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Even the strongest and bravest soul will fear something... What's yours?
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#1
A second trump presidency 🦧
Final score:
27points
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 1 year ago
But at least he's not the orange, racist, wannabe-dictator crybaby; not much better, but better
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Rostit.. . 1 year ago
That is the part they want you to fear. What's even worse is that if he wins, the entire united states will be quietly controlled by Putin. Forget any rights for women, LGBQ, trans, minorities or the poor. We will see a darkness that we can't even fathom. The end of the world by nuclear war would be a picnic compared to letting the US become a fascist country.
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#2
My deepest fear is getting Alzheimer's when I grow older forgetting every single person I know...
Final score:
23points
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 1 year ago
Dementia of any type. I can deal with my body aging and old injuries becoming more of an issue, but losing my mind would be the worst.
#3
My deepest fear is that all of the people I love (friends, family, partners, etc) secretly just don't like me....
Final score:
17points
Skyler_They/Them (Submission author) 1 year ago
This means a lot. Yes Thanks
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#4
That all out nuclear war is a possibility
Final score:
16points
BiteMyShiny 1 year ago
That North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russia's Putin are both threatening nuclear war. Pure insanity.
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
I would be marginally more worried about NK over russia. Putins military is a corrupt and broken joke. If any of their long range nukes work, I would be surprised. The amount of money it costs to upkeep them is insane. I promise none of the money allocated by the Kremlin actually got to the missiles in any real amount. If 10% of their weapons work, I would be surprised immensely. Not to mention that Putin is not all powerful. There are groups of oligarchs who could remove him with a phone call. If they see him even inching toward nuclear war, that will threaten their fortunes and Putin will fall out a window and land on 4 bullets in the back of his head.
Load More Replies... Robin Roper 1 year ago
If an all out nuclear war occurs, large cities and places of importance would be targeted. The vast majority of people would die almost immediately. For many who survived, it would be a slow and very painful passing.
#5
Working my entire life just to get by, with no possibility to retire and then die alone wondering what it was all for.
Final score:
14points
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
But yeah, at least we live in the bestest economic system ever created, right? ^^ /s
#6
This could be called a cliche, but death. The idea of the unknown just terrifies me.
Final score:
12points
Cosmikid 1 year ago
Unknown? Remember though 100% of people who lived before us- went through it. Every one of them. So you have lots of company.
Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago
If "company" is even possible beyond the veil.
Load More Replies... Rostit.. . 1 year ago
Death is the only thing I really don't fear. I don't have any interest in it arriving anytime soon but you can't fear the reaper.
#7
Burning alive
Final score:
12points
#8
Going blind. I'm very visually oriented, like towards art, nature, reading, so not being able to see would really wreck that. Also, I don't like being reliant on other people, so that's a big factor.
Final score:
12points
Robin Roper 1 year ago
I had already lost 90% of the hearing in one ear when, over night, I lost 100% of the second year. I now have 2 cochlear implants and only 1% hearing in the "first" ear. If I lose my eye sight I am screwed.
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I felt the same, but when my nephew went blind I realised, that you can "read" a lot of books printed for blind, or voiced on a CD and many blind people are able to take care of themselves. Also a service dog may be of help, if your blindness makes you feel lonely.
#9
Being raped and murdered while I'm still a kid. (Or any other time, but especially now)
Final score:
10points
#10
Dying and leaving my daughter and grandson alone and unhoused.
Final score:
9points
Leesquee (Submission author) 1 year ago (edited)
I disagree; homelessness is stigmatized and implies a history that would apply to neither of them. But thank you for finding literally the least relevant thing to take issue with in my comment; you seem like a real peach. Or should I say nectarine? Though, honestly, for someone correcting my specificity when choosing my words, your broad statement of not needing g to 'change every single word or phrase' seems unnecessarily hyperbolic. Just a bit of pointless criticism to brighten your day!
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My cat dying. I can't imagine life without her. I've never had a pet before, and I feel like she's the only one who truly understands me. I have a lot of bad things happening in my life right now, and at a very young age. My mom and I both have mental issues, and my cat is the only one I feel like I can talk about it to. Her dying would be devastating.
Final score:
9points
#12
The fear of Poverty. Is the biggest fear of my life.
Final score:
9points
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
Yeah. when you're the one keeping the roof over everyones head and food in their guts, that is a real fear. wakes me up in the middle of the night sometime.
#13
Losing my cool and saying things id regret to people i care about
Final score:
8points
Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago
Ohhh well I do this every single day if it makes you feel any better! :D
#14
Disappointing my loved ones as a student
Final score:
7points
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
I hope you learn to see past this. SChool is such a small part of the grand scheme. People put too much emphasis on it. You be you OP. You deserve it.
#15
Hypodermic needles this ⁹
Final score:
7points
Danish Susanne 1 year ago (edited)
I was afraid of them as a child too, but as I grew up I realised that they are most often used to help you.
#16
Being completely alone once my dad passes. He's 80 now. I don't have many friends, the one I have is 84. My last boyfriend passed away 2 yrs ago from cancer. Just thinking about how it could be is enough to give me a serious anxiety attack. I doubt I will find anyone else, as I am an introvert, painfully shy, and very overweight and ugly.
Final score:
7points
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
you sound more sad than anything else. Its never too late for therapy. That might help you more than you realize. Sending good juju your way
Robin Roper 1 year ago
Please seek support somewhere - a church/mosque/synagog/community center/senior center/library (they need volunteers). Many christian churches programs called Stephens Ministers who are well trained to just listen - free. Please find someone who will listen and help you find yourself.
#18
Obviously the normal. Losing my son and or my wife. However, years ago after watching The Exorcist and being a wise 13 year old i prayed to the devil. Asked if I could speak latin i would trade my soul. ( dont ask me, i was 13) still cant speak latin. I did become an alcoholic ( im in recovery now). I hope and pray that good works and doing my best to get right with the upstairs boss will negate a stupid prayer from a scared, innocent child. As the years ebb and flow, I wake in the darkness and wonder if maybe my soul is damned.
Final score:
6points
_anya_ 1 year ago
Nah. God's grace and mercy is bigger than anything. Remember that Jesus died on the cross for our sins, so that we may have eternal life. If you have accepted Jesus as your saviour, your sins have been forgiven and your name has been written in the Book of Life. Jesus already defeated death, hell and the grave. You have nothing to fear. Keep going! 🕊
Enochrises (Submission author) 1 year ago
I wonder what would happen when i exit this world. If I find myelf standing in front of St. Peter and look over and see not Jesus but Mohammad or Yahweh. All of the different names mean God in one way or another.
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#19
seeing suffering from illness. like if I'm in a hospital and there are screaming parents trying to save their kid. I think it came from the pandemic, so maybe it's really the fear of an unknown death?
Final score:
6points
#20
Being alone. I've had bad experiences that include bullying and isolation in the past, which makes me paranoid that all of my current friends are going to leave me, and I'm absolutely terrified of the idea of my loved ones dying. I'd prefer death over isolation.
Final score:
6points
Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago
I'm a fairly isolated guy and I used to believe the same as you. But now? My solitude is peaceful and I couldn't love it any more than I do.
#21
Getting left alone somewhere crowded and not being able to find my way home
Final score:
5points
Cosmikid 1 year ago
This is a pretty normal fear for children- how old are you? If you're over 30, I might get it checked out. :-)
Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago
It's also normal for people with amnesia, Alzheimer's, dementia, psychosis and schizophrenia.
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That a bug will crawl into my ear whilst I'm sleeping. Specifically an earwig. Then burrow into my brain.
Final score:
5points
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I don't believe any insects do this, and personally I am much more scared of listening to the TV and especially the Politicians.
Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago (edited)
Some insects do. Spiders have historically done so (they aren't insects but still not exactly fun to think about entering your ear), same with leeches. Not many others do this however.
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Being stalked ( again) Loosing everything ,(again) Judgment Drowning in the sea Needles Weirdly enough betrayal.
Final score:
4points
#26
Drowning, and the really deep ocean. That s**t sounds terrifying. Kinda weird though, because if I was going to unalive myself I would want to drown.
Final score:
4points
#27
Trypophobia, Yk the holes in the skin meme But if we are talking about scenarios, then mine would probably be my family dying. My life kinda revolves around them, cuz they gave BIRTH to me
Final score:
3points
#28
AI. My dream is to become a writer, director and screenwriter (Already finished a few scripts) and I'm deeply afraid of AI making entire films. Sometimes writing and planning films feels senseless, but it's the only thing I'm really good at.
Final score:
3points
#29
We all fear something. There's a book out; "The Wise Man's Fear". The author is outrageously bright and educated. The reference is just to a saying he attributes to his created world; "The wise man fears three things: The sea in storm. The moonless night. And the kind man's anger." That last one really gets me, but I get all of them. So. Everybody. Join the club.
Final score:
3points
#30
SHARKS!
Final score:
2points
Robin Roper 1 year ago
Sharks kill very few people. Sharks kill approx 63 people a year; hippos kill approx 500. You're fearing the wrong animal.
Ranger Kanootsen 1 year ago
Perhaps, but unless you live in Africa, you're much more likely to be around sharks than you ever are around hippos.
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Perhaps not the deepest and darkest, but the most present lately. My younger brother is not quite as close to me and my mom as we are to each other, we are very outdoorsy and he prefers gaming and being indoors. So he prefers being with his friends instead of us. His friends seem a lot like the middle school boys that I know- casually homophobic, use “autistic” as a synonym for stupid, you know. Maybe it’s pointless to worry about it as much as I do… but I don’t want my younger brother to be one of those boys. I don’t know what I can do though. He certainly doesn’t listen to me, I’m the older sister so anything I say is stupid. Asdfghjkl, it just makes me sad.
Final score:
2points
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
The only thing one can do is, I think, to show by your own behavior and speech, what is right.
#32
The world is dying slowly...... mostly everything, but the main thing is someone stalking me....
Final score:
2points
#34
Being smothered......
Final score:
1point
#35
I fear that America will destroy the planet.
Final score:
0points
90HD 1 year ago
America? We are not the one you need to be worried about. China and India both pollute far more than we do, and we also have a no first strike policy when it comes to nukes.
trevor (Submission author) 1 year ago
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Load More Replies... CascadedFalls 1 year ago (edited)
Btw, TW of sensitive global conflicts: Although the U.S. is currently facing challenges and contributing to environmental issues, among other things,, it's not alone in its actions. Take, for example, the events of 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, perpetrating atrocities. Putin has even hinted at Russia's ready for nuclear war if it comes to it, it most likely is a bluff, but with a mind like that, you can't be too sure. Similarly, North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, appears eager for conflict. Not to mention the external aggression and the mistreatment of his own people. The turmoil and suffering in the Middle East further show the global unrest we face. The list of such instances is a lot.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 1 year ago
Exactly, but people like trevor and several other Pandas, with their bigoted anti-American zealotry, can only focus on America as the sole cause of everything bad in the world. It is asinine, delusional and misguided. The US has never been perfect nor will it ever be, by any measure. But the US, IMO, will never knowingly destroy the planet. Pure and simple, the US is driven by capitalistic greed and there is no profit in a barren, destroyed Earth.
Load More Replies... D Peterson 1 year ago
People have been doing their best (or worst) to destroy the world from day 1! Someday they will succeed, unless we destroy ourselves first.
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
thats just dumb. Im sorry. I cant say it otherwise. "America" likes money. Destroying the world is bad for business. Russia, Iran, China and Africa are far more dangerous to the planet for humans.
LinkTheHylian 1 year ago
Well, those of voting age are about to either elect the oldest man in the world or the most corrupt man in the world to the Presidency, so it's possible. We all know what happens when stupid people gather en masse. (Just to be clear, both sides are equally as stupid. Try voting for somebody under 60 and not a sexual abuser/compulsive liar next time.)
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
Biden is old, but he is physically and mentally in far better shape that the fat bloated orange turd.
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Imortslity
Final score:
-1point
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Rostit.. . 1 year ago
I used to fear that the internet would make the world collectively more stupid since it gave the brainless nonces a way to congregate and organize. I dont worry about it anymore as its already happened. Now I just wait for the world to end. Someday the earth will be done with humans and it will repair itself. That will be a good day.
howdylee 1 year ago
My biggest fear are tornadoes. Unfortunately, the storm that hit Ohio on 3/14 was just 1 mile from my house - had it been daylight instead of night I would have seen the tornado from my house. I haven't slept well in the 5 days since. Absolutely terrified of how close that was physically and how close I came to having to live my biggest fear! :_-(
Rostit.. . 1 year ago
I used to fear that the internet would make the world collectively more stupid since it gave the brainless nonces a way to congregate and organize. I dont worry about it anymore as its already happened. Now I just wait for the world to end. Someday the earth will be done with humans and it will repair itself. That will be a good day.
howdylee 1 year ago
My biggest fear are tornadoes. Unfortunately, the storm that hit Ohio on 3/14 was just 1 mile from my house - had it been daylight instead of night I would have seen the tornado from my house. I haven't slept well in the 5 days since. Absolutely terrified of how close that was physically and how close I came to having to live my biggest fear! :_-(
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