What are your fears?

[Joekerr]

Originally Posted by Mein11

So long as there's a decent barrier once 2+ stories up I'm okay. House is single level so going on the roof doesn't bother me in that regard. But it's definitely the falling. Dreams where I'm falling are the only ones that will actually scare me and wake up (that weird feeling in pit of stomach like on a roller coaster).

....., no, I don't ever think about throwing myself over the edge of anything.

Ok, just me then...I've always been a blob of something different I guess lol.

I get those dreams as well, ditto on the stomach, but my heart is racing as well.

[704g30]

Originally Posted by Esteban

That my daughter would die before me. This would crush me. We are so very close and she is a wonderful person. Besides, as the saying goes, "no parent should have to bury a child."

100% agree. Pretty much anything to do with my son is my worst fear. As he gets older it's even more difficult to not be a helicopter parent.

[704g30]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Speaking of spiders, saw this on the MTV show "Ridiculousness" the other day.

Watch it if you want to get creeped out. lol

Happy Halloween!

Ok I'd like to change my answer... THIS is now me greatest fear. Time to sleep with a swim cap on.

[Mein11]

Originally Posted by Esteban

How about the fear of falling in dreams? I get those. Falling off a building or a cliff or something. And then I wake up with a sudden jerk. Startled, heart is pounding. What just happened?

Literally the only dream that is a repeat offender of waking me up startled. Would rather have winning lottery number dreams....,

Originally Posted by Joekerr

Ok, just me then...I've always been a blob of something different I guess lol.

I get those dreams as well, ditto on the stomach, but my heart is racing as well.

Nah, I've heard other people say the same thing. Not on my end though, thankfully?

Yeah heart racing too. Dreams are fuckin weird man.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by 704g30

Ok I'd like to change my answer... THIS is now me greatest fear. Time to sleep with a swim cap on.

Saw a TV series (Raising Hope) where a person in the show got a spider, or spiders, in her ears and slept with a swim cap on after that so it would never happen again. lol

[Esteban]

I sleep with earplugs so I'm not worried. No spiders are going to get in these ears.

[Sara]

Burying my daughter

Getting cancer

Stuck in an elevator

Drowning

Stepping on a roach

Any bugs landing on me

Being stalked/abducted

[UncleWede]

I thought it was heights, but it seems more loss of control. I can't even get in a fermis wheel any more. One at Disney-Cal, where you are totally locked in a cage, and it swings in/out on the fixed rails: You can probably still see where I tried to climb out, ripping the mesh apart.

Went to the Space needle. It has that little drain, and the big glass windows. I was sneaking up on the windows to look down, when my SIL backed into the drain, squawked a little, and I nearly had a coronary. I wasn't going to drink that day, but immediately went and paid $10+ for a hard cider.

[Kick 6]

I wouldn't call it necessarily a fear, but if I was Chinese and I wanted to F up America, I'd use a bioweapon. I'd use some common virus that I could manipulate, like the coronavirus, and anticipate America's reaction and response. Knowing they would vaccinate everyone possible, I'd have a common bacteria like Staph, Strep, or another common bacteria that I could manipulate by putting the same sequence of proteins found on the virus. I'd spread the bacteria to common food sources and upon ingestion, the vaccine would cause all sorts of inflammatory and auto immune reactions. It would basically overwhelm our healthcare system.

[rebekahb]

Originally Posted by Kick 6

I wouldn't call it necessarily a fear, but if I was Chinese and I wanted to F up America, I'd use a bioweapon. I'd use some common virus that I could manipulate, like the coronavirus, and anticipate America's reaction and response. Knowing they would vaccinate everyone possible, I'd have a common bacteria like Staph, Strep, or another common bacteria that I could manipulate by putting the same sequence of proteins found on the virus. I'd spread the bacteria to common food sources and upon ingestion, the vaccine would cause all sorts of inflammatory and auto immune reactions. It would basically overwhelm our healthcare system.

Well, that took a turn.

[wtwo3]

Originally Posted by Kick 6

I wouldn't call it necessarily a fear, but if I was Chinese and I wanted to F up America, I'd use a bioweapon. I'd use some common virus that I could manipulate, like the coronavirus, and anticipate America's reaction and response. Knowing they would vaccinate everyone possible, I'd have a common bacteria like Staph, Strep, or another common bacteria that I could manipulate by putting the same sequence of proteins found on the virus. I'd spread the bacteria to common food sources and upon ingestion, the vaccine would cause all sorts of inflammatory and auto immune reactions. It would basically overwhelm our healthcare system.

[Tommy-G]

I have a fear that we are going to experience a recession worse than 08-11 and that scares the shit out of me in Florida bc of how bad it got there.
I guess my fear is more of a when than an if…..

[704g30]

Originally Posted by Sara

Burying my daughter

Being stalked/abducted

I dunno.... I think I'm ok with this. The person on the other end of that gig is going to get more than what they deserve...

Don't forget, it's not waterboarding if you use diesel...

[F32Fleet]

Little fear: Getting bit by a black widow or brown recluse. I saw a brown widow in the garage a year ago and it scared the shit out of me.


Big Fear: Economy will shit itself just prior to whenever I want to retire.

[Germanauto]

Loneliness/not finding a long-term girl. I have a great social life but as time goes on, more and more friends get tied down. Priorities change.

Ending up not being rich, feeling average.

Knowing that my parents will turn old and their health will decline. I see senior citizen patients daily...old age is a terrible thing.

[rebekahb]

Originally Posted by Germanauto

Ending up not being rich, feeling average.

I know a lot of people who are rich who have no self worth or struggle with a lot of insecurities. The only person who can make you feel above average is you. Money won't do that.

[Sara]

Originally Posted by 704g30

I dunno.... I think I'm ok with this. The person on the other end of that gig is going to get more than what they deserve...

Don't forget, it's not waterboarding if you use diesel...

I'm not okay with burying my child or being abducted.

[Alfisti]

Black Widow? Come on man, they're not that bad. It'll hurt a bit but you'll be fine. They're not aggressive, they're slow, they're small.... all good. Not gonna kill you or anything.

[Tommy-G]

So I know its not scary but I'm checking the paint work on an Escalade and open the tailgate and this lil guy almost made my poop myself b/c I wasnt expecting his beady lil eyes to be staring at me

[CTinline-six]

-Pretty much every animal in Australia
-Disease/death
-Burying my parents/siblings
-Corruption
-The unknown
-Old people driving (I used to be an AARP auto insurance adjuster)

[JLZ4]

Originally Posted by CTinline-six

-Pretty much every animal in Australia

I'm Australian and I hear this all the time from my American relatives and friends!

I grew up in Tasmania, one of the wildest places in Australia. It was a rude shock for me as a young child, moving there from Hong Kong. I lived in a city in Tasmania, but Tasmanian "cities" are more like small regional towns surrounded by forests and farmland. So you really learn to coexist with wildlife. There are actually signs on many roads in Tasmania telling people to drive slowly between dusk and dawn due to wildlife activity.

I remember being scared by the glowing eyes of possums which were hanging out in the backyard at night. I spotted a giant lizard in my yard once. A wallaby frequented my yard for a few months. Some kids found a big huntsman spider in the dress-up box at school one day. Spiders were just everywhere in general. And I heard all kinds of stories about people finding venomous snakes in their homes!

I moved to Melbourne as a teenager. I also have a large yard here, but Melbourne is a real city and I definitely haven't had as many close encounters with wildlife as during my years in Tasmania.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Tommy-G

So I know its not scary but I'm checking the paint work on an Escalade and open the tailgate and this lil guy almost made my poop myself b/c I wasnt expecting his beady lil eyes to be staring at me

Cute little guy, but I bet it was a surprise. lol