January 8, 2013

  • Fear

    I am pretty sure my greatest fear is failure.  In fact, I have to force myself to not let it override me.  

    I tend to think that we sometimes gravitate to our fears.
    What is your greatest fear?
                              
                                                           

Comments (56)

  • ooo i don’t want to sound morbid but one of my greatest fears is dying young. or in other words, just not accomplishing everything i want to during my lifetime. it’s kind of weird, but yep that’s one of my greatest fears. :/

  • I’ve been trying to conquer some of my fears in the past year. Or at least face them. I suppose my greatest fear is losing a loved one.

  • Dying alone. 

  • the fire in hell :|

  • The only fear I have… is fear itself… and a couple other that are a little personal

  • @laytexduckie - aw, same

    And I totally agree: I think our fears make us feel safe, somehow. They give us excuses and guidelines about what to do and what not to do. And perhaps even a sense of character. Nasty buggers.

  • I definitely think I’m afraid of failure but my definition of failure seems to be changing as I get older.  My current definition of failure is not the same as it was 5 years ago. I’m also learning that I’m mildly afraid of debt but it’s not my greatest fear.  Maybe my greatest fear is commitment?  Or losing control of my life?  Which are both correlated with debt.  Hmmm.  Or maybe it is abandonment?  Rejection? 

    Honestly, I have no freakin’ clue.  It could be any of the above.   

  • everything.

  • I can’t feel fear anymore, and this isn’t an advantage.

  • Bug crawling into my ear while I sleep. Fuck everything else.

  • This is very well said… I have met many fake friends… wooo they are like a ticking time bomb.. 

  • Live in a world with no sense of humor.

  • You don’t seem like you’d be afraid of failure. 

  • My biggest fear is media sponsored ignorance. The media (Fox, MSNBC, you name it) perpetuate a great many myths in order to get ratings. A great many of these myths are rooted in centuries old ignorance. So my fear is complicated further by the fact that the media works for ratings anymore, not the truth. So I fear ignorance, and I fear the media that cares not a whit about some of the garbage they spew.

  • Wind, I was caught in a tornado 20 years ago. I’m not going to get over I guess.

  • Other people besides my husband. ha.

  • to never be with “the one”

  • I don’t think I fear anything anymore. I’ve seen and experienced too much. I do fear for friends who hurt inside or get depressed because they have not quite reached this point yet. I guess I’m not fond of poisonous snakes and spiders but there aren’t any around here so there’s no sense fearing them plus they’d have more reason to fear me so… 

    Actually I did have one fear. I feared the Giants wouldn’t make it to the playoffs this year and although my worst fear was realized it wasn’t all that bad. There’s always next year. 

  • I have nightmares about termites!

  • My greatest fear is: Myself.

  • I’m not sure, let’s hug it out.

  • Being stagnant. I have a fear of being stuck in the same place, the same level and the same intellect. I want to evolve and be a better person and live a better life compared to the one I’m currently living. I want to evolve above my financial plight, physical appearance, and my level of intelligence. No forward progress scares the shit out of me. The thought of never accomplishing my goals, well… that keeps me up at night.     

  • wasting my life.

  • Grocery stores. not even kidding. I get claustrophobic around a lot of people. Inside i freak out a ton. it gets scary.

  • Snakes. Which, I do gravitate towards. If I see a snake, despite how tense and anxious I get I will still run up to it. While gawking at it I will secretly wish to summon up the courage to pick it up freely. 

  • Living in Thailand, I have to keep an eye out for snakes. Twice upon returning home from church I found a non-poisonous tree snake lounging by the front door. I wasn’t too thrilled seeing it there. The first time it left by itself. The second time took some encouragement from a Thai man with a ten-foot long pole. He gently pushed it over the edge, where it fell from the second floor to the ground.

    I have been told that in the field behind the school compound one can find cobras. I do not want to find cobras. I do not want to find any snakes within 100 yards of my location. This is grounds for me to go to the snake farm in Bangkok and watch the show, including watching specialists during the milking process as they harvest venom. A good way to learn about cobras, I guess. I will give them space, and I hope they will do likewise.

  • birds and dying alone

  • Not having enough time with my children. 

  • I would have to say that my greatest fear would be myself. My brain tends to always overthink and overanalyze things causing me to screw up friendships, school, and even become depressed at times. I fear that someday it may get the best of me, but for now things are looking up and i’m in control. 

  • My many fears heights, claustrophobia, deep water, fast flowing water, fear of falling ~ these are no longer an issue after challenging them and following through.
    To feel the FEAR and push the boundries, has created a massive shift in my level of confidence.  It’s been exciting adventure as I get to know ME, MYSELF and I,  after all thes years.
    My new definition of F.E.A.R ~ FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL      Explained this way by my friend/mentor, allowed me to accept that there was more information I required. 
    Fear is the minds protection mechanism and serves as a caution, that you are entering unknown territory. . Check and Proceed (with care iif necessary). 
    To grow in and of ourselves, we must face many challenges.  Until we gain a new perspective, we will perceive our fear to be real.  Afraid of the Dark, let in the light.   

  • Snakes, and I don’t think I’ll ever hug one!

  • Getting stung or bitten by something poisonous.

  • I fear being closed in with no way to leave or escape. I am not sure I truly fear anything actually. Remember this cliche ” keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” it may be old, but has stood the test of time.

  • My greatest fear is not being good enough.

  • sirens…not the mythical ones, the husseys…the ones on police and rescue vehicles, every time I hear one I have to account for all my children and the dogs and until I do I feel real sick in my stomach, it doesn’t help at all that the fire station is right down the block 

  • you would enjoy Albert Brooks’ movie Defending your own Life.” it has Meryl Streep and Rip Torn in it.

    He is so funny cause he’s so worried about doing everything,”right.”

  • rogue midget babies

  • lie.  it ruins everything.  

  • I’m proud and fearful of what I’m capable of doing.

  • Orcs.

  • Fear of failure is definitely up there with me.

  • Failure-going backto drugs jail and homelessness. Yeah pretty much.

  • Not having a life I’m proud to say I’m living

  • I would say my greatest fear is not being able to move forward. I have many ‘fears’ but I am always aware of where I am in life. I am always wanting to make things better for me and my family. Biggest fear: not going in the right direction.    

  • My biggest fear has always to not be good enough.

  • Being so afraid that I let me fear stop me from really living, but in a way that’s what I’ve been doing. 

  • I have a huge fear of failing as well. Or disappointing others. I don’t like avoid things in my life so I am pushing myself out of my comfort zone.

  • As the great Wiston Churchill said:  WE HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR BUT FEAR ITSELF… 

  • This sounds shallow, but my greatest fear is never getting married. I have (ever since I was a little girl) always wanted to get married. I want to have a best friend at my side, and be an adoptive and foster parent.

  • Bugs and penises!

  • There is no way in Hell I am making that public.

  • I’ve been gone from Xanga for so long, but came back today.  Ironically my post was almost this same title.  

  • so true!

  • wasting my time

    wasting my youth

  • My fear was to lose a best friend/close friend which has happened many times in my life and to be honest i moved on, learnt from it. I think about them sometimes, but what you going to do if those who said would be there forever aren’t anymore :) . I have a different perspective now for me “Friends come and go” there is no need to get attach.

  • spiders.  i have an irrational fear of spiders.  all bugs really.  insects.  eww.  KILL THEM ALL WITH FIRE.

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