Please Don't Bash My Head
Wednesday, July 21, 2004 at 4:45PM 2 Comments 
It's an irrational fear, I know it. At work, and in many other public places, whenever I am standing at a urinal -- which I am known to do -- I suffer a bit of terror.
It's not stagefright or anything like that. Instead, I have an intense and recurring fear that someone is going to throw open the bathroom door, step up behind me, and bash my head full force into the ceramic tile that is just a few inches from my face.
It must have something to do with disliking vulnerability. Duh.
Why would anyone want to do this to me? Especially at work? They wouldn't, and they won't, of course. And yet, the thought that they might crosses my mind nearly every time I step up to the plate, espcially if the door is quite close to the urinal. I just can't wait to get the hell out of there.
After I wash my hands, of course.
Reader Comments (2)
i have a similar irrational fear. every time i'm in a public toilet, i'm scared that someone's going to kick in the door of the toilet stall, and that metal thing is going to hit me in the face, right when i'm leaning forward and wiping my butt. i don't like things hitting me in my beautiful face. i'm still young and good looking. i'm sure when i'm old and wrinkly i'll have different irrational fears.
I can't see a truck going down the highway with one of those hulking metal I-beams hanging off the back without thinking it's going to wind up crashing through my windshield and pile-driving me into my seat. As far as bathrooms go, I just can't stand it when women pee on the seat and then don't wipe it off! I could never do that.