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What are some of your worst fears?

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  1. Hooker

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    What are some of your worst fears? And I'm not talking about losing your home, or not being able to support your family, etc. We all have those fears. I'm talking about any irrational fears that make you horribly anxious just thinking about it.

    Mine is deep water. I don't know if it's because I'm a crappy swimmer, but deep water is the most frightening thing I can possibly think of. Seriously. I get nervous when I fall while skiing in 20 feet of water. I've never been offshore fishing, but when I do, I will probably be petrified the entire time. Falling into the ocean, and slowing sinking to the bottom is probably my worst fear. I'm getting anxious just thinking about it right now.
     
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    The google search I did to find that pic is going to creep me out for a while.
     
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    Heights. Not 20 feet in the tree but something more like above 30-40 feet high and when it is really high...whew. Part of the reason I became a paratrooper, to force myself to conquer it. It only worked somewhat. Anyway, I can see hieghts on TV and get this swirling vertigo. Cliff edges, building edges, stuff like that seem to do it the most.
     
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    Having to buy oxygen in order to breathe. Who knows what the future will bring.


    What if I get a bad tank?
     
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    Cops... lol I always get this horrible feeling when I have one pull out behind me or if i pass one on the side of the road. Even if im not speeding or anything i almost get sick to my stomach. You would think i would be ok with it by now cause growing up i was pulled over bout every month it seemed like. (I was a little hellion) lol
     
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    Flying, becasue if a bolt comes loose, you cannot just pull over and fix it, you crash going 900+ MPH into the earth.
     
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    I hate needles. I don't know what the deal is, but I can't even watch someone get a shot on TV.
     
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    Coming in contact with Rats, Bats, or Skunks. Freaks me out a little.
     
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    Really, really hot things.. like stoves, ovens, boilers, etc.

    Also, the ocean, just because of how big it is.
     
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    Being burnt over a large part of my body ... getting partially eaten by a shark ... becoming paralyzed and having to depend on others to wipe things ... losing the 2011 Deer Contest (the last one will never be realized) :ninja:
     
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    Mice, snakes, and drowning
     
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    Asphyxiation of any kind especially drowning.

    Heights

    Being crushed or highly confined (i.e. building collapse on me or stuck in a crushed car after an accident.)

    Man, I feel queasy just thinking about these things.
     
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    I also have this fear of rock climbing. Only beacuse i am scared i would go to fall and try to catch myself and rip all my fingernails off trying to stop from falling... And that TV commercial where the foot fungus lifts up that toenail freaks me out everytime. IDK y but i am cringing while i am writing this. lol
     
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    I used to be afraid of ladders, then firefighting cured that.

    I do have these dreams where i either fall, or am late to school and forget my locker combination. Dont know why, but i dont wake up cheerful.

    Big spiders that jump out are kinda chilling too, but once i see em i lose te fear.
     
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    Word of advice,

    Dont seek a career as a Fireman...lol
     
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    You are spot on with that one brother. :wave:
     
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    Spiders!

    And this........ welcome to louisian.jpg
     
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    Pelicans are harmless. Nothing to be scared of.
     

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