Your worst fears...

[mijan]

So I've been stuck on an odd train of thought lately... phobias.  Why am I mentally stuck on phobias right now?  Well, I've been wrestling with my own lately.  Severely.  Because I'm probably going to have to face up to it again very soon, and I don't know if I can handle it.

What is it that causes a perfectly rational, normally brave, confident person, who doesn't have any normal fears (heights, guns, bombs, snakes, rats, serial killers, clowns under the bed), to turn into a shaking, crying, screaming, frantic panic over some minor thing?  Or is it just me?  I think I surprised a couple of people the other day when I expressed my own phobia.  I guess they thought nothing scared me.  So, I got to wondering, what are other people scared of?

I don't mean normal fears, or things that make you a bit uncomfortable.  You might be a bit scared of heights, and you might not want to jump off the high-dive at the local swimming pool, but you don't collapse into hysterics because you need to climb a three-step ladder, so it's not a debilitating phobia.  See what I mean? Picture Bart Simpson: "Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me. Can't sleep, clowns will kill me." Or something like that.

I've turned off ISP logging.  Feel free to post anonymously if you don't want people to know what personally scares the shit out of you, or if you want the liberating experience of "coming out of the closet" with your phobia, you can post while logged in.  I'd really like to know what scares people, and how they cope with it.  So, let the group-therapy session begin...

~P

Comments

[etoile-du-tir.livejournal.com]

See, I think that whole thing falls under more of a paranoia than a fear.

My real fear is getting lost. Which is funny because when we were in Salem, they guy said that I don't like getting lost, but he had no idea how right he was. My mother makes fun of me because I've driven in LA, but I refuse to drive in Boston. I need very clear directions when driving somewhere I've never been, I often double and triple (and more) check the directions while driving, and freak out when I get lost, and I'm somewhere I've never been before.

[mijan.livejournal.com]

Driving in Boston can be insane though. A lot of people who will drive anywhere else will not drive in Boston unless they have no choice, and even then, they'd prefer to take the T. I only drive in Boston unless I'm with someone who knows where we're going, OR I know EXACTLY how to reach my destination. (Fenway Park! SQUEE!) And actually, driving in Salem WAS worse than Boston. At least in Boston, the streets are MARKED.