What Are You Afraid Of?

Obama being re-elected

My childrens well being (that's a given for any mom)

Being permanently bed ridden

My ultimate is fear of something horrible happening to my children or my husband. As far as for me, I am afraid of bugs that squish when you step on them! I don't like killing bugs or spiders so I try to carry them outside in a container etc--lol I would rather spray a can of hairspray at them than squash them with a swatter. Also, CLOWNS. I HATE CLOWNS.

That I will fail my family and my children.

I am also scared to be home alone still at night. Thought I would out grown this O., but I guess not.

Sarah Palin.
No actually I'm more scared of the people who admire her!!!

Worms. Not so much afraid but creeped out by them. The worst is when it rains. I find myself unable to divert my gaze from the sidewalk below, full of fat, juicy, squishy worms and worried that I will step on them. I probably look like I'm dancing when I try to step to avoid squishing them. I've dry heaved over it before.

The other thing that really creeps me out are hard boiled eggs. Completely irrational, I know. Just looking at them gives me the heebie-jeebies! There's just something about the texture and the smell of them that freak me out. I have no problem with deviled eggs, scrambled eggs, omelets, fried eggs, poached eggs - they're all fine.

Yeah...I know. I'm a freak. This question was therapeutic though - thanks! :)

I'm afraid of the dark. I do not like the dark. I don't like driving in it, I don't like sleeping in it. I have a night light in every room. I keep the outside lights on all night, every night.

It makes me very nervous when I can't see clearly.

However I'm not afraid of death (least not my own), as is the general connection with being afraid of the dark.

Obviously with three teenagers I have to drive in the dark and deal with night all the time. But I don't like it.

My kids like their rooms absolutely black. They close their doors against my light everywhere, tehehe.

I also don't like going to the movies for this reason (well that and it's WAY TOO LOUD). I had to take the kids when they were younger, they LOVED it, I felt sick and get a headache everytime. Now that they go by themselves, I wait for netflix, tehehe.

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Well some very real, devastating fears i have are my little girls getting kidnapped and/or sexually abused. I dont trust 60% of men, therfor i do not leave my children with any man but their dad or my brother. I know women are guilty of that too, but statistics dont lie. Im weary of letting my 2 girls out of my sight pretty much EVER.

unrealistic fears....hmmm

Cockroaches freak me out, the way they look and move makes my skin crawl the ones that fly....ugh i think they are strait from hell.

Going to the dentist, the way you have your mouth wedged open, the sound of the drills and long needles in your gums, pieces of teeth flying, yeah i dont get how anyone can not be freaked out by that.

also the freeway, and stupid careless drivers scare me. I hate to think that someones thoughtless merge, afternoon cocktail, road rage, heavy foot...can mean my life. I stay off of the freeway, i let my husband do that.

I also have an aversion to all things meat and leather, i cant pick up something with my fork, or sit/walk in something that meant pain, screaming, fright, loneliness, horror, separation from family, for another living creature. I cant fathom my simple indulgence of my pallete or taste for designer items to be satisfied by a scene (that if done to a human) would be considered a macabre slasher flick.

Obviously anything happening to my children.

But the O. that everyone likes to pick on me for.... FROGS!

Pigeons! When I first moved to the Chicago area I was so shocked at how accustomed they were to humans, and they were EVERYWHERE....even sometimes riding on the El, which would really freak me out.

I also get creeped out by millipedes, and they ALWAYS come out of our sub-basement and crawl around the family room.

Wasps
Raccoons
Door-to-door evangelists :)

My two most annoying NIGHTMARES:

Paper cuts all over my body and finding a severed head in my mailbox.

I think a common fear is my daughter being truly hurt in a way a band-aid and a kiss can't fix. Sometimes I'm afraid that I might end up not preparing her properly for life. I fear loosing my husband, in honesty, stuff happens, I can't control everything.

Now for the silliness...
BUGS! I'm cool so long as they don't touch me..Really hate buzzing bugs..long story. Smooshed a gnat with my hand in the shower the other day (go me!) then promptly flipped out because now I had bug guts on my hand. Husband laughed at me.
I'm a vivid dreamer so I can't stand horror movies at all.
Zombie Apocalypse...made the mistake of watching my Husband play Resident Evil once...Don't eat my brains, please!
Ghosts and Aliens..not so much a fear, but major wiggins thinking about them...they could be out there, right now......

Oh... where do I begin? I'm with the pp - the fear that I will fail my children and my family. I'm also afraid of my children getting hurt. I'm constantly taking in my surroundings and trying to anticipate any and all ways that my kids could possibly hurt themselves in an attempt to avoid injuries.

Growing up I was always afraid of spiders but as I've gotten older it's gotten so much worse. I always joked during my pregnancies that seeing a spider in the house was going to send me into early labor because I tend to scream and start convulsing at the mere sight of them. Luckily that was never the case ;)

Roaches. Deathly afraid. I can do snakes, spiders, worms, etc. Crazy I know.

I agree with other moms, anything happening to my kids is #1 thing I am afraid of.

But other than that I am terrified of spirits. I have never seen O. (knock on wood). My mom always says that I should be more scared of the living than the dead, but they just freak me out!

biggest fear is losing a child
second biggest fear is catfish

Dying before I see my kids grow up!

Rachel D you crack me up!!!!

I am afraid of Heights. Holy cow Am I afraid of them. My feet get numb. My knees start to wobble. I get sick feeling. It is miserable.

I can ever fly because of it. I mean I will...because that is the fastest way to get some places...But I have to be heavily sedated. No joking. I will flip out on the plane if I am not....We went to San Francisco back in 2009. It was the first plane Ride I had taken since 2001. I broke out so bad that my chin was just O. big zit. By the time I got home I just wanted to go home and recover from the week long anxiety attack I had been having knowing I had to get BACK on a plane to come home.

I also have an avoidance to spiders. This has shrunken over the years. Since living on my own I have had to do alot more killing...my hubby doesnt fun to my spider beck and call. He likes to laugh at me while I dance around looking for a shoe:)

I also have a bad fear of RIGHT hand turns. Especially in neighborhood settings. This stems from my auto accident last year. This is my newest fear, yet my easiest O. to cope with, thanks to great therapy techniques. I think that over time it will not be as bad. I am prepared to live with it forever, but will welcome the day it went away, if it ever came:)

I fear loosing my kids in big crowds too. I lost O. not to long ago at a Festival in Seattle. He under estimated the crowd. We had to many adults and didnt have great communication. Everyone thought that O. of the other grown-ups had the kids....Son walked off to play in fountain without telling ANTONE...Thank God I some how along the way taught him to find the oldest adult possible...and ask for help. He went found some O. and told her he was lost. She took him to a first aid tent. When I got to him he was shaken up. The lady stayed with him until I got there. She is my favorite person on earth. He looked at me and says,''Mommy, I was really scared but I found this old lady and she helped me''. Thank fully she though he was really sweet..so him calling her ''old lady'' only put a smile on her face:)

We now put our phone numbers on the kids arm is permanent marker. This way if the do get lost, they know how to contact us....If only there was a way to stamp it on them in a semi-permanent kinda way until they were old enough to have an ID with them:)

snakes.

losing another child. Been there, done that, don't ever want to repeat it.

losing my liberties...being free....

losing my children to some freak because my back was turned for O. second too long..

My biggest fear is losing my children ~ to either a disease, a fatal accident or to someone. I have horrible anxiety and it got so bad I wouldn't even take my kids anywhere in public. It's better now ~ I've gotten help and I am working on it.
My other fears are spiders (my 7 y/o kills them for me if they are in the house) and birds!!

The little things that scare me - heights - big time, and tree frogs. Weird - yes, but those nasty little things freak me out to the point of hysteria. O. got in our house last week, and needless to say, I was insane until my husband caught it. ha! lol! The big things - not being a good enough parent to raise my kids with good sense to make great people when they become adults. I hope I'm doing ok!

Divorce.

Injury/illness or death of my child.

Financial destitution, especially as an elder.

Sharp objects. I hate getting my hair cut because they have to come near me with scissors. I got a medium size tattoo to "try and face my fear". Didn't work I still don't like them. Needles, knives, hell even butter knives can set me on edge.

Heights. This O. is really crazy, because I was never bothered by them. But in the last few years I have had terrible nightmares about being in an elevator and it crashing. I have them like every other week, and now I can't stand to be up high. Weird huh?

My mom is terrified of snakes, can't even watch them on TV. LOL

Drowning, large spiders, wicked roller coasters and me dieing before my kids are adults and taking care of themselves. I can't even fathom leaving this earth while my kids are still so dependent on me.

something happening to my daughter is number O.,...number two would be M. messing her life up somehow...with going through divorce thats constantly on my mind nowadays

Roaches just upset me more than "scare" me. But spiders....HOLY cow, on the wrong day, they can freak me out.

I'm scared to death of flying. And elevators....something about being in a heavy thing with lots of space underneath!!

I'm also scared of driving and getting in an accident. This fear seems to get worse and worse as I get older and have more kids. Utah drivers are CRAZY....so impatient and fast. I say a prayer almost everytime we leave the house and have to drive on the freeways!

I am afraid of someone taking my children, dying before my children are grown, my husband dying before my children are grown, losing my parents someday... Although, I am only afraid of these things when someone asks. I don't really think about them or worry.

I am also afraid of heights, but I secretly enjoy the adrenaline rush when I'm freaked out!

I fear my children will get into drugs. I talk and talk and talk about it with them. They're 3, 5 & 6. Also, being out of work. Sometimes I worry that I can't protect my children from harm. I also fear suffocation, tidal waves and tornadoes.