What are you afraid of?

[Me55enger]

Sex, drugs and rock 'n roll.

Wait. Sorry, wrong thread.

Working until death sacres me, as does losing my mental capacity. Watching someone stare blankly into your eyes; slowly seeing the gears behind them seize and fail. I couldn't live in the back of my mind, watching the front of it fail.

That and forever sleeping alone bed.

 

[Kittyhawk]

Creepy porcelian dolls. Paintings that watch you.

 

[Kennetic]

I have a fear of drowning that comes from a close call from earlier in life but that doesn't stop me from going in the water.

 

[TheScottishMexican42]

Fatal illnesses.
I think I'd prefer a quick, random death then being told that I WILL die and there isn't anything I can do to stop it.

 

[EeveeElectro]

Pain, I'm overly cautious because I hate being in pain.
Spiders, less now than I used to though.
Wax statues and mannequins.
Those old style lifts with the 2 doors and the rickety ughh.
Anything bad happening to my boyfriend too ;-;

 

[Scarim Coral]

Spider and I don't know why I have a phobia of them since I remember I wasn't afraid of them when I was little.

 

[Not Gabe Newell]

Also, what is with everyone being scared of spiders? What did those little guys ever do to you

"Why do you hate me? What did I do to you? Please don't hurt me..."​

Because of unholy creatures like this.

Spoiler

Kill it with fire.

 

[rednose1]

Heights
Spiders (nothing should have 8 legs, 8 eyes, venomous fangs, and be able to trap you. Spiders are proof we made God angry at one point. We could've had flying horses or unicorns, but he was like, "Nah man, spiders. Spiders are where it's at.")
Wide open spaces. (I just feel completely exposed. No where to run in case God decides to throw spiders at me).

 

[ellers07]

No one for snakes yet?

I'm going with snakes. Nothing natural should move like that...

 

[Jolly Co-operator]

Any sort of vast, unknowable void. When I watched Code Lyoko as a kid, the thought of falling into the digital sea sent chills down my spine, and Sector 5 always made me uncomfortable (and not just because of the Scyphozoa).

What scares me the most is the curiosity that this kind of thing sparks in me. If given the chance, I'm not sure I could stop myself from jumping into a void like that, just to see what I might find.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

I am afraid of the next adam sandler or scary movie...er...movie coming out.

Although on a more mortal note, tidal waves or large, sudden bodies of water that you cannot escape from. At least with a slowly rising water level, i can try to build a shite raft or boat out of children's limbs

And ants...fckin ants...so many of them

 

[DyqstARD]

Spoiler

Heights,
Sharks,
Being forced to be quite for any extended period of time,
spiders,
most bugs,
diabetes,
Cancer,
being banned from a forum I like,
the ufc being canceled,
losing my internet connection,
Porn being removed from the internet,
MMA getting banned in the U.S.
Sopa (maybe?)

Please tell me it isn't just be that laughed at 'being banned from a forum I like'.

OT- Spiders, big ones, damn parents are to blame, really.

 

[Shinsei-J]

I have a phobia of being blamed for things that I didn't take part in or that aren't my fault.
Comes from a childhood of being told that everything bad was my fault and taking the "punishment" for it all while others got away with anything. It's pretty crippling these days as I can't really even talk to police naturally and I can't be around others while they're being reckless in fear of becoming the scapegoat again.

Other than that odd one, I'm not scared of much.
And by that I mean I'm scared of everything thanks to an anxiety disorder but none of it effects me much anymore.

 

[Zeren]

What am I really afraid of right now? I'm afraid of US intervention in Syria causing world war 3 with Russia.

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

Heights. That's the big one that I've been working on lately. Used to be that any height of more then ten feet would just wig me out entirely. I would just freeze up and slowly back away from the ledge. Ladders were completely a no go.

This. I even have trouble using stepladders (you know, the ones that only get you a couple feet off the ground) because they make me feel like my stomach's going to drop out. I admire you for trying to conquer it, sir/madam. I tried - I went up on the Eiffel Tower when I was in Paris - and my grand feat of bravery was getting a picture off the edge. ...With my eyes closed, because I couldn't look at the drop without seizing up. I immediately went back to the center of the tower and shuddered until the rest of my group went back down.

Also blood. Not a huge fear of it, but looking at it, or even thinking about it sometimes, gets me nauseous and dizzy. And yet I've managed to give blood. Mostly because I warn the people there ahead of time, and they cover up as much of the equipment as they can.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Heights. That's the big one that I've been working on lately. Used to be that any height of more then ten feet would just wig me out entirely. I would just freeze up and slowly back away from the ledge. Ladders were completely a no go.

This. I even have trouble using stepladders (you know, the ones that only get you a couple feet off the ground) because they make me feel like my stomach's going to drop out. I admire you for trying to conquer it, sir/madam. I tried - I went up on the Eiffel Tower when I was in Paris - and my grand feat of bravery was getting a picture off the edge. ...With my eyes closed, because I couldn't look at the drop without seizing up. I immediately went back to the center of the tower and shuddered until the rest of my group went back down.

Also blood. Not a huge fear of it, but looking at it, or even thinking about it sometimes, gets me nauseous and dizzy. And yet I've managed to give blood. Mostly because I warn the people there ahead of time, and they cover up as much of the equipment as they can.

I'm just as bad with heights.

I remember this gig I had at a theatre where I had to go up several ladders that were attached to the wall to get to the catwalk. I had to drop mics so that they had to pick up the actors on stage, so I thought I would be okay. Problem was no one told me that it was super hot up there, I had to lean really far over the railing to do it, and the catwalk isn't very stable. I damn near had a panic attack when I felt the thing shift, and I don't really remember how I got down. I do remember shaking for a long while after I got down though.

OT: Spiders, and I mean the really huge fuckers.

I almost didn't buy Skyrim because of it, and I thought that I would slightly get over my fear of them in the game because they weren't real. NOPE! I remember in the very beginning of the game where you run into one I paused the game and didn't touch it again for 30 mins, and I had to psyche myself up for it. It took me way longer to kill it and when I went past the dead thing it twitched out and I wasn't happy.

It's pretty bad when you're in a fetal position, swearing, and acting like a scared little girl over a fake spider. >.>