What are you afraid of?

I'm not referring to basic fears...like spiders, or whatever. I mean what do you, people of OT, truly fear, in a deep kind of way.

For example, my greatest fear is of being alone in life.

The greatest fear is my own self.

If this thread stays different from the phobia one I'll leave it open.

To answer the OP my biggest fear is that I won't always be able to protect my family.

There's a phobia thread?

Well, shit

My apologies, dear sir. I have failed you :P

What is this, Teh Vestibule?

@Kevlar101: I thought you had seen it and that's why you mentioned spiders. In any case, as I said in the other thread, there's a difference between fears and phobias so we'll see where this one leads. =)

Just failure and having a bad job, I don't really have anything else to worry about.

Being at the business end of a gun. Not a phobia because I've handled guns before. But, I rather be the one pointing it.

I suppose being in prison and being bent over by a giant psycho named Bruno belongs here too.

good questioning. I don't know what I truly fear.

In the long term I am confident of my future, though I know not where it leadeth me.

Indeed. I think most of us who posted in that phobia thread don't really have a phobia of the things we listed. A phobia is when you fear something so much that it interferes with your daily life. I think I posted public speaking as one of my "phobias" in that thread, but public speaking only scares me when I actually have to do it. If I really had a phobia of public speaking, I would be thinking and stressing about it 24/7 and wouldn't be able to do it at all when the time comes, so yeah...it's just a fear. :P

I lol'd

Come live in Australia with me, I'll show you my pet spider collection lel. Nah look, I'm afraid of spiders too, so I pick spiders as my fear.

For me, it's heights--sort of. Not so much being in a high place, just the falling and hitting the ground part.

@hallenbeck77: Oh that too, I'm scared of heights and get all nervous when I'm on really high ground.

that i get freaking shot by one of those maniacs

Burying my own son...

The gravity seems oddly strong when you are close to somewhere you can fall down, right?

Dying a slow death. I want to go fast. Seeing terminally ill patients in hospitals really bothers me. I would rather get hit by a car or go by massive heart attack eating a big juicy burger than lying and waiting in a bed.

People I don't like doing well in life.

what about death are you afraid of dying mate.

Straight to the point, I like it mate. Haha.

Deep

@Iszdope: I can organize it if you really want it...

@Iszdope: Just remember one thing my friend, there's always a light at the end of the tunnel. =]

@Iszdope: sunglasses as the light is so bright! :D

@Iszdope: if you'd stop wearing that negative blindfold you'd be able to see the light too, be possitive as it is the only way to live a decent life!

@Iszdope: that is to much waiting, you have to do it NAO!

@Iszdope: I've seen more things go to shit as you can imagine!

@Iszdope: Rather not, the only thing i am willing to say is it was about a friend, crippling depression and not having the stamina anymore...

@Iszdope: i made the promise to try to make sure that it will never happen to anyone close to me ever again, even if i have to talk them for two days straight without pause!

@Iszdope: It works better as you might think as most people who are depressed feel like they are alone, making them feel accompanied can be enough to keep them going!

@Iszdope: stop saying that, it's really annoying

@Iszdope: it's not a freaking game, i've seen enough, i know what to do in what situation and i've seen what happends when someone doesn't get enough attention ok?

F.O.F...pretty common as far as fears go.

Being put in a retirement home.

Seriously It looks to be such a miserable and dull last years off your life that I'd rather be dropped off in the woods and let wolves eat me.

Depends where you get dropped off. When I was doing charity work with elderly I've seen a lot of old people who would barely move, showed no interest in anything and looked ready to die. When some of those people got placed in good retirement homes you'd swear they got an all expenses paid vacation trip. In just a few weeks they'd be walking around, chatting, laughing, playing games with other elderly, going on walks outside the premises, commenting on the "hotties" that worked in the home...it's like being on a retirement home took 20 years off of them. Now yeah, if you get stuck in a home where you are treated like human waste it's probably not going to be good.

Personally I'd rather go to a retirement home than being at home completely alone and wondering if I'm ever going to make it to that shower or if I'm just going to have to stink until someone remembers I'm still alive.