I'm afraid of wasps, bees , people who lie, not fulfilling my duty while on earth, be it towards my spouse, children, religion, politics, or life in general. I'm afraid of dying without a complete confession and absolution (religious). I'm afraid of death itself......

Of course, not necessarily in that order. I'm also certain that if you mention something that I have not thought of...I'll say "Yeah, me too."

Jumping in quick before someone says "So and so getting (re) elected" and turns this into yet another political mud-slinging thread.... [Think I just said I'm afraid of people who insist on turning everything into a political fight.]

Most afraid of spiders. Not crazy about snakes and bugs, but heart-stopping afraid of spiders.

I'm most afraid of bald black young men I don't know. I'd never been afraid of anything in my life, but after two such individuals abducted me and put guns to my head I found out what fear is.

Wow, michael, that had to be absolutely terrifying and life-altering. I don't think anyone can top that post!

How terrifying....!!!!!!!!!!!!! How did you get away?

Gee, I think Michael just put all of my fear into perspective! Can you share your story?

Michael - I can relate, looking in the south end of a sawed off shotgun puts life, family and career in a whole different light. As i get older I realize my spouse, family, friends and the grace that comes from God is more important than all my toys and my career.

Kerry and Teresa in the White House.

Losing one of my parents. My dad has battled cancer, and it is the scariest feeling I've ever had.

Something bad happening to one of my children is my biggest fear.

I too am afraid of death, bees, animals with rabies (you can thank my mother for that one), heights, angry lenders, etc. I'm still skittish about flying, but do it several times a year to visit my husband.

I agree with all of you, but I wish to add snakes to the list.

Fire I am terrified of being in one. I always had a tremendous amount of respect for firefighters but after seeing ladder 49 I have even more respect.

I have two great fears:

First, having to bury my son. It's really weird, I think I could be strong for him if my wife died, but if our son died our lives would be a wreck. Neither one of us would function.

Second, dying of Alzheimer's Disease (or any other form of dementia). I believe suicide is morally wrong, but I have to admit that if the doctor told me I had Alzheimers, I know I would start thinking about suicide seriously.

I remember when I was a bank examiner with the OCC going to small town Kansas towns. For the times I was out there in the middle of nowhere, the one thing I was most afraid of was being tied to the back of a truck and dragged to my death. I remember a bank in 2001 where my car broke down (alternator problem) and the President of the bank had one of his friends that owns a garage fix my car. It was a Mercedes and he couldn't get the parts in wihtin the exam period so he fixed the alternator that was in the car. To cut the story short, I was working BSA program and cited the bank for some violations in addition to several recommendations to improve the bank's BSA program, which, to say the least, did not make the president of the bank happy. Imagine how I felt having to go back to that bank 18 months later (the next exam). Frigthening! Another thing that happened during my time with the OCC was going to another small town bank and meeting with the bank's president. Hanging on the wall were signs with inscriptions, "Auction: slaves and cattle". There had to be several of such signs, as well as guns hanging on four walls of the president's office. I was by myself on this exam and needless to say, I did not sleep in that town. I Commuted instead. As far as I could recall, I don't remember seeing a black person in either town, but the experiences did not make me afraid of white people from small towns. Moreover, some of my best friends are white people. Hey, Michael, I'm sure some of your best friends are black people.

My greatest fear:

Not making a difference.

Kerry and Teresa in the White House.


Well said....my thought exactly!!!!!

People who can't read things like "no politics"

And I'd have to agree with most of the general fears.

Michael don't take this wrong GET HELP! I had a similar fear once after being stalked by an Eastern Indian man for 4 years. I didn't know what he looked like, but I knew his accent indicated a place of origin. I realized soon afterwards that I was reacting differently to people of Eastern Indian decent and visited a councelor to talk about my fears. I don't want to go through life viewing one particular race as being bad and my fears were unrational given proper perspective. I realize now how stupid, but real my fear was, but no longer hold it for a particular race, but instead, for Eastern Indian men who actually stalk me, verses all of the race A counceller can help put that in perspective for you, which will make your life a great deal easier Really!