The Week of September 1, 2013 - Creepy

By Joan Whetzel

With Halloween right around the corner – lol 2 months away – it’s a good time to start thinking about words like “creepy” and the things that creep us out. Like the fact that the month of September has a Friday the 13th.

 

Creepy Defined

Creepy is frequently defined as producing the sensation of uneasiness or fear, the sensation of your skin crawling, chills running down your spine, your stomach tied in knots, or being annoyingly unpleasant or repulsive. A creep can be anyone who acts sexually inappropriate or perverted, or using dishonorable means in an attempt to derive sexual gratification.

 

Creepy Synonyms

·                     Spooky, eerie, weird

·                     Bad, awful, dreadful, ghastly, unpleasant, evil, wicked, unscrupulous

·                     Sinister, menacing, ominous, disturbing

·                     Frightening, scary, terrifying, alarming, fear-provoking

·                     Eerie, strange, unnatural, ghostly, spine-chilling, hair-raising, sinister

·                     Disturbing, troubling, disquieting

·                     Spine-chilling, bloodcurdling, petrifying

·                     Weird, odd, storage, bizarre

·                     Unsettling, anxiety provoking, upsetting, causing discomfort, creating tension, putting on edge, making someone jumpy

 

How the Creeps and Creepiness Affect Us

We may experience the creeps when get the feeling when

·                     We get the feeling we are being watched.

·                     We unconsciously or subconsciously pick up something in another person’s subtle but negative energy and ill-intentioned signals.

·                     We perceive that someone may not be telling us the truth or is withholding information.

·                     When someone is making unwanted sexual advances or dropping sexual innuendos.

 

At some level, you are picking up on the energy the other person is putting out. Your intuition is alerting you to what’s going on around you. Thank God, or your lucky stars, that your intuition, your red flags, or your gut are functioning properly. Pay attention to what’s going on, try to respond positively (as much as possible), and take time to consider the situation and what needs to be done about it, once you are away from the situation so that you can figure out the ramifications of your actions and reactions without emotions clouding your judgment. Of course, if it’s Halloween events that are the cause of the creepiness, then there may be no need to do anything except sit back and experience the fear and enjoy the “creeps” engendered by the occasion.