Fear

Sicirus · 06-10-2002, 06:07 PM

What are you most afraid of?

Just curius.
I am afraid of sharks, Crocs, alligators, ghost(I am superstitious).
Sometimes even people.

Rána Eressëa · 06-10-2002, 06:25 PM

The apathy of human beings. And extremely deep & unclear water.

BeardofPants · 06-10-2002, 06:34 PM

Yeah, apathy gets me too, RE.

I don't really have any big fears, apart from the usual big scary wetas!

However, I suppose my biggest fear would be the vulnerability of women. The knowledge that I - or any woman - can not walk the streets safely, for fear of being mugged, or raped. Also, even though I have relatively extensive knowledge of Taekwondo, I know that these skills would be next to useless up against brute strength.

BeardofPants · 06-10-2002, 06:37 PM

Oh, and being locked away in a room with spiritualists, and new agists (?), and christians...

Lizra · 06-10-2002, 06:38 PM

Heights, eiiiii!!!, Death, getting an incurable disease. Driving on the interstate, other people's road rage!

Shadowfax · 06-10-2002, 07:46 PM

Spiders and other crawly-things. And Satan.

Aragorn · 06-10-2002, 08:00 PM

Normal people. And the fact that we protest about just about everything yet nobody wants to actually do something to improve what they protest against. Did I mention normal people?

Cirdan · 06-10-2002, 08:21 PM

My greatest fear is waking up to my bionic arm choking me due to a localized EMP.

Oh, and kittens, too.

galadriel88 · 06-10-2002, 08:41 PM

My own imagination scares me to death. Because I can sit there and just imagine, for five minutes, what would happen if I was driving down the road somewhere at night and some guy in a car next to us pulls out a gun and kills me and my parents? Or if our house got robbed and we were all shot and killed? Or worse - if i survived but my parents didn't? Or if our house burned down? See what I mean? I can make myself cry if I want to...

***azalea*** · 06-10-2002, 09:04 PM

The vulnerability of women is a good one. Makes me wish I could carry a nice sharp sword around (and be able to use it effectively!).

I dislike heights and thunderstorms. I also have some pretty bad nightmares sometimes after which I fear going back to sleep. My biggest fear is nuclear war. After that incident in Arkansas I could very well fear that happening, too.

Elvet · 06-10-2002, 09:13 PM

There are different levels of fear for me:
Learned and associative - spiders
Inherent - pain
But , perhaps my biggest fear is making a mistake that causes unnecessary pain or suffering of others.

Jadera · 06-10-2002, 10:40 PM

Ah yes, fear. The reason I don't watch horror films.

I have a friend who says (a lot), "The only thing to fear is fear itself."
I beg to differ, thank you very much.

I'm afraid of spiders, being abandoned, losing friends, and no one ever wanting to marry me. And I know the feeling of waking up from a nightmare and being afraid to go back to sleep. Usually I sneak down and get in bed with my mom.

You're afraid of being stuck in a room with Christians, BoP? Can I ask why? lol

BeardofPants · 06-10-2002, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jadera
You're afraid of being stuck in a room with Christians, BoP? Can I ask why? lol

Same reason I fear marriage. Makes me break out in a cold sweat.

Jadera · 06-10-2002, 10:45 PM

lol
You shouldn't fear it too much.
Some of us aren't so bad.

Arathorn · 06-10-2002, 11:01 PM

I fear uncertainty; and people at night with faster reflexes than I.

Starr Polish · 06-10-2002, 11:35 PM

Er...lifting off in planes, and when the planes turn.
Man made heights
Roller coasters
Being attacked at night

samwise of the shire · 06-11-2002, 12:00 AM

I have nightmares where something at the foot of my bed growls or snarls or doesn't do anything just spreads out a darkness penetrated by only a pair of red or yellow eyes filled with hatred for me and my protecter. A dragon or Balrog more likely than anything. Scares me so bad that I cant move, I dont even breath until I finally turn over and go to sleep(believe it or not I still sleep with a stuffed animal

) gazing at the moon on my dresser as it sets in the west.
It's like being in Tom Bombadils house where you dream there's something you fear and when you wake you think you haven't woken but when your hand moves slightly you feel the covers of your bed or your pillow(or in my case my bunny rabbit) something tells you to turn over and look out your window or to begin a quiet song in your heart and slowly the fears fade into a deep peace and quiet and then you fall asleep into a dreamless dark and then you wake to find the sun risen and a full day ahead of you. It's actually a kind of cool feeling turning over and realizing all is well. Totally relaxing and calming.
I HATE roller coasters with a PASSION. And the wind at night in my pine trees. YIKES talk about some unknown terror out to getcha.
But ghosts I dont mind. I watched the Sixth Sense and I was sniggering the whole darned thing and then I watched The Mummy and I laughed my head off. So I dont mind ghosts. BUT I ABHOR ghost stories. I mean I read this story about faeries once and it took me FOREVER to get to sleep. I mean these were no little tutued tinkerbells. These were malicious man eating faeries that lured young men to their deaths. EEESSH!
Sam

Menelvagor · 06-11-2002, 01:07 AM

I am afraid of myself.

Andúril · 06-11-2002, 02:39 AM

I fear suffocation.

The other week, when I was sick, I woke up suddenly as a result of phlegm covering my windpipe.

That was scary. I fear that.

Eruviel Greenleaf · 06-11-2002, 03:09 AM

Big pink and purple hearts

Actually. . .
I would definitely agree with the vulerability of women...and my own idiotic confidence sometimes, as well. I often walk around alone at night, and though I live in a pretty safe place, one can never be too sure...and I never think about what could happen, and if I do, I am overconfident in my abilities to deal with whatever might happen, then later I realize just how stupid I'm being...

And death--not my own, but being surrounded by many, many dead people...just the idea of being the only one left, and everyone else being dead and. . .well, it's this sort of 'worst nightmare' thing for me, I guess.

06-10-2002, 06:07 PM	#1
Sicirus Elf Lord Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Down the road on your left...No your other left. Posts: 1,825	Fear What are you most afraid of? Just curius. I am afraid of sharks, Crocs, alligators, ghost(I am superstitious). Sometimes even people. __________________ "I know less then half of you half as well as I should like. And I like less then half of you half as well as you deserve." Bilbo Baggins

06-10-2002, 06:34 PM	#3
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Yeah, apathy gets me too, RE. I don't really have any big fears, apart from the usual big scary wetas! However, I suppose my biggest fear would be the vulnerability of women. The knowledge that I - or any woman - can not walk the streets safely, for fear of being mugged, or raped. Also, even though I have relatively extensive knowledge of Taekwondo, I know that these skills would be next to useless up against brute strength. __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-10-2002, 06:37 PM	#4
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	Oh, and being locked away in a room with spiritualists, and new agists (?), and christians... __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

06-10-2002, 06:38 PM	#5
Lizra Domesticated Swing Babe Join Date: May 2002 Location: Reality Posts: 5,340	Heights, eiiiii!!!, Death, getting an incurable disease. Driving on the interstate, other people's road rage! __________________ Happy Atheist Go Democrats!

06-10-2002, 07:46 PM	#6
Shadowfax The Fleet-Footed Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: British Columbia Posts: 913	Spiders and other crawly-things. And Satan. __________________ Jesus saved me "To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child" (Cicero, 106-43 B.C.) "Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth" (Picasso)

06-10-2002, 06:25 PM	#2
Rána Eressëa The Rogue Elf Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,722	The apathy of human beings. And extremely deep & unclear water.

06-10-2002, 08:00 PM	#7
Aragorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Anywhere but where I should be. Posts: 369	Normal people. And the fact that we protest about just about everything yet nobody wants to actually do something to improve what they protest against. Did I mention normal people? __________________ And they carried them to the flatlands But they died along the way And they built up with their bare hands What we still can't do today. EIDRIORCQWSDAKLMEDDCWWTIWOATTOPWFIO till the day I die.

06-10-2002, 08:21 PM	#8
Cirdan Elf Lord of the Grey Havens Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somewhere else Posts: 2,381	My greatest fear is waking up to my bionic arm choking me due to a localized EMP. Oh, and kittens, too. __________________ There exists a limit to the force even ther most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true artistry of government. Misuse of power is the fatal sin. The law cannot be a tool of vengance, never a hostage, nor a fortification against the martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape the consequences. -Muad'dib on Law The Stilgar Commentary

06-10-2002, 08:41 PM	#9
galadriel88 Halfwitted Queen of Lothlorien Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Far off in a dream Posts: 1,166	My own imagination scares me to death. Because I can sit there and just imagine, for five minutes, what would happen if I was driving down the road somewhere at night and some guy in a car next to us pulls out a gun and kills me and my parents? Or if our house got robbed and we were all shot and killed? Or worse - if i survived but my parents didn't? Or if our house burned down? See what I mean? I can make myself cry if I want to... __________________ The beuatiful mind/The beautiful heart/Doesn't deserve the pain/How can I stop the rain? -How Can I Stop the Rain? by Kessid, my new favorite band +Every good thing that comes into my life is only a reflection of the greatest gift of all; the offering of yourself, dear Son of God+ Always remember, you're uniqe, just like everybody else! "The one constant through all the years has been the Trombone. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. Its been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again, but the Trombone has marked the time. This field, this section, this band is a part of our past. It reminds us of all that once was good, and could be again. Oh, people will come . . . people will most definitely come."

06-10-2002, 09:04 PM	#10
*azalea* Long lost mooter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 3,342	The vulnerability of women is a good one. Makes me wish I could carry a nice sharp sword around (and be able to use it effectively!). I dislike heights and thunderstorms. I also have some pretty bad nightmares sometimes after which I fear going back to sleep. My biggest fear is nuclear war. After that incident in Arkansas I could very well fear that happening, too.

06-10-2002, 09:13 PM	#11
Elvet Elven Warrior Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Orillia, Ontario Posts: 221	There are different levels of fear for me: Learned and associative - spiders Inherent - pain But , perhaps my biggest fear is making a mistake that causes unnecessary pain or suffering of others. __________________ "But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know."

06-10-2002, 10:40 PM	#12
Jadera Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 205	Ah yes, fear. The reason I don't watch horror films. I have a friend who says (a lot), "The only thing to fear is fear itself." I beg to differ, thank you very much. I'm afraid of spiders, being abandoned, losing friends, and no one ever wanting to marry me. And I know the feeling of waking up from a nightmare and being afraid to go back to sleep. Usually I sneak down and get in bed with my mom. You're afraid of being stuck in a room with Christians, BoP? Can I ask why? lol __________________ Whaaaaaaaaaat?? ~Chivalry isn't dead, it just transferred to women~

06-10-2002, 10:45 PM	#14
Jadera Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Somewhere out there Posts: 205	lol You shouldn't fear it too much. Some of us aren't so bad. __________________ Whaaaaaaaaaat?? ~Chivalry isn't dead, it just transferred to women~

06-10-2002, 11:01 PM	#15
Arathorn Bard of Mangled Songs Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: West of Middle Earth...oh alright...Manila Posts: 2,679	I fear uncertainty; and people at night with faster reflexes than I. __________________ Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. -Missionaria Protectiva, Frank Herbert *Accio, Ash Nazg!* Elennuru s?la lúmenn' omentielvo* (The Death Star shines on the hour of our meeting) - Darth Arathorn Put aside the ranger... Start looking for Mumakil action figures...

06-10-2002, 11:35 PM	#16
Starr Polish Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Slow down and I sail on the river, slow down and I walk to the hill Posts: 2,389	Er...lifting off in planes, and when the planes turn. Man made heights Roller coasters Being attacked at night __________________ “The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” –Bertrand Russell

06-11-2002, 12:00 AM	#17
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	I have nightmares where something at the foot of my bed growls or snarls or doesn't do anything just spreads out a darkness penetrated by only a pair of red or yellow eyes filled with hatred for me and my protecter. A dragon or Balrog more likely than anything. Scares me so bad that I cant move, I dont even breath until I finally turn over and go to sleep(believe it or not I still sleep with a stuffed animal ) gazing at the moon on my dresser as it sets in the west. It's like being in Tom Bombadils house where you dream there's something you fear and when you wake you think you haven't woken but when your hand moves slightly you feel the covers of your bed or your pillow(or in my case my bunny rabbit) something tells you to turn over and look out your window or to begin a quiet song in your heart and slowly the fears fade into a deep peace and quiet and then you fall asleep into a dreamless dark and then you wake to find the sun risen and a full day ahead of you. It's actually a kind of cool feeling turning over and realizing all is well. Totally relaxing and calming. I HATE roller coasters with a PASSION. And the wind at night in my pine trees. YIKES talk about some unknown terror out to getcha. But ghosts I dont mind. I watched the Sixth Sense and I was sniggering the whole darned thing and then I watched The Mummy and I laughed my head off. So I dont mind ghosts. BUT I ABHOR ghost stories. I mean I read this story about faeries once and it took me FOREVER to get to sleep. I mean these were no little tutued tinkerbells. These were malicious man eating faeries that lured young men to their deaths. EEESSH! Sam __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

06-11-2002, 01:07 AM	#18
Menelvagor Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: lurking on the edge of conversations Posts: 924	I am afraid of myself.

06-11-2002, 02:39 AM	#19
Andúril The Original Corruptor Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,881	I fear suffocation. The other week, when I was sick, I woke up suddenly as a result of phlegm covering my windpipe. That was scary. I fear that.

06-11-2002, 03:09 AM	#20
Eruviel Greenleaf Alcoholic Villain-Fancying Elf Pirate Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Lyonesse Posts: 4,547	Big pink and purple hearts Actually. . . I would definitely agree with the vulerability of women...and my own idiotic confidence sometimes, as well. I often walk around alone at night, and though I live in a pretty safe place, one can never be too sure...and I never think about what could happen, and if I do, I am overconfident in my abilities to deal with whatever might happen, then later I realize just how stupid I'm being... And death--not my own, but being surrounded by many, many dead people...just the idea of being the only one left, and everyone else being dead and. . .well, it's this sort of 'worst nightmare' thing for me, I guess. __________________ Eruviel Greenleaf in a past life. "Whoever has come to understand the world has found only a corpse, and whoever has found a corpse is superior to the world." -The Gospel of Thomas SQUAWK!

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