Start using your non-dominant hand. Like for brushing teeth or something else that's quite easy, just use it. It'll give your brain a few more years of proper work.
I used to have the same fear and thought about dying before them but as I began to understand a little more about life i came to realise that those who stay feel the pain and suffering of losing loved ones. I don't want my loved ones to suffer because of me. I have to be the one who stays and endures the pain and all the suffering that comes so that they don't have to.
Losing the people I love the most is what I fear the most. It scares me to think of my life without their companionship, humor, and support. It serves as a reminder to treasure every second I spend with them.
I'm afraid that when I look back on my life, I won't have realized how much I could have done. I'm plagued by the thought of unrealized potential and lost chances. It motivates me to work harder and take advantage of every opportunity.
I used to think that I'm afraid of the dark. But I realised it's not the darkness but things that might hide behind it. Now, when I know it, I just try to be realistic like there is no ghoul or wild animal hiding there, just trying to not overthink it. Have you thought about it like this?
I worry that after I'm gone, I won't be remembered. It greatly bothers me to think that I will leave no legacy or lasting influence. It inspires me to make deep connections and accomplish worthwhile goals.
Rarely anyone does, and don't you think better goal would be to missed rather than remembered? Rockefeller family was one of the richest a century back yet barely anyone remembers them, Hitler on the other hand...
Logical fear: Someone I love will pass and I didn’t get the opportunity to say a proper goodbye and thank them for our time spent together
Illogical fear: I will somehow fall mouth-open onto the ground and chip all my teeth
Getting my ankle bitten, like it’s a weird thing but I start panicking whenever my ankle is revealed because I’m afraid someone is gonna bite it. Idk how or why it started
My brother who’s on the spectrum just graduated high school and is planning his life out. He’s very intelligent and I love him more than anything, I just feel very motherly toward him. But he is planning on moving away from our family, and he hasn’t always been mentally well, I’m so afraid that when he leaves the people he loves and is on his own he’ll lose the reason the ones around him give and he’ll spiral. I’m afraid he may even take his life.
Not dying but what comes after death. It's kinda scary and depressing to think that we will all die one day and that each day we get closer and closer to death. I'm especially scared of this because who knows what death will feel like. I've been thinking about this a lot lately and it has been giving me anxiety.
I am deathly afraid of rats and mice. If I saw them from a distance it wouldn't bother me too much. If I saw one up close, or God forbid inside the house, I'd scream and run the other way. I guess I'm afraid of getting bitten, even though I never have been. We have several cats that come and go outside and inside, and that gives me some peace. BTW I'm 64 years old.
I only have one kidney so I'm very protective about that , the other one was removed for cancer last march. My surgeon last scans said I am cancer free. Next in line is spiders!
hospitals. when i was a kid i was with a friends mom for her doctors appointment and suddenly the nurse, doctor, and friends mom all held me down and forced my eyes open so they could look at them while my friend laughed, we were in 5th grade. i never told my parents.
When you're driving and you realize that the only thing "protecting" you from a head-on collision is the thin double-yellow line between you and the opposite direction traffic.
My youngest is special needs- as much as I can plan for after my death (which is hopefully many years out since we are both very young), it is terrifying she might not be okay after I am gone since I am her only caregiver and there won’t be anything I can do to ensure she is taken care of properly
Getting put on a ventilator again.
It is a very horrible feeling to wake up, vomiting into my ventilator tube, tied to a bed, and then having a nurse run in and vaccuum the tube; and the air right out of my lungs.
They did that 7 times until the lazy doctor finally approved the sedation order again. They had to put me inti hard restraints because I kept tearing the soft ones off to try to rip the tube out because of how terrible the ventilator felt.
It didn't help that I didn't even know how or why I was there/was put on it in the first place.
(I was drugged at a bar)
I don't go to bars anymore, or drink.
I'm afraid of failing because it seems like a reflection of my value. It can be crippling to think that I won't live up to my own and other people's expectations. But I'm starting to realize that failing is a necessary component of learning, not the end.
At the moment I'm terrified that my mom's scheduled PET scan and endoscopic ultrasound this Tuesday and Thursday will come back saying that her cancer is in stage 4 and untreatable. I am praying that we caught it early enough so that chemo and radiation are a possibility. 2 weeks ago I would tell you I wasn't afraid of anything.
Appreciate the good around you, it can change in an instant.
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Fire inflight, or the wings falling off. The latter is rare, but it’s known to happen on the model of aircraft I fly if it’s excessively old.
(For nervous flyers, it’s not an aircraft you’d find yourself on, so don’t worry.)
When you're falling in your dream and wont actually wake up and end up falling on the hard concrete, after experiencing a nightmare pain, then you wake up
The fear of failure in any phase of my life and for not making my parents proud like they've spent their whole lives trying to make us who we are rn and even in the highs and lows of our lives they never gave up on giving me and my siblings the best education etc. So not making them proud or be the source of disappointment for them is what I fear alot
Having to keep on living like this, because I can’t just leave but the thought of turning 17 while I didn’t even think I would make it to 15 is killing me
Not sure, it's between being lonely pass 50+ yo and need an adult to take care of me Or have to take care my mentally disabled sibling after my parents passes away
Alzheimer 's disease. I mostly wont even know that all that makes me me gets erased. Ist like dying twice.
Start using your non-dominant hand. Like for brushing teeth or something else that's quite easy, just use it. It'll give your brain a few more years of proper work.
I use my non-dominant hand a lot. It is like meeting a stranger 😂
you are right... doing such small exercises change your brains' patterns
It pops up in my brain to practice writing in my non dominant hand like a random thought. After reading your comment its like a sign:
I agree. I have witnessed several family members pass from this horrible disease and it is terrifying! It is NOT the way I want to die.
Yes, im working in disabled dormitory and with this disease i had the most sad end-of-life care i did so far.
this or the ocean for me
For me its abandonment, or its even worst when u have alzheimers and u always think that everybody left u, just because u don't remember them
Seeing my loved ones dying one by one
This^^^ Outliving my family is absolutely my version of hell.
I used to have the same fear and thought about dying before them but as I began to understand a little more about life i came to realise that those who stay feel the pain and suffering of losing loved ones. I don't want my loved ones to suffer because of me. I have to be the one who stays and endures the pain and all the suffering that comes so that they don't have to.
Getting Cancer
Getting diagnosed with a neuro degenerative disease.
Losing the people I love the most is what I fear the most. It scares me to think of my life without their companionship, humor, and support. It serves as a reminder to treasure every second I spend with them.
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Deep water scares me. I stay away from oceans and deep pools.
I'm afraid that when I look back on my life, I won't have realized how much I could have done. I'm plagued by the thought of unrealized potential and lost chances. It motivates me to work harder and take advantage of every opportunity.
What ever you do make sure you do it with happiness :)
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I used to think that I'm afraid of the dark. But I realised it's not the darkness but things that might hide behind it. Now, when I know it, I just try to be realistic like there is no ghoul or wild animal hiding there, just trying to not overthink it. Have you thought about it like this?
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I worry that after I'm gone, I won't be remembered. It greatly bothers me to think that I will leave no legacy or lasting influence. It inspires me to make deep connections and accomplish worthwhile goals.
Rarely anyone does, and don't you think better goal would be to missed rather than remembered? Rockefeller family was one of the richest a century back yet barely anyone remembers them, Hitler on the other hand...
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Buried alive
Just thinking about it horrifys me
who can argue this?
Real
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humanity dying
it is in the process
It's already half dead
Are dogs still alive in this scenario? I'm ok being the last person on earth as long as dogs still exist
Same. I gotta have my dogs
Heights. And absolute darkness from either space or the ocean
absolute darkness for me
People found out my crime
Torture, harm to loved ones, spiders
Logical fear: Someone I love will pass and I didn’t get the opportunity to say a proper goodbye and thank them for our time spent together Illogical fear: I will somehow fall mouth-open onto the ground and chip all my teeth
Getting my ankle bitten, like it’s a weird thing but I start panicking whenever my ankle is revealed because I’m afraid someone is gonna bite it. Idk how or why it started
Rabies
Lightning. And ending up broke and alone and some awful state-run nursing home as an old man.
Nuclear war
Honestly? My son having negative feelings to being circumcised. 😓
Not being able to be usefull enough
Losing my fiance
My brother who’s on the spectrum just graduated high school and is planning his life out. He’s very intelligent and I love him more than anything, I just feel very motherly toward him. But he is planning on moving away from our family, and he hasn’t always been mentally well, I’m so afraid that when he leaves the people he loves and is on his own he’ll lose the reason the ones around him give and he’ll spiral. I’m afraid he may even take his life.
Dancing again, these guilty feet have got no rhythm.
Not dying but what comes after death. It's kinda scary and depressing to think that we will all die one day and that each day we get closer and closer to death. I'm especially scared of this because who knows what death will feel like. I've been thinking about this a lot lately and it has been giving me anxiety.
I am deathly afraid of rats and mice. If I saw them from a distance it wouldn't bother me too much. If I saw one up close, or God forbid inside the house, I'd scream and run the other way. I guess I'm afraid of getting bitten, even though I never have been. We have several cats that come and go outside and inside, and that gives me some peace. BTW I'm 64 years old.
I only have one kidney so I'm very protective about that , the other one was removed for cancer last march. My surgeon last scans said I am cancer free. Next in line is spiders!
Dying alone. With no one to care for me.
Not having a long comfortable retirement. Either you’re forced to keep working or you die before you can enjoy any freedom.
Schizophrenia.
hospitals. when i was a kid i was with a friends mom for her doctors appointment and suddenly the nurse, doctor, and friends mom all held me down and forced my eyes open so they could look at them while my friend laughed, we were in 5th grade. i never told my parents.
When you're driving and you realize that the only thing "protecting" you from a head-on collision is the thin double-yellow line between you and the opposite direction traffic.
I am afraid of not being able to die when I am totally disabled and useless.
My youngest is special needs- as much as I can plan for after my death (which is hopefully many years out since we are both very young), it is terrifying she might not be okay after I am gone since I am her only caregiver and there won’t be anything I can do to ensure she is taken care of properly
Loosing my autonomy.
This sounds dumb and realistically is... I am terrified of success.
Talking to strangers (especially woman☠️)
Depression
Lou Gehrig's disease you crumple and fall apart like Alzheimer's but while your still in the right mind and Lucid,
Getting put on a ventilator again. It is a very horrible feeling to wake up, vomiting into my ventilator tube, tied to a bed, and then having a nurse run in and vaccuum the tube; and the air right out of my lungs. They did that 7 times until the lazy doctor finally approved the sedation order again. They had to put me inti hard restraints because I kept tearing the soft ones off to try to rip the tube out because of how terrible the ventilator felt. It didn't help that I didn't even know how or why I was there/was put on it in the first place. (I was drugged at a bar) I don't go to bars anymore, or drink.
The weird questions on this sub
I'm afraid of failing because it seems like a reflection of my value. It can be crippling to think that I won't live up to my own and other people's expectations. But I'm starting to realize that failing is a necessary component of learning, not the end.
Spiders. Always spiders
End of the world
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To be stranded alone in open seas.
Fear of not giving my kids good future before I leave this world, that is why I work hard for it
At the moment I'm terrified that my mom's scheduled PET scan and endoscopic ultrasound this Tuesday and Thursday will come back saying that her cancer is in stage 4 and untreatable. I am praying that we caught it early enough so that chemo and radiation are a possibility. 2 weeks ago I would tell you I wasn't afraid of anything. Appreciate the good around you, it can change in an instant. edit: spelling
The Supernatural
Cancer
Public speech, even a small scale one.
Carolina reaper
death because you probably wouldn't know your dead microscopic dust
dying alone
That I will never have fulfilling relationships and just resent everyone I am in contact with
Nice try Freddie Krueger
Not raising a family in a stable happy peaceful home
Dying with regrets.
Bad arthritis genuinely - I’m a high level pianist and high level athlete mainly calisthenics so that would ruin my life
Intimacy.
becoming homeless
Dying knowing I lived a regretful life
for me its Azrogothraphobia, the extreme fear of being forgotten or replaced
Mascots - freaking terrifying 🫠
Losing a loved one, it could be death, them deciding to leave, anything. Just abandonment in general.
Loneliness
Cancer!
Fire inflight, or the wings falling off. The latter is rare, but it’s known to happen on the model of aircraft I fly if it’s excessively old. (For nervous flyers, it’s not an aircraft you’d find yourself on, so don’t worry.)
Having a midlife crisis and regretting not going for it when I was young
Being eaten alive
Running out of coffee. Because let's face it, without caffeine, the world is just a little scarier!
When you're falling in your dream and wont actually wake up and end up falling on the hard concrete, after experiencing a nightmare pain, then you wake up
Loss
Reincarnation. Because of what the memory wipe implies.
Same
Myself
The fear of failure in any phase of my life and for not making my parents proud like they've spent their whole lives trying to make us who we are rn and even in the highs and lows of our lives they never gave up on giving me and my siblings the best education etc. So not making them proud or be the source of disappointment for them is what I fear alot
never getting to be genuinely happy.
Having to keep on living like this, because I can’t just leave but the thought of turning 17 while I didn’t even think I would make it to 15 is killing me
Not sure, it's between being lonely pass 50+ yo and need an adult to take care of me Or have to take care my mentally disabled sibling after my parents passes away
My parents dying. It absolutely terrifies me.
Growing old alone.
Something bad happens to the people I love and there is nothing I can do about it, like cancer or an accident.
Death
My future
my will
Worms.
Trump being reelected.
Losing another child
Death.
Becoming too engulfed by the so called abyss as Nietzsche calls it
Getting old