Are you afraid is something, and if you admitted it ...

[Denninmi]

... Would you be concerned that it would make you appear weak? Or somehow "less of a man"? (Not that I buy into that stereotype personally).

I have a few. I freely admit to a couple of them, fear of heights so strong I won't go up a ladder more than 2 steps. And a big one, now having had a "mental health crisis" and diagnosis, I am really afraid that it could somehow be used against me in some sense some day.

[hrmjustin]

1. I am scared of waterbugs.

[Eleanors38]

9. Palmetto bugs (that's Florida for bug-ass roaches)

"In case of infestation, break glass, remove revolver."

[Inkfreak]

2. I'm afraid of losing my job.

And not finding another one on par with this one. I don't want to start over.

[nomorenomore08]

12. I think to some degree, everyone with a job is afraid of losing it, and everyone without a job

is afraid they'll never find one. Sign of the times, sadly.

[Gore1FL]

3. Nothing wrong with fear

We evolved with it. It's a necessity of survival. I'd be more concerned of the person who feared nothing.

[rrneck]

4. Remember this movie?

I don't like water. I can't swim worth a damn, so water makes me nervous. That and the fact that where I come from even in water where swimming isn't necessary there might be a water moccasin in there the size of your leg.

[opiate69]

5. I have an almost crippling fear of heights....

It usedto bother me, but after 44 years, I now just accept it and get on with life.

[loli phabay]

6. dinosaurs and getting fat, wierd ones but thats why they are irrational

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Hate dinosaurs they freak me out and not keen on fat people probuably why i have the fears.

[lumberjack_jeff]

7. I am not afraid of losing my job, I am afraid of failing at it.

The other stuff?

I have been accused of being an asshole, well I'm belligerent toward my own weaknesses too. Fear isn't going to keep me down here on the ground. I might not be as graceful up on the roof as some of my friends... but fuck it, bones heal.

[Eleanors38]

8. Afraid of losing family members; most are old, now.

Not sure of the need for "admission," except for some cathartic value. I think there are many fears where one doesn't need to admit to them.

[millennialmax]

10. Death and pain. eom

[MicaelS]

11. Hell no...

I don't like loud buzzing things flying around my head.

I once freaked so bad out at a Hawk Moth flying around my head at night, I nearly jumped off a second story balcony.

I don't like Hummingbirds flying to close to me without me knowing it.

No idea why, I just don't like it.

[nomorenomore08]

13. I'm afraid of being (permanently) alone. Though on the other hand, I *need* a certain amount

of "alone time." Kind of a Catch-22 in a way, when I think about it...

[Behind the Aegis]

15. It isn't a catch-22.

I understand what you are saying because prior to meeting my partner, it was a fear of mine...sort of. I like being by myself. But, there is also a difference between being "alone" and being "lonely." I can say, as corny and trite as it, stop looking. Let love look for you!

[nomorenomore08]

17. You may be right. Sometimes I feel like I've sat back and let things happen too much.

But at this point it's about all I can do, in practical terms.

[Behind the Aegis]

14. I am afraid of all kinds of things.

I try not to let it rule me, though. I am afraid to even kiss my partner in public for fear of what could happen to us. Do you have any idea how sad it is when we go to an airport and everyone is kissing their loved one "good-bye" and we have to "air kiss" when no one is looking?! I am also afraid of being 'useless' as I haven't had a job in ten years. My sense of purpose was rocked.

[Denninmi]

16. So sorry for that.

Is it still that much of an atmosphere of discrimination?

[davidpdx]

18. Cockroaches freak me out

I lived in a dorm in college that was infested with them. Even when there is a commercial for a bug spray with cockroaches it just makes me freak.