Young Writers Society

To me, the stuff that has happened to others and me scares me. Stuff that I used to be okay with, then something happened.

I've always been scared of jellyfish, because my uncle got stung by one once and was in the hospital for a long time.

Once at the pool, a snake reared up right behind my mom's head. I can't stand getting near one now.

Another time, I feel down and hit my head when it was pitch black. I have a scar over my right eye. I can't go to sleep with it completely dark either.

I had a friend who I found out was just using me. After that, I was scared to make new friends.

I'm scared that parents will die just when I need them. That happened with my grandparents.

But, there are always ways to take control over your fears. You can't live your life out of fear. That's what I've been trying to do.

Some of these things are going to be off this list soon.

Men. My father. Failure. Being stupid. Lapsing back into depression.

~JFW1415

Dogs. Rejection. The Unknown. Heights. Being in a bicycle accident. Being loved by no-one.

Sharks. Deep vein thrombosis (where you get a blood clot and just DROP DEAD. Saw a doco on it when I was eight). Public speaking or performing. Having a large group of people fix their attention on me for any reason that does not fall under the catagory of "public speaking" or "performing". Failure. Telling people about failure. Having something wrong with me.

Failure. Loved ones dying. Making a wrong choice.

Silence. something happening to those I love. Living only when it's time to die. Not living at all. Being forgotten.

Dying. I'm so scared of dying. There was a point in my life where I couldn't go to sleep because I believed I wouldn't wake up. I would also think about what death would be like and I'd cry. Another thing I'm scared of is high school. I haven't gotten there yet but it seems so intimidating. My friend keeps telling me they pick on the freshmen all the time. I was like thanks...

In unsure situations, I assume the worst. So I freak when it comes to darkness.

I'm not fond of heights, but I can stand them.

Roller coasters scare me. I'm OK once the drop actually happens, but the anticipation kills me.

Needles
Bees/Wasps/etc
Getting lost
Embarrassment
Cancer
Death
Being alone in a public place
Being watched

I could go on and on. I've afraid of a lot of things. Some of them(ex. being watched) are sort of irrational.

I am cool with the dark , spiders ,being alone all of that but I do have two completly irashal fears.

Cars. I have a fear of raods, cars being in cars and being hit by cars. It all started when I had a dream of being in a car driven by my friend and every one (my best friends) dies apart from me. I would hate that ,one I can live with out my friends and two there death was due to something that is kill the earth slowly and painfuly.

And my second and I have not ever told any one this but I have a fear of mind readers. I know no one can read minds but the thought is all ways in the back of my mind when I am having a fantasy of some sort. It achaly couses me to stop thinking of what ever I was thinking about. I am so lame.

Bees. Fire ants *shudders*. Whenever I think of them I imagine many swarming/crawling around me. I don't know why - I just hate the fact that they're poisonous and have 'shiny' abdomens.

What tomorrow brings. Not knowing if the day will be good or bad. I'm scared that I can't control my thoughts (which, in turn, controls my emotions), even though I'm suppossed to be able to. Letting the wrong people get too close and pushing the right ones away. Things I can't control; of the unknown. I'm scared of who I am without my mental issue because I don't know. I'm scared that I can't tell you what my favorite color is because being impartial was just so much easier. I'm scared that I don't know myself at all. I'm scared that everything is going to fall apart and that I can't be who everyone wants me to be; who I want to be. I'm scared of failure and of sucess. I'm scared that I have all this power and energy but I don't know how to use it. I'm scared that I'm not normal but at the same time, am a little scared to be normal.

Another one is telling somebody bad news. I've done that before, with a relative whose sister landed in the hospital. I never want to have to go through that again. It's just... frightening. Actually, what I think scares me is that if something ever happened to somebody close to me, nobody would tell me. That's just awful. Though, being the bearer of bad news isn't much better...

Aerophobia, yet, I've managed to fly on planes. So long as I'm not near a window, I'm fine, mostly. The fear of crashing is always lurking.

Abandonment.

Dark. I truely have a phobia, haha. There are quite a few different areas related to the "dark," meaning different phobias that corrosepond to it. For me, it's "feeling watched," and fall asleep to nightmares. I had terrible, awful nightmares as a wee thing. Other than that, if there's a group of people around, I walk freely in the dead of night for hours without an issue. Some nights are better than others. It all depends on how much my imagination is alive.

Bees. Good Lord! They scare the bajeezus out of me! I move quite fast when I spot one.

Seaweed.

...and other oddities.

It seems that many people have common fears. But what if all of us colaberated and, like, faced our fears?

Anyways, reading everything of what others say, I have to agree now with two fears:

Death~ I guess I'm afraid of the unknown. Where will I go? Heaven or Hell? Did I do the right thing in my lifetime? Do we get reincarnated. I am a believer of God, but what if I didn't do the things he wanted me to do?

The Ocean~ Yes, the ocean. The magnificent and beautiful ocean. Why? Well this ties into my other fears. How deep is it? What creatures lurk underneath, waiting to feed on my flesh? We only know a handful of the creatures on this earth, so what if there really was the Loch Ness monster? (Have I said this already?) Anyways, sharks are in the ocean. And I would hate to be swimming in the ocean for days, just paddling there without a thing to do.

So, yeah. That's my other fears.

LaReina!