Physical dangers

What physical dangers were you afraid of as a child?  When I was a child of three years old, I had a thought of dying or my grandmother dying.  Now what three year old thinks of dying? And even more, what three year old thinks when a grandparent is dying?  

I for one was terrified of being in the dark. Uh-huh When I was was about 9 or 10 years old I was afraid of being in the dark.  I was alone in my room and thought that there was a monster or other creature was out to get me.  And I was 4 when developed selective mutism. I am sick of this!  I want to heal from this or at least control this anxiety.  

Telling a child, "There is nothing to be afraid of" or "What are you afraid of?" 

The bottom line is I really believe that I always had auditory processing disorder from birth.  But the selective mutism just showed up when other adults were telling us about stranger danger.  Don't put the blame on you. It's not your fault.  It is my fault for allowing it to happen.  But would it be good if I would have been dragged away somewhere when I was about 8 years old?  No!  Parents were just protective of there children and they didn't want anything happening to them.