Your Greatest Fears..?
Started By
I like to think that I am not afraid of anything-- life is too short to cower on your knees.
Death does not scare me...
So what is there to fear if you do not fear death itself?
For the longest time I thought that my one shining point was that I lived without the slightest of phobias. I gave it incredible thought on those sleepless nights... I have finally found out what I fear: Living life too little.
Living life too little? It sounds so minuscule, huh? I cannot explain how it has plagued my mind. It is a bona fide trepidation of mine.
Each night it breaks me to think of everything I could have done with a day that will not return.
There. You have read my mumblings.
What do you fear?
Spiders, perhaps? Or heights? Nothing is too large or too small to bud dread (as I have learned).
I have always tried my best to control wandering thoughts, to break them off before they reach the ranks of morbidity... it has worked with all past minor fears (which I have overcome because of it).
My best suggestion is to not give your mind more power than it holds. If you do not assist it with a recipe to create ghosts there will be none.
Share with me.
I want to grow from mine and help you arise from yours.
-Artex
(My inbox will remain open for those of you whom would rather voice yours in privacy, if at all.)
Queen (#18869)
profile
message
12-14-2011 at 11:55 PM
1). I am terribly afraid of any sort of spider. - I have had one crawl on my leg, and it scared me so much. I could not believe how big it was, it had to be the size of a wolf spider, I freaked out and jumped right on to the monkey bars and held on for dear life.<br /> <br /> 2). I am scared of anyone in a black hood, with anything that doesn't look right. I quickly see them as a serial killer and I walk way faster than normal.<br /> <br /> 3). I am scared of snakes. I used to own a snake named Princess, she escaped from what we were keeping her in, although I loved princess so much, she still scared me alot because she wouldn't move then she'd scatter and it would scare the heck out of me. I held her only once before she got away, but it's something I got to go with.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Those are the biggest things I am scared of.
---ƉαяκƧσиɢ--- *Still* the Ala penguin :3 (#11030)
profile
message
12-13-2011 at 1:11 AM
I have a terrible fear of... Pidgeons and small birds. Doesn't help that i live in San Francisco, eh? Anyways, the little buggers freak me out. I will run away screaming from them. Something about there beady, cold, unfeeling eyes, and how they puff up when they're angry makes me all uneasy.<br /> Also Clowns. Deathly terrified of clowns. Honestly. At the Halloween Haunt at Great America, a group of clowns cornered me. I was in between my mom and her friend Collin, almost passed out, laying on the ground crying.<br /> Surprisingly, I'm not scared of death. Nope, not at all. In fact, it intrigues me.<br /> oh, and one of the ghosts in my house (no lie). He terrifies me.
Horseman (#4055)
profile
message
09-6-2011 at 11:43 PM
Losing my teeth, enough responsibility to mess up the rest of my life (in a monetary or reputation way) with one careless mistake, burning alive, getting stung by a bee, causing a car crash, accidentally killing/injuring a person for life.<br /> Yeah, some make a lot of sense... others not so much, lol.
edit history
2011-09-06 20:43:46 by #4055
Riff (#14157)
profile
message
09-6-2011 at 10:58 PM
I fear spiders, bees, wasps, roaches, flying bug things, and most of the creepy crawlies. I'm also really shy in real life; I hate talking to people outside of my "group". What doesn't help is that I've got a twin, so most everyone at school knows me and they feel compelled to run up and say, "Hi, Twin!" *shudders* But what I'm most afraid of is spiders.<br /> I don’t like to sleep without the television on because the dark is scary. I need some kind of noise and sound to keep my over-active imagination from creating some kind of horrible, faceless, monster out of nothing. I guess I do that kind of thing mostly because I like to over-think things. I get bored a lot, so in my free time I find myself turning ideas over and over in my mind. I’ll mentally examine about anything, really. From how floss works to how the universe was created, I’ll sit and think about it for the longest time if I’m having a dull moment. So naturally, if I can think about practically nothing for a good half hour, it doesn’t take much effort for my mind to start travelling, as I like to let it do on its own, into some far-off place. It just seems that when I’m alone in the dark I always become overly paranoid.<br /> [edit] Oh, and I'm afraid of most sports. Why? Because there's always some kind of ball involved,and it's always coming straight at you; I'm terribly afraid of getting hit in the face by a ball while playing sports.
edit history
2011-09-06 20:00:01 by #14157
Bea1113-is a christmas tree (#15242)
profile
message
08-21-2011 at 11:38 AM
My worst fears inclue small fears like-<br /> Big dogs (After a while with a big dog I get over it and cuddle with them.)<br /> Spiders (If they're in the window seal I'm perfictly happy watching them.)<br /> And big fears like-<br /> Needles-I cringe if I see a hypedermic needle. I am deathly afraid of them.<br /> Shots- I think my fear of needles comes from this. I fear that my docter may someday "accedentaly on pourpose" inject me with a poisin substance.<br />
Roo (#8507)
profile
message
08-21-2011 at 12:33 AM
Ah, fears.... I didn't used to think I had any. Then I took another look at me and realized that I do, indeed, have fears. Quite a few, actually :x<br /> <br /> 1) Cicadas - the stupid things terrify me. Just last week, one dive-bombed me in the pool at 9 at night. I screeched and jumped out... Luckily a couple guys fished it out and saved me XD<br /> 2) Centipedes, though this one is fading somewhat. Doesn't hurt that I spent a few nights in a tent surrounded by baby centipedes.. o.o<br /> 3) I'm kind of afraid of tornadoes, but that's gotten better (helps that I don't live in tornado country). <br /> 4) Wet hair. I don't know why, but wet hair freaks me out.<br /> <br /> Those are the lighter fears... Here are a couple of the ones that rule my life. >.<<br /> 5) Food poisoning. I <i>will not</i> eat at restaurants that don't have a sanitation grade, aren't well-known chains, or have empty parking lots. I also won't eat food in my fridge if it's been in there over 2 or 3 days (depending on the type of food), I won't touch bananas with brown spots, and I constantly pester whoever is cooking about washing hands. And if I do eat somewhere that doesn't match one of these criteria, I tend to make myself sick worrying about getting sick. If I don't make myself sick, I suffer through multiple anxiety attacks.<br /> 6) Vomit, or vomiting (this one's called 'emetophobia'). I avoid situations involving alcohol, lots of people who are likely to be sick (or who might've been around sick people in the last day or so), and any other potential vomit-inducing situations. I'm okay with dogs (well, I've grown somewhat accustomed to it), but humans.. *dies* I think my fear of food poisoning stems from this fear...<br /> 7) People. Not all people, and not people all the time. But in general, I hate being around people. I don't trust them and they give me anxiety attacks. I can handle people if I'm in an authority situation (at the animal shelter or at work) but in general, I just don't like them. I don't get close to people, either (and when I make exceptions, they always do something horrible and it ends painfully for me)...<br /> <br /> Edited: Sorry for the mini-novel of a reply >.< I tend to get wordy.
edit history
2011-08-20 21:33:41 by #8507
pittieluver (#15174)
profile
message
08-21-2011 at 12:10 AM
Well, when there's darkness behind me or whatever, I get scared pooless that I'm going to be murdered, and home alone I'm scared someone is gonna come in my house and kill me, so, basically crazy murderers/I'm paranoid.<br /> <br /> Also, I'm very afraid of open spaces. haha. And poltergeists as well. And I believe that there are ghosts in my house as I hear creepy noises when I'm home alone and the dog is with me.
PapTheMag (#9432)
profile
message
08-20-2011 at 11:27 PM
I'm really just majorly scared, of being in charge. ^^; And the two girls down the street that I babysit, they have a dog, who wants me dead, and that thing scares the living crap out of me. o.e<br /> <br /> When I'm in charge, I am just so shy and nervous and quiet... It scares me to think of what I can say or do, or if i look like a moron.<br /> <br /> Theres more, but I only wanted to share the two.
Nitrous (#9181)
profile
message
08-20-2011 at 6:48 PM
Ewww. :( You just reminded me, Gamzee.
Steaks (#5484)
profile
message
08-20-2011 at 6:35 PM
Small/clustered holes.
*Claws (#7799)
profile
message
08-20-2011 at 12:12 PM
Well, uh, I'm afraid of... Rubber bands. ^^; They scare the living daylights out of me. You see, when I was in school one day, someone went around flicking people in the neck with them. He decided to hit me the hardest, and it swelled up my neck, and I was harassed because of it. So, I am deathly afraid of them. :P<br /> I'm not afraid of much else, actually.<br /> Except for, of course, losing the love of my life. Now, that would kill me. I could never live without the love of my life.
Celestial's Dakonic Shepherds (#3992)
profile
message
08-19-2011 at 8:09 PM
Public speaking, the dark, zombies, sometimes people, losing my dogs, being alone, failing my dogs.
Nitrous (#9181)
profile
message
08-19-2011 at 8:04 PM
Awkward social situations, losing teeth, driving off a bridges, hair in my food, hair in general, roaches, dying alone, hoards of aquatic and semi-aquatic creatures, anesthesia awareness, aliens... Yeah.<br /> <br /> Basic list.
Ly {Bisexual and genderqueer~} (#1853)
profile
message
08-19-2011 at 7:44 PM
Ha, a ton of things. I normally hate admitting this, but there are many nights where I have cried myself to sleep out of just plain fear and anxiety. Other nights it will take me as long as two hours just to fall asleep.<br /> <br /> The fear I hate the most out of embarrassment is my fear of spiders. I'm terrified of spiders, and they are the only animals I truly fear. Bees freak me out when they're directly in front of me, but I can look at pictures of bees and talk about bees without any worry. The moment someone starts talking about spiders, I freak out.<br /> <br /> My most common fear is death and the after. A lot of my fears come out at night when I start being afraid of whether or not I'll wake up the next day. And when my thoughts drift to death, my thoughts drift to my fear of the unknown, i.e. the afterlife, or rather whether or not there is one. I think it's not so much death that scares me, its the thought that I won't exist anymore. That all of a sudden, this will end.<br /> <br /> /rambles<br /> Going back to my corner now.>.>
Ravyn (#98)
profile
message
08-19-2011 at 7:05 PM
Dolls, masks (Slipknot is the only exception to this xD), clowns, puppets, spiders/other mean-looking creepy crawlies (I don't mind moths/ants/ladybugs and such, haha), and zombies for me. Hate the things.<br /> <br /> I freak out if I don't know what's going on behind me, as well. Such as if I'm facing a corner and I'm not aware of anything going on -- like something bad happening to me or to other people/things/animals. Loud noises that don't allow me to know what's happening, I can't do, as well. I can't use my hair dryer at all any more because I can't face the other side of my room and I can't hear what's happening on that side ._.<br /> <br /> EDIT: Nevermind about not minding ants. The things need to DIE. >:C
edit history
2011-12-13 06:35:38 by #98
2011-08-21 08:34:12 by #98
Eden (side) (#7324)
profile
message
08-18-2011 at 9:53 AM
Er, I know this may sound a bit.. dumb, but what keeps me up at night: Ghosts.<br /> <br /> I strongly believe that there are ghosts in my house, and in my bedroom when I sleep. I usually have a crowd of stuffed animals around me to provide my comfort. They usually kept me up all night (the thought of them) but I've grown a little over them, but I'm still terrified.<br /> <br /> I probably sound like a scaredy cat, but, eh.
Tuarwen ; The Official Horse Nut (#777)
profile
message
08-18-2011 at 8:56 AM
I'm Afraid of Spiders, snakes, and lizards(any kind/size)
Steaks (#5484)
profile
message
08-7-2011 at 6:21 PM
I have lots of fears. My top fears would be moths, junebugs, cicadas, centipedes, ghosts, ufos, zombies. It's silly, I know.. but I'm terrified of them ]: