What are you afraid of?

[amnesiac]

Originally Posted by snwlover79

The only thing that unnerves me is being in deep bodies of water. Oceans, lakes, etc. I find it really creepy to not know what's swimming underneath me. And I was in the United States Marine Corps=water. I can function in the water but im not comfortable.

I'm the same way. Not afraid of drowning, just giant monster fish touching me. Swimming in the big lakes in the Rockies where there are sturgeon that weigh a ton, that freaks me out. I can do it, but it's creepy.

[jacey.ATX]

Originally Posted by amnesiac

I'm the same way. Not afraid of drowning, just giant monster fish touching me. Swimming in the big lakes in the Rockies where there are sturgeon that weigh a ton, that freaks me out. I can do it, but it's creepy.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck YOU! and welcome to the forums, Amnesiac.

[amnesiac]

Originally Posted by jacey.ATX

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck YOU! and welcome to the forums, Amnesiac.

Gee thanks! I've been listening for years and always wanted a good fuuuuuck you sent my way.

[EastTexas]

Originally Posted by Lord of the Cock Rings

Prison [prison rape]

This is a good one. I worry about police putting me in jail for something I didn't do, or abusing their power to put people in jail. Whenever I see a uniformed police officer I'm uneasy.

All of you with the underwater creature fears must love that tv show River Monsters validating everything you are afraid of.

[NoArmsJames]

Bugs. All of them

[stabbyhappy]

Ruining your life by accident.

[faceboy]

British children singing. I wish I was joking.
YouTube - English children singing nursery rhymes
*shudder*

[jacey.ATX]

Originally Posted by faceboy

British children singing. I wish I was joking.
YouTube - English children singing nursery rhymes
*shudder*

faceboy, I adore you.


In addition to stairs, I also fear Riverdance (because when they stand in a line and put their arms on each other's shoulders and kick their legs in unison, it looks like a giant caterpillar) and being put in a mental institution.

This last fear has increased since I started working in a mental institution. I listen to certain patients talk about nutty things, and I'm always pretty sure it's not true. But they believe so much in what they're saying, that sometimes I think, well how do I know it's not true? Maybe this guy was in the Black Ops, and maybe he did stumble upon some highly classified military secrets, and maybe the military did implant him with a tracking chip that makes it easy for their operatives within the local police force to find him and keep throwing him in mental institutions, in order to invalidate whatever he says, just in case he ever decides to go public with what he knows.

I mean, it's possible. And that would really, really suck. It always makes me think of 12 Monkeys and Conspiracy Theory.

So, yeah. That's my fear. And twice in the past, while too drunk and too high at the same time*, I've felt like I've discovered the meaning of life, but I just couldn't explain it to anyone, and even if I did, they wouldn't believe me because I'm drunk and high. And in that moment, I've thought to myself, "oh shit. this is what it's like for the patients. What if I never get back to normal, and tomorrow I wake up in an institution, only I'm not a social worker, I'm a patient. AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!" It's a real buzz-kill.

*never again, for obvious reasons.

[Kimberly]

This is my topic, for sure. hehe.

I am a hypochondriac, number one. Everything to me is a way I will possibly die. Right now my brain is torturing me with thoughts of brain cancer, first and foremost. There are other sub fears constantly circulating about how I will die or be permanently changed by illness.
Subcategory- I am afraid of taking common medications for fear of almost impossible side effects that will cause death or major injury.

Flying- I was on a flight, ironically over the Bermuda Triangle, that began to lose altitude very quickly. People fell over. People were praying and holding each other. Everyone thought they would die. But we didn't. Then I had to fly back home after that. A lot of alcohol was involved. Not a flight since then.

Intimacy- Being close to people feels kind of like I'm being attacked and slowly killed (I mean...personality-wise or what have you, not literally). But I am working on that. I think I avoid it to phobic levels.

Driving- I am beginning to develop a fear of driving. I keep thinking I will lose control of the car by passing out or something and drive into others. Or that others will do this to me. This sucks. I did drive from LA to Colorado this summer, but since then haven't taken a highway and try to avoid driving.

Elevators- Confined, plus heights.

Going Crazy- I fear this because I kind of am going crazy, and total insanity would be a pain in the ass.

Dentists- I was basically attacked by a dentist as a kid, and held down and screamed at. So I fear them, and avoided them for years. But I actually am getting over this.

[xiques_brown]

The afterlife. What the fuck is going to happen to me when I kick the bucket?