What is your worst fear?

[99.vikram]

Fear of letting down family members - a mortal fear. And it happens pretty much all the time, because any time expectations/pressure gets too high I become sort of "detached" and start passively observing the world instead of doing anything.

 

[French Ninja]

I @#$*ing love heights. I don't know why I just like to be in the air. It's when I feel best.

Also I'm incredibly creeped out by onions. It's not fear, exactly, but I can't be near onions, I just can't stand them. I'm not even kidding.

I love onions. Especially on hot dogs.

I'm afraid of:
spiders
high heights with little area to walk around
sudden loud noises
the idea of no life after death

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

I love onions. Especially on hot dogs.

I'm afraid of:
spiders
high heights with little area to walk around
sudden loud noises
the idea of no life after death

I love spiders there so interesting to just watch walk around and spin webs. I really hate heights even being up in a tree house and looking down scares me. It's odd though, when im in a tree house and look down im terrified but when im in a tree with no structure in it and I look down im fine.
Another thing is when i just think of life, really think of how its just a big competition and the only reason were born is to race with everyone else. Weather its getting a job or getting good grades its just a competition.

 

[Jintor]

Buried alive.

 

[Naurgul]

It's failure for me too. This fear is powerful enough to be used as an incentive for me to do anything, actually.

 

[Atomic_Piggy]

The dark, that weird wallet/phone paranoia (checking my pocket constantly), and bieng on my own in silence (so like, noone around, no radio or tv, or anything).

 

[Krynn72]

If you have the ability to say something like Krynn in the other thread (f*ck it), you can pretty much apply that to any situation that you dread or makes you panic.

I can do that for a lot of things, but only if I have time to think about it. I never liked bees, but if I see one crawling on me or something, ill just ignore it and let it do what its doing. I could walk into one of those honey farms if I just say "f*ck it" and then walk in... but if a swarm of bees suddenly start flying everywhere and I didnt expect such an event, I wont be in the mindset to say my catchphrase, and I'll probably bolt out of there with no regard for anything, and knock myself out by running into a wall.


So my only real fear is the unexpected I guess.

 

[Danimal]

The dark, that weird wallet/phone paranoia (checking my pocket constantly), and bieng on my own in silence (so like, noone around, no radio or tv, or anything).

This, and Ennui's fear of heights combine to make teh_mine.

 

[xLostx]

BTW is it dieing or dying?

dying

 

[AmishSlayer]

Becoming crippled in such a fashion that would prevent me from achieving my dreams and goals and really ruining my quality of life.

That's about it. I love heights (skydiving ftw), I don't mind bugs, death is inevitable so it doesn't really scare me, public speaking makes me a little nervous but I never avoid it, etc. I don't really have those standard fears.

 

[Shift]

Imagine this.

You are knocked out, awake in a coffin deep underground, cant see a thing and can hardly moved, trapped completely.

:S

 

[Naudian]

^ Yea, I even posted something like that in a similar thread.

Whenever I hear about a mine collapsing on the people working inside...it's just scary thinking about it.

Also this,

I can't say I fear death, though, it's the whole eternity of oblivion that follows which scares me.

 

[The One Freeman]

Becoming Blind and Deaf...just the feeling of not being able to communicate with anyone

 

[Beerdude26]

Having to kill a person in self defence.

 

[achilles_d]

being knifed

 

[Dynasty]

I only have a fear of heights if theres nothing to stop me from falling (like a bar, rope etc).

Paranoia in the dark, every noise i hear i think is someone coming to get me (lol), only when i KNOW im alone in the house though or wherever.

Self defence, something tells me instead of defending myself ill end up killing my attacker out of rage.

 

[soulslicer]

Crazy insects of all kinds, dont know why *shudder*.

I freaking agree. I fear ALL insects except for mosquitoes, flies and ants. Though they probably cause the most deaths...

 

[Sulkdodds]

Hahaha, awesome avatar idea Sulky!

Veggie did it. By the way, he has a mortal fear of not being recognised for his achievements, you insensitive jerk.

Unless you mean that "eels up inside yer" was a good avatar idea.

 

[Stigmata]

Unless you mean that "eels up inside yer" was a good avatar idea.

Which it absolutely is!

Wait no, a good porno idea.

 

[Dalamari]

Getting trampled by a crowd of people, while laying face up on the ground

 

[NeptuneUK]

cockroaches.
I could sleep in a vat of pig intestines and earthworms but if a cockroach gets the jump on me you'll hear me screaming high little girl screams all the way in sibieria...

I hate those tiny bug-eyed ***tards.

/b/tards?

 

[comoxer]

Old Gregg.

Just look what happened to curly jefferson.

 

[Kadayi]

Suffocation

 

[Pulse]

Dying lonely and unloved or being buried alive.

 

[CptStern]

boy it's like pulling teeth for members to care for others more than themselves ...my biggest fear is that something happens to my family; that trumps anything that could possibly happen to me

 

[firenbrimstone]

boy it's like pulling teeth for members to care for others more than themselves ...my biggest fear is that something happens to my family; that trumps anything that could possibly happen to me

I've always thought that caring about the wellbeing of family is part of human nature (not fearing the worst...but caring and hoping for the best)...unless you come from a horrible familial background (which I'm sure many members do in some way, shape, or form)...and then, you are forced to care more about yourself first and everyone else secondary. Survivalist instinct.

Whereas fear, that's entirely self-centered... whether it's a rational fear (such as heights with no safety net, etc.) or irrational (erm.. onions... I promise they don't bite!)... the fact is, your fears are just that.. yours. Not mine, not his, not hers.

I'm sure if a poll was added to this thread, a majority of people would rate "something happening to family" as pretty high on their list. Give people more credit.

Sorry for the rant, I just felt that the veiled insult was misguided.

Oh, and my biggest fear is overreacting to a post on a forum and making waves in an otherwise calm ocean.

 

[Stigmata]

boy it's like pulling teeth for members to care for others more than themselves ...my biggest fear is that something happens to my family; that trumps anything that could possibly happen to me

It'll make you happy to know that a large part of my fear of failure includes times where I fail others and make them feel disappointed. For instance, when I fail to do stuff for my friends, it makes me feel awful because I let them down and now they don't have whatever it is that I was going to make or do for them.

 

[Druckles]

Used to have a fear of scorpians from playing Indiana Jones: The Infernal Machine when I was really young. Don't so much now. Don't really have any fears that I can think of directly. I dislike spiders, with the legs and the occasional furryness... but I wouldn't say I fear them. I'd just squish 'em if need be.

If anything, I have a fear of living forever.

 

[freakyflor]

Drowning,being tortuered like in saw,being buried alive,the death of someone i love,:xthe next exams:x,....

 

[PvtRyan]

They're watching, and waiting..

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

He's here to enforce the guarantee...that you will shit your balls out.

 

[Druckles]

Fear of water in games. Not really a proper fear, but I do get a bit edgy when there's a bit of water to swim through. For some reason I didn't have a problem in Episode Two. Only just noticed...

 

[Headcrab Pie]

Not my worst, but I HATE walking between those security devices at the exits of Wal-Mart and stuff.

 

[Kaptain H]

It's a toss up between ice shelves and ocean trenches. If only we could somehow fill in the trenches with the ice shelves, without the ice melting and making the trenches even deeper.

Science must find a way.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

Ocean trenches kick ass! There's like...****ing Godzilla down there.

Also Giant Electric Eel Monsters. **** yeah.

 

[AKIRA]

suddenly, for no reason at all, being mentally swapped with some stranger in the world.

I don't know why but in the very back of my mind, something tells me it's possible/has happened in one point in time (although im probably wrong lol).

But seriously, one second you're you, then the next you've swapped bodies but have the same soul/mind as before. You don't know where you are, who the people around you are and worst of all you can never go back or even explain yourself without ending up in a straight jacket D:

 

[Druckles]

But if you swapped with a woman...

 

[Angry Lawyer]

Here's a bit of a secret.

I'm terrified of robots. Any robot larger than me that looks like it could move away from a fixed point scares the shit out of me. They're only scary in person (I can get uncomfortable watching some films, but I can cope with it), but for the life of me I can't get over it.

The other year, I went to Butlins and there was this 8 foot animatronic robot in the pavillion. All these dudes were standing round it, and it was coming out with a load of movie-robot catchphrases. I was a safe distance away.

Suddenly, the robot turns towards me, and starts moving. It doesn't walk - it jogs. With a horrible hydraulic noise. My brother's like "Yeah, cool, we get to see the robot" and I'm actually transfixed in terror. This things coming closer. Goddamnit, what do I do?

Thankfully, it suddenly turned to meet some kids before it reached me. I was literally in a cold sweat.

Edit: There's the bastard. Terrifying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ex4RO4dHQQc

-Angry Lawyer

 

[evil^milk]

suddenly, for no reason at all, being mentally swapped with some stranger in the world.

I don't know why but in the very back of my mind, something tells me it's possible/has happened in one point in time (although im probably wrong lol).

But seriously, one second you're you, then the next you've swapped bodies but have the same soul/mind as before. You don't know where you are, who the people around you are and worst of all you can never go back or even explain yourself without ending up in a straight jacket D:

Heh, I recommend you to watch David Lynch's Lost Highway.

 

[Phobie]

Plz see the "what makes you anxious" thread.