Losing control of my own mind. Like, the idea of not being able to think clearly or losing myself in some way. It’s terrifying to think about not being able to trust your own thoughts.
Growing old alone. Not just being single – I mean having no real connections left. My gran died last year and going through her phone contacts, there were only 3 numbers left. Everyone else had passed away. That hit hard.
Losing my pup young. A ex friend has lost two dogs this year and might lose another and causing me lots of anxiety and nightmares. My pup is my emotional support for anxiety and she keeps me going even when I want to give up
It’s more than, “What kind of future will my kids have?” It’s more like, “Are my kids going to experience the brunt of dystopia?”
It feels like humanity has lived through its pinnacle, and there’s nothing but death – brutal, terrible death, pure annihilation – awaiting us right around the corner.
I’ve been scared my whole life to be honest, but the reasons why have changed.
I grew up with parents who were so physically abusive that I spent the first 15 years of my life not actually knowing if I would live to adulthood, for that time all I was scared of was physical violence, death, and pain. That still scares me but I’m not around it as much.
When I got older and they stopped putting hands on me I just wanted a family who loved me and was proud of me and my greatest fears were my friends ditching me and people telling me I wasn’t worth anything. I’ve had a lot of therapy and I think I can handle that now.
I’m a young adult and I’m still financially dependent on my parents which I can tolerate for now but I want nothing more than to get away from them and I’m scared I’ll never be able to with the rising cost of living and deteriorating job market. They don’t hit me anymore as an adult except for two physical altercations during the COVID quarantine but they have power over me as long as I’m on their money and they did a lot of other things to me to make me miserable for a while although it’s been civil for a couple years now. It makes me uneasy that they still have power over me.
Other than that I’m scared of fascism and climate change but I think everyone is.
My biggest fear is waking up on the day of my 87th birthday and realizing that every fork in the road I’ve encountered in my life that I decided to take the left path I should have taken the right.
That man knows things, he has held the vowels of a man in his hands.
He has Performed CPR on a 5yo boy that lived to tell that story.
He single handed managed a multi-vehicle crash with +10 victims
(He yelled at me once and I cried)
He is, in every way possible, a better paramedic, worker and man than I could ever be (at the moment).
I truly admire him but whenever he is near me FEAR takes over me and I can’t do anything else than to follow instructions.
That man brings panic to every single one of my nerves, but I’m pretty sure he doesn’t hate me (I’m not really sure, he totally might)
Losing my children. If either of them died I don’t know how id go on. If i lost both of them I’d go too. No way I could live on I’m this world without my children
You know, on one hand there’s lots of big fears – what happens after death, old age, dying horribly… They’re all kind of amorphous though, hard to narrow down into a crystalline fear.
On the other hand, putting on my shower cap and feeling a huntsman spider inside, getting more and more tangled in my hair, has made me more scared than I’ve ever been in my life. I hate those buggers and their wily ways.
Wasps. Im not allergic or anything, I just afraid of them. Their heads are pure nightmare fuel and their tiny brain can only run 1 algorithm when meeting you:
inspect: friend/enemy/have sugar
if friend: leave
if sugar: take their sugar
if enemy: EITHER OF US WILL DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH TODAY ☠️
Failing health, be it physical and/or mental. It’s inevitable, happens to some sooner than others, relief is scarce, who it leaves behind, toll on carers, ect.
What will happen to our disabled son when we are gone. Have made as many arrangements as possible. Worst nightmare is him asking for us when we are gone and him thinking we abandoned him.
Comments
the kool aid man
that this is all i will ever be
Being unjustly banned from Reddit for no reason. I had to appeal it last night.
Losing control of my own mind. Like, the idea of not being able to think clearly or losing myself in some way. It’s terrifying to think about not being able to trust your own thoughts.
Cotton wool
Losing my husband too early in life.
Not scare, but seeing our parents get older is something universally kinda sad. But beautiful at the same time if someone is alive and getting older.
Having my heart broken.
Societal collapse
Reality
Worms
Post traumatic stress disorder, that’s scary
Waking up one morning and realizing my fiance will never wake up again.
Probably the thought of wasting time and realizing it too late.
Growing old alone. Not just being single – I mean having no real connections left. My gran died last year and going through her phone contacts, there were only 3 numbers left. Everyone else had passed away. That hit hard.
Anything bad happening to my daughter
Heights
Another pandemic and my business crashing and burning because its a cat sitting business that relies on people going away/being out the house
Dying before resolution
Nuclear war, I have a dozen nightmares of dying in nuclear bombs every month
Farting
p u s s y
Losing my pup young. A ex friend has lost two dogs this year and might lose another and causing me lots of anxiety and nightmares. My pup is my emotional support for anxiety and she keeps me going even when I want to give up
Opening the front camera by accident and seeing my soul leave my body in 4k🤣
Death
Surviving. I want whatever is trying to kill me to be sure it does. Lingering or being half what I am now terrifies me
Financial uncertainty.
Dementia.
Fascism
[The beloved ones are all so old it’d be foolish to fear their loss. Mourn it, but can’t fear–]
My mother.
Failure
Torture
Trump
Wasting potential
Getting stabbed in the shoulder blade, by that spike thing on the back of a vending machine door.
Dementia. I fear losing who I am.
Getting divorced, homeless, or working minimum wage
Going brain dead from head trauma/lack of oxygen to the brain
Living
That I won’t reach anywhere close to my potential. (I know that’s a mental trap, but I have it anyway)
That I’ll die early like my father and leave my two beautiful daughters, wife, and loyal Jack Russell behind.
It’s a tie between “how will my wife go on after I die?” and “how will I go on after my wife dies?”
just don’t have any interest in life anymore, not sure why tbh. may be it’s a mental illness who knows
Warching movies in the 60’s and 70’s I thought quicksand might get me someday.
Losing my kids.
People I love will die. And the older I get, the more likely that it will happen 😢
Being alone later in life
My dog, Aya is 10 years old now, and I don’t want her gone.
Not having anyone like I do right now
Nothingness after death
Giant spiders!!
Losing my family because of my drinking
Straight up
Losing my faith.
Wasting my life doing things that don’t matter to me, and one day waking up realizing I never truly lived, just existed.
One or both of my dogs dieing an untimely death.
Heights
Getting osteomyelitis in my spine again. That was many months in the hospital in extreme pain, hoping someone or something would kill me.
Trump agenda
Darkness
The near future.
It’s more than, “What kind of future will my kids have?” It’s more like, “Are my kids going to experience the brunt of dystopia?”
It feels like humanity has lived through its pinnacle, and there’s nothing but death – brutal, terrible death, pure annihilation – awaiting us right around the corner.
Being locked inside my body for months or years where I can hear, feel and see everything but not react or respond on any way.
I can’t remember what the term is for it.
Other people
pregnancy and becoming a housewife
Losing my partner
Trump staying ing office. The world is screwed if this limp-dick idiot gets to destroy America.
Getting stabbed multiple times
The current changes taking place in the US government.
I’ll never learn to cope with PTSD and be suicidal thought free.
I’ve been scared my whole life to be honest, but the reasons why have changed.
I grew up with parents who were so physically abusive that I spent the first 15 years of my life not actually knowing if I would live to adulthood, for that time all I was scared of was physical violence, death, and pain. That still scares me but I’m not around it as much.
When I got older and they stopped putting hands on me I just wanted a family who loved me and was proud of me and my greatest fears were my friends ditching me and people telling me I wasn’t worth anything. I’ve had a lot of therapy and I think I can handle that now.
I’m a young adult and I’m still financially dependent on my parents which I can tolerate for now but I want nothing more than to get away from them and I’m scared I’ll never be able to with the rising cost of living and deteriorating job market. They don’t hit me anymore as an adult except for two physical altercations during the COVID quarantine but they have power over me as long as I’m on their money and they did a lot of other things to me to make me miserable for a while although it’s been civil for a couple years now. It makes me uneasy that they still have power over me.
Other than that I’m scared of fascism and climate change but I think everyone is.
Being ‘locked in’
Losing the people I love.
Dying before I get to live my life, as most people work their entire lives I stopped working a 9-5 and I’m living it the best I can now
WWIII
That the trump cult isn’t figured out in time and he and his senior Nazis aren’t jailed or kicked out of the country.
My biggest fear is waking up on the day of my 87th birthday and realizing that every fork in the road I’ve encountered in my life that I decided to take the left path I should have taken the right.
Dementia. Have you seen it? It’s fucking terrifying.
Snakes (and trump supporters) …
A jam-packed elevator
Giving birth.
On a daily basis, especially in spring/summer: wasps and bees. Never been stung, but the fear is deep.
More globally: getting sick and having to leave this planet too soon.
The Director from Guard C.
That man knows things, he has held the vowels of a man in his hands.
He has Performed CPR on a 5yo boy that lived to tell that story.
He single handed managed a multi-vehicle crash with +10 victims
(He yelled at me once and I cried)
He is, in every way possible, a better paramedic, worker and man than I could ever be (at the moment).
I truly admire him but whenever he is near me FEAR takes over me and I can’t do anything else than to follow instructions.
That man brings panic to every single one of my nerves, but I’m pretty sure he doesn’t hate me (I’m not really sure, he totally might)
Losing my parents or sister. I know it will happen, not sure how I will handle this loss. Difficult to even write this.
The possibility that love is not enough.
Myself
Lately my weight also extremist Muslims trying to take over Europe
Losing my children. If either of them died I don’t know how id go on. If i lost both of them I’d go too. No way I could live on I’m this world without my children
Trumps agenda with the vast majority of American citizens, even those that are destroyed by it, supporting it.
A dream I had about Obama MMA fighting Rand Paul with Charlie Chaplin silently ‘announcing’ the fight
Losing my mother
I’m gonna be sent to an El Salvadoran concentration camp
You know, on one hand there’s lots of big fears – what happens after death, old age, dying horribly… They’re all kind of amorphous though, hard to narrow down into a crystalline fear.
On the other hand, putting on my shower cap and feeling a huntsman spider inside, getting more and more tangled in my hair, has made me more scared than I’ve ever been in my life. I hate those buggers and their wily ways.
Fascism in the USA.
Human 🙂
Not being able to beat this depression I’m in.
neurodegenerative diseases
People lol
Wasps. Im not allergic or anything, I just afraid of them. Their heads are pure nightmare fuel and their tiny brain can only run 1 algorithm when meeting you:
To become enemy, you need to:
My future self
Failing health, be it physical and/or mental. It’s inevitable, happens to some sooner than others, relief is scarce, who it leaves behind, toll on carers, ect.
Loosing my wife
I really dislike loud noises, not like objects and stuff like people yelling or babies crying
Losing my loved ones especially my parents
Losing my brother
That I will never be seen as anything other than the chronic conditions I have. That’s all people seem to see.
Being forced to have my self defense draw blood, whether it be my own or someone else’s.
Bedbugs
What will happen to our disabled son when we are gone. Have made as many arrangements as possible. Worst nightmare is him asking for us when we are gone and him thinking we abandoned him.