What are you afraid of?
 

I have this fear of abandoment by death. I don't know why but I always have to check on people unobtrusivly to make sure they haven't died on me. I fear that everyone else will die and I'll be left alone.

I think I might have some kind of a social phobia. I get annoyed at people easily sometimes and I get stressed out when there are big crowds of people around me because I feel like I'm being watched and judged. I don't like sitting in front rows because I feel like people are staring at the back of my head. I guess I'm also afraid of being alone. The world can be a quiet place with nobody around and I get scared when it's really quiet because I feel like everyone has disappeared. Not all the time, but sometimes I feel that way.

Heights, the Unknown, Death, and GOD.

Heights- falling from high places is a one way trip to death w/ low chances of survival.

Unknown- you really don't know what it is so i fear it might be scary.

Death- no further explanations needed since all of you know the reason why already.

God- I was taught by the elders to be a God-fearing person and so I am.

i have a fear of failure and the fear of being lonely which at one point or an other are basic fears in my book

I have this huge fear of having anyone being disappointed because of something I did. And yelling, if someone starts yelling I don't even know what they are saying I just focus on not running to be honest.

"Face your fears to know thyself" so I say, well the fear of death is quite an exception yet we still need to be brave enough to face it coz Death's like the final boss every living creature will face in their life. Death is not something to be feared at all, but sometimes fear of death makes us wise and reasonable and prevents us from doing idiotic stuffs you can imagine off. So as I was saying Face your fears to know your strengths.

I am afraid of height. Rather ridiculously so. I even got reminded of it today. I was in shopping mall, fourth floor, and there are only escalator or elevator to get down (or up). The escalators are really steep and really fast, but I don't like elevators very much (blame it on my mom and some things I've heard, plus the fact it's in hiiigh, empty space), so I always try to use escalators, but it gets harder and harder each time... Now I stopped at top of it and nearly gagged, already "seeing" how I don't manage to step on the "step" and I don't manage to keep my balance and fall all the way down... -shiver-
I am afraid of say, standing up on chair, too, cause I could fall backwards and break my backbone, if I fall on something or something... There is no higher than every-day height that I really feel as safe.
I am afraid of making a public mistake. I always weight out everything I have said to someone and find that I've done it "wrong" and then I get this feeling "they're gonna think I am dumb, etc.". I am slowly overcoming it somewhat, though. But I don't like and am awkward in most social situations, with strangers, public speeches and so on. With my family, though... No problems.
Similar about failures in general, but also overcoming it somewhat.
And I am a little afraid of never figuring what I really want, never finding motivation and ending my life somehow... only half lived, empty. If it makes sense. I want to achieve something, stabilize my dreams and then reach them, but sometimes I don't think I can do it.

I am not afraid of death. It will come eventually, for us all. It is natural thing and often, a relief, as cruel it might sound. But I don't want to suffer before my death, I don't want to be in pain. I don't want to die in catastrophe or something, when there is time to realize what is about to happen and that deep, deep fear, pleading for surviving and pain and then death...
I guess I am a little afraid of becoming old, ever since my grandmother died, and now how I see the age tortures my mother. But... They never had an ease, good life, never had the money to treat the health problems when they started. I hope my life will be different in that aspect, and I will be able to take care of my self and that all the suffering I've gone trough in childhood and teenage years will mean less of it when I am adult and then an elder.
I am also afraid of losing my mom, who is my only close person in this world. But that is no phobia, but very normal thing, I think.

.... Heh, this came out much longer than I thought. xD

I am afraid of my family's thoughts. Quite normally really in any family I think. I'm lucky my asian family is quite Americanized heh. But still the fear freezes me in indecision. Every time they catch hint I'm interested in something they talk about it like I'm going to pursue the interest and try to encourage me. They're not really bad. But because attention is on me I stop doing said thing for fear that now they know I could never be good enough or something. Like I'll fail in any pursuit. Whether they know it or not because if I pursue an interest they'll eventually find out. How will it be if they don't see it positively (which I doubt) or if I'm not doing a good job in their point of view? So I do what I've always done: what' I'm told. Knowing only the minimum of what I most know to do what's necessary for my every day life.

Hmm even if I know the reasons behind it the fear is somewhat irrational considering my family and the fact I'm being held back by this. Or maybe because this is becoming a self-diagnosis I am in a typical fashion victimizing myself. xP

being a fool in front of a group. i freeze up and the world shrinks to the size of my own skin give or take an inch, i feel like running away forever or dying right on the spot

even now as i try so hard to get attention, if i get too many eyes on me i run away

i fear socializing in the real world somehow. Coz whenever i mess up i might be laughed upon and might bring shame to me, man i hate shame u know.

Doesn't everyone hate shame. But really, you never try, you never know.

(I got yelled at by my mom for a similar issue..."So if you're just a toddler and you fall down, and you've got that mindset, does that mean you'll never walk again for the rest of your life?")

Sorry for going MIA. I relize I wasn't quite clear on my fear, whoops. I don't have to check in on everyone 24/7 and I don't go crazy if I don't know where you are. But if you on a plane or taking a really long car ride (I'm talking more than a one day trip here) I get nervous and my imagination takes off. Or if you say I'll be back in three hours, I expect you to be back or shoot me a text, or come back with a very good excuse.

@SinX franz, I have overcome my fear of this by having no shame. If I speak what I think and tell no tales I have nothing to be ashamed of. If you hate me for my opinion that okay, pretty much sums up my attitude.

I am afraid of Wind/Tornado-esque weather. Scares me completely senseless. If I hear thunder/heavy wind/sirens/heavy rain, I *have* to check weather.com to see what the prediction is. If not, I start crying and freaking out.

Social Phobias? I have none, I am an entertainer. Heights? Yeah, they freak me out a little, but I can function. Death? I've accepted it, and when it comes, yeah, it will suck, but it happens. Being alone? I'm OK with that, because it will never be permanent.

But you even JOKE about it being tornado weather outside when it's not 100% sunny awesome, and I WILL poop myself.

(not really, but you get the gist)

Oh several things; Death, Change, Aging, Missing out on an opportunity, massive crowds, being fired, my grandma, pregnancy (a very unhealthy fear), being buried alive, not waking up, being skinned alive, impaled, and others but I can't remember it all at the moment.

I fear the concept of people leaving me. I love other people, even though i'd never admit it. Nearly every trait a person has i admire, and if someone i care for were to leave me then i'd be a misanthropic shamble.

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I have some phobias, but I have a major one (I can explain them all after a couple of posts from people so it wouldn't be a double post).

I have the fear of being abandoned because it came straightly from my childhood of being abandoned and neglected by my family so it's like now in my adulthood I've become alone and if I've had any relationship I get clingy to them in hope that they won't leave me like my family has done to me. *crying right now ):* I've never had a friend in my childhood and abused by my sister and grandmother (physically and emotionally abusive) it just shows how I'm afraid of being abandoned and alone.

That whole thing is the basic explanation of why I'm afraid of being alone. *goes to corner and cries*

My biggest fear is that i will have to bury my sister, And my mother and father.

I'm actually not sure what I'm afraid of. I mean, I do crazy stupid things all the time, like get in a shopping cart and go down a hill on it or something, so I'm not really afraid of physical pain. I guess I'm afraid of failing school or ending up homeless

I'm afraid of losing something such as a job and afraid of rejection in which it's more on the lines of no matter what I do it's not good enough even if it's the best option in the situation I get yelled at. My hardest is not good enough for anyone.

There are times where I'm afraid of being human or if I am even Humana I feel like I'm not human but property of someone else because of how I was raised

Lots of things I'm afraid of, dieing, get run over, frogs, ect.

I have only three great fears in this world. Those fears are needles, being electrocuted, and computer viruses.

O.o; I don't think I've ever considered that I have phobias.
I know I get anxiety attacks, I don't get them as frequently anymore, but I guess at that one point I was afraid of everything.
xD I don't find I'm afraid of things until after they happen.
Like- Spiders don't scare me. But after I had a dockspider run across my chest and someone slapped me with a pool noodle, I didn't know I had it on me. So now I have a fear of not knowing when a spider is on me more than it actually being there. xD
I think lack of success is my only true phobia though, xD and it's not even a phobia, from what I know~

my biggest fear is probably paranormal activities an possession its so crazy how all that is happining from a demon

One of the easiest way to break the ice is to say something silly! ^^
I find when someone in my class (for example) comes up to me and asks a question, I always use the "I feel kind of stupid for saying this but you know I never caught your name!" That seems to start a conversation really easily.
Saying what's in your head seems to break the ice really well in Canada. ^ ^

Well, I find i have no real reason for it, but I'm afraid I might die alone, well...I'm afraid of being alone in general, i mean, long term, i can take being alone in my room or in places where it's quiet or empty for a short time, i even want to be alone at times, but I'm afraid that i'll never have someone with me always. Wheather it's a fried or lover.

Ever since the episode of Dexter's Laboratory where he could only say "omelette du fromage" I've been honestly terrified of listening to stuff while asleep. Most irrational fear I've heard of, but what're you gonna do.

Also I'm afraid of stuff happening to my eyes. Eugh.

Mine are pretty common. A severe fear of heights and a moderate agoraphobia. I am, oddly, not in the least afraid of the dark or ghosts or anything like that, considering how much I feared them when I was a kid.

I... has fear of power. Not in how you think though. If you give me a knife, I want to cut something. If I'm near a ledge, I want to jump off. I don't want to hurt people, or die myself, but when I have the tools to do so the gears just don't stop turning. Oh, and agoraphobia, just a tad.

I'm afraid of the dark. I need a flashlight. My imagination is just too good.

I guess I'm scared of trusting others :(