What Are We Afraid Of?

[Britt.f7]

I'm afraid of the time I need to spend awake. It's all that time I have for the brain to think.

 

[LostWorld]

I'm afraid to try

 

[shoulderblades]

I'm afraid of human connection. I want human connection so badly; I want to belong, I want to love and be loved without fear colouring everything. But I am so afraid to trust, I'm afraid of being vulnerable, I'm afraid of rejection. I feel I can't trust my sense of discernment when it comes to choosing healthy relationships because I don't even know what a healthy relationship is.

 

[heidi]

I am afraid of my past being exploited to hurt me. I am afraid of people who call themselves good and are bad. I am afraid of people who genuinely think they are good. I am afraid of people who use other people to gain consensus for themselves and against you.

 

[ms spock]

I am afraid of my distorted thinking and my feelings of helplessness and hopelessness which feel so so real. But I am competent. I can do things.

 

[ms spock]

Ms Spock you will heal in time even if you feel stuck for the moment.

I so hope this is true. Logically it makes sense but it doesn't feel true.

Believe me I know how you feel, it's a lot of two steps forward, three steps back. Never, never give up. ;)

Thanks Loloma.

 

[CraftyCath]

THAT scares the bejeezus out of me.

:eek: Me too! I saw a film once when I was a child where a woman was buried alive - it terrified me and i had nightmares for a long time afterwards and it still scares me.

I'm afraid of flying. Someone once said that I wouldn't die in a plane crash unless it was my time to go and I said, 'what if it's the pilots time!'

Crane flies - you know, daddy long legs with wings. Absolutely terrified of them as my brother used to stick them down my back when I was a child.

Travel - any kind. I tried to get out of the car once when my husband was driving; he was doing 70mph at the time! I felt I was too far from home so I guess I'm agoraphobic.

Shouting and/or accusation- this is definitely PTSD linked.

Heights, I just can't stand being high up - makes me dizzy!

Being physically sick - something I was punished for as a child.

Eating in public - I think this is linked to social phobia.

Doctors and anything medical (due to my trauma) which is ironic as I'm often at the doctors/hospital.

I'm sure there will be more if I think on it.

 

[Lionheart]

The thing that I am really afraid of is to be rejected, betrayed, abandoned, etc. (ie; abused).

 

[ms spock]

I am afraid of never hanging on to some positives, some self nurturing and some moments of peace.

 

[a3a2]

Mice and rats, but NOT hamsters! I am afraid of being publicly humiliated. I am afraid of abuse. I am afraid my husband will get more ill than he already is (This sentence does not seem grammatically correct, but I cannot figure out how to write it differently).

 

[Leah123]

Rejection.
Abuse memories.
Zombie movies.
My mother.
Being like my mother.
Hurting my family.
Not being whole.
Dissociation.

 

[ms spock]

I am so afraid of being stuck and not healing and not getting out of this state of mind and heart that I am in at the moment.

I am afraid that I can't manage anymore.