What do you fear?

[Phantasm]

I am scared of failure. Of ending up a disapointment, an embarressment to myself and those I love. I am scared of regret, of missing opportunities because of my pig headedness.:(

[Bearpod91]

I got agoraphobia...

[Captain Zechs]

Not finding the right person for me. I really dont want to be alone when I grow up, with a whole bunch of girl friends, but not the one..ya know?

[Kury Wagner]

I'm afraid of a lot, sadly. I'm quite a coward.

My biggest fear is suffocating, though I don't exactly know why, the thought of not being able to breathe terrifies me very much. I used to have a phobia of heights, as well. Still kinda do.

[TrogdorNyimbhat]

Missing a sense, or being around people who are.

[Squisheee]

I fear that someday i will be left with no friends, and no one left to care......

[solarflere]

Not finding the right person for me. I really dont want to be alone when I grow up, with a whole bunch of girl friends, but not the one..ya know? I am in the same boat as you are.

[Kagetsu]

Hmm, I can't think of an overall fear, I fail so much, and am scorned by so many I'm used to it :sad:

I don't like public speaking, but am so often thought a fool I can't fear it anymore.

I don't fear death because I can't shake the idea that I won't remember anything afterward.

The only thing I truly fear is other people hurting me and then laughing. :mad:
I'm afraid of a lot, sadly. I'm quite a coward.

My biggest fear is suffocating, though I don't exactly know why, the thought of not being able to breathe terrifies me very much. I used to have a phobia of heights, as well. Still kinda do. Though it's a little different than sufficating, hypoxia, lack of oxygen pressure, is probaly the mst pleasant way to die, Ironically, you have to be above something like 26000 feet for it to occur :shrug:

[Kuja's Light]

Fear itself..And close minded idiots scare me..Lol..

Seriously though ,the feeling of being alone forever, and being in total darkness. heights scare the crap out of me too.

[Kurtman]

Quite a few things,actually:
Clowns:They REALLY scare me!
Bees:STINGERS!
Heights:I don't wanna fall off that cliff!
Death:I'm too young to die!
Dying A Virgin:Too eccentric to find a girlfriend,it would probably take about 8 milleniums before I decide i'm ready to even mate.
Decapitated bodies also kinda give me the creeps.

[Kury Wagner]

I am in the same boat as you are.Eeh, I think a lot of people have that fear. No one wants to end up alone. Not a pleasant thought at all.

Though it's a little different than sufficating, hypoxia, lack of oxygen pressure, is probaly the mst pleasant way to die, Ironically, you have to be above something like 26000 feet for it to occur :shrug:Interesting, though definitely not something I'd go for. *cue laughtrack*

[the Amanda]

I'm scared of lots of things. Here are a few:

-Everything I "know" and cherish could be wrong.
-I think it's most likely that there is nothing after people die. But if there is something... then what?
-Something happening to people I care about (oh, and pets too)
-Being lonely (not for normal periods of time; I'm thinking solitary confinement or being the last person on earth kind of lonely)
-Going crazy
-Pitch blackness
-Utter silence
-Many insects
-Major disasters
-Failure

[Shnay]

I'd say I'm somewhat afraid/uncomfortable around tight spaces, heights (though this depends a lot on the surrounding area), and certain social situations. Also, I really tense up around certain types of public speaking. I don't have a problem expressing myself in a casual setting (in fact, I probably speak too much on many occassions), but I get extremely tense if I have to talk in even the loosest formal setting. At it's worst, my hands shake, my throat runs completely dry, my heart races...the usual stuff. I guess I just shy away from the spotlight, even if that "spotlight" only consists of standing in front of two dozen high school kids who aren't interested in what I have to say anway.

My more serious fear, though, is a fear I'm not sure I have. I've had two people, on two seperate occassions, tell me that I'm afraid of success, and that I've avoided or ruined key opportunities as a result of this fear. I'd really, really, like to believe this isn't ture, as it could mean I end up subconsciously sabotaging my own life for years to come. But to have two different people reach the conclusion on their own...it gives me pause to say the least. I suppose I fear the possibility of having this fear.

[Demonic Raven]

Plenty.

I used to fear things like heights and bugs. Heights is probably something I'll never come to face, since I'm kind of a boring person anyway. Bugs I've been slowly overcoming, though. (I still don't like them ;) )

I've also had a fear of mistake. For example, I post something on a message board (it doesn't necessarily have to be this one), and it turns out I'm TOTALLY wrong and someone debunks me. Rrrrggg, I can't stand when that happens, and I just hate it when I'm wrong.

There's also much deeper things to think about. Like death and the afterlife, for example. No one knows what happens, no one knows where we go. I'm most afraid of the possibility that there is simply nothing, no heaven or eternal peace, no hell or eternal pain, no reincarnation, you just cease to exist entirely. I'd take the eternal pain over a blackhole of non-existance, IMO.

That also ties in with the next one: that this is my one and only life to live. Say that there truly is no reincarnation, and you just die never to return, what if a person didn't get the chance to live? What about those certain unlucky babies that die during or soon after birth? As for me, what if I never get to live my life to the fullest? I'd hate to never get another chance...

Love is also a big issue for me. I haven't had one girlfriend, and I don't have any girls as friends either. I have a hard enough time talking to people (I'm incredibly shy), let alone girls. So how am I going to ever meet one, let alone find someone to love? It just seems impossible...a big fear that I may just die alone.

That's about it. I could dig deeper, if I wanted, but that's enough for one post. ;)

[Style]

What I fear is when I click onto a Moderator's info page and the only description of their activity is simply the words "Moderating at 12: 50"

[solarflere]

What I fear is when I click onto a Moderator's info page and the only description of their activity is simply the words "Moderating at 12: 50" Yea I agree, there is defenetly some totalitarian autocracy going on around here. Things disapear, reapear, a real conspiracy therory going on here.:p

[Fone Bone]

I'm afraid of germs, hospitals, gross people, uncleanliness, crowds, death, getting hurt, closed spaces, people being angry with me, there being no afterlife, bugs, bodliy fluids, crazy thoughts, hurting someone else, people close to me dying, having my stuffed animals stolen, nightmares, sex, doctors, bad memories, being touched, and leaving my apartment. I'm probably forgetting stuff.

[ToOn~g@l]

I don't mind standing on a high cliff or something because I know the view will most likely be extraordinary but what I am afraid of is falling from it. Once i get too close to the edge I immediatly back away.

I also have a small fear of cats, especially when they give you that blank stare as if its plotting your demise with those claws. I'm learning how to control that fear because I now have a friend who has an old cat who just loves to be cuddled.

[TimTwoFace]

Rational fears: Extended periods of lonliness.

Irrational fears: Arachnophobia

-Tim

[One Radical Dude]

Let's see....stinging insects, rejection, sometimes...I don't like public speaking, lightning (though not as much as before), and many crawling, nasty bugs.

[Warrior Kitana]

I fear losing those who are close to me, specifically loved ones dying. That's definately one of my greater fears.

I also fear getting hurt that maybe why I tend to come off a distant and aloof to some people.

I also fear getting picked on and being bullied, considering I have experienced that in the past.

I fear truly hurting those who are close to me.

I also fear not finding the right person for me and being alone.

Failure, is another fear of mine.

[purplehairedwonder]

My greatest fear at this point in my life is dying. I haven't lived a long enough life to be ready for that. Also, as much as I would like to think there is an afterlife or whatever, I find it hard to believe. So, death becomes that much more of a scary concept.

I also am afraid of bees, wasps and spiders and heights (not from roller coasters or things like that, but being on a ladder or the top of a steep escalator). I also seem to have a developing claustraphobia.

I suppose I fear failure as well. Knowing that I'll be getting criticism, even if it is constructive is a bit nerve-wracking for me as well.

[Faethie]

Fear...I'm too tough for that...but seeing as you guys will proabably neve meet me in person....

My fear is to be invisible...erm, to be ignored, not to be a part of the group, a loner, etc....I can't stand being an outcast....:shrug:

[Matt A]

I've got a few odd ones. I don't usually like to admit these, but 'cause you guys are admitting yours, I migfht as well go ahead and spill the beans. Anyway, here's what I'm most scared of:

1. Plants. No, I'm not kidding. Any green thing with tendrils gives me serious creeps. Watching "Jumanji" when I was about eight or nine probably didn't help with that.
2. Pain, especially pain that results in protracted dying. Hence my dislike of heights and fire.
3. The dark. I was pretty much single-handedly reared on "The X Files", so I always find it hard to shake the feeling that I'm sharing the darkness with something...that I'd much rather not be sharing it with. I suppose that ones ties with my fear of pain.
4. My own personality. I have one serious dark side, a leaning towards mindless cruelty that I always need to keep under wraps, or else let it cause major carnage. I suppose I've got a bit of a masichistic streak as well, which doesn't help.

Strangely enough, the one thing that I'm genuinely not scared of is death. I find the thought of having limited chances to be quite galvanising (you know, if you've only got one chance, get it right...). Come to think of it, loneliness doesn't bother me either.:shrug:

-Matt A-

[Mike Spartz]

I fear falling the love with someone else. I'm afraid of taking on the responsibilty of raising a family.

[Czar Gato]

"Concrete" fears: Heights, tornadoes, being buried alive, crowds

"Internal" fears: Prolonged loneliness (though I do enjoy solitude, I still want to have connections with friends, family, etc.), my parents dying, being dependant on others for the rest of my life

[Wanted]

Let's see... I am afraid of/fear:

my belongings catching fire
losing my belongings
drowning
dying of fatigue
dying of disease (that I currently have)
getting in a car crash
parents/siblings getting in vehicular accidents
parents/siblings deaths
not being able to gain a career that suits me
losing limbs
certain bugs
And, then, there are things that just bother me, which I will not bother to list.

[Matt-a-Tastic]

LORD DALEK!!! :crying:

[Elven Moon]

Dying (oh man, I go into panic attacks just thinking about it)
Pitch black darkness
Heights
High ceilings, looking up at the top of tall buildings, laying flat on the grass so as to be looking straight up into the sky (I panic and feel like I might float up or something - s'why I never cloud watch)
Spiders and other creepy crawlies
"Intimacy" as you could call it. Makes me shudder and want to cry - I just don't like the idea of being "violated" :sad:
Extremely dirty rooms
Ghosts (even though I know they aren't real)
Losing a sense, like sight
And that's just the tip of the iceburg :sweat: I'm one twisted person, huh?

[Kurtman]

I'm scared of lots of things. Here are a few:

-Everything I "know" and cherish could be wrong.
-I think it's most likely that there is nothing after people die. But if there is something... then what?
-Something happening to people I care about (oh, and pets too)
-Being lonely (not for normal periods of time; I'm thinking solitary confinement or being the last person on earth kind of lonely)
-Going crazy
-Pitch blackness
-Utter silence
-Many insects
-Major disasters
-Failure
Pitch darkness also creeps me out. I start getting the feeling like a demon is lurking about if there isn't at least one light on.

[TrogdorNyimbhat]

The dark. I was pretty much single-handedly reared on "The X Files", so I always find it hard to shake the feeling that I'm sharing the darkness with something...that I'd much rather not be sharing it with.I share the same fear. I wish I was more like Eustace from Courage the Cowardly Dog with the "Who the heck are you!" type of phrase, rather than the scardie dog which I am. I'm skeptic of "demons" and "ghosts", but I'm very fearful of strangers or burglars lurking behind my back (or confronting me in darkness). I bet if I encountered one I'd be so scared I wouldn't even scream.

I'm also afraid of x-rays, and getting hit in the back of my head. Not to mention something happening to my mother. Backwards audio/video scares me a lot, I don't know why I'm simultaneously so fund of it though. Same with slow motion. I hate it when I know I'm hearing/seeing a hidden message and there's no way to find out what it says.

[Ajax]

I'm afraid of bugs. Anything that crawls on four legs and can kill me with just a bite or a sting scares the hell out of me.

[Kati]

- Being lonely (as in being all alone with no friends or family forever. Otherwise, I like to be alone once in a while... in fact I need it).
- Failure (specially in my work)
- Death
- Spiders, scorpions and those big, black butterflies. They give me the creeps.
- The Incredible Hulk... but not anymore (I mean, I still don't like him, but I'm not as afraid as I was as a kid).

Sigh... I'm a coward :(

[SilverKnight]

Heights. Terribly.

And given the number of reoccuring dreams I have about drowning in the back seat of a car that everyone else has already safely abandoned and/or falling to my death in the back seat of a car that has been somehow driven off of a highway/bridge/overpass/what-have-you, I think I have a major phobia about sitting in the back seat. Or I've got issues of failure and/or abandonment that are so deep-rooted I still can't consciously grasp it. Either or.

[Havok]

I suppose I don't have any fears. Or at the very least, I haven't realized any yet. Death. Well, I dedicated an hour to crying about that and decided afterwards I wouldn't think too much about it anymore.

[Charlie]

That the screaming won't ever stop.


And rejection.

[HumanoidTyphoon]

Spiders, girls. When I confuse the two things can get messy.:o


Also heights...

[Raeofdarkness]

I'm afraid that I will never be good enough for my family.

I'm VERY different from them, and so am kind of the family outcast. I can't be like them, and am not good enough for them. It is a hard status to acheive. I've been attempting it for the last 16 years of my 16 years on earth.

[nevermore]

I'm afraid that I will never be good enough for my family.

I'm VERY different from them, and so am kind of the family outcast. I can't be like them, and am not good enough for them. It is a hard status to acheive. I've been attempting it for the last 16 years of my 16 years on earth.
Same here. I have 5 siblings and my parents like all of them better than me. My older sister never helps them, but they pay for her gymnastics, car, car insurance, gas, and much more, but I babysit my younger siblings almost every day and they won't let me do anything. The best thing they let me do was go to a skate camp, but I had to pay for it by myself. All my other siblings are spoiled, violent, and rude. They never do what they're told, but my parents still like them more! Sometimes I think I'm adopted. My family doesn't appreciate me or what I do.

Anyway, my fears consist of pitch darkness because I fell like there's always someone with me.
My family because I think that my more violent siblings will try to kill me.
Heights...kinda obvious.
Relationships...I am afraid of being hurt.
That my life has no meaning, for I see no purpose to it

[Chibi Kageboshi]

Being Alone
Illnesses
Losing someone i love
Birds....

[Metroid_spy]

- I'm scared of pitch black darkness. That's how it is whenever I go to sleep late. No lights anywhere. Except for a couple of street lights outside. I always hear these weird noises and creaking or maybe that's just my mind.
- Also scared of death. Sometimes I just start thinking about it and it starts up this chain link of What If? questions. I just don't want to think about it.
- Tornadoes. I've never seen one in real life and never actually lived in a place prone to them. Living in California, I've experienced earthquakes and I'm not really scared of them anymore.
- Really scared of spiders. I have arachnophobia. I dont really care for those little spiders but those really big ones that are like dark black or some weird color I get freaked out.
- In a car with someone driving at a high elevation with no guard rails on the side. Whenever we do that I just try not to look out the window cause I get that feeling that they'll be an accident and will tip and crash all the way to the bottom. Almost experienced it when we went 4x4 driving. We were about to crash. You could hear the car tipping back and forth and about to fall. Then some guys helped us and we were free. I was really scared that time.
- Being alone in a house at night. I'm scared that someone would break in or something. Or that they're might be ghosts in the house. I just don't like being alone at night. Especially if its in a huge house like a mansion.

[Raeofdarkness]

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- Tornadoes. I've never seen one in real life and never actually lived in a place prone to them. Living in California, I've experienced earthquakes and I'm not really scared of them anymore.

They aren't so bad if they're little (being in the middle of one myself once)

Oh... and I'm also afraid of people touching me. I've had some bad **** happen in my life and so I have a reason.

[Gatomon41]

I'm affriad becoming foolish , and forgetting about the important things in life, of forgeting what is good and evil, and allowing evil to get away with it's crimes.

[Kury Wagner]

- Being alone in a house at night. I'm scared that someone would break in or something. Or that they're might be ghosts in the house. I just don't like being alone at night. That's why I always have some sort of sound on during the night... I'm such a wimp, the teensy sound will make me jump, and add darkness to that and well, let's just say it's quite an embarrassing sight.

I'm quite glad to see that other people have darkness on their lists, as I forgot about that, but I have a teeny little fear of the dark as well. It's just not happy-like.

[Elven Moon]

- Being alone in a house at night. I'm scared that someone would break in or something. Or that they're might be ghosts in the house. I just don't like being alone at night. Especially if its in a huge house like a mansion.
Me too. That's why I always have at least 2 lights on at night, and some kind of sound. I don't believe in ghosts, but when I'm alone for too long, I don't know what happens to me brain - like any weird sound or dark corner is haunted.

[90'sCartoonMan]

There's also much deeper things to think about. Like death and the afterlife, for example. No one knows what happens, no one knows where we go. I'm most afraid of the possibility that there is simply nothing, no heaven or eternal peace, no hell or eternal pain, no reincarnation, you just cease to exist entirely. I'd take the eternal pain over a blackhole of non-existance, IMO.
You took the words right out of my mouth, Raven. I'm not afraid of death (maybe a painful one), but I am afraid of not existing. My consciousness would just...go away...I can't even imagine it.

Also, I'm afraid of forgetting. Like, becoming senile or something. I write down everything that happens to me, and I re-read stuff so I remember who I was, how I changed, what I used to do what I love to do, all that. I feel like if I forget my past, I'll stop being who I am.

It's not so much I'm afraid of loved ones dying, I'm afraid of sudden and unexpected deaths. I want my parents to live to a nice old age, and I want to be able to say goodbye to them when the time comes.

- The Incredible Hulk... but not anymore (I mean, I still don't like him, but I'm not as afraid as I was as a kid).

Sigh... I'm a coward :(
That's okay, I used to be afraid that Gargamel would come out of my closet when I was asleep and attack me.

I'm also scared to death of SEG9's avatars.

Thanks a lot, Phantasm, you've terrified everyone!

[TrogdorNyimbhat]

That's okay, I used to be afraid that Gargamel would come out of my closet when I was asleep and attack me. Oh I am petrified of closets. Not that I think there's a ghost or Gargamel there, but more along the lines of a criminal hiding. I also used to be very scared of attics, because I could hear noise up there every night from my room below - but now I know that's just because the house is cooling down and compressing (shrinking).

[LightShadow1890]

Well...I don't think I have a real phobia but I am scarred of:


-roaches....big ones actually. Being in houses that do have cockroaches crawling did develop it. I remember when I was small, I lived in a apartment in Brooklyn (I think in Bensonhurst). My father was forcing me kill just one roach in the kitchen...and at that time there were a lot of big ones just crawling all over the place. *shivers*
-failing my education, not doing good in my job, and living as a complete failure. I mean...I already failed the chance to follow my mother's footstep into becoming Valedictorian (or Saledictorian to be more precise). And since I've entered high school, I feel as if I'm stuck a few month before the preset. And all my grades now count when I'm going to college....and what if I forget to register for the SATs? I'm a little stressed out by that....even though my pastor says that there's always a purpose...that God has a plan for everyone...and that I should always pray
-being alone in the darkness when there's something there. I mostly turn on a few lights assure no one's there...but Mahou and I did have a scare when my dog was tipping things over down the stairs from the kitchen while we were watching Avatar in the basement. I mean...many things can happen...
-being alone when there's barely anyone. Same reasom above.
-being raped.
-Mahou getting kidnapped, disappering, getting raped, even though I'm more likely getting mad at the guy. "You touch my sister or I'll...."
-having my right arm broken. NOW how am I supposed to write?
-heights....except when I'm in an airplane. I alway get scarred when there is a possibility of failing down an dying...like on the top of a building or on a area where the rails give you a chance to fail.
-Escalators going down. I remember when I was small watching the news and reporting a kid got stuck on the elevator (he died). I'd rather go on an elevator (even though I do get dizzy) or stairs. Even though I'm not as scared...I do hesistate.
When my father gets mad. One time he threw a plate to the floor when he got mad at Mahou.
Facing a point in time which I have to choose between two things that I want to happen...and it gets to hard to decide. Like a no-win situation.

[Kurtman]

You took the words right out of my mouth, Raven. I'm not afraid of death (maybe a painful one), but I am afraid of not existing. My consciousness would just...go away...I can't even imagine it.

Also, I'm afraid of forgetting. Like, becoming senile or something. I write down everything that happens to me, and I re-read stuff so I remember who I was, how I changed, what I used to do what I love to do, all that. I feel like if I forget my past, I'll stop being who I am.

It's not so much I'm afraid of loved ones dying, I'm afraid of sudden and unexpected deaths. I want my parents to live to a nice old age, and I want to be able to say goodbye to them when the time comes.


That's okay, I used to be afraid that Gargamel would come out of my closet when I was asleep and attack me.

I'm also scared to death of SEG9's avatars.

Thanks a lot, Phantasm, you've terrified everyone! Hmmmmm..........my avatars? Maybe you're scared of alien-looking wolves/ferrets/other animals.
Here are a few examples of some of my avatars:
-Green Ferret
-Tusky Husky (The Krypto character with the deadly tooth)
-B&W Little Girl running around
-Wolffe D Wolf (My current avatar,an Angry Beavers character)

[90'sCartoonMan]

Hmmmmm..........my avatars? Maybe you're scared of alien-looking wolves/ferrets/other animals.

Here are a few examples of some of my avatars:
-Green Ferret
-Tusky Husky (The Krypto character with the deadly tooth)
-B&W Little Girl running around
-Wolffe D Wolf (My current avatar,an Angry Beavers character)
I'm half kidding, but I was referring to the current one and the Tusky Husky, as they both remind me of my dog, who doesn't live with me anymore. He's kind of old, and sometimes I'm afraid of him dying (I know it'll happen someday, but I won't be ready).

Oooh, I can't believe I didn't mention that I am afraid of snapping. That's a natural fear to have, right?