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"...Afraid of lightning, huh? Guess that means you won't become a Viking Kittie? "

Virtual lightening doesn't bother me too much. ;) But if there is a storm outside I'm iffy about even going to the bathroom.. it's my nanny's fault. When I was little she told me a story about someone who died during a thunderstorm going potty because lightening hit the plumbing or somesuch. And you can forget getting me outside or near a window. I'm trying hard not to pass my fear on to my kids but if a storm gets too bad and hubby isn't home I'll have a panic attack. Sooooo if I know bad stuff is coming I try not to be home alone. If it creeps up on me and it's extremely bad weather, I will sometimes call hubby home from work. If there is a tornado warning, you'll find me either at my parents house in there storm shelter if I can get there before the storm gets here(5 minutes away) or in my bathtub. We live in north GA so we do occationally have some really bad storms.

I hear you loud and clear, hon.

When I was little, I had a ventriloquist dummy. It was OK at first, but after I while, I started getting creeped out. It kept smiling at me. And not the good kind of smile. The kind of smile you give to a rottweiler just before you konk it out with a rock. I became scared and barried it -- face down -- in the bottom of my closet. However, that only made me more scared because now (in my yound mind) it had reason to attack me. I actually had nightmares about it: It would come out of the closet and try to kill me, but I would force it back in and put it back in the closet, then try and hide in my bed, but it would come out of nowhere and try to rip the covers off and kill me again--and not once did that smile go away. What a nightmare. *whoo*

I understand the lightning. It's normal, too. Lots of people -- adult people -- are scared by lightning. Perfectly normal. My case is probably one of those that you don't see every day. Yet another reason why I am special. (to a shrink, yeah...)