Things That Terrified People As Kids

Someone on AskReddit got a thread going about the various things that petrified people as children. Some kids enter the world scared of everything. If they get lucky, they outgrow those fears and swap them out for adulting concerns like financial stress and health issues. Fun stuff. 

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