WHEN YOU THINK about it, the vast majority of us have a handful of things from our childhood that absolutely traumatised us.
And the thing about these particular memories is that despite reaching adulthood, we still get a sense of foreboding when we reflect on them.
We haven’t yet reached the stage where we can laugh at them because, well, frankly they were terrifying in their own weird way.
Twitter is talking creepy music videos, unsettling children’s cartoons and random advertisements that left us feeling quietly disturbed.
How many of the following left you petrified?
1. We’re with him on number 4.
Top 5 Childhood Traumas
— ImJeffVader (@jeff_vader) May 25, 2018
1. The Incredible Hulk
2. The theme tune to The Equaliser
3. My Roland Rat stuffed toy
4. The Clown from Poltergeist
5. Cold hard boiled eggs https://t.co/9AToNhaBHG
2. Yep, number 1 got us too.
Top 5 Childhood Traumas:
— Robert Dickinson (@ro88age) May 23, 2018
1. Michael Jackson’s Thriller
2. Teen wolf (changing scene)
3. The Tripods
4. Dot and the Kangaroo
5. The 1980’s AIDS public information film
3. Are You Afraid of the Dark was properly traumatic.
Top 5 childhood Traumas
— Roisin (@Rorabella) May 24, 2018
1. Return to Oz
2. Return to Oz
3. Are You Afraid of The Dark where the kid freezes to death in a shed
4. Disney hour movie called Me Boogady
5. The room at the far end of our house that held junk. Count cold having to go in for anything. https://t.co/RCNPfYzMqU
4. Number 3 will never leave us.
1. The Triangle Faced Man who lived in the cupboard in a Ghostbusters cartoon.
— Niamh McClelland (@niamhomac) May 24, 2018
2. The video for Stay by Shakespeare’s Sister.
3. The witch pulling off her face in The Witches.
4. The one-armed man in The Fugitive.
5. The song Lula Lula Bye Bye https://t.co/Ww8I2dj61T
5. Yep, the Bermuda Triangle got all of us.
Top 5 childhood traumas
— Elliot Eastwick (@people_borders) May 22, 2018
1. Teeth bit between escalator steps
2. Bermuda triangle
3. Shark in toilet
4. Quicksand
5. Spontaneous combustion
6. Firestarter was unholy.
Top 5 childhood traumas
— Dave Rudden (@d_ruddenwrites) May 24, 2018
1. that RTE show that told messed up Greek legends that I swear I'm not imagining
2. the film Arachnophobia
3. The Tiny Toons ep with the banshee
4.Species 8472 from Voyager
5. The music video for Firestarter https://t.co/c9vvBxF48o
7. Edward’s gaf was a nightmare, to be fair.
Top 5 childhood traumas:
— Sara Sheridan (@sarasheridan) May 24, 2018
1 inadvertantly seeing 10 mins of the Birds
2 Edward Scissorhands. Oh. My. God. WHY?
3 Where the Wild Things Are
4 Cathy at the window in Wuthering Heights
5 Monkey
8. Say no more.
Top 5 childhood traumas:
— Erica (@Brackers_) May 22, 2018
1. THE
2. ANIMALS
3. OF
4. FARTHING
5. WOOD https://t.co/g0QFBjx8kb
9. The movie IT was not easy for anyone.
Top 5 childhood traumas:
— Kirsty (@kkepp10) May 24, 2018
1. Unsolved Mysteries (many episodes, not limited to the one where the dad was murdered then haunted his family) 😱
2. Rescue 911 - fires, gory injuries such as from running with scissors
3. Bambi's mom
4. Tales from the Cryptkeeper
5. The movie IT https://t.co/PgC1dWkbIM
10. Mufasa’s death; that’s it, we’re done.
Top 5 childhood traumas:
— Emily Glenister 🧜🏼♀️ (@emily_glenister) May 23, 2018
1. Bambi’s Mum
2. Professor Ratigan
3. Mufasa’s death
4. Grand High Witch
5. Fieval being separated from Mama and Papa
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