What’s That One Thing That You Are Afraid Of?

Fear isn’t real. It’s something we tell ourselves.

Will Smith

A writer asked a group the Question what is the one thing that you are afraid of. Fear often grips us whether real or imagined. My interest sparked, I peered into the responses of those who were quick to chime in. Here I share:

Just simply taking a quick glance at the responses, most are not real. They are in our imagination and stays there for a while. Personally, I was afraid to jump out of a plane. I did a tandem jump and faced my fear. Many fear things like job loss, health, and loss of loved ones. But today, if there is something you fear as we start a new year, face it and move beyond your fear. Remember, fear isn’t real. It is something we tell ourselves.

• Thinking that there is something waiting for me on the other side of the shower
• Walking up the basement stairs at night
• Ending up alone
• The fear of my husband dying from an epileptic seizure due to low blood sugar
• Unexpected knock at the door and the person stands in an area where I can’t see them
• If I fall sick and no one knows
• The concept of eternity scares me. Living forever
• I am terrified of plugs being left on when there’s no plug in there. I am convinced it will cause a fire.
• I’m afraid I’m going to wake up one day and it turns out I never let my ex
• That I will be popular and people will be bugging me all the time
• Being held down, weight on me and not being able to breathe as in swimming under water
• I have an irrational fear that I rub my eye I will accidentally slop and gouge out my own eye
• Dying alone in my home of a heart attack or something and having no one realize it for weeks
• Someone staring back at you
• Public speaking
• A deer will run out in front of my car during a late night drive in the country
• Chicken bone being lodged in my throat
• Waking up in a house fire
• Ceiling fans that one is going to get lose and fall on me
• A plane falling out of the sky and crushing me
• Falling off a cliff
• A plane crash
• Fear of Success

Cheers!