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What do you Fear?
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I dont think you should worry about that, after all once your gone, your gone........that's one of the good things about death, no regrets come as standard.
I always thought that's a silly excuse.
It's more a observation than a excuse.
You just described my heart.
More seriously, I am surprised one fear didn't come up before, since we are such a bunch of lovely anal-retentive nerds: my biggest fear is to lose control.
Good point, Iguana.
If I were to elaborate on "and so on", it would definitely include losing control and independence. And the possibility of dementia.
getting Alzheimers or something is something that worries me. i'd hate to lose it like that and be a burden on someone (worse still, since my sisters are older and i'm single, i'd be out of it and alone)
I don't fear much. I like spiders and snakes, I don't fear heights anymore than it is commonsense to fear them etc.
I guess if I was going to single out one single fear it would be of having a stroke, or some form of head trauma, and being left with my mind intact but unable to control any movement or communicate in any way.
I guess if I was going to single out one single fear it would be of having a stroke, or some form of head trauma, and being left with my mind intact but unable to control any movement or communicate in any way.
You're hanging in the right place, no one ever really leaves the TBBS. Even the people you grow to wish they would.
Lol!!
What has science done?
Seriously, I'm trying to think of a reason for creating a scissor-spider, and other than "I'm bored today. I'll make a scissor-spider", I can't think of one.
I'm sure that never stopped Doctor Frankenstein [yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8GRQHsAVjI[/yt]
You're hanging in the right place, no one ever really leaves the TBBS. Even the people you grow to wish they would.
Lol!!
xD Well I'm glad to know that I have nothing to fear here, at least.
I have many fears..I'm afraid of heights, spiders, snakes, scorpions, and I also have a fear of the unknown. Right now I'm at a crossroads in life..should I turn left or right..and am in fear that I'll disappoint the ones I love most if I turn left or right. It's a tough decision..one that I'm gonna have to make on my own somehow..but will hopefully overcome that fear soon enough.
I'm also afraid of rejection and failure. I've always strived to be the best at everything I can but sometimes I feel I'm doing something wrong. Perfect example: my Aunt is a perfectionist..but her brain is somehow wired differently than the rest of us. She is always running 150 miles a minute and has 5,280 things in the brain on a daily basis. If she gives you say 20 things to do..you do 19 of them right and one is wrong..she won't praise you for doing well..she'll scold you for the one thing you got wrong and will dig at you like a nail in the head. She makes you second guess yourself, thus losing confidence in yourself to get the job done. And everyday, her marching orders are different..never the same. One day, she'll tell you to do it this way, the next day she'll tell you to do it a totally different way then the day before. Its no wonder I haven't lost my marbles over her! So in that term, I fear failure and rejection.
I'm also afraid of rejection and failure. I've always strived to be the best at everything I can but sometimes I feel I'm doing something wrong. Perfect example: my Aunt is a perfectionist..but her brain is somehow wired differently than the rest of us. She is always running 150 miles a minute and has 5,280 things in the brain on a daily basis. If she gives you say 20 things to do..you do 19 of them right and one is wrong..she won't praise you for doing well..she'll scold you for the one thing you got wrong and will dig at you like a nail in the head. She makes you second guess yourself, thus losing confidence in yourself to get the job done. And everyday, her marching orders are different..never the same. One day, she'll tell you to do it this way, the next day she'll tell you to do it a totally different way then the day before. Its no wonder I haven't lost my marbles over her! So in that term, I fear failure and rejection.
I understand this. I was very much the same until recently (and I still have the problem on a residual level). Throughout my adolecence, I was always driven to do well, to get things right, because I depended on others to validate me. But it never worked, because I was unable to recognise my own worth. So despite my teachers loving me for being the brightest or most hard-working student in the class, I was never convinced that I was doing enough, or doing it right. I lived for the moment when I'd get praise for a job well done, and was utterly crushed if I failed to get it. (And false praise to make me feel better wouldn't work - I had to truly earn it). Even at university, I was the same. I once got an essay back with a note that it wasn't very good and I nearly fell apart, despite the fact that on the whole my essays were marked highly, so it was hardly the case that I was struggling. I was so stressed over work, and no-one understood why because I'd never had any problems academically. Eventually, I realized the problem wasn't the work, or the expectations of others, it was me, and my own expectations.
"My shoes are too tight...but it does not matter, because I have forgotten how to dance".
I hope that you can find - or have found - a way out of the trap. But I certainly understand your fear.
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