You're laying in bed, the sounds outside your window fade into the night. Slowly, your body begins to unwind, the stress leaves your knees and lower back, and your breath falls to a low, even pace. You've started to fall asleep...
...when you suddenly realize the world is a horrifying place and we should be afraid at all times of everything.
Reddit user, u/artgetting, wanted to know:
What is your biggest fear? What are you afraid of more than anything?
Let's Start Off Big
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Not trying to sound edgy but.. fear of the unknown. It's definitely scary not knowing what's out there
Yes, I also actually have this fear... I am trying to convice myself that I know what will happen tomorrow etc. But no, in fact, we never know!!
What If They Don't Like Me?
Social rejection.
It hits me so hard when it happens that I stopped bothering to try to make new friends.
Totally Different Levels Of Flying
Heights ... and I even know its irrational at times but it's still crippling for me.
But for some reason I'm totally comfortable with flying
Im not sure but I think I'm ok with flying because my family used to travel alot when I was younger and my brain kinda just disassociated the situation looking out the window it almost doesn't seem real everything being so tiny and by the time I was old enough for that to not work I was just so used to it that I didnt care.
But there was one time I was on a plane that was so tiny it only fit 10 people and they made a second flight for our luggage due to weight. That lead to a 45 min panic attack so bad that my parents had to find me xanax in a foriegn country to get me back on the plane for the return flight. I was probably 12 or 13 at the time.
It's Just A Bunch Of Nothing
The ocean. Specifically, open water in the middle of the ocean. Nothing scares me more than being in the middle of the ocean seeing nothing but water in every direction with no way of escape. Also all those creatures. I'm helplessly sitting there at their mercy. Wow, I got goosebumps writing this. The ocean is such a scary and beautiful thing
I have never seen ocean, only see but you described it so well that I am scary as well now haha
Oh Crap, There IS A God??
That I'll discover at death that my agnostic/atheist views were wrong, and as such I'm in for some sh!t.
Losing The One Person Who Helped You The Most
Losing my grandma, she's my whole world and helped me more than my own mom
That I'm wasting / I've wasted my life.
But does that really matter in the grand scheme of things? As long as you enjoyed your life that's all that matters.
The way I look at it we are so small in the the universe we could ALL just disappear one day and nothing would change and that is much more terrifying!
Day By Day, Week By Week, Year By Year
Aging. I could care less for immortality I'm okay with death but the act of cellular degeneration over periods of time is what terrifies me the most. Imagine being old and practically incompetent, taking god knows how many pills a day for your countless prescriptions. I'm 20 years old and I still fear the act of aging. I hope when 2040 arrives there will be neccessary precautions to stop our body from breaking down and hopefully increase life expectancy.
Wunderkind's Are Dumb, Anyway
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That I am too late to achieve what I want in a reasonable amount of time.
I feel this way about saving for retirement. Am I too late to catch up? Am I going to have to eat dog food, like so many poor old people do?
The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Do you have something to confess to George? Text "Secrets" or "" to +1 (310) 299-9390 to talk him about it.
In fact, some mistakes are so astronomical that they're remembered for decades afterwards, leaving the one who made the mistake a legacy of being a dumba**. Here are a few of them!!!
U/ronjans24 asked: What was the biggest mistake in human history?
Some may argue that the existence of the Universe was a mistake. I disagree. It was clearly Zayn leaving One Direction. But these next few were pretty bad too.
If you do the math, this is also the reason why Hentai exists.
I'll say the wrong turn Franz Ferdinand's driver made that went right in front of Gavrilo Princip.
EDIT: yes I'm aware war may still have broken out even if Franz Ferdinand wasn't assassinated
Imagine you're Gavrilo Princip. The assassination plot you and your friends had been cooking up for about the last year or so has been a complete and total disaster, just a monumental f*ck-up of the highest degree. You're staked out at this deli thinking maybe, just maybe the car will pass by, and by some stroke of sheer luck, it does.
If you're Princip, this is nothing short of serendipity.
Petition to return to the ocean.
Ocean Surf GIFGiphy"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake in coming down from the trees in the first place. And some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no one should ever have left the oceans."
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams
This was, in fact, a monumental mistake.
Sears not beating Amazon to the punch.
Blockbuster not buying Netflix.
You thought THOSE were bad? Well gear up for their next few, because they are 100% accurate. Except the one about Cats, that movie slaps.
I don’t know sports, but sure.
Seahawks not running it.
I used to wear a Seahawks jersey whenever I took a test because I knew I would pass when I shouldn't.
CATS is great, y'all are just boring.
GiphyThe Emoji Movie.
That live action movie about Cats is also up there.
Very fair point.
Social Media.
Humans are not wired to have that many social interactions and maintain that many relationships. Plus the echochambers it allows people to create for themselves, no matter how conspiratorial or vile their beliefs, means that stupid/evil people are no longer shunned into changing their mind.
Not sure it was worth being able to see what a celebrity had for lunch or what new "dance" your younger cousin and her tween friends are doing.
But in all seriousness, some horrible things may now have happened if the right thing was halted at the right time.
Washington called it.
George Washington Disney GIF by Hamilton: An American MusicalGiphyVoting for people based on what side of the political spectrum they're on. George Washington himself advised against political parties because he thought they would cause too much division in this country. Unfortunately for everyone, he was right.
Big oops on that one.
Barack Obama mocking Donald Trump at the Correspondents Dinner might have led directly to his 2016 run....
"Now, I know that he's taken some flak lately, but no one is happier, no one is prouder to put this birth certificate matter to rest than The Donald," Obama said. "And that's because he can finally get back to focusing on the issues that matter — like, did we fake the moon landing? What really happened in Roswell? And where are Biggie and Tupac?"
Then he turned serious: "But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. For example — no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of 'Celebrity Apprentice' — at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil Jon or Meatloaf. You fired Gary Busey. And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. Well handled, sir. Well handled."
This is the best Star Wars and no one can change my mind.
I'll take 'Star Wars Christmas Special' for $100.
That atrocious pile of manure gave us Boba Fett, so without the Christmas Special there won't be The Mandalorian.
Wow, in this article, I openly admitted my love for Cats AND The Star Wars Holiday Special. So maybe my existence was the biggest mistake of all.
ANYWAY, I hope you enjoyed, and I hope you all feel a little bit better about yourself. Because when push comes to shove, at least you didn't accidentally start World War I