I was deathly afraid vampires were going to sneak into my house at night and give me the S U C C. So I used to sleep with a pillow around my neck, as if ol' Count Drac couldn't just yank the pillow away. I also fully believed vampires couldn't come inside unless invited in but that logic didn't get in the way of me still believing they were going to break in somehow.
I was terrified of clouds as a kid
Because clouds could mean thunderstorms
And I was afraid of thunderstorms
Then I got prescribed antidepressants and that helped a lot