What are you afraid of most?

[The_Radiation_Specialist]

I wanted to start a thread on what people here are most afraid of. you can participate in the poll above. I cant put more than 5 options there, so if its not included, just post it in this thread.


As for me, cockroaches are what scares me most. They are disgusting, ugly and wont hesitate coming on you when you dont notice. :eek:

[mickal555]

I'm terriefied of death.

I can deal with most other things... I'm not big on cockies though...

[Wolverine]

Other:

Wilful ignorance.

[jkmccrann]

I voted for height, but I guess if there were one thing that frightened me it would have to be the prospect of not being very succesful at everything I choose to do, and attaining my dreams. Nothing that I can think of frightens me more than that I could look back at my life in on my deathbed and be disappointed with the results.

Fear is a great motivator you know.

Oh, I guess if I ever found myself on a submarine I'd be a bit apprehensive about exactly what I would do were it to crash into some subterranean mountain range. That would be interesting.

[Carnifex]

I'm not afraid of height when I'm inside the building, but being on the roof or some other place high makes me outright sick :(

[Vaelroth]

I'm afraid of insects and all that rot. I dunno why, but they just freak me out.

[Chuck]

I'm afraid of everything on the list, including other.

[The Supreme Canuck]

I'm going with death.

[Dragon Star]

Death does not bother me much, it is Dying is the thing that frightens me most, I am just afraid to suffer, a slow lingering death would be the worst, and I have the eerie feeling thats how I am going to go and I don't like it much.

[Gemini]

I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.......Woody Allen
:)

[The Saint]

If ever you can, you must see the 2004 British film "Dirty War" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427157/
about young British-born Muslims succesfully detonating a radioactive "dirty bomb" in London.

It is semi-documentary and frighteningly realistic. And it was made a year before the 2005 London bombings. Cinema often presages reality!

The plume of radioactive smoke from the "dirty bomb" on its way to slowly kill 100s of 1000s of Brits made me afraid.

[Van Rijn]

other:

Extreme debilitating long-term pain.

[pmcolt]

I'm terribly afraid of public speaking.



And butterflies.

[teddyv]

Spiders are my irrational fear. But only those that seem to get inside the house, in particular those nasty big black house spiders. I don't mind those outside - maybe because that's where they belong.

[hawaii50girl]

i'm afraid of snakes.

[Tinaa]

Other: My sixteen year old is getting her driver's license this week and she'll be heading out in a car alone. I'm terrified of the things that can happen!

[Doodler]

Heights. I put me on a balcony more than 3 floors up, and I will freeze. I once stood on the roof of a 12 story building under construction and could not get within a few feet of the edge without reflexively putting a deathgrip on anything that looked solid.

[redshifter]

I went with other: That religious fanaticism is going to pass for gov't in this country in the near future.

[N C More]

Other: My sixteen year old is getting her driver's license this week and she'll be heading out in a car alone. I'm terrified of the things that can happen!

Tell me about it...mine are 17 and just turned 20. I'm in a constant state of worry! http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/traurig/a050.gif My 20 year old is away at college as well (with her car!).

[soylentgreen]

The things I fear have already been touched upon it seems...
I went with other: That religious fanaticism is going to pass for gov't in this country in the near future.
I agree, nothing scares me more than a fascist theocracy. Hello, Handmaids Tale!

my runner up fear....
My sixteen year old is getting her driver's license this week and she'll be heading out in a car alone. I'm terrified of the things that can happen!
Tell me about it...mine are 17 and just turned 20. I'm in a constant state of worry! My 20 year old is away at college as well (with her car!).

Peoples children just getting on the road! Sorry, just being honest. :o

[Carnifex]

Oh yeah... I was several times scared to death by youngsters (well, I'm nineteen as well, but that's not the point ;) ) that couldn't tell street from Daytona International Speedway...

[Lianachan]

I don't think I'm afraid of anything. Sure, there's things I wouldn't like to happen to people (including myself!) but I can't think of anything I'm actually afraid of.

[Halcyon Dayz]

Heights. I put me on a balcony more than 3 floors up, and I will freeze. I once stood on the roof of a 12 story building under construction and could not get within a few feet of the edge without reflexively putting a deathgrip on anything that looked solid.
So, no chimps in our ancestry after all? http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/froehlich/g035.gif

I'm exactly the same, horrid.

[LurchGS]

I'm not aware of any FEAR in my makeup.. or my mind.. but let's not go there. There are things I avoid if at all possible - bombs, snakes, irrational people..

I think the closest I come to fear is worrying about the wifeoid at work. Irrational people sometimes shoot at paramedics.. and of course, drivers tend to see lights and siren as 'target'

[Trebuchet]

Retirement. Which I'm eagerly looking forward to in about two years.

Specifically, what I'm actually terrified of is that my company or the government will figure a way to steal the benefits I've come to expect. It's been happening every day.

[darkhunter]

Other:

Wilful ignorance.From those who want to drag everyone else down to their level....

[Philip A]

I'm not too pleased on the idea of a degenerative mental condition. Don't think any run in the family though, but I wouldn't want it to happen to me.

[Enzp]

SO far I have an unreasonable fear of choking. It is not the death part so much as it is the route it takes.

[Candy]

I chose insects/spiders/bugs/snakes. I can look at and touch them, but when they make their way toward or suddenly land on me. :eek:

[paulie jay]

My biggest fear is for people to have the wrong impression of me.

[Candy]

http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/boese/s015.gif

I feel better now! :D

[Eric Vaxxine]

I fear disability, loss of a limb, loss of sight or hearing.
OK....OK, I ride a 748 and own a Marshall, so I am always putting myself in danger of living my own fears.

I believe in fate too, which is lucky eh?

[Tog_]

This was a topic a few weeks ago on a gme forum I jut pasted my reply from there:

Spiders- Not all of them though. Big ones (tarantulas) don't bother me (They can't sneak well.) Neither do Jumpers (they eat other spiders). Even the web bulders like black widows are okay. (They stay put.) It's the little fast ones that drop commando style. I know why I have this fear (1)

Heights- I don't mind being in an airplane or helicopter, but being on a roof really bothers me. Anything over about 15 feet. Rollercoasters are right out, but doing the same basic path in an airplane wouldn't bother me. No idea why. It's actually bad enough that the first time I hovered up to a building in Atlas and peeked over the edge, my stomach jumped. (Part of the game)

Siamese Cats- Only siamese cats. We had one when I was a kid. It hated me. My parents took me to see Lady and the Tramp. "We are Saime-ese if you plea-ease.." Life long trauma... Thanks Walt.

Dying Slowly- Drowning, being eaten, suffocating, any of them. I fell off of something once that was a lot higher than I thought. (It was dark) I tucked my knees to absorb the impact. It didn't come. I had time to think, "wow the ground is really far away, this is gonna hurt. I didn't think this was that high." SLAM I fell 12 feet. That's like les than 1/2 a second of freefall. If I had 2 minutes to think about the situation, It would feel like an eternity.

Loosing control of my mind or body through Altzheimers or MS or Parkinsons.

The GF has some odd fears as well.

Moths- In her words. "They're unpredictable, right for your face, every time". Irony aside, she does have an inorinate number of moths fly into her face. I watched one come across a street just to hit her.

Grasshoppers, "Nasty clingy feet"

The destruction of the Earth- It sounds odd, but there are a number of ways the Earth could be destroyed through off world events long before the Sun goes nova. Big ocks hitting us. A brown dwarf moving close to the Oort cloud sending a rain of comets in on us. A large, nearby star going supernova and sending out gamma rays ofr hundreds of light years. etc.

Oddly she's not afraid of spiders in the least. Any spider that freaks me out too much to get near, she will scoop up in her hand and carry away, letting it make webs betwen her fingers like some sort of twisted Cat's Cradle game.

(1)- Longish story. When I was about 6, I ws visiting my grandparents in California. I had never seen snail and was out looking at the ones that popped out just after dawn. That's when I saw the bee. Now, any 6 year old can tell you that any bee within 100 yards of you just wants to sting you, so I ran. The sidewalks were the decorative kind that weaved back and forth with bushes 6 to 10 feet high on both sides. I turned back to see if I could see the bee, but it probably had no idea I was even there, and wouldn't have cared anyway. I turned back to the front to see a spiderweb glistening in the morning dew, stretched the full span of the sidewalk about 6 feet ahead. There was a big dark shape at the top and I was too close to stop. I ran through it. Being already scraed of the bee, and running through the web of what was certainly a giant kid eating spider was enough to make me the spider dance of a sinlge strand of web even touches me today. I'm completel over the bee thing though. I'll lure bees into my hand to get them out of the house. The trick is don't grab.

As for the fear of clowns... John Wayne Gacy.

[ausduck1]

urrghh! Spiders! Inside or outside but particularly inside when the're on the ceiling over the bed! AND I'm afraid of killing them too.... who knows what family members will come out of the woodwork to seek revenge (I saw Jaws II and III and....)
I'm also afraid of my first foray..er..adventure overseas... going to New Zealand and I've heard the mountains are a bit bigger than our Aussie ones.. and also that the roads are pretty spectacular over these mountains. I don't do heights or narrow winding mountain passes well (especially the way that hubby drives)... scaredy duck!!
:eek:

[Candy]

I fear disability, loss of a limb, loss of sight or hearing.
Why? I've dated a man with no legs and a man without hearing. They were normal. The man without hearing was so funny. I could've married him, but he was a tad bit insensitive. :mad:

I have trouble with my eyes. I drove to work today thinking what if I lost my eye sight. I don't wear prescription glasses. I do wear tinted (red, purple, yellow, green, etc...) glasses 95% of the time. I've always had trouble with my eyes from an early age, but the eye doctor(s) say there is nothing wrong. My pupils are always dilated (big and black). I'm very light sensitive. Yet, there is nothing wrong with my eyes. :think:

[Eric Vaxxine]

Why?

Only because it would be hard to live my life the way I am used too.

[Eric Vaxxine]

I have trouble with my eyes.

I use that one as an excuse not to go to work.

EV "I won't be at work today guys"
W " Why, what's wrong?"
EV "Yeah, I have a problem with my eyes."
W "Oh no, what is it?"

EV " I just can't see myself coming into work today."

[Candy]

As for the fear of clowns... John Wayne Gacy.I'm sure you know he's dead (others might not, though). I live in the Chicago area, and his (http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial/gacy/gacymain.htm) legacy is still a tad creepy. :sick:

[Candy]

I use that one as an excuse not to go to work.

EV "I won't be at work today guys"
W " Why, what's wrong?"
EV "Yeah, I have a problem with my eyes."
W "Oh no, what is it?"

EV " I just can't see myself coming into work today."That wouldn't work as an excuse at my company. One would be fired in a heartbeat, unless it were for medical reasons. :shifty:

[Eric Vaxxine]

Wow, thats a freaky story about Gacy.
I had never heard of him.

[mahesh]

very apprehensive about loss of vision

[Candy]

very apprehensive about loss of vision You would still see me, wouldn't you? :eek:

Off to bed I go. :)

[Eric Vaxxine]

If I lost my vision, maybe I would become more connected to the silent, unspoken world of vibration and intuition, bordering on psychic.

[mahesh]

You would still see me, wouldn't you? :eek:

Off to bed I go. :)

:whistle: but of course, Candy! :whistle:

[mickal555]

I must say our spiders are pretty scary... they can give one hell of a bite....
I never seem to panic over fear things... I just think "ahhhh..... *&$#*..."

[Eric Vaxxine]

I grew up with snakes and spiders and scorpions.....they don't frighten me, but coming across them unexpectedly is startling.

[Doodler]

So, no chimps in our ancestry after all? http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/froehlich/g035.gif

I'm exactly the same, horrid.

Yeah, and its odd, my brothers were monkeys when they were kids. I still rib the next youngest about how he broke both of his hands showing off when he was 17.

I've learned to cope with it, I still work with a subcontracting company that does the odd structural steel job, so I've been up a good 45-50 feet in the last two years, sans harness, without too much panic, though I drew the line with riding the high lift down when we were doing the seventy plus foot high fascia redesign on the Hecht's store last year.

I'm working on it, one inch of tolerance at a time.

[ausduck1]

I must say our spiders are pretty scary... they can give one hell of a bite....
I never seem to panic over fear things... I just think "ahhhh..... *&$#*..."

Horrible yucky nasty funnel webs! uuuuuurrrggghhhh! http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/verschiedene/p010.gif

But our spiders are not as bad a bite as our snakes, mickal! But for some reason I'm not scared of snakes.. go figure! http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/tiere/c050.gif

[Tog_]

Regarding John Wayne Gacey:

I'm sure you know he's dead (others might not, though). I live in the Chicago area, and his (http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial/gacy/gacymain.htm) legacy is still a tad creepy. :sick:

Yes, I knew that. That line was in reference to the number of people on the other board that were afraid of clowns and the equal number that wondered why on Earth anyone would be afraid of a clown. It surprises me how many people in the US haven't heard of him, but know Ted Bundy. And It's a really rare person the knows anything of Ed Gien (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein), despite there being three very famous movies based in some way on his story. Silence of the Lambs, Psycho, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Article linked above has descriptions that may be disturbing. There are no pictures.

[mickal555]

Horrible yucky nasty funnel webs! uuuuuurrrggghhhh! http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/verschiedene/p010.gif

But our spiders are not as bad a bite as our snakes, mickal! But for some reason I'm not scared of snakes.. go figure! http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/tiere/c050.gif

Nor am I...

I see them all the time though so...

[SKY]

other:

Extreme debilitating long-term pain.

Ahh, come on...Marriage isn't that bad. :razz:


Loosing control of my mind or body through Altzheimers or MS or Parkinsons.

Loosing control of my mind is probably my biggest fear (temporary or permanent loss). I've always hated taking medication that makes me feel weird (light headed, loopy, etc.). That's one of the main reasons when some of my friends experimented with drugs, I stayed clean. A while back I had a knee operation and the whole build up to it, I wasn't concerned about the pain or the operation itself, I was more concerned about the Anesthesia and how it was going to effect my mind during and after the operation. I know it sounds weird, but honestly, that was my biggest concern.

As far as heights...It's not the height that scares me...it's the fall. :D

[Candy]

You bring up a good point, SKY. I'm afraid of marriage. I've yet to take the plunge. :shifty:

[farmerjumperdon]

Other: My sixteen year old is getting her driver's license this week and she'll be heading out in a car alone. I'm terrified of the things that can happen!

I can certainly identify with that. My daughter is 8 1/2, and I started her drivers education about 2 years ago. I am incredibly determined that she be truly ready when she hits the road.

The #1 cause of death for 16 to 18 year-olds (at least in this part of the world) is automobile accidents. (That's from memory, it might be 16 and 17 year-olds),

[farmerjumperdon]

Heights. I put me on a balcony more than 3 floors up, and I will freeze. I once stood on the roof of a 12 story building under construction and could not get within a few feet of the edge without reflexively putting a deathgrip on anything that looked solid.

I used to have the thing about heights, it seemed to go away during my pre-teen years. Might have been the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago. There was a huge mezzanine/balcony area that overlooked what had to be one of the worlds largest model railroad setups. I was terrified to go near the rail, but wanted so badly to gaze down on that layout. I eventually became very comfortable with heights.

Funny experience with the death grip. We were watching a tandem student's video and the instructor is trying to get the person to let go of the plane. She had both hands locked on the bar above the door. He pulled one off and put it across her torso. When he reached for the other one, the first hand immediately went back to the rail. This went back and forth between hands about 6 times. Hilarious stuff, better than a wacky cartoon. We watched it over and over and over, LOL.

[farmerjumperdon]

So, no chimps in our ancestry after all? http://www.cosgan.de/images/midi/froehlich/g035.gif

I'm exactly the same, horrid.

Actually, I think chimps in our ancestry are exactly why there seems to be an engrained fear of heights. If you live in the jungle in the trees, what are likely to be your biggest instinctual fears?

1 - Falling.
2 - Snakes that live in the trees with you.

[farmerjumperdon]

I find this a fascinating topic (could you tell?).

A quick search gets scads of information. Accidents are the #5 cause of death in the USA at 4.4% Homicide is #14 at .7%, all the other top 15 are disease related/old age stuff.

However, for the 15-24 age group, accidents are #1 at 51.8%. And the #1 cause by an incredible landslide are vehicle accidents, at 3 times the volume of #2, falls.

So the number 1 concern of any rational logical teenager should be getting behind the wheel of a car. Doesn't seem to be the case.

[SeanF]

I'm terribly afraid of public speaking.
Me, too. I've heard of polls showing that in ranking people's fears, public speaking is higher than death.

My current job requires me to do it on occasion (public speaking, not dying), so I'm getting better. :)

I have trouble with my eyes...Yet, there is nothing wrong with my eyes.
I hate to pick on you, Candy, but I just found this apparent contradiction amusing. :)

Funny experience with the death grip. We were watching a tandem student's video and the instructor is trying to get the person to let go of the plane. She had both hands locked on the bar above the door. He pulled one off and put it across her torso. When he reached for the other one, the first hand immediately went back to the rail. This went back and forth between hands about 6 times. Hilarious stuff, better than a wacky cartoon. We watched it over and over and over, LOL.
I saw on one of those "Caught on Tape"-type shows where a guy was on a small airplane and almost fell out when the door popped open - he was able to grab ahold of the door handle. They eventually landed the plane, with the guy still hanging half out the door.

He wasn't hurt, but of course they wanted to take him to the hospital for observation. To do so, they had to cut the handle off the door. Even though he was conscious and perfectly aware that he was on the ground, he could not make his hands let go.

[ToSeek]

I've had problems with claustrophobia. Death used to bother me a lot, but for some reason that's diminished.

Then there are glaciers.... ;)

[farmerjumperdon]

I've had problems with claustrophobia. Death used to bother me a lot, but for some reason that's diminished.

Then there are glaciers.... ;)

Nothing to fear about mortality; it hasn't changed in ages.

In fact, I have it on good authority that the mortality rate has been holding steady at 100% for a very long time.

[Argos]

I´m affraid of dying, when consciousness starts to vanish, and you realize The moment has come. It´s a dreadful, lonely moment.

[The_Radiation_Specialist]

Interesting to see "ghosts/aliens/paranormals" has no votes so far.
Well....I guess its because most people here* dont think they are real anyways.

*including me.

[pmcolt]

I´m affraid of dying, when consciousness starts to vanish, and you realize The moment has come. It´s a dreadful, lonely moment.

How do you know that? Seems like death would be so quick that you wouldn't realize it (severe trauma) or slow enough that you wouldn't be quite sure exactly when or if it would come. In the latter case, seems like it would be a bit more like falling asleep. Do you have personal experience or evidence otherwise?

With regard to heights; I have zero problem with tall buildings, aircraft, or balconies with railing, but I'm terrified of heights + what seems like an unstable platform. I've been to the swinging bridge at Grandfather Mountain (http://www.grandfather.com/) a few times, and even though everyone else in my family loves it, I'm the one with a two-handed death grip on the railing at all times.

[Argos]

How do you know that? Seems like death would be so quick that you wouldn't realize it (severe trauma) or slow enough that you wouldn't be quite sure exactly when or if it would come. In the latter case, seems like it would be a bit more like falling asleep. Do you have personal experience or evidence otherwise?

I think it´s reasonable to suppose that some neural activity lingers for some time after the heart stops beating. It means you´re able to think in that span. Of course I´m not referring to severe trauma.

[Melusine]

I´m affraid of dying, when consciousness starts to vanish, and you realize The moment has come. It´s a dreadful, lonely moment.
I can relate to that, but more so, I'm afraid of dying a slow, painful, hideous death with too much time to think about it. I also fear being homeless.

[Candy]

I hate to pick on you, Candy, but I just found this apparent contradiction amusing. :) You can pick on me anytime you want. ;)

I just heard about another person who wears "shades" all of the time. He lives in DC and works at our Reservation Office. He's got sensitive eyes, too. I wonder why eye doctor's dismiss this as a problem. :think:

My male boss thinks my eyes are sensitive, because I don't get enough sleep.

[Nethius]

I picked other

I'm most scared of losing my job (I work for a large company that pays well, but they have been contracting out a lot of departments to lower paid companies, just wondering when my time will come)

[Tog_]

Interesting to see "ghosts/aliens/paranormals" has no votes so far.
Well....I guess its because most people here* dont think they are real anyways.

*including me.

This is gonna open me up, but I don't completely disbelieve in ghosts.

My mother has always had odd things happen around her. When I was 5, we lived in a house trailer/mobile home and had some strange and predictable events happen all the time*. We referred to them as our ghost. Since I grew up with it, it never scared me. I actually thought it was cool. If a better explanation than ghosts come along, I'll go with that, but until then, I lived in a haunted house :razz:

Shortly after 9 pm every night, the toilet in the rear bathroom would flush on it's own. The handle didn't move, but the water would go down. This never happened in the front, smaller bathroom.

The toilet paper would unroll itself into a big pile on the floor. For a while we blamed the cat, then one day it started to do it while I was 'next' to it. There was no cat. I wound it back on and it started again, so we took it off the little rod and left it that way. We still never use it.

The town was very small. A larger town was about 15 minutes east, and the big city was an hour west. If we ever went to the city, the toilet in the front bathroom would flood 1 hour after we got home, if we were still home, If we went anyplace else after getting back, there would be no flood. An hour after we got back anyplace other than the city, nothing would happen.

None of this was meant to start a debate or argument, and there is no proof of any of it. Like I said though, until I get a better explanation... ghosts did it. ;)

[Argos]

I can relate to that, but more so, I'm afraid of dying a slow, painful, hideous death with too much time to think about it. I also fear being homeless.

Hi, Melusine! You should come around more. :)

Yeah, being homeless is one of my fears, too, but it´s one that I can handle, because, unlike death, I got a vague feeling that it´s not going to happen.

Hugs.;)

[Candy]

I picked other

I'm most scared of losing my job (I work for a large company that pays well, but they have been contracting out a lot of departments to lower paid companies, just wondering when my time will come)I meant to reply to this. I used to be scared of losing my job. I took steps to protect myself out of frustration and fear.

Over the last few years, I returned back to school. I got my BS in Technical Management June 2005. I'm now working toward my Masters in Network Communications. This "sacrifice" has saved me from two company cuts. With my determination, I'm now preparing for a future position that will materialize in approximately 2 years. It's for the Amadeus Program we are transitioning toward that impacts our company globally.

Heck, even if I lose my job with my current company, I have education, program knowledge, and work experience to get another related position in the technology field. I'm willing to relocate to another city or country, which keeps options open, too. I've got a leg up on competition, because most people only have program knowledge and work experience. Companies now look at education for job consideration. It helps weed out the applicants.

The moral of the story is stay in school, keep current on new technologies, and be indebt for the remainder of your life. :shifty:

[mike alexander]

Height, although I've been working on it and seem to have made some progress. I can walk to the edge of my roof to clean the gutters now with no problem, even with a 20' drop right there.

Not a great fan of spiders, but only if they are on me; just don't like venomous things near my skin. From a distance they are totally neat. Just watch an orb weaver spin a web sometime.

And snakes are just about the most elegant creatures extant.

[Skipjack]

As ridiculous as it may sound: Clowns!
I am terrified by them...
CU
Skipjack

[Candy]

As ridiculous as it may sound: Clowns!
I am terrified by them...
CU
Skipjack
I nominated you for coolest avatar (http://www.bautforum.com/showthread.php?t=37290), but it was rejected since you must nominate yourself. :(

I did an image search for a "clown avatar" to scare you. Why is BAUTer Sticks (http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=RNWE,RNWE:2004-21,RNWE:en&q=clown%20avatar&sa=N&tab=wi) popping up on the first page? :shifty:

[Kelfazin]

My biggest fear would be contracting a disease like ALS, where your mind stays perfectly sharp but you lose the ability to control your body, hence the ability to communicate. I'm a very social person. I love to sing, and laugh, and have very animated conversations. Losing that would just be too painful.

[randb]

Other: My sixteen year old is getting her driver's license this week and she'll be heading out in a car alone. I'm terrified of the things that can happen!

I have a similar problem...I care too much about the people I care about.... When my sister goes to the movies...or shopping with her friends... I get scared...all the time.....

[stu]

I'm becoming more and more claustrophobic as I age, so I voted "other."

[Swift]

For some reason, Woody Allen's thoughts on death work pretty well for me...

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

It is impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.

Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.

It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.

[Melusine]

Hi, Melusine! You should come around more. :)

Yeah, being homeless is one of my fears, too, but it´s one that I can handle, because, unlike death, I got a vague feeling that it´s not going to happen.

Hugs.;)
I would never be homeless either, my family wouldn't allow it, I have a job, but I think it revolves around a fear of a disconnect with society, sort of losing one's mind, losing one's possesions. It's not a clearcut fear, such as that of grizzly bears. Yes, I fear meeting up with a grizzly bear, though this doesn't seem to be a problem around these parts. :lol:

Hugs to you, too, and check out the pictures Stefan Seip posted of Chile in the AstroPhoto section.

Good quotes Swift.

[Titana]

I am scared to death of Black Widows.....I totally hate those spiders. I am always checking under everything to make sure no Black Widows are hiding. I won't even step on one, I have to ask someone to come and kill it for me.



Titana.

[Ilya]

Death, with heights a close second. I am bothered by heights, although not to the point of nausea. Insects, spiders and snakes do not bother me at all. Well, I would not touch a poisonous snake, but only for the same reasons I would not touch a live electric wire. By itself, neither one freaks me out.

[noha]

Death!!
Well mainly for religious reasons and the death of a family member, because it`s just like the End of your life or of your family members.
but the awful thing is if you do something mean to that family member and you can`t ever see them agian.

[gethen]

Being in a useless body with my mind still working. Should never have read Johnny Got His Gun (http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=LnnMLLk2uU4C&dq=johnny+got+his+gun&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Djohnny%2Bgot%2Bhis%2Bgun%26 btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch) back in highschool. It still haunts me.

[teri tait]

I'm always afraid to be late...;)

[Eric Vaxxine]

Being in a useless body with my mind still working. Should never have read Johnny Got His Gun (http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=LnnMLLk2uU4C&dq=johnny+got+his+gun&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26q%3Djohnny%2Bgot%2Bhis%2Bgun%26 btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch) back in highschool. It still haunts me.


ohhh....yep, that is a fear. Christopher Reevesque

[noha]

if you dont mind me asking what does teri tait mean or stand for or did you just make it up

[teri tait]

Inexplicably, I've am haunted with a hard to place fear of over-education... And then more learning after that ;)

[Huevos Grandes]

dying/death/dead people ( + Stupid people).

dying = the only thing I'm allergic to, so far...

[Doodler]

As ridiculous as it may sound: Clowns!
I am terrified by them...
CU
Skipjack

Don't feel bad, I think pretty close to everyone who's ever seen Poltergeist has had suffered at least a minor bout of harlequiphobia.

I think that bugger getting possessed was about the only part of that movie that actually caused me to jump.

[teri tait]

I have a cure for "just that!" ailment. Check your fears at the door and then remind yourself later... Pray hard and fast;)

[teri tait]

if you dont mind me asking what does teri tait mean or stand for or did you just make it up

It stands for superlame

[noha]

:lol: why superlame?