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I look forward to it, actually. Actually dying, I normally don't look forward to, but the afterlife itself I am hopeful for.
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I fear becoming a schizophrenic.
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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.
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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.


this just broke my heart.
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And mine, too. She was a very sweet woman.
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I have a huge phobia of falling. I also have a tremendous phobia of losing my teeth.
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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.
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Horses scare the shit out of me.
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Phobophobia
Please stop, you're scaring me
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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...
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I have a severe case of brontophobia, which despite it's hint at dinosaurs, is actually the fear of thunder.
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Anyone have hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, the fear of long words?
I have to say, whoever made that word really hated these type of people.
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Kingda Ka. Mr. Freeze. Tall rollercoasters and rides involving drops. (Except Tower of Terror)
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Spiders,The Dark and Failure.
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I totally identify with being afraid of growing old. It's not so much that I fear losing mental capacity, but more losing the ability to communicate with other people. Being able to think, but having your thoughts trapped inside your own head is a terrifying prospect.
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I have a fear of dogs.
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I have a strange fear of milk and wide open spaces. Houses creep me out, too. Probably from reading House Of Leaves...
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I have a really pathetic fear of heights. Bridges tend to incapacitate me.
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I am afraid of spiders. All spiders. It's sort of ridiculous, really.
I also am extremely unnerved by clusters of holes, which I recently discovered is called "trypophobia". They make me want to vomit.
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I'm afraid of walk-in freezers. I think there might be a body in there...
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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.
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You know, I am crazy paranoid about household fires.
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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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I have a fear of being alone and I try at my level best of not being alone any time.
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