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What do you fear?

Laerod
23-07-2005, 11:34
What is your greatest fear? What are you afraid of most?
Everyone has something that chills them to the bone, though you might not necessarily know what it is. I don't mean things that have to do with recent events, I mean the thing that makes you want to cower in bed and pull the covers over your face.

For me, it's been the dark for most of my early life. My imagination always played tricks on me, especially when I couldn't see things clearly. It was especially bad when it was dark outside and I was home alone. Whatever might be lurking beneath the window usually had me scared out of my wits.
HotRodia
23-07-2005, 11:40
I fear the squelching of small liberties, as it is a harbinger of greater oppression to come.
Jordaxia
23-07-2005, 11:40
Death and Stagnation. To me they're one and the same.
Aligned Planets
23-07-2005, 11:47
Spiders - yuk!
BackwoodsSquatches
23-07-2005, 11:48
Snakes.
Clowns.
An Orwellian future.
Green israel
23-07-2005, 11:52
Snakes.

me too. snakes are evil.
BackwoodsSquatches
23-07-2005, 11:54
me too. snakes are evil.

Never trust anything without arms and legs.

That applies to quadraplegics as well.
Kelleda
23-07-2005, 11:55
The slow creeping terrors which go unnoticed or ignored, the resistance of a society to anything new (kinda sorta like Jordaxia in that regard)... being forced to dot my Is and Js even though I cross Zs and 7s...
Laerod
23-07-2005, 11:56
Never trust anything without arms and legs.

That applies to quadraplegics as well.
Move to Ireland, sheesh... :p
BackwoodsSquatches
23-07-2005, 11:59
Move to Ireland, sheesh... :p


You mean that St. Patrick drove out all the quadraplegics as well?

Whoohoo!

Erin Go Bragh!
Undelia
23-07-2005, 12:05
I have none of the traditional fears, such as being afraid of the dark, arachnophobia, or fear of heights. What I fear most is other people. A snake will bite you, but not out of malice or greed, but out of a perceived threat to its very survival. A human, however, could betray you just because they get a kick out of messing with people, and many will do anything to get ahead.
Legless Pirates
23-07-2005, 12:09
Death.

Being all alone.

Getting my hands or face maimed.
Harlesburg
23-07-2005, 12:14
Death.

Being all alone.

Getting my hands or face maimed.
Your not that pretty hun. ;)
Ditto...
Egg and chips
23-07-2005, 12:15
Being buried alive
Being suffocated/drowned etc.
PhoenixRose
23-07-2005, 12:26
Losing my ability to reason, think and form opinions for myself and thereby being forced to become someone else's follower.

(Aka my brain turns to mush - something like what I imagine it would be like to have alzheimers...blank stare, being led around and others making decisions for me and me not knowing why) If it ever happens, someone put me out of my misery.
Undelia
23-07-2005, 12:34
(Aka my brain turns to mush - something like what I imagine it would be like to have alzheimers...blank stare, being led around and others making decisions for me and me not knowing why) If it ever happens, someone put me out of my misery.
Be sure to put that in writing.
Homieville
23-07-2005, 13:10
Death and the Being on the top of the CN tower.!
Eutrusca
23-07-2005, 13:11
What is your greatest fear? What are you afraid of most?
Everyone has something that chills them to the bone, though you might not necessarily know what it is. I don't mean things that have to do with recent events, I mean the thing that makes you want to cower in bed and pull the covers over your face.
Alzheimer's. The idea of losing my mind scares the shit out of me. Other than that, not much of anything scares me. I've been through too much in my life to be scared of anything else. :)
Zouloukistan
23-07-2005, 13:17
What is your greatest fear?
The Dark Side of the Force...
Lunatic Goofballs
23-07-2005, 13:20
Bees.

Death by sensory deprivation.
Stumpneria
23-07-2005, 13:25
I have acrophobia(fear of heights).
Zooke
23-07-2005, 13:46
We generally fear what is most alien and unknowable to us. We also can develop a fear of something that has caused us traumatic harm. I am phobic of snakes. This is a phobia I developed as a child following a nasty and painful rattlesnake bite. Now all snakes throw me into total panic.
[NS]Bluestrips2
23-07-2005, 14:13
Spiders - Big ones * shivers *

If a big one is in my room I can't kill it it's wrong but they scare me to death, the thing is I actually think they are cool but euuurgh I can't go near them..

And when scientists found out about a spider in Scotland that evolved I screamed - Instead of spinning webs and waiting for prey they now just pounce on their foe - im so glad they are small or we would be in trouble LOL

( with the ever changing climate rain is getting warmer spiders are set to grow larger :eek: )

I am not scared of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens !!
The Gaelic Empire
23-07-2005, 14:14
My greatest fear is that i will not be known in the world. That i might die without being important or well known. That ill be normal,ill be the same as every1 else. ill just be another person,nothing special. :(
Dancing Penguin
23-07-2005, 14:30
My greatest fear is that i will not be known in the world. That i might die without being important or well known. That ill be normal,ill be the same as every1 else. ill just be another person,nothing special. :(
Wow, hadn't thought of that one. If I get stuck in a little desk surrounded by a suffacting cubical... *shudders*

Mostly though its:

Losing my sight,
My future,
The end of the world
Kazkun
23-07-2005, 14:44
I think these days it is anarchy I fear most. Not like the lack of government (that would be ok) but lack of control in all society.

This is something that would happen if all governments were gone, but if there was a neutral worldwide governing body with no corruption it would prevant anarchy.

Governments are one step better than anarchy though.

Complete chaos (pillaging, looting, murders, reality TV) and loss of order because of the lack of control is the thing I fear most... cockroaches are bad too
CanuckHeaven
23-07-2005, 14:52
"Fear knocked at the door. Faith answered. An lo, no one was there."

"FAITH IS THE VICTORY!" (http://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/fv/fv_08.htm)

THE WRONG KIND OF FEAR...
1. Fear which is groundless

a. Many social and specific phobias fall into this category
b. Here is a list of the most common fears, and the percentage
of people which fear them...

Top 12 Fears Scientific Name

1) Speaking before a group (40%) Topophobia
2) Heights (30%) Acrophobia
3) Insects and bugs (20%) Entomophobia
4) Financial problems (20%) Atephobia
5) Deep Water (20%) Bathophobia
6) Disease (20%) Phathophobia
7) Death (20%) Thanatophobia
8) Flying (20%) Aerophobia
9) Loneliness (15%) Monophobia
10) Dogs (10%) Cynophobia
11) Driving/riding in a car (10%) Ochophobia
12) Dark (10%) Nyctophobia
-- Charles J. Givens, Super-Self (Simon & Schuster,
1993), p. 288.
c. Such fears are often the result of misinformation
d. "FEAR is False Education Appearing Real" (Denis Waitley)

2. Fear that makes problems seem greater than they really are

a. "Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is." (German proverb)
b. "Fear makes man believe the worst" (unknown)
c. With exaggerated fears of the problems we face, we think
them overwhelming

3. Fear that prevents us from enjoying the blessings we have

a. "He who fears death cannot enjoy life." (Spanish proverb)
b. "Who lives in fear will never be a free man." (Horace,
65-8 B.C.)
c. Certainly one who fears cannot be at peace and know true
joy

4. Fear that hinders our ability to be of service to God

a. "Fear is the sand in the machinery of life." (E. Stanley
Jones)
b. Fear of people, fear of failure, often hinder Christians in
their service; e.g., personal evangelism

5. Fear that motivates us to disobey God

a. Certain fears often prompt us to do things which are
displeasing to God
b. For example, in a poll of teenagers, among other things
they feared:
1) Failing in School - 44%
2) Loneliness - 33%
3) Not Having a Boyfriend/Girlfriend - 30%
4) Rejection - 28%
c. Such fears have often led young people to cheat, get in
with the wrong crowd, give in to improper sexual advances
d. Similar fears have prompted many adults to lie, cheat on
the job, commit adultery, enter unscriptural marriages,
etc.
e. Fear of rejection, fear of persecution, etc., has led some
Christians to denounce their faith in God
Tonca
23-07-2005, 14:55
Losing my ability to reason, think and form opinions for myself and thereby being forced to become someone else's follower.

(Aka my brain turns to mush - something like what I imagine it would be like to have alzheimers...blank stare, being led around and others making decisions for me and me not knowing why) If it ever happens, someone put me out of my misery.

From one very close experience (my grandfather) and one not so close experience (a friend's grandmother), I can say that Alzheimers sufferers usually aren't that miserable. They're usually quite happy in their little fantasy world. It's the ones around them who have a hard time.

As for my fear, I have a very unreasonable phobia about squashing living things, particularly snails. Yick!!
Eutrusca
23-07-2005, 15:01
From one very close experience (my grandfather) and one not so close experience (a friend's grandmother), I can say that Alzheimers sufferers usually aren't that miserable. They're usually quite happy in their little fantasy world. It's the ones around them who have a hard time.
That's not the point, although placing undue burdens on my children is certainly one element of my fear of Alzheimer's. The point is that I value what little intellect I possess and greatly fear losing it. This is a fear for something that may happen in the future. I wouldn't be sufficiently aware to fear it once it actually happened, which is enough to scare me all over again! :)
Tonca
23-07-2005, 15:04
That's not the point, although placing undue burdens on my children is certainly one element of my fear of Alzheimer's. The point is that I value what little intellect I possess and greatly fear losing it. This is a fear for something that may happen in the future. I wouldn't be sufficiently aware to fear it once it actually happened, which is enough to scare me all over again! :)

So it's a bit like fearing death? I'm scared of what comes before death (pain, suffering, etc) but not particularly scared of the great nothingness afterwards. I definitely know people scared of the nothingness though...
Greedy Pig
23-07-2005, 15:07
I fear crazy zipping speedy scooters.
Individualnost
23-07-2005, 15:14
One of my biggest fears is evidenced by Leonard's situation in Memento: that I will wake up one day and realize that I have screwed myself over, and worse than that, I'm not even gonna realize it in 15 minutes. Then I would forget the truth and go on living the hell I cannot see. Also, I do not fear humans with an instinctive, animalistic fear, such as "crawl under my covers and cower" type fear, but through a deeper fear that won't hinder me, but never lets me forget that humans are my most dangerous enemy. The only times in my life I have ever been truly piss-scared-out-of-me freaked out is in the wilderness, on camping trips and such, and in the middle of the night I awake to relieve myself, and I'm standing out there alone, minding and doing my business, when I hear some telltale predatorial twigsnap or something, and I automatically think "sh*t some bobcat is ready to pounce on me and tear me apart. Or some mountain lion..." and then I hear that death scream when some animal dies from being hunted, and all I can think about is how fast I can get back to camp.
Eutrusca
23-07-2005, 15:18
So it's a bit like fearing death? I'm scared of what comes before death (pain, suffering, etc) but not particularly scared of the great nothingness afterwards. I definitely know people scared of the nothingness though...
Yes. I feared death when I was young, but Vietnam gave me sufficient insight to overcome that. I see Alzheimer's as a kind of "living death." :(
Eutrusca
23-07-2005, 15:20
We generally fear what is most alien and unknowable to us. We also can develop a fear of something that has caused us traumatic harm. I am phobic of snakes. This is a phobia I developed as a child following a nasty and painful rattlesnake bite. Now all snakes throw me into total panic.
Even "trouser snakes?" :D

( Sorry about that! ) LOL!
Jordaxia
23-07-2005, 15:23
Even "trouser sankes?" :D

( Sorry about that! ) LOL!

Eutrusca, a new fragrance by Calvin Kleine, scent of dirty old man.
It's intense.
Eutrusca
23-07-2005, 15:25
Eutrusca, a new fragrance by Calvin Kleine, scent of dirty old man.
It's intense.
ROFLMAO! Quick! Where can I buy some?? :D
Cheese penguins
23-07-2005, 15:31
My ex talking about castration!
Eutrusca
23-07-2005, 15:44
My ex talking about castration!
Eeep! :eek:
The Serene Death
23-07-2005, 15:51
I fear that there is no life after death, which is kinda fun since I'm an agnostic/atheist.
I also fear the lost of freedoms anywhere and everywhere, which seems to be happening more and more around the world.
ChuChulainn
23-07-2005, 15:59
I fear losing all feeling for others. I dont want to live a life where I dont care what happens to others or myself. Not feeling happy or even sad, but just feeling empty, is the worst to me. I dont care if the emotions are bad ones like sadness, etc as long as I can feel something
Czardas
23-07-2005, 16:12
I fear, in order from most afraid of to least afraid of:

1) Making mistakes
2) Other people
3) Speaking in public
4) Making telephone calls
5) Emotions
6) Speaking to other people
7) Parties
8) Being forced to listen to loud rock/metal/punk/hip-hop music for more than 10 seconds
9) Wasps
10) Starvation

Yeah, I have a lot of insecurities. :(
Individualnost
23-07-2005, 16:14
I fear, in order from most afraid of to least afraid of:

1) Making mistakes
2) Other people
3) Speaking in public
4) Making telephone calls
5) Emotions
6) Speaking to other people
7) Parties
8) Being forced to listen to loud rock/metal/punk/hip-hop music for more than 10 seconds
9) Wasps
10) Starvation

Yeah, I have a lot of insecurities. :(

Now why would you fear emotions??? I don't fear them, I just cut them out alltogether. I don't need to fear something I never have to deal with.
Czardas
23-07-2005, 16:23
Now why would you fear emotions??? I don't fear them, I just cut them out alltogether. I don't need to fear something I never have to deal with.It's an irrational fear. I cut them out too, because I'm afraid of them. Strange logic I suppose. ;)
_Susa_
23-07-2005, 16:24
I fear eating sand.
Olantia
23-07-2005, 16:29
Becoming blind.
Vimeria
23-07-2005, 16:47
Definite number one: Being tortured to death by a skilled torturer. While I understand the occasional need for torture and am willing to accept it in certain extreme situations for, for example, extracting vital information, torture simply as a form of punishment or as a method to make death as unbearable as possible is about the most vile thing a human being is capable of. This fear really comes from reading about some of the sick, sick things people did to each other in the middle-ages, and especially about the real Dracula, Vlad the Impaler. The word 'skilled' is also important, because an amateur would probably go over the line pretty quickly, allowing a quick escape into shock, unconsciusness or death.

Second: Isolation. Being locked into solitary confiment for rest of my life. Being in a small cell without any contact to the outside world and having absolutely nothing to do to pass the time.
[NS]Bluestrips2
23-07-2005, 16:52
This fear really comes from reading about some of the sick, sick things people did to each other in the middle-ages, and especially about the real Dracula, Vlad the Impaler.



Slightly off topic - Is it true what my friend told me that the real dracula had hooks hanging from the ceiling and then put people onto them via their anus and just let them slowly die as the hook very slowly and painfully cut through their whole body after a week or so it would finally reach the organs if they hadn't died allready ??
Vimeria
23-07-2005, 16:56
Bluestrips2']Slightly off topic - Is it true what my friend told me that the real dracula had hooks hanging from the ceiling and then put people onto them via their anus and just let them slowly die as the hook very slowly and painfully cut through their whole body after a week or so it would finally reach the organs if they hadn't died allready ??

Eww. Hadn't heard that one before, so thanks. :)

Really, just type Vlad, Impaler or Tepes into Google or Wikipedia, and you'll get all the stories about this monster you'll ever want to hear. And then some.

Edit: And the story you mentioned doesn't sound genuine. While he really did do something very similar with long wooden poles (hence the cute nickname), the time it took to die was hours, not days. I mean you die of dehydration after a couple of days, so add to that the strain and the blood loss... I'd say more than a day is absolutely impossible.
Dead bobs
23-07-2005, 17:06
:sniper: :mp5: :gundge: :confused: :headbang: i am afraid of the walking heads heads should not walk by them selfs
Dead bobs
23-07-2005, 17:07
Eww. Hadn't heard that one before, so thanks. :)

Really, just type Vlad, Impaler or Tepes into Google or Wikipedia, and you'll get all the stories about this monster you'll ever want to hear. And then some. i now a vald tepes he playes medal of honer spear head demo
Apennines
23-07-2005, 17:15
Fear Itself.
Eutrusca
23-07-2005, 17:41
I also fear the lost of freedoms anywhere and everywhere, which seems to be happening more and more around the world.
Strange. I see just the opposite. :)
Individualnost
23-07-2005, 17:54
Definite number one: Being tortured to death by a skilled torturer. While I understand the occasional need for torture and am willing to accept it in certain extreme situations for, for example, extracting vital information, torture simply as a form of punishment or as a method to make death as unbearable as possible is about the most vile thing a human being is capable of. This fear really comes from reading about some of the sick, sick things people did to each other in the middle-ages, and especially about the real Dracula, Vlad the Impaler. The word 'skilled' is also important, because an amateur would probably go over the line pretty quickly, allowing a quick escape into shock, unconsciusness or death.

Second: Isolation. Being locked into solitary confiment for rest of my life. Being in a small cell without any contact to the outside world and having absolutely nothing to do to pass the time.
Ever heard of the traditional (by this I mean Peter the Great still used it in the "civilized" 1600's) Russian method for extracting information from insurgents/rebels? The fire and knout? Those good old Russkiie torturers were so skilled that they could whip men for days on end and the men wouldn't pass out during the torture (or at least not for a few hours...water seems to leave you quickly when you start to bleed). They would also keep their victims alive on purpose for months at a time. During one punishment, Peter the Great actually took part in and enjoyed so the story goes whipping his captives. He was a vengeful man, however, and the plot had been connected with removing him from the throne or something stupid like that, so I understand why he enjoyed it, but seriously, burning people with fire or embers or red hot iron, and then whipping them to within an inch of their life. Hardcore, basic as it was. I suppose I'm a little proud of their skill and barbarism, but it is horrid to really think about. And I'm only proud cause they're Russian. And they were "defending the Tsar." Funny old European monarchies!!
The Similized world
23-07-2005, 18:01
Strange. I see just the opposite. :)
I think that's a very tough call at the moment. But on a longer timescale, I agree completely. The last 10 years has been (and is) a bumpy ride though.

Personally I'm deathly afraid of going to the dentist. It's not the dentist I fear, but I get ill - physically ill - when the dentist starts messing around with drills or sonic gizmos.
I think roaches are repulsive as well. Couldn't explain why I feel like that though. They just bug me :p
Putting meat in my mouth is also scary in a way. I can't explain that either, and I didn't always feel that way... It's feels wrong and nausiating.
The Abomination
23-07-2005, 18:07
The whole human race embracing technological regression and/or total pacifism.

I don't know why. I can handle anything else (well, beyond momentary shock or panic) but anytime I consider this in fiction, fact or expressed as an opinion, I get an enormous desire to lash out - not out of anger, but fear.

More than anything, this irrational,visceral horror has informed and shaped my beliefs.
Individualnost
23-07-2005, 18:12
The whole human race embracing technological regression and/or total pacifism.

I don't know why. I can handle anything else (well, beyond momentary shock or panic) but anytime I consider this in fiction, fact or expressed as an opinion, I get an enormous desire to lash out - not out of anger, but fear.

More than anything, this irrational,visceral horror has informed and shaped my beliefs.
First of all, what's wrong with technological regression?? It happens to everyone who travels from America to Africa, or from England to Kazakhstan. Many places inhabited largely by the human race are making no technological progression and may not even understand the word technology anyway :-P. second of all, sounds like you've got that total pacifism thing under control, since you'll check it if it ever comes around. (Total pacifism is something I see as impossible. There's a primal need in all of us to release our anger somehow. I think Fight Club is therapeutic. Oh crap, I talked about it!!! ::runs and hides::)
Ol Erisia
23-07-2005, 18:13
i fear both that christianity will win and what the Illuminati do with my socks....
The Abomination
23-07-2005, 18:24
First of all, what's wrong with technological regression?? It happens to everyone who travels from America to Africa, or from England to Kazakhstan. Many places inhabited largely by the human race are making no technological progression and may not even understand the word technology anyway

It's a fair point, but I don't see that as deliberate technological regression. In most of those places, these people strive to advance their knowledge and technological capabilities, while people moving there are simply subject to a reduction of resource. This is fine. In some places, people have deliberately frozen their technological advance for various reasons, such as the Amish - but while they do not embrace the forward march of mankind, they at least give their kids the choice whether or not to follow their beliefs, which demonstrates enormously commendable open mindedness.

What terrifies me is of the whole human race abandoning its advance and rolling backwards into the trees. Sudden barbarisation due to nuclear conflict, ecological disaste or cultural meltdown caused by eco or religious terrorists... the idea that my children might grow up not witnessing the wonders mankind has created or being socialised into believing our achievements somehow evil is utterly abhorrent to me.
Refused Party Program
23-07-2005, 18:41
The Cops.

I have brown skin, I often wear a coat and I often use public transport. They can shoot-to-kill now so I'm screwed.
Robot ninja pirates
23-07-2005, 18:52
That disturbing laugh by the clown in the raceway park commercials.

Yep.
Vimeria
23-07-2005, 18:53
On top of the two fears I already mentioned, I feel compelled to share my one irrational fear: I'm absolutely terrified of balloons. I really don't know why, but I get really uncomfortable around them and even the idea of touching them gets my heart racing. I think this particular quirk is yet to be listed as a phobia, but I do know one other person who suffers from this same condition.
Turkishsquirrel
23-07-2005, 18:54
I fear fear.
Ankhmet
23-07-2005, 18:59
I have none of the traditional fears, such as being afraid of the dark, arachnophobia, or fear of heights. What I fear most is other people. A snake will bite you, but not out of malice or greed, but out of a perceived threat to its very survival. A human, however, could betray you just because they get a kick out of messing with people, and many will do anything to get ahead.

I second that. Apart from my horrible fear of the dark and brown recluse spiders. And...Neh. I won't say it :)

Vimeria: If the fear of having peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth is listed as a phobia, balloon fear probably is.
Gray Army
23-07-2005, 19:07
Spiders
becoming someone's follower
the loss of democracy in America.


I do fear it only a matter of time before someone with enough wealth and power puts the Senators on his/her payroll(thereby becoming the dictator of America, and ending freedoms) like these freedoms are being taken away slowly(I can feel it)

I also fear the Darkness(I like it because it can conceal me) but I hate it because it holds others that can see me(animals)

and I also agree about other Humans, they betray for profit and are motivated by greed and will utterly stab you in the back for their own kicks.


I only trust certain people. but there are many I do not trust.
Ankhmet
23-07-2005, 19:09
Spiders
becoming someone's follower
the loss of democracy in America.


I do fear it only a matter of time before someone with enough wealth and power puts the Senators on his/her payroll(thereby becoming the dictator of America, and ending freedoms) like these freedoms are being taken away slowly(I can feel it)

"As if 500 million souls cried out in pain... And were silenced. By a gagging order."
[NS]Ihatevacations
23-07-2005, 19:10
On top of the two fears I already mentioned, I feel compelled to share my one irrational fear: I'm absolutely terrified of balloons. I really don't know why, but I get really uncomfortable around them and even the idea of touching them gets my heart racing. I think this particular quirk is yet to be listed as a phobia, but I do know one other person who suffers from this same condition.
you win globophobia
Ankhmet
23-07-2005, 19:14
I win:

Kakorrhaphiophobia

Fear of failure or defeat.....
Vetalia
23-07-2005, 19:17
I do fear it only a matter of time before someone with enough wealth and power puts the Senators on his/her payroll(thereby becoming the dictator of America, and ending freedoms) like these freedoms are being taken away slowly(I can feel it)

Yes, that will be my ultimate victory... Thanks for the idea, Comrade!

"As if 500 million souls cried out in pain... And were silenced. By a gagging order."

Silence, you! Why aren't you at the front?

Oh, and I'm scared of clowns and dolls.
Vetalia
23-07-2005, 19:18
I win:
Kakorrhaphiophobia
Fear of failure or defeat.....

There is no defeat so long as you embrace my iron rule, citizen!
Gray Army
23-07-2005, 19:20
My goal its to unite all peoples on this planet, into one singular body(the planet is split into many factions but one of us will unite all) I mean in the future near the 29th Century.
Ankhmet
23-07-2005, 19:23
Gray Army: if you live 800 years I'm sure you will achieve your goal.
Jellybean Development
23-07-2005, 19:25
Slow-painful death, buried alive, drowning, starving etc.
Nimzonia
23-07-2005, 19:32
I'm scared of Bureaucracy.
Letila
23-07-2005, 19:55
Mold (or mould, spelling isn't my strong point)
Homicidal Daemons
23-07-2005, 20:06
I'm not scared of bugs or snakes or anything... what does scare me is:

1. America turning into a theocracy and adopting laws that are considered moral b/c they are apart of the dominate religon...

2. small confined and dark spaces..

3. Pain

4. Being eaten or burned or buired alive.

5. Being oppressed... in any way shape or form...
OHidunno
23-07-2005, 20:13
Because of my family's history, what I fear most is being deeply in love with someone, and have them cheat on you.

I also don't want to be alone for the rest of my life. I don't know which one's worse, being cheated on or being alone.

I know I'll always have my friends, but I get a bit paranoid that they're not really my friends, and that they don't even like me. I get to thinking that maybe they're just too darn nice to tell me they don't like me.

I'm quite freaked out about where America's heading right now. Even though I'm not too sure where that is. The whole gay rights issues really getting to me, denying gay marriage just seems so unconstitutional. What would America be like if laws that were unconstitutional were being made?
Laerod
24-07-2005, 09:39
As I mentioned when I started this thread, I used to fear the dark when I was younger. One day I woke up and the fear was gone. Anyway, I've been thinking what it was that I feared most today.

I think it's a specific death:
I'm lying on asphalt. It's raining pretty hard and I'm alone. It's night and rather dark. Incidentally, I'm lying on my back, in a puddle of my own blood, cold enough not to feel the pain, but not cold enough to feel my life slowly draining out.
Dobbsworld
24-07-2005, 09:44
What would America be like if laws that were unconstitutional were being made?
They have been made. They are being made. And if Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney and Mr. Rove have their way, they'll continue to be made.

And that is the singlemost frightening thing that I have ever countenanced.
Whitepowers
24-07-2005, 10:35
My greatest fear is my balls sliding right down one leg of my jeans, and my penis sliding right down the other leg.
Sino
24-07-2005, 10:37
My biggest and almost sole fear for the moment is not doing well academically. Somebody needs to teach me how to quit NS. Anybody recommend a good rehab center? LOL!
Sino
24-07-2005, 10:38
My greatest fear is my balls sliding right down one leg of my jeans, and my penis sliding right down the other leg.

That could result from extreme doses of radiation. LOL!
Nornin
24-07-2005, 11:03
My biggest fear is that the USA will someday rule the world.
The unbeliveble hate, fear and intolerance towards other cultures and religious belives, makes me very afraid.
I'm not talking about the american people as a whole, don't get me wrong.
I know afew americans and I like them all, but the american government scares me half to death.

Other than that I'm afraid of heights and dying alone.

(In case of errors in spelling I have to stress the fact that english is not my native tounge).
Whitepowers
24-07-2005, 11:12
That could result from extreme doses of radiation. LOL!

Indeed, or castration from wearing too tight jeans and sitting down too quickly.
My friends remark that sometimes my jeans look like their painted on, Im pretty vain about my legs.
Leonstein
24-07-2005, 11:12
What is your greatest fear? What are you afraid of most?
Hmmm...I don't actually know. Maybe I'll need to try out all the usual stuff and rate them.
I don't mind spiders and other insects (but I hate Wasps - so there you go)
I don't particularly enjoy great heights, but it's not like I've got a phobia.
Anarchy 2005
24-07-2005, 12:58
Barbers... wich is strange cause I get a hair cut every three weeks...oh wait Dentists they sacre me more...
Taerkasten
24-07-2005, 13:08
So far I've not found anything that I have an irrational fear of. I'm not afraid of the dark -- I often prefer it sometimes (see: Saturday morning). I'm not afraid of spiders, heights (unless I'm pushed I suppose...), bees or any other insects, open spaces, enclosed spaces, space, water, ghosts, horror movies, etc. So far the only things I know I fear are things that genuinely threaten my existence -- as EVERYBODY does, regardless of whether they say they do or not -- but even then my reaction isn't particularly strong. I guess I just don't care enough...
Arnburg
24-07-2005, 17:43
Having my country become a GODless nation. I pray everyday that this won't ever happen. I would fight and die first before trying to be forced to disobey and reject GOD allmighty.
Commie Catholics
24-07-2005, 18:04
My greatest fear would have to be rejection. I'm terrified of people because of it. If I'm around somebody I don't know too well I start to get nervous. This can become quite irritating if you're trying to make new friends.
Gray Army
04-09-2005, 00:22
Gray Army: if you live 800 years I'm sure you will achieve your goal.


I'm sure my goal will be completed when I can afford to have my organs cryogenically frozen, and then stored into a robotic body.

or into a new body, when they can grow one.


And also, I have some friends that decided they will join me(if I keep them close enough for the next 35 years) I have special places for them, when and if I can acieve my new world order.


my fear of Spiders goes back to when I was four(1994) I was playing in a sandbox, and suddenly a spider bit me, I killed it and then that's when my personal vendetta began against spiders.


Only one friend is seeming serious, and that's BrandoDaCommando(that's his online name) and then there's MOHspi(the one who's not so serious)



Me and Brando plan on opening up a few places, and then we take over the world! *insane laughter*



the places are only temporary. he will be my second in command.


"he will be more powerful then any jedi"
-Darth Sidious-
Swilatia
04-09-2005, 00:29
Having my nation deleted :p
Adjacent to Belarus
04-09-2005, 00:40
Hmm... I'd say that my greatest fear is becoming shunned or condemned by a large number of people or society in general, especially if I felt I had done nothing wrong, or I had done something wrong accidentally or in a weak moment but had come to deeply regret it.
[NS]Hawkintom
04-09-2005, 00:52
What is your greatest fear? What are you afraid of most?
Everyone has something that chills them to the bone, though you might not necessarily know what it is. I don't mean things that have to do with recent events, I mean the thing that makes you want to cower in bed and pull the covers over your face.

For me, it's been the dark for most of my early life. My imagination always played tricks on me, especially when I couldn't see things clearly. It was especially bad when it was dark outside and I was home alone. Whatever might be lurking beneath the window usually had me scared out of my wits.

Burning...
King Graham IV
04-09-2005, 00:57
Snakes.

Dictators, evil people, Saddam Hussein, Gadafi, Kim Jong Il, need i say more?
Homieville
04-09-2005, 01:39
I fear in Death and being on the top of the CN tower
Anarchtyca
04-09-2005, 01:43
The one thing I fear above all else is forever. Of course, I don't want there to be an ultimate end to everything (i.e. death, if there's no afterlife) either, so I'm pretty much screwed either way.

That said, I'm also afraid of not being remembered after I'm gone, just being one of the millions of nameless faces in the crowd. Guess I'd better get to work on contributing something to mankind so it'll remember me... Heh...

I have some other fears, but those are my main ones.
Call to power
04-09-2005, 02:15
Moths and organ thieves are my biggest fears at the moment

ain't getting my kidneys :mad:
Eolam
04-09-2005, 03:51
In no particular order:

The ongoing entrenchment of anthrocentrism, jingoism in general, deification of inane social icons, blinkered perspective, contentment within the twin cesspools of mediocrity and ignorance, blind acquiescence to dogma, hedonism, vapid materialism, and unfettered environmental exploitation as fundamental tenets of human societies; failure of my life to realize struggle and death in the cause of my convictions; and personal inability to eventually bring unified directive to impassioned idealism and cynical pragmatism -- to reconcile absolute nihilism, universal compassion, basal predeterminism, and commitment to the potential for human redemption and a sustainable future.