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I'm terrified of getting old. I've done volunteer work in a nursing home since I was seven, mostly in the Lockdown ward, which contains the Alzheimer's ward and people with other brain issues due to aging, such as late stage dementia. I've seen people's minds break before me. I've watched people laugh one day, be completely cognitive and not even know where or when they are the next day. I've been called everything from an old woman's daughter to a man's ex-lover. I have tried to calm a crying 90 year old woman who was upset because she couldn't find her parents and it was her twelfth birthday. |
I have a phobia of being left alone in the dark. And of tetonic/volcanic activity (although I live in the North) And of aliens. I've heard low vibrating sounds at night, and good god, it's scary as crap. I've also heard screeches in the night once. And sometimes, I have these twitchy moments where my eyes just go into REM for a second. Ok, now I'm going to go hide in my bedsheets. All this description of unexplained activity is making me paranoid. |
Sadly Alzheimer's disease runs in my family. So, when I'm 85 or around that age, I'll lose this wonderful gift of a mind. It's really sad because I think I'd be nothing without my thoughts. But that's not what I'm afraid of. I have an insane fear of dying. Seriously, I'd do near anything to keep myself alive. I'm also afraid of insects, I've broken doors just trying to get away from a bee... |
ciacho0000 said: backwards-fear of heights. But, if I look up on a high building, I have a fear of it collapsing on me. This is only true if I am right beneath it. If I am far away, I'm ok. I have that too. It's good I don't live in a place with many high buildings, but I think I would freak out if I were to visit some of those big cities in the USA. |
I try not to be afraid of anything. But needles, needles are my one weakness. For some reason, they creep me out just as much as cataract surgery. |
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