What are You Afraid Of?

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I don't know what I'm truly afraid of...

I do have dislikes, hatred, disgusts, annoyances, worries, concerns, and countless uncertainties. I do get cautious, panicked, guilty, startled, hurt, anxious, nervous, or overwhelmingly numb -- but none of it lasts, or gave me a lasting impression other than just a memory.
But sure, the closest I have for a lasting impression would be guilt, but...

Not even times that it was my body that is having the reaction of fear. Either a very stupid or a very wise part of me says otherwise. It just overcame things rather fast, that I don't know what I'm truly afraid of.
Not even the supposedly fear of humans due to it's fickleness and nature. Not even the biggest certainty and uncertainty of death itself.


But actual fear..? That actually lasts, let alone irrational? I'm not sure. My sense of fear is screwed as far as I could remember.
I don't even have nightmares that frightened me awake -- even if it seem to count one, to me it's just a creepy scene instead of something foreboding.

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I used to be scared of the Gerber Baby. I thought it was a dead baby.

And of the Moon.

When I was very young: of the other Planets of the Solar System as well.

Ooh big one ! I’m afraid of schools. All schools. I’m sure those on the spectrum who had been bullied at school will know what I mean.

I was bullied.

I blamed it on the bullies.

Not on the school itself.

I disliked going to school; but I wasn't "afraid" of school.

I was afraid of the bullies.

I'm disappointed, Stampy. I was thinking of inviting you to go to Iceland with me

(with your family, of course!! !)

Iceland is full of beautiful glaciers. It's a very scenic place.

I'm afraid of death.

These are all very interesting guys! Arganger, I'm curious about your fear of napkins, what is it that bothers you about them?

blooiejagwa, I have a relatively significant fear of men too. I don't feel safe being alone in a room with a man I don't know well, and even walking outside at night with my (now ex-) boyfriend used to make me extremely anxious and hypervigilant, because my brain kept creating awful scenarios in which he would try to attack me sexually. That's one of the PTSD fears.

Trogluddite, I get panicked when unexpected strangers knock on my door too. I do just what you do, I tend to hide out of sight and keep extremely quiet, listening for any indication that they went away. My PTSD makes me paranoid about checking the locks on doors and windows too, and I can't sit with my back to a door or window, even if I know it's locked, it makes me feel too exposed and vulnerable.

I have a phobia of bells (the electric bells you have like in schools). Not just because they're loud, because many other things are loud but I don't have a phobia of other loud things. But just looking at an electric bell fills me with fear. It ruined my school life, and I believe I would have been happier at school if I didn't have a phobia of bells.

I use to be afraid of living my life alone forever, but that went away with marriage.

I have a very very strong healthy respect for gravity, I feel nauseated looking over a cliff, but not necessarily a fear.