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What are your fears, SE++? (no pictures of what people talk about)
Henroid
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When I ask what your fear is, I don't mean like "oh ick spiders," I mean things more deeply rooted than that.
My fear is being alone, which is kinda ironic because I often like to be able to do what I want on my own. But having access to people if I suddenly change my mind is huge for me. Even if I'm watching TV or am reading a book I've got any messaging medium available open on my computer and signed on just in case people want to / need to reach me, or if I feel like just talking to people. It's why living out here in Texas the last few years has been total shit for me. All my close friends are mostly in California, a few scattered between Washington and New York. I've met like one person here that's worth a damn hanging out with, and she still works the overnight job that I no longer work at, so that's hard to line up. Which means I rely on internet for the most part (rarely phone). And if either of those things go out in some fashion, which can happen when the wind blows (literally, thanks rural living), I start to panic.
That said, when I run into friction with people I like talking to daily, or worse when it shows up with friends, I take it really fucking badly because it makes my world smaller and more at risk of being alone. And I do have nights where people are busy or just not talkative and I freak the hell out.
Sooooooo yeah. Anyone else have fears that run deep enough to control their life?
Edit - Let's not post pictures of shit that people say they don't like, i.e. don't be a dick.
My fear is being alone, which is kinda ironic because I often like to be able to do what I want on my own. But having access to people if I suddenly change my mind is huge for me. Even if I'm watching TV or am reading a book I've got any messaging medium available open on my computer and signed on just in case people want to / need to reach me, or if I feel like just talking to people. It's why living out here in Texas the last few years has been total shit for me. All my close friends are mostly in California, a few scattered between Washington and New York. I've met like one person here that's worth a damn hanging out with, and she still works the overnight job that I no longer work at, so that's hard to line up. Which means I rely on internet for the most part (rarely phone). And if either of those things go out in some fashion, which can happen when the wind blows (literally, thanks rural living), I start to panic.
That said, when I run into friction with people I like talking to daily, or worse when it shows up with friends, I take it really fucking badly because it makes my world smaller and more at risk of being alone. And I do have nights where people are busy or just not talkative and I freak the hell out.
Sooooooo yeah. Anyone else have fears that run deep enough to control their life?
Edit - Let's not post pictures of shit that people say they don't like, i.e. don't be a dick.
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Not just my current circumstances, just in general
New friends, new jobs, new everything
Fuck status quo
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a vicious cycle
are you mocking me
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going blind
sudden, inexplicable suffocation
geological instabilities
like what the fuck am i supposed to do with this thing
oh.
oh my.
this is nice. this is something i could do.
mine is "At least noone noticed"
like, keeping me up a night afraid
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the death of my parents
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massive civil unrest