What are your biggest fears? (phobia, scenario etc.)

[GypsyElder]

It can be a phobia, an scenario/ situation, "thing," worry etc.

I have this strange 'phobia" of certain textures. I wouldn't necessarily call it fear, but it irritates the crap out of me when I see it. The closest similar phobia that I have discovered to describe it is trypophobia. Let me google that for you

I have a fear of one of my loved ones (specifically my dad) developing dementia. Seriously, I don't know what I would do. In my culture it is completely unacceptable to abandon loved ones to nursing facilities. This is especially true considering I spent 3 months in one for school credit, and I have seen how little tenth's of a f*ck these people care.

I'm sure I have a few more "situational" type phobias. I'll edit them in once I think of them.

[loaf]

I have a fear of just losing my parents. Sadly, that fear will happen one day.

Not much of something I fear but I do fear of failing in life.

[che]

Not much of something I fear but I do fear of failing in life.

Too late, bruh.

My biggest fear is that we only live 100 years or less ish, and people and humanity in general are just repeating the same mistakes, lost in a cycle. We have books and all this technology and information and yet we still forget what happened before us. I fear that after I'm gone, I won't have made any impact on anything to even change that. It's overwhelming as shit. Will we ever really reach the stars? Or is some random gamma ray burst gonna destroy earth, some huge freaking comet, or are we just going to destroy ourselves with ignorance? Maybe I'm not giving us enough credit, but it makes me nervous everytime I think about it.

And death in general, and death of loved ones - or worse, them being alive but no coherent enough for us to speak with them. I suppose that is a tiny bit better? I could make a solid argument for both ways.

Also, that google search tripped me out, wtf. I feel like bees probably have trypophobia.

[loaf]

Ah, good ol Trypophobia. How I miss seeing you on 4chan back when I was 16 and dgaf. Now that shit is kind of a thing I take seriously.

[Clint]

I have a few phobias. I'm so claustrophobic that I can't even drive when there's traffic. That traffic jam hits, and I just feel trapped and I start to panic. I find myself getting nervous in elevators and in crowds. I'm pretty sure my fear of crowds is a combination of enochlophobia and claustrophobia. Or maybe it's just an evolutionary fear, since large crowds present large targets for bad people to kill a lot of other people, and our natural instinct is one of survival, or maybe I'm just overthinking.

I also have something called Paruresis, which is a phobia of peeing in public bathrooms when other people are present. Seriously, I can't do it. If somebody else is in the room, or I hear somebody outside, or I think somebody's in the room, I can't take a piss no matter how hard I try. If I ever had to take a urinalysis, I'd be screwed.

I have one other fear. I'm deathly afraid of small men with hammers. I like hammers, and I'm friends with some small men, but the combination of the two is just terrifying.

[Rowan]

I share a few of the fears talked about on here, but one of mine is ageing. I feel that I dont gain anything from age anymore. When I was younger I use to think that I would be getting smarter and more wise with my years, now I realize that it only brings you closer to death and disease.

Im only 26, but getting to the point where its getting 'too late' to take up study for something to make a career out of. Think about it. It takes at least 6 years of study to become a psychiarist or psychologist and during that time you are studying, you are not working much (or barely enough to support yourself in this country) and after you can finally say you are qualified, you need to build your career through experience and time of which you will be a noob at the age of 35. It just doesnt seem right to start your carreer at an age I consider to be the real mid life, since you are retired around 70 in this country.

I see life in stages now.
0 - 5; comfort stages
6 - 11; learning about the world and doing whatever you want
12 - 18; The best years of your life
19 - 26; finding your place in the world
26 - 40; the biggest decisions of your life
41 - 70; doing that.
71+ ; disease and death.

I feel like the past 6 years of my life have flashed before my eyes. That is probably the scariest thing.

[Pete]

Not claustrophobia, because tight areas don't really bother me. It's the idea of being buried alive and confined to the point where I can't move my arms or legs. I guess being trapped would be a more accurate description. If I can move, I'm fine.

That's really the only thing I can think of other than things that are out of my control

[che]

Not claustrophobia, because tight areas don't really bother me.

Rather, do you feel alive in them? Do you pulsate? Yes. MMM, good. Go on!

[Pete]

Depends on whose tight areas. ZING!

I also totally read that in a George Takei voice. I hope that's what you were going for

[Unknown Entity]

Emetophobia and Claustrophobia.

I can't deal with vomit. Seeing it, smelling it, retching, gagging, nope nope nope. I've told my managers for years, that if someone spews at work, customer or staff, I'm going home. I'm not cleaning anything up. I will grab my bag and run. The fear of being in the same room as puke or the puker is too much. Not knowing why they're sick bothers me too - I've had three vomit bugs in my life that I remember, and I never want one again.

I'm better with small spaces if I don't feel trapped. I get the tube everyday and that's really tough for me. I've learnt to just concentrate on different things, like games, books or movies. Right now, I'm heavily engrossed in The X Files. My boyfriend rolled me up in my duvet, and it was all fun and games until the covers came up to my nose. I couldn't pull it down because my arms were trapped. We were both laughing moments before, and then I'm freaking out because I couldn't get out.

I'm not really scared of spiders or bugs. I just don't want them on me or in my room.

[Pete]

I've had three vomit bugs in my life that I remember, and I never want one again.

Jealous. I'm good for at least one bout of food poisoning or stomach bug a year. Downfall of buying lunch in different neighborhoods almost every day. It'll last anywhere from a few hours to a few days

[Unknown Entity]

Jealous. I'm good for at least one bout of food poisoning or stomach bug a year. Downfall of buying lunch in different neighborhoods almost every day. It'll last anywhere from a few hours to a few days

Oh, that's not including food poisoning or self inflicted vomiting (drinking too much). The Sunday before last I threw up a few times because I ate a pizza the night before that wasn't cooked through properly. I couldn't keep it down, no matter what I tried. I know I'll feel better if I just puke it up after a night of too much drink, but I'll do whatever I can to keep that down too. Even if I feel worse for it.

I avoid bugs if I can (near impossible task, but I've gone more than ten years since the last bout). If I even suspect someone, I'll clean everything. I won't touch anything. I will isolate myself. I can't spend a week puking up everything that passes my lips. I'd go insane.

[Taco-Calamitous]

I have social anxieties, and I think my biggest fear is losing all my relationships. Had several people turn on me while in the Air Force, which had never happened before, and was very unpleasant. I fear that I'll cause that to happen with family and friends back here sometimes.

I don't really fear a lot, I guess. Maybe when the situation presents itself, I will be scared, but otherwise, eh. I'm not really afraid of dying anymore, I'm just rather avoid pain, or unpleasant situations.

[Spooniest]

The one that comes up the most is dying inside of a moving vehicle of any kind.

[Pete]

The one that comes up the most is dying inside of a moving vehicle of any kind.

I had dreams like that right after I graduated from college. It'd be the same dream, maybe twice a month. Often enough where I'd make note of it, but it disappeared once I got my first job and had a means of paying down my debt

[Taco-Calamitous]

[noxious.sunshine]

Cliche, but I'm deathly afraid of losing my Dad. My mom dying was rough enough, but I've always been a bit (a lot) closer to my dad. I'm a total Daddy's Girl/ Princess and we're super close. He's the most important person in my life, next to my kiddo and I can't imagine having to live without him. I know it'll happen- and probably sooner rather than later. Hell, he's been talking to me about him dying for what seems like ages. But, none of that will ever prepare me for it or make it any easier for me. Of course, since I've said that, he'll wind up making it to 95.

I also have an irrational fear of losing my teeth. I have realistic nightmares about it sometimes and it always messes with my head for a good while the next day. I've seen so many people with horrible teeth, family included. My brother, his wife, and all of their kids have some of the nastiest chompers I've ever seen. My brother had to have a bunch of his pulled and his wife's are this like weird greyish color or something. Meth mouth, but yeah. I'm deathly afraid of losing my teeth. Oddly enough, I haven't been to a dentist in years.

Clowns, Debo from "Friday".

I'm afraid of being suffocated and have a slight to moderate case of claustrophobia. I can't stand for my mouth and/or nose to be covered or feeling like I can't breathe. It's really ridiculous, but I need an extra fan on (in addition to the a/c) during the warm months so that I can have cool air circulating. During the cold months, I crack a window just a bit to let the cold air hit my face + a fan. I -hate- having to turn the heater on. My nose gets so stopped up and I can't breathe and it freaks me out and drives me insane. I also hate seeing other people's breathing holes covered up.

[Spooniest]

I had dreams like that right after I graduated from college. It'd be the same dream, maybe twice a month. Often enough where I'd make note of it, but it disappeared once I got my first job and had a means of paying down my debt

It would be funner if they were dreams, but I am phobic, deathly afraid, of traveling in moving vehicles in real life. You could be forgiven for being confused by the lack of detail I provided.

[che]

It would be funner if they were dreams, but I am phobic, deathly afraid, of traveling in moving vehicles in real life. You could be forgiven for being confused by the lack of detail I provided.

Nay. Pray tell, young Spooniest. Here be a good place.

[Spooniest]

There are no more details to give than what I've said, any moving vehicle, even if I'm driving, it feels like the earth itself is going to collapse in on itself and swallow me. That of course makes no sense when I'm in a flying vehicle, which isn't often, but I hate that too.

Really, I'm more of a bike/walk person. I dislike that I live in a town with so few sidewalks.

[Pete]

Oh I understood it, I was just relating the only similar experience I've had where I was afraid of being in a vehicle. They were pretty shitty vivid dreams.

I'm actually curious about that fear too. Did something happen before, or is it a completely random thing?

[Clint]

I also have an irrational fear of losing my teeth.

I have that fear too! My dad had gingivitis and lost all his teeth by the time he was 50, and I'm kind of afraid that it's genetic. I floss all the time, but it seems like plaque just loves my teeth. It also doesn't help that one of my front teeth is a prosthetic. I damaged my tooth when I was 11, and lost it when I was 18. In between that 7 years, I went through multiple root canals and two sets of braces to try to save that tooth, but it didn't work. There was a lot of pain in my mouth growing up. I feel like losing teeth would be even more pain.

It also doesn't help that my dentist moved to Colorado. So now, if I have to go to the dentist, I have to book a flight across the country. Ridiculous.

[Spooniest]

I'm actually curious about that fear too. Did something happen before, or is it a completely random thing?

...I did roll a truck on the highway on Christmas Day 2009, but my fear of being in vehicles did not take hold until 2015 and it has not gotten better or worse since then. It is truly awful. I cannot pinpoint any given moment at which it started to feel awful to drive around in vehicles...it's like it just snuck up on me at some point.

...It is irrational of course, if a vehicle is properly operated by a driver with a good record who is aware and awake, and the vehicle is in good condition, there is no reason to get upset. Rationale makes 0 difference to me, of course, once I'm moving in a vehicle.

I dunno what it is. My brain broke at some point.

[loaf]

I have a fear that one day, if I meet che. That he'll actually be a wimp at drinking.

[Meier Link]

Being forgotten after I die.

To me the memories of individuals help them live forever. To be forgotten would be a bad thing.

[Alpha]

Bees and wasps. Totally OK with all other insects and animals, even dangerous ones. Bees and wasps just freak me the **** out and I always overreact when one is around me. I was stung by a bee once, when I placed my hand on it on a handrail. Didn't hurt and I'm not allergic, but that didn't alter my irrational fear at all.

[Odin1199]

Being forgotten after I die.

To me the memories of individuals help them live forever. To be forgotten would be a bad thing.

Then none will be immortal, as in 65 billion years from now, the sun will turn into a red dwarf and vaporize planet earth. Everyone dies and noone left to remember you or anyone else for that matter.

The end.

[Magi of Worlds]

Spiders. Darkness. Social anxieties having to do with whether I'm good enough as well as pushing people away without meaning to. These would probably make better sense if you guys knew me better I suppose. I guess if you want to hear some stories you can vm or pm me... Nah better not. The other personalities kick in sometimes and God only knows what I'd type.

[FinalxxSin]

I fear death more than anything.

[Odin1199]

Afterlife is something I'm curious to witness. Although scary, it's also pretty fascinating. Scary because you could be trapped in some nasty or annoying place, fascinating because you could be free to roam the universe without restrictions. All in all it's a mystery and I don't have any fears of dying for the most part.