usually loop my keys around my hand somehow so that I’m almost positive they won’t remove themselves from my hand. I still worry about it, though. All the time. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one.
My keys are on a lanyard. I don’t have this problem.
I have similar fears. For example, when I throw away anything, especially in a fast food restaurant, and I have something in the other hand, I position myself so that the hand with the trash in it is closest to the trash can, therefore minimizing the chances of accidental disposal.
It’s amazing what the mind comes up with, isn’t it???
I have a fear of dropping my keys down one of those sewer grates. Every time I park near one of those things and have to walk over I grip my keys with far more strength than necessary, just in case…
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