Aside from death, what do you worry about in the future.

[Smithburg]

I tend to worry over a few things, Family and friends, I worry about success in life and being a burden to others, I worry about parenthood, I don't think I'll be a very good father

 

[lRookiel]

I worry about getting a job, that is it. I'm not worried about death or dying, just the fact I'll have a boring, normal life like everyone else.

 

[Catfood220]

Getting old and not being able to look after myself terrifies me, I'm pretty independant and hate being a burdon to other people, so not being able to look after myself is to me a living hell. The worst thing I can imagine is being old and having to live in a nursing home for years before the end. I'm sure people go to them and they are very happy, I do not want that, I hope I die before that happens.

Cheerful post

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

Death? Shouldn't be afraid of/worry about death, it catches everyone eventually anyway. It's living, and the moments before death that you should be scared of.
As such, I'm worried about living, and how to go about it successfully. And people.
But mainly living.

 

[Doclector]

Pretty obvious, with "Death" taken out because...well, it would be obvious.

Spoiler: My over-long answer about being forced to go to the jobcentre

I started thinking of this topic because I randomly got thinking this morning about when Uni ends, and I'm finally forced to sign on at the jobcentre. Through my pursuit of further education, I've never been able to look for full time work for long enough to make going there worth it. The one time I did, they insulted me for choosing to look for part time work so I wouldn't have to quit when I got to college (I was in a four month blank between princes trust and college). They guilt tripped me, wasted my time, and generally made me feel like crap.

And when I get out of uni, I'll be forced to endure that, possibly for years, in this economy.

I want to work. I know that when I don't have objectives to work towards and problems to solve, my own paranoia makes things up to worry about. That's another reason I dread the end of uni. They don't see it that way, though. They see everyone as another waster, another benefits scrounger, which I do understand, hell, for the two hours they kept me waiting, I heard plenty of people trying to get their money early because they'd spent it all on non-essential things and supposedly forgot about food and the like, but being accused of something I didn't do makes me really angry.

I paced up and down my room this morning, practicing my defiant speech for when the terrible day comes. "Insulting me isn't going to get anyone anywhere", "I don't want to be unemployed anymore than you want to deal with me", or just flat out admitting "I'm not a very stable person, and treating me like this isn't wise". I know none of it will work. They're all scumbags who work for our scumbag government, they won't listen until something bad does happen, which I can guarantee it will. I'm almost thinking of just walking in there and beating up the nearest worker I see, just to make a point. It's all useless though. If I don't get a job quick enough, I'm going to jail, that's it, I'll fucking snap, they'll fucking deserve it, but I'll be the one going down for it.

I guess I've just gotta make my tolerance of them last as long as possible, and always remember: They're the government. They are my enemy, and always will be. They want me to snap, and will do their best to make me. The most harm I can do to them is one day being successful, and gaining enough influence that I can help to put a stop to them.

Seriously dude that's pretty damn extreme. You seem very angry all the time.
Beating up a government employee for doing their job to prove you're not like the `scroungers`?
Yeah that'll work. The only people I've ever seen to start a fight in the jobcentre have been scumbags. Being hostile? Snapping at them? There is no quicker way to prove you are just like the `scroungers` (which is a nasty label to place on those on jobseekers in the first place).

I've been unemployed for a while, and yeah, jobcentre people can be pretty harsh and uncaring but they're just doing their flipping job.

As for what I'm worried about?
Getting a job, being able to support myself after such a long period of sickness, being able to provide a better life for potential kids than I had when I was growing up.

See, that's the thing. Violence seems inevitable. They won't stop pushing me. They'll always insult me. The only thing that'll stop that is if I can get a job, and in this economy, that'll take far longer than I can tolerate jobcentre's bullshit for.

I know it would be stupid to beat up someone as soon as I get there, but I'm just desperate for ideas of how the hell I stop them fucking with me, thus stopping me eventually hurting them.

 

[BENZOOKA]

I find death as a completely natural phenomenon, and it's more of a reassuring driving force than than anything to be afraid of.

I worry about love, money and right choices.

 

[Euryalus]

Didn't realise it had a proper name

I'm ok once I've been around someone a bit and got to know them one on one, but I suck in groups, I always think people think I'm weird somehow. Same for you?

Yeah pretty much. There are varying degrees of it though. Some people are just uneasy around other people while others can do fuck all because they're "scared" shitless of other people judging them.

I have relatively mild social anxiety. Sometimes I do great and sometimes not so much.

Socially akward penguin knows my pain

EDIT: I borked the pic! The irony lol
I'm on my phone though so I guess its to be expected.

 

[AlexWinter]

I don't fear death. When death comes for me then it comes for me because everybody has to go sometime and when God thinks your time is up then it is up.

Dying however is another story all together.

I smoke. Will it be cancer?
I drink. Will it be liver failure?
Will I be hit by a car? Will I be murdered when I'm alone one night? If someone breaks into my house and stabs me - will I bleed to death?

Dying is what gets me and what affect this will have on my family bothers me.

Another thing I worry about is my personal life. Will I get married? Will I give my mother a grandchild? I've never been good in relationships and I worry about letting down my parents. We all want the perfect life but there is no such thing. I worry about where I will be in ten years. Where will my job go? Will I have one?

Life is a terrifying prospect.

Take me back to ten years old any day! The only worry I had then was if I'd make it home to watch Pokemon on time.

I'm going to try and be very careful when I ask this because I want to assure you I have no intentions about criticising your religion but what if there is no God? Then how would you feel about death?

OT: Death is the only thing I worry about. Fear of not living enough.

 

[D-Soul]

fear of making the grade, finding love, making money to support me and my family, and mostly anything else bad that comes to mind.

 

[Krantos]

Losing my wife.

I know it sounds trite, but she really is the only thing that keeps me going some days.

I'm not sure I would care to keep going if anything happened to her. I certainly wouldn't have much to smile about.

I actually fear that a lot more than death. The only reason I'm not to keen on death, in fact, is because I know how much she loves me and I don't want to leave her.

 

[Luftwaffles]

Debt, jobs, supporting a family etc.

In my opinion fearing death is very irrational. Unless you know when you are going to die, then fearing that moment is perfectly normal.

 

[Blunderboy]

Pffft, fear Death?

"Do not fear death. Death is always at our side. When we show fear, it jumps at us faster than light, but if we do not show fear, it casts its eye upon us gently and then guides us into infinity."

OT - I worry about the one thing that everyone actually means when they say they worry about death.
Being forgotten.
We all want to think we'll leave our mark on the world so that when we're gone, people will know we were here.

 

[Nantucket_v1legacy]

I'm going to try and be very careful when I ask this because I want to assure you I have no intentions about criticising your religion but what if there is no God? Then how would you feel about death?

OT: Death is the only thing I worry about. Fear of not living enough.

If there is no god then there is no god.
If there is no eternal happiness waiting for me (a well furnished mansion, a fridge filled with beer and nature that rains cookies) then I imagine I'd just go to sleep and never wake up. I'm not afraid of that either.

It's a nice thought to believe in heaven and I suppose in a way it will make the idea of dying easier but, if there is no god then I'd never find out anyway.

....

Unless Allah or some other god laughed in my face and skipped away.

 

[MelasZepheos_v1legacy]

1. The people at the job centre won't think that of you. They've seen the worst of the worst, people who are truly on their one last chance before prison or suicide and you've got a lot going for you. As someone who did sign on right out of uni, swallow your pride, all of it, and grow up quick. It's amazing how much I matured in just three weeks on the dole, even when I thought I was already pretty mature thanks to uni.

2. But everyone else will poke fun at you and look down on you. Unless they've been there, every single human being in the world thinks, if even subconsciously, that you must have done something to get into that position. I've known people who were in exactly the same boat as me, but they relied on their family money instead of job centres, and they still looked down on me for being a burden on society. Especially in an economy like this it's a close and real reminder of just how badly your life can turn in a second, and no one wants to believe they could end up like that, so they rationalise by demonising everyone who does collect job seekers.

As for the O T...
Blindness mostly. There is very little more terrifying to me than the thought of being blind. But I have a lot of fears. Losing the use of an arm (I'm not so fussed about my legs) going deaf.

Most of it's sensory stuff, or directly related to my biggest life interests/pursuits, guitar, writing, acting.

 

[Vigilante 989]

Money and employment, but mostly it's not finding love and being alone for the rest of my life. The thought of never being with a person you can say you love not only scares me, but sends me in a deep depression.

 

[Stasisesque]

Money, loneliness, money, money, loneliness, money and money.

I guess also illness, but mostly money.

 

[King of Asgaard]

Getting into university.
Between exams and projects, I'm really stressed, and I need to get at least all of my marks at pretty high marks.
Not to mention, I then spend at least seven years in university to get the qualifications I need for the career I want.
Overall, quite a bit on my mind.

 

[Shadowcreed]

Ending up alone is high on the lost for me...

 

[Fractral]

To be honest, my biggest fear at the moment is losing my computer and internet access- I'd be very unhappy without access to the internet, mainly for watching anime. Also all that stuff about exams, university and jobs, but I'm not too worried about those. I'm achieveiving what I want, and I'm being supported well by my parents and everyone else.
Compared to a lot of the stuff in here, it seems pretty minor.