So, I was reading 1984 (again) and when I came to the final pages of the book, I thoguht about room 101 and O'Brien's description of what it is, and a question popped into my head, "what would be the one thing that I simply could not resist?". As said in the book, the human mind has natural reactions to diferrent stimuli, and for each of us there is one thing which we will avoid at all costs, it has nothing to do with bravery and valor.

My greatest fear (both intellectually and physically) is to be both blind and deaf, to be utterly cut off from any percievable communication with others beyond very simple emotional expressions. I've tried to think of something potentially fatal that would also be as teryfing to me, but I simply can't produce something worse than that.

Please be serious when posting your own fear, and when reading those of others.

Spiders.

Sharks, the ocean in general and fresh water rivers that connect to the ocean(because they can be shark highways). Bull sharks have been found as far inland as St. Louis, and are a common sight in the Amazon River as well. Don't have a problem with alligators, or crocidiles though.

Hmm... Fears, eh?

There are the concrete ones, like spiders, snakes, sharks, busses etc. I can stand those, as long as I don't find a huge spider crawling on me or having a snake biting my face. I respect anything that has the power to kill me, making sure that I don't provoke them in any way.

But the real thing that I fear is of the more abstract nature. Many people fear the unknown, the feeling of being helpless and vunerable, like being placed in a dark room with weird noises and feeling something unknown touching you. That is how the human mind works, we fear anything we don't know of...

When it comes to abstract fears I'll have to say that would be the Fear of Failure. I don't want to screw up in my life and end up misserable. The thought of ending up without a job, a familly, money, friends etc. That just plain scares me. but I usually tend to concentrate on the moment that is, a second of worry is a second wasted. That goes for all other fears, just focus on something different and it will all go away.

I think i have too many fears too choose one that is the worst....I'm afraid of enough things, that a lot of them would leave me helpless and crying in a corner.

Fear of losing my freedom...and a huge fear for bugs crawling on or under my skin....

I don't really have fears.

There's a whole bunch of stuff I wouldn't want happening to me but none of it really inspires terror. This immunity may be depression-based.

Death, or rather, what happens after death, being the atheist I am leads to a rather morbid aversion to death. I don't believe anything happens to us after we die and I really don't want to be gone. I've spent several nights lying awake in bed just thinking about different ways I could go. It's not that I wanted to, my brain just wouldn't shut up.

I'm quite frightened of fire.

dolls. dolls that move around on there own and dont look like they're moving mechanically. ones that look like they would kill me if they got the chance.

i saw "Child's Play" at a young age. i dont like dolls >.<

i find that my brain thinks on its own far too often as well....which is a large part of the reason that i'm somehow terrified of a lot of things. i've thought of a lot of possibilities, ><

That's too bad!

I love fire. So... Pretty...

Being too afraid to help someone else whether I can or not.


It's almost a fear of fear itself, but specific. *shrug* I've gained so much control over my emotions, that that's literally the most accurate answer I can think of.

roaches

i seriously have panic attacks when i see one

im not bothered by spiders or crickets though

occasionally beetles

i have too active of an imagination. i cannot watch scary movies or even read disturbing things. i live alone and i just start imagining all kinds of absolutely horrifying things happening to me

To have my arms and feet amputated at the elbows and knees. I fear becoming the greatest burden imaginable. Unable to walk, feed myself, shower, defecate, all relying upon the mercy of others. I would also be unable to create any artwork, literature, or be of any contribution to anyone I loved or to anyone around me. If someone falls, I wouldn't be able to help them up. If someone is sobbing I wouldn't be able to comfort them with a hug. If I fell from whatever support I was in, I would have to lay there until someone else picked me up.

Physically: I fear being one of the soldiers that finds the IED the hard way... but doesn't die. Many things are worse than death. To me one of them is being left a scarred vegetable who can't do anything but lie there and think.

I can stand to lose a leg, or an arm. But to end up completely bed ridden for life... that would be unbearable. I hate to feel like im a burden on other people.

Emotionally: To feel alone, or to feel that if I were to die no one would be at my funeral. What matters most is who you leave behind. As they are a living testament to your life and your influence on others. Whether it be good or bad. To feel alone, lost, or unloved would mean I left nothing of worth behind in the lives of those I touched. To me thats complete failure.

Abstract: That my beliefs are wrong. That there is no God... No good and evil, and that im blinded by my own faith. I hate to think that this is it, that this is all we get. Too me thats just... depressing. The world in a lot of ways sucks. And if this is it, well whoop-de-freaking-do... Thats one sick joke.

I'm an atheist also, but I am looking forward to death. There certainly isn't anything here worthwhile, though I am indifferent with very limited emotional response to the world and it's activities. If I thought I could get away from people by moving to a very secluded area I would but as long as other people are alive on the planet there is always the possibility of someone interrupting my world.

If I die though, there will be nothing but oblivion and if the phrase "Everyone dies alone." is true, then it's definitely something I want to experience.

Hmmm, not really sure. I'll have to go woth Verb's definition on this one. Many things that I'd consider unpleasant and undesirable, but none of them really gets me running around in fear.

The loss of something precious, actually, is what I'm really terrified of rather than spiders (But I still don't like them).

I'd be a horrible Bhuddist.

Ooo interesting. Loss of control would be my biggie. And even that isn't a fear as much something to overcome. Like a fear of someone being voted into office and forcing me to do or pay for things I have no desire too. A fear of having no control over the housing market or gas prices. Just those vague "can't control!" moments that you either get over or get an ulcer from.

Then again if I was faced with unmitigated horror, torture and sheer inhuman uncaring I might be pretty damn fearful. Destruction of my body while my mind still function might be high up there with that.

I would not tell, as stating your largest fear in essentially a Large Knowledge Archive (this here forum) means that in the future, Miniluv could look at this forum Post-Ingsoc establishment and learn how they should torture me in the titular Room 101, should I choose to rebel...

They'll find out anyway.

That is true. Miniluv is very good at reading sublinimal messages.

I'm frightened of childbirth. Moreso, being obligated to go to term with a child I don't want.

Also, clowns. But that's a smidge more understandable since my mom liked to make us watch a bunch of gorey movies like IT when I was little.

So basically Rae, if they were to torture you first you would have to have sex with an unprotected man?

Sounds like pretty longterm torture.

I suppose, but I'm seriously frightened by the idea of shoving something the size of a watermelon through my vagoo. I've heard people complain by something as a kidney stone, so jeez.....

They could also find some guy with a dick the size of a watermelon

Or y'know... Just use a watermelon...


Just a thought.

Where's the fun in that?

Throw in Gallagher and see what'll happen...

Bugs, Having my lungs filled with water while on fire, the helplessness of letting somebody do this scares and pisses me off at the same time, Starting to loose my already feeble grip on reality

Vagoo! what a funny word, (sorry i read said post but couldn't resist saying it i know it is out of place)

I'm afraid of....Chinese....dolls...They're scary. Cause they look like clowns. I don't like clowns either.

And I find spiders cute. So we will trade! You put out the fires for me, and I will catch the spiders for you.



I totally second this fear.

Well, Im afraid of premature deathm and even if id live up to 100 id still be very frightened when i'd feel it coming for me.

Also, sometimes, im afraid of myself. Sometimes when i see people suffering, instead of feeling sorry, i find it funny, and only barely manage to hold back a cackle. Sometimes i can be cruel and heartless both in a savage way sometimes, and in a cold calculated way at others...

You, my friend, need to read Least I Could Do, another work of the SohLar duo.

the kidney stone comes out through your urethra, not your vagoo

And kidney stones are hard and spiky while watermelons (babies) are smooth.

plus your body stretches to accommodate the baby

and there are always drugs or a c-section

I know the urethra isn't the same as the vagoo, but that area of the body is really sensitive in general. I'm just frightened by the hours and hours of pain to go through just to have some little squealing parasite yanked out and having to care for it for the next 20-odd years.

Maybe I'm just selfish and young, but I don't want to devote my life to something else when I don't even have my own in order yet.

That's not selfish at all. It's very sensible.

silly women.

on another note, i hate taking a crap, so........yeah, I'd never want to suffer through giving birth, even if i was female and wanted kids.

Another scary thing: being blind. I'm scared if things get too close to my eyes.




Silly? How so?

I'm afraid that everything I do will be thrown back at me and somehow cause me to lose that which is most precious to me; the people I love. I'm not talking family and lovers, I'm talking about everyone. I have a very open personality, and when I make friends, they stay friends for as long as they wish.
I have the inarticulate fear that no matter what I do I'm going to cause something bad to happen and that everyone I care about will leave me. That's the only thing that will leave me cringing in a corner with big tears running down my face.

On the other hand, I will beat the holy living everything out of a clown of one of those children show things (ie. Barney) if I ever see one in real life. They creep me out and I hate them.

You 3 should read Johnny Got His Gun

I am scared of only one thing: the man I see in the mirror.
There's a reason I will never get drunk: I'm afraid I'll find out what I'm capable of when I can't restrain myself.

"I looked into the mirror
and I wondered once again
Is He the one whose looking out
Or am I the one whose looking in?"

there is nothing wrong with not wanting kids

i wouldnt feel too bad about it. your opinon may or may not change as you get older

dont apologize for it now

Not selfish at all.

Many of my childhood buddies who remained at the more rural areas of our country ended up having kids and being married because that's "The way it goes here". Because they were expected to.

Now I'm not saying they don't love their kids and I'm not saying they were forced ot have them, but, eh...when I look at it...I don't understand.

So you know what would be terrible? Being Raped in small holes.

For Example...

• Being Raped in the Ears- I do not know how they could achieve this, but if they figured out how, that would be very, very, frightening.
• Being Raped in the Nostrils- Maybe they'd cut the skin in between your nostrils and then... Better not think about it.
• Being Raped in the Eyes- This would be HORRIBLE! Think, being Blinded by... Yeah... IT'S IN YOUR EYE! And the worst thing about this and the previous ones are that your Brain would be pierced and jabbed at and stuff. So, Not only have you gone through an unspeakable experience, and possibly lose your Sight/Hearing/Smell, you would also be mentally damaged1
• Being Raped in the Belly Button- I can't see how this is physically possible, which is good. However, if it was too occur, it would still suck.

Thats the secound time i've heard the word vagoo used...first time I thought it was pizza sauce or something.
But I agree I fear being a dad more then most things. Speaking of I have been looking into male forms of birthcontrol and the only two out there that I can find are condoms and the surgery. Which I think is totally lame! I would so take a pill everyday if they had one, I don't trust most women..and I don't trust my self drunk..and I certainly don't trust women im around while im drunk so the male pill is a must! though I did read that if you soak your testicals in 120 degree water for 45 minutes you will be sterile for 6 months. I however am not brave enough to attempt it.

Anyway I guess the only thing that instills real terror in me is the unknown...basically anything I don't know how to defend myself agaisnt. Ghosts and aliens... I belive both are very real and it keeps me up at night sometimes.