Do you have any fears?

Death. I guess i'm not satisfied with the 'Eternal Blackness' theory, I worry that since i'm not Christian, i'm going to hell, and I don't want to be Reincarnated because I'm not guaranteed I'd like my new life, and I wouldn't KNOW reincarnation existed. Hence, i'd be too scared to kill myself and try to get a better life.
 
Seasick said:
Death. I guess i'm not satisfied with the 'Eternal Blackness' theory, I worry that since i'm not Christian, i'm going to hell, and I don't want to be Reincarnated because I'm not guaranteed I'd like my new life, and I wouldn't KNOW reincarnation existed. Hence, i'd be too scared to kill myself and try to get a better life.
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Tough situation.

I really don't know about religion, I mean, wich religion are you supposed to choose from? There are so many of them, which one is the "right" one? I figure as long as you don't do evil to others I don't think you'll go to hell (should there be any hell) regardless of what religion you are from if any at all.

Also if there were to be an afterlife killing yourself might not be the best idea, so I wouldn't try it if I had any doubts about it.
 
I'm "afraid" of hurting people, of disappointing people and of failure, often to a prohibitive degree, but I'm not sure those are the kind of fears the thread seems to be seeking.

Actually, I suppose they could be counted as the sort of fears we're talking about here, now that I think about it. When I was a wee lad, I used to stay up all night not doing my assignments because I couldn't finish them to my own satisfaction. In the morning, I'd make myself sick so that I could miss class rather than showing up without my work and disappointing the teacher.
 
I realized that many fears I read about here are things most of us would be afraid of... if we had such thing in our minds. I wouldn't like to be raped at all, but it's not one of the main worries on my head. Neither is death actually.

I wouldn't necessarily fancy dying, but guess I can say I'm not afraid of death. To be honest as long as I don't see it coming it could happen in the next few minutes and I wouldn't really care.

I guess what I fear the most would be knowing when I'm going to die, like being diagnosed with a terminal disease, so I would rather die suddenly while being relatively young, that way I don't get to old and know that I have little left to live.

Also I wouldn't mind dying if I knew it would be a death I could be proud of. Since I have memory I always had this weird fantasy about dying in a big battle.

If anything I would be more afraid of knowing I'm dying and being conscious of it (e.g. dying slowly and/or painfully) or, as I mentioned before, loosing limbs and such.

Yoshi525 said:
Islands.
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C'mon, admit it, you don't even like them, give them up! :P
 
Gonzalez said:
Also I wouldn't mind dying if I knew it would be a death I could be proud of. Since I have memory I always had this weird fantasy about dying in a big battle.
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I have always thought about that too. I guess I'm not the only one.
 
Yamu said:
I'm "afraid" of hurting people, of disappointing people and of failure, often to a prohibitive degree...
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I kind of have this feeling too. I don't really want to hurt anyone (unless they're really annoying or I am in a seriously bad mood). Sometimes it amazes me how people can be offensive to others for making a bad joke, for example. It happens to everyone.

Also yeah, any type of fear is a fear. Being afraid of both physical and non- objects is a fear, because, well, you're afraid of it.
 
Yamu said:
I'm "afraid" of hurting people, of disappointing people and of failure, often to a prohibitive degree, but I'm not sure those are the kind of fears the thread seems to be seeking.

Actually, I suppose they could be counted as the sort of fears we're talking about here, now that I think about it. When I was a wee lad, I used to stay up all night not doing my assignments because I couldn't finish them to my own satisfaction. In the morning, I'd make myself sick so that I could miss class rather than showing up without my work and disappointing the teacher.
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I did that too. When I was in 10th grade I didn't turn in my final Spanish assignment and when the teacher was collecting them I went out to the hall and to the 'bathroom' so I would not have to confront her. I have gotten a bit better on my fear of confrontation since then, but my fear of failing or 'not being good enough' is, like yours, prohibitive at times.

Even today this fear almost prohibited me from doing something. I was auditioning for a movie and while waiting in line for my turn to audition someone mentioned it was a musical. I must have skipped over that part on the audition posting and almost, almost walked right out because I know I am not that great of a singer.

However, I confronted my fear and entered the audition room and it turned out I didn't have to sing at all! The audition didn't go the best in my opinion, but I was so happy that I at least did it and didn't allow myself to be held back by a silly insecurity in my mind.
 
Gonzalez said:
Seasick said:
Death. I guess i'm not satisfied with the 'Eternal Blackness' theory, I worry that since i'm not Christian, i'm going to hell, and I don't want to be Reincarnated because I'm not guaranteed I'd like my new life, and I wouldn't KNOW reincarnation existed. Hence, i'd be too scared to kill myself and try to get a better life.
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Tough situation.

I really don't know about religion, I mean, wich religion are you supposed to choose from? There are so many of them, which one is the "right" one? I figure as long as you don't do evil to others I don't think you'll go to hell (should there be any hell) regardless of what religion you are from if any at all.

Also if there were to be an afterlife killing yourself might not be the best idea, so I wouldn't try it if I had any doubts about it.
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I agree with you 100%. Couldn't have said it better myself.
 
I don't have many big fears. But I am kind of frightened by the fact that I seem so emotionally dull. When my grandpa died, I didn't cry or feel very bad at all. When my grandma died, I didn't feel bad either. My brother cried, my parents were sad. But I didn't do nothing. My uncle died, and I didn't feel bad either. I suppose I fear there might be something wrong with me.

Also, being inspired when I look at the stars, knowing that I'm made of the universe. And then knowing that I could very well not share anything good with anyone, and then die. The fear that I could die not having done anything noteworthy.
 
while people are very good at laughing at death, i find myself honestly afraid of it.

death and braindamage are probably my biggest fears.

doesnt mean i sit around actively shivering in my pants, but i will not skydive
i will not play with high current electrical wires
i wont laugh in the face of death, ill politely step aside, and let it go harass someone else.
 
Mjolnir said:
I don't have many big fears. But I am kind of frightened by the fact that I seem so emotionally dull. When my grandpa died, I didn't cry or feel very bad at all. When my grandma died, I didn't feel bad either. My brother cried, my parents were sad. But I didn't do nothing. My uncle died, and I didn't feel bad either. I suppose I fear there might be something wrong with me.
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At least you're feeling fear.
 
Hangovers, man. I'm not 18 anymore. One afternoon I'm going to wake up with a hangover so bad it might actually kill me.

Like today. Jesus.

Delerium is not beer, but rather some sort of abuse, don't drink four in a row after two massive Leffes and chase it up with some sort of trappist beer you can't pronounce. Certainly don't finish off a girl's drink to get her out of the bar after that. I got home at 9am this morning. The subsequent walk of shame was shameful. People stared. I was chainsmoking the whole damn night (and morning) and I'm feeling it today. Everything tastes like oil. I got 4 hours of sleep before people actually made me do stuff in this state. Grim. Very, very grim.

I'd say I'd never drink like that again, but hell, there's a Friday next week too.

Well, shit.
 
I'm absolutely terrified of stop-animation! Films like Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride, James and the Giant Peach, etc. The last time I TRIED to watch NBC I made it through the opening song, started crying and threw up :( Even just hearing that song scares the shit out of me!

That and giving birth. That's not as bad though, I just can't be round pregnant women because it makes me think of what they've got coming O_O
 
JadeUK said:
I'm absolutely terrified of stop-animation! Films like Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride, James and the Giant Peach, etc. The last time I TRIED to watch NBC I made it through the opening song, started crying and threw up :( Even just hearing that song scares the shit out of me!
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thats the oddest phobia ive ever heard of :S

i made stop motion animations as a kid
 
Heights, sharks and alligators. The heights thing is weird though. I don't mind flying, and I love rollercoasters; but if I'm standing near a ledge of some sort, it feels like I'm being pulled towards it. It's a nasty feeling.


Seasick said:
Death. I guess i'm not satisfied with the 'Eternal Blackness' theory, I worry that since i'm not Christian, i'm going to hell, and I don't want to be Reincarnated because I'm not guaranteed I'd like my new life, and I wouldn't KNOW reincarnation existed. Hence, i'd be too scared to kill myself and try to get a better life.
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You shouldn't worry about fairytale bullshit like hell any more than you should worry about the tooth fairy or unicorns assaulting you while you sleep. Hell is a cheap scare tactic created to control the weak-minded (Do what I say or you're going to BURN for eternity).

If all of this really WAS created by some supreme entity, it's pretty fucking presumptuous of humans to think they have even the slightest clue about what its motivations could be, or that humans are in any way special. Yeah man, in this incomprehensibly vast universe of ours, we're all there is. Seems legit.
 
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