25 Irrational Fears That Keep People Up at Night

While society has deemed fears like heights, spiders and flying to be acceptable and rational, people have evolved to find more things to be afraid of as well — like unknowingly being part of some kind of Truman Show-style social experiment. There are many layers to that seemingly irrational fear, but the truth is, no one wants to imagine themselves going through the same real or fictional situations as Jim Carrey, which, in turn, makes this one of the most rational fears of all. 

To that end, Redditors have revealed the terrifying things that make them lose sleep at night, and they’ve definitely given us some new fears.