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!
