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Fear Thread! What are you afraid of?

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  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    the depth and pervasiveness of American stupidity....
    oh, and choking.
  • rm830
    rm830 Posts: 531 Member
    Spiders--Bugs in general...Scorpions
    Snakes
    Clowns
    Anything happening to my kids
    Heights

    Not in that order ;)
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    When I think about getting a cut. When I actually do cut myself it isn't that bad but the thought of it creeps me out.
    I have the same thing with heights and enclosed spaces. I have no problem with those things in real life, but thinking about them freaks me out.
  • BIG_Lew
    BIG_Lew Posts: 513 Member
    Not going to heaven :-(
  • AshjMusik
    AshjMusik Posts: 113 Member
    1) Losing the people I love; not necessarily b/c of being alone, but to no longer have that dynamic in my life & concern for their well-being.
    2) Success/Failure; I'm a perfectionist yet don't enjoy being held to a constant standard that comes with it. I don't like feeling like a failure when I've put my entire being into something. Yet I would never want to just cruise thru life.. A constant focus on balance for me.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Centipedes and spiders, and this thread.
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    Hardcore Twilight fans. Just kidding.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • SmartFunGorgeous
    SmartFunGorgeous Posts: 699 Member
    Spiders and tight spaces (my recent MRI made me aware of the second in a huge way!)
  • janet_pratt
    janet_pratt Posts: 747 Member
    Clowns - When I had my wisdom teeth removed I was so wacked out on gas (they kept me awake!), that I started to hallucinate that Pennywise from the movie 'It" was using a chainsaw to take them out.......

    Good Lord! I hate clowns and I just got over my fear of dentists. Reading this just set me back big time! I hallucinated that I was dying last time they used gas on me and started yelling!
  • Scorpioangel
    Scorpioangel Posts: 951 Member
    Being in closed in spaces
  • Carl01
    Carl01 Posts: 9,307 Member
    Spiders

    Being broke like we were when I was a kid growing up

    Moving from this house (have never lived anywhere else) and starting a new life.

    That last one is kind of exciting too.
  • JulieSD
    JulieSD Posts: 567
    Clowns - When I had my wisdom teeth removed I was so wacked out on gas (they kept me awake!), that I started to hallucinate that Pennywise from the movie 'It" was using a chainsaw to take them out.......

    Good Lord! I hate clowns and I just got over my fear of dentists. Reading this just set me back big time! I hallucinated that I was dying last time they used gas on me and started yelling!

    That gas **** should be illegal. I was traumatized...and still am!
  • hanna1210
    hanna1210 Posts: 286 Member
    I'm taking it old-school... the dark. Creeps me the heck out.

    And, anything with more than four legs. I can handle snakes, mice, whatever, just no bugs... bleh!:noway:
  • PattiDu
    PattiDu Posts: 17 Member
    Blowing up balloons, I always think they're gonna pop!
    Heights
    Suddenly having a heart attack...no warning at all.
  • StarGeezer
    StarGeezer Posts: 351
    Speedo thongs...in my size. <shudder!> :noway:

    :bigsmile:
  • Goal4Good
    Goal4Good Posts: 115
    I hate clowns. (Probably cause I was married to one once.) Not a real clown......just a.....you know......screw up. But I hate real clowns too. Clowns scare the crap out of me. That clown Pennywise.........geez.......I still haven't gotten over that movie.......
  • Ocarina
    Ocarina Posts: 1,550 Member
    Bad people. Popping balloons. Heights. Falling. Food stuck at the bottom of a sink full of water where you can't see it. Deep water. Anything to do with slitting wrists drives me up the wall. Spiders. Germs. Bad food/uncooked meat. Mold. The list goes on!
  • Beths8705
    Beths8705 Posts: 27
    Being Alone
    Scary people who want to hurt me ( Not anyone specific just in general)
    Being Fat forever
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    I'm afraid of Americans. I'm afraid of the world. I'm afraid I can't help it. I'm afraid I can.

    :tongue:

    I'm afraid of fear. It's very meta. :laugh: Seriously. That is my phobia.

    My irrational phobias are heights and turtles. Especially baby ones. ::shudder::
  • Jade_Butterfly
    Jade_Butterfly Posts: 2,963 Member
    Nothing!
  • nerdyandilikeit
    nerdyandilikeit Posts: 2,185 Member
    Oh, I have a hardcore phobia of puking. I avoid it at all costs.

    Also, spiders and bugs in general. I just can't handle them!

    And drowning.
  • _beachgirl_
    _beachgirl_ Posts: 3,865 Member
    Spiders, moths (they always fly in my face), most creepy, crawly little things

    Elevators but only when I am alone

    Falling, I've had dreams about it
    .
  • Yakisoba
    Yakisoba Posts: 719 Member
    Getting my head stuck in a tight, dark corner. o.o
  • rc630
    rc630 Posts: 310 Member
    Dogs. Of all sizes. No me gusta.
  • Captain_Mal
    Captain_Mal Posts: 945 Member
    Spiders and scorpions, chair lifts, being alone in the dark.
  • Captain_Mal
    Captain_Mal Posts: 945 Member
    double post....
  • BSero1982
    BSero1982 Posts: 45
    cancer, snakes!
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
    To stay on topic though, heights. Its a crippling fear...and critters like frogs, roaches, spiders and the like
  • krissagirl0709
    krissagirl0709 Posts: 291 Member
    Needles...specifically blood tests..I hate the idea of veins and needles together yuck yuck yuck i cringe..They have wrote needle phobic in my clinic hospital files lol
  • audigal2008
    audigal2008 Posts: 1,129 Member
    Something happening to my kids ( I still cringe at the thought of my son dislocating his elbow this past mothers day)
    Dying
    Dentists
    small spaces
    roller coasters
    heights
    Horses
    my real life stalker ( Touch wood he's not contacted me in months!! )
    being broke
    never being able to feel comfy in my own skin
    spiders, snakes, rats and mice! ICK
    ya I am just a chicken! Everything scares me
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