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By specific, I mean not general fears like fear of heights or spiders.

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[–] Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 hours ago

Putin and Trump.

[–] Tidesphere@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

I'm terrified that I smell bad and nobody is telling me.

[–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Saws. The sound they're making shakes me to my core and having to help someone who almost amputated their finger enforced that fear further

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 9 minutes ago (1 children)

All saws, or just power saws? Do you have a similar reaction to all kinds of saws, or just specific ones? Table saws, band saws... How about chainsaws?

[–] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 minutes ago

Pretty much any variation of power saw. The closer your hands are to the moving saw, the worse. Hand saws are cool tho. Love my Ryoba

[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago

The MAGAstapo breaks down my door at 2 AM

[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago

Being stuck in a traffic jam while driving. I have a 0% chance because I don't drive.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 17 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Finding one of my children dead, it has happened once already.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You're a good parent.

Unlike my parents who are just shitty and would feel relieved if I kms right now.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

At least your parents like metric! That’s gotta count!

But seriously, no license is needed to become a parent, one of the greatest responsibilities IMO. Maybe they don’t actually hate you, and just don’t know to parent good. If they hated your guts, why would they (badly?) raise you instead of giving you in adoption the moment you were born?

Bruh, they think I'm useless because I have depression, and they are already threatening to leave zero inheritance if I don't "snap out of it". Gee thanks mom, wonder where the depression came from.

Also, idk where you got that metric thing from, their only rubric is "useful" or "human trash". In China where I was from, they literally do not have a law like the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), they treat people that have health conditions horribly. I'd rather use the imperial system if at least it means I'm not treated like shit (even though recent politics is starting to get shitty).

They just say "You won't need these (referring to inheretance), you can just get disability income.

Like... did they not pay attention to the news? The US government is declaring war on people with mental health issues.

They are literally just going with the government narrative whereever they are. To them, it's "work hard or else your a burden on society" and "medicine is for the weak" or some bs

No wonder why PRC is like that. Everyone in government thinks like my parents.

Its the same with American conservatism

Conservatives ruin everything and have zero sympathy. (CCP is conservative if we're being honest, there is zero "socialism" lol)

(sorry for the rant, feeling very suicidal rn)

[–] Stache_@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I can’t look at super close up pictures of insects, like where you can see all the little hairs and shit. Sends shivers down my spine. The worst part is I had to dissect a giant grasshopper in high school anatomy. God I still remember having to rip its mandibles out of its face. Gahh shiver. The cat was much more manageable later on in the year lol

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 8 points 8 hours ago

I’ve tried to live a good life, and tried to be a good influence around me. My secret fear is suddenly dying in public, and farting like some corpses.

I want to be remembered as a good coworker or friend, etc., not as the guy who farted loudly after dying.

[–] gnomesaiyan@lemmy.world 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Thalassophobia, aka fear of deep water. No problem being in a boat, but swimming in it is a no-go. I can swim in swimming pools, but the larger the body of water (ponds, lakes, ocean, etc) the larger the fear. I think it has something to do with not being able to see through the depth of the water? Strangely enough, the idea of being in space doesn't bother me at all.

I also tried Subnautica (based on recommendations) like a dumbass, played it for 20 minutes and had a panic attack. Uninstalled!

[–] Stache_@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 hours ago

I can’t look at super close up pictures of insects, like where you can see all the little hairs and shit. Sends shivers down my spine. The worst part is I had to dissect a giant grasshopper in high school anatomy. God I still remember having to rip its mandibles out of its face. Gahh shiver The cat was much more manageable later on in the year lol

[–] ultranaut@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

Waking up to find my partner dead. I used to leave for work while she was still deeply asleep so every morning before I kissed her goodbye I would have that moment of terror that when my lips touch her she would be cold.

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That while I'm driving I'll have to sneeze while driving across a bridge and during that split second while my eyes are closed and I'm distracted by the sneeze I'm going to drive off the edge.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 8 minutes ago

That is wonderfully specific!

[–] FridayLives@lemm.ee 6 points 8 hours ago

Being helpless in a situation I had already thought about but never had the opportunity to prepare for.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

I have a fear of being wrongly accused/arrested for something horrific, like murder, and then when I'm taken in for questioning I do what you're supposed to and refuse to speak and ask for a layer, but that just makes everyone suspect me more and I end up in prison.

[–] Tungsten5@lemm.ee 9 points 9 hours ago

I dont want to hold babies. I have a fear that I will drop it and I am not sure what I would say to the parents. Im not sure what is going to happen when I have kids

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Not much at this point. After having open heart surgery and having my heart stop a couple of times, I'm not really scared of much.

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

I hear ya. Being told I was going to die within a couple years and getting my brain drilled through my skull, the normal petty fears melt away. Totally over the fear of needles now. You and are in the “I should be dead, IDGAF” club now 🤝

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

If it’s okay, would you explain why? Did you make your preparations in case of death, or are like “give your best shot, life”?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 points 7 hours ago

Really, the only thing I was scared of was needles. Well, I've been poked and stabbed more times since 2018 than I can count. Another blood draw and IV last Thursday in fact.

Your perspective on fear and pain changes once you've been cracked open like a lobster and laced back up with metal like a ballet slipper.

Fear of ending up in Guantanamo and getting tortured. (I'm American)

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 10 hours ago

That I have pee pee dribbles on my pants, after walking out of a work or public restroom. It's not even that I'm afraid I actually have pee pee dribbles, but that when I washed my hands, water drops got on or around my crotchal region, and people will believe it's pee pee.

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 10 hours ago

Whenever I have to go into the city (I live in a small town) I have to take a short ferry to get there. Whenever it lists like 4-6 degrees, it scares me so bad.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

My family finding out about my fictional crushes, showing that I've got a superbly weird taste in fictional men.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Turn that into your armour. I threaten my friends and family with my search history so they'll never be tempted to snoop.

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Never being able to get out from my family's thumb. Dying misirable, bitter, and angry at the world because my whole life was squandered. Realizing my one chance to have avoided all this passed thirty years ago and even then it was at best a half-chance.

[–] Ceedoestrees@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The flesh eating disease. It's everywhere and you can get it from a minor cut.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 7 minutes ago

The what now? It's where?

WHAT‽

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 3 points 9 hours ago

I fear that, one day, the wrong people are going to find out I cheated on my finals in order to graduate, which does have consequences.

[–] captainjaneway@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

I'm afraid the world will end and I'll be a dick without my SSRIs or coffee