What are you afraid of?

[runNwild]

Me? the dark... I'm 26. I believe in ghosts and all that good stuff, so when I'm home alone, especially at night, I feel all creepy. I HAVE to sleep with the t.v. on b/c of this, unless I'm, uh... with someone. :) But yeah, the t.v. is barely audible, but something to cut the silence and the darkness.

So, what are you all afraid of? Do share...

[bttrthnb4]

Not being able to have children. I love babies. I love kids. Pretty much raised my brother and sister and had a big hand in several of my cousins' raisings. I guess I've been kinda trained to be a mommy, lol. I just hate to think I might not be able to experience the beauty of being a mother.

[sixzebra]

So, what are you all afraid of? Do share...

monsters. thats about it.

[Lifting_Taurus]

Not being able to control my temper...

[KennyK]

Being run over by a combine














and ninjas
















and combines being driven by ninjas.

[runNwild]

You know what? That's so weird, b/c I think of that, too. There have been time when accidents could have happened, but nothing. I mean, I'm glad in retrospect, b/c it's scary who I could have had to raise a child with, but it's like, what if when I DO want it, it can't happen. It seems like it's a struggle for so many people, so what if... And I'm not getting any younger. So yeah, I feel ya.


Edit: man, you guys are fast!! This is in response to bttrthnb4.

[lopaw]

Republicans.
They scare the be-jeebus outta me.

[HeatherAC]

I'm deathly scared of the freaky chick in the gym who yells so loud in some language I can't understand that I can hear her even though my mp3 is cranked up to high.

Mostly, I'm afraid that I'll throw a dumbbell at her head so that she shuts up, and then get arrested for assault and not be able to work out at my gym and eat clean anymore because I'll be in jail - not to mention my fear of scary butch lesbians wanting to make me their b!tch. (not that there's anything wrong with that). (NO lesbo!)

[bttrthnb4]

I'm deathly scared of the freaky chick in the gym who yells so loud in some language I can't understand that I can hear her even though my mp3 is cranked up to high.

Mostly, I'm afraid that I'll throw a dumbbell at her head so that she shuts up, and then get arrested for assault and not be able to work out at my gym and eat clean anymore because I'll be in jail - not to mention my fear of scary butch lesbians wanting to make me their b!tch. (not that there's anything wrong with that). (NO lesbo!)

ROFLMAO!

You know....now that you mention it...there's one guy I'm scared of in there. He just talks...and talks....and talks.....

He's worse than I am at AW!

[HeatherAC]

ROFLMAO!

You know....now that you mention it...there's one guy I'm scared of in there. He just talks...and talks....and talks.....

He's worse than I am at AW!

Ok, I saw this AW you speak of before in another post and I'm still unaware.

Enlighten please?

And oh, I must spread it around more before giving it to you again.......(still no lesbo)

[bttrthnb4]

....attention whore.

and thanks for the attempt, lol :D

[HeatherAC]

....attention whore.

Aha! I should have known! Silly me...........wh0re away! It's much more entertaining than the random poop threads in the Misc!

[Islandtroll]

Humans...

[arobot]

Oceans, lakes, teh sea

[goddessamazon]

The boogie man underneath my bed.

::shivers at the thought::

[mandi.c]

spiders....

[daviess]

drowning.
it sux because it is actually supposed to be a peaceful way to die, but i often find myself in panick when swimming sometimes because of that fear.

plaine crashes are pretty creepy too.

i dont think im afraid to die, just the pain you can have before you do. if it was really sudden i wouldnt care.

[Jamie M]

little green men running around and biting my toes off...

[LECTER]

I'm completely terrified every time I log on to bb.com and have to endure all the n00dz you ladies send me!!

[Jamie M]

I'm completely terrified every time I log on to bb.com and have to endure all the n00dz you ladies send me!!

hmmmm......makes me wonder...guy not liking lady n00dz :p

[LECTER]

hmmmm......makes me wonder...guy not liking lady n00dz :p
There are n00dz and there are n00dz, the ones Daviess sends me are a bit too wild for this ol' man ;)

Still waiting for yours or don't you have a wide-angle lens? :p :D

[Jamie M]

There are n00dz and there are n00dz, the ones Daviess sends me are a bit too wild for this ol' man ;)

Still waiting for yours or don't you have a wide-angle lens? :p :D

I told you, I'd send them when I got yours :p

[LECTER]

I told you, I'd send them when I got yours :p
I'm gallant, ladies first ;)

[claycat]

I am afraid of something happening to my kids or my grandbaby.

Plane crashes because I have no control of the situation.

[jf1]

1. bush/cheney
2. large groups of stupid people

[daYDreAmErX]

I'm afraid of being negged :(

[sixzebra]

im afraid i won't make it to the gym to workout today

[Jamie M]

I'm afraid of being negged :(

Negged :p

[LECTER]

I'm afraid of being negged :(
Want to sea my battleship?

[slade81]

I'll be in jail - not to mention my fear of scary butch lesbians wanting to make me their b!tch. (not that there's anything wrong with that). (NO lesbo!)

yep that my fear, gang rape in jail or become someone b!tch. (no homo)

[daYDreAmErX]

Negged :p

:eek:


Want to sea my battleship?

Want a hug ? :o

[empresscat]

Being ordinary.

[kensterz]

FEAR.

I fear that I will disappear.
But I can disappear, because I believe I'm unworthy of existence.
Why is that?
Because I am worthless.
I am unwanted; a useless child.
You don't care about me anyway, do you?
Using that excuse is no different than running away.
What you truly fear is failure, isn't it?
You fear that you may be hated by others.
You fear acknowledging that weakness, even to yourself.
How can you criticize me when you do the same thing?
You're right. We are all basically the same.
Our minds lack something basic.
We fear that deficiency.
We fear it.
That is why we are attempting to become one.
We will meld with and fill each other.
This is instrumentality.
"Mankind cannot live without being surrounded by others."
"Mankind cannot survive alone."
Althought you, yourself, are always unique.
That's why life is hard.
That's why life is sad and empty.
That's why you want affection.
The close physical and mental presence of others.
That is why we wish to become one.
The human soul is made of weak and fragile elements.
The body and mind are made of brittle components as well.
That's why,
via Instrumentality, Mankind must fill and complement each other.

WHY?

Must you ask? Because there is no other way to exist.

REALLY?

Why do you exist?

I DO NOT KNOW.

Maybe I live to find out why I exist.
For whom do you exist?
For myself, of course.
Maybe for myself.

REALLY?

Are you happy being alive?
I don't know.
Are you happy being alive?
Of course I'm happy!
Are you happy being alive?
I don't want anything except to be happy.
Do you hate being sad?
I don't like it.
Do you hate enduring pain?
I don't like it.
Is that why you run away?
Yes. Do you blame me? Why not run from something that hurts?
I mustn't run away.
Why mustn't you run away?
Because escaping from the reality can be painful too.
Even though you're running from something more painful?
I can't bear it.
As long as you know what the pain is, it can be endured.
Yes, if the pain is too harsh, you can escape it.
If you really hate it, you can still run.
No, I won't! I'm tired of running away.
Yes! I mustn't run away.
That's because you are aware that running only brings you more pain.
That's because running away can be far worse.
That's why you do not wish to run away.
If I run away, nobody will respect me.
Don't leave me alone!
Don't desert me, I'm begging you!
There he goes again, doing whatever others tell him to.
That's a sad survival mechanism, isn't it?
So what? It's better than being left all alone.
You fear being hurt.
You try to make yourself believe that, don't you?
You're not the only one who gets hurt.
Everybody feels the pain. You aren't the only one.
It's just easier for you to think that's true, isn't it?
Shut up! I don't care!
Why should I? Nobody cares about me!
Once again, you've abandoned all sense of self-worth.
I have nothing.
There you go again, saying that you have no worth at all.
Do you believe that by not expecting anything
you won't get hurt either?
Is that how you sustain your pathetic ego,
by asking others to praise you?
Nobody accepts me.
That's not true. You just believe it to be true.
That's why I must do what this.
That's your point of view. You've been trying to convince yourself
that you're worthless since the beginning.
I have to! I have to do it!
Not true, you don't have to.
No, you just believe that you must.
No, you're wrong. My life is pointless otherwise.
I have nothing else to be proud of.
That's why you do this?
This gives me an identity, a purpose.
This gives me an identity, a purpose.
I had no value before I did this.
The fact that I do justifies my presence here.
I have no other value.
I have no other value.
I have no other value. No other value at all.

A REASON TO EXIST.

I perceive no value in myself.

THEREFORE...

I hate myself.
You idiot! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!
I hate you.
I hate everything about you.
I'm sorry, but I hate you.
I hate you.
I hate you.
I hate you.
I hate everything about you.
I hate you.
I hate you.
See? Everyone hates me.
Every person in existence must hate me.
No, that's just what you imagine.
Yes, that must be it! Because I hate myself!
Because you hate yourself, no one respects you.
I hate you! I hate you! I hate everything!
But they're nice to me.
When I do this, they treat me well.
They act as if they like me.

SO YOU'RE HAPPY.

Other people were being nice to me!

STILL NOT HAPPY.

Which are your true feelings?
I don't know...
Perhaps, both are my true feelings.
So, that's why you do this?
I have no choice. I only have that.
Otherwise, you could not retain your own identity.
In fact, this is a part of yourself, your sense of being.
If you depend only on this,
then this will become your only identifier.
This will become your only value.
You, the real you, will be erased from existence.
I don't care! I had no other value to start with anyway!
I was learning to play an instrument, but that didn't help me either!
You just didn't discipline yourself.
But now that I can do this, I must be able to...
No, you may lose your identity, as I have.
You may lose this and your self-worth.

WHY DO YOU DO THIS?

I do it because it is all I can do.

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

Rain...
Dark shadows of gloom hang above me.
That's how I feel. This isn't how I wish it to be.
The setting sun, the ending of life.
This is not how I wish it to be.
Morning...
The beginning of a day.
The beginning of another terrible day.
This is not how I wish it was.
Blue sky...
Something warm...
Something unfamiliar...
Something that fills me with horror.
I don't want this.
I don't want it to be this way.
Everything! Everything! I hate everything!
What do you wish?

ARE YOU AFRAID OF FEAR?

What do you desire?

DO YOU WISH FOR SERENITY?

What do you want?

LIKE ME!

Don't hate me, please!
What I fear is...

REJECTION.

What I want is...

CONTACT AND ACCEPTANCE.

Can I stay next to you?
May I stay here?
Do you like me?

YOUR FATHER...

DO YOU LOVE HIM?

Do you want to be with your real father?
No, I don't.
Do you want to be with your mother?
No, I don't.
Why not?

BECAUSE I'M AFRAID.

I'm afraid of being hated.
My identity might start to disappear.

THAT'S WHY?

What is it that you wish?

ENDING THE FEAR.

What is it that you want?

ENDING THE LONELINESS.

You're very insecure, aren't you?
To become secure, I have to have...
Value! I want to be worth something!
I want to be worth enough to attract the attention of others!

I NEED A REASON TO EXIST.

That is something you have to find for yourself.
You have to find your own value for yourself.

THAT'S WHY I DO THIS.

I have no value without this.
My life is worthless without this.
Then, what are you?
Then, what am I?
What am I?!
This is...me!
This is the shape that lets others recognize me as myself.
It is my symbol for myself.
This is... This is...

ME.

A representation. Everything is a description, not my real self.
Everything's a shape, an identifier to let others recognize me as me.
But then, what am I?

WHERE AM I?

Is this me?
My true self? My fake self?
You are you.
There is little difference between how you interpret yourself
and how others interpret you.
Right.
My clothes... My shoes... My room...
These all are parts of what makes up my self.
These things are connected through your consciousness.
So, what I think is me, is me.
What I recognize as self is myself.
But I don't understand my self.
Where am I?
What am I?
What am I?

THAT'S WHY YOU CLOSE YOUR SOUL.

Nobody understands me!
What are you, stupid? Of course nobody understands you!
Nobody can ever understand you.
The only one who can take care of you
and understand you is you, yourself.
So, you must take care of yourself.
But I still don't understand my self!
I don't even know what it is that makes me myself!
How could I love myself?!

HE IS INSECURE.

You are still unstable.
That is, the present you.
And the people around the present you.
And the environment that surrounds the present you.
None of these lasts forever.
Time continues to flow, and time brings change.
Your world is in a state of constant change.
You are capable of change anytime. Your mind perceives these changes.

[kensterz]

What is this?
A world of nothing?
A world with nobody in it?
This is the world of perfect freedom.
Freedom?
A world of perfect freedom, a world in which you have no restrictions.
Is this really freedom?
Yes, this is what it is.
However, this world has nothing in it.
Unless I do something?
Right, unless you do or think of something.
But...
I don't know what to do or think!
He is uncertain.
He has no image of self to orient himself.
There's nothing solid here.
It is a world in which there are no obstacles.

THIS IS FREEDOM.

This is a world in which you can do anything you wish.
But you're afraid, aren't you?
Don't you know what it is that you want to do?
What should I do?
Let me give you a restriction.
There! Now, you have top and bottom.
But you've lost a degree of your freedom.
Now, you must stand on the ground.
But now you feel easier, don't you?
You have less to trouble your mind.
And now, you can walk.
This is happening because you will it to be.
Is this my will?
This world with the floor is the only thing around yourself.
But now, you can move around anywhere you wish to within it.
You could even turn the world upside down, if you wanted to.
And the position of your world is not the same either.
It changes with the passage of time.
You can change yourself as well.
What forms your shape is your mind
and its interaction with the world that surrounds you.
You can do anything here, because this is your world.
This is the shape of your reality.

THIS IS THE REALITY.

What is this?
An empty space.
An empty world.
A world where nothing exists but myself.
With only myself, I have nothing to interact with.
It's as if I'm here, but not here at all.
It's as if I'm slowly fading out of existence.

WHY?

Because only you are here.
Only myself?
Without others to interact with,
you cannot truly recognize your own image.
My own image?

MY IMAGE?

Yes. In the act of observing others, you may recognize yourself.
Your image of yourself is restrained
by having to observe the barriers between yourself and others.
And yet, you can not see yourself without the presence of others.
When there are others, I can perceive myself as an individual.
If I am alone, then I will be the same as everything else.
There will be no difference between myself and nothing!
By recognizing the differences between yourself and others,
you establish your identity as yourself.
The very first other person is your mother.
Your mother is a different individual.
Right, I am me and she is she!
But are you really sure that others form my self?
It's true.
Has it taken you this long to realize that simple fact?!
You idiot!

Life.

I see, this is another possibility.
Another possible world.
This current self is the same way, it's not my true self.
I can be any way I wish to be.
I see, I can exist without doing this as well!
If you consider that, perhaps this world isn't so bad.
Still, even though the reality itself might not be bad,
I could still hate myself.
It's your mind which takes reality and separates it
into what's bad and hateful.
It is only the mind which separates reality from truth.
Your view of reality changes your perception of its nature.
It is all, literally, a matter of perspective.
There are as many truths as there are people.
But there's only one truth that is your truth.
That's the one that's formed
by whatever narrow point of view you choose to view it from.
It's a perception that protects you from the twisted truth.
That's true, and one can have a perspective that is far too small.
But a person can only see things from the perspective they choose.
One must learn to judge all things via the perceived truths
that one receives from others.
For example, sunny days make you feel good.
Rainy days make you feel gloomy.
If you are told this is so, that is what you will believe to be so.
But you can have fun on a rainy day as well.
Your truth can be changed simply by the way you accept it.
That's how fragile the truth for a human is.
A person's truth is so simple that most ignore it
to concentrate on what they think are deeper truths.
You, for example, are simply unused to what it is to be liked.
You've never learned how
to deal with the fear of how others feel about you, so you avoid it.
But don't others hate me?
What are you, stupid? It's all in your imagination!
But I hate myself.
One who truly hates himself cannot love.
He cannot place his trust in another.
I'm a coward.
I'm cowardly, sneaky, and weak.
Now that you know yourself, you can take care of yourself.
I hate myself.
But I could love myself.
Maybe my life could have a greater value.
That's right! I am no more or less than myself!
I am me!
I want to be myself!
I want to continue existing in this world!
I am worth living here!
Congratulations!!!
Thank you all!

[SurelyShirley]

I'm afraid of poetry.

[SecondsOut]

zombies (serious).

[Donzi Las]

Being run over by a combine














and ninjas
















and combines being driven by ninjas.

Too funny. Thanks for the chuckle :)

[TurbulentFluid]

I fear being afraid.
It's the most restricting and limiting thing in the world.
And long-winded people.
Life's too short for them to be allowed.

[exnihillo]

I have lead a pretty crazy life and there is not much that bugs me..But I would have to say the fear of failing my family is a big one to me..

[enforcerlady]

I'm scared of running out of gas in my car. If the fuel light ever goes on, then I'm really freaking out.

[Jordyn]

ghosts? me too :)

[sportyhp]

horses

[DanishThorn]

Death of a child
dying in a fire

[bluescorpion]

spiders and clowns.

[limniade]

Ghosts.

Mirrors in the dark.

Dying. The idea that one day I must experience death is, to me, terrifying. Death itself doesn't bother me; I truly believe that there's life after death and that it will be an extremely interesting and fulfilling experience, but the dying part? Eek. The idea of being aware of my body shutting down, and my spirit fighting against it to no avail, gives me the cold sweats. On the other hand, it'll probably be a lot like falling asleep (assuming I don't die violently or accidentally, e.g. drowning or car accident).

Wasps and hornets! I like bugs, but if there's a wasp or hornet in the vicinity, I can't help but freak and run away.

[MidwestMonster]

monsters. thats about it.

Haha, I'm a big scary hairy monster that scares you. (no hairy)

[yawaii29]

Something bad happening to my family.

[Christine_23]

Monsters. Honestly. I get nervous in the woods at night, and it's not that I'm afraid of crazy people.

Ghosts too. Definitely afraid of them.

Of course, none of this makes sense because I don't beleive in monsters OR ghosts.

[lulublue]

I used to do night time security patrols around this old property with overgrown gardens

I carried a torch and baton with me at all times but you can't help being creeped out at 2am when you hear noises and nothing's there.

ick i hated that place

[BlackHermit]

Having a Lucid mind but a useless vegetative body. That would scare me.