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From quicksand to the Bermuda Triangle, many childhood fears loomed more extensively in our imaginations than in real life. Looking back, it’s almost funny how seriously we took them. Luckily, hindsight gives us the freedom to laugh—and overshare online. We’ve rounded up some of the most hilarious and painfully relatable posts about the irrational things that once kept us up at night, proving that most of us were just too prepared for dangers that never showed up.

#1: Tie Your Shoe Laces

There’s something about escalators that transforms a simple shopping trip into a brush with imagined doom. As kids, we’d eye those mechanical steps with suspicion, convinced they were waiting for the perfect moment to snag a loose shoelace and drag us into the abyss.

That metallic clunk at the end? A trapdoor to another dimension. Even now, as adults who understand physics, the echo of that fear lingers. It’s irrational, sure—but it’s etched into our muscle memory. Tug your laces tight, breathe, and ride like you’re dodging death. Childhood logic never really lets go, does it?