Walking alone at night - I don't mind that: it's walking accompanied by something or someone not of my choosing that is dodgy.
Becoming the victim of identity theft - I probably don't fear this enough. I take some precautions, more than most.
Safety on the internet
- The Internet is safe, it is what people connected to it may do that is the problem. It is just a data transmission medium.
Becoming the victim in a mass/random shooting
- Rare in my area
Public speaking
- Trained in it. Still get very slightly anxious, but sufficient preparation and years of doing it mean I have no problems with it.
The future
- Being worried about things that you have little to no influence over is a waste of energy.
I'm not afraid of anything
- I don't like aggressive dogs, irresponsible drivers, and have an irrational reaction to spiders. I am rationally afraid of many things, but I don't experience them often, if at all.
Other
- it's a very human reaction to be afraid of 'other'. We don't like strangers, different cultures, different ways of doing things. What you grow up with is normal, everything else is foreign and wrong. It takes a lot to overcome that bias. Fear is a useful reaction in that it gets the adrenaline going, ready for fight or flight, but it also takes away some of our rationality.
I fear being physically maimed. I've had enough of that in my life, and every injury has left its permanent scar, both physical and mental.
Eternal life is also a dreadful prospect.
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Walking alone at night
- I don't mind that: it's walking accompanied by something or someone not of my choosing that is dodgy.
Becoming the victim of identity theft
- I probably don't fear this enough. I take some precautions, more than most.
Safety on the internet
- The Internet is safe, it is what people connected to it may do that is the problem. It is just a data transmission medium.
Becoming the victim in a mass/random shooting
- Rare in my area
Public speaking
- Trained in it. Still get very slightly anxious, but sufficient preparation and years of doing it mean I have no problems with it.
The future
- Being worried about things that you have little to no influence over is a waste of energy.
I'm not afraid of anything
- I don't like aggressive dogs, irresponsible drivers, and have an irrational reaction to spiders. I am rationally afraid of many things, but I don't experience them often, if at all.
Other
- it's a very human reaction to be afraid of 'other'. We don't like strangers, different cultures, different ways of doing things. What you grow up with is normal, everything else is foreign and wrong. It takes a lot to overcome that bias. Fear is a useful reaction in that it gets the adrenaline going, ready for fight or flight, but it also takes away some of our rationality.
I fear being physically maimed. I've had enough of that in my life, and every injury has left its permanent scar, both physical and mental.
Eternal life is also a dreadful prospect.