What is it that you really fear?

Question

What underlying fear to you have that you base decisions on? Is it a fear of change, of dying, of being alone, of being wrong, of not providing for your kids?
I think the thing I fear the most is being a failure. I worry about the legacy I leave for my childern and how I will be remembered. But what is your fear and do you believe your fear is a rational one?

Answer 1

Hello DTS:

Your question is very thoughtful so; I would not be to overly concerned about being a failure. My concern is for our country I am feeling like greed is growing like a cancer within our government and I am also concerned that when an elected official is caught doing something unethical that typically they are not being held fully accountable for their actions. It concerns me that high profile individuals both private and government are being treated much differently than the public in general. We are a window and the whole world is looking at us through it.

Maybe it would be best for me to be concerned "only" with the rising cost of milk.

Answer 2

My biggest fear is to suffer a long, lingering death from a disease that debilitates my body but leaves my mind intact. I have a medical directive stating my wishes if I should become comatose, but in the state I reside in there is no provision for the other. I do believe it is a rational fear. Hand-in-hand with that is my fear of being put in a box and displayed, then buried. That one, however, can be taken care of with paperwork. Is it a rational fear? Maybe not.

Answer 3

The greatest fear for me is dying- Not knowing when it will happen, how it will happen, where it will happen and above all most important - what happens next. Even though tons of scriptures tell us what happens no one who went to the other side has come back here to give a graphic detail. So based on that I believe that I should lead a moral, ethical, and a noble life which will eventually fetch me good results when my time is up

Answer 4

I think that my greatest fear is not being able to accomplish all the goals I set for myself. Failure I guess you could say. I think that's the most common fear between people.

Answer 5

Settling for less than what I really want.

As people get older they tend to become disillusioned with their goals, and decide that they are impossible. They settle for what they believe is the closest thing to what they really want that they are able to get, but I find that very sad and unfortunate. My fear is becoming one of those people- giving up on what I really want and resigning myself to a less desirable substitute. Fortunately, my actions are something that I have control over, so I have it within my power to prevent that.

Answer 6

I do fear dieing, but not the way most people imagine it. I fear dieing without being able to understand others, and being misunderstood after I die. I'm afraid dieing without a point to my life, dieing with no one knowing or caring. Simply falling off the side of the earth.
I also fear what I may do to myself. I often say "I wish I could die, I wish I could just die!" and contemplating suicide/death.I'm afraid of the harm I may do to myself.
I also fear people after my death. How they'll feel, what they might do without me there to watch over them. If they die, then what'll I do without them watching over me?

Answer 7

... I used to think the worst fear I had was myself dying in some horrible manner, but then I had a child, and found what the worst fear REALLY is: Something horrible happening to your beloved child, and being powerless to stop it. What could be worse? *shivers* ...

Answer 8

I fear that my intensity and passion will frighten my bf before I get to tell him how I really feel.
Is this rational? I think so.

Answer 9

my fear is saying somthing that will upset people i guess thats why some people call me a push over!! i guess thats a fear thats pretty rational!!

Answer 10

Dying alone, in cold, clinical surroundings with the uncompassionate around me.

Dying, in and of itself, doesn't bother me.