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What is your biggest fear?

My biggest fear since I stopped believing in hell is that when I die I'm gonna be fully aware of the darkness and isolation instead of it being like going to sleep.

LeftyWright 5 Feb 19
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Been there, done that. Not to worry. You will be no more aware of being dead then a stupid man is aware that he is stupid.

My dad has dementia and not aware of it

@Babyseal That is tough. Real tough. Tough on everyone around him. He is the only one not aware of it. 😟

@Babyseal My father also had dementia so I empathise.

@Tiffanny i empathise too. Have you any advice

@Babyseal Yes..When your Dad talks about something however irrational go along with it. They become very emotional and frustrated as no one understands what is going on in their head. My Dad loved to hear music it made him cry and he also watched films with my 9then 9 year old nephew it made him happy.

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My biggest fer lately is that Trump and Pence will destroy the country economically and destroy those part of the government which were formerly working pretty well, before we can get them out of office.

@David1955 At this point it will probably take 4-5 years (optimistically) for every one year they are in office for us to recover. Ir might take longer. Depends on how much obstruction the republicans put up.

@David1955 If you look at how countries have goen from great wealth and into decline throughout history, you woudl have to conclude that the U.S. is on the decline. You might have to look at ancient Rome, the Dutch, The English and Spain and how empires grew and declined and the evolution of the economies to discern a pattern, but generally right before a country goes into decdline they outsource theri manufacturing and move to more of a service oriented economy, and end up with a shrinking middle class, which is/was actually the consumer base which drives the eonomy. After a whiel of this a tipping oint is reached and the economy crashes. There is also another pattern in many ancient civilizations where they create a large city and use uip all the natural resources in the surrounding area, which leads to an economic collapse. The U.S. is currently using a colonial approach to having used up natural resources, and taking them from other countries, much like England did (although with different resources) before WWII. Colonialism is expensive and unsustainable over time. A very few peopel will get very rich,but in the end the house of cards will fall.

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I have a fear of heights, not completely irrational, I have balance issues and get vertigo, nothing scares me as much as heights.

I've had benign paroxysmal positional vertigo on and off for years. (Balance issues and vertigo.). You'd be off your rocker if you weren't afraid of heights! I have trouble with flat floors some days!

Stairwells are not my friends.

Cats are not afraid of heights.

Just saying.

I used to have fear of heights... still not fascinated by it but while in the Navy I volunteered to do the maintenance in the highest antennas in the highest masts. You climb, you are by yourself, at sea is tough because the boat is rocking but I always enjoyed isolation and I am a daring type of guy without being a today's type of idiot. I think helped me. But I understand the tension climbing. So I have to face my fear face to face. I still not getting any tattoo, I am afraid of needles.

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My biggest fear is being onstage naked. It's not the naked part. It's the fear of becoming aroused when the script doesn't call for it. And vice versa.

I thought that was every man's nightmare?! It is a bitch to live with external sex organs, isn't it.

Well, I'm an actor, so it's a very real possibility.

I thought it was every man's Fantasy... ????

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Growing old alone.

I'd much rather grow older alone than be stuck with someone I can't get rid of.

@unclemike lol, but comparing my fear to someone's situation doesn't directly answer the question posted (imo)

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My biggest fear is not being able to do the simple things, like reaching my ass to wipe it or seeing the pantry shelves to find the jar/can/box I want.

That's right at the top of my list as well Dick. If I cannot care for myself in even basic ways and end up completely dependent on others - it would drive me crazy.

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Losing one of my children. Anything else is Bullshit to me and I can handle Bullshit.

can't argue with that,

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Lately, my fear is that it's just a matter of time before a shooter comes to my school and shoots my students and me.

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Failing to reach level 7.

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Never having a true love of my life. I'm 42 now and I feel like time is running out.

There's hope for you yet Copen. I was 52 before I found my life companion. That was 21 years ago.

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Being totally reliant on people. Ugh that could make my skin crawl just to think about. I’d rather be dead.

Same here Emerald

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It used to be the boogeyman in the closet, till the monster under my bed came and chased him away. Seriously though, it's dying a long slow painful death, like from cancer or a stroke. I watched my grandmother, grandfather, great grandmother and mother go that way. Fortunately I've had a heart attack and will probably go quickly.

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Being trapped in a confined space with no means of getting out . When I was a kid we used to go into the storm drains the large ones were easy but the small ones you had to crawl on your belly It's hard for me to even think about it .

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It is that orange man survives for 8 years and totally destroys the .USA Next would be not being able to care for myself and having to depend on others. I would rather that I not be alive than the latter.

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I have a slightly irrational fear of fire. I'm a big furball and I always imagine going up like a match when I'm around fire I don't have control of.

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My biggest fear is that when I die, I'm just conforming here as I really believe I'm immortal, I will never have seen the Vikings win a Superbowl.

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It use to be being the very real likelyhood of being shot by north Vietnamese now it's the only slightly less likely chance of sitting in a class room or concert or gathering of any kind and some asshole "law abiding" gun owner walking down the hall/street with an ar-15.
Because of the former I avoid the later.

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The end of my consciousness.

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Disability/incapacitation

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Something bad happening to my nephews and nieces. They are like my own children.

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Spiders, heights, and living life without anyone I can truly rely on or trust. Oh and the dying alone thing, but others have said that.

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This question is right out of 1984 It might be better to skip it and go on to the next question. Winston's greatest fear was rats. Look what anwering the question got him. The last line of the book is, "He loved Big Brother."

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Being helpless and totally dependent on others.

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Losing control of my body with a fully functioning mind and being unable to end it.

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I fear that something or someone will s!ow my growth and development as a human being, as I have allowed that to happen before. Have to remember to care about their burdens, but not to carry them as my own.

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